New York's 9th congressional district

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.Feature . Queens Tribune (September 15, 2011). Retrieved on 2013-08-16. 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 plurality, 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 Year Office Results2008 PresidentObama 78–21%2012 PresidentObama 80–20%2016 PresidentClinton 79–19% SenateSchumer 87–10%2018 SenateGillibrand 86–14% GovernorCuomo 83–14% Attorney GeneralJames 86–13%2020 PresidentBiden 76–24%2022 SenateSchumer 75–25% GovernorHochul 68–32% Attorney GeneralJames 73–27% ComptrollerDiNapoli 74–26%2024 PresidentHarris 69–29% SenateGillibrand 74–24%

History

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

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 Member Party Years Congress Electoral history District location District established March 4, 1793 James Gordon Pro-Administration March 4, 1793 –March 3, 1795 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1793.Retired. John Williams Democratic-Republican March 4, 1795 –March 3, 1797 Elected in 1794.Re-elected in 1796.Redistricted to the and lost re-election. FederalistThe 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, 1846), on page 115: "...Gen. John Williams who had changed from a zealous democrat to a most heated federalist." March 4, 1797 –March 3, 1799 Jonas Platt Federalist March 4, 1799 –March 3, 1801 Elected in 1798.Retired. Benjamin Walker Federalist March 4, 1801 –March 3, 1803 Elected in 1800.Retired. Killian K. Van Rensselaer Federalist March 4, 1803 –March 3, 1809 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1802.Re-elected in 1804.Re-elected in 1806.Redistricted to the . Thomas Sammons Federalist March 4, 1809 –March 3, 1811 Elected in 1808.Re-elected in 1810.Retired. Democratic-Republican March 4, 1811 –March 3, 1813 John Lovett Federalist March 4, 1813 –March 3, 1817 Elected in 1812.Re-elected in 1814.Retired. Rensselaer Westerlo Federalist March 4, 1817 –March 3, 1819 Elected in 1816.Retired. Solomon Van Rensselaer Federalist March 4, 1819 –January 14, 1822 Elected in 1818.Re-elected in 1821.Resigned to become postmaster of Albany. Vacant January 14, 1822 –March 12, 1822 Stephen Van Rensselaer Federalist March 12, 1822 –March 3, 1823 Elected to finish his cousin's term.Redistricted to the . James L. Hogeboom CrawfordRepublican March 4, 1823 –March 3, 1825 Elected in 1822.Retired. William McManus Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –March 3, 1827 Elected in 1824.Lost re-election. John D. Dickinson Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1827 –March 3, 1831 Elected in 1826.Re-elected in 1828.Lost re-election. Job Pierson Jacksonian March 4, 1831 –March 3, 1835 Elected in 1830.Re-elected in 1832.Lost re-election. Hiram P. Hunt Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1835 –March 3, 1837 Elected in 1834.Lost re-election. Henry Vail Democratic March 4, 1837 –March 3, 1839 Elected in 1836.Lost re-election. Hiram P. Hunt Whig March 4, 1839 –March 3, 1843 Elected in 1838.Re-elected in 1840.Lost re-election. James G. Clinton Democratic March 4, 1843 –March 3, 1845 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1842.Retired. Archibald C. Niven Democratic March 4, 1845 –March 3, 1847 Elected in 1844.Retired. Daniel B. St. John Whig March 4, 1847 –March 3, 1849 Elected in 1846.Retired. Thomas McKissock Whig March 4, 1849 –March 3, 1851 Elected in 1848.Lost re-election. William Murray Democratic March 4, 1851 –March 3, 1853 Elected in 1850.Redistricted to the . Jared V. Peck Democratic March 4, 1853 –March 3, 1855 Elected in 1852.Retired. Bayard Clarke Opposition March 4, 1855 –March 3, 1857 Elected in 1854.Declined renomination as a Republican. John B. Haskin Democratic March 4, 1857 –March 3, 1859 Elected in 1856.Re-elected in 1858.Retired. Anti-LecomptonDemocratic March 4, 1859 –March 3, 1861 Edward Haight Democratic March 4, 1861 –March 3, 1863 Elected in 1860.Lost re-election. Anson Herrick