New York's 11th congressional district

New York's 11th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City.

The 11th district includes all of Staten Island and parts of southern Brooklyn, including the neighborhoods of Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Dyker Heights, and Gravesend. Politically, it is the most conservative district in New York City, the only district in the city which leans towards the Republican Party in national elections, and the only district covering part of the city to be represented by a Republican. The district has significant Italian-American, Jewish, Irish-American, Russian-American, populations.

From 2003-2013, the district was located entirely in Brooklyn, and had a majority African-American population. Most of the old 11th is now the 9th District. Prior to 2013, most of the territory currently in the 11th had been the 13th District.

The district was the subject of The Colbert Report's Better Know a District segment on December 15, 2005 and September 4, 2012.

On May 5, 2015 the 11th Congressional District of New York held a special election for the U.S. House of Representatives. The three major party candidates were Daniel Donovan (R), Vincent Gentile (D), and James Lane (G). Daniel Donovan (R) from Staten Island defeated his opponents in the special election gathering 58.7% of the vote.^[1]

Recent election results

List of representatives

The 11th has historically been a Brooklyn-based district. In the 1992 redistricting much of the old 11th became the new 10th district and the new 11th absorbed much of the old 12th district. In the 2012 redistricting, the new 11th replaced most of the old 13th district, and covered Staten Island for the first time.

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history	Geography
District created		1803
Beriah Palmer	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	Did not run for reelection	Clinton, Essex and Saratoga counties
Peter Sailly	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807	Did not run for reelection
John Thompson	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809	Did not run for reelection
Thomas R. Gold	Federalist	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	Clinton, Essex, Franklin and Saratoga counties
John W. Taylor	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1823	Redistricted to 17th district	Saratoga County
Charles A. Foote	Crawford Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Delaware and Greene counties
Henry Ashley	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	Did not run for reelection
Selah R. Hobbie	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829	Did not run for reelection; subsequently appointed U.S. Assistant Postmaster General
Perkins King	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	Did not run for reelection
Erastus Root	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Cramer	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Schenectady and Saratoga counties
John I. De Graff	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	Did not run for reelection
Anson Brown	Whig	March 4, 1839 – June 14, 1840	Died
Vacant		June 14, 1840 – December 7, 1840
Nicholas B. Doe	Whig	December 7, 1840 – March 3, 1841	Elected to finish Brown's term
Archibald L. Linn	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	Defeated for reelection by Chesselden Ellis in 16th District after redistricting
Zadock Pratt	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	Did not run for reelection	Columbia and Greene counties
John F. Collin	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	Did not run for reelection
Peter H. Silvester	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	Did not run for reelection
Josiah Sutherland	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	Did not run for reelection
Theodoric R. Westbrook	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	Did not run for reelection	Ulster County, New York and Greene County, New York
Rufus H. King	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	Did not run for reelection
William F. Russell	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	Did not run for reelection; subsequently appointed Naval Officer of the Port of New York
William S. Kenyon	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	Did not run for reelection
John B. Steele	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	Redistricted to 13th district
Charles H. Winfield	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867	Did not run for reelection	Orange and Sullivan counties
Charles Van Wyck	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	Defeated for reelection by George W. Greene
George W. Greene	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – February 17, 1870	Replaced by Charles H. Van Wyck, who successfully contested election
Charles Van Wyck	Republican	February 17, 1870 – March 3, 1871	Successfully challenged election of George W. Greene
Charles St. John	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	Redistricted to 12th district
Clarkson N. Potter	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	Redistricted from 10th district	Bronx and Westchester County
Benjamin A. Willis	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Harlem and central Manhattan
Levi P. Morton	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 21, 1881	Resigned to become US Minister to France
Vacant		March 21, 1881 – November 8, 1881
Roswell P. Flower	Democratic	November 8, 1881 – March 3, 1883	Elected to finish Morton's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Orlando B. Potter	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Truman A. Merriman	Independent Democrat	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	West Central Manhattan
	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889
John Quinn	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John De Witt Warner	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	Redistricted to 13th district
Amos J. Cummings	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – November 21, 1894	Redistricted from 9th district Redistricted to 10th district	Lower East Side of Manhattan (part)
William Sulzer	Democratic	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903	Redistricted to 10th district
William Randolph Hearst	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Part of Central west Manhattan
Charles V. Fornes	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Daniel J. Riordan	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – April 28, 1923	Redistricted from 8th district Died	All of Staten Island, Parts of Manhattan
Vacant		April 28, 1923 – November 6, 1923
Anning Smith Prall	Democratic	November 6, 1923 – January 3, 1935	Elected to finish Riordan's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James A. O'Leary	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – March 16, 1944	Died
Vacant		March 16, 1944 – June 6, 1944
Ellsworth B. Buck	Republican	June 6, 1944 – January 3, 1945	Elected to finish O'Leary's term. Redistricted to 16th district
James J. Heffernan	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953	Redistricted from 5th district	Parts of Brooklyn
Emanuel Celler	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963	Redistricted from 15th district redistricted to 10th district	Parts of Brooklyn, Queens
Eugene J. Keogh	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967	Redistricted from 9th district	Parts of Brooklyn
Frank J. Brasco	Democratic	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1975	Parts of Brooklyn, Queens
James H. Scheuer	Democratic		January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	Redistricted to 8th district
Edolphus Towns	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	Redistricted to the 10th district.	Parts of Brooklyn
Major Owens	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2007	Redistricted from 12th district. Retired.
	Parts of Brooklyn
Yvette Clarke		Democratic	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013	First elected in 2006. Redistricted to the 9th district.
Michael Grimm	Republican	January 3, 2013 – January 5, 2015	Redistricted from 13th district Resigned.	Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn
Vacant		January 5, 2015 – May 5, 2015	New York's 11th congressional district special election, 2015
Daniel M. Donovan, Jr.	Republican	May 5, 2015 – present	Elected to finish Grimm's term.

Election results

In New York State 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"). (See Electoral fusion#New York.)

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

Coordinates: 40°34′01″N 74°07′35″W / 40.56694°N 74.12639°W / 40.56694; -74.12639