New York's 4th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2025
Representative	Laura Gillen D–Rockville Centre
Distribution	99.97% urban 0.03% rural
Population (2024)	777,491[1]
Median household income	$137,724[2]
Ethnicity	50.7%White 22.1%Hispanic 16.3%Black 7.0%Asian 2.7%Two or more races 1.2% other
Cook PVI	D+2[3]

New York's 4th congressional district is acongressional district for theUnited States House of Representatives in central and southernNassau County. It is represented byDemocratLaura Gillen.

NY-04 is the second-wealthiest congressional district inNew York, and among the wealthiest nationally.^[4]

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.^[6][7]

Nassau County(23)

Atlantic Beach,Bellerose,Cedarhurst,East Rockaway,Floral Park (part; also3rd),Freeport,Garden City (part; also3rd),Hempstead (town) (part; also3rd; includesBaldwin,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 ofEast Meadow,Levittown,North New Hyde Park, andSalisbury),Hempstead (village),Hewlett Bay Park,Hewlett Harbor,Hewlett Neck,Island Park,Lawrence,Long Beach,Lynbrook,Malverne,New Hyde Park (part; also3rd),Rockville Centre,South Floral Park,Stewart Manor,Valley Stream,Woodsburgh

• 1789–1913:

Parts ofManhattan

• 1913–1945:

Parts ofBrooklyn

• 1945–1963:

Parts ofQueens

• 1963–present:

Parts ofNassau 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.

