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New York's 15th congressional district
New York's 15th congressional district
	New York's 15th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative	José E. Serrano; D–Bronx
Distribution	100% urban; 0% rural;
Population (2018 ACS est.)	743,959
Median household; income	$30,483
Ethnicity	66% Hispanic; 28% Black; 3% White; 2% Asian; 0.01% Native American;
Cook PVI	D+44

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New York's 15th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in New York City, State of New York. The district has been represented by Democrat José E. Serrano since 2013.

The 15th district is located entirely within the Bronx, namely the southern portion of the West Bronx as well as the South Bronx. Hispanics make up the majority of the district's population, followed by blacks. Whites, Asians and others comprise a small minority. Yankee Stadium and the Bronx Zoo are both located within the district.

From 2003 to 2013 it was composed of Upper Manhattan, Rikers Island and a largely non-residential section of northwestern Queens on the shore of the East River mostly occupied by a Consolidated Edison facility and a New York Power Authority power plant. The district included the neighborhoods of Harlem, Inwood, Marble Hill, Spanish Harlem, Washington Heights, Morningside Heights, and portions of the Manhattan that included Apollo Theater, Columbia University, and Grant's Tomb.

Scoring a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+44 in 2014 rendered the district the most Democratic in the nation.^[3] U.S. Senator John Kerry won 90% of the vote in the 15th congressional district in 2004. In 2012, this was the district scoring the highest percentage of local votes to President Barack Obama: 96.7%. Likewise in 2016, Hillary Clinton received 93.8% of local votes.^[4]

Recent election results from presidential races

Year	Office	Results
2008	President	Obama 95 - 5%
2012	President	Obama 96.7 - 3%
2016	President	Clinton 93.8 - 4.9%

Redistricting

The district was a Brooklyn-based seat until 1982, when it was realigned to cover the East Side of Manhattan. Following the 1992 redistricting, it became the upper Manhattan seat previously designated the 19th District and the 18th District. After the 2012 redistricting, the 15th became the Bronx's primary district.

List of members representing the district

1803 – 1823: One seat, then two seats

From 1813 to 1823, two seats were apportioned to the 15th district, elected at-large on a general ticket.

Cong ress	Years	Representative	Party	Electoral history	Representative	Party	Electoral history
Cong ress	Years	Seat A			Seat B
8th	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	Gaylord Griswold	Federalist	Elected in 1802. [data missing]	No 2nd seat
9th	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807	Nathan Williams	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1804. [data missing]
10th	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809	William Kirkpatrick	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1806. [data missing]
11th	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811	Peter Buell Porter	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Retired.
12th	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	Peter Buell Porter	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Retired.
13th	March 4, 1813 – June 21, 1813	Vacant		Representative-elect William Dowse died February 18, 1813 before the term began.	Joel Thompson	Federalist	Elected in 1812. [data missing]
	June 21, 1813 – December 20, 1813	John M. Bowers	Federalist	Elected to finish Dowse's term. Lost election contest.
	December 20, 1813 – January 24, 1814	Vacant		Election contested.
	January 24, 1814 – March 3, 1815	Isaac Williams Jr.	Democratic-Republican	Successfully contested Bowers's election. [data missing]
14th	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	James Birdsall	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1814. [data missing]	Jabez Hammond	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1814. [data missing]
15th	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819	Isaac Williams Jr.	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1816. Retired.	John R. Drake	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1816. Retired.
16th	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	Joseph S. Lyman	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1818. Retired.	Robert Monell	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1818. Lost re-election.
17th	March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821	Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued.			Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued.
17th	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823	Samuel Campbell	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1821. Redistricted to the 21st district and lost re-election.	James Hawkes	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1821. [data missing]

