New York's 19th congressional district
U.S. House district for New York
New York's 19th congressional district Interactive map of district boundaries
Representative Distribution Population (2023) 769,461 Median household income $65,983[ 2] Ethnicity Cook PVI EVEN[ 3]
New York's 19th congressional district is located in New York 's Catskills , Hudson Valley , Southern Tier , and Finger Lakes regions. It lies partially in the northernmost region of the New York metropolitan area and south of Albany . This district is represented by Republican Marc Molinaro , although in November 2024, he lost narrowly[ 4] to Democrat Josh Riley , who is scheduled to assume office on January 3, 2025.
Various New York districts have been numbered "19" over the years, including areas in New York City and various parts of upstate New York. The 19th District was a Manhattan-based district until 1980. It then was the Bronx-Westchester seat now numbered the 17th District. The present 19th District was the 21st District before the 1990s, and before that was the 25th District.
The 2020 redistricting saw the district expand to include the entirety of Broome , Tioga , Tompkins , Chenango , Delaware , Greene , Sullivan , and Columbia Counties, while partially including Ulster and Otsego Counties.[ 5]
Prior to mid-decade redistricting, the district was one of seven with a Cook Partisan Voting Index of EVEN, meaning that, overall, the percentages of people who vote for Democratic candidates versus Republican candidates in the district are similar to the percentages for the US as a whole.
Recent statewide election results
Results under current lines (since 2023) [ 6]
History
1873–1875
Montgomery
1913–1983
Parts of Manhattan
1983–1993
Parts of Bronx , Westchester
1993–2003
2003–2013
The district from 2003 to 2013
From 2003 to 2013, the 19th was composed of parts of Dutchess , Orange , Rockland , and Westchester Counties , in addition to the entirety of Putnam County . Much of this district is now the 18th district , while the current 19th is essentially a merger of the former 20th district and 22nd district .
2013–2023
The district from 2013 to 2023
After redistricting in 2012, the 19th district comprised all of Columbia , Delaware , Greene , Otsego , Schoharie , Sullivan , and Ulster Counties ; and parts of Broome , Dutchess , Montgomery , and Rensselaer Counties . The district borders Vermont , Massachusetts , and Connecticut to the east; and Pennsylvania to the southwest. Democratic President Barack Obama won the new district by 6.2% in 2012 , while Republican Donald Trump won the district by 6.8% in 2016 .
Incumbent Representative Nan Hayworth opted to follow most of her constituents into the new 18th district in 2012, but she was defeated by Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney , a former advisor to President Bill Clinton .[ 7] Most of the 2003-13 19th district became part of the 2013-23 18th district.[ 8] Meanwhile, incumbent 20th district representative Chris Gibson ran for re-election in the new 19th district and won. On January 5, 2015, per his pledge when elected not to serve more than 4 terms, Gibson announced that he would not run for re-election in 2016.[ 9]
In 2016, Democrat Zephyr Teachout was defeated by Republican John Faso in the election.[ 10] In 2018, Faso was defeated after only 1 term by Democrat Antonio Delgado . In 2022, Delgado resigned to become Lieutenant Governor , leaving the seat vacant. Democrat Pat Ryan won the special election to complete Delgado's term on August 23, 2022.[ 11]
This iteration of the district was a presidential bellwether for the duration of its existence, having voted for the winner in each election from 2012 to 2020 .[ 12]
2023–present
Ryan ran in the 18th district in the November 2022 general election due to redistricting, while Democrat Josh Riley, who ran in the Democratic primary , lost to Republican Marc Molinaro in the 19th district.[ 13] In the November 2024 general election, Josh Riley has defeated current representative Marc Molinaro per the AP's call of the race.[ 14] Molinaro has refused to concede until the last ballots are counted, despite AP's decision that he has no path to victory.[ 15]
List of members representing the district
Representative
Party
Years
Cong- ress
Electoral history
District location
District established March 4, 1813
James Geddes (Onondaga )
Federalist
March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815
13th
Elected in 1812 . Lost re-election.