Democratic March 4, 1863 –March 3, 1865 Elected in 1862.Lost re-election. William A. Darling Republican March 4, 1865 –March 3, 1867 Elected in 1864.Lost re-election. Fernando Wood Democratic March 4, 1867 –March 3, 1873 Elected in 1866.Re-elected in 1868.Re-elected in 1870.Redistricted to the . David B. Mellish Republican March 4, 1873 –May 23, 1874 Elected in 1872.Died. Vacant May 23, 1874 –December 7, 1874 Richard Schell Democratic December 7, 1874 –March 3, 1875 Elected to finish Mellish's term.Retired. Fernando Wood Democratic March 4, 1875 –February 14, 1881 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1874.Re-elected in 1876.Re-elected in 1878.Re-elected in 1880.Died. Vacant February 14, 1881 –December 5, 1881 John Hardy Democratic December 5, 1881 –March 3, 1885 Elected to finish Wood's term.Re-elected in 1882.Lost renomination. Joseph Pulitzer Democratic March 4, 1885 –April 10, 1886 Elected in 1884.Resigned. Vacant April 10, 1886 –November 2, 1886 Samuel S. Cox Democratic November 2, 1886 –September 10, 1889 Elected to finish Pulitzer's term.Re-elected in 1886.Re-elected in 1888.Died. Vacant September 10, 1889 –November 5, 1889 Amos J. Cummings Democratic November 5, 1889 –March 3, 1893 Elected to finish Cox's term.Re-elected in 1890.Redistricted to the . Timothy J. Campbell Democratic March 4, 1893 –March 3, 1895 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1892. Henry C. Miner Democratic March 4, 1895 –March 3, 1897 Elected in 1894.Retired. Thomas J. Bradley Democratic March 4, 1897 –March 3, 1901 Elected in 1896.Re-elected in 1898.Retired. Henry M. Goldfogle Democratic March 4, 1901 –March 3, 1913 Elected 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 . James H. O'Brien Democratic March 4, 1913 –March 3, 1915 Elected in 1912.Lost re-election. Oscar W. Swift Republican March 4, 1915 –March 3, 1919 Elected in 1914.Re-elected in 1916.Lost re-election. David J. O'Connell Democratic March 4, 1919 –March 3, 1921 Elected in 1918.Lost re-election. Andrew Petersen Republican March 4, 1921 –March 3, 1923 Elected in 1920.Lost re-election. David J. O'Connell Democratic March 4, 1923 –December 29, 1930 Elected in 1922.Re-elected in 1924.Re-elected in 1926.Re-elected in 1928.Re-elected in 1930.Died. Vacant December 29, 1930 –February 17, 1931 Stephen A. Rudd Democratic February 17, 1931 –March 31, 1936 Elected to finish O'Connell's term.Re-elected in 1932.Re-elected in 1934.Died. Vacant March 31, 1936 –January 3, 1937 Eugene J. Keogh Democratic January 3, 1937 –January 3, 1963 Elected 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 . James J. Delaney Democratic January 3, 1963 –December 31, 1978 Redistricted 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. Vacant January 1, 1979 –January 3, 1979 Geraldine Ferraro Democratic January 3, 1979 –January 3, 1985 Elected in 1978.Re-elected in 1980.Re-elected in 1982.Retired to run for U.S. Vice President. Thomas J. Manton Democratic January 3, 1985 –January 3, 1993 Elected in 1984.Re-elected in 1986.Re-elected in 1988.Re-elected in 1990.Redistricted to the . Chuck Schumer Democratic January 3, 1993 –January 3, 1999 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1992.Re-elected in 1994.Re-elected in 1996.Retired to run for U.S. senator. 1993–2003Parts of Brooklyn, Queens Anthony Weiner Democratic January 3, 1999 –June 21, 2011 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.Resigned. 2003–2013Parts of Brooklyn, Queens Vacant June 21, 2011 –September 15, 2011 Robert Turner Republican September 15, 2011 –January 3, 2013 Elected to finish Weiner's term.Redistricted to the but retired to run for U.S. senator. Yvette Clarke Democratic January 3, 2013 –present Redistricted 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. 2013–2023Parts of Brooklyn 2023–2025Parts of Brooklyn 2025–presentParts of Brooklyn

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").

New York's 9th congressional district

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