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New York's 8th congressional district

100 members have held this seat since Dec 2, 1793. Now: Hakeem S. Jeffries D.

Holders
100
63 D · 16 R · 8 F · 5 J · 2 U · 2 A · 2 W · 1 IRD · 1 ALD
Longest tenure
12 years
Hakeem S. Jeffries
Current
12 years
Hakeem S. Jeffries, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/ny-8Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Henry Glen · 1793-12-02 – 1795-03-04 · FederalistHenry Glen · 1795-12-07 – 1797-03-04 · FederalistHenry Glen · 1797-05-15 – 1799-03-04 · FederalistHenry Glen · 1799-12-02 – 1801-03-04 · FederalistKillian Killian Van Rensselaer · 1801-12-07 – 1803-03-04 · FederalistHenry Walter Livingston · 1803-10-17 – 1805-03-04 · FederalistHenry Walter Livingston · 1805-12-02 – 1807-03-04 · FederalistJames Isaac Van Alen · 1807-10-26 – 1809-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Thompson · 1809-05-22 – 1811-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Pond · 1811-11-04 – 1813-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Sherwood · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · FederalistErastus Root · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanDorrance Kirtland · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Clark · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanRichard McCarty · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanJames Strong · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04James Strong · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · AdamsJames Strong · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · AdamsJames Strong · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04John King · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonJohn Adams · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonValentine Efner · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonRobert McClellan · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratJohn Ely · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratJacob Houck Jr. · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratRichard David Davis · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratWilliam W. Woodworth · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratCornelius Warren · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigRansom Halloway · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigGilbert Dean · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratFrancis Brockholst Cutting · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratAbram Wakeman · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratHorace Francis Clark · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratHorace Francis Clark · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · Anti-Lecompton DemocratIsaac Clason Delaplaine · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · DemocratJames Brooks · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Earle Dodge · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Daniel Lawson · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanElijah Ward · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratAnson George McCook · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanAnson George McCook · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanAnson George McCook · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Joseph Adams · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratTimothy John Campbell · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratTimothy John Campbell · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratJohn Henry McCarthy · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratTimothy John Campbell · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratEdward John Dunphy · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratJames Joseph Walsh · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratJohn Murry Mitchell · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanDaniel Joseph Riordan · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratThomas James Creamer · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratTimothy Daniel Sullivan · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratTimothy Daniel Sullivan · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratDaniel Joseph Riordan · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratDaniel Joseph Riordan · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratDaniel Joseph Riordan · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratDaniel Joseph Griffin · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratDaniel Joseph Griffin · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratDaniel Joseph Griffin · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Edward Cleary · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratCharles Grosvenor Bond · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Edward Cleary · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Edward Cleary · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratPatrick J. Carley · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratPatrick J. Carley · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratPatrick J. Carley · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratPatrick J. Carley · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · DemocratDonald Lawrence O’Toole · 1937-01-05 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratDonald Lawrence O’Toole · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · DemocratVictor L’Episcopo Anfuso · 1951-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratVictor L’Episcopo Anfuso · 1955-01-05 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratVictor L’Episcopo Anfuso · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratBenjamin Stanley Rosenthal · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratBenjamin Stanley Rosenthal · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratBenjamin Stanley Rosenthal · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratBenjamin Stanley Rosenthal · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratBenjamin Stanley Rosenthal · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · DemocratJames Haas Scheuer · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratJerrold Nadler · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratJerrold Nadler · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratJerrold Nadler · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratJerrold Nadler · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratJerrold Nadler · 2009-01-06 – 2013-01-04 · DemocratHakeem S. Jeffries · 2015-01-06 – present · DemocratJohn Adams · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanAaron Vanderpoel · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonAaron Vanderpoel · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonZadock Pratt · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratAaron Vanderpoel · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratRobert McClellan · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratJames Brooks · 1865-12-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratJohn Murry Mitchell · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanDaniel Joseph Riordan · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Edward Cleary · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratRichard Joseph Tonry · 1935-01-03 – 1937-01-04 · DemocratJoseph Lawrence Pfeifer · 1945-01-03 – 1951-01-04 · DemocratLouis Benjamin Heller · 1953-01-03 – 1955-01-04 · DemocratJames Haas Scheuer · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratHakeem S. Jeffries · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · Democrat
