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New York's 17th congressional district 
Current Representative Eliot Engel (D–Bronx) Distribution 99.89% urban, 0.11% rural Population (2000) 654,360 Median income $44,868 Ethnicity 48.9% White, 32.3% Black, 4.6% Asian, 20.4% Hispanic, 0.4% Native American, 1.5% other Cook PVI D+18 New York's 17th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in Southern New York. It encompasses portions of the Bronx, Westchester County, and Rockland County. It includes the neighborhoods of Norwood, Riverdale, Wakefield, Williamsbridge, and Woodlawn in the Bronx, the city of Mount Vernon and parts of Yonkers in Westchester, as well as Monsey, Nanuet, Pearl River, and Suffern in Rockland County. The district is currently represented by Democrat Eliot L. Engel.
Contents
Voting
Election results from presidential races Year Office Results 2008 President Obama 72 - 28% 2004 President Kerry 67 - 33% 2000 President Gore 69 - 26% Components: Past and Present
2003-present:
- Parts of Bronx, Rockland, Westchester.
1993-2003:
- Parts of Bronx, Westchester.
1983-1993:
1973-1983:
- All of Staten Island.
- Parts of Manhattan.
1913-1973:
- Parts of Manhattan.
1843-1853:
- Montgomery
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Representatives
1803 - 1833: One seat
Representative Party Years District home Note District created 1803 Oliver Phelps Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 Silas Halsey Democratic-Republican March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807 John Harris Democratic-Republican March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809 District eliminated 1809 District restored 1813 William S. Smith Federalist March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 vacant March 4, 1815 – December 13, 1815 Credentials had been issued for William S. Smith (Fed.), but Smith did not take or claim the seat, see United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1814 Westel Willoughby, Jr. Democratic-Republican December 13, 1815 – March 3, 1817 Successfully contested election of William S. Smith Thomas H. Hubbard Democratic-Republican March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 Aaron Hackley, Jr. Democratic-Republican March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 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. Thomas H. Hubbard Democratic-Republican December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823 Hamilton John W. Taylor Adams-Clay DR March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 Ballston Spa Redistricted from 11th district;
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1825-1827;
Lost re-electionAdams March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 Anti-Jackson March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833 1833 - 1843: Two seats
From 1833 to 1843, two seats were apportioned to the 17th district, elected at-large on a general ticket.
Seat A
Representative Party Years District home Note Samuel Beardsley Jacksonian March 4, 1833 – March 29, 1836 redistricted from 14th district, resigned after being appointed circuit judge Vacant March 29, 1836 – November 9, 1836 Rutger B. Miller Jacksonian November 9, 1836 – March 3, 1837 Henry A. Foster Democratic March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 David P. Brewster Democratic March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 Seat B
Representative Party Years District home Note Joel Turrill Jacksonian March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 Abraham P. Grant Democratic March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 John G. Floyd Democratic March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 1843 - present: One seat
Representative Party Years District Home Note Charles S. Benton Democratic March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 George Petrie Independent Democrat March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 Henry P. Alexander Whig March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 Alexander H. Buell Democratic March 4, 1851 – January 29, 1853 died Vacant January 29, 1853 – March 4, 1853 Bishop Perkins Democratic March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 Francis E. Spinner Democratic March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 Republican March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861 Socrates N. Sherman Republican March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 Calvin T. Hulburd Republican March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869 William A. Wheeler Republican March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873 redistricted to 18th district Robert S. Hale Republican March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 Martin I. Townsend Republican March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 Walter A. Wood Republican March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 Henry G. Burleigh Republican March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 redistricted to 18th district James G. Lindsley Republican March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 Stephen T. Hopkins Republican March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 Charles J. Knapp Republican March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 Isaac N. Cox Democratic March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 Francis Marvin Republican March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 Benjamin B. Odell, Jr. Republican March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899 Arthur S. Tompkins Republican March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903 Francis E. Shober Democratic March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 William S. Bennet Republican March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911 Henry George, Jr. Democratic March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 redistricted to 21st district John F. Carew Democratic March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919 redistricted to 18th district Herbert Pell Democratic March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921 Ogden L. Mills Republican March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1927 William W. Cohen Democratic March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929 Ruth B. Pratt Republican March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933 Theodore A. Peyser Democratic March 4, 1933 – August 8, 1937 died vacant August 8, 1937 – November 2, 1937 Bruce F. Barton Republican November 2, 1937 – January 3, 1941 Kenneth F. Simpson Republican January 3, 1941 – January 25, 1941 died vacant January 29, 1941 – March 11, 1941 Joseph C. Baldwin Republican March 11, 1941 – January 3, 1947 Frederic R. Coudert, Jr. Republican January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959 John V. Lindsay Republican January 3, 1959 – December 31, 1965 resigned after being elected as Mayor of New York City vacant January 1, 1966 – February 7, 1966 Theodore R. Kupferman Republican February 8, 1966 – January 3, 1969 Ed Koch Democratic January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1973 redistricted to 18th district John M. Murphy Democratic January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981 redistricted from 16th district Guy Molinari Republican January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 redistricted to 14th district Theodore S. Weiss Democratic January 3, 1983 – September 14, 1992 redistricted from 20th district, died vacant September 15, 1992 – November 2, 1992 Jerrold Nadler Democratic November 3, 1992 – January 3, 1993 redistricted to 8th district Eliot L. Engel Democratic January 3, 1993 – present redistricted from 19th district The 17th was historically the East Side Manhattan district. In the 1970s it was a Staten Island seat. It became the west side Manhattan seat in the 1980s. It became a Bronx based seat in the 1992 remap and was shifted north into Rockland county in 2002 to absorb terrain from the deconstruction of the old 20th District.
Previously the 19th District covered much of the Bronx portion of the seat in the 1980s; while in the 1970s the 23rd District covered most of this area.
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, 2006: New York District 17 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Eliot L. Engel 93,614 76.4 +0.2 Republican Jim Faulkner 28,842 23.6 +1.6 Majority 64,772 52.9 -1.3 Turnout 122,456 100 -33.6 US House election, 2004: New York District 17 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Eliot L. Engel 140,530 76.2 +13.6 Republican Matt I. Brennan 40,524 22.0 -12.4 Conservative Kevin Brawley 3,482 1.9 +1.9 Majority 100,006 54.2 +26.0 Turnout 184,536 100 +49.0 US House election, 2002: New York District 17 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Eliot L. Engel 77,535 62.6 -27.1 Republican C. Scott Vanderhoef 42,634 34.4 +24.1 Right to Life Arthur L. Gallagher 1,931 1.6 +1.6 Green Elizabeth Shanklin 1,743 1.4 +1.4 Majority 34,901 28.2 -51.2 Turnout 123,843 100 -3.5 US House election, 2000: New York District 17 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Eliot L. Engel 115,093 89.7 +1.7 Republican Patrick McManus 13,201 10.3 -1.7 Majority 101,892 79.4 +3.4 Turnout 128,294 100 +39.5 US House election, 1998: New York District 17 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Eliot L. Engel 80,947 88.0 +3.0 Republican Peter Fiumefreddo 11,037 12.0 -1.3 Majority 69,910 76.0 +4.4 Turnout 91,984 100 -22.8 US House election, 1996: New York District 17 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Eliot L. Engel 101,287 85.0 Republican Denis McCarthy 15,892 13.3 Independence Dennis Coleman 2,008 1.7 Majority 85,395 71.6 Turnout 119,187 100 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
- 2002 House election data "
- 2000 House election data "
- 1998 House election data "
- 1996 House election data "
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See also: New York's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations, 2010 elections, 2012 elections
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