Information about 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.
United States Senate
| Class 1 Senators | Congress | Class 2 Senators |
|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Elmer (Pro-Admin) | 1st (1789–1791) | William Paterson (Pro-Admin) |
| Philemon Dickinson (Pro-Admin) | ||
| John Rutherfurd (Pro-Admin) | 2nd (1791–1793) | |
| 3rd (1793–1795) | Frederick Frelinghuysen (Pro-Admin) | |
| 4th (1795–1797) | ||
| 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 (D-R) | 8th (1803–1805) | |
| 9th (1805–1807) | Aaron Kitchell (D-R) | |
| 10th (1807–1809) | ||
| John Lambert (D-R) | 11th (1809–1811) | |
| John Condit (D-R) | ||
| 12th (1811–1813) | ||
| 13th (1813–1815) | ||
| James J. Wilson (D-R) | 14th (1815–1817) | |
| 15th (1817–1819) | Mahlon Dickerson (D-R, then Crawford Republican, then Pro-Jackson) | |
| 16th (1819–1821) | ||
| Samuel L. Southard (D-R) | ||
| 17th (1821–1823) | ||
| Joseph McIlvaine (Adams-Clay D-R) | 18th (1823–1825) | |
| 19th (1825–1827) | ||
| Ephraim Bateman (Adams) | ||
| 20th (1827–1829) | ||
| Mahlon Dickerson (Jacksonian) | 21st (1829–1831) | Theodore Frelinghuysen (Anti-J) |
| 22nd (1831–1833) | ||
| Samuel L. Southard | 23rd (1833–1835) | |
| 24th (1835–1837) | Garret D. Wall (Pro-Jackson, then D) | |
| 25th (1837–1839) | ||
| 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 R. 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 S. Field (R) | ||
| James W. Wall (D) | ||
| William Wright (D) | 38th (1863–1865) | |
| 39th (1865–1867) | John P. Stockton (D) | |
| Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (R) | Alexander G. Cattell (R) | |
| 40th (1867–1869) | ||
| John P. Stockton (D) | 41st (1869–1871) | |
| 42nd (1871–1873) | Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (R) | |
| 43rd (1873–1875) | ||
| Theodore F. Randolph (D) | 44th (1875–1877) | |
| 45th (1877–1879) | John R. McPherson (D) | |
| 46th (1879–1881) | ||
| William J. 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 J. 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 E. Martine (D) | 62nd (1911–1913) | |
| 63rd (1913–1915) | William Hughes (D) | |
| 64th (1915–1917) | ||
| Joseph S. Frelinghuysen (R) | 65th (1917–1919) | |
| David Baird (R) | ||
| 66th (1919–1921) | Walter E. Edge (R) | |
| 67th (1921–1923) | ||
| Edward I. Edwards (D) | 68th (1923–1925) | |
| 69th (1925–1927) | ||
| 70th (1927–1929) | ||
| Hamilton F. Kean (R) | 71st (1929–1931) | |
| David Baird, Jr. (R) | ||
| Dwight W. Morrow (R) | ||
| 72nd (1931–1933) | ||
| W. Warren Barbour (R) | ||
| 73rd (1933–1935) | ||
| A. Harry Moore (D) | 74th (1935–1937) | |
| 75th (1937–1939) | William H. Smathers (D) | |
| John G. Milton (D) | ||
| W. Warren Barbour (R) | ||
| 76th (1939–1941) | ||
| 77th (1941–1943) | ||
| 78th (1943–1945) | Albert W. Hawkes (R) | |
| Arthur Walsh (D) | ||
| H. 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, Jr. (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 S. Corzine (D) | 107th (2001–2003) | |
| 108th (2003–2005) | Frank Lautenberg (D) | |
| 109th (2005–2007) | ||
| Robert Menendez (D) | ||
| 110th (2007–2009) |
United States House of Representatives
- ^ Abraham Clark died September 15, 1794
- ^ Ezra Darby died January 27, 1808 and was replaced by Adam Boyd.