Victory Birdseye (Pompey )
Democratic- Republican
March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817
14th
Re-elected in 1814 .[data missing ]
James Porter (Skaneateles )
Democratic- Republican
March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819
15th
Elected in 1816 .[data missing ]
George Hall (Onondaga )
Democratic- Republican
March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821
16th
Elected in 1818 . Lost re-election.
Vacant
March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821
17th
Elections were held in April 1821 . It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued.
Elisha Litchfield (Delphi Falls )
Democratic- Republican
December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823
Elected in 1821 . Redistricted to the 23rd district .
John Richards (Johnsburg )
Crawford DR
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
18th
Elected in 1822 .[data missing ]
Henry H. Ross (Essex )
Anti-Jacksonian
March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
19th
Elected in 1824 .[data missing ]
Richard Keese (Keeseville )
Jacksonian
March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829
20th
Elected in 1826 .[data missing ]
Isaac Finch (Jay )
Anti-Jacksonian
March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831
21st
Elected in 1828 .[data missing ]
William Hogan (Hogansburg )
Jacksonian
March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833
22nd
Elected in 1830 .[data missing ]
Sherman Page (Unadilla )
Jacksonian
March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837
23rd 24th
Elected in 1832 .Re-elected in 1834 .[data missing ]
John H. Prentiss (Cooperstown )
Democratic
March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841
25th 26th
Elected in 1836 .Re-elected in 1838 .[data missing ]
Samuel S. Bowne (Cooperstown )
Democratic
March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843
27th
Elected in 1840 .[data missing ]
Orville Hungerford (Waterford )
Democratic
March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847
28th 29th
Elected in 1842 .Re-elected in 1844 .[data missing ]
Joseph Mullin (Watertown )
Whig
March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849
30th
Elected in 1846 .[data missing ]
Charles E. Clarke (Great Bend )
Whig
March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
31st
Elected in 1848 .[data missing ]
Willard Ives (Watertown )
Democratic
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
32nd
Elected in 1850 .[data missing ]
George W. Chase (Schenevus )
Whig
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
33rd
Elected in 1852 .[data missing ]
Jonas A. Hughston (Delhi )
Opposition
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
34th
Elected in 1854 .[data missing ]
Oliver A. Morse (Cherry Valley )
Republican
March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
35th
Elected in 1856 .[data missing ]
James H. Graham (Delhi )
Republican
March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861
36th
Elected in 1858 .[data missing ]
Richard Franchot (Schenectady )
Republican
March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863
37th
Elected in 1860 .[data missing ]
Samuel F. Miller (Franklin )
Republican
March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865
38th
Elected in 1862 .[data missing ]
Demas Hubbard Jr. (Smyrna )
Republican
March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867
39th
Elected in 1864 .[data missing ]
William C. Fields (Laurens )
Republican
March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869
40th
Elected in 1866 .[data missing ]
Charles Knapp (Deposit )
Republican
March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871
41st
Elected in 1868 .[data missing ]
Elizur H. Prindle (Norwich )
Republican
March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873
42nd
Elected in 1870 .[data missing ]
Henry H. Hathorn (Saratoga Springs )
Republican
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
43rd
Elected in 1872 . Redistricted to the 20th district .
William A. Wheeler (Malone )
Republican
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877
44th
Redistricted from the 18th district and re-elected in 1874 .[data missing ]
Amaziah B. James (Ogdensburg )
Republican
March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881
45th 46th
Elected in 1876 .Re-elected in 1878 .[data missing ]
Abraham X. Parker (Potsdam )
Republican
March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885
47th 48th
Elected in 1880 .Re-elected in 1882 . Redistricted to the 22nd district .
John Swinburne (Albany )
Republican
March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887
49th
Elected in 1884 .[data missing ]
Nicholas T. Kane (Albany )
Democratic
March 4, 1887 – September 14, 1887
50th
Elected in 1886 . Died.
