New York's 12th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City. As of 2023, it is represented by Democrat Jerry Nadler, redistricted incumbent of the former 10th congressional district, who defeated incumbent Carolyn Maloney in the 2022 Democratic primary. Nadler is not running for reelection in 2026. The redrawn District 12 includes the Upper West Side constituency (former District 10) represented by Nadler since the 1990s, the Upper East Side, and all of Midtown Manhattan. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+33, it is the most Democratic district in New York and tied with California's 37th district (D+33) and Alabama's 4th district (R+33) for the ninth most extreme. The district is the smallest congressional district by area in the U.S. The 12th district's per capita income, in excess of $237,000, is the highest among all US congressional districts.

Recent election results from statewide races Year Office Results2008 PresidentObama 81–18%2012 PresidentObama 78–22%2016 PresidentClinton 83–13% SenateSchumer 83–14%2018 SenateGillibrand 87–13% GovernorCuomo 83–13% Attorney GeneralJames 83–15%2020 PresidentBiden 85–14%2022 SenateSchumer 83–16% GovernorHochul 80–20% Attorney GeneralJames 80–20% ComptrollerDiNapoli 81–19%2024 PresidentHarris 81–17% SenateGillibrand 81–18%

History During the Civil War, the 12th District comprised the counties of Dutchess and Columbia. The 12th District eventually became a Brooklyn district in the mid-1960s, as the result of a district realignment due to the Supreme Court's decision in the Cooper v. Power case in 1966. The district was realigned to include majority African American neighborhoods such as Bedford-Stuyvesant in Central Brooklyn. Until 1992, it was the Central Brooklyn district now held by Yvette Clarke (and formerly by Major Owens), and then remapped to include Hispanic neighborhoods in Lower Manhattan and Queens. It is the third wealthiest congressional district in the United States and the wealthiest congressional district in New York state, with 39.7 percent of households earning over $200,000, per a 2024 study.

1803–1913: Dutchess County, Columbia County 1913–1945: Parts of Manhattan 1945–1993: Parts of Brooklyn 1993–2023: Parts of Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens From 2003 to 2013, it included parts of Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan. It included the Queens neighborhoods of Maspeth, Ridgewood, and Woodside; the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bushwick, Greenpoint, Red Hook, East New York, Brooklyn Heights, Sunset Park, and Williamsburg; and part of Manhattan's Lower East Side and East Village. Prior to the 2010s redistricting, the district included several neighborhoods in the East Side of Manhattan, the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, and western Queens, as well as Roosevelt Island, mostly overlapping the pre-redistricting 14th district.

2023–: Parts of Manhattan

Current composition The 12th district is located entirely in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Manhattan neighborhoods in the district include:

Carnegie Hill Chelsea Flatiron Gramercy Hell's Kitchen Hudson Yards Kips Bay Lenox Hill Lincoln Square Manhattan Valley Midtown Midtown South Murray Hill Roosevelt Island Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village Times Square Turtle Bay Tudor City Union Square Upper East Side Upper West Side Yorkville

List of members representing the district 1803–1813: one seat Representative Party Years Congress Electoral history District established March 4, 1803 David Thomas Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 –February 17, 1808 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1802.Re-elected in 1804.Re-elected in 1806.Resigned to become New York State Treasurer. Vacant February 17, 1808 –November 7, 1808 Nathan Wilson Democratic-Republican November 7, 1808 –March 3, 1809 Elected to finish Thomas's term.Retired. Erastus Root Democratic-Republican March 4, 1809 –March 3, 1811 Elected in 1808. Arunah Metcalf Democratic-Republican March 4, 1811 –March 3, 1813 Re-elected in 1810.

1813–1823: two seats From 1813 to 1823, two seats were apportioned to the District, elected at-large on a general ticket.