- ^ James Cox died September 12, 1810
- ^ Jacob Hufty died in 1814 and was replaced by Thomas Bines on November 2, 1814
- ^ John Linn died January 5, 1821 and was not replaced
- ^ John Condit resigned November 4, 1819 and was replaced by Charles Kinsey
- ^ George Holcombe died January 14, 1828
- ^ George Holcombe died January 14, 1828
- ^ Hedge Thompson left office (unknown reason and date)
- ^ Philemon Dickerson resigned December 3, 1836
- ^ William Chetwood replaced Philemon Dickerson on December 5, 1836
- ^ Samuel Wright died July 30, 1845
- ^ George Sykes replaced Samuel Wright on November 4, 1845
- ^ Robert Green resigned January 17, 1887 to become Governor
- ^ Edward McDonald died November 5, 1892
- ^ Henry Loudenslager died August 12, 1911
- ^ Mahlon Pitney resigned January 10, 1899 to become a State Senator
- ^ Joshua Salmon died May 6, 1902
- ^ William Daly died July 31, 1900
- ^ Allan McDermott replaced William Daly December 3, 1900
- ^ De Witt Flanagan replaced Joshua Salmon June 18, 1902
- ^ William Lanning resigned June 6, 1904 to become a United States District Court Judge for New Jersey
- ^ Ira Wood replaced William Lanning November 8, 1904
- ^ William Hughes resigned September 27, 1912 to become a judge of the court of common pleas of Passaic County
- ^ Eugene Kinkead resigned February 4, 1915 to become sheriff of Hudson County
- ^ Walter McCoy resigned October 3, 1914 to become associate justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia
- ^ William Browning replaced Henry Loudenslager November 7, 1911
- ^ William Browning died March 24, 1920
- ^ Archibald Hart replaced William Hughes November 5, 1912
- ^ Lewis Martin died May 5, 1913
- ^ Robert Bremner died February 5, 1914
- ^ Eugene Kinkead resigned February 4, 1915 to become Hudson County Sherriff
- ^ Walter McCoy resigned October 3, 1914 to become Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
- ^ Archibald Hart replaced Lewis Martin July 22, 1913
- ^ Dow Drukker replaced Robert Gunn Bremner April 7, 1914
- ^ Richard Parker replaced Walter McCoy December 1, 1914
- ^ John Capstick died March 17, 1918
- ^ William Birch replaced John Capstick on November 5, 1918
- ^ Ernest Ackerman died October 18, 1931
- ^ Francis Patterson replaced William Browning November 2, 1920
- ^ 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.
- ^ Randolph Perkins died May 25, 1936
- ^ George Seger died August 26, 1940
- ^ Bob Menendez resigned January 17, 2006 to become a United States Senator; leaving the seat vacant until a special election was held on November 7, 2006, where the seat was won by Albio Sires. Sires won both the special and general election, and was sworn in on November 13, 2006.
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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
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List of United States Senators from New Jersey
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Jonathan Elmer
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Elmer was born in Cedarville, New Jersey in 1745.
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William Paterson (jurist)
William Paterson
2nd Governor of New Jersey
In office
1790 – 1793
Preceded by Elisha Lawrence
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William Paterson
2nd Governor of New Jersey
In office
1790 – 1793
Preceded by Elisha Lawrence
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Philemon Dickinson
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John Rutherfurd
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John Rutherfurd was born in New York City. His parents were Walter and Mary Rutherfurd.
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2nd United States Congress
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3rd United States Congress
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Pro-Administration Party (United States)
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4th United States Congress
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Federalist Party (United States)
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5th United States Congress
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Franklin Davenport
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James Schureman
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Federalist Party (United States)
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6th United States Congress
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Jonathan Dayton
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4th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
In office
December 7, 1795 – March 4, 1799
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Jonathan Dayton
4th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
In office
December 7, 1795 – March 4, 1799
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Aaron Ogden
Aaron Ogden
5th Governor of New Jersey
In office
October 29, 1812 – October 29, 1813
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5th Governor of New Jersey
In office
October 29, 1812 – October 29, 1813
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