New York's 4th congressional district

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, 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

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.

Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
John Hathorn	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Cornelius C. Schoonmaker	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Peter Van Gaasbeck	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Hathorn	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Lucas Elmendorf	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Philip Van Cortlandt	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1809	Redistricted from 3rd district
James Emott	Federalist	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas J. Oakley	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Abraham H. Schenck	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Vacant		March 4 – June 6, 1817
James Tallmadge, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	June 6, 1817 – March 3, 1819	Elected to finish rep-elect Henry B. Lee's term
Randall S. Street	Federalist	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Vacant		March 4 – December 3, 1821	The 1820/1821 elections were held in April 1821, after the congressional term had already begun. It is not clear when the result was announced or the credentials were issued.
William W. Van Wyck	Democratic-Republican	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Joel Frost	Crawford Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Aaron Ward	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Henry B. Cowles	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Aaron Ward	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1837	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Gouverneur Kemble	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Aaron Ward	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William B. Maclay	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Walter Underhill	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Henry Hobart Haws	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Michael Walsh	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Kelly	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – December 25, 1858	Resigned
Vacant		December 25, 1858 – January 17, 1859
Thomas J. Barr	Independent Democrat	January 17, 1859 – March 3, 1861	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James Kerrigan	Independent Democrat	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Benjamin Wood	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	Redistricted from 3rd district
Morgan Jones	Democratic	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Fox	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Robert B. Roosevelt	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Philip S. Crooke	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Archibald M. Bliss	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Felix Campbell	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	Redistricted to 2nd district
Peter P. Mahoney	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John M. Clancy	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893	Redistricted to 2nd district
William J. Coombs	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	Redistricted from 3rd district
Israel F. Fischer	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Bertram T. Clayton	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Harry A. Hanbury	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Frank E. Wilson	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	Redistricted from 5th district
Charles B. Law	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Frank E. Wilson	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	Redistricted to 3rd district
Harry H. Dale	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – January 6, 1919	Resigned to become judge of magistrate's court
Vacant		January 6, 1919 – June 6, 1919
Thomas H. Cullen	Democratic	June 6, 1919 – March 1, 1944	Died
Vacant		March 1, 1944 – June 6, 1944
John J. Rooney	Democratic	June 6, 1944 – January 3, 1945	Redistricted to 12th district
William B. Barry	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – October 20, 1946	Redistricted from 2nd district Died
Vacant		October 21, 1946 – January 2, 1947
Gregory McMahon	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	Lost re-election
L. Gary Clemente	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	Lost re-election
Henry J. Latham	Republican	January 3, 1953 – December 31, 1958	Redistricted from 3rd district Resigned
Vacant		January 1, 1959 – January 2, 1959
Seymour Halpern	Republican	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963	Redistricted to 6th district
John W. Wydler	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1973	Redistricted to 5th district
Norman F. Lent	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1993	Redistricted from 5th district Retired
David A. Levy	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	Lost renomination
Daniel Frisa	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997	Lost re-election
Carolyn McCarthy	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2015	First elected in 1996 Retired
Kathleen Rice	Democratic	January 3, 2015 – present	First 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").

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