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New York's 5th congressional district

100 members have held this seat since Mar 4, 1789. Now: Gregory W. Meeks D.

Holders
100
51 D · 25 R · 7 F · 5 J · 4 U · 4 W · 2 A · 1 A · 1 AJ
Longest tenure
12 years
Gregory W. Meeks
Current
12 years
Gregory W. Meeks, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/ny-5Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Peter Silvester · 1789-03-04 – 1791-03-04Peter Silvester · 1791-10-24 – 1793-03-04Theodorus Bailey · 1793-12-02 – 1795-03-04Theodorus Bailey · 1795-12-07 – 1797-03-04 · RepublicanDavid Brooks · 1797-05-15 – 1799-03-04 · FederalistTheodorus Bailey · 1799-12-02 – 1801-03-04 · RepublicanTheodorus Bailey · 1801-12-07 – 1803-03-04 · RepublicanAndrew McCord · 1803-10-17 – 1805-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Blake Jr. · 1805-12-02 – 1807-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Blake Jr. · 1807-10-26 – 1809-03-04 · RepublicanBarent Gardenier · 1809-05-22 – 1811-03-04 · FederalistThomas Burrage Cooke · 1811-11-04 – 1813-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Peabody Grosvenor · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · FederalistThomas Peabody Grosvenor · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · FederalistPhilip Jeremiah Schuyler · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · FederalistJames Strong · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · FederalistWalter Patterson · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · FederalistWilliam William Van Wyck · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04Bartow White · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · AdamsThomas Jackson Oakley · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonAbraham Bockee · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonEdmund Henry Pendleton · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · Anti JacksonianAbraham Bockee · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonAbraham Bockee · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonObadiah Titus · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratCharles Johnston · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigRichard David Davis · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratMoses Gage Leonard · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratThomas M. Woodruff · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · AmericanFrederick Augustus Tallmadge · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigGeorge Briggs · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigGeorge Briggs · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigWilliam Marcy Tweed · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratThomas Richard Whitney · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · AmericanWilliam Brown Maclay · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Brown Maclay · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Wall · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanFernando Wood · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · DemocratNelson Taylor · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · DemocratJohn Morrissey · 1867-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Randall Roberts · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Randall Roberts · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratEdwin Ruthven Meade · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratNicholas Muller · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratNicholas Muller · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Wood · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratNicholas Muller · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratArchibald Meserole Bliss · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratArchibald Meserole Bliss · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratThomas Francis Magner · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratThomas Francis Magner · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJohn Hugh Graham · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratCharles Goodwin Bennett · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Goodwin Bennett · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Eugene Wilson · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratFrank Eugene Wilson · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratEdward Murray Bassett · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Ernest Waldo · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Ernest Waldo · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Young · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Cox Redfield · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratJames Paul Maher · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratJames Paul Maher · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratJames Paul Maher · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratJohn Brown Johnston · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratArdolph Loges Kline · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanLoring Milton Black Jr. · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratLoring Milton Black Jr. · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratLoring Milton Black Jr. · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratLoring Milton Black Jr. · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratLoring Milton Black Jr. · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratLoring Milton Black Jr. · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · DemocratJames Joseph Heffernan · 1941-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratJames Joseph Heffernan · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · DemocratRobert Tripp Ross · 1947-01-03 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Tripp Ross · 1951-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · RepublicanAlbert Henry Bosch · 1959-01-07 – 1961-01-04 · RepublicanFrank John Becker · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · RepublicanHerbert Tenzer · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratHerbert Tenzer · 1967-01-10 – 1969-01-04 · DemocratNorman Frederick Lent · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Waldemar Wydler · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Waldemar Wydler · 1979-01-15 – 1981-01-04 · RepublicanRaymond Joseph McGrath · 1981-01-05 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanRaymond Joseph McGrath · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · RepublicanGary L. Ackerman · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratGary L. Ackerman · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratGary L. Ackerman · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratGary L. Ackerman · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratGary L. Ackerman · 2009-01-06 – 2013-01-04 · DemocratGregory W. Meeks · 2015-01-06 – present · DemocratThomas II Taber · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonMarcellus Hugh Evans · 1935-01-03 – 1941-01-04 · DemocratJames A. Roe · 1945-01-03 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratThomas Vincent Quinn · 1949-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratJoseph Patrick Addabbo · 1961-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratAllard Kenneth Lowenstein · 1969-01-03 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratJohn Waldemar Wydler · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanGregory W. Meeks · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratAlbert Henry Bosch · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · Republican
