New York's 2nd congressional district

New York's 2nd congressional district
New York 's 2nd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Peter T. King (R–Seaford)
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The 2nd Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives along the South Shore of Long Island. It includes southwestern Suffolk County and a small portion of southeastern Nassau County. Peter King began representing the district beginning in January 2013.

Nassau County communities in the 2nd district include Levittown, North Wantagh, Seaford, South Farmingdale, and Massapequa. Suffolk County communities include Amityville, Copiague, Lindenhurst, Gilgo, West Babylon, Wyandanch, North Babylon, Babylon, Baywood, Brentwood, Brightwaters, Central Islip, Islip, Great River, Ocean Beach, Oakdale, West Sayville, Bohemia, and Ronkonkoma.

From 2003-13 it included all of the town of Huntington and parts of the towns of Babylon, Islip, and Smithtown in Suffolk County as well as part of the town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County. It comprised such communities as Bay Shore, Brentwood, Central Islip, Commack, Deer Park, Dix Hills, Huntington, Melville, North Amityville, Northport, Oakdale, Plainview, Ronkonkoma, Sayville and Wyandanch. Much of this area is now the 3rd District, while most of the territory currently in the 2nd District was located in the 3rd District.

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Bush 40–40%
1996	President	Clinton 54–34%
2000	President	Gore 57–39%
2004	President	Kerry 53–45%
2008	President	Obama 51–48%
2012	President	Obama 52–47%

Components: past and present

• 1823–1913: Parts of Kings county
• 1913–1945: Parts of Queens county
• 1945–1963: Parts of Nassau county
• 1963–1973: Parts of Nassau, Suffolk counties
• 1973–2003: Parts of Suffolk county
• 2003–present: Parts of Nassau, Suffolk counties

List of representatives

1789–1805: one seat

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
John Laurance	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Watts	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Edward Livingston	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1801	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Samuel Latham Mitchill	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
75px Joshua Sands	Federalist	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	Joined with 3rd District on a general ticket

1805–1809: two seats on general ticket with 3rd District

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
Gurdon S. Mumford	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1809	The districts were separated again, and a second seat was added to the 2nd district
George Clinton, Jr.	Democratic- Republican

Note: Mumford is usually listed as member from the 2nd District, and Clinton from the 3rd District, because Clinton was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the election of Mitchill to the U.S. Senate, and Mitchill had been elected previously in the 3rd District. However, in 1804 Mitchill was already re-elected on the 2nd/3rd general ticket, and both Clinton and Mumford were elected in special elections, receiving votes in both districts.

1809–1823: two seats

From 1809 to 1823, two seats were apportioned to the second district, elected at-large on a general ticket.

Cong ress	Years		Seat A				Seat B
			Representative	Party	Electoral history		Representative	Party	Electoral history
11	March 4, 1809 – 1810		Gurdon S. Mumford	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]		75px William Denning	Democratic- Republican	Never took his seat, and resigned
	1810 – December 4, 1810						Vacant
	December 4, 1810 – March 3, 1811						Samuel L. Mitchill	Democratic- Republican	Elected to finish Denning's term Elected to full term in 1810
12	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813		75px William Paulding, Jr.	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
13	March 4, 1813 – August 2, 1813		Egbert Benson	Federalist	Resigned		Jotham Post, Jr.	Federalist	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	August 2, 1813 – January 22, 1814		Vacant
	January 22, 1814 – March 4, 1815		William Irving	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
14	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817						Peter H. Wendover	Democratic- Republican	Elected in 1814 Re-elected in 1816 Re-elected in 1818 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
15	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819
16	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821		75px Henry Meigs	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
17	March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821		The 1820/21 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.
	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823		Churchill C. Cambreleng	Democratic- Republican	Elected in 1821 Redistricted to the 3rd district		John J. Morgan	Democratic- Republican	Elected in 1821 Redistricted to the 3rd district

