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United States senators The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and powe ...
from
New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
. Since the enforcement of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, U.S. 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 state's current Senators are Democrats Bob Menendez (serving since 2006) and
Cory Booker Cory Anthony Booker (born April 27, 1969) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the junior United States senator from New Jersey since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Booker is the first African-American U.S. se ...
(serving since 2013).
Frank Lautenberg Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (; January 23, 1924 June 3, 2013) was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician who served as United States Senator from New Jersey from 1982 to 2001, and again from 2003 until his death in 2013. He was ori ...
was New Jersey's longest-serving senator (1982–2001; 2003–2013).


List of senators

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Jonathan Elmer Jonathan Elmer (November 29, 1745September 3, 1817) was an American politician, of the Pro-Administration (Federalist) Party. Early life Jonathan Elmer was born in Cedarville, New Jersey, in 1745. He was the son of Reverend Daniel Elmer and Abig ...
, rowspan=3 , Pro-
Admin. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1789 –
Mar 3, 1791 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1788. , rowspan=3 , 1 , rowspan=3 , rowspan=4 , 1 , Elected in 1788.Resigned to become
New Jersey Governor The governor of New Jersey is the head of government of New Jersey. The office of governor is an elected position with a four-year term. There is a two consecutive term term limit, with no limitation on non-consecutive terms. The official res ...
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Nov 13, 1790 , , Pro-
Admin. , align=right ,
William Paterson ! 1 , - style="height:2em" ,   , nowrap , Nov 13, 1790 –
Nov 23, 1790 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Paterson's term.Retired. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Nov 23, 1790 –
Mar 3, 1793 , rowspan=2 , Pro-
Admin. , rowspan=2 align=right ,
Philemon Dickinson Philemon Dickinson (April 5, 1739February 4, 1809) was an American lawyer and politician from Trenton, New Jersey. As a brigadier general of the New Jersey militia, he was one of the most effective militia officers of the American Revolutionary ...
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John Rutherfurd John Rutherfurd (September 20, 1760February 23, 1840) was an American politician and land surveyor. He represented New Jersey in the United States Senate from 1791 to 1798. Early life John Rutherfurd was born on September 20, 1760 in New York C ...
, rowspan=2 , Pro-
Admin. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Mar 4, 1791 –
Dec 5, 1798 , rowspan=4 , Elected in 1790. , rowspan=4 , 2 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 2 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1792 or 1793.Resigned. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Mar 4, 1793 –
Nov 12, 1796 , , Pro-
Admin. , rowspan=2 align=right ,
Frederick Frelinghuysen ! rowspan=2 , 3 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Federalist , rowspan=2 , , Federalist , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish Frelinghuysen's term.Retired. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Nov 12, 1796 –
Mar 3, 1799 , rowspan=3 , Federalist , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Richard Stockton ! rowspan=3 , 4 , - style="height:2em" , Re-elected in 1796.Resigned. , rowspan=6 , 3 , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" ! 3 , align=left ,
Franklin Davenport Franklin Davenport (September 1755July 27, 1832) was a Federalist Party United States Senator and US Representative from New Jersey. Biography Davenport was born in Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania and his uncle was Benjamin Frank ...
, , Federalist , nowrap , Dec 5, 1798 –
Mar 3, 1799 , Appointed to continue Rutherfurd's term. , - style="height:2em" ! 4 , align=left ,
James Schureman James Schureman (February 12, 1756January 22, 1824) was an American merchant and statesman from New Brunswick, New Jersey. He represented New Jersey in the Continental Congress as well as the United States House of Representatives and United Sta ...
, , Federalist , nowrap , Mar 4, 1799 –
Feb 16, 1801 , Elected to finish Rutherfurd's term.Resigned. , rowspan=3 , rowspan=6 , 3 , rowspan=6 , Elected in 1798.Lost re-election. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Mar 4, 1799–
Mar 3, 1805 , rowspan=6 , Federalist , rowspan=6 align=right ,
Jonathan Dayton Jonathan Dayton (October 16, 1760October 9, 1824) was an American Founding Father and politician from the U.S. state of New Jersey. He was the youngest person to sign the Constitution of the United States and a member of the United States Hou ...
! rowspan=6 , 5 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Feb 16, 1801 –
Feb 28, 1801 ,   , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 5 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
Aaron Ogden Aaron Ogden (December 3, 1756April 19, 1839) was an American soldier, lawyer, United States Senator and the fifth governor of New Jersey. Ogden is perhaps best known today as the complainant in '' Gibbons v. Ogden'' which destroyed the monopoly ...
, rowspan=2 , Federalist , rowspan=2 nowrap , Feb 28, 1801 –
Mar 3, 1803 , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Schureman's term.Lost , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 4, 1803 –
Sep 1, 1803 , Legislature failed to elect. , rowspan=4 , 4 , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 6 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
John Condit John Condict Condit (July 8, 1755May 4, 1834) was a United States representative and a United States senator from New Jersey and father of United States Representative Silas Condit. John Condict was born in Orange in the Province of New Jerse ...
, rowspan=3 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan=3 nowrap , Sep 1, 1803 –
Mar 3, 1809 , rowspan=3 , Appointed to begin the vacant term. Elected in 1803 to finish the vacant term.Lost renomination. , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 4 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1804.Resigned. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1805 –
Mar 12, 1809 , rowspan=3 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Aaron Kitchell Aaron Kitchell (July 10, 1744June 25, 1820) was a blacksmith and politician from Hanover Township, New Jersey. He represented New Jersey in both the United States House of Representatives and the Senate. Early life and education Born in Hanove ...
