New York's 1st congressional district

New York's 1st congressional district
New York 's 1st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
U.S. Representative	Lee Zeldin (R–Shirley)
Distribution	93.89% urban 6.11% rural
Population (2000)	654,360
Median income	$92,284[1]
Ethnicity	77.9[2]% White 4.9% Black 3.7% Asian 12.5% Hispanic 1% other
Cook PVI	R+5[3]

The 1st Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in eastern Long Island. It includes most of Central and Eastern Suffolk County, including most of Smithtown, as well as the entirety of the towns of Brookhaven, Riverhead, Southold, Southampton, East Hampton, and Shelter Island. The district encompasses extremely wealthy enclaves such as the Hamptons, middle class suburban towns such as Selden, Centereach and Lake Grove, working-class neighborhoods such as Mastic, Shirley, and Riverhead and rural farming communities such as Mattituck and Jamesport on the North Fork. The district currently is represented by Republican Lee Zeldin. In the 2014 election, Zeldin defeated Democrat Tim Bishop, who had represented the district since 2003. In recent years, the district has become more conservative. In the 2016 election, Zeldin defeated Democrat Anna-Thone Holst by a margin of 15.6%, the largest margin of victory for a Republican since 1998. In 2018, Zeldin won re-election to a third term, defeating Democrat Perry Gershon by 4.1%.

The district was a battleground, as President George W. Bush defeated challenger John Kerry by less than a percentage point in 2004, while in 2008, President Barack Obama defeated John McCain 52%–48%. Republican President Donald Trump won the district by 9 percentage points over Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Presidential Election.

In 2012, New York underwent redistricting, and the 1st District was slightly modified.

Contents

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  1 Voting
  


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  2 Communities within the district
  


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  3 Components: past and present
  


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  4 List of members representing the district
  
  
  
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    4.1 1789–1813: one seat
    
  
  
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    4.2 1813–1823: two seats
    
  
  
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    4.3 1823–present: one seat
    
  
  
  
  


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  5 Election results
  


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  6 Living former members
  


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  7 Historical district boundaries
  


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  8 See also
  


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  9 References
  

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Bush 40–38%
1996	President	Clinton 51–36%
2000	President	Gore 52–44%
2004	President	Bush 49–49%
2008	President	Obama 52–48%
2012	President	Obama 50–49%
2016	President	Trump 54–42%

Communities within the district

• Amagansett


• Aquebogue


• Baiting Hollow


• Bellport


• Blue Point


• Bridgehampton


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  Brookhaven (hamlet)


• Calverton


• Center Moriches


• Centereach


• Cherry Grove


• Coram


• Cutchogue


• Dering Harbor


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  East Hampton (village)


• East Marion


• East Moriches


• East Patchogue


• East Quogue


• East Setauket


• East Shoreham


• Eastport


• Farmingville


• Gordon Heights


• Greenport


• Hagerman


• Hampton Bays


• Hauppauge


• Head of the Harbor


• Holtsville


• Jamesport


• Kings Park


• Lake Grove


• Laurel


• Manorville


• Mastic


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  Mastic Beach (village)


• Mattituck


• Medford


• Middle Island


• Miller Place


• Montauk


• Mount Sinai


• Moriches


• Nesconset


• New Suffolk


• Nissequogue


• North Bellport


• North Patchogue


• Orient


• Patchogue


• Peconic


• Port Jefferson


• Port Jefferson Station


• Quiogue


• Quogue


• Ridge


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  Riverhead (hamlet)


• Rocky Point


• Ronkonkoma


• Sag Harbor


• Sagaponack


• Selden


• Setauket


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  Shelter Island (hamlet)


• Shelter Island Heights


• Shirley


• Shoreham


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  Smithtown (hamlet)


• Sound Beach


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  Southampton (village)


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  Southold (hamlet)


• Speonk


• Springs


• St. James


• Stony Brook


• Terryville


• Upton


• Village of the Branch


• Wading River


• Wainscott


• Water Mill


• Westhampton


• Westhampton Beach


• Yaphank

Components: past and present

1823–1945:

All of Suffolk, Nassau

Parts of Queens

1945–1963:

All of Suffolk

Parts of Nassau

1963–present:

