NEW YORK'S 5TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

The '5th Congressional District of New York' is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives that lies along the North Shore of Long Island. It is comprised of Northeastern Queens County and Northwestern Nassau County. The Queens portion of the district includes the neighborhoods of Bayside, Corona, Douglaston, Flushing, Jamaica Estates, Little Neck, and Whitestone. The Nassau portion of the distinct includes Albertson, Great Neck, Manhasset, Port Washington, Roslyn, and Sands Point. The district is currently represented by Democrat Gary Ackerman.

Contents

Components: past and present

Representatives

Election results

References

Components: past and present

2003-present:
:Parts of Nassau, Queens
1993-2003:
:Parts of Nassau, Queens, Suffolk
1963-1993:
:Parts of Nassau
1945-1963:
:Parts of Queens
1913-1945:
:Parts of Brooklyn

Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Note
James A. Roe	Democratic	January 31945 – January 31947
Robert T. Ross	Republican	January 31947 – January 31949
T. Vincent Quinn	Democratic	January 31949 – December 301951	resigned
vacant		December 311951 – February 181952
Robert T. Ross	Republican	February 191952 – January 31953
Albert H. Bosch	Republican	January 31953 – December 311960	resigned
vacant		January 11961 – January 21961
Joseph P. Addabbo	Democratic	January 31961 – January 31963	redistricted to 7th district
Frank J. Becker	Republican	January 31963 – January 31965	redistricted from 3rd district
Herbert Tenzer	Democratic	January 31965 – January 31969
Allard K. Lowenstein	Democratic	January 31969 – January 31971
Norman F. Lent	Republican	January 31971 – January 31973	redistricted to 4th district
John W. Wydler	Republican	January 31973 – January 31981	redistricted from 4th district
Raymond J. McGrath	Republican	January 31981 – January 31993
Gary Ackerman	Democratic	January 31993 – present	redistricted from 7th district

Prior to 1992 the 5th District was centered on the south shore of Nassau County including towns mostly now in the 3rd and 4th District. The Queens portions of the 5th had been previously primarily in the 8th District of the 1980s. In general, the present 5th District greatly mirrors the 6th District from 1972 to 1982. The 1990s version of this district included northeast Nassau and northwest Suffolks counties; these areas were placed in the 2nd and 3rd District in 2002 and the 5th District gained areas in Queens formerly in the 18th District.

Election results

Note that 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").

References

★ 2004 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives

★ 2002 House election data "

★ 2000 House election data "

★ 1998 House election data "

★ 1996 House election data "