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District established March 4, 1789
John Hathorn (Warwick)	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791	1st	Elected in 1789. Lost re-election.
Cornelius C. Schoonmaker (Shawangunk)	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793	2nd	Elected in 1790. Lost re-election.
Peter Van Gaasbeck (Kingston)	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	3rd	Elected in 1793. Retired.
John Hathorn (Warwick)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797	4th	Elected in 1794. Retired.
Lucas Elmendorf (Kingston)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803	5th 6th 7th	Elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Re-elected in 1800. Retired.
Philip Van Cortlandt (Croton)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1809	8th 9th 10th	Redistricted from the3rd district andre-elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. [data missing]
James Emott (Albany)	Federalist	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813	11th 12th	Elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. [data missing]
Thomas J. Oakley (Poughkeepsie)	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	13th	Elected in 1812. [data missing]
Abraham H. Schenck (Fishkill Landing)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	14th	Elected in 1814. [data missing]
Vacant		March 4, 1817 – June 6, 1817	15th	Henry B. Lee waselected in 1816 but died September 16, 1816, before the term.
James Tallmadge Jr. (Poughkeepsie)	Democratic-Republican	June 6, 1817 – March 3, 1819		Elected to finish Lee's term and seated December 1, 1817.
Randall S. Street (Poughkeepsie)	Federalist	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	16th	Elected in 1818. [data missing]
Vacant		March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821	17th	Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued.
William W. Van Wyck (Fishkill)	Democratic-Republican	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823	17th	Elected in 1821. Redistricted to the5th district.
Joel Frost (Carmel)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th	Elected in 1822. Retired.
Aaron Ward (Mount Pleasant)	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	19th 20th	Elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Retired.
Henry B. Cowles (Carmel)	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	21st	Elected in 1828. [data missing]
Aaron Ward (Mount Pleasant)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1837	22nd 23rd 24th	Elected in 1830. Re-elected in 1832. Re-elected in 1834. [data missing]
Gouverneur Kemble (Cold Spring)	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841	25th 26th	Elected in 1836. Re-elected in 1838. [data missing]
Aaron Ward (Mount Pleasant)	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	Elected in 1840. [data missing]
William B. Maclay (New York)	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849	28th 29th 30th	Elected in 1842. Re-elected in 1844. Re-elected in 1846. [data missing]
Walter Underhill (New York)	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	Elected in 1848. [data missing]
John Henry Hobart Haws (New York)	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1850. [data missing]
Michael Walsh (New York)	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Elected in 1852. [data missing]
John Kelly (New York)	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – December 25, 1858	34th 35th	Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. Resigned.
Vacant		December 25, 1858 – January 17, 1859	35th
Thomas J. Barr (New York)	Independent Democrat	January 17, 1859 – March 3, 1861	35th 36th	Elected to finish Kelly's term. Re-elected in 1858. [data missing]
James Kerrigan (New York)	Independent Democrat	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	Elected in 1860. [data missing]
Benjamin Wood (New York)	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	Redistricted from3rd district andre-elected in 1862. .
Morgan Jones (New York)	Democratic	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	39th	Elected in 1864. [data missing]
John Fox (New York)	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871	40th 41st	Elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. [data missing]
Robert B. Roosevelt (New York)	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	Elected in 1870. [data missing]
Philip S. Crooke (Flatbush)	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Elected in 1872. [data missing]
Archibald M. Bliss (Brooklyn)	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883	44th 45th 46th 47th	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. [data missing]
Felix Campbell (Brooklyn)	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Elected in 1882. Redistricted to2nd district
Peter P. Mahoney (Brooklyn)	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889	49th 50th	Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. [data missing]
John M. Clancy (Brooklyn)	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893	51st 52nd	Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Redistricted to2nd district
William J. Coombs (Brooklyn)	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Redistricted from3rd district andre-elected in 1892.
Israel F. Fischer (Brooklyn)	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	54th 55th	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. [data missing]
Bertram T. Clayton (Brooklyn)	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901	56th	Elected in 1898. [data missing]
Harry A. Hanbury (Brooklyn)	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	57th	Elected in 1900. [data missing]
Frank E. Wilson (Brooklyn)	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	58th	Redistricted from5th district andre-elected in 1902.
Charles B. Law (Brooklyn)	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911	59th 60th 61st	Elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. [data missing]
Frank E. Wilson (Brooklyn)	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	62nd	Elected in 1910. Redistricted to3rd district
Harry H. Dale (Brooklyn)	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – January 6, 1919	63rd 64th 65th	Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Resigned to become judge of magistrate's court
Vacant		January 6, 1919 – March 3, 1919	65th
Thomas H. Cullen (Brooklyn)	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 1, 1944	66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th	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		March 1, 1944 – June 6, 1944	78th
John J. Rooney (Brooklyn)	Democratic	June 6, 1944 – January 3, 1945		Elected to finish Cullen's term. Redistricted to12th district
William B. Barry (Queens)	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – October 20, 1946	79th	Redistricted from2nd district andre-elected in 1944. Died.
Vacant		October 21, 1946 – January 2, 1947
Gregory McMahon (Queens)	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	80th	Elected in 1946. Lost re-election.
L. Gary Clemente (Queens)	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	81st 82nd	Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Lost re-election.
Henry J. Latham (Queens)	Republican	January 3, 1953 – December 31, 1958	83rd 84th 85th	Redistricted from3rd district andre-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Resigned.
Vacant		January 1, 1959 – January 2, 1959	85th
Seymour Halpern (Queens)	Republican	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963	86th 87th	Elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Redistricted to6th district
John W. Wydler (Garden City)	Republican	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 to5th district
Norman F. Lent (East Rockaway)	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1993	93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Redistricted from5th district andre-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.
David A. Levy (Baldwin)	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	103rd	Elected in 1992. Lost renomination.
Daniel Frisa (Westbury)	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997	104th	Elected in 1994. Lost re-election.
Carolyn McCarthy (Mineola)	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2015	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th	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 ofNassau County
					2013–2023 Parts ofNassau County
Kathleen Rice (Garden City)	Democratic	January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2023	114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Retired.[11]
Anthony D'Esposito (Island Park)	Republican	January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025	118th	Elected in 2022. Lost re-election.	2023–2025 Parts ofNassau County
Laura Gillen (Rockville Centre)	Democratic	January 3, 2025 – present	119th	Elected in 2024.	2025–present Parts ofNassau County

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