United States congressional delegations from New Jersey
These are tables of congressional delegations from New Jersey to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.
The current dean of the New Jersey delegation is Representative Chris Smith (NJ-4), having served in the House since 1981.
United States Senate
Current U.S Senate Delegation
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Bob Menendez (D)
Cory Booker (D)
| Class I senator | Congress | Class II senator | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Elmer (PA) | 1st (1789–1791) | William Paterson (PA) | ||
| Philemon Dickinson (PA) | ||||
| John Rutherfurd (PA) | 2nd (1791–1793) | |||
| 3rd (1793–1795) | Frederick Frelinghuysen (PA) | |||
| John Rutherfurd (F) | 4th (1795–1797) | Frederick Frelinghuysen (F) | ||
| Richard Stockton (F) | ||||
| 5th (1797–1799) | ||||
| Franklin Davenport (F) | ||||
| James Schureman (F) | 6th (1799–1801) | Jonathan Dayton (F) | ||
| Aaron Ogden (F) | ||||
| 7th (1801–1803) | ||||
| John Condit (DR) | 8th (1803–1805) | |||
| 9th (1805–1807) | Aaron Kitchell (DR) | |||
| 10th (1807–1809) | ||||
| John Lambert (DR) | 11th (1809–1811) | |||
| John Condit (DR) | ||||
| 12th (1811–1813) | ||||
| 13th (1813–1815) | ||||
| James J. Wilson (DR) | 14th (1815–1817) | |||
| 15th (1817–1819) | Mahlon Dickerson (DR) | |||
| 16th (1819–1821) | ||||
| Samuel L. Southard (DR) | ||||
| 17th (1821–1823) | ||||
| Joseph McIlvaine (DR) | 18th (1823–1825) | |||
| Joseph McIlvaine (NR) | 19th (1825–1827) | Mahlon Dickerson (J) | ||
| Ephraim Bateman (NR) | ||||
| 20th (1827–1829) | ||||
| Mahlon Dickerson (J) | 21st (1829–1831) | Theodore Frelinghuysen (NR) | ||
| 22nd (1831–1833) | ||||
| Samuel L. Southard (NR) | 23rd (1833–1835) | |||
| 24th (1835–1837) | Garret D. Wall (J) | |||
| Samuel L. Southard (W) | 25th (1837–1839) | Garret D. Wall (D) | ||
| 26th (1839–1841) | ||||
| 27th (1841–1843) | Jacob W. Miller (W) | |||
| William L. Dayton (W) | ||||
| 28th (1843–1845) | ||||
| 29th (1845–1847) | ||||
| 30th (1847–1849) | ||||
| 31st (1849–1851) | ||||
| Robert F. Stockton (D) | 32nd (1851–1853) | |||
| John Renshaw Thomson (D) | 33rd (1853–1855) | William Wright (D) | ||
| 34th (1855–1857) | ||||
| 35th (1857–1859) | ||||
| 36th (1859–1861) | John C. Ten Eyck (R) | |||
| 37th (1861–1863) | ||||
| Richard Stockton Field (R) | ||||
| James Walter Wall (D) | ||||
| William Wright (D) | 38th (1863–1865) | |||
| 39th (1865–1867) | John P. Stockton (D) | |||
| Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (R) |
Alexander G. Cattell (R) | |||
| 40th (1867–1869) | ||||
| John P. Stockton (D) | 41st (1869–1871) | |||
| 42nd (1871–1873) | Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (R) | |||
| 43rd (1873–1875) | ||||
| Theodore Fitz Randolph (D) | 44th (1875–1877) | |||
| 45th (1877–1879) | John R. McPherson (D) | |||
| 46th (1879–1881) | ||||
| William Joyce Sewell (R) | 47th (1881–1883) | |||
| 48th (1883–1885) | ||||
| 49th (1885–1887) | ||||
| Rufus Blodgett (D) | 50th (1887–1889) | |||
| 51st (1889–1891) | ||||
| 52nd (1891–1893) | ||||
| James Smith Jr. (D) | 53rd (1893–1895) | |||
| 54th (1895–1897) | William Joyce Sewell (R) | |||
| 55th (1897–1899) | ||||
| John Kean (R) | 56th (1899–1901) | |||
| 57th (1901–1903) | John F. Dryden (R) | |||
| 58th (1903–1905) | ||||
| 59th (1905–1907) | ||||
| 60th (1907–1909) | Frank O. Briggs (R) | |||
