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New York's 4th congressional district

96 members have held this seat since Mar 4, 1789. Now: Laura Gillen D.

Holders
96
47 D · 30 R · 4 F · 3 U · 3 J · 3 ID · 2 A · 2 W · 1 CR · 1 RC
Longest tenure
9.8 years
Thomas Henry Cullen
Current
21 months
Laura Gillen, since Jan 3, 2025
history/seat/ny-4Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020John Hathorn · 1789-03-04 – 1791-03-04 · RepublicanCornelius Corneliusen Schoonmaker · 1791-10-24 – 1793-03-04Peter Van Gaasbeck · 1793-12-02 – 1795-03-04John Hathorn · 1795-12-07 – 1797-03-04 · RepublicanLucas Conrad Elmendorf · 1797-05-15 – 1799-03-04 · RepublicanLucas Conrad Elmendorf · 1799-12-02 – 1801-03-04 · RepublicanLucas Conrad Elmendorf · 1801-12-07 – 1803-03-04 · RepublicanPhilip Van Cortlandt · 1803-10-17 – 1805-03-04 · RepublicanPhilip Van Cortlandt · 1805-12-02 – 1807-03-04 · RepublicanPhilip Van Cortlandt · 1807-10-26 – 1809-03-04 · RepublicanJames Emott · 1809-05-22 – 1811-03-04 · FederalistJames Emott · 1811-11-04 – 1813-03-04 · FederalistThomas Jackson Oakley · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · FederalistAbraham Henry Schenck · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanJames Tallmadge Jr. · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanRandall S. Street · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · FederalistWilliam William Van Wyck · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanJoel Frost · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04 · Crawford RepublicanAaron Ward · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · AdamsAaron Ward · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · AdamsHenry Booth Cowles · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04Aaron Ward · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonAaron Ward · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonAaron Ward · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonGouverneur Kemble · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratGouverneur Kemble · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratAaron Ward · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Brown Maclay · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Brown Maclay · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Brown Maclay · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratWalter Underhill · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigJohn Henry Hobart Haws · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigMichael Walsh · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratJohn Kelly · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratJohn Kelly · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratThomas Jefferson Barr · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · Ind. DemocratJames Kerrigan · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · Ind. DemocratBenjamin Wood · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · DemocratMorgan Jones · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · DemocratJohn Fox · 1867-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · DemocratRobert Barnwell Roosevelt · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratPhilip Schuyler Crooke · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanArchibald Meserole Bliss · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratArchibald Meserole Bliss · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratArchibald Meserole Bliss · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratArchibald Meserole Bliss · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratFelix Campbell · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratPeter Paul Mahoney · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratPeter Paul Mahoney · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratJohn Michael Clancy · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratJohn Michael Clancy · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Jerome Coombs · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratIsrael Frederick Fischer · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanIsrael Frederick Fischer · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanBertram Tracy Clayton · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratHarry Alfred Hanbury · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Eugene Wilson · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratCharles Blakeslee Law · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Blakeslee Law · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Blakeslee Law · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Eugene Wilson · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratHarry Howard Dale · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratHarry Howard Dale · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratHarry Howard Dale · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratThomas Henry Cullen · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratThomas Henry Cullen · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratThomas Henry Cullen · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratThomas Henry Cullen · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratThomas Henry Cullen · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratThomas Henry Cullen · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratThomas Henry Cullen · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratThomas Henry Cullen · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratThomas Henry Cullen · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · DemocratGregory McMahon · 1947-01-03 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanHenry Jepson Latham · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanSeymour Halpern · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Waldemar Wydler · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Waldemar Wydler · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Waldemar Wydler · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · RepublicanNorman Frederick Lent · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanNorman Frederick Lent · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanNorman Frederick Lent · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · Republican → Republican-ConservativeDavid A. Levy · 1993-01-05 – 1995-01-04 · RepublicanDan Frisa · 1995-01-04 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanCarolyn McCarthy · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratCarolyn McCarthy · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratCarolyn McCarthy · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratCarolyn McCarthy · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratKathleen M. Rice · 2015-01-06 – 2023-01-04 · DemocratLaura Gillen · 2025-01-03 – present · DemocratThomas Jefferson Barr · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · Ind. DemocratJohn James Rooney · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · DemocratLouis Gary Clemente · 1949-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratNorman Frederick Lent · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanAnthony D’Esposito · 2023-01-03 – 2025-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Bernard Barry · 1945-01-03 – 1947-01-04 · Democrat
