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New York's 4th congressional district

U.S. House district for New York

Field	Value
state	New York
district number	4
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representative	Laura Gillen
party	Democratic
residence	Rockville Centre
percent urban	99.97
percent rural	0.03
population	777,491
population year	2024
median income	$137,724
percent white	50.7
percent hispanic	22.1
percent black	16.3
percent asian	7.0
percent more than one race	2.7
percent other race	1.2
cpvi	D+2

| percent more than one race = 2.7

New York's 4th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in central and southern Nassau County. It is represented by Democrat Laura Gillen.

NY-04 is the second-wealthiest congressional district in New York, and among the wealthiest nationally.

Voter registration

Party	Active voters	Inactive voters	Total voters	Percentage
Democratic	227,458	12,306	239,764	41.21%
Republican	161,504	7,875	169,379	29.11%
Conservative	5,099	292	5,391	0.93%
Working Families	1,468	62	1,530	0.26%
Other	13,700	861	14,561	2.50%
Unaffiliated	143,594	7,589	151,183	25.99%

Counties, towns, and municipalities

For the 119th and successive Congresses (based on the districts drawn following the New York Court of Appeals' December 2023 decision in Hoffman v New York State Ind. Redistricting. Commn.), the district contains all or portions of the following counties, towns, and municipalities.

Nassau County (23)

: Atlantic Beach, Bellerose, Cedarhurst, East Rockaway, Floral Park (part; also 3rd), Freeport, Garden City (part; also 3rd), Hempstead (town) (part; also 3rd; includes Baldwin, Barnum Island, Bay Park, Bellerose Terrace, Bellmore, East Atlantic Beach, Elmont, Franklin Square, Garden City South, Harbor Isle, Hewlett, Inwood, Lakeview, Lido Beach, Malverne Park Oaks, Merrick, North Bellmore, North Lynbrook, North Merrick, North Valley Stream, North Wantagh, Oceanside, Point Lookout, Roosevelt, Seaford, South Hempstead, South Valley Stream, Uniondale, Wantagh, West Hempstead, Woodmere, and part of East Meadow, Levittown, North New Hyde Park, and Salisbury), Hempstead (village), Hewlett Bay Park, Hewlett Harbor, Hewlett Neck, Island Park, Lawrence, Long Beach, Lynbrook, Malverne, New Hyde Park (part; also 3rd), Rockville Centre, South Floral Park, Stewart Manor, Valley Stream, Woodsburgh

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
	2008	President	Obama 56% – 43%
	2012	President	Obama 58% – 42%
2016	President	Clinton 54% – 42%
Senate	Schumer 67% – 31%
2018	Senate	Gillibrand 62% – 38%
Governor	Cuomo 60% – 39%
Attorney General	James 59% – 40%
	2020	President	Biden 57% – 42%
2022	Senate	Schumer 50% – 49%
Governor	Zeldin 53% – 47%
Attorney General	Henry 52% – 48%
Comptroller	DiNapoli 51% – 49%
2024	President	Harris 50% – 49%
Senate	Gillibrand 53% – 47%

Historical district boundaries

1789–1913:

:Parts of Manhattan

1913–1945: :Parts of Brooklyn
1945–1963: :Parts of Queens
1963–present: :Parts of Nassau County

In the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s much of this area was in the 5th District. The 4th District then included many towns in eastern Nassau County now in the 3rd District.

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Years	Cong
ress	Electoral history	District location
District established March 4, 1789
[[File:Composite portrait of John Hathorn by C. Brower Darst (1907).jpg	100px]]
John Hathorn
(Warwick)		Anti-Administration	nowrap	March 4, 1789 –
March 3, 1791		Elected in 1789.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Cornelius C. Schoonmaker.jpg	100px]]
Cornelius C. Schoonmaker
(Shawangunk)		Anti-Administration	nowrap	March 4, 1791 –
March 3, 1793		Elected in 1790.
Lost re-election.
Peter Van Gaasbeck
(Kingston)		Pro-Administration	nowrap	March 4, 1793 –
March 3, 1795		Elected in 1793.
Retired.
[[File:Composite portrait of John Hathorn by C. Brower Darst (1907).jpg	100px]]
John Hathorn
(Warwick)		Democratic-Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1797		Elected in 1794.
Retired.
Lucas Elmendorf
(Kingston)		Democratic-Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1797 –
March 3, 1803		Elected in 1796.
Re-elected in 1798.
Re-elected in 1800.
Retired.
[[File:Philip Van Cortlandt (1749-1831).jpg	100px]]
Philip Van Cortlandt
(Croton)		Democratic-Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1809		Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1802.
Re-elected in 1804.
Re-elected in 1806.

James Emott
(Albany)		Federalist	nowrap	March 4, 1809 –
March 3, 1813		Elected in 1808.
Re-elected in 1810.

