New York's 15th congressional district

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New York's 15th congressional district
New York 's 15th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		José E. Serrano (D–Bronx)
Cook PVI	D+43

New York's 15th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in New York City. The district is represented by Democrat José E. Serrano. In area, the seat is the third smallest in the United States.

The 15th district is located entirely within The Bronx, including most of the southern and western neighborhoods of the borough. Hispanics make up a majority of this district's population. Yankee Stadium and the Bronx Zoo are both located within the district.

From 2003 to 2013 it was composed of Upper Manhattan, Rikers Island and a largely non-residential section of northwestern Queens on the shore of the East River mostly occupied by a Consolidated Edison facility and a New York Power Authority power plant. The district included the neighborhoods of Harlem, Inwood, Marble Hill, Spanish Harlem, Washington Heights, Morningside Heights and portions of the Upper West Side. The Apollo Theater, Columbia University, and Grant's Tomb were located within this district.

Scoring a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+43 in 2014, the 15th Congressional District is the most Democratic district in the nation. Senator John Kerry won 90% of the vote in the 15th Congressional District in 2004. In 2012, this district had the highest percentage of the vote for President Barack Obama. He received 96.7% of the vote.

Voting

Election results from presidential races (current lines)
Year	Office	Results
2008	President	Obama 95 - 5%
2012	President	Obama 96.7 - 3%

Election results from presidential races (old lines)
Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Clinton 85 - 11%
1996	President	Clinton 91 - 5%
2000	President	Gore 87 - 7%
2004	President	Kerry 90 - 9%
2008	President	Obama 93 - 6%

Redistricting

The district was a Brooklyn-based seat until 1982, when it was realigned to cover the East Side of Manhattan. Following the 1992 redistricting, it became the upper Manhattan seat previously designated the 19th District and the 18th District. After the 2012 redistricting, the 15th became the Bronx's primary district.

List of representatives

1803 – 1823: One seat, then two seats

From 1813 to 1823, two seats were apportioned to the 15th district, elected at-large on a general ticket.

Cong ress	Years		Seat A				Seat B
			Representative	Party	Electoral history		Representative	Party	Electoral history
8	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805		Gaylord Griswold	Federalist	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]		No 2nd seat
9	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807		Nathan Williams	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
10	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809		William Kirkpatrick	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
11	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811		Peter Buell Porter	Democratic- Republican	Retired
12	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813
13	March 4, 1813 – June 21, 1813		Vacant		Representative-elect William Dowse died February 18, 1813, before the term began		Joel Thompson	Federalist	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	June 21, 1813 – December 20, 1813		John M. Bowers	Federalist	Declared elected to finish Dowse's term; Lost election contest
	December 20, 1813 – January 24, 1814		Vacant		Election contested; see United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1812
	January 24, 1814 – March 3, 1815		Isaac Williams, Jr.	Democratic- Republican	Successfully contested the election of John M. Bowers
14	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817		James Birdsall	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]		Jabez Hammond	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
15	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819		Isaac Williams, Jr.	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]		John R. Drake	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
16	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821		Joseph S. Lyman	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]		Robert Monell	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
17	March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821		Vacant. The elections were held in April, after the congressional term had already begun. It is not clear when the result was announced or the credentials were issued; see United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1821
	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823		Samuel Campbell	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	James Hawkes	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

1823 – present: One seat

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history	Geography
John Herkimer	Adams-Clay Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Michael Hoffman	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Charles McVean	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Montgomery
Matthias J. Bovee	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Edwards	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Peter J. Wagner	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Sanford	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Lemuel Stetson	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Joseph Russell	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Sidney Lawrence	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John R. Thurman	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Joseph Russell	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Charles Hughes	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Edward Dodd	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
James B. McKean	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Augustus Griswold	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869
Adolphus H. Tanner	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Joseph M. Warren	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Eli Perry	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	Redistricted from the 14th district	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John H. Bagley, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Stephen L. Mayham	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William Lounsbery	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas Cornell	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John H. Bagley, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Lewis Beach	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – August 10, 1886	Redistricted from the 14th district, Died	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Vacant		August 10, 1886 – December 6, 1886
Henry Bacon	Democratic	December 6, 1886 – March 3, 1889	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Moses D. Stivers	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Henry Bacon	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Ashbel P. Fitch	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – December 26, 1893	Redistricted from the 13th district Resigned to become New York City Comptroller	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Vacant		December 26, 1893 – January 30, 1894
Isidor Straus	Democratic	January 30, 1894 – March 3, 1895	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Philip B. Low	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Jacob Ruppert, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903	Redistricted to the 16th district	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William H. Douglas	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	Redistricted from the 14th district	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
J. Van Vechten Olcott	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas G. Patten	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	Redistricted to the 18th district	Parts of Manhattan
Michael F. Conry	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 2, 1917	Redistricted from the 12th district, Died
Vacant		March 2, 1917 – April 12, 1917
Thomas F. Smith	Democratic	April 12, 1917 – March 3, 1919	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Peter J. Dooling	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	Redistricted from the 16th district
Thomas J. Ryan	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John J. Boylan	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – October 5, 1938	Died
Vacant		October 5, 1938 – January 3, 1939
Michael J. Kennedy	Democratic	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas F. Burchill	Democratic	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Emanuel Celler	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953	Redistricted from the 10th district Redistricted to the 11th district	Parts of Brooklyn
John H. Ray	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	All of Staten Island, Parts of Brooklyn
Hugh Carey	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – December 31, 1974	Redistricted from the 12th district Resigned to become Governor of New York	Parts of Brooklyn
Vacant		January 1, 1975 – January 2, 1975
Leo C. Zeferetti	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	Redistricted to 14th district Defeated by 17th district incumbent Guy Molinari
S. William Green	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	Redistricted from the 18th district	Parts of Manhattan
Charles B. Rangel	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013	Redistricted from the 16th district, Redistricted to the 13th district	Parts of Queens, Manhattan, Bronx
José E. Serrano	Democratic	January 3, 2013 –	Redistricted from the 16th district	Parts of the Bronx