Laura Gillen D
Jan 3, 2025 – present · 21 months
Anthony D’Esposito R
Jan 3, 2023 – Jan 4, 2025 · 2 years
Kathleen M. Rice D
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2023 · 8 years
Carolyn McCarthy D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Carolyn McCarthy D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Carolyn McCarthy D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Carolyn McCarthy D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Dan Frisa R
Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 4, 1997 · 2 years
David A. Levy R
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1995 · 2 years
Norman Frederick Lent R→RC
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Norman Frederick Lent R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Norman Frederick Lent R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Norman Frederick Lent R
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
John Waldemar Wydler R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
John Waldemar Wydler R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
John Waldemar Wydler R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Seymour Halpern R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Henry Jepson Latham R
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
Louis Gary Clemente D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1953 · 4 years
Gregory McMahon R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1949 · 2 years
William Bernard Barry D
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1947 · 2 years
Thomas Henry Cullen D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
John James Rooney D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Thomas Henry Cullen D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
Thomas Henry Cullen D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Thomas Henry Cullen D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Thomas Henry Cullen D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Thomas Henry Cullen D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Thomas Henry Cullen D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Thomas Henry Cullen D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Thomas Henry Cullen D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Harry Howard Dale D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Harry Howard Dale D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Harry Howard Dale D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Frank Eugene Wilson D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Charles Blakeslee Law R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Charles Blakeslee Law R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Charles Blakeslee Law R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Frank Eugene Wilson D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Harry Alfred Hanbury R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Bertram Tracy Clayton D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Israel Frederick Fischer R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Israel Frederick Fischer R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
William Jerome Coombs D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
John Michael Clancy D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
John Michael Clancy D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Peter Paul Mahoney D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Peter Paul Mahoney D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Felix Campbell D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Archibald Meserole Bliss D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Archibald Meserole Bliss D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Archibald Meserole Bliss D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Archibald Meserole Bliss D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Philip Schuyler Crooke R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
John Fox D
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1871 · 4 years
Morgan Jones D
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
Benjamin Wood D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
James Kerrigan ID
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Thomas Jefferson Barr ID
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
John Kelly D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Thomas Jefferson Barr ID
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
John Kelly D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Michael Walsh D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
John Henry Hobart Haws W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Walter Underhill W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
William Brown Maclay D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
William Brown Maclay D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
William Brown Maclay D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Aaron Ward D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Gouverneur Kemble D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Gouverneur Kemble D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Aaron Ward J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Aaron Ward J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Aaron Ward J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Henry Booth Cowles
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Aaron Ward A
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Aaron Ward A
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Joel Frost CR
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
William William Van Wyck R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
Randall S. Street F
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
James Tallmadge Jr. R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
Abraham Henry Schenck R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
Thomas Jackson Oakley F
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
James Emott F
Nov 4, 1811 – Mar 4, 1813 · 16 months
James Emott F
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1811 · 21 months
Philip Van Cortlandt R
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1809 · 16 months
Philip Van Cortlandt R
Dec 2, 1805 – Mar 4, 1807 · 15 months
Philip Van Cortlandt R
Oct 17, 1803 – Mar 4, 1805 · 17 months
Lucas Conrad Elmendorf R
Dec 7, 1801 – Mar 4, 1803 · 15 months
Lucas Conrad Elmendorf R
Dec 2, 1799 – Mar 4, 1801 · 15 months
Lucas Conrad Elmendorf R
May 15, 1797 – Mar 4, 1799 · 22 months
John Hathorn R
Dec 7, 1795 – Mar 4, 1797 · 15 months
Peter Van Gaasbeck
Dec 2, 1793 – Mar 4, 1795 · 15 months
Cornelius Corneliusen Schoonmaker
Oct 24, 1791 – Mar 4, 1793 · 16 months
John Hathorn R
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1791 · 2 years

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