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New York's 9th congressional district

U.S. House district for New York

New York's 9th congressional district

U.S. House district for New York

FieldValue
stateNew York
district number9
image name
image captionInteractive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2025
representativeYvette Clarke
partyDemocratic
residenceBrooklyn
percent urban100
percent rural0
population711,601
population year2024
median income$76,531
percent white32.3
percent hispanic11.4
percent black40.6
percent asian9.0
percent more than one race5.0
percent other race1.7
cpviD+22

| percent more than one race = 5.0

New York's 9th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City, represented by Yvette Clarke.

The district is located entirely within Brooklyn. It includes the neighborhoods of Brownsville, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Kensington, Midwood, Sheepshead Bay, Marine Park, Gerritsen Beach, and Prospect Lefferts Gardens.

Prior to 2013, the district consisted primarily of middle-class white neighborhoods, including large Jewish, Italian, Irish, and Russian populations, in southern Brooklyn and south central Queens. Before redistricting, the Queens Tribune found that the district increasingly swung Republican following the September 11 attacks in 2001, when many police and firefighters were lost from the Rockaways. Its rightward shift was also attributed to the increasing tendency of Orthodox Jews to vote for Republicans. Its representation in Congress was reliably Democratic for decades, electing prominent liberals such as Chuck Schumer and Anthony Weiner, and, prior to that, Emanuel Celler and Elizabeth Holtzman (when the district was differently numbered). Briefly bucking the trend, Republican Bob Turner succeeded Weiner, who resigned on June 21, 2011, after winning the special election on September 13, 2011. However, the previous 9th District was eliminated soon thereafter, after New York lost two districts in the redistricting cycle resulting from the 2010 census, and its territory was divided among several neighboring districts.

After redistricting, Yvette Clarke now represents the district. The district has an African American majority, and also includes most of the territory previously within the 11th District. It includes significant portions of Midwood, Brooklyn, however, that was previously within the 9th. In the 1980s, the district was based in Astoria and surrounding neighborhoods in Queens. This iteration of the district gained national attention in 1984, when its Representative Geraldine Ferraro became the vice presidential candidate of the Democratic Party.

Recent election results from statewide races

YearOfficeResults
2008PresidentObama 78% - 21%
2012PresidentObama 80% - 20%
2016PresidentClinton 79% - 19%
SenateSchumer 87% - 10%
2018SenateGillibrand 86% - 14%
GovernorCuomo 83% - 14%
Attorney GeneralJames 86% - 13%
2020PresidentBiden 76% - 24%
2022SenateSchumer 75% - 25%
GovernorHochul 68% - 32%
Attorney GeneralJames 73% - 27%
ComptrollerDiNapoli 74% - 26%
2024PresidentHarris 69% - 29%
SenateGillibrand 75% - 25%

History

The ninth district from 1993 to 2003
2003–2013}}
  • 1797–1803: Montgomery County
  • 1803–1809:
  • 1809–1913: Montgomery County
  • 1913–1945: Parts of Brooklyn, Queens
  • 1945–1963: Parts of Brooklyn
  • 1963–1993: Parts of Queens
  • 1993–2013: Parts of Brooklyn, Queens
  • 2013–present: Parts of Brooklyn
2013–2023}}

Current composition

The 9th district is located entirely in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Brooklyn neighborhoods in the district include:

  • Borough Park
  • Crown Heights
  • Ditmas Park
  • East Flatbush
  • Erasmus
  • Farragut
  • Flatbush
  • Flatlands
  • Kensington
  • Madison
  • Mapleton
  • Midwood
  • Parkville
  • Prospect Lefferts Gardens
  • Remsen Village
  • Rugby
  • Wingate

