New York's 4th congressional district

New York's 4th congressional district
New York 's 4th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Kathleen M. Rice (D–Garden City)
Cook PVI	D+3

The 4th Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in central and southern Nassau County. It includes the communities of Baldwin, Bellmore, East Rockaway, East Meadow, the Five Towns, Lynbrook, Floral Park, Franklin Square, Garden City, Hempstead, Long Beach, Malverne, Freeport, Merrick, Mineola, Carle Place, New Hyde Park, Oceanside, Rockville Centre, Roosevelt, Uniondale, Wantagh, West Hempstead and Westbury. Democrat Kathleen Rice has represented the district since 2015.

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Clinton 47–41%
1996	President	Clinton 56–36%
2000	President	Gore 59–38%
2004	President	Kerry 55–44%
2008	President	Obama 55–44%
2012	President	Obama 56–43%

Components: past and present

• 1789–1913:

Parts of Manhattan

• 1913–1945:

Parts of Brooklyn

• 1945–1963:

Parts of Queens

• 1963–present:

Parts of Nassau County

In the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s much of this area was in the 5th District. The 4th District then included many towns in eastern Nassau County now in the 3rd District.

Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
John Hathorn	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Cornelius C. Schoonmaker	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Peter Van Gaasbeck	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Hathorn	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Lucas Elmendorf	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Philip Van Cortlandt	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1809	Redistricted from 3rd district
James Emott	Federalist	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas J. Oakley	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Abraham H. Schenck	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Vacant		March 4 – June 6, 1817
James Tallmadge, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	June 6, 1817 – March 3, 1819	Elected to finish rep-elect Henry B. Lee's term
Randall S. Street	Federalist	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Vacant		March 4 – December 3, 1821	The 1820/1821 elections were held in April 1821, after the congressional term had already begun. It is not clear when the result was announced or the credentials were issued.
William W. Van Wyck	Democratic-Republican	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Joel Frost	Crawford Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Aaron Ward	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Henry B. Cowles	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Aaron Ward	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1837	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Gouverneur Kemble	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Aaron Ward	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William B. Maclay	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Walter Underhill	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Henry Hobart Haws	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Michael Walsh	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Kelly	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – December 25, 1858	Resigned
Vacant		December 25, 1858 – January 17, 1859
Thomas J. Barr	Independent Democrat	January 17, 1859 – March 3, 1861	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James Kerrigan	Independent Democrat	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Benjamin Wood	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	Redistricted from 3rd district
Morgan Jones	Democratic	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Fox	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Robert B. Roosevelt	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Philip S. Crooke	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Archibald M. Bliss	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Felix Campbell	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	Redistricted to 2nd district
Peter P. Mahoney	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John M. Clancy	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893	Redistricted to 2nd district
William J. Coombs	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	Redistricted from 3rd district
Israel F. Fischer	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Bertram T. Clayton	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Harry A. Hanbury	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Frank E. Wilson	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	Redistricted from 5th district
Charles B. Law	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Frank E. Wilson	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	Redistricted to 3rd district
Harry H. Dale	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – January 6, 1919	Resigned to become judge of magistrate's court
Vacant		January 6, 1919 – June 6, 1919
Thomas H. Cullen	Democratic	June 6, 1919 – March 1, 1944	Died
Vacant		March 1, 1944 – June 6, 1944
John J. Rooney	Democratic	June 6, 1944 – January 3, 1945	Redistricted to 12th district
William B. Barry	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – October 20, 1946	Redistricted from 2nd district Died
Vacant		October 21, 1946 – January 2, 1947
Gregory McMahon	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	Lost re-election
L. Gary Clemente	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	Lost re-election
Henry J. Latham	Republican	January 3, 1953 – December 31, 1958	Redistricted from 3rd district Resigned
Vacant		January 1, 1959 – January 2, 1959
Seymour Halpern	Republican	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963	Redistricted to 6th district
John W. Wydler	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1973	Redistricted to 5th district
Norman F. Lent	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1993	Redistricted from 5th district Retired
David A. Levy	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	Lost renomination
Daniel Frisa	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997	Lost re-election
Carolyn McCarthy	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2015	First elected in 1996 Retired
Kathleen Rice	Democratic	January 3, 2015 – present	First elected in 2014

Election results

In New York electoral politics there are numerous smaller parties at various points on the political spectrum. Certain parties 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, 1996: New York District 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Carolyn McCarthy	127,060	57.5
	Republican	Daniel Frisa	89,542	40.5
	Right to Life	Vincent P. Garbitelli	3,252	1.5
	Liberal	Robert S. Berkowitz	1,162	0.5
Majority			37,518	17.0
Turnout			221,016	100

US House election, 1998: New York District 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Carolyn McCarthy	90,256	52.6	-4.9
	Republican	Gregory R. Becker	79,984	46.6	+6.1
	Liberal	Patricia M. Maher	1,343	0.8	+0.3
Majority			10,272	6.0	-11.0
Turnout			171,583	100	-22.4

US House election, 2000: New York District 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Carolyn McCarthy	136,703	60.6	+8.0
	Republican	Gregory R. Becker	87,830	38.9	-7.7
	Liberal	Barbara Vitanza	1,222	0.5	-0.3
Majority			48,873	21.6	+15.6
Turnout			225,755	100	+31.6

US House election, 2002: New York District 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Carolyn McCarthy	94,806	56.3	-4.3
	Republican	Marilyn F. O'Grady	72,882	43.2	+4.3
	Green	Tim Derham	852	0.5	+0.5
Majority			21,924	13.0	-8.6
Turnout			168,540	100	-25.3

US House election, 2004: New York District 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Carolyn McCarthy	159,969	63.0	+6.7
	Republican	James Garner	94,141	37.0	-6.2
Majority			65,828	25.9	+12.9
Turnout			254,110	100	+50.8

US House election, 2006: New York District 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Carolyn McCarthy	101,861	64.9	+1.9
	Republican	Martin W. Blessinger	55,050	35.1	-1.9
Majority			46,811	29.8	+3.9
Turnout			156,911	100	-38.3

US House election, 2008: New York District 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Carolyn McCarthy	164,028	64.0	-0.9
	Republican	Jack Martins	92,242	36.0	+0.9
Majority			71,786	28	-1.8
Turnout			256,270	100	+63.3

US House election, 2010: New York District 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Carolyn McCarthy	94,483	53.6	-10.4
	Republican	Fran Becker	81,718	46.4	+10.4
Majority			12,765	7.2	-20.8
Turnout			176,201	100	-31.2

US House election, 2012: New York District 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Carolyn McCarthy (incumbent)	163,955	61.8	+8.2
	Republican	Fran Becker	85,693	32.3	-14.1
	Conservative	Frank Scaturro	15,603	5.9	+5.9
Majority			62,659	23.6	+16.4
Turnout			265,251	100	+50.5

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• List of United States congressional districts

References

• 1996 House election data, Clerk of the House of Representatives
• 1998 House election data, "
• 2000 House election data, "
• 2002 House election data, "
• 2004 House election data, "
• 2006 House election data, "
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
• National atlas congressional maps