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New York's 5th congressional district 
Current Representative Gary Ackerman (D–Roslyn Heights) Distribution 100.00% urban, 0.00% rural Population (2000) 654,360 Median income $51,156 Ethnicity 45.7% White, 5.6% Black, 24.6% Asian, 23.5% Hispanic, 0.3% Native American, 0.3% other Cook PVI D+12 The 5th Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives that lies along the North Shore of Long Island. It consists of northeastern Queens County and northwestern Nassau County. The Queens portion of the district includes the neighborhoods of Bayside, Corona, Douglaston, Flushing, Jamaica Estates, Little Neck, and Whitestone. The Nassau portion of the distinct includes Albertson, Great Neck, Manhasset, Port Washington, Roslyn, and Sands Point. It is the only district to include both parts of New York City and suburban portions of Long Island not located inside the city. The district is currently represented by Democrat Gary Ackerman.
The district is racially diverse. Non-Hispanic whites form a plurality of the population, while it also includes a large Hispanic population and the largest Asian-American population of any congressional district outside Hawaii and the San Francisco Bay Area.
Contents
Voting
Election results from presidential races Year Office Results 2000 President Gore 67 - 30% 2004 President Kerry 63 - 36% 2008 President Obama 63 - 36% Components: past and present
2003-present:
- Parts of Nassau, Queens
1993-2003:
1963-1993:
- Parts of Nassau
1945-1963:
- Parts of Queens
1913-1945:
- Parts of Brooklyn
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List of representatives
Representative Party Years District Home Note Peter Silvester Pro-Administration March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793 Kinderhook Theodorus Bailey Anti-Administration March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 Poughkeepsie Democratic-Republican Party March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 Poughkeepsie David Brooks Federalist March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799 Poughkeepsie Theodorus Bailey Democratic-Republican March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801 Poughkeepsie Thomas Tillotson Democratic-Republican March 4, 1801 – August 10, 1801 Rhinebeck resigned his seat to become Secretary of State of New York before Congress met vacant August 10, 1801 – December 7, 1801 Theodorus Bailey Democratic-Republican December 7, 1801 – March 3, 1803 Poughkeepsie elected to the U.S. Senate in February 1803 Andrew McCord Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 Stony Ford John Blake, Jr. Democratic-Republican March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1809 Montgomery Barent Gardenier Federalist March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 Kingston redistricted from 7th district Thomas B. Cooke Democratic-Republican March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 Catskill Thomas P. Grosvenor Federalist March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817 Hudson redistricted from 6th district Philip J. Schuyler Federalist March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 Rhinebeck James Strong Federalist March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 Hudson Vacant March 4 - December 3, 1821 The United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1821 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. Walter Patterson Federalist December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823 Ancram William W. Van Wyck Adams-Clay DR March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 Fishkill redistricted from 4th district Bartow White Adams March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 Thomas J. Oakley Jacksonian March 4, 1827 – May 9, 1828 Resigned upon appointment as judge of the Superior Court of New York City vacant May 9, 1828 – December 1, 1828 Thomas Taber II Jacksonian December 1, 1828 – March 3, 1829 Elected in special election Abraham Bockee Jacksonian March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831 Edmund H. Pendleton Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 Abraham Bockee Jacksonian March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 Obadiah Titus Democratic March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 Charles Johnston Whig March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 Richard D. Davis Democratic March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 redistricted to 8th district Moses G. Leonard Democratic March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 Thomas M. Woodruff American March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 Frederick A. Tallmadge Whig March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 George Briggs Whig March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 William M. Tweed Democratic March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 Thomas R. Whitney American March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 William B. Maclay Democratic March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861 William Wall Republican March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 Fernando Wood Democratic March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 Nelson Taylor Democratic March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 John Morrissey Democratic March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871 William R. Roberts Democratic March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875 Edwin R. Meade Democratic March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 Nicholas Muller Democratic March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881 Benjamin Wood Democratic March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 Nicholas Muller Democratic March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 redistricted to 6th district Archibald M. Bliss Democratic March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 Thomas F. Magner Democratic March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893 redistricted to 6th district John H. Graham Democratic March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 Charles G. Bennett Republican March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899 Frank E. Wilson Democratic March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903 redistricted to 4th district Edward M. Bassett Democratic March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 George E. Waldo Republican March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1909 Richard Young Republican March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911 William Cox Redfield Democratic March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 James P. Maher Democratic March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919 redistricted from 3rd district