1823 – Present: One seat

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
John Herkimer	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th	Elected in 1822. Lost re-election.	1823–1833 Herkimer
Michael Hoffman	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833	19th 20th 21st 22nd	Elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Re-elected in 1830. [data missing]	1823–1833 Herkimer
Charles McVean	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd	[data missing]
Matthias J. Bovee	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th	[data missing]
John Edwards	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	[data missing]
Peter J. Wagner	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	26th	[data missing]
John Sanford	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	[data missing]
Lemuel Stetson	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	[data missing]
Joseph Russell	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	[data missing]
Sidney Lawrence	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	[data missing]
John R. Thurman	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	[data missing]
Joseph Russell	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	[data missing]
Charles Hughes	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	[data missing]
Edward Dodd	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th 35th	[data missing]
Edward Dodd	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	34th 35th	[data missing]
James B. McKean	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	[data missing]
John Augustus Griswold	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th 39th 40th	[data missing]
John Augustus Griswold	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869	38th 39th 40th	[data missing]
Adolphus H. Tanner	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	41st	[data missing]
Joseph M. Warren	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	[data missing]
Eli Perry	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Redistricted from the 14th district and re-elected in 1872. [data missing]
John H. Bagley Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	[data missing]
Stephen L. Mayham	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	[data missing]
William Lounsbery	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	[data missing]
Thomas Cornell	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	[data missing]
John H. Bagley Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	[data missing]
Lewis Beach	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – August 10, 1886	49th	Redistricted from the 14th district and re-elected in 1884. Died.
Vacant		August 10, 1886 – December 6, 1886
Henry Bacon	Democratic	December 6, 1886 – March 3, 1889	49th 50th	Elected to finish Beach's term. Also elected in 1886 to the next term. Lost re-election.
Moses D. Stivers	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	[data missing]
Henry Bacon	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	[data missing]
Ashbel P. Fitch	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – December 26, 1893	53rd	Redistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 1892. Resigned to become New York City Comptroller
Vacant		December 26, 1893 – January 30, 1894
Isidor Straus	Democratic	January 30, 1894 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Elected to finish Fitch's term. [data missing]
Philip B. Low	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	54th 55th	[data missing]
Jacob Ruppert	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903	56th 57th	[data missing] Redistricted to the 16th district.
William H. Douglas	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	58th	Redistricted from the 14th district and re-elected in 1902. [data missing]
J. Van Vechten Olcott	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911	59th 60th 61st	[data missing]
Thomas G. Patten	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	62nd	[data missing] Redistricted to the 18th district.
Michael F. Conry	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 2, 1917	63rd 64th	Redistricted from the 12th district and re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916 but died.
Vacant		March 2, 1917 – April 12, 1917
Thomas F. Smith	Democratic	April 12, 1917 – March 3, 1919	65th	Elected to finish Conry's term. [data missing]
Peter J. Dooling	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	66th	Redistricted from the 16th district and re-elected in 1918. [data missing]
Thomas J. Ryan	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	67th	[data missing]
John J. Boylan	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – October 5, 1938	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th	[data missing] Died.
Vacant		October 5, 1938 – January 3, 1939
Michael J. Kennedy	Democratic	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943	76th 77th	[data missing]
Thomas F. Burchill	Democratic	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	78th	[data missing]
Emanuel Celler	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953	79th 80th 81st 82nd	Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1944. Redistricted to the 11th district.
John H. Ray	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th	[data missing]
Hugh Carey	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – December 31, 1974	88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd	Redistricted from the 12th district and re-elected in 1962. Resigned to become Governor of New York
Vacant		January 1, 1975 – January 2, 1975
Leo C. Zeferetti	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	94th 95th 96th 97th	[data missing] Redistricted to the 14th district. and lost re-election.
Bill Green	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Redistricted from the 18th district and re-elected in 1982. Redistricted to the 14th district and lost re-election.
Charles Rangel	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from the 16th district and re-elected in 1992. Redistricted to the 13th district.	1993–2003 [data missing]
Charles Rangel	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th		2003–2013
José E. Serrano	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2021	113th 114th 115th 116th	Redistricted from the 16th district and re-elected in 2012. [data missing]	2013–present
Ritchie Torres	Democratic	January 3, 2021 – Present	119th	Elected in 2020.

Recent election results

U.S. President

Year	Result
2000	Gore 87–7%
2004	Kerry 90–9%
2008	Obama 93–6%

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives

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, 1870: New York District 15^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph M. Warren	17,793	59.9
	Republican	J. Thomas Davis	11,659	39.3
	Temperance	Alvin C. Rose	235	0.8
Majority			6,134	20.6
Turnout			29,687	100

[data missing]

US House election, 1996: New York District 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles B. Rangel	113,898	91.3
	Republican	Edward R. Adams	5,951	4.8
	Conservative	Ruben Dario Vargas	3,896	3.1
	Right to Life	Jose Suero	989	0.8
Majority			107,947	86.5
Turnout			124,734	100

US House election, 1998: New York District 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Charles B. Rangel	90,424	93.1	+1.8
	Republican	David E. Cunningham	5,633	5.8	+1.0
	Conservative	Patrick McManus	1,082	1.1	−2.0
Majority			84,791	87.3	+0.8
Turnout			97,139	100	−22.1

US House election, 2000: New York District 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Charles B. Rangel	130,161	91.9	−1.2
	Republican	Jose Agustin Suero	7,346	5.2	−0.6
	Green	Dean Loren	2,134	1.5	+1.5
	Independence	Jesse A. Fields	1,051	0.7	+0.7
	Conservative	Frank Della Valle	492	0.3	−0.8
	Libertarian	Scott A. Jeffery	480	0.3	+0.3
Majority			122,815	86.7	−0.6
Turnout			141,664	100	+45.8

US House election, 2002: New York District 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Charles B. Rangel	84,367	88.5	−3.4
	Republican	Jesse A. Fields	11,008	11.5	+6.3
Majority			73,359	76.9	−9.8
Turnout			95,375	100	−32.7

US House election, 2004: New York District 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Charles B. Rangel	161,351	91.1	+2.6
	Republican	Kenneth P. Jefferson, Jr.	12,355	7.0	−4.5
	Independence	Jessie A. Fields	3,345	1.9	+1.9
Majority			148,996	84.2	+7.3
Turnout			177,051	100	+85.6

US House election, 2006: New York District 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Charles B. Rangel	103,916	94.0	+2.9
	Republican	Edward Daniels	6,592	6.0	−1.0
Majority			97,324	88.1	+3.9
Turnout			110,508	100	−37.6

US House election, 2008: New York District 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Charles B. Rangel	177,151	89.2	−5.8
	Republican	Edward Daniels	15,676	7.9	+1.9
	Independent	Craig Schley	3,708	1.9
	Socialist Workers	Martin Koppel	2,141	1.1
Majority			161,475	81.3	−6.8
Turnout			198,676	100	+79.8

US House election, 2010: New York District 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Charles B. Rangel	91,225	80.4	−8.7
	Republican	Michel Faulkner	11,754	10.4	+2.5
	Independent	Craig Schley	7,803	6.9	+5.0
	Socialist Workers	Róger Calero	2,647	2.3	+1.2
Majority			79,471	70.1	−11.2
Turnout			113,429	100	−42.9

References

^ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ Median & Most Partisan Districts, 1998-2014.
^ Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for the 2016 and 2012 elections, dailykos.com.
^ November Election, 1870. Complete Statement of the Official Canvass, in Detail of the Election Held November 8, 1870, Giving the Vote of Each Election District, with Proceedings of County And State... Vol. Volume II. County of New York. 1871. p. 2034. Retrieved 2009-03-28. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: others (link)

External links

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
Clarke, Matthew St. Clair & David A. Hall (1834) "Cases of Contested Elections in Congress, from the Year 1789 to 1834, Inclusive", Gales And Seaton.
"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.

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[1] Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.

[Cook-2] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[3] Median & Most Partisan Districts, 1998-2014.

[4] Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for the 2016 and 2012 elections, dailykos.com.

[5] November Election, 1870. Complete Statement of the Official Canvass, in Detail of the Election Held November 8, 1870, Giving the Vote of Each Election District, with Proceedings of County And State... Vol. Volume II. County of New York. 1871. p. 2034. Retrieved 2009-03-28. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: others (link)

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