New York's 16th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2025
Representative	George Latimer D–Rye
Distribution	100% urban 0% rural
Population (2024)	773,517
Median household income	$102,025[1]
Ethnicity	39.7%White 28.8%Hispanic 20.7%Black 6.5%Asian 3.1%Two or more races 1.1% other
Cook PVI	D+18[2]

New York's 16th congressional district is acongressional district in the state of New York that is represented by Democratic Rep.George Latimer.^[3] The 16th district includes a small portion of the northernBronx, as well as the southern portion ofWestchester County.^[4][5][6]

From 2003 to 2013, the district included the neighborhoods ofBedford Park,East Tremont,Fordham,Hunts Point,Melrose,Highbridge,Morrisania,Mott Haven andUniversity Heights.Yankee Stadium,Fordham University and theBronx Zoo were located within the district.^{[citation needed]} In2008, the previous version of this district gaveBarack Obama his largest victory margin of any congressional district, a 90% margin (95–5%).^[7] The2010 census found that approximately 38% of constituents in New York's 16thlived at or below the federal poverty line, the highest poverty rate of any congressional district in the nation.^[8]

For the119th and successive Congresses (based on the districts drawn following the New York Court of Appeals' December 2023 decision inHoffman v New York State Ind. Redistricting. Commn.), the district contains all or portions of the following counties, towns, and municipalities:^{[9][better source needed]}

Bronx County(1)

New York (part; also3rd,5th,6th,7th,8th,9th,10th,11th,12th,13th,14th, and15th; shared withKings,New York,Queens, andRichmond counties)

Westchester County(26)

Ardsley,Bronxville,Dobbs Ferry,Eastchester,Elmsford,Greenburgh (part; also17th; includesFairview,Greenville, andHartsdale),Harrison,Hastings-on-Hudson,Irvington,Larchmont,Mamaroneck (town),Mamaroneck (village),Mount Vernon,New Rochelle,Pelham (town),Pelham (village),Pelham Manor,Port Chester,Rye (city),Rye (town),Rye Brook,Scarsdale,Tarrytown (part; also17th),Tuckahoe,White Plains,Yonkers

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 – March 3, 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 the13th district andre-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 the15th district andre-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 the20th 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 the15th district.	1913–1933 [data missing]
Thomas F. Smith (New York)	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	66th	Redistricted from the15th district andre-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, then lost re-election as aRepublican.
	Republican	October 24, 1938 – January 3, 1939			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 the11th district andre-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 the22nd district andre-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Redistricted to the18th 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 the17th 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 torun for U.S. Senator.	1973–1983 [data missing]
Chuck Schumer (Brooklyn)	Democratic	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983	97th	Elected in 1980. Redistricted to the10th district.
Charles Rangel (New York)	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Redistricted from the19th district andre-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the15th 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 the18th district andre-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 the15th district.	1993–2003 [data missing]
					2003–2013 Parts ofthe Bronx andQueens
Eliot Engel (The Bronx)	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2021	113th 114th 115th 116th	Redistricted from the17th district andre-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Lost renomination.[11]	2013–2023 Parts ofthe Bronx andWestchester County
Jamaal Bowman (Yonkers)	Democratic	January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2025	117th 118th	Elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Lost renomination.
					2023–2025 Parts ofthe Bronx andWestchester County
George Latimer (Rye)	Democratic	January 3, 2025 – present	119th	Elected in 2024.	2025–present Parts ofthe Bronx andWestchester County

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").

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• 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.

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