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New York's 16th congressional district

90 members have held this seat since Oct 17, 1803. Now: George Latimer D.

Holders
90
50 D · 22 R · 5 F · 5 W · 3 J · 2 U · 2 A · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
6 years
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Current
21 months
George Latimer, since Jan 3, 2025
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18201840186018801900192019401960198020002020John Paterson · 1803-10-17 – 1805-03-04 · RepublicanUri Tracy · 1805-12-02 – 1807-03-04 · RepublicanReuben Humphrey · 1807-10-26 – 1809-03-04 · RepublicanMorris Smith Miller · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · FederalistThomas Ruggles Gold · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · FederalistHenry Randolph Storrs · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · FederalistHenry Randolph Storrs · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · FederalistJoseph Kirkland · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · FederalistJohn Watts Cady · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04Henry Markell · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · AdamsHenry Markell · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · AdamsBenedict Arnold · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04Nathan Soule · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonAbijah Mann Jr. · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonAbijah Mann Jr. · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonArphaxed Loomis · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratAndrew Wheeler Doig · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratAndrew Wheeler Doig · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratChesselden Ellis · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratHugh White · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigHugh White · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigHugh White · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigJohn Wells · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigGeorge Abel Simmons · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · WhigGeorge Abel Simmons · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratGeorge William Palmer · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge William Palmer · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Almon Wheeler · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanOrlando Kellogg · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanOrlando Kellogg · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanOrange Ferriss · 1867-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Rogers · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratJames Stevenson Smart · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Henry Adams · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanTerence John Quinn · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratJohn Mosher Bailey · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanMichael Nicholas Nolan · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratThomas Jefferson Van Alstyne · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratJohn Henry Ketcham · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Henry Ketcham · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Henry Ketcham · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Henry Ketcham · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Ryan · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Lewis Fairchild · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Lukens Ward · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Quincy Underhill · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratCornelius Amory Pugsley · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratJacob Ruppert Jr. · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratJacob Ruppert Jr. · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratFrancis Burton Harrison · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratFrancis Burton Harrison · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratFrancis Burton Harrison · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratPeter Joseph Dooling · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratPeter Joseph Dooling · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratPeter Joseph Dooling · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratThomas Francis Smith · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Bourke Cockran · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratJohn Joseph O’Connor · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratJohn Joseph O’Connor · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratJohn Joseph O’Connor · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratJohn Joseph O’Connor · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratJohn Joseph O’Connor · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratJohn Joseph O’Connor · 1933-03-09 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Townsend Pheiffer · 1941-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanJames Herbert Fay · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · DemocratJames Joseph Murphy · 1949-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratAdam Clayton Powell Jr. · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratJohn Michael Murphy · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratJohn Michael Murphy · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratJohn Michael Murphy · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · DemocratElizabeth Holtzman · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratElizabeth Holtzman · 1979-01-15 – 1981-01-04 · DemocratCharles E. Schumer · 1981-01-05 – 1983-01-04 · DemocratCharles B. Rangel · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratJosé E. Serrano · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratJosé E. Serrano · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratJosé E. Serrano · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratJosé E. Serrano · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratJosé E. Serrano · 2009-01-06 – 2013-01-04 · DemocratEliot L. Engel · 2015-01-06 – 2021-01-04 · DemocratGeorge Latimer · 2025-01-03 – present · DemocratRobert Safford Hale · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Mosher Bailey · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanJames Herbert Fay · 1939-01-03 – 1941-01-04 · DemocratEllsworth Brewer Buck · 1945-01-03 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanAdam Clayton Powell Jr. · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratElizabeth Holtzman · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratCharles B. Rangel · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratEliot L. Engel · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratJamaal Bowman · 2021-01-03 – 2025-01-04 · Democrat
George Latimer D
Jan 3, 2025 – present · 21 months
Jamaal Bowman D
Jan 3, 2021 – Jan 4, 2025 · 4 years
Eliot L. Engel D
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2021 · 6 years
Eliot L. Engel D
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
José E. Serrano D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2013 · 4 years
José E. Serrano D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
José E. Serrano D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
José E. Serrano D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
José E. Serrano D
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
Charles B. Rangel D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Charles B. Rangel D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Charles E. Schumer D
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1983 · 2 years
Elizabeth Holtzman D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1981 · 2 years
Elizabeth Holtzman D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Elizabeth Holtzman D
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
John Michael Murphy D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
John Michael Murphy D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
John Michael Murphy D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
James Joseph Murphy D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1953 · 4 years
Ellsworth Brewer Buck R
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1949 · 4 years
James Herbert Fay D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
William Townsend Pheiffer R
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 years
James Herbert Fay D
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1941 · 2 years
John Joseph O’Connor D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1939 · 5.8 years
John Joseph O’Connor D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
John Joseph O’Connor D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
John Joseph O’Connor D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
John Joseph O’Connor D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
John Joseph O’Connor D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
William Bourke Cockran D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Thomas Francis Smith D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Peter Joseph Dooling D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Peter Joseph Dooling D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Peter Joseph Dooling D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Francis Burton Harrison D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Francis Burton Harrison D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Francis Burton Harrison D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Jacob Ruppert Jr. D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Jacob Ruppert Jr. D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Cornelius Amory Pugsley D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
John Quincy Underhill D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
William Lukens Ward R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
William Ryan D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
John Henry Ketcham R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
John Henry Ketcham R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
John Henry Ketcham R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
John Henry Ketcham R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Michael Nicholas Nolan D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
John Mosher Bailey R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Terence John Quinn D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
John Mosher Bailey R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Charles Henry Adams R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
James Stevenson Smart R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
John Rogers D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Orange Ferriss R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1871 · 4 years
Orlando Kellogg R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
Robert Safford Hale R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
Orlando Kellogg R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
William Almon Wheeler R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
George William Palmer R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
George William Palmer R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
George Abel Simmons IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
George Abel Simmons W
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
John Wells W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Hugh White W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Hugh White W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Hugh White W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Chesselden Ellis D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Andrew Wheeler Doig D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Andrew Wheeler Doig D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Arphaxed Loomis D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Abijah Mann Jr. J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Abijah Mann Jr. J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Nathan Soule J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Benedict Arnold
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Henry Markell A
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Henry Markell A
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
John Watts Cady
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
Joseph Kirkland F
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
Henry Randolph Storrs F
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
Henry Randolph Storrs F
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
Thomas Ruggles Gold F
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
Morris Smith Miller F
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
Reuben Humphrey R
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1809 · 16 months
Uri Tracy R
Dec 2, 1805 – Mar 4, 1807 · 15 months
John Paterson R
Oct 17, 1803 – Mar 4, 1805 · 17 months

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.