Vacant
September 14, 1887 – November 8, 1887
Charles Tracey (Albany )
Democratic
November 8, 1887 – March 3, 1893
50th 51st 52nd
Elected to finish Kane's term .Re-elected in 1888 .Re-elected in 1890 . Redistricted to the 20th district .
Charles D. Haines (Kinderhook )
Democratic
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895
53rd
Elected in 1892 .[data missing ]
Frank S. Black (Troy )
Republican
March 4, 1895 – January 7, 1897
54th
Elected in 1894 . Resigned after being elected Governor of New York
Vacant
January 7, 1897 – March 3, 1897
Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane (Hudson )
Republican
March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901
55th 56th
Elected in 1896 .Re-elected in 1898 .[data missing ]
William H. Draper (Troy )
Republican
March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903
57th
Elected in 1900 . Redistricted to the 22nd district .
Norton P. Otis (Yonkers )
Republican
March 4, 1903 – February 20, 1905
58th
Elected in 1902 . Died.
Vacant
February 20, 1905 – March 3, 1905
John E. Andrus (Yonkers )
Republican
March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1913
59th 60th 61st 62nd
Elected in 1904 .Re-elected in 1906 .Re-elected in 1908 .Re-elected in 1910 .[data missing ]
Walter M. Chandler (New York )
Progressive
March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1917
63rd 64th 65th
Elected in 1912 .Re-elected in 1914 .Re-elected in 1916 [data missing ]
Republican
March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919
Joseph Rowan (New York )
Democratic
March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921
66th
Elected in 1918 .[data missing ]
Walter M. Chandler (New York )
Republican
March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923
67th
Elected in 1920 . Lost re-election.
Sol Bloom (New York )
Democratic
March 4, 1923[ 16] – January 3, 1945
68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th
Elected to fill the term when Representative-elect Samuel Marx died.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 .Re-elected in 1938 .Re-elected in 1940 .Re-elected in 1942 . Redistricted to the 20th district .
Samuel Dickstein (New York )
Democratic
January 3, 1945 – December 30, 1945
79th
Redistricted from the 12th district and re-elected in 1944 . Resigned to become justice of the New York Supreme Court .
Vacant
December 31, 1945 – February 18, 1946
Arthur G. Klein (New York )
Democratic
February 19, 1946 – December 31, 1956
79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th
Elected to finish Dickstein's term .Re-elected in 1946 .Re-elected in 1948 .Re-elected in 1950 .Re-elected in 1952 .Re-elected in 1954 . Resigned to become justice on New York Supreme Court .
Vacant
January 1, 1957 – January 2, 1957
84th
Leonard Farbstein (New York )
Democratic
January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1971
85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st
Elected in 1956 .Re-elected in 1958 .Re-elected in 1960 .Re-elected in 1962 .Re-elected in 1964 .Re-elected in 1966 .Re-elected in 1968 . Lost renomination.
Bella Abzug (New York )
Democratic
January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973
92nd
Elected in 1970 . Redistricted to the 20th district .
Charles Rangel (New York )
Democratic
January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983
93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th
Redistricted from the 18th district and re-elected in 1972 .Re-elected in 1974 .Re-elected in 1976 .Re-elected in 1978 .Re-elected in 1980 . Redistricted to the 16th district .
Mario Biaggi (The Bronx )
Democratic
January 3, 1983 – August 5, 1988
98th 99th 100th
Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1982 .Re-elected in 1984 .Re-elected in 1986 . Resigned.
Vacant
August 6, 1988 – January 2, 1989
100th
Eliot Engel (The Bronx )
Democratic
January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1993
101st 102nd
Elected in 1988 .Re-elected in 1990 . Redistricted to the 17th district .
Hamilton Fish IV (Millbrook )
Republican
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995
103rd
Redistricted from the 21st district and re-elected in 1992 . Retired.
Sue W. Kelly (Katonah )
Republican
January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2007
104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th
Elected in 1994 .Re-elected in 1996 .Re-elected in 1998 .Re-elected in 2000 .Re-elected in 2002 .Re-elected in 2004 . Lost re-election.
2003–2013
John Hall (Dover Plains )
Democratic
January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011
110th 111th
Elected in 2006 .Re-elected in 2008 . Lost re-election.
Nan Hayworth (Mount Kisco )
Republican
January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013
112th
Elected in 2010 . Redistricted to the 18th district and lost re-election there.
Chris Gibson (Kinderhook )
Republican
January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017
113th 114th
Redistricted from the 20th district and re-elected in 2012 .Re-elected in 2014 . Retired.
2013–2023
John Faso (Kinderhook )
Republican
January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019
115th
Elected in 2016 . Lost re-election.
Antonio Delgado (Rhinebeck )
Democratic
January 3, 2019 – May 25, 2022
116th 117th
Elected in 2018 .Re-elected in 2020 . Resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of New York .
Vacant
May 25, 2022 – September 13, 2022
117th
Pat Ryan (Gardiner )
Democratic
September 13, 2022 – January 3, 2023
Elected to finish Delgado's term . Redistricted to the 18th district .
Marc Molinaro (Catskill )
Republican
January 3, 2023 – present
118th
Elected in 2022 . Lost re-election.
2023–2025
Josh Riley (elect)
(Ithaca )
Democratic
January 3, 2025
Elected in 2024 .
2025–present
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 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").
See also
Notes
^ "Congressional Districts | 113th 114th Congress Demographics | Urban Rural Patterns" . Retrieved November 9, 2022 .
^ "My Congressional District" . Retrieved September 22, 2024 .
^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List" . Cook Political Report . Retrieved January 10, 2023 .
^ https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/11/05/us/elections/results-new-york-us-house-19.html
^ NYS Congressional districts 2020
^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List" . Cook Political Report . Retrieved January 23, 2023 .
^ "Elections 2012" . The New York Times . Retrieved July 16, 2023 .
^ "Congressional District Comparison"
^ Chris Gibson won't run for reelection , Politico , January 5, 2015. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
^ Niedzwiadek, Nick (November 9, 2016). "Faso defeats Teachout as Republicans hold NY House seats" . Politico . Retrieved November 13, 2016 .
^ "NY-19 special election: Democrat Pat Ryan defeats Republican Marc Molinaro for vacant seat" .
^ "Just 47 House districts flipped in the last three presidential elections. What do they tell us?" .
^ Golden, Vaughn (August 24, 2022). "Riley defeats Cheney in Democratic primary for 19th Congressional District" . WSKG-FM . Retrieved September 15, 2022 .
^ "AP Race Call: Democrat Josh Riley wins election to U.S. House in New York's 19th Congressional District, beating incumbent Marcus Molinaro" . AP News . November 6, 2024. Retrieved November 7, 2024 .
^ "Molinaro won't concede NY-19 before final tally, vows to accept results" . spectrumlocalnews.com . Retrieved November 7, 2024 .
^ Bloom was elected January 30, 1923 for the term beginning March 4, 1923. The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress incorrectly states the beginning of his term as his election date.
^ "NYS Board of Elections Rep. in Congress Election Returns Nov. 4, 2008" (PDF) . Retrieved December 8, 2008 .
^ "NYS Board of Elections Rep. in Congress Election Returns Nov. 2, 2010" (PDF) . Retrieved December 8, 2008 .
^ "NYS Board of Elections Rep. in Congress Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012" (PDF) . Retrieved September 25, 2013 .
^ "NYS Board of Elections Rep. in Congress Election Returns Nov. 4, 2014" (PDF) . Retrieved March 19, 2018 .
^ "NYS Board of Elections Rep. in Congress Election Returns Nov. 8, 2016" (PDF) . Retrieved March 19, 2018 .
^ "New York 19th Congressional District Special Election Results" . The New York Times . Retrieved August 23, 2022 .
^ "New York State Unofficial Election Night Results" . New York State Board of Elections . August 24, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2022 .
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