| 61st (1909–1911) | ||||
| James Edgar Martine (D) | 62nd (1911–1913) | |||
| 63rd (1913–1915) | William Hughes (D) | |||
| 64th (1915–1917) | ||||
| Joseph S. Frelinghuysen Sr. (R) |
65th (1917–1919) | |||
| David Baird Sr. (R) | ||||
| 66th (1919–1921) | Walter Evans Edge (R) | |||
| 67th (1921–1923) | ||||
| Edward I. Edwards (D) | 68th (1923–1925) | |||
| 69th (1925–1927) | ||||
| 70th (1927–1929) | ||||
| Hamilton Fish Kean (R) | 71st (1929–1931) | |||
| David Baird Jr. (R) | ||||
| Dwight Morrow (R) | ||||
| 72nd (1931–1933) | ||||
| William Warren Barbour (R) | ||||
| 73rd (1933–1935) | ||||
| A. Harry Moore (D) | 74th (1935–1937) | |||
| 75th (1937–1939) | William H. Smathers (D) | |||
| John Gerald Milton (D) | ||||
| William Warren Barbour (R) | ||||
| 76th (1939–1941) | ||||
| 77th (1941–1943) | ||||
| 78th (1943–1945) | Albert W. Hawkes (R) | |||
| Arthur Walsh (D) | ||||
| Howard Alexander Smith (R) | ||||
| 79th (1945–1947) | ||||
| 80th (1947–1949) | ||||
| 81st (1949–1951) | Robert C. Hendrickson (R) | |||
| 82nd (1951–1953) | ||||
| 83rd (1953–1955) | ||||
| 84th (1955–1957) | Clifford P. Case (R) | |||
| 85th (1957–1959) | ||||
| Harrison A. Williams (D) | 86th (1959–1961) | |||
| 87th (1961–1963) | ||||
| 88th (1963–1965) | ||||
| 89th (1965–1967) | ||||
| 90th (1967–1969) | ||||
| 91st (1969–1971) | ||||
| 92nd (1971–1973) | ||||
| 93rd (1973–1975) | ||||
| 94th (1975–1977) | ||||
| 95th (1977–1979) | ||||
| 96th (1979–1981) | Bill Bradley (D) | |||
| 97th (1981–1983) | ||||
| Nicholas F. Brady (R) | ||||
| Frank Lautenberg (D) | ||||
| 98th (1983–1985) | ||||
| 99th (1985–1987) | ||||
| 100th (1987–1989) | ||||
| 101st (1989–1991) | ||||
| 102nd (1991–1993) | ||||
| 103rd (1993–1995) | ||||
| 104th (1995–1997) | ||||
| 105th (1997–1999) | Robert Torricelli (D) | |||
| 106th (1999–2001) | ||||
| Jon Corzine (D) | 107th (2001–2003) | |||
| 108th (2003–2005) | Frank Lautenberg (D) | |||
| 109th (2005–2007) | ||||
| Bob Menendez (D) | ||||
| 110th (2007–2009) | ||||
| 111th (2009–2011) | ||||
| 112th (2011–2013) | ||||
| 113th (2013–2015) | ||||
| Jeffrey Chiesa (R) | ||||
| Cory Booker (D) | ||||
| 114th (2015–2017) | ||||
| 115th (2017–2019) | ||||
| 116th (2019–2021) | ||||
| 117th (2021–2023) | ||||
| 118th (2023–2025) | ||||
United States House of Representatives
Current members
| District | Member | Party | CPVI | Incumbency | District map |
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| 1st | .jpg) Donald Norcross (Camden) |
Democratic | D+11 | since November 12, 2014 | .svg)
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| 2nd | .jpg) Jeff Van Drew (Dennis Township) |
Republican | R+4 | since January 3, 2019 | .svg)
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| 3rd | .jpg) Andy Kim (Bordentown) |
Democratic | R+3 | since January 3, 2019 | .svg)
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| 4th | .jpg) Chris Smith (Hamilton Township) |
Republican | R+8 | since January 3, 1981 | .svg)
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| 5th | .jpg) Josh Gottheimer (Wyckoff) |
Democratic | R+1 | since January 3, 2017 | .svg)
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| 6th | .jpg) Frank Pallone (Long Branch) |
Democratic | D+6 | since November 8, 1988 | .svg)
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| 7th | .jpg) Tom Malinowski (Ringoes)[1] |
Democratic | D+1 | since January 3, 2019 | .svg)
