| State: | New York |
| District Number: | 9 |
| Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries |
| Representative: | Yvette Clarke |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Residence: | Brooklyn |
| Percent Urban: | 100 |
| Percent Rural: | 0 |
| Population: | 756,507[1] |
| Population Year: | 2022 |
| Median Income: | $71,800[2] |
| Percent White: | 32.4 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 11.4 |
| Percent Black: | 40.4 |
| Percent Asian: | 9.1 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 5.0 |
| Percent Other Race: | 1.7 |
| Cpvi: | D+25[3] |
New York's 9th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City, represented by Yvette Clarke.
The district is located entirely within Brooklyn. It includes the neighborhoods of Brownsville, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Kensington, Midwood, Sheepshead Bay, Marine Park, Gerritsen Beach, and Prospect Lefferts Gardens.
Prior to 2013, the district consisted primarily of middle-class white neighborhoods, including large Jewish, Italian, Irish, and Russian populations, in southern Brooklyn and south central Queens. Before redistricting, the Queens Tribune found that the district increasingly swung Republican following the September 11 attacks in 2001, when many police and firefighters were lost from the Rockaways.[4] Its rightward shift was also attributed to the increasing tendency of Orthodox Jews to vote for Republicans.[5] Its representation in Congress was reliably Democratic for decades, electing prominent liberals such as Chuck Schumer and Anthony Weiner, and, prior to that, Emanuel Celler and Elizabeth Holtzman (when the district was differently numbered). Briefly bucking the trend, Republican Bob Turner succeeded Weiner, who resigned on June 21, 2011, after winning the special election on September 13, 2011. However, the previous 9th District was eliminated soon thereafter, after New York lost two districts in the redistricting cycle resulting from the 2010 census, and its territory was divided among several neighboring districts.
After redistricting, Yvette Clarke now represents the district. The district has an African American majority, and also includes most of the territory previously within the 11th District. It includes significant portions of Midwood, Brooklyn, however, that was previously within the 9th. In the 1980s, the district was based in Astoria and surrounding neighborhoods in Queens. This iteration of the district gained national attention in 1984, when its Representative Geraldine Ferraro became the vice presidential candidate of the Democratic Party.
| Year | Office | Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | President | Clinton 59–32% | |
| 1996 | President | Clinton 66–27% | |
| 2000 | President | Gore 67–30% | |
| 2004 | President | Kerry 56–44% | |
| 2008 | President | Obama 84–15% | |
| 2012 | President | Obama 85–14% | |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 84–14% | |
| 2020 | President | Biden 81–17% |
| Member | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | District location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District established March 4, 1793 | ||||||||
| align=left | James Gordon | Pro-Administration | nowrap | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1793. Retired. | |||
John Williams | Democratic-Republican[6] | nowrap | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 | Elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796. Redistricted to the and lost re-election. | ||||
| Federalist[7] [8] | nowrap | March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799 | ||||||
| align=left | Jonas Platt | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801 | Elected in 1798. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Benjamin Walker | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 | Elected in 1800. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Killian K. Van Rensselaer | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1809 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Redistricted to the . | |||
| Thomas Sammons | Federalist[9] | nowrap | March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 | Elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Retired. | ||||
| Democratic-Republican[10] | nowrap | March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 | ||||||
| align=left | John Lovett | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817 | Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Rensselaer Westerlo | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 | Elected in 1816. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Solomon Van Rensselaer | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1819 – January 14, 1822 | Elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1821. Resigned to become postmaster of Albany. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | January 14, 1822 – March 12, 1822 | ||||||
| align=left | Stephen Van Rensselaer | Federalist | nowrap | March 12, 1822 – March 3, 1823 | Elected to finish his cousin's term. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | James L. Hogeboom | Crawford Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | Elected in 1822. Retired. | |||
| align=left | William McManus | Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | Elected in 1824. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | John D. Dickinson | Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831 | Elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Job Pierson | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1835 | Elected in 1830. Re-elected in 1832. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Hiram P. Hunt | Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | Elected in 1834. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Henry Vail | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | Elected in 1836. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Hiram P. Hunt | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 | Elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | James G. Clinton | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1842. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Archibald C. Niven | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 | Elected in 1844. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Daniel B. St. John | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 | Elected in 1846. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Thomas McKissock | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 | Elected in 1848. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | William Murray | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | Elected in 1850. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Jared V. Peck | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | Elected in 1852. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Bayard Clarke | Opposition | nowrap | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | Elected in 1854. Declined renomination as a Republican. | |||