[[File:Thomas J. Oakley.jpg	100px]]
Thomas J. Oakley
(Poughkeepsie)		Federalist	nowrap	March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1815		Elected in 1812.

Abraham H. Schenck
(Fishkill Landing)		Democratic-Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1815 –
March 3, 1817		Elected in 1814.

Vacant	nowrap	March 4, 1817 –
June 6, 1817		Henry B. Lee was elected in 1816 but died September 16, 1816, before the term.
[[File:James Tallmadge portrait.jpg	100px]]
James Tallmadge Jr.
(Poughkeepsie)		Democratic-Republican	nowrap	June 6, 1817 –
March 3, 1819	Elected to finish Lee's term and seated December 1, 1817.
Randall S. Street
(Poughkeepsie)		Federalist	nowrap	March 4, 1819 –
March 3, 1821		Elected in 1818.

Vacant	nowrap	March 4, 1821 –
December 3, 1821		Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued.
William W. Van Wyck
(Fishkill)		Democratic-Republican	nowrap	December 3, 1821 –
March 3, 1823		Elected in 1821.
Redistricted to the .
Joel Frost
(Carmel)		Democratic-Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825		Elected in 1822.
Retired.
[[File:Aaron Ward (Ossining).jpg	100px]]
Aaron Ward
(Mount Pleasant)		Anti-Jacksonian	nowrap	March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1829		Elected in 1824.
Re-elected in 1826.
Retired.
Henry B. Cowles
(Carmel)		Anti-Jacksonian	nowrap	March 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1831		Elected in 1828.

[[File:Aaron Ward (Ossining).jpg	100px]]
Aaron Ward
(Mount Pleasant)		Jacksonian	nowrap	March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1837		Elected in 1830.
Re-elected in 1832.
Re-elected in 1834.

[[File:Appletons' Kemble Gouverneur.jpg	100px]]
Gouverneur Kemble
(Cold Spring)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1841		Elected in 1836.
Re-elected in 1838.

[[File:Aaron Ward (Ossining).jpg	100px]]
Aaron Ward
(Mount Pleasant)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843		Elected in 1840.

[[File:William Brown Maclay.jpg	100px]]
William B. Maclay
(New York)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1849		Elected in 1842.
Re-elected in 1844.
Re-elected in 1846.

[[File:Walter Underhill (New York Congressman).jpg	100px]]
Walter Underhill
(New York)		Whig	nowrap	March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1851		Elected in 1848.

John Henry Hobart Haws
(New York)		Whig	nowrap	March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853		Elected in 1850.

[[File:Michael Walsh (Congressman).jpg	100px]]
Michael Walsh
(New York)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855		Elected in 1852.

[[File:John Kelly.png	100px]]
John Kelly
(New York)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1855 –
December 25, 1858		Elected in 1854.
Re-elected in 1856.
Resigned.
Vacant	nowrap	December 25, 1858 –
January 17, 1859
[[File:Thomas J. Barr.jpg	100px]]
Thomas J. Barr
(New York)		Independent Democrat	nowrap	January 17, 1859 –
March 3, 1861		Elected to finish Kelly's term.
Re-elected in 1858.

James Kerrigan
(New York)		Independent Democrat	nowrap	March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863		Elected in 1860.

[[File:Benjamin Wood (Congress).jpg	100px]]
Benjamin Wood
(New York)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865		Redistricted from 3rd district and re-elected in 1862.
.
Morgan Jones
(New York)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1867		Elected in 1864.

[[File:JFox.jpg	100px]]
John Fox
(New York)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1867 –
March 3, 1871		Elected in 1866.
Re-elected in 1868.

[[File:Robert Roosevelt - Brady-Handy.jpg	100px]]
Robert B. Roosevelt
(New York)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873		Elected in 1870.

[[File:Philip S. Crooke - Brady-Handy.jpg	100px]]
Philip S. Crooke
(Flatbush)		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875		Elected in 1872.

[[File:Archibald M. Bliss.jpg	100px]]
Archibald M. Bliss
(Brooklyn)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1883		Elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.

[[File:Felix Campbell.jpg	100px]]
Felix Campbell
(Brooklyn)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885		Elected in 1882.
Redistricted to 2nd district
[[File:Peter P. Mahoney.jpg	100px]]
Peter P. Mahoney
(Brooklyn)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1889		Elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.

[[File:John Michael Clancy.jpeg	100px]]
John M. Clancy
(Brooklyn)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1893		Elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Redistricted to 2nd district
[[File:William J. Coombs.jpeg	100px]]
William J. Coombs
(Brooklyn)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895		Redistricted from 3rd district and re-elected in 1892.

[[File:Israel F. Fischer.jpeg	100px]]
Israel F. Fischer
(Brooklyn)		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1899		Elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.

[[File:Colonel Bertram T. Clayton.jpg	100px]]
Bertram T. Clayton
(Brooklyn)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1901		Elected in 1898.

[[File:Harry A. Hanbury.jpg	100px]]
Harry A. Hanbury
(Brooklyn)		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1901 –
March 3, 1903		Elected in 1900.

[[File:Frank E. Wilson.jpg	100px]]
Frank E. Wilson
(Brooklyn)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1905		Redistricted from 5th district and re-elected in 1902.

[[File:Charles B. Law.jpg	100px]]
Charles B. Law
(Brooklyn)		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1905 –
March 3, 1911		Elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.

[[File:Frank E. Wilson.jpg	100px]]
Frank E. Wilson
(Brooklyn)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1913		Elected in 1910.
Redistricted to 3rd district
[[File:Harry Dale.jpg	100px]]
Harry H. Dale
(Brooklyn)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1913 –
January 6, 1919		Elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Resigned to become judge of magistrate's court
Vacant	nowrap	January 6, 1919 –
March 3, 1919
[[File:ThomasHCullen1916.jpg	100px]]
Thomas H. Cullen
(Brooklyn)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1919 –
March 1, 1944		Elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
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.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Died.
Vacant	nowrap	March 1, 1944 –
June 6, 1944
[[File:John James Rooney.jpg	100px]]
John J. Rooney
(Brooklyn)		Democratic	nowrap	June 6, 1944 –
January 3, 1945	Elected to finish Cullen's term.
Redistricted to 12th district
[[File:William Bernard Barry.jpg	100px]]
William B. Barry
(Queens)		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 1945 –
October 20, 1946		Redistricted from 2nd district and re-elected in 1944.
Died.
Vacant	nowrap	October 21, 1946 –
January 2, 1947
[[File:Gregory McMahon.jpg	100px]]
Gregory McMahon
(Queens)		Republican	nowrap	January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1949		Elected in 1946.
Lost re-election.
[[File:L. Gary Clemente, New York Congressman.jpg	100px]]
L. Gary Clemente
(Queens)		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1953		Elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Henry J. Latham.jpg	100px]]
Henry J. Latham
(Queens)		Republican	nowrap	January 3, 1953 –
December 31, 1958		Redistricted from 3rd district and re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Resigned.
Vacant	nowrap	January 1, 1959 –
January 2, 1959
[[File:Seymour Halpern (New York Congressman).jpg	100px]]
Seymour Halpern
(Queens)		Republican	nowrap	January 3, 1959 –
January 3, 1963		Elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Redistricted to 6th district
[[File:John W. Wydler.jpg	100px]]
John W. Wydler
(Garden City)		Republican	nowrap	January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1973		Elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Redistricted to 5th district
[[File:Norman Lent.jpg	100px]]
Norman F. Lent
(East Rockaway)		Republican	nowrap	January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1993		Redistricted from 5th district and re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Retired.
[[File:David A. Levy.jpg	100px]]
David A. Levy
(Baldwin)		Republican	nowrap	January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 1995		Elected in 1992.
Lost renomination.
[[File:Dan frisa.jpg	100px]]
Daniel Frisa
(Westbury)		Republican	nowrap	January 3, 1995 –
January 3, 1997		Elected in 1994.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Carolynmccarthy.jpeg	100px]]
Carolyn McCarthy
(Mineola)	Democratic	January 3, 1997 –
January 3, 2015		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.
Re-elected in 2012.
Retired.
2003–2013
Parts of Nassau County
[[File:New York District 04 109th US Congress.png	300px]]
2013–2023
Parts of Nassau County
[[File:New York US Congressional District 4 (since 2013).tif	300px]]
[[File:Kathleen Rice, Official Portrait, 115th Congress (cropped).jpg	100px]]
Kathleen Rice
(Garden City)		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 2015 –
January 3, 2023		Elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Retired.
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Anthony D'Esposito
(Island Park)		Republican	January 3, 2023 –
January 3, 2025		Elected in 2022.
Lost re-election.	2023–2025
Parts of Nassau County
[[File:New York's 4th congressional district (new version) (since 2023).svg	300px]]
[[File:Gillen Laura 119th Congress (cropped2).jpg	100px]]
Laura Gillen
(Rockville Centre)		Democratic	January 3, 2025 –
present		Elected in 2024.	2025–present
Parts of Nassau County
[[File:New York's 4th congressional district (new version) (since 2025).svg	300px]]

Election results

In New York electoral politics there are numerous smaller parties at various points on the political spectrum. Certain parties 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").

References

1996 House election data, Clerk of the House of Representatives
1998 House election data, "
2000 House election data, "
2002 House election data, "
2004 House election data, "
2006 House election data, "
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
National atlas congressional maps

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