New York's 7th congressional district

New York's Seventh Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City. It includes parts of Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan. Democrat Nydia Velázquez represents the district in Congress.

The district includes the Queens neighborhoods of Maspeth, Ridgewood, and Woodside, the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bushwick, Greenpoint, Carroll Gardens, Red Hook, East New York, Brooklyn Heights, Sunset Park, and Williamsburg and part of Manhattan’s Lower East Side and East Village.

Until 2012, the 7th consisted of parts of Northern Queens and Eastern portions of the Bronx. The Queens portion included the neighborhoods of College Point, East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights and Woodside. The Bronx portion of the district included the neighborhoods of Co-op City, Morris Park, Parkchester, Pelham Bay, and Throgs Neck as well as City Island.

Like many Congressional districts around the country, the New York Seventh's boundaries were drawn so as to link together disparate and widely separated neighborhoods with a large percentage of minority voters (see majority-minority districts). While no minority in the district constitutes an absolute majority, the boundaries group together heavily Puerto Rican neighborhoods in three separate New York City boroughs.

Voting

Components: Past and Present

2013–present:

Parts of Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens^[1][2]

1993–2013:

Parts of Bronx, Queens

1953-1993:

Parts of Queens

1913-1953:

Parts of Brooklyn

Various New York districts have been numbered "7" over the years, including areas in New York City and various parts of upstate New York.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District Home	Note
District created		1793
John E. Van Alen	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795
	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799
John Thompson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801
David Thomas	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803		redistricted to 12th district
vacant		March 4, 1803 – October 17, 1803
Josiah Hasbrouck	Democratic-Republican	October 17, 1803 – March 3, 1805		elected in special election April 1803 to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Rep.-elect John Cantine
Martin G. Schuneman	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807
Barent Gardenier	Federalist	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809		redistricted to 5th district
Killian K. Van Rensselaer	Federalist	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811		redistricted from 9th district
Harmanus Bleecker	Federalist	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813
Abraham J. Hasbrouck	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815
Samuel R. Betts	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817
Josiah Hasbrouck	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819
Jacob H. De Witt	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.
Charles H. Ruggles	Federalist	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823
Lemuel Jenkins	Crawford Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
George O. Belden	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829
Charles G. De Witt	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831
John C. Brodhead	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833
Charles Bodle	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835
Nicholas Sickles	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
John C. Brodhead	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
Rufus Palen	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841
John Van Buren	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843
Joseph H. Anderson	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847		In Westcheter and Rockland Counties
William Nelson	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851
Abraham P. Stephens	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
William A. Walker	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855		In New York City
Thomas Child, Jr.	Whig	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857		never qualified or attended session
Elijah Ward	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
George Briggs	Republican / Constitutional Union	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861
Elijah Ward	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863		redistricted to 6th district
John W. Chanler	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869
Hervey C. Calkin	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871
Smith Ely, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873
Thomas J. Creamer	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
Smith Ely, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – December 11, 1876		resigned to become Mayor of New York City
vacant		December 11, 1876 – January 11, 1877
David Dudley Field II	Democratic	January 11, 1877 – March 3, 1877
Anthony Eickhoff	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879
Edwin Einstein	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881
P. Henry Dugro	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883
William Dorsheimer	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885
John J. Adams	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887		redistricted from 8th district
Lloyd Bryce	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889
Edward J. Dunphy	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893		redistricted to 8th district
Franklin Bartlett	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897
John H.G. Vehslage	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899
Nicholas Muller	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – December 1, 1902		resigned
vacant		December 1, 1902 – January 7, 1903
Montague Lessler	Republican	January 7, 1903 – March 3, 1903
John J. Fitzgerald	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – December 31, 1917		redistricted from 2nd district resigned
vacant		January 1, 1918 – March 5, 1918
John J. Delaney	Democratic	March 5, 1918 – March 3, 1919
James P. Maher	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921		redistricted from 5th district
Michael J. Hogan	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923
John F. Quayle	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – November 27, 1930		died
vacant		November 27, 1930 – November 3, 1931		Rep.-elect Matthew V. O'Malley died
John J. Delaney	Democratic	November 3, 1931 – November 18, 1948		died
vacant		November 19, 1948 – February 14, 1949
Louis B. Heller	Democratic	February 15, 1949 – January 3, 1953		redistricted to 8th district
James J. Delaney	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963		redistricted from 6th district, redistricted to 9th district
Joseph P. Addabbo	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1983		redistricted from 5th district, redistricted to 6th district
Benjamin S. Rosenthal	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 4, 1983		redistricted from 8th district, died
vacant		January 5, 1983 – February 28, 1983
Gary Ackerman	Democratic	March 1, 1983 – January 3, 1993		redistricted to 5th district
Thomas J. Manton	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1999		redistricted from 9th district
Joseph Crowley	Democratic	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2013		redistricted to 14th district
Nydia Velázquez	Democratic	January 3, 2013 –		redistricted from 12th district

The 7th District originally was the south Queens seat in the 1960s and 1970s (now the 6th District) and then became a central Queens seat (essentially the old 8th district) in the 1980s. Following the 1992 remap, much of the old 9th District was added. The 2002 remap placed much of the district in the Bronx, and it now resembles the 1970s era 10th 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 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").

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• List of United States congressional districts
• New York's congressional districts
• United States congressional delegations from New York

Notes

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 "