List of members representing the district

MemberPartyYearsCong
ressElectoral historyDistrict location
District established March 4, 1793
James Gordon
(Schenectady)Pro-AdministrationnowrapMarch 4, 1793 –
March 3, 1795Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1793.
Retired.
[[File:JohnWilliamsSalemNewYork.jpg100px]]
John Williams
(Salem)Democratic-RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1797Elected in 1794.
Re-elected in 1796.
Redistricted to the and lost re-election.
FederalistnowrapMarch 4, 1797 –
March 3, 1799
[[File:Brooklyn Museum - Jonas Platt - Samuel Finley Breese Morse - overall.jpg100px]]
Jonas Platt
(Poughkeepsie)FederalistnowrapMarch 4, 1799 –
March 3, 1801Elected in 1798.
Retired.
Benjamin Walker
(Utica)FederalistnowrapMarch 4, 1801 –
March 3, 1803Elected in 1800.
Retired.
[[File:Kiliaen K Van Rensselaer Semirestored.png100px]]
Killian K. Van Rensselaer
(Albany)FederalistnowrapMarch 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1809Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1802.
Re-elected in 1804.
Re-elected in 1806.
Redistricted to the .
Thomas Sammons
(Johnstown)FederalistnowrapMarch 4, 1809 –
March 3, 1811Elected in 1808.
Re-elected in 1810.
Retired.
Democratic-RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1811 –
March 3, 1813
John Lovett
(Albany)FederalistnowrapMarch 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1817Elected in 1812.
Re-elected in 1814.
Retired.
Rensselaer Westerlo
(Albany)FederalistnowrapMarch 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1819Elected in 1816.
Retired.
[[File:Solomon Van Rensselaer.jpg100px]]
Solomon Van Rensselaer
(Albany)FederalistnowrapMarch 4, 1819 –
January 14, 1822Elected in 1818.
Re-elected in 1821.
Resigned to become postmaster of Albany.
VacantnowrapJanuary 14, 1822 –
March 12, 1822
[[File:StephenVanRensselaerIIIPortrait.jpg100px]]
Stephen Van Rensselaer
(Albany)FederalistnowrapMarch 12, 1822 –
March 3, 1823Elected to finish his cousin's term.
Redistricted to the .
James L. Hogeboom
(Castleton)Crawford
RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825Elected in 1822.
Retired.
William McManus
(Troy)Anti-JacksoniannowrapMarch 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1827Elected in 1824.
Lost re-election.
[[File:John Dean Dickinson.jpg100px]]
John D. Dickinson
(Troy)Anti-JacksoniannowrapMarch 4, 1827 –
March 3, 1831Elected in 1826.
Re-elected in 1828.
Lost re-election.
Job Pierson
(Schaghticoke)JacksoniannowrapMarch 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1835Elected in 1830.
Re-elected in 1832.
Lost re-election.
Hiram P. Hunt
(Troy)Anti-JacksoniannowrapMarch 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837Elected in 1834.
Lost re-election.
Henry Vail
(Troy)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839Elected in 1836.
Lost re-election.
Hiram P. Hunt
(Troy)WhignowrapMarch 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1843Elected in 1838.
Re-elected in 1840.
Lost re-election.
James G. Clinton
(Newburgh)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1842.
Retired.
Archibald C. Niven
(Monticello)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1847Elected in 1844.
Retired.
[[File:Daniel B. St. John (New York Congressman).jpg100px]]
Daniel B. St. John
(Monticello)WhignowrapMarch 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1849Elected in 1846.
Retired.
Thomas McKissock
(Newburgh)WhignowrapMarch 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1851Elected in 1848.
Lost re-election.
[[File:William Murray 1803-75.jpg100px]]
William Murray
(Goshen)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853Elected in 1850.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:Jared V. Peck.jpg100px]]
Jared V. Peck
(Port Chester)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855Elected in 1852.
Retired.
Bayard Clarke
(New York)OppositionnowrapMarch 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857Elected in 1854.
Declined renomination as a Republican.
[[File:John Bussing Haskin.jpg100px]]
John B. Haskin
(Fordham)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859Elected in 1856.
Re-elected in 1858.
Retired.
Anti-Lecompton
DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1861
[[File:Edward haight.jpg100px]]
Edward Haight
(Westchester)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863Elected in 1860.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Rep. Anson Herrick.jpg100px]]
Anson Herrick
(New York)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865Elected in 1862.
Lost re-election.
[[File:William A. Darling.jpg100px]]
William A. Darling
(New York)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1867Elected in 1864.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Fernando Wood - Brady-Handy.jpg100px]]
Fernando Wood
(New York)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1867 –
March 3, 1873Elected in 1866.
Re-elected in 1868.
Re-elected in 1870.
Redistricted to the .
David B. Mellish
(New York)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1873 –
May 23, 1874Elected in 1872.
Died.
VacantnowrapMay 23, 1874 –
December 7, 1874
[[File:Richard Schell 2.jpg100px]]
Richard Schell
(New York)DemocraticnowrapDecember 7, 1874 –
March 3, 1875Elected to finish Mellish's term.
Retired.
[[File:Fernando Wood - Brady-Handy.jpg100px]]
Fernando Wood
(New York)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1875 –
February 14, 1881Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Died.
VacantnowrapFebruary 14, 1881 –
December 5, 1881
John Hardy
(New York)DemocraticnowrapDecember 5, 1881 –
March 3, 1885Elected to finish Wood's term.
Re-elected in 1882.
Lost renomination.
[[File:JosephPulitzerPinceNeznpsgov.jpg100px]]
Joseph Pulitzer
(New York)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1885 –
April 10, 1886Elected in 1884.
Resigned.
VacantnowrapApril 10, 1886 –
November 2, 1886
[[File:SSCox.jpg100px]]
Samuel S. Cox
(New York)DemocraticnowrapNovember 2, 1886 –
September 10, 1889Elected to finish Pulitzer's term.
Re-elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Died.
VacantnowrapSeptember 10, 1889 –
November 5, 1889
[[File:Amos Jay Cummings.jpg100px]]
Amos J. Cummings
(New York)DemocraticnowrapNovember 5, 1889 –
March 3, 1893Elected to finish Cox's term.
Re-elected in 1890.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:Timothy J. Campbell.jpg100px]]
Timothy J. Campbell
(New York)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1892.
[[File:Henry Clay Miner.jpg100px]]
Henry C. Miner
(New York)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1897Elected in 1894.
Retired.
[[File:Thomas J. Bradley.jpg100px]]
Thomas J. Bradley
(New York)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1901Elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Retired.
[[File:Goldfogle, Hon. H.M (cropped).jpg100px]]
Henry M. Goldfogle
(New York)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1901 –
March 3, 1913Elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:James H OBrien.jpg100px]]
James H. O'Brien
(Brooklyn)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1915Elected in 1912.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Oscar W. Swift (New York congressman).jpg100px]]
Oscar W. Swift
(Brooklyn)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1919Elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Lost re-election.
[[File:David J. O'Connell.jpg100px]]
David J. O'Connell
(Brooklyn)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1921Elected in 1918.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Andrew Nicholas Petersen.jpg100px]]
Andrew Petersen
(Brooklyn)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1923Elected in 1920.
Lost re-election.
[[File:David J. O'Connell.jpg100px]]
David J. O'Connell
(Brooklyn)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1923 –
December 29, 1930Elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Died.
VacantnowrapDecember 29, 1930 –
February 17, 1931
[[File:Stephen Andrew Rudd.jpg100px]]
Stephen A. Rudd
(Brooklyn)DemocraticnowrapFebruary 17, 1931 –
March 31, 1936Elected to finish O'Connell's term.
Re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Died.
VacantnowrapMarch 31, 1936 –
January 3, 1937
[[File:Eugene J. Keogh.jpg100px]]
Eugene J. Keogh
(Brooklyn)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1937 –
January 3, 1963Elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:James J. Delaney.jpg100px]]
James J. Delaney
(Queens)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1963 –
December 31, 1978Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Resigned.
VacantnowrapJanuary 1, 1979 –
January 3, 1979
[[File:Geraldine Ferraro congressional portrait.jpg100px]]
Geraldine Ferraro
(Queens)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1979 –
January 3, 1985Elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Retired to run for U.S. Vice President.
[[File:ThomasManton.jpg100px]]
Thomas J. Manton
(Queens)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1985 –
January 3, 1993Elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:Schumer-1987-.jpg100px]]
Chuck Schumer
(Brooklyn)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1993 –
January 3, 1999Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.1993–2003
Parts of Brooklyn, Queens
[[File:Schumer9thdist.jpg300px]]
[[File:Anthony Weiner, official portrait, 112th Congress.jpg100px]]
Anthony Weiner
(Brooklyn)DemocraticJanuary 3, 1999 –
June 21, 2011Elected 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.
Resigned.
2003–2013
Parts of Brooklyn, Queens
[[File:New York District 09 109th US Congress.png300px]]
VacantnowrapJune 21, 2011 –
September 15, 2011
[[File:Bob Turner, official portrait, 112th Congress.jpg100px]]
Robert Turner
(Queens)RepublicannowrapSeptember 15, 2011 –
January 3, 2013Elected to finish Weiner's term.
Redistricted to the but retired to run for U.S. senator.
[[File:Yvette Clarke official photo.jpg100px]]
Yvette Clarke
(Brooklyn)DemocraticJanuary 3, 2013 –
presentRedistricted from the and re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024.2013–2023
Parts of Brooklyn
[[File:New York US Congressional District 9 (since 2013).tif300px]]
2023–2025
Parts of Brooklyn
[[File:New York's 9th congressional district (new version) (since 2023).svg300px]]
2025–present
Parts of Brooklyn
[[File:New York's 9th congressional district (new version) (since 2025).svg300px]]

Recent election results

In New York elections, there are minor parties. 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").

Notes

References

References

  1. (June 8, 2017). "New York congressional districts by urban and rural population and land area". United States Census Bureau.
  2. "My Congressional District".
  3. (2025-04-03). "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)".
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  5. (September 15, 2011). "Pro-Israel Republican Bob Turner wins Weiner's NY seat - World News - Jerusalem Post".
  6. "DRA 2020".
  7. (2022-10-18). "Hey, New Yorkers: Meet Your Neighborhood's New Congressional District". The New York Times.
  8. "A New Nation Votes".
  9. [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_bu8SPTyhrF8C/page/n237 ''The History of Political Parties in the State of New-York, from the Ratification of the Federal Constitution to 1840''] by [[Jabez D. Hammond]] (4th ed., Vol. 1, H. & E. Phinney, [[Cooperstown, New York. Cooperstown]], 1846), on page 115: "...Gen. John Williams who had changed from a zealous democrat to a most heated federalist."
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  13. Mali, Meghashyam. (2011-06-20). "Weiner submits his letter of resignation".
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