Congress Years Seat A Seat B Location Representative Party Electoral history Representative Party Electoral history March 4, 1813 –March 3, 1815 Zebulon R. Shipherd Federalist Elected in 1812. Elisha I. Winter Federalist Elected in 1812. 1813–1823Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Washington and Warren counties March 4, 1815 –December 7, 1815 Vacant Member-elect Benjamin Pond died October 6, 1814. John Savage Democratic-Republican Elected in 1814. December 7, 1815 –March 3, 1817 Asa Adgate Democratic-Republican Elected to finish Pond's term. March 4, 1817 –March 3, 1819 John Palmer Democratic-Republican Elected in 1816. March 4, 1819 –March 3, 1821 Ezra C. Gross Democratic-Republican Elected in 1818.Lost re-election. Nathaniel Pitcher Democratic-Republican Elected in 1818.Re-elected in 1821. March 4, 1821 –December 3, 1821 Vacant Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued. December 3, 1821 –March 3, 1823 Reuben H. Walworth Democratic-Republican Elected in 1821.

1823–present: one seat Representative Party Years Congress Electoral history Location Lewis Eaton Democratic-Republican March 4, 1823 –March 3, 1825 Elected in 1822. 1823–1833Schenectady and Schoharie counties William Dietz Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –March 3, 1827 Elected in 1824. John I. De Graff Jacksonian March 4, 1827 –March 3, 1829 Elected in 1826. Peter I. Borst Jacksonian March 4, 1829 –March 3, 1831 Elected in 1828. Joseph Bouck Jacksonian March 4, 1831 –March 3, 1833 Elected in 1830. Henry C. Martindale Anti-Masonic March 4, 1833 –March 3, 1835 Elected in 1832. 1833–1843 David Abel Russell Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1835 –March 3, 1837 Elected in 1834.Re-elected in 1836.Re-elected in 1838. Whig March 4, 1837 –March 3, 1841 Bernard Blair Whig March 4, 1841 –March 3, 1843 Elected in 1840. David L. Seymour Democratic March 4, 1843 –March 3, 1845 Elected in 1842. 1843–1853 Richard P. Herrick Whig March 4, 1845 –June 20, 1846 Elected in 1844.Died. Vacant June 20, 1846 –December 7, 1846 Thomas C. Ripley Whig December 7, 1846 –March 3, 1847 Elected to finish Herrick's term. Gideon Reynolds Whig March 4, 1847 –March 3, 1851 Elected in 1846.Re-elected in 1848. David L. Seymour Democratic March 4, 1851 –March 3, 1853 Elected in 1850. Gilbert Dean Democratic March 4, 1853 –July 3, 1854 Redistricted from 8th district and re-elected in 1852.Resigned to become justice to Supreme Court of New York. 1853–1863 Vacant July 3, 1854 –November 7, 1854 Isaac Teller Whig November 7, 1854 –March 3, 1855 Elected to finish Dean's term. Killian Miller Opposition March 4, 1855 –March 3, 1857 Elected in 1854. John Thompson Republican March 4, 1857 –March 3, 1859 Elected in 1856. Charles Lewis Beale Republican March 4, 1859 –March 3, 1861 Elected in 1858. Stephen Baker Republican March 4, 1861 –March 3, 1863 Elected in 1860. Homer A. Nelson Democratic March 4, 1863 –March 3, 1865 Elected in 1862. 1863–1873 John H. Ketcham Republican March 4, 1865 –March 3, 1873 Re-elected in 1864.Re-elected in 1866.Re-elected in 1868.Re-elected in 1870. Charles St. John Republican March 4, 1873 –March 3, 1875 Redistricted from 11th district and re-elected in 1872. 1873–1883 N. Holmes Odell Democratic March 4, 1875 –March 3, 1877 Elected in 1874. Clarkson Nott Potter Democratic March 4, 1877 –March 3, 1879 Elected in 1876. Vacant March 3, 1879 –November 3, 1879 Representative-elect Alexander Smith died November 5, 1878. Waldo Hutchins Democratic November 4, 1879 –March 3, 1885 Elected to finish Smith's term.Re-elected in 1880.Re-elected in 1882.Retired. 1883–1893 Abraham Dowdney Democratic March 4, 1885 –December 10, 1886 Elected in 1884.Died. Vacant December 10, 1886 –March 3, 1887 William Bourke Cockran Democratic March 4, 1887 –March 3, 1889 Elected in 1886. Roswell P. Flower Democratic March 4, 1889 –September 16, 1891 Elected in 1888.Re-elected in 1890.Resigned to become Governor of New York. Vacant September 16, 1891 –November 3, 1891 Joseph J. Little Democratic November 3, 1891 –March 3, 1893 Elected to finish Flower's term. William Bourke Cockran Democratic March 4, 1893 –March 3, 1895 Redistricted from 10th district and re-elected in 1892. 