New York's 4th congressional district

New York's 4th congressional district
New York 's 4th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Kathleen Rice D–Garden City
Distribution	99.97% urban 0.03% rural
Population (2010)	717,708
Median income	$102,205
Ethnicity	53.47% white 14.58% black 6.78% Asian 20.85% Hispanic 0.16% Native American 4.16% other
Cook PVI	D+4

The 4th Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in central and southern Nassau County. It includes the communities of Baldwin, Bellmore, East Rockaway, East Meadow, the Five Towns, Lynbrook, Floral Park, Franklin Square, Garden City, Hempstead, Atlantic Beach, Long Beach, Malverne, Freeport, Merrick, Mineola, Carle Place, New Hyde Park, Oceanside, Rockville Centre, Roosevelt, Uniondale, Wantagh, West Hempstead, Westbury and parts of Valley Stream. Democrat Kathleen Rice has represented the district since 2015.

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Clinton 47–41%
1996	President	Clinton 56–36%
2000	President	Gore 59–38%
2004	President	Kerry 55–44%
2008	President	Obama 55–44%
2012	President	Obama 56–43%
2016	President	Clinton 53–44%

Components: past and present

• 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
John Hathorn	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791	1st	Elected in 1789. Lost re-election.
Cornelius C. Schoonmaker	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793	2nd	Elected in 1790. Lost re-election.
Peter Van Gaasbeck	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	3rd	Elected in 1793. Retired.
John Hathorn	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797	4th	Elected in 1794. Retired.
Lucas Elmendorf	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	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1809	8th 9th 10th	Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. [data unknown/missing]
James Emott	Federalist	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813	11th 12th	Elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. [data unknown/missing]
Thomas J. Oakley	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	13th	Elected in 1812. [data unknown/missing]
Abraham H. Schenck	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	14th	Elected in 1814. [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		March 4, 1817 – June 6, 1817		Henry B. Lee was elected in 1816 but died September 16, 1816, before the term.
James Tallmadge Jr.	Democratic-Republican	June 6, 1817 – March 3, 1819	15th	Elected to finish Lee's term and seated December 1, 1817.
Randall S. Street	Federalist	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	16th	Elected in 1818. [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		???? – December 3, 1821	Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued.
William W. Van Wyck	Democratic-Republican	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823	17th	Elected in 1821. Redistricted to the 5th district.
Joel Frost	Crawford Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th	Elected in 1822. Retired.
Aaron Ward	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	19th 20th	Elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Retired.
Henry B. Cowles	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	21st	Elected in 1828. [data unknown/missing]
Aaron Ward	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1837	22nd 23rd 24th	[data unknown/missing]
Gouverneur Kemble	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841	25th 26th	[data unknown/missing]
Aaron Ward	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	[data unknown/missing]
William B. Maclay	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849	28th 29th 30th	[data unknown/missing]
Walter Underhill	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	[data unknown/missing]
John Henry Hobart Haws	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	[data unknown/missing]
Michael Walsh	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	[data unknown/missing]
John Kelly	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – December 25, 1858	34th 35th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned.
Vacant		December 25, 1858 – January 17, 1859
Thomas J. Barr	Independent Democrat	January 17, 1859 – March 3, 1861	35th 36th	[data unknown/missing]
James Kerrigan	Independent Democrat	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	[data unknown/missing]
Benjamin Wood	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	Redistricted from 3rd district
Morgan Jones	Democratic	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	39th	[data unknown/missing]
John Fox	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871	40th 41st	[data unknown/missing]
Robert B. Roosevelt	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	[data unknown/missing]
Philip S. Crooke	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	[data unknown/missing]
Archibald M. Bliss	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883	44th 45th 46th 47th	[data unknown/missing]
Felix Campbell	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to 2nd district
Peter P. Mahoney	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889	49th 50th	[data unknown/missing]
John M. Clancy	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893	51st 52nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to 2nd district
William J. Coombs	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Redistricted from 3rd district
Israel F. Fischer	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	54th 55th	[data unknown/missing]
Bertram T. Clayton	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901	56th	[data unknown/missing]
Harry A. Hanbury	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	57th	[data unknown/missing]
Frank E. Wilson	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	58th	Redistricted from 5th district
Charles B. Law	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911	59th 60th 61st	[data unknown/missing]
Frank E. Wilson	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	62nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to 3rd district
Harry H. Dale	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – January 6, 1919	63rd 64th 65th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned to become judge of magistrate's court
Vacant		January 6, 1919 – March 3, 1919
Thomas H. Cullen	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 1, 1944	66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		March 1, 1944 – June 6, 1944
John J. Rooney	Democratic	June 6, 1944 – January 3, 1945	78th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to 12th district
William B. Barry	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – October 20, 1946	79th	Redistricted from 2nd district Died.
Vacant		October 21, 1946 – January 2, 1947
Gregory McMahon	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	80th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
L. Gary Clemente	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	81st 82nd	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Henry J. Latham	Republican	January 3, 1953 – December 31, 1958	83rd 84th 85th	Redistricted from 3rd district Resigned.
Vacant		January 1, 1959 – January 2, 1959
Seymour Halpern	Republican	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963	86th 87th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to 6th district
John W. Wydler	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1973	88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to 5th district
Norman F. Lent	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1993	93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Redistricted from 5th district Retired.
David A. Levy	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	103rd	[data unknown/missing] Lost renomination.
Daniel Frisa	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997	104th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Carolyn McCarthy	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2015	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th	Elected in 1996. Retired.
Kathleen Rice	Democratic	January 3, 2015 – present	114th 115th 116th	Elected in 2014.

