New York's 15th congressional district

New York's 15th congressional district for the United States House of Representatives is located in New York City, State of New York. The district has been represented by Democrat Ritchie Torres since 2021.

New York's 15th congressional district
Map
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries
Representative
 Ritchie Torres
DFordham
Distribution
  • 100% urban
  • 0% rural
Population (2022)727,699
Median household
income
$42,090[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+35[2]

The 15th district is located entirely within the Bronx, namely the southern portion of the West Bronx as well as the South Bronx. Latinos make up the majority of the district's population, followed by Black people. Whites, Asians and other racial groups comprise a small minority. Yankee Stadium and the Bronx Zoo are both located within the district. The 15th district has the highest percentage of Puerto Ricans of any district in New York, and the second highest percentage of Dominican Americans of any district in New York, after the neighboring 13th congressional district.[3]

Recent statewide election resultsedit

YearElectionResult
2000PresidentGore 87–7%
2004PresidentKerry 90–9%
2008PresidentObama 93–6%
2012PresidentObama 97–3%
2016PresidentClinton 94–5%
2020PresidentBiden 86–13%

Historyedit

The district was a Brooklyn-based seat until 1982, when it was realigned to cover the East Side of Manhattan. Following the 1992 redistricting, it became the upper Manhattan seat previously designated the 19th District and the 18th District. After the 2012 redistricting, the 15th became the Bronx's primary district.

From 2003 to 2013 it was composed of Upper Manhattan, Rikers Island and a largely non-residential section of northwestern Queens on the shore of the East River mostly occupied by a Consolidated Edison facility and a New York Power Authority power plant. The district included the neighborhoods of Harlem, Inwood, Marble Hill, Spanish Harlem, Washington Heights, Morningside Heights, and portions of Manhattan that included Apollo Theater, Columbia University, and Grant's Tomb. Much of that district is now the 13th district, while the current 15th is essentially the successor of the former 16th district.

List of members representing the districtedit

1803–1813: one seatedit

RepresentativePartyYearsCong
ress
Electoral history
District established March 4, 1803

Gaylord Griswold
(Herkimer)
FederalistMarch 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1805
8thElected in 1802.
[data missing]

Nathan Williams
(Utica)
Democratic-RepublicanMarch 4, 1805 –
March 3, 1807
9thElected in 1804.
[data missing]

William Kirkpatrick
(Salina)
Democratic-RepublicanMarch 4, 1807 –
March 3, 1809
10thElected in 1806.
[data missing]

Peter Buell Porter
(Buffalo)
Democratic-RepublicanMarch 4, 1809 –
March 3, 1813
11th
12th
Elected in 1808.
Re-elected in 1810.
Retired.

Two seatsedit

From 1813 to 1823, two seats were apportioned to the 15th district, elected at-large on a general ticket.

Cong
ress
YearsSeat ASeat B
RepresentativePartyElectoral historyRepresentativePartyElectoral history
13thMarch 4, 1813 –
June 21, 1813
VacantRepresentative-elect William Dowse died February 18, 1813, before the term began.Joel Thompson
(Smyrna)
FederalistElected in 1812.
[data missing]
June 21, 1813 –
December 20, 1813
John M. Bowers
(Cooperstown)
FederalistElected to finish Dowse's term.
Lost election contest.
December 20, 1813 –
January 24, 1814
VacantElection contested.
January 24, 1814 –
March 3, 1815
Isaac Williams Jr.
(Cooperstown)
Democratic-RepublicanSuccessfully contested Bowers's election.
[data missing]
14thMarch 4, 1815 –
March 3, 1817
James Birdsall
(Norwich)
Democratic-RepublicanElected in 1814.
[data missing]
Jabez Hammond
(Cherry Valley)
Democratic-RepublicanElected in 1814.
[data missing]
15thMarch 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1819
Isaac Williams Jr.
(Cooperstown)
Democratic-RepublicanElected in 1816.
Retired.
John R. Drake
(Owego)
Democratic-RepublicanElected in 1816.
Retired.
16thMarch 4, 1819 –
March 3, 1821
Joseph S. Lyman
(Cooperstown)
Democratic-RepublicanElected in 1818.
Retired.
Robert Monell
(Greene)
Democratic-RepublicanElected in 1818.
Lost re-election.
17thMarch 4, 1821 –
December 3, 1821
Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued.Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued.
December 3, 1821 –
March 3, 1823
Samuel Campbell
(Columbus)
Democratic-RepublicanElected in 1821.
Redistricted to the 21st district and lost re-election.
James Hawkes
(Richfield)
Democratic-RepublicanElected in 1821.
[data missing]

1823–present: one seatedit

MemberPartyYearsCong
ress
Electoral historyLocation
John Herkimer
(Danube)
Democratic-RepublicanMarch 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825
18thElected in 1822.
Lost re-election.
1823–1833
Herkimer County
Michael Hoffman
(Herkimer)
JacksonianMarch 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1833
19th
20th
21st
22nd
Elected in 1824.
Re-elected in 1826.
Re-elected in 1828.
Re-elected in 1830.
[data missing]
Charles McVean
(Canajoharie)
JacksonianMarch 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835
23rdElected in 1832.
[data missing]
1833–1843
[data missing]
Matthias J. Bovee
(Amsterdam)
JacksonianMarch 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837
24thElected in 1834.
[data missing]
John Edwards
(Ephratah)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839
25thElected in 1836.
[data missing]
Peter J. Wagner
(Fort Plain)
WhigMarch 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1841
26thElected in 1838.
[data missing]

John Sanford
(Amsterdam)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843
27thElected in 1840.
[data missing]

Lemuel Stetson
(Keeseville)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845
28thElected in 1842.
[data missing]
1843–1853
[data missing]

Joseph Russell
(Warrensburg)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1847
29thElected in 1844.
[data missing]
Sidney Lawrence
(Moira)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1849
30thElected in 1846.
[data missing]
John R. Thurman
(Chestertown)
WhigMarch 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1851
31stElected in 1848.
[data missing]

Joseph Russell
(Warrensburg)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853
32ndElected in 1850.
[data missing]
Charles Hughes
(Sandy Hill)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855
33rdElected in 1852.
[data missing]
1853–1863
[data missing]

Edward Dodd
(Argyle)
OppositionMarch 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
34th
35th
Elected in 1854.
Re-elected in 1856.
[data missing]
RepublicanMarch 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859

James B. McKean
(Saratoga Springs)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1863
36th
37th
Elected in 1858.
Re-elected in 1860.
[data missing]

John Augustus Griswold
(Troy)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865
38th
39th
40th
Elected in 1862.
Re-elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
[data missing]
1863–1873
[data missing]
RepublicanMarch 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1869

Adolphus H. Tanner
(Whitehall)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1871
41stElected in 1868.
[data missing]

Joseph M. Warren
(Troy)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873
42ndElected in 1870.
[data missing]

Eli Perry
(Albany)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875
43rdRedistricted from the 14th district and re-elected in 1872.
[data missing]
1873–1883
[data missing]

John H. Bagley Jr.
(Catskill)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877
44thElected in 1874.
[data missing]

Stephen L. Mayham
(Schoharie)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1879
45thElected in 1876.
[data missing]

William Lounsbery
(Kingston)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1881
46thElected in 1878.
[data missing]

Thomas Cornell
(Rondout)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883
47thElected in 1880.
[data missing]

John H. Bagley Jr.
(Catskill)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885
48thElected in 1882.
[data missing]
1883–1893
[data missing]

Lewis Beach
(Cornwall)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1885 –
August 10, 1886
49thRedistricted from the 14th district and re-elected in 1884.
Died.
VacantAugust 10, 1886 –
December 6, 1886

Henry Bacon
(Goshen)
DemocraticDecember 6, 1886 –
March 3, 1889
49th
50th
Elected to finish Beach's term.
Also elected in 1886 to the next term.
Lost re-election.

Moses D. Stivers
(Middletown)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1891
51stElected in 1888.
[data missing]

Henry Bacon
(Goshen)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893
52ndElected in 1890.
[data missing]

Ashbel P. Fitch
(New York)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1893 –
December 26, 1893
53rdRedistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 1892.
Resigned to become New York City Comptroller
1893–1903
[data missing]
VacantDecember 26, 1893 –
January 30, 1894

Isidor Straus
(New York)
DemocraticJanuary 30, 1894 –
March 3, 1895
Elected to finish Fitch's term.
[data missing]

Philip B. Low
(New York)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1899
54th
55th
Elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
[data missing]

Jacob Ruppert
(New York)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1903
56th
57th
Elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Redistricted to the 16th district.

William H. Douglas
(New York)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1905
58thRedistricted from the 14th district and re-elected in 1902.
[data missing]
1903–1913
[data missing]

J. Van Vechten Olcott
(New York)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1905 –
March 3, 1911
59th
60th
61st
Elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
[data missing]

Thomas G. Patten
(New York)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1913
62ndElected in 1910.
Redistricted to the 18th district.

Michael F. Conry
(New York)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1913 –
March 2, 1917
63rd
64th
Redistricted from the 12th district and re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916 but died.
1913–1923
[data missing]
VacantMarch 2, 1917 –
April 12, 1917
64th
65th

Thomas F. Smith
(New York)
DemocraticApril 12, 1917 –
March 3, 1919
65thElected to finish Conry's term.
[data missing]

Peter J. Dooling
(New York)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1921
66thRedistricted from the 16th district and re-elected in 1918.
[data missing]

Thomas J. Ryan
(New York)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1923
67thElected in 1920.
[data missing]

John J. Boylan
(New York)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1923 –
October 5, 1938
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd
73rd
74th
75th
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.
Died.
1923–1933
[data missing]
1933–1943
[data missing]
VacantOctober 5, 1938 –
January 3, 1939
75th

Michael J. Kennedy
(New York)
DemocraticJanuary 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1943
76th
77th
Elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
[data missing]

Thomas F. Burchill
(New York)
DemocraticJanuary 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1945
78thElected in 1942.
[data missing]
1943–1953
[data missing]

Emanuel Celler
(Brooklyn)
DemocraticJanuary 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1953
79th
80th
81st
82nd
Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Redistricted to the 11th district.

John H. Ray
(Staten Island)
RepublicanJanuary 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1963
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
Elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Redistricted to the 16th district and retired.
1953–1963
Parts of Brooklyn and Staten Island

Hugh Carey
(Brooklyn)
DemocraticJanuary 3, 1963 –
December 31, 1974
88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
Redistricted from the 12th district 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.
Resigned to become Governor of New York
1963–1973
[data missing]
1973–1983
[data missing]
VacantJanuary 1, 1975 –
January 2, 1975
93rd

Leo C. Zeferetti
(Brooklyn)
DemocraticJanuary 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1983
94th
95th
96th
97th
Elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Redistricted to the 14th district and lost re-election.

Bill Green
(New York)
RepublicanJanuary 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1993
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
Redistricted from the 18th district and re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Redistricted to the 14th district and lost re-election.
1983–1993
[data missing]

Charles Rangel
(New York)
DemocraticJanuary 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2013
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
Redistricted from the 16th district and re-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 the 13th district.
1993–2003
[data missing]
2003–2013

Parts of Manhattan and Queens

José E. Serrano
(The Bronx)
DemocraticJanuary 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2021
113th
114th
115th
116th
Redistricted from the 16th district and re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Retired when diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
2013–2023

Parts of the Bronx

Ritchie Torres
(The Bronx)
DemocraticJanuary 3, 2021 –
present
117th
118th
Elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
2023–2025

Parts of the Bronx

Recent election resultsedit

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").

US House election, 1870: New York District 15[4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticJoseph M. Warren17,79359.9
RepublicanJ. Thomas Davis11,65939.3
TemperanceAlvin C. Rose2350.8
Majority6,13420.6
Turnout29,687100

[data missing]

US House election, 1996: New York District 15
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticCharles B. Rangel (incumbent)113,89891.3
RepublicanEdward R. Adams5,9514.8
ConservativeRuben Dario Vargas3,8963.1
Right to LifeJose Suero9890.8
Majority107,94786.5
Turnout124,734100
US House election, 1998: New York District 15
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticCharles B. Rangel (incumbent)90,42493.1+1.8
RepublicanDavid E. Cunningham5,6335.8+1.0
ConservativePatrick McManus1,0821.1−2.0
Majority84,79187.3+0.8
Turnout97,139100−22.1
US House election, 2000: New York District 15
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticCharles B. Rangel (incumbent)130,16191.9−1.2
RepublicanJose Agustin Suero7,3465.2−0.6
GreenDean Loren2,1341.5+1.5
IndependenceJesse A. Fields1,0510.7+0.7
ConservativeFrank Della Valle4920.3−0.8
LibertarianScott A. Jeffery4800.3+0.3
Majority122,81586.7−0.6
Turnout141,664100+45.8
US House election, 2002: New York District 15
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticCharles B. Rangel (incumbent)84,36788.5−3.4
RepublicanJesse A. Fields11,00811.5+6.3
Majority73,35976.9−9.8
Turnout95,375100−32.7
US House election, 2004: New York District 15
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticCharles B. Rangel (incumbent)161,35191.1+2.6
RepublicanKenneth P. Jefferson, Jr.12,3557.0−4.5
IndependenceJessie A. Fields3,3451.9+1.9
Majority148,99684.2+7.3
Turnout177,051100+85.6
US House election, 2006: New York District 15
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticCharles B. Rangel (incumbent)103,91694.0+2.9
RepublicanEdward Daniels6,5926.0−1.0
Majority97,32488.1+3.9
Turnout110,508100−37.6
US House election, 2008: New York District 15
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticCharles B. Rangel (incumbent)177,15189.2−5.8
RepublicanEdward Daniels15,6767.9+1.9
IndependentCraig Schley3,7081.9
Socialist WorkersMartin Koppel2,1411.1
Majority161,47581.3−6.8
Turnout198,676100+79.8
US House election, 2010: New York District 15
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticCharles B. Rangel (incumbent)91,22580.4−8.7
RepublicanMichel Faulkner11,75410.4+2.5
IndependentCraig Schley7,8036.9+5.0
Socialist WorkersRóger Calero2,6472.3+1.2
Majority79,47170.1−11.2
Turnout113,429100−42.9
US House election, 2012: New York District 15
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJosé Serrano150,24395.7
Working FamiliesJosé Serrano2,4181.5
TotalJosé Serrano (incumbent)152,66197.2
RepublicanFrank Della Valle3,4872.2
ConservativeFrank Della Valle9400.6
TotalFrank Della Valle4,4272.8
Total votes157,088 100.0
Democratic hold
US House election, 2014: New York District 15
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJose E. Serrano53,12894.0
Working FamiliesJose E. Serrano1,7783.1
TotalJose E. Serrano (incumbent)54,90697.1
ConservativeEduardo Ramirez1,0471.9
GreenWilliam Edstrom5681.0
Total votes56,521 100.0
Democratic hold
US House election, 2016: New York District 15
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJose E. Serrano (incumbent) 165,688 95.3
RepublicanAlejandro Vega6,1293.5
ConservativeEduardo Ramirez2,1041.2
Total votes173,921 100.0
Democratic hold
US House election, 2018: New York District 15
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJosé Serrano122,00794.1
Working FamiliesJosé Serrano2,4621.9
TotalJosé Serrano (incumbent)124,46996.0
RepublicanJason Gonzalez4,5663.5
ConservativeJason Gonzalez6390.5
TotalJason Gonzalez5,2054.0
Total votes129,674 100.0
Democratic hold
US House election, 2020: New York District 15
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticRitchie Torres 169,533 88.9
RepublicanPatrick Delices18,8949.9
ConservativePatrick Delices2,2371.2
TotalPatrick Delices21,22111.1
Total votes190,754 100.0
Democratic hold

See alsoedit

Referencesedit

  1. ^ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
  2. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  3. ^ "The Demographic Statistical Atlas of the United States - Statistical Atlas". statisticalatlas.com. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  4. ^ November Election, 1870. Complete Statement of the Official Canvass, in Detail of the Election Held November 8, 1870, Giving the Vote of Each Election District, with Proceedings of County And State... Vol. II. County of New York. 1871. p. 2034. Retrieved March 28, 2009.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

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