redistricted to 7th districtJohn B. Johnston Democratic March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921 Ardolph L. Kline Republican March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 Loring M. Black, Jr. Democratic March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1935 Marcellus H. Evans Democratic January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941 James J. Heffernan Democratic January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945 redistricted to 11th district James A. Roe Democratic January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 Robert T. Ross Republican January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 T. Vincent Quinn Democratic January 3, 1949 – December 30, 1951 resigned to become district attorney of Queens County vacant December 31, 1951 – February 18, 1952 Robert T. Ross Republican February 19, 1952 – January 3, 1953 Albert H. Bosch Republican January 3, 1953 – December 31, 1960 resigned to become judge of Queens County vacant January 1, 1961 – January 2, 1961 Joseph P. Addabbo Democratic January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 redistricted to 7th district Frank J. Becker Republican January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 redistricted from 3rd district Herbert Tenzer Democratic January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1969 Allard K. Lowenstein Democratic January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 Norman F. Lent Republican January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 redistricted to 4th district John W. Wydler Republican January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981 redistricted from 4th district Raymond J. McGrath Republican January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1993 Gary Ackerman Democratic January 3, 1993 – present redistricted from 7th district Prior to 1992 the 5th District was centered on the south shore of Nassau County including towns mostly now in the 3rd and 4th District. The Queens portions of the 5th had been previously primarily in the 8th District of the 1980s. In general, the present 5th District greatly mirrors the 6th District from 1972 to 1982. The 1990s version of this district included northeast Nassau and northwest Suffolk counties; these areas were placed in the 2nd and 3rd District in 2002 and the 5th District gained areas in Queens formerly in the 18th District.
Election results
Note that in New York State electoral politics there are numerous minor parties at various points on the political spectrum. Certain parties normally 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, 2010: New York District 5 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Gary Ackerman 72,239 63.1 -7.9 Republican James Milano 41,493 36.2 +9.1 Tax Revolt Party Elizabeth Berney 798 0.7 +0.7 Majority 30,746 26.8 -17.1 Turnout 114,530 100 -27.9 US House election, 2008: New York District 5 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Gary Ackerman 112,724 71.0 -29.0 Republican Elizabeth Berney 43,039 27.1 +27.1 Conservative Jun Policarpio 3,010 1.9 +1.9 Majority 69,685 43.9 -56.1 Turnout 158,773 100 +105.7 US House election, 2006: New York District 5 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Gary Ackerman 77,190 100 +28.7 Majority 77,190 100 +56.6 Turnout 77,190 100 -54.0 US House election, 2004: New York District 5 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Gary Ackerman 119,726 71.3 -21.0 Republican Stephen Graves 46,867 27.9 +27.9 Independent Gonzalo Policarpio 1,248 0.7 +0.7 Majority 72,859 43.4 -41.2 Turnout 167,841 100 +125.3 US House election, 2002: New York District 5 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Gary Ackerman 68,773 92.3 +24.3 Conservative Perry S. Reich 5,718 7.7 +7.7 Majority 63,055 84.6 +46.8 Turnout 74,491 100 -63.2 US House election, 2000: New York District 5 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Gary Ackerman 137,684 68.0 +3.0 Republican Edward Elkowitz 61,084 30.1 -3.0 Right to Life Anne T. Robinson 3,846 1.9 -0.0 Majority 76,600 37.8 +5.9 Turnout 202,614 100 +35.2 US House election, 1998: New York District 5 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Gary Ackerman 97,404 65.0 +1.3 Republican David C. Pinzon 49,586 33.1 -1.9 Right to Life Anne T. Robinson 2,872 1.9 +0.6 Majority 47,818 31.9 +3.2 Turnout 149,862 100 -24.2 US House election, 1996: New York District 5 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Gary Ackerman 125,918 63.7 Republican Grant M. Lally 69,244 35.0 Right to Life Andrew J. Duff 2,623 1.3 Majority 56,674 28.7 Turnout 197,785 100 US House election, 1870: New York District 5[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic William R. Roberts 14,566 85.6 Republican James A. Briggs 2,287 13.5 Tammany Republican George W. Gibbons 157 0.9 Majority 12,279 72.1 Turnout 17,010 100 Notes
- ^ November Election, 1870. Complete Statement of the Official Canvass, in Detail of the Election Held November 8, 1870, Giving the Vote of Each Election District, with Proceedings of County And State.... Volume II. County of New York. 1871. p. 2027. http://books.google.com/books?id=zxwQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA2027. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
References
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
- 2004 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives
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- 1998 House election data "
- 1996 House election data "
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