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").

US House election, 1996: New York District 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Carolyn McCarthy	127,060	57.5
	Republican	Daniel Frisa	89,542	40.5
	Right to Life	Vincent P. Garbitelli	3,252	1.5
	Liberal	Robert S. Berkowitz	1,162	0.5
Majority			37,518	17.0
Turnout			221,016	100

US House election, 1998: New York District 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Carolyn McCarthy	90,256	52.6	-4.9
	Republican	Gregory R. Becker	79,984	46.6	+6.1
	Liberal	Patricia M. Maher	1,343	0.8	+0.3
Majority			10,272	6.0	-11.0
Turnout			171,583	100	-22.4

US House election, 2000: New York District 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Carolyn McCarthy	136,703	60.6	+8.0
	Republican	Gregory R. Becker	87,830	38.9	-7.7
	Liberal	Barbara Vitanza	1,222	0.5	-0.3
Majority			48,873	21.6	+15.6
Turnout			225,755	100	+31.6

US House election, 2002: New York District 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Carolyn McCarthy	94,806	56.3	-4.3
	Republican	Marilyn F. O'Grady	72,882	43.2	+4.3
	Green	Tim Derham	852	0.5	+0.5
Majority			21,924	13.0	-8.6
Turnout			168,540	100	-25.3

US House election, 2004: New York District 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Carolyn McCarthy	159,969	63.0	+6.7
	Republican	James Garner	94,141	37.0	-6.2
Majority			65,828	25.9	+12.9
Turnout			254,110	100	+50.8

US House election, 2006: New York District 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Carolyn McCarthy	101,861	64.9	+1.9
	Republican	Martin W. Blessinger	55,050	35.1	-1.9
Majority			46,811	29.8	+3.9
Turnout			156,911	100	-38.3

US House election, 2008: New York District 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Carolyn McCarthy	164,028	64.0	-0.9
	Republican	Jack Martins	92,242	36.0	+0.9
Majority			71,786	28	-1.8
Turnout			256,270	100	+63.3

US House election, 2010: New York District 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Carolyn McCarthy	94,483	53.6	-10.4
	Republican	Fran Becker	81,718	46.4	+10.4
Majority			12,765	7.2	-20.8
Turnout			176,201	100	-31.2

US House election, 2012: New York District 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Carolyn McCarthy (incumbent)	163,955	61.8	+8.2
	Republican	Fran Becker	85,693	32.3	-14.1
	Conservative	Frank Scaturro	15,603	5.9	+5.9
Majority			62,659	23.6	+16.4
Turnout			265,251	100	+50.5

US House election, 2014: New York District 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Kathleen M. Rice	89,793	52.8	-9.0
	Republican	Bruce Blakeman	80,127	47.2	+14.9

US House election, 2016: New York District 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Kathleen Rice (incumbent)	185,286	59.5	+6.7
	Republican	David Gurfein	125,865	40.5	-6.7

US House election, 2018: New York District 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Kathleen Rice (incumbent)	159,535	61.0	+1.5
	Republican	Ameer Benno	100,571	39.0	-1.5

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• List of United States congressional districts
• New York's congressional districts
• United States congressional delegations from New York

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, "
• 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
• National atlas congressional maps