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New York's 6th congressional district

103 members have held this seat since Mar 4, 1789. Now: Grace Meng D.

Holders
103
51 D · 27 R · 9 F · 5 J · 4 W · 3 U · 1 J · 1 AJ · 1 A · 1 CR
Longest tenure
12 years
Grace Meng
Current
12 years
Grace Meng, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/ny-6Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Jeremiah Van Rensselaer · 1789-03-04 – 1791-03-04James Gordon · 1791-10-24 – 1793-03-04Ezekiel Gilbert · 1793-12-02 – 1795-03-04 · FederalistEzekiel Gilbert · 1795-12-07 – 1797-03-04 · FederalistHezekiah Lord Hosmer · 1797-05-15 – 1799-03-04 · FederalistJohn Bird · 1799-12-02 – 1801-03-04 · FederalistJohn Peter Van Ness · 1801-12-07 – 1803-03-04 · RepublicanDaniel Crommelin Verplanck · 1803-10-17 – 1805-03-04 · RepublicanDaniel Crommelin Verplanck · 1805-12-02 – 1807-03-04 · RepublicanDaniel Crommelin Verplanck · 1807-10-26 – 1809-03-04 · RepublicanHerman Knickerbocker · 1809-05-22 – 1811-03-04 · FederalistAsa Fitch · 1811-11-04 – 1813-03-04 · FederalistJonathan Fisk · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanJames Whitney Wilkin · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanJames Whitney Wilkin · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanWalter Case · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Borland Jr. · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanHector Craig · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04 · JacksonianJohn Hallock Jr. · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonJohn Hallock Jr. · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonHector Craig · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonSamuel Jones Wilkin · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · Anti JacksonianJohn W. Brown · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonJohn W. Brown · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonNathaniel Jones · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratNathaniel Jones · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratJames Graham Clinton · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratHamilton Fish · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · WhigWilliam W. Campbell · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · AmericanHorace Greeley · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigJames Brooks · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigJames Brooks · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigJohn Wheeler · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratJohn Wheeler · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratJohn Cochrane · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratJohn Cochrane · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratFrederick Augustus Conkling · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanElijah Ward · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · DemocratHenry Jarvis Raymond · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Elliott Stewart · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · Conservative RepublicanSamuel Sullivan Cox · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratJames Brooks · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Sullivan Cox · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Sullivan Cox · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Sullivan Cox · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Sullivan Cox · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Sullivan Cox · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratNicholas Muller · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratAmos Jay Cummings · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratFrank Thomas Fitzgerald · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratJohn R. Fellows · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratThomas Francis Magner · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratJames Robinson Howe · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanJames Robinson Howe · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanMitchell May · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Henry Lindsay · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratRobert Baker · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Musgrave Calder · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Musgrave Calder · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Musgrave Calder · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Musgrave Calder · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Musgrave Calder · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanFrederick William Rowe · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanFrederick William Rowe · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanFrederick William Rowe · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanWarren Isbell Lee · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Irwin Stengle · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratAndrew Lawrence Somers · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratAndrew Lawrence Somers · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratAndrew Lawrence Somers · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratAndrew Lawrence Somers · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratAndrew Lawrence Somers · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratAndrew Lawrence Somers · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · DemocratRobert Joseph Nodar Jr. · 1947-01-03 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanLester Holtzman · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratLester Holtzman · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratSeymour Halpern · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanSeymour Halpern · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanSeymour Halpern · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · RepublicanLester Lionel Wolff · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratLester Lionel Wolff · 1979-01-15 – 1981-01-04 · DemocratJohn LeBoutillier · 1981-01-05 – 1983-01-04 · RepublicanAlton R. Waldon Jr. · 1985-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratFloyd Harold Flake · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratFloyd Harold Flake · 1997-01-07 – 1997-11-18 · DemocratGregory W. Meeks · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratGregory W. Meeks · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratGregory W. Meeks · 2009-01-06 – 2013-01-04 · DemocratGrace Meng · 2015-01-06 – present · DemocratRobert Le Roy Livingston · 1809-05-22 – 1811-03-04 · FederalistRobert Le Roy Livingston · 1811-11-04 – 1813-03-04 · FederalistSamuel Watkins Eager · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04David Sherwood Jackson · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Sullivan Cox · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratCharles Henry Turner · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratJames Joseph Delaney · 1945-01-03 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratJames Joseph Delaney · 1949-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratBenjamin Stanley Rosenthal · 1961-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratLester Lionel Wolff · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratJoseph Patrick Addabbo · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratGregory W. Meeks · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratGrace Meng · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratThomas Peabody Grosvenor · 1811-11-04 – 1813-03-04 · Federalist
