New York's 1st congressional district

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New York's 1st congressional district
Population (2000) 654,360
Median income $61,884
Ethnic composition 89.3% White, 4.3% Black, 2.4% Asian, 7.5% Hispanic, 0.3% Native American, 0.2% other
Cook PVI D+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. Democrat Tim Bishop has represented the district since 2003.

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[edit] Communities within the District

Amagansett, Aquebogue, Baiting Hollow, Bellport, Blue Point, Bridgehampton, Center Moriches, Centereach, Coram, Cutchogue, East Hampton, East Marion, East Moriches, East Patchogue, Farmingville, Greenport, Hampton Bays, Head of the Harbor, Holtsville, Jamesport, King's Park, Lake Grove, Mastic, Mastic Beach, Mattituck, Medford, Middle Island, Miller Place, Montauk, Mount Sinai, Moriches, Nissequogue, North Bellport, North Patchogue, Patchogue, Port Jefferson, Quogue, Riverhead, Rocky Point, Ronkonkoma, Sag Harbor, Sagaponack, Selden, Setauket, Shelter Island, Shirley, Shoreham, Smithtown, Southampton, Speonk, Springs, St. James, Stony Brook, Wading River, Wainscott, Water Mill, Westhampton, Westhampton Beach, Yaphank

[edit] Components: Past and Present

1963-present:

Parts of Suffolk

1945-1963:

All of Suffolk
Parts of Nassau

1913-1945:

All of Suffolk, Nassau
Parts of Queens
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[edit] List of Representatives

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For this portion of the list, the assignment of Representatives into the 1st district, as opposed to another district, is taken from United States congressional delegations from New York as of 2008-02-04.
Congress(es)/Year(s) Representative Party
1st (1789–1791) William Floyd Anti-Administration
2nd–3rd (May 1791 – 1795) Thomas Tredwell
4th–6th (1795 – 1799-10-25) Jonathan Nicoll Havens Democratic-Republican
6th–8th (1800-02-06 – 1804-02-04) John Smith
8th (1804-11-05 – 1805) Samuel Riker
9th (1805–1807) Eliphalet Wickes
10th (1807–1809) Samuel Riker
Names on the non-table portion of the list come from United States Congressional Delegations from New York list as of 2007-06-26.
Years Representative Party District home
1945-01-03 – 1947-01-03 Edgar A. Sharp Republican
1947-01-03 – 1951-01-03 W. Kingsland Macy Republican
1951-01-03 – 1953-01-03 Ernest Greenwood Democratic
1953-01-03 – 1961-01-03 Stuyvesant Wainwright Republican
1961-01-03 – 1979-01-03 Otis G. Pike Democratic
1979-01-03 – 1987-01-03 William Carney Republican
1987-01-03 – 1995-01-03 George J. Hochbrueckner Democratic
1995-01-03 – 1999-07-16 Michael P. Forbes Republican
1999-07-17 – 2001-01-03 Democratic
2001-01-03 – 2003-01-03 Felix Grucci Republican
2003-01-03 – present Timothy H. Bishop Democratic

[edit] 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 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Timothy H. Bishop 104,360 62.2 +6.0
Republican Italo Z. Zanzi 63,328 37.8 -6.0
Majority 41,032 24.5 +12.1
Turnout 167,688 100 -39.7
US House election, 2004: New York District 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Timothy H. Bishop 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, 2002: New York District 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Timothy H. Bishop 84,276 50.2 +9.6
Republican Felix Grucci 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, 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
Working Families Michael P. Forbes 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, 1998: New York District 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Michael P. Forbes 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, 1996: New York District 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Michael P. Forbes 116,620 54.7
Democratic Nora L. Bredes 96,496 45.3
Majority 20,124 9.4
Turnout 213,116 100

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h The two names appeared on the United States Congressional Delegations from New York list at June 26, 2007. A check of the biographies shows that the two names came about because of challenges to credentials. However the initial Wikipedia entry did not include a source and so it is difficult to totally confirm the sequence.
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