John B. Haskin | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | Elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Retired. | ||||
| Anti-Lecompton Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 | ||||||
| align=left | Edward Haight | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 | Elected in 1860. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Anson Herrick | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 | Elected in 1862. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | William A. Darling | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 | Elected in 1864. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Fernando Wood | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873 | Elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | David B. Mellish | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1873 – May 23, 1874 | Elected in 1872. Died. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | May 23, 1874 – December 7, 1874 | ||||||
| align=left | Richard Schell | Democratic | nowrap | December 7, 1874 – March 3, 1875 | Elected to finish Mellish's term. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Fernando Wood | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1875 – February 14, 1881 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Died. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | February 14, 1881 – December 5, 1881 | ||||||
| align=left | John Hardy | Democratic | nowrap | December 5, 1881 – March 3, 1885 | Elected to finish Wood's term. Re-elected in 1882. Lost renomination. | |||
| align=left | Joseph Pulitzer | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1885 – April 10, 1886 | Elected in 1884. Resigned. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | April 10, 1886 – November 2, 1886 | ||||||
| align=left | Samuel S. Cox | Democratic | nowrap | November 2, 1886 – September 10, 1889 | Elected to finish Pulitzer's term. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Died. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | September 10, 1889 – November 5, 1889 | ||||||
| align=left | Amos J. Cummings | Democratic | nowrap | November 5, 1889 – March 3, 1893 | Elected to finish Cox's term. Re-elected in 1890. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Timothy J. Campbell | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1892. | |||
| align=left | Henry C. Miner | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 | Elected in 1894. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Thomas J. Bradley | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901 | Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Henry M. Goldfogle | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1913 | Elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | James H. O'Brien | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 | Elected in 1912. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Oscar W. Swift | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919 | Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | David J. O'Connell | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921 | Elected in 1918. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Andrew Petersen | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 | Elected in 1920. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | David J. O'Connell | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1923 – December 29, 1930 | Elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Died. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | December 29, 1930 – February 17, 1931 | ||||||
| align=left | Stephen A. Rudd | Democratic | nowrap | February 17, 1931 – March 31, 1936 | Elected to finish O'Connell's term. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Died. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | March 31, 1936 – January 3, 1937 | ||||||
| align=left | Eugene J. Keogh | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1963 | Elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | James J. Delaney | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1963 – December 31, 1978 | Redistricted from the 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. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Resigned. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | January 1, 1979 – January 3, 1979 | ||||||
| align=left | Geraldine Ferraro | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1985 | Elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Retired to run for U.S. Vice President. | |||
| align=left | Thomas J. Manton | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1993 | Elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1999 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Retired to run for U.S. senator. | 1993–2003 Parts of Brooklyn, Queens | ||
Anthony Weiner | Democratic | January 3, 1999 – June 21, 2011 | 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. Resigned.[11] | |||||
| 2003–2013 Parts of Brooklyn, Queens | ||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | June 21, 2011 – September 13, 2011 | ||||||
| align=left | Robert Turner | Republican | nowrap | September 13, 2011 – January 3, 2013 | Elected to finish Weiner's term. Redistricted to the but retired to run for U.S. senator. | |||
Yvette Clarke | Democratic | January 3, 2013 – present | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. | 2013–2023 Parts of Brooklyn | ||||
| 2023–2025 Parts of Brooklyn | ||||||||
| 2025–present Parts of Brooklyn --> | ||||||||
In New York elections, there are minor parties. 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").