New York's 6th congressional district

New York's Sixth Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City, located entirely within Queens. It is represented by Democrat Grace Meng.

The district includes several racially and ethnically diverse Queens neighborhoods, including Flushing, Forest Hills, Middle Village, Kew Gardens, Bayside and Murray Hill.

From 2003-2013, the district included most of Southeastern Queens including the neighborhoods of Cambria Heights, Edgemere, Far Rockaway, Hollis, Jamaica, Laurelton, Queens Village, Rosedale, Saint Albans, Springfield Gardens, and South Ozone Park, as well as John F. Kennedy International Airport. The district comprised mainly middle-class minority communities, but also included a part of Howard Beach known as Old Howard Beach.

Voting

Components: Past and Present

1983–present:

Parts of Queens

1973-1983:

Parts of Nassau, Queens

1945-1973:

Parts of Queens

1913-1945:

Parts of Brooklyn

1789–1913:

Parts of Manhattan

Various New York districts have been numbered "6" over the years, including areas in New York City and various parts of upstate New York.

List of representatives

The 6th District was located in northern Queens and adjacent Nassau county until 1982, covering the same territory now in the 5th District. This part of Queens had been in the 7th District prior to that reapportionment.

1789–1813: One, then two seats

From 1809 to 1813, two seats were elected at-large on a general ticket.

Congress	Years	Representative	Party	Electoral history
1	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791	Jeremiah Van Rensselaer	Anti- Administration	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
2	March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793	James Gordon	Pro- Administration	Redistricted to the 9th district
3	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	Ezekiel Gilbert	Pro- Administration	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
4	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797		Federalist
5	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799	Hezekiah L. Hosmer	Federalist	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
6 7	March 4, 1799 – July 25, 1801	John Bird	Federalist	Resigned
7	July 25, 1801 – January 17, 1801	Vacant
	October 6, 1801 – January 17, 1803	John Peter Van Ness	Democratic- Republican	Seat declared forfeited from appointment as major of militia in the District of Columbia
	January 17, 1803 – March 4, 1803	Vacant
8	March 4, 1803 – April 26, 1803	Isaac Bloom	Democratic- Republican	Died
	April 26, 1803 – October 17, 1803	Vacant
8 9 10	October 17, 1803 – March 3, 1809	Daniel C. Verplanck	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Cong ress	Years	Seat A				Seat B
		Representative	Party	Electoral history		Representative	Party	Electoral history
11	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811	Herman Knickerbocker	Federalist	Elected in 1808 Retired		Robert Le Roy Livingston	Federalist	Elected in 1808 Resigned
12	March 4, 1811 – May 6, 1812	Asa Fitch	Federalist	Elected in 1810 Retired
	May 6, 1812 – January 29, 1813		Vacant
	January 29, 1813 – March 3, 1813		Thomas P. Grosvenor	Federalist	Elected to finish Livingston's term Redistricted to the 5th district

1813 – present: One seat

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
Jonathan Fisk	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 21, 1815	Resigned to become U.S. Attorney
Vacant		March 21 – December 4, 1815
James W. Wilkin	Democratic- Republican	December 4, 1815 – March 3, 1819	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Walter Case	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Vacant		March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821
Charles Borland, Jr.	Democratic- Republican	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Hector Craig	Jacksonian Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Hallock, Jr.	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Hector Craig	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – July 12, 1830	Resigned
Vacant		July 12, 1830 – December 6, 1830
Samuel W. Eager	Anti- Jacksonian	December 6, 1830 – March 3, 1831	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Samuel J. Wilkin	Anti- Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John W. Brown	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Nathaniel Jones	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James G. Clinton	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	Redistricted to the 9th district
Hamilton Fish	Whig	December 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William W. Campbell	American	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
David S. Jackson	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – April 19, 1848	Declared vacant due to contested election
Vacant		April 19, 1848 – December 4, 1848
Horace Greeley	Whig	December 4, 1848 – March 3, 1849	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James Brooks	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Wheeler	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Cochrane	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Frederick A. Conkling	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Elijah Ward	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	Redistricted from the 7th district
Henry J. Raymond	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas E. Stewart	Conservative Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Samuel S. Cox	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	Lost re-election
James Brooks	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – April 30, 1873	Redistricted from the 8th district Died
Vacant		April 30, 1873 – November 4, 1873
Samuel S. Cox	Democratic	November 4, 1873 – March 3, 1885	Redistricted to the 8th district
Nicholas Muller	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	Redistricted from the 5th district
Amos J. Cummings	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	Redistricted from the 5th district
Frank T. Fitzgerald	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – November 4, 1889	Resigned to become register of New York County
Vacant		November 4, 1889 – December 9, 1889
Charles H. Turner	Democratic	December 9, 1889 – March 3, 1891	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John R. Fellows	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	Redistricted to the 14th district
Thomas F. Magner	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	Redistricted from the 5th district
James R. Howe	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Mitchell May	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
George H. Lindsay	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	Redistricted to the 2nd district
Robert Baker	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William M. Calder	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1915	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Frederick W. Rowe	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1921	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Warren I. Lee	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Charles I. Stengle	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Andrew L. Somers	Democratic	March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1945	Redistricted to the 10th district
James J. Delaney	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Robert J. Nodar, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James J. Delaney	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	Redistricted to the 7th district
Lester Holtzman	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – December 31, 1961	Resigned
Vacant		January 1, 1962 – February 19, 1962
Benjamin S. Rosenthal	Democratic	February 20, 1962 – January 3, 1963	Redistricted to the 8th district
Seymour Halpern	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1973	Redistricted from the 4th district
Lester L. Wolff	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981	Redistricted from the 3rd district
John LeBoutillier	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983	Redistricted to the 3rd district. Lost re-election there
Joseph P. Addabbo	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – April 10, 1986	Redistricted from the 7th district. Died
Vacant		April 11, 1986 – June 9, 1986
Alton R. Waldon, Jr.	Democratic	June 10, 1986 – January 3, 1987	Elected to finish Addabbo's term Lost re-election
Floyd H. Flake	Democratic	January 3, 1987 – November 17, 1997	Elected in 1986 Re-elected in 1988 Re-elected in 1990 Re-elected in 1992 Re-elected in 1994 Re-elected in 1996 Resigned to return to work at his church
Vacant		November 18, 1997 – February 2, 1998
Gregory W. Meeks	Democratic	February 3, 1998 – January 3, 2013	Elected to finish Flake's term Re-elected in 1998 Re-elected in 2000 Re-elected in 2002 Re-elected in 2004 Re-elected in 2006 Re-elected in 2008 Re-elected in 2010 Redistricted to the 5th district.
Grace Meng	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – Present	Elected in 2012 Re-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").

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

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
• 1996 House election data "
• 1998 House election data "
• 2000 House election data "
• 2002 House election data "
• 2004 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives