List of United States Senators from New Jersey
This is a chronological listing of the United States Senators from New Jersey. United States Senators are popularly elected, for a six-year term beginning January 3. Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. Before 1914, they were chosen by the New Jersey Legislature, and before 1935, their terms began March 4. The current Senators are Democrats Bob Menendez and Cory Booker.
List of Senators
Class 1 Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. The next election will be in 2018. |
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Class 2 Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. The next election will be in 2020. | ||||||||||
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# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T e r m |
T e r m |
Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
1 | Jonathan Elmer | Pro- Administration |
March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791 |
Elected in 1788. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
1 | 1st Congress | 1 | Elected in 1788. Resigned to become N.J. Governor. |
March 4, 1789 – November 13, 1790 |
Pro- Administration |
William Paterson |
1 |
November 13, 1790 – November 23, 1790 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Paterson's term. Retired. |
November 23, 1790– March 3, 1793 |
Pro- Administration |
Philemon Dickinson |
2 | ||||||||
2 | John Rutherfurd |
Federalist | March 4, 1791 – December 5, 1798 |
Elected in 1790. | 2 | 2nd Congress | ||||||
3rd Congress | 2 | Elected in 1792 or 1793. Resigned. |
March 4, 1793– November 12, 1796 |
Federalist | Frederick Frelinghuysen |
3 | ||||||
4th Congress | ||||||||||||
Elected to finish Frelinghuysen's term. Retired. |
November 12, 1796– March 3, 1799 |
Federalist | Richard Stockton | 4 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1796. Resigned. |
3 | 5th Congress | ||||||||||
3 | Franklin Davenport |
Federalist | December 5, 1798 – March 3, 1799 |
Appointed to continue Rutherfurd's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | ||||||||
4 | James Schureman |
Federalist | March 4, 1799 – February 16, 1801 |
Elected to finish Rutherfurd's term. Resigned. |
6th Congress | 3 | Elected in 1799. | March 4, 1799– March 3, 1805 |
Federalist | Jonathan Dayton |
5 | |
Vacant | ||||||||||||
5 | Aaron Ogden |
Federalist | February 28, 1801 – March 3, 1803 |
Elected to finish Schureman's term. Lost re-election. | ||||||||
7th Congress | ||||||||||||
Vacant | March 4, 1803 – September 1, 1803 |
Legislature failed to elect. | 4 | 8th Congress | ||||||||
6 | John Condit |
Democratic- Republican |
September 1, 1803 – March 3, 1809 |
Appointed to begin the vacant term. Elected November 3, 1803 to finish the vacant term.[1] [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | ||||||||
9th Congress | 4 | Elected in 1804 or 1805. Resigned. |
March 4, 1805 – March 12, 1809 |
Democratic- Republican |
Aaron Kitchell | 6 | ||||||
10th Congress | ||||||||||||
7 | John Lambert |
Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1815 |
Elected in 1808 or 1809. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
5 | 11th Congress | ||||||
March 12, 1809 – March 21, 1809 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Kitchells' term[2] Elected November 2, 1809 to finish Kitchell's term.[2] |
March 21, 1809 – March 3, 1817 |
Democratic- Republican |
John Condit |
7 | ||||||||
12th Congress | 5 | Re-elected in November 1810. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | ||||||||||
13th Congress | ||||||||||||
8 | James J. Wilson | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1815 – January 8, 1821 |
Elected in 1815. Lost re-election, and resigned early. |
6 | 14th Congress | ||||||
15th Congress | 6 | Elected in 1817. | March 4, 1817 – January 30, 1829 |
Democratic- Republican |
Mahlon Dickerson |
8 | ||||||
16th Congress | ||||||||||||
Vacant | January 8, 1821 – January 26, 1821 |
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9 | Samuel L. Southard |
Democratic- Republican |
January 26, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
Appointed to finish Wilson's term, having been elected to the next term. | ||||||||
Elected in 1821. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Navy. |
7 | 17th Congress | ||||||||||
Vacant | March 4, 1823 – November 12, 1823 |
18th Congress | 7 | Re-elected in 1823. Resigned and immediately re-elected for the Class 1 seat. |
Crawford Republican | |||||||
10 | Joseph McIlvaine |
Adams Republican |
November 12, 1823 – August 19, 1826 |
Elected to finish Southard's term. Died. | ||||||||
Anti- Jacksonian |
19th Congress | Jacksonian | ||||||||||
Vacant | August 19, 1826 – November 10, 1826 |
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11 | Ephraim Bateman |
Anti- Jacksonian |
November 10, 1826 – January 12, 1829 |
Elected to finish McIlvaine's term. | ||||||||
Adams | Elected to full term in 1826. Resigned because of failing health. |
8 | 20th Congress | |||||||||
Vacant | January 12, 1829 – January 30, 1829 |
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12 | Mahlon Dickerson |
Jacksonian | January 30, 1829 – March 3, 1833 |
Elected to finish Bateman's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
January 30, 1829 – March 3, 1829 |
Vacant | ||||||
21st Congress | 8 | Elected in 1828. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1835 |
Anti- Jacksonian |
Theodore Frelinghuysen |
9 | ||||||
22nd Congress | ||||||||||||
13 | Samuel L. Southard |
Anti- Jacksonian |
March 4, 1833 – June 26, 1842 |
Elected in 1833. | 9 | 23rd Congress | ||||||
24th Congress | 9 | Elected in 1835. Lost re-election. |
March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1841 |
Jacksonian | Garret D. Wall |
10 | ||||||
Whig | 25th Congress | Democratic | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1839. Resigned due to failing health. |
10 | 26th Congress | ||||||||||
27th Congress | 10 | Elected in 1840. | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1853 |
Whig | Jacob W. Miller |
11 | ||||||
Vacant | June 26, 1842 – July 2, 1842 |
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14 | William L. Dayton |
Whig | July 2, 1842 – March 3, 1851 |
Appointed to continue Southard's term. Elected to finish Southard's term. | ||||||||
28th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1845. Lost re-election. |
11 | 29th Congress | ||||||||||
30th Congress | 11 | Re-elected in 1846. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | ||||||||||
31st Congress | ||||||||||||
15 | Robert F. Stockton |
Democratic | March 4, 1851 – January 10, 1853 |
Elected in 1851. Resigned to become president of the Delaware and Raritan Canal Company. |
12 | 32nd Congress | ||||||
Vacant | January 10, 1853 – March 4, 1853 |
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16 | John Renshaw Thomson |
Democratic | March 4, 1853 – September 12, 1862 |
Elected to finish Stockton's term. | 33rd Congress | 12 | Elected in 1852 or 1853. Lost re-election. |
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1859 |
Democratic | William Wright |
12 | |
34th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1857. Died. |
13 | 35th Congress | ||||||||||
36th Congress | 13 | Elected in 1858. Lost re-election. |
March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1865 |
Republican | John C. Ten Eyck |
13 | ||||||
37th Congress | ||||||||||||
Vacant | September 12, 1862 – November 21, 1862 |
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17 | Richard Stockton Field |
Republican | November 21, 1862 – January 14, 1863 |
Appointed to continue Thomson's term. Retired when successor elected. | ||||||||
18 | James Walter Wall |
Democratic | January 14, 1863 – March 3, 1863 |
Elected to finish Thomson's term. Lost re-election. | ||||||||
19 | William Wright |
Democratic | March 4, 1863 – November 1, 1866 |
Elected in 1862 or 1863. Died. |
14 | 38th Congress | ||||||
39th Congress | 14 | March 3, 1865– March 15, 1865 |
Vacant | |||||||||
Elected in 1864. Election disputed and seat declared vacant. |
March 15, 1865 – March 27, 1866 |
Democratic | John P. Stockton |
14 | ||||||||
March 27, 1866 – September 19, 1866 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Stockton's term. Retired. |
September 19, 1866 – March 3, 1871 |
Republican | Alexander G. Cattell |
15 | ||||||||
Vacant | November 1, 1866 – November 12, 1866 |
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20 | Frederick T. Frelinghuysen |
Republican | November 12, 1866 – March 3, 1869 |
Appointed to continue Wright's term. Elected January 23, 1867 to finish Wright's term.[1] Lost re-election. | ||||||||
40th Congress | ||||||||||||
21 | John P. Stockton |
Democratic | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875 |
Elected in 1869. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
15 | 41st Congress | ||||||
42nd Congress | 15 | Elected in 1870 or 1871. Lost re-election. |
March 4, 1871– March 3, 1877 |
Republican | Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen |
16 | ||||||
43rd Congress | ||||||||||||
22 | Theodore F. Randolph |
Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881 |
Elected in 1875. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
16 | 44th Congress | ||||||
45th Congress | 16 | Elected in 1877. | March 4, 1877– March 3, 1895 |
Democratic | John R. McPherson |
17 | ||||||
46th Congress | ||||||||||||
23 | William Joyce Sewell |
Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1887 |
Elected in 1881. Lost re-election. |
17 | 47th Congress | ||||||
48th Congress | 17 | Re-elected in 1883. | ||||||||||
49th Congress | ||||||||||||
24 | Rufus Blodgett |
Democratic | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1893 |
Elected in 1886. Retired. |
18 | 50th Congress | ||||||
51st Congress | 18 | Re-elected in 1889. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | ||||||||||
52nd Congress | ||||||||||||
25 | James Smith, Jr. |
Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1899 |
Elected January 24, 1893.[3] Lost re-election.[4] |
19 | 53rd Congress | ||||||
54th Congress | 19 | Elected in 1895. | March 4, 1895– December 27, 1901 |
Republican | William Joyce Sewell |
18 | ||||||
55th Congress | ||||||||||||
26 | John Kean |
Republican | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1911 |
Elected January 24, 1899.[4] | 20 | 56th Congress | ||||||
57th Congress | 20 | Re-elected in 1901. Died. | ||||||||||
December 27, 1901– January 29, 1902 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Sewell's term. Withdrew from election contest to full term. |
January 29, 1902– March 3, 1907 |
Republican | John F. Dryden |
19 | ||||||||
58th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1905. Retired. |
21 | 59th Congress | ||||||||||
60th Congress | 21 | Elected in 1906. Lost re-election. |
March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913 |
Republican | Frank O. Briggs |
20 | ||||||
61st Congress | ||||||||||||
27 | James Edgar Martine |
Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917 |
Election year unknown. Retired. |
22 | 62nd Congress | ||||||
63rd Congress | 22 | Elected in 1912. Died. |
March 4, 1913 – January 30, 1918 |
Democratic | William Hughes |
21 | ||||||
64th Congress | ||||||||||||
28 | Joseph S. Frelinghuysen |
Republican | March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1923 |
Elected in 1916. Lost re-election. |
23 | 65th Congress | ||||||
January 30, 1918 – February 23, 1918 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Hughes's term. Elected to finish Hughes's term. Retired. |
February 23, 1918 – March 3, 1919 |
Republican | David Baird |
22 | ||||||||
66th Congress | 23 | Elected in 1918. | March 4, 1919 – November 21, 1929 |
Republican | Walter Evans Edge |
23 | ||||||
67th Congress | ||||||||||||
29 | Edward I. Edwards |
Democratic | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929 |
Elected in 1922. Lost re-election. |
24 | 68th Congress | ||||||
69th Congress | 24 | Re-elected in 1924. Resigned to become U.S. Ambassador to France. | ||||||||||
70th Congress | ||||||||||||
30 | Hamilton Fish Kean |
Republican | March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1935 |
Elected in 1928. Lost re-election. |
25 | 71st Congress | ||||||
November 21, 1929 – November 30, 1929 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Edge's term. Retired when successor qualified. |
November 30, 1929 – December 2, 1930 |
Republican | David Baird, Jr. |
24 | ||||||||
Elected to finish Edge's term. | December 3, 1930 – October 5, 1931 |
Republican | Dwight Morrow |
25 | ||||||||
72nd Congress | 25 | Elected to full term in 1930. Died. | ||||||||||
October 5, 1931 – December 1, 1931 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Morrow's term. Elected to finish Morrow's term. Lost re-election. |
December 1, 1931 – January 3, 1937 |
Republican | William Warren Barbour |
26 | ||||||||
73rd Congress | ||||||||||||
31 | A. Harry Moore |
Democratic | January 3, 1935 – January 17, 1938 |
Elected in 1934. Resigned to become Governor. |
26 | 74th Congress | ||||||
75th Congress | 26 | Elected in 1936.[5] Lost re-election. |
January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943 |
Democratic | William H. Smathers |
27 | ||||||
32 | John Gerald Milton |
Democratic | January 18, 1938 – November 8, 1938 |
Appointed to continue Moore's term. Retired when successor qualified. | ||||||||
33 | William Warren Barbour |
Republican | November 8, 1938 – November 22, 1943 |
Elected to finish Moore's term | ||||||||
76th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1940. Died. |
27 | 77th Congress | ||||||||||
78th Congress | 27 | Elected in 1942. Retired. |
January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949 |
Republican | Albert W. Hawkes |
28 | ||||||
Vacant | November 22, 1943 – November 26, 1943 |
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34 | Arthur Walsh |
Democratic | November 26, 1943 – December 7, 1944 |
Appointed to finish Barbour's term Retired when successor was elected | ||||||||
35 | Howard Alexander Smith |
Republican | December 7, 1944– January 3, 1959 |
Elected to finish Barbour's term. | ||||||||
79th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1946. | 28 | 80th Congress | ||||||||||
81st Congress | 28 | Elected in 1948. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
January 3, 1949 – January 2, 1955 |
Republican | Robert C. Hendrickson |
29 | ||||||
82nd Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1952. Retired. |
29 | 83rd Congress | ||||||||||
84th Congress | 29 | Elected in 1954. | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1979 |
Republican | Clifford P. Case |
30 | ||||||
85th Congress | ||||||||||||
36 | Harrison A. Williams |
Democratic | January 3, 1959– March 11, 1982 |
Elected in 1958. | 30 | 86th Congress | ||||||
87th Congress | 30 | Re-elected in 1960. | ||||||||||
88th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1964. | 31 | 89th Congress | ||||||||||
90th Congress | 31 | Re-elected in 1966. | ||||||||||
91st Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1970. | 32 | 92nd Congress | ||||||||||
93rd Congress | 32 | Re-elected in 1972. Lost primary. | ||||||||||
94th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1976. Resigned. |
33 | 95th Congress | ||||||||||
96th Congress | 33 | Elected in 1978. | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1997 |
Democratic | Bill Bradley |
31 | ||||||
97th Congress | ||||||||||||
Vacant | March 11, 1982 – April 12, 1982 |
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37 | Nicholas F. Brady |
Republican | April 12, 1982 – December 20, 1982 |
Appointed to finish Williams's term. Retired and resigned early to give elected successor preferential seniority. | ||||||||
Vacant | December 20, 1982 – December 27, 1982 |
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38 | Frank Lautenberg |
Democratic | December 27, 1982 – January 3, 2001 |
Appointed early, having been already elected to the next term. | ||||||||
Elected in 1982. | 34 | 98th Congress | ||||||||||
99th Congress | 34 | Re-elected in 1984. | ||||||||||
100th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1988. | 35 | 101st Congress | ||||||||||
102nd Congress | 35 | Re-elected in 1990. Retired. | ||||||||||
103rd Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1994. Retired. |
36 | 104th Congress | ||||||||||
105th Congress | 36 | Elected in 1996. Retired. |
January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003 |
Democratic | Robert Torricelli |
32 | ||||||
106th Congress | ||||||||||||
39 | Jon S. Corzine |
Democratic | January 3, 2001 – January 17, 2006 |
Elected in 2000. Resigned to become N.J. Governor. |
37 | 107th Congress | ||||||
108th Congress | 37 | Elected in 2002. | January 3, 2003 – June 3, 2013 |
Democratic | Frank Lautenberg |
33 | ||||||
109th Congress | ||||||||||||
40 | Bob Menendez |
Democratic | January 18, 2006 – Present |
Appointed to finish Corzine's term. | ||||||||
Elected to full term in 2006. | 38 | 110th Congress | ||||||||||
111th Congress | 38 | Re-elected in 2008. Died. | ||||||||||
112th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2012. | 39 | 113th Congress | ||||||||||
June 3, 2013 – June 6, 2013 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Lautenberg's term. Retired when successor qualified. |
June 6, 2013 – October 31, 2013 |
Republican | Jeffrey Chiesa |
34 | ||||||||
Elected to finish Lautenberg's term. | October 31, 2013 – Present |
Democratic | Cory A. Booker |
35 | ||||||||
114th Congress | 39 | Re-elected in 2014. | ||||||||||
115th Congress | ||||||||||||
To be determined in the 2018 election. | 40 | 116th Congress | ||||||||||
117th Congress | 40 | To be determined in the 2020 election. | ||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T e r m |
T e r m |
Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Class 1 | Class 2 |
Living former U.S. Senators from New Jersey
As of October 2016, there are five former U.S. Senators from New Jersey who are living, two from Class 1 and three from Class 2. The most recent senator to die was Frank Lautenberg, who served in both the Class 1 and Class 2 seats, (1982-2001, 2003-2013), who died in office on June 3, 2013.
Senator | Term of office | Class | Date of birth (and age) |
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Bill Bradley | 1979–1997 | 2 | July 28, 1943 |
Nicholas F. Brady | 1982 | 1 | April 11, 1930 |
Robert Torricelli | 1997–2003 | 2 | August 27, 1951 |
Jon Corzine | 2001–2006 | 1 | January 1, 1947 |
Jeffrey Chiesa | 2013 | 2 | June 22, 1965 |
See also
- List of United States Representatives from New Jersey
- United States congressional delegations from New Jersey
Notes
- 1 2 Byrd, p. 142.
- 1 2 Byrd, p. 143.
- ↑ "THE RESULT IN NEW-JERSEY.; ELECTION OF JAMES SMITH, JR., THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE". The New York Times. January 25, 1893. p. 5.
- 1 2 "KEAN UNITED STATES SENATOR". The New York Times. January 25, 1899. p. 2.
- ↑ William H. Smathers was installed late on April 15, 1937, remaining until then a member of the state Senate, but that does not affect when his service in the U.S. Senate begins, as there is no prohibition in concurrent service in both federal and state legislatures.
References
- Byrd, Robert C. (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy, ed. "The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992". United States Senate Historical Office (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.