1823–present: one seat

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
Jacob Tyson	Crawford Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
75px Joshua Sands	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John J. Wood	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Jacob Crocheron	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John T. Bergen	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Isaac B. Van Houten	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Samuel Barton	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Abraham Vanderveer	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James De la Montanya	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Joseph Egbert	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Henry C. Murphy	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Henry J. Seaman	American	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Henry C. Murphy	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
75px David A. Bokee	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Obadiah Bowne	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas W. Cumming	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
75px James S.T. Stranahan	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
75px George Taylor	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James Humphrey	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Moses F. Odell	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
75px Martin Kalbfleisch	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
75px Teunis G. Bergen	Democratic	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
75px Demas Barnes	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
75px John G. Schumaker	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas Kinsella	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
75px John G. Schumaker	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William D. Veeder	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
75px Daniel O'Reilly	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William E. Robinson	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Felix Campbell	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891	Redistricted from 4th congressional district
David A. Boody	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – October 13, 1891	Resigned to become railroad commissioner of New York State
Vacant		October 13, 1891 – November 3, 1891
Alfred C. Chapin	Democratic	November 3, 1891 – November 16, 1892	Resigned
Vacant		November 16, 1892 – March 4, 1893
John M. Clancy	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	Redistricted from 4th congressional district
75px Denis M. Hurley	Republican	March 4, 1895 – February 26, 1899	Died
Vacant		February 26, 1899 – March 4, 1899
John J. Fitzgerald	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903	Redistricted to 7th congressional district
George H. Lindsay	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913	Redistricted from 6th congressional district
75px Denis O'Leary	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – December 31, 1914	Resigned
Vacant		December 31, 1914 – March 4, 1915
75px C. Pope Caldwell	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1921	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John J. Kindred	Democratic	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1929	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
75px William F. Brunner	Democratic	March 4, 1929 – September 27, 1935	Resigned upon election as sheriff of Queens County
Vacant		September 27, 1935 – November 5, 1935
William B. Barry	Democratic	November 5, 1935 – January 3, 1945	Redistricted to 4th district
Leonard W. Hall	Republican	January 3, 1945 – December 31, 1952	Redistricted from 1st district Resigned to become Chairman of the Republican National Committee
Vacant		December 31, 1952 – January 3, 1953
Steven Derounian	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963	Redistricted to 3rd district
75px James R. Grover, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1975	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas J. Downey	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1993	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Rick Lazio	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001	Retired to run for U.S. Senate
Steve Israel	Democratic	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2013	Redistricted to 3rd district
Peter T. King	Republican	January 3, 2013 – Present	Redistricted from 3rd district

Recent election results

New York election law allows for fusion voting, where a candidate can run as a member of multiple parties. The pooled vote totals for candidates are listed first, and the split of the votes among the parties they ran as is listed beneath. See below for blank, void, and scattering notes.*

New York's 2nd congressional district: Results 2000–2010

Year		Democrat		Votes	Pct		Republican		Votes	Pct		3rd Party		Party	Votes	Pct
2000		Steve Israel		90,438	48%		Joan B. Johnson		65,880	35%		Robert Walsh		Right to Life	11,224	6%
			Democratic	90,438				Republican	65,880			Richard N. Thompson		Conservative	10,824	6%
												David A. Bishop			10,266	5%
													Independence		7,595
													Green		1,404
													Working Families		1,267
2002		Steve Israel		85,451	58%		Joseph P. Finley		59,117	40%		John Keenan		Green	1,558	1%
			Democratic	75,845				Republican	48,239
			Independence	7,632				Conservative	5,772
			Working Families	1,974				Right to Life	5,106
2004		Steve Israel		161,593	67%		Richard Hoffmann		80,950	33%
			Democratic	147,197				Republican	72,953
			Independence	9,508				Conservative	7,997
			Working Families	4,888
2006		Steve Israel		105,276	70%		John W. Bugler		44,212	30%
			Democratic	94,100				Republican	37,671
			Independence	7,443				Conservative	6,541
			Working Families	3,733
2008		Steve Israel		161,279	67%		Frank J. Stalzer		79,641	33%
			Democratic	143,759				Republican	70,145
			Independence	11,900				Conservative	9,496
			Working Families	5,620
2010		Steve Israel		94,694	56%		John Gomez		72,115	43%		Anthony Tolda		CST	1,258	1%
			Democratic	84,211				Republican	53,747
			Independence	6,353				Conservative	13,525
			Working Families	4,130
2012		Vivianne Falcone		92,060	41%		Peter T. King		131,091	59%

* Blank, void, and write-in candidate ("scattering") notes: In 2000, there were 37,596 BVS votes; in 2002, 14,087; in 2004, 40,937; and in 2006, 14,101. Since 2008, results were separated out, and there were 54,163 blank votes; 10 void ballots; and 12 votes cast for write-in candidates. In 2010, 7,104 were blank votes; 93 were void ballots; and thirty were votes cast for write-in candidates.

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• List of United States congressional districts

References

• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
• National atlas congressional maps