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| 8th | .jpg) Albio Sires (West New York) |
Democratic | D+24 | since November 13, 2006 | .svg)
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| 9th | .jpg) Bill Pascrell (Paterson) |
Democratic | D+13 | since January 3, 1997 | .svg)
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| 10th | .png) Donald Payne Jr. (Newark) |
Democratic | D+34 | since November 15, 2012 | .svg)
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| 11th | .jpg) Mikie Sherrill (Montclair) |
Democratic | Even | since January 3, 2019 | .svg)
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| 12th | .jpg) Bonnie Watson Coleman (Ewing Township) |
Democratic | D+16 | since January 3, 2015 | .svg)
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Historical members
1789–1843
1843–1873
1873–1903
1903–1913
| Congress | District | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
| 58th (1903–1905) |
Henry C. Loudenslager (R) |
John J. Gardner (R) |
Benjamin Franklin Howell (R) |
William M. Lanning (R) |
Charles N. Fowler (R) |
William Hughes (D) |
Richard W. Parker (R) |
William H. Wiley (R) |
Allan Benny (D) |
Allan Langdon McDermott (D) |
| 59th (1905–1907) |
Ira W. Wood (R) |
Henry C. Allen (R) |
Marshall Van Winkle (R) | |||||||
| 60th (1907–1909) |
William Hughes (D) |
Le Gage Pratt (D) |
Eugene W. Leake (D) |
James A. Hamill (D) | ||||||
| 61st (1909–1911) |
William H. Wiley (R) |
Eugene F. Kinkead (D) | ||||||||
| 62nd (1911–1913) |
Thomas J. Scully (D) |
William E. Tuttle Jr. (D) |
Edward W. Townsend (D) |
Walter I. McCoy (D) | ||||||
| William J. Browning (R) |
Archibald C. Hart (D) | |||||||||
1913–1933
1933–1983
1983–1993
| Congress | District | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | |
| 98th (1983–1985) | James Florio (D) |
William J. Hughes (D) |
James J. Howard (D) |
Chris Smith (R) |
Marge Roukema (R) |
Bernard J. Dwyer (D) |
Matt Rinaldo (R) |
Robert A. Roe (D) |
Robert Torricelli (D) |
Peter W. Rodino (D) |
Joseph Minish (D) |
Jim Courter (D) |
Edwin B. Forsythe (R) |
Frank Joseph Guarini (D) |
| 99th (1985–1987) | Dean Gallo (R) |
Jim Saxton (R) | ||||||||||||
| 100th (1987–1989) | ||||||||||||||
| 101st (1989–1991) | Frank Pallone (D) |
Donald M. Payne (D) | ||||||||||||
| 102nd (1991–1993) | Rob Andrews (D) |
Dick Zimmer (R) | ||||||||||||
1993–present
Key
| Democratic (D) |
| Democratic-Republican (DR) |
| Federalist (F) Pro-Administration (PA) |
| Jacksonian (J) |
| National Republican (NR) |
| Opposition Northern (O) |
| Republican (R) |
| Whig (W) |
See also
- List of United States congressional districts
- New Jersey's congressional districts
- Political party strength in New Jersey
Notes
- ^ a b c d e Supported the Jackson faction in the 1824 United States presidential election.
- ^ Supported the Adams-Clay faction in the 1824 United States presidential election.
- ^ a b Anti-Lecompton Democrat
- ^ Stewart Appleby took office November 3, 1925 after a special election to fill the vacant seat left by his father T. Frank Appleby who died before taking office
References
- ^ "Kean pushing local Republicans to hit Malinowski over federal aid". New Jersey Globe. 2020-05-04. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
- Sources
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
- Information from the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives