New York's 16th congressional district

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New York's 16th congressional district
From 2023 to 2025 From 2025 Interactive map of district boundaries
Representative	Jamaal Bowman D–Yonkers
Distribution	100% urban 0% rural
Population (2023)	765,060
Median household income	$105,778[1]
Ethnicity	39.6% White 28.9% Hispanic 20.5% Black 6.7% Asian 3.2% Two or more races 1.2% other
Cook PVI	D+20[2]

New York's 16th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives represented by Jamaal Bowman.

The 16th district includes a small portion of the northern Bronx (specifically the neighborhood of Wakefield) and the southern half of Westchester County, including the suburban cities of White Plains, Mount Vernon, Yonkers, New Rochelle, and Rye. The district has the highest percentage of Jamaican Americans, at 9%, out of any congressional district in New York, due to the large Caribbean population in the north Bronx.^[3]

In 2008, the previous version of this district gave Barack Obama his largest victory margin of any congressional district, a 90% margin (95–5%).^[4] The current configuration of the 16th district is strongly Democratic, though it is not as overwhelmingly Democratic as other districts in the city.

History

From 2003 to 2013, the district included the neighborhoods of Bedford Park, East Tremont, Fordham, Hunts Point, Melrose, Highbridge, Morrisania, Mott Haven and University Heights. Yankee Stadium, Fordham University and the Bronx Zoo were located within the district. Before redistricting, the 2010 census found that approximately 38% of constituents in New York's 16th lived at or below the federal poverty line, the highest poverty rate of any congressional district in the nation.^[5] These neighborhoods were largely reassigned to the 15th district after redistricting, while the current 16th comprises most of the territory that had previously been the 17th District. The current 16th district, while still containing impoverished areas, such as some neighborhoods of Mount Vernon, also contains affluent areas, such as in Scarsdale and Rye, resulting in a more mixed-income demography.

Recent election results in nationwide races

Year	Office	Results
1992	President	B. Clinton 81–15%
1996	President	B. Clinton 94–4%
2000	President	Gore 92–5%
2004	President	Kerry 89–10%
2008	President	Obama 95–5%
2012	President	Obama 73–25%
2016	President	H. Clinton 75–22%
2020	President	Biden 75–23%

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
District established March 4, 1803
John Paterson (Lisle)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	8th	Elected in 1802. Retired.	1803–1809 [data missing]
Uri Tracy (Oxford)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807	9th	Re-elected in 1804. Lost re-election.
Reuben Humphrey (Marcellus)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809	10th	Elected in 1806. [data missing]
District inactive		March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813	11th 12th
Morris S. Miller (Utica)	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	13th	Elected in 1812. [data missing]	1813–1823 Oneida County and the ex-Oneida part of Oswego County
Thomas R. Gold (Whitestown)	Federalist	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	14th	Elected in 1814. [data missing]
Henry R. Storrs (Whitestown)	Federalist	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821	15th 16th	Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Lost renomination.
Vacant		March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821	17th	Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued.
Joseph Kirkland (Utica)	Federalist	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823		Elected in 1821. [data missing]
John W. Cady (Johnstown)	Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th	Elected in 1822. [data missing]	1823–1833 Montgomery County
Henry Markell (Palatine)	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	19th 20th	Elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. [data missing]
Benedict Arnold (Amsterdam)	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	21st	Elected in 1828. [data missing]
Nathan Soule (Fort Plain)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd	Elected in 1830. [data missing]
Abijah Mann Jr. (Fairfield)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th	Elected in 1832. Re-elected in 1834. [data missing]	1833–1843 [data missing]
Arphaxed Loomis (Little Falls)	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	Elected in 1836. [data missing]
Andrew W. Doig (Lowville)	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. [data missing]
Chesselden Ellis (Waterford)	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Elected in 1842. [data missing]	1843–1853 [data missing]
Hugh White (Cohoes)	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1851	29th 30th 31st	Elected in 1844. Re-elected in 1846. Re-elected in 1848. [data missing]
John Wells (Johnstown)	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1850. [data missing]
George A. Simmons (Keeseville)	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd 34th	Elected in 1852. [data missing]	1853–1863 [data missing]
	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – May 30, 1857		Re-elected in 1854. [data missing]
George W. Palmer (Plattsburg)	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	35th 36th	Elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. [data missing]
William A. Wheeler (Malone)	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	Elected in 1860. [data missing]
Orlando Kellogg (Elizabethtown)	Republican	March 4, 1863 – August 24, 1865	38th 39th	Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Died.	1863–1873 [data missing]
Vacant		August 24, 1865 – December 3, 1866	39th
Robert S. Hale (Elizabethtown)	Republican	December 3, 1866 – March 3, 1867		Elected to finish Kellogg's term. [data missing]
Orange Ferriss (Glens Falls)	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871	40th 41st	Elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. [data missing]
John Rogers (Black Brook)	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	Elected in 1870. [data missing]
James S. Smart (Cambridge)	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Elected in 1872. [data missing]	1873–1883 [data missing]
Charles H. Adams (Cohoes)	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Elected in 1874. [data missing]
Terence J. Quinn (Albany)	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – June 18, 1878	45th	Elected in 1876. Died.
Vacant		June 18, 1878 – November 5, 1878
John Mosher Bailey (Albany)	Republican	November 5, 1878 – March 3, 1881	45th 46th	Elected to finish Quinn's term. Also elected the same day in 1878 to the next term. [data missing]
Michael N. Nolan (Albany)	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	Elected in 1880. [data missing]
Thomas J. Van Alstyne (Albany)	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Elected in 1882. [data missing]	1883–1893 [data missing]
John H. Ketcham (Dover Plains)	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1893	49th 50th 51st 52nd	Redistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. [data missing]
William Ryan (Port Chester)	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Elected in 1892. [data missing]	1893–1903 [data missing]
Benjamin L. Fairchild (Pelham Heights)	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	Elected in 1894. [data missing]
William L. Ward (Port Chester)	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899	55th	Elected in 1896. [data missing]
John Q. Underhill (New Rochelle)	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901	56th	Elected in 1898. [data missing]
Cornelius A. Pugsley (Peekskill)	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	57th	Elected in 1900. [data missing]
Jacob Ruppert (New York)	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907	58th 59th	Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. [data missing]	1903–1913 [data missing]
Francis B. Harrison (New York)	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913	60th 61st 62nd	Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Redistricted to the 20th district.
Peter J. Dooling (New York)	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919	63rd 64th 65th	Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916 Redistricted to the 15th district.	1913–1933 [data missing]
Thomas F. Smith (New York)	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	66th	Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 1918. [data missing]
William Bourke Cockran (New York)	Democratic	March 4, 1921 – March 1, 1923	67th	Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922 but died before the next term began.
Vacant		March 1, 1923 – November 6, 1923	67th 68th
John J. O'Connor (New York)	Democratic	November 6, 1923 – October 24, 1938	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th	Elected to finish Cockran's term. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Lost renomination and switched parties.
	Republican	October 24, 1938 – January 3, 1939		Lost re-election.	1933–1943 [data missing]
James H. Fay (New York)	Democratic	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941	76th	Elected in 1938. [data missing]
William T. Pheiffer (New York)	Republican	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943	77th	Elected in 1940. [data missing]
James H. Fay (New York)	Democratic	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	78th	Elected in 1942. [data missing]	1943–1953 [data missing]
Ellsworth B. Buck (Staten Island)	Republican	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1949	79th 80th	Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. [data missing]
James J. Murphy (Staten Island)	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	81st 82nd	Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. [data missing]
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (New York)	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th	Redistricted from the 22nd district and re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Redistricted to the 18th district.	1953–1963 [data missing]
John M. Murphy (Staten Island)	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1973	88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd	Elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Redistricted to the 17th district.	1963–1973 [data missing]
Elizabeth Holtzman (Brooklyn)	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981	93rd 94th 95th 96th	Elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.	1973–1983 [data missing]
Chuck Schumer (Brooklyn)	Democratic	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983	97th	Elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 10th district.
Charles Rangel (New York)	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Redistricted from the 19th district and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 15th district.	1983–1993 [data missing]
José E. Serrano (The Bronx)	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from the 18th district and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. 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 15th district.	1993–2003 [data missing]
					2003–2013 Parts of the Bronx and Queens
Eliot Engel (The Bronx)	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2021	113th 114th 115th 116th	Redistricted from the 17th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Lost renomination.[6]	2013–2023 Parts of the Bronx and Westchester County
Jamaal Bowman (Yonkers)	Democratic	January 3, 2021 – present	117th 118th	Elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Lost renomination.
					2023–2025 Parts of the Bronx and Westchester County

Recent election results

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").

1996 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	José E. Serrano (incumbent)	95,568	96.3%
	Republican	Rodney Torres	2,878	2.9%
	Conservative	Owen Camp	787	0.8%
Majority			92,690	93.4%
Turnout			99,233	100%

1998 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	José E. Serrano (incumbent)	67,367	95.4%	−0.9%
	Republican	Thomas W. Bayley Jr.	2,457	3.5%	+0.6%
	Conservative	Owen Camp	756	1.1%	+0.3%
Majority			64,910	92.0%	−1.4%
Turnout			70,580	100%	−28.9%

2000 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	José E. Serrano (incumbent)	103,041	95.8%	+0.4%
	Republican	Aaron Justice	3,934	3.7%	+0.2%
	Conservative	Richard Retcho	571	0.5%	−0.6%
Majority			99,107	92.2%	+0.2%
Turnout			107,546	100%	+52.4%

2002 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	José E. Serrano (incumbent)	50,716	92.1%	−3.7%
	Republican	Frank DellaValle	4,366	7.9%	+4.2%
Majority			46,350	84.1%	−8.1%
Turnout			55,082	100%	−48.8%

2004 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	José E. Serrano	106,739	91.0%
	Working Families	José E. Serrano	4,899	4.2%
	total	José E. Serrano (incumbent)	111,638	95.2	+3.1%
	Republican	Ali Mohamed	4,917	4.2%
	Conservative	Ali Mohamed	693	0.6%
	total	Ali Mohamed	5,610	4.8	−3.1%
Majority			106,028	90.4	+6.3
Turnout			117,248	100	+112.9%

2006 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	José E. Serrano	53,179	90.3%
	Working Families	José E. Serrano	2,945	5.0%
	total	José E. Serrano (incumbent)	56,124	95.3	+0.1%
	Republican	Ali Mohamed	2,045	3.5%
	Conservative	Ali Mohamed	714	1.2%
	total	Ali Mohamed	2,759	4.7	−0.1%
Majority			53,365	90.6	+0.2
Turnout			58,883	100%	−49.8%

2008 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	José E. Serrano	123,312	93.7%
	Working Families	José E. Serrano	3,867	2.9%
	total	José E. Serrano (incumbent)	127,179	96.6	+1.3%
	Republican	Ali Mohamed	3,941	3.0%
	Conservative	Ali Mohamed	547	0.4%
	total	Ali Mohamed	4,488	3.4	−1.3%
Majority			122,691	93.2	+2.6
Turnout			131,667	100%	+123.6%

2010 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	José E. Serrano	58,478	90.8%
	Working Families	José E. Serrano	3,164	4.9%
	total	José E. Serrano (incumbent)	61,642	95.7	−0.9%
	Republican	Frank Della Valle	2,257	3.5%
	Conservative	Frank Della Valle	501	0.8%
	total	Frank Della Valle	2,758	4.3	+0.9%
Majority			58,884	91.4	−1.8
Turnout			64,400	100%	−51.1%

2018 New York District 16 primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Eliot Engel (Incumbent)	22,160	73.7	−26.7
	Democratic	Jonathan Lewis	4,866	16.2	New
	Democratic	Joyce Briscoe	1,772	5.9	New
	Democratic	Derickson Lawrence	1,280	4.3	New
Majority			30,078	57.5	−26.7

2018 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Eliot Engel (Incumbent)	182,044	100.0	+5.7
Majority			182,044	100.0	+5.7

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2020 Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jamaal Bowman	49,367	55.4
	Democratic	Eliot Engel (Incumbent)	36,149	40.6
	Democratic	Chris Fink	1,625	1.8
	Democratic	Sammy Ravelo	1,139	1.3
	Democratic	Andom Ghebreghiorgis (withdrawn)	761	0.9

2020 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jamaal Bowman	218,471	84.2
	Conservative	Patrick McManus	41,085	15.8
Total votes			259,556	100.0
	Democratic hold

2022 Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jamaal Bowman (incumbent)	21,643	54.2
	Democratic	Vedat Gashi	10,009	25.0
	Democratic	Catherine Parker	7,503	18.8
	Democratic	Mark Jaffee	608	1.5
Total votes			39,961	100.0

2022 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jamaal Bowman	127,024	61.1
	Working Families	Jamaal Bowman	6,543	3.2
	'Total'	Jamaal Bowman (incumbent)	133,567	64.2
	Republican	Miriam Flisser	74,156	35.7
Total votes			207,928	100.0
	Democratic hold

2024 Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	George Latimer	45,909	58.6
	Democratic	Jamaal Bowman (incumbent)	32,440	41.4
Total votes			78,349	100.0

See also

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

References

1. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
2. "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
3. "The Demographic Statistical Atlas of the United States - Statistical Atlas". statisticalatlas.com. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
4. "Swing State Project". Archived from the original on March 5, 2009.
5. Sisk, Richard (September 29, 2010). "South Bronx is poorest district in nation, U.S. Census Bureau finds: 38% live below poverty line". New York Daily News. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
6. "New York Primary Election Results: 16th Congressional District". The New York Times. June 23, 2020. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
7. "New York Primary Election Results: 16th Congressional District". The New York Times. July 6, 2020.

Sources

Books

• 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.

External links

• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
• 2006 Election Results from the New York State Board of Elections
• Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives from the Federal Election Commission
• 2004 House election data from the 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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