Hakeem S. Jeffries D
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Hakeem S. Jeffries D
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
Jerrold Nadler D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2013 · 4 years
Jerrold Nadler D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Jerrold Nadler D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Jerrold Nadler D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Jerrold Nadler D
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
James Haas Scheuer D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
James Haas Scheuer D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Victor L’Episcopo Anfuso D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Victor L’Episcopo Anfuso D
Jan 5, 1955 – Jan 4, 1959 · 4 years
Louis Benjamin Heller D
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1955 · 2 years
Victor L’Episcopo Anfuso D
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 4, 1953 · 2 years
Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1951 · 6 years
Donald Lawrence O’Toole D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Donald Lawrence O’Toole D
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1943 · 6 years
Richard Joseph Tonry D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1937 · 2 years
Patrick J. Carley D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
Patrick J. Carley D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Patrick J. Carley D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Patrick J. Carley D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
William Edward Cleary D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
William Edward Cleary D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Charles Grosvenor Bond R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
William Edward Cleary D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Daniel Joseph Griffin D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
William Edward Cleary D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Daniel Joseph Griffin D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Daniel Joseph Griffin D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Daniel Joseph Riordan D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Daniel Joseph Riordan D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Daniel Joseph Riordan D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Timothy Daniel Sullivan D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Daniel Joseph Riordan D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Timothy Daniel Sullivan D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Thomas James Creamer D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Daniel Joseph Riordan D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
John Murry Mitchell R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
James Joseph Walsh D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
John Murry Mitchell R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Edward John Dunphy D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Timothy John Campbell D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
John Henry McCarthy D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Timothy John Campbell D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Timothy John Campbell D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
John Joseph Adams D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Anson George McCook R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Anson George McCook R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Anson George McCook R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Elijah Ward D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
John Daniel Lawson R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
William Earle Dodge R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
James Brooks D
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1873 · 7.2 years
James Brooks D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Isaac Clason Delaplaine D
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Horace Francis Clark ALD
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Horace Francis Clark D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Abram Wakeman IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Francis Brockholst Cutting D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Gilbert Dean D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Ransom Halloway W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Cornelius Warren W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
William W. Woodworth D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Richard David Davis D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Jacob Houck Jr. D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Robert McClellan D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
John Ely D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Aaron Vanderpoel D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Robert McClellan D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Zadock Pratt D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Valentine Efner J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Aaron Vanderpoel J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
John Adams J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Aaron Vanderpoel J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
John King J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
James Strong
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
James Strong A
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
James Strong A
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
James Strong
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
Richard McCarty R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
Robert Clark R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
Dorrance Kirtland R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
Erastus Root R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
John Adams R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
Samuel Sherwood F
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
Benjamin Pond R
Nov 4, 1811 – Mar 4, 1813 · 16 months
John Thompson R
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1811 · 21 months
James Isaac Van Alen R
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1809 · 16 months
Henry Walter Livingston F
Dec 2, 1805 – Mar 4, 1807 · 15 months
Henry Walter Livingston F
Oct 17, 1803 – Mar 4, 1805 · 17 months
Killian Killian Van Rensselaer F
Dec 7, 1801 – Mar 4, 1803 · 15 months
Henry Glen F
Dec 2, 1799 – Mar 4, 1801 · 15 months
Henry Glen F
May 15, 1797 – Mar 4, 1799 · 22 months
Henry Glen F
Dec 7, 1795 – Mar 4, 1797 · 15 months
Henry Glen F
Dec 2, 1793 – Mar 4, 1795 · 15 months

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