Grace Meng D
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Grace Meng D
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
Gregory W. Meeks D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2013 · 4 years
Gregory W. Meeks D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Gregory W. Meeks D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Floyd Harold Flake D
Jan 7, 1997 – Nov 18, 1997 · 10 months
Gregory W. Meeks D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Floyd Harold Flake D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
Alton R. Waldon Jr. D
Jan 3, 1985 – Jan 4, 1987 · 2 years
Joseph Patrick Addabbo D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
John LeBoutillier R
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1983 · 2 years
Lester Lionel Wolff D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1981 · 2 years
Lester Lionel Wolff D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Lester Lionel Wolff D
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
Seymour Halpern R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
Seymour Halpern R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Seymour Halpern R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D
Jan 3, 1961 – Jan 4, 1963 · 2 years
Lester Holtzman D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Lester Holtzman D
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
James Joseph Delaney D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1953 · 4 years
Robert Joseph Nodar Jr. R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1949 · 2 years
James Joseph Delaney D
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1947 · 2 years
Andrew Lawrence Somers D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Andrew Lawrence Somers D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
Andrew Lawrence Somers D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Andrew Lawrence Somers D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Andrew Lawrence Somers D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Andrew Lawrence Somers D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Charles Irwin Stengle D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Warren Isbell Lee R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Frederick William Rowe R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Frederick William Rowe R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Frederick William Rowe R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
William Musgrave Calder R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
William Musgrave Calder R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
William Musgrave Calder R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
William Musgrave Calder R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
William Musgrave Calder R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Robert Baker D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
George Henry Lindsay D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Mitchell May D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
James Robinson Howe R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
James Robinson Howe R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Thomas Francis Magner D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
John R. Fellows D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Charles Henry Turner D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Amos Jay Cummings D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Nicholas Muller D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Samuel Sullivan Cox D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Samuel Sullivan Cox D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Samuel Sullivan Cox D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Samuel Sullivan Cox D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Samuel Sullivan Cox D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
James Brooks D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Samuel Sullivan Cox D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Samuel Sullivan Cox D
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
Thomas Elliott Stewart CR
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
Henry Jarvis Raymond R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
Elijah Ward D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Frederick Augustus Conkling R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
John Cochrane D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
John Cochrane D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
John Wheeler D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
John Wheeler D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
James Brooks W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
James Brooks W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Horace Greeley W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
David Sherwood Jackson D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
William W. Campbell A
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Hamilton Fish W
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
James Graham Clinton D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Nathaniel Jones D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Nathaniel Jones D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
John W. Brown J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
John W. Brown J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Samuel Jones Wilkin AJ
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Hector Craig J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Samuel Watkins Eager
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
John Hallock Jr. J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
John Hallock Jr. J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Hector Craig J
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
Charles Borland Jr. R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
Walter Case R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
James Whitney Wilkin R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
James Whitney Wilkin R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
Jonathan Fisk R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
Asa Fitch F
Nov 4, 1811 – Mar 4, 1813 · 16 months
Robert Le Roy Livingston F
Nov 4, 1811 – Mar 4, 1813 · 16 months
Thomas Peabody Grosvenor F
Nov 4, 1811 – Mar 4, 1813 · 16 months
Herman Knickerbocker F
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1811 · 21 months
Robert Le Roy Livingston F
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1811 · 21 months
Daniel Crommelin Verplanck R
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1809 · 16 months
Daniel Crommelin Verplanck R
Dec 2, 1805 – Mar 4, 1807 · 15 months
Daniel Crommelin Verplanck R
Oct 17, 1803 – Mar 4, 1805 · 17 months
John Peter Van Ness R
Dec 7, 1801 – Mar 4, 1803 · 15 months
John Bird F
Dec 2, 1799 – Mar 4, 1801 · 15 months
Hezekiah Lord Hosmer F
May 15, 1797 – Mar 4, 1799 · 22 months
Ezekiel Gilbert F
Dec 7, 1795 – Mar 4, 1797 · 15 months
Ezekiel Gilbert F
Dec 2, 1793 – Mar 4, 1795 · 15 months
James Gordon
Oct 24, 1791 – Mar 4, 1793 · 16 months
Jeremiah Van Rensselaer
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1791 · 2 years

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