1893–1903 George B. McClellan Jr. Democratic March 4, 1895 –December 21, 1903 Elected in 1894.Re-elected in 1896.Re-elected in 1898.Re-elected in 1900.Re-elected in 1902.Resigned to become Mayor of New York City. 1903–1913 Vacant December 21, 1903 –February 23, 1904 William Bourke Cockran Democratic February 23, 1904 –March 3, 1909 Elected to finish McClellan's term.Re-elected in 1904.Re-elected in 1906. Michael F. Conry Democratic March 4, 1909 –March 3, 1913 Elected in 1908.Re-elected in 1910.Redistricted to 15th district. Henry M. Goldfogle Democratic March 4, 1913 –March 3, 1915 Redistricted from 9th district and re-elected in 1912. Lost re-election. 1913–1923 Meyer London Socialist March 4, 1915 –March 3, 1919 Elected in 1914.Re-elected in 1916.Lost re-election. Henry M. Goldfogle Democratic March 4, 1919 –March 3, 1921 Elected in 1918. Meyer London Socialist March 4, 1921 –March 3, 1923 Elected in 1920. Samuel Dickstein Democratic March 4, 1923 –January 3, 1945 Elected in 1922.Re-elected in 1924.Re-elected in 1926.Re-elected in 1928.Re-elected in 1930.Re-elected in 1932.Re-elected in 1934.Re-elected in 1936.Re-elected in 1938.Re-elected in 1940.Re-elected in 1942.Redistricted to 19th district. 1923–1933 1933–1943 1943–1953 John J. Rooney Democratic January 3, 1945 –January 3, 1953 Redistricted from 4th district and re-elected in 1944.Re-elected in 1946.Re-elected in 1948.Re-elected in 1950.Redistricted to 14th district. Francis E. Dorn Republican January 3, 1953 –January 3, 1961 Elected in 1952.Re-elected in 1954.Re-elected in 1956.Re-elected in 1958. 1953–1963 Hugh Carey Democratic January 3, 1961 –January 3, 1963 Elected in 1960.Redistricted to 15th district. Edna F. Kelly Democratic January 3, 1963 –January 3, 1969 Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1962.Re-elected in 1964.Re-elected in 1966.Ran in the 10th district and lost renomination. 1963–1973 Shirley Chisholm Democratic January 3, 1969 –January 3, 1983 Elected in 1968.Re-elected in 1970.Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974.Re-elected in 1976.Re-elected in 1978.Re-elected in 1980.Retired. 1973–1983 Major Owens Democratic January 3, 1983 –January 3, 1993 Elected in 1982.Re-elected in 1984.Re-elected in 1986.Re-elected in 1988.Re-elected in 1990.Redistricted to 11th district. 1983–1993 Nydia Velázquez Democratic January 3, 1993 –January 3, 2013 Elected in 1992.Re-elected in 1994.Re-elected in 1996.Re-elected in 1998.Re-elected in 2000.Re-elected in 2002.Re-elected in 2004.Re-elected in 2006.Re-elected in 2008.Re-elected in 2010.Redistricted to 7th district. 1993–2003 2003–2013Parts of Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens Carolyn Maloney Democratic January 3, 2013 –January 3, 2023 Redistricted from 14th district and re-elected in 2012.Re-elected in 2014.Re-elected in 2016.Re-elected in 2018.Re-elected in 2020.Lost re-nomination in 2022. 2013–2023Parts of Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens Jerry Nadler Democratic January 3, 2023 –present Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2022.Re-elected in 2024. Retiring at the end of term. 2023–2025Parts of Manhattan 2025–presentParts of Manhattan

Recent elections In New York, there are numerous minor parties at various points on the political spectrum. Certain parties will invariably endorse either the Republican or Democratic candidate for every office; hence, the state electoral results contain both the party votes, and the final candidate votes (Listed as "Recap").

See also List of United States congressional districts New York's congressional delegations New York's congressional districts

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