Recent election results

U.S. President

Year	Result
2000	Gore 87 - 7%
2004	Kerry 90 - 9%
2008	Obama 93 - 6

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives

In New York State electoral politics, there are numerous minor parties at various points on the political spectrum. Certain parties will invariably endorse either the Republican or Democratic candidate for every office, hence the state electoral results contain both the party votes, and the final candidate votes (Listed as "Recap").

US House election, 1870: New York District 15

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joseph M. Warren	17,793	59.9
	Republican	J. Thomas Davis	11,659	39.3
	Temperance	Alvin C. Rose	235	0.8
Majority			6,134	20.6
Turnout			29,687	100

[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

US House election, 1996: New York District 15

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Charles B. Rangel	113,898	91.3
	Republican	Edward R. Adams	5,951	4.8
	Conservative	Ruben Dario Vargas	3,896	3.1
	Right to Life	Jose Suero	989	0.8
Majority			107,947	86.5
Turnout			124,734	100

US House election, 1998: New York District 15

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Charles B. Rangel	90,424	93.1	+1.8
	Republican	David E. Cunningham	5,633	5.8	+1.0
	Conservative	Patrick McManus	1,082	1.1	-2.0
Majority			84,791	87.3	+0.8
Turnout			97,139	100	-22.1

US House election, 2000: New York District 15

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Charles B. Rangel	130,161	91.9	-1.2
	Republican	Jose Agustin Suero	7,346	5.2	-0.6
	Green	Dean Loren	2,134	1.5	+1.5
	Independence	Jesse A. Fields	1,051	0.7	+0.7
	Conservative	Frank Della Valle	492	0.3	-0.8
	Libertarian	Scott A. Jeffery	480	0.3	+0.3
Majority			122,815	86.7	-0.6
Turnout			141,664	100	+45.8

US House election, 2002: New York District 15

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Charles B. Rangel	84,367	88.5	-3.4
	Republican	Jesse A. Fields	11,008	11.5	+6.3
Majority			73,359	76.9	-9.8
Turnout			95,375	100	-32.7

US House election, 2004: New York District 15

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Charles B. Rangel	161,351	91.1	+2.6
	Republican	Kenneth P. Jefferson, Jr.	12,355	7.0	-4.5
	Independence	Jessie A. Fields	3,345	1.9	+1.9
Majority			148,996	84.2	+7.3
Turnout			177,051	100	+85.6

US House election, 2006: New York District 15

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Charles B. Rangel	103,916	94.0	+2.9
	Republican	Edward Daniels	6,592	6.0	-1.0
Majority			97,324	88.1	+3.9
Turnout			110,508	100	-37.6

US House election, 2008: New York District 15

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Charles B. Rangel	177,151	89.2	-5.8
	Republican	Edward Daniels	15,676	7.9	+1.9
	Independent	Craig Schley	3,708	1.9
	Socialist Workers	Martin Koppel	2,141	1.1
Majority			161,475	81.3	-6.8
Turnout			198,676	100	+79.8

US House election, 2010: New York District 15

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Charles B. Rangel	91,225	80.4	-8.7
	Republican	Michel Faulkner	11,754	10.4	+2.5
	Independent	Craig Schley	7,803	6.9	+5.0
	Socialist Workers	Róger Calero	2,647	2.3	+1.2
Majority			79,471	70.1	-11.2
Turnout			113,429	100	-42.9

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• Elections in New York
• List of United States congressional districts

References

• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
• Clarke, Matthew St. Clair & David A. Hall (1834) "Cases of Contested Elections in Congress, from the Year 1789 to 1834, Inclusive", Gales And Seaton.