Parts of Suffolk

List of members representing the district

1789–1813: one seat

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District counties
William Floyd	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791	1st	Elected in 1789. Lost re-election.	Kings Queens Richmond Suffolk
Vacant		March 4, 1791 – May 1791	2nd	Representative-elect James Townsend died May 24, 1790, before his term began.
Thomas Tredwell	Anti-Administration	May 1791 – March 3, 1795		Elected April 28, 1791 to finish Townsend's term. Re-elected in 1793. Moved to the 7th district and lost re-election.
			3rd		Kings Queens Suffolk
Jonathan Nicoll Havens	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – October 25, 1799	4th	Elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Died.
			5th
			6th		Kings Queens Richmond Suffolk
Vacant		October 25, 1799 – February 27, 1800
John Smith	Democratic-Republican	February 27, 1800 – February 23, 1804		Elected to finish Havens's term and seated February 27, 1800. Re-elected in 1800. Re-elected in 1802. Resigned.
			7th
			8th		Queens Suffolk
Vacant		February 23, 1804 – November 5, 1804
Samuel Riker	Democratic-Republican	November 5, 1804 – March 3, 1805		Elected to finish Smith's term. [Data unknown/missing.]
Eliphalet Wickes	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807	9th	Elected in 1804. [Data unknown/missing.]
Samuel Riker	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809	10th	Elected in 1806. [Data unknown/missing.]
Ebenezer Sage	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813	11th	Elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810.	Kings Queens Suffolk
			12th

1813–1823: two seats

From 1809 to 1823, two seats were apportioned, elected at-large on a general ticket.

Cong ress	Years		Seat A				Seat B
			Representative	Party	Electoral history		Representative	Party	Electoral history
13th	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815		John Lefferts	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1812. [Data unknown/missing.]		Ebenezer Sage	Democratic-Republican	Re-elected in 1812. [Data unknown/missing.]
14th	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817		Henry Crocheron	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1814. [Data unknown/missing.]		George Townsend	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1814
15th	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819		Tredwell Scudder	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1816. Retired.				Re-elected in 1816. [Data unknown/missing.]
16th	March 4, 1819 – January 14, 1820		Silas Wood	Federalist	Elected in 1818		Vacant		Credentials had been issued for Ebenezer Sage (Dem.-Rep.), but Sage did not take or claim the seat, see 1818 United States House of Representatives elections in New York
	January 14, 1820 – March 3, 1821						James Guyon, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	Successfully contested the election of Ebenezer Sage. [Data unknown/missing.]
17th	March 4, 1821 – December 12, 1821				Re-elected in 1821. Became the sole representative from the district in 1823.		Vacant		Credentials had been issued for Peter Sharpe (Dem.-Rep.), but Sharpe did not take or claim the seat, see 1821 United States House of Representatives elections in New York
	December 12, 1821 – March 3, 1823						Cadwallader D. Colden	Federalist	Successfully contested the election of Peter Sharpe. [Data unknown/missing.]

1823–present: one seat

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
Silas Wood	Adams-Clay Federalist	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	Re-elected in 1822. Lost re-election.
	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829
James Lent	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – February 22, 1833	[Data unknown/missing.] Died.
Vacant		February 22, 1833 – March 3, 1833
Abel Huntington	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	[Data unknown/missing.] Lost re-election.
Thomas B. Jackson	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired.
Charles A. Floyd	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	[Data unknown/missing.]
Selah B. Strong	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired.
John W. Lawrence	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired.
Frederick W. Lord	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	[Data unknown/missing.]
John Alsop King	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	[Data unknown/missing.]
John G. Floyd	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	[Data unknown/missing.]
James Maurice	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired.
William Valk	Know Nothing	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	[Data unknown/missing.] Lost re-election.
John A. Searing	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired.
Luther C. Carter	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	[Data unknown/missing.] Lost re-election.
Edward H. Smith	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired.
Henry G. Stebbins	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – October 24, 1864	[Data unknown/missing.] Resigned.
Vacant		October 24, 1864 – December 5, 1864
Dwight Townsend	Democratic	December 5, 1864 – March 3, 1865	[Data unknown/missing.]
Stephen Taber	Democratic	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869	[Data unknown/missing.]
Henry A. Reeves	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	[Data unknown/missing.]
Dwight Townsend	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	[Data unknown/missing.]
Henry J. Scudder	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired.
Henry B. Metcalfe	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	[Data unknown/missing.]
James W. Covert	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881	[Data unknown/missing.]
Perry Belmont	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – December 1, 1888	[Data unknown/missing.] Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Spain.
Vacant		December 1, 1888 – March 3, 1889
James W. Covert	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895	[Data unknown/missing.]
Richard C. McCormick	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired.
Joseph M. Belford	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired.
Townsend Scudder	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired.
Frederic Storm	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	[Data unknown/missing.] Lost re-election.
Townsend Scudder	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired.
William W. Cocks	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911	[Data unknown/missing.] Lost re-election.
Martin W. Littleton	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired.
Lathrop Brown	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	[Data unknown/missing.] Lost re-election.
Frederick C. Hicks	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired.
Robert L. Bacon	Republican	March 4, 1923 – September 12, 1938	[Data unknown/missing.] Died.
Vacant		September 12, 1938 – January 3, 1939
Leonard W. Hall	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1945	[Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the 2nd congressional district.
Edgar A. Sharp	Republican	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired.
W. Kingsland Macy	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1951	[Data unknown/missing.] Lost re-election.
Ernest Greenwood	Democratic	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953	[Data unknown/missing.] Lost re-election.
Stuyvesant Wainwright	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1961	[Data unknown/missing.] Lost re-election.
Otis G. Pike	Democratic	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1979	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired.
William Carney	Republican	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1987	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired.
George J. Hochbrueckner	Democratic	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1995	[Data unknown/missing.] Lost re-election.
Michael Forbes	Republican	January 3, 1995 – July 17, 1999	Lost renomination.
	Democratic	July 17, 1999 – January 3, 2001
Felix Grucci	Republican	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003	[Data unknown/missing.] Lost re-election.
Tim Bishop	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2015	[Data unknown/missing.] Lost re-election.
Lee Zeldin	Republican	January 3, 2015 – Present	Elected in 2014.

Election results

Note that 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, 1996: New York District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Michael P. Forbes (incumbent)	116,620	54.7
	Democratic	Nora L. Bredes	96,496	45.3
Majority			20,124	9.4
Turnout			213,116	100

US House election, 1998: New York District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Michael P. Forbes (incumbent)	99,460	64.1	9.4
	Democratic	William G. Holst	55,630	35.9	9.4
Majority			43,830	28.3	18.9
Turnout			155,090	100	27.2

US House election, 2000: New York District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Felix Grucci	133,020	55.5	8.6
	Democratic	Regina Seltzer	97,299	40.6	4.7
	None	Michael P. Forbes (incumbent)	6,318	2.6	2.6
	Green	William G. Holst	2,967	1.2	1.2
Majority			35,721	14.9	13.4
Turnout			239,604	100	54.5

US House election, 2002: New York District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Timothy H. Bishop	84,276	50.2	9.6
	Republican	Felix Grucci (incumbent)	81,524	48.6	6.9
	Green	Lorna Salzman	1,991	1.2	0.0
Majority			2,752	1.6	13.3
Turnout			167,791	100	30.0

US House election, 2004: New York District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Timothy H. Bishop (incumbent)	156,354	56.2	6.0
	Republican	William M. Manger, Jr.	121,855	43.8	4.8
Majority			34,499	12.4	10.8
Turnout			278,209	100	65.8

US House election, 2006: New York District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Timothy H. Bishop (incumbent)	104,360	62.2	6.0
	Republican	Italo Zanzi	63,328	37.8	6.0
Majority			41,032	24.5	12.1
Turnout			167,688	100	39.7

US House election, 2008: New York District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Timothy H. Bishop (incumbent)	162,083	58.4	3.8
	Republican	Lee M. Zeldin	115,545	41.6	3.8
Majority			46,538	16.8	7.7
Turnout			277,628	100	65.6

US House election, 2010: New York District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Timothy H. Bishop (incumbent)	98,316	50.2	8.2
	Republican	Randy Altschuler	97,723	49.8	8.2
Majority			593	0.4	16.4
Turnout			196,039	100	29.4

US House election, 2012: New York District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Timothy H. Bishop (incumbent)	132,525	52.2	2.0
	Republican	Randy Altschuler	121,478	47.8	2.0
Majority			11,047	4.3	3.9
Turnout			254,003	100	22.8

US House election, 2014: New York District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Lee Zeldin	94,035	53.2	5.4
	Democratic	Timothy H. Bishop (incumbent)	78,722	44.6	7.6
Majority			15,313	8.6	4.3
Turnout			176,719	100	30.4

US House election, 2016: New York District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Lee Zeldin (incumbent)	188,499	55.2	2.0
	Democratic	Anna Throne-Holst	135,278	39.6	5.0
Majority			53,221	15.6	7.0
Turnout			341,554	100	93.3

US House election, 2018: New York District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Lee Zeldin (incumbent)	130,919	52.5	2.7
	Democratic	Perry Gershon	112,343	45.0	5.4
Majority			18,576	13.4	2.2
Turnout			249,582	100	73.1

Living former members

As of May 2017^[update], there are four living former members from the district. The most recent representative to die was William Carney (1979–1987) on May 23, 2017.

Representative	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
George J. Hochbrueckner	1987–1995	(1938-09-20) September 20, 1938 (age 80)
Michael Forbes	1995–2001	(1952-07-16) July 16, 1952 (age 66)
Felix Grucci	2001–2003	(1951-11-25) November 25, 1951 (age 67)
Tim Bishop	2003–2015	(1950-06-01) June 1, 1950 (age 68)

Historical district boundaries

2003–2013

See also

• 
  United States portal
  


• 
  New York portal
  

• List of United States congressional districts


• New York's congressional districts


• United States congressional delegations from New York

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