Gregory W. Meeks D
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Gregory W. Meeks D
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
Gary L. Ackerman D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2013 · 4 years
Gary L. Ackerman D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Gary L. Ackerman D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Gary L. Ackerman D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Gary L. Ackerman D
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
Raymond Joseph McGrath R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Raymond Joseph McGrath R
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1987 · 6 years
John Waldemar Wydler R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1981 · 2 years
John Waldemar Wydler R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
John Waldemar Wydler R
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
Norman Frederick Lent R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
Allard Kenneth Lowenstein D
Jan 3, 1969 – Jan 4, 1971 · 2 years
Herbert Tenzer D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1969 · 2 years
Herbert Tenzer D
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
Frank John Becker R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
Joseph Patrick Addabbo D
Jan 3, 1961 – Jan 4, 1963 · 2 years
Albert Henry Bosch R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1961 · 2 years
Albert Henry Bosch R
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
Robert Tripp Ross R
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 4, 1953 · 2 years
Thomas Vincent Quinn D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1953 · 4 years
Robert Tripp Ross R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1949 · 2 years
James A. Roe D
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1947 · 2 years
James Joseph Heffernan D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
James Joseph Heffernan D
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 years
Marcellus Hugh Evans D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1941 · 6 years
Loring Milton Black Jr. D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
Loring Milton Black Jr. D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Loring Milton Black Jr. D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Loring Milton Black Jr. D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Loring Milton Black Jr. D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Loring Milton Black Jr. D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Ardolph Loges Kline R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
John Brown Johnston D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
James Paul Maher D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
James Paul Maher D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
James Paul Maher D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
William Cox Redfield D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Richard Young R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
George Ernest Waldo R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
George Ernest Waldo R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Edward Murray Bassett D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Frank Eugene Wilson D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Frank Eugene Wilson D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Charles Goodwin Bennett R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Charles Goodwin Bennett R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
John Hugh Graham D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Thomas Francis Magner D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Thomas Francis Magner D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Archibald Meserole Bliss D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Archibald Meserole Bliss D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Nicholas Muller D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Benjamin Wood D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Nicholas Muller D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Nicholas Muller D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Edwin Ruthven Meade D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
William Randall Roberts D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
William Randall Roberts D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
John Morrissey D
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1871 · 4 years
Nelson Taylor D
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
Fernando Wood D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
William Wall R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
William Brown Maclay D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
William Brown Maclay D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Thomas Richard Whitney A
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
William Marcy Tweed D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
George Briggs W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
George Briggs W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Frederick Augustus Tallmadge W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Thomas M. Woodruff A
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Moses Gage Leonard D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Richard David Davis D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Charles Johnston W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Obadiah Titus D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Abraham Bockee J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Abraham Bockee J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Edmund Henry Pendleton AJ
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Abraham Bockee J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Thomas Jackson Oakley J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Thomas II Taber J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Bartow White A
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
William William Van Wyck
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
Walter Patterson F
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
James Strong F
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
Philip Jeremiah Schuyler F
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
Thomas Peabody Grosvenor F
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
Thomas Peabody Grosvenor F
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
Thomas Burrage Cooke R
Nov 4, 1811 – Mar 4, 1813 · 16 months
Barent Gardenier F
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1811 · 21 months
John Blake Jr. R
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1809 · 16 months
John Blake Jr. R
Dec 2, 1805 – Mar 4, 1807 · 15 months
Andrew McCord R
Oct 17, 1803 – Mar 4, 1805 · 17 months
Theodorus Bailey R
Dec 7, 1801 – Mar 4, 1803 · 15 months
Theodorus Bailey R
Dec 2, 1799 – Mar 4, 1801 · 15 months
David Brooks F
May 15, 1797 – Mar 4, 1799 · 22 months
Theodorus Bailey R
Dec 7, 1795 – Mar 4, 1797 · 15 months
Theodorus Bailey
Dec 2, 1793 – Mar 4, 1795 · 15 months
Peter Silvester
Oct 24, 1791 – Mar 4, 1793 · 16 months
Peter Silvester
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1791 · 2 years

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