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John Lambert John Lambert may refer to: *John Lambert (martyr) (died 1538), English Protestant martyred during the reign of Henry VIII *John Lambert (general) (1619–1684), Parliamentary general in the English Civil War * John Lambert of Creg Clare (''fl.'' c. ...
, rowspan=5 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan=5 nowrap , Mar 4, 1809 –
Mar 3, 1815 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1808., citing The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). Nov 9, 1808.Lost re-election. , rowspan=5 , 5 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" ,   , nowrap , Mar 12, 1809 –
Mar 21, 1809 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to continue Kitchell's term Elected in 1809 to finish Kitchell's term. , rowspan=4 nowrap , Mar 21, 1809 –
Mar 3, 1817 , rowspan=4 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan=4 align=right ,
John Condit John Condict Condit (July 8, 1755May 4, 1834) was a United States representative and a United States senator from New Jersey and father of United States Representative Silas Condit. John Condict was born in Orange in the Province of New Jerse ...
! rowspan=4 , 7 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 5 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1810. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 8 , rowspan=3 align=left , James J. Wilson , rowspan=3 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1815 –
Jan 8, 1821 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1815., citing New Jersey Privy Council Records, 1814. 306-307.Lost ,
resigned early. , rowspan=5 , 6 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 6 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1817. , rowspan=12 nowrap , Mar 4, 1817 –
Jan 30, 1829 , rowspan=7 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan=12 align=right ,
Mahlon Dickerson Mahlon Dickerson (April 17, 1770 – October 5, 1853) was a justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, the seventh governor of New Jersey, United States Senator from New Jersey, the 10th United States Secretary of the Navy and a United States ...
! rowspan=12 , 8 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Jan 8, 1821 –
Jan 26, 1821 ,   , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 9 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
Samuel L. Southard , rowspan=2 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan=2 nowrap , Jan 26, 1821 –
Mar 3, 1823 , Appointed to finish Wilson's term, having been elected to the next term. , - style="height:2em" , Elected in 1820.Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Navy. , rowspan=6 , 7 , , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 4, 1823 –
Nov 12, 1823 ,   , rowspan=2 , rowspan=8 , 7 , rowspan=7 , Re-elected in 1823.Resigned and immediately for the Class 1 seat. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 10 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
Joseph McIlvaine Joseph McIlvaine (October 2, 1769August 19, 1826) was a United States senator from New Jersey from 1823 until his death. He served as the Mayor of Burlington, New Jersey. Biography McIlvaine was born in Bristol, Pennsylvania to Col. Joseph Mcl ...
, ,
Democratic-Republican The Democratic-Republican Party, known at the time as the Republican Party and also referred to as the Jeffersonian Republican Party among other names, was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early ...
, rowspan=2 nowrap , Nov 12, 1823 –
Aug 19, 1826 , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Southard's term.Died. , - style="height:2em" , , National
Republican , rowspan=3 , rowspan=5 , Jacksonian , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Aug 19, 1826 –
Nov 10, 1826 ,   , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 11 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
Ephraim Bateman , rowspan=2 , National
Republican , rowspan=2 nowrap , Nov 10, 1826 –
Jan 12, 1829 , Elected to finish McIlvaine's term. , - style="height:2em" , Elected to full term in 1826.Resigned because of failing health. , rowspan=5 , 8 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Jan 12, 1829 –
Jan 30, 1829 ,   , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 12 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Mahlon Dickerson Mahlon Dickerson (April 17, 1770 – October 5, 1853) was a justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, the seventh governor of New Jersey, United States Senator from New Jersey, the 10th United States Secretary of the Navy and a United States ...
, rowspan=3 , Jacksonian , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 30, 1829 –
Mar 3, 1833 , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish Bateman's term. ,   , nowrap , Jan 30, 1829 –
Mar 3, 1829 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 8 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1829. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1829 –
Mar 3, 1835 , rowspan=3 , National
Republican , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Theodore Frelinghuysen Theodore Frelinghuysen (March 28, 1787April 12, 1862) was an American politician who represented New Jersey in the United States Senate. He was the Whig vice presidential nominee in the election of 1844, running on a ticket with Henry Clay. Bo ...
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Samuel L. Southard , rowspan=2 , National
Republican , rowspan=5 nowrap , Mar 4, 1833 –
Jun 26, 1842 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1833. , rowspan=3 , 9 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 9 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1835.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1835 –
Mar 3, 1841 , , Jacksonian , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Garret D. Wall Garret Dorset Wall (March 10, 1783November 22, 1850) was a military officer and Senator from New Jersey. He was elected as governor of New Jersey, but refused to assume office. Early career Born in Middletown Township, he completed preparatory s ...
! rowspan=3 , 10 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Whig , , rowspan=2 , Democratic , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 1839.Resigned due to failing health. , rowspan=5 , 10 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=5 , 10 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1840. , rowspan=9 nowrap , Mar 4, 1841 –
Mar 3, 1853 , rowspan=9 , Whig , rowspan=9 align=right ,
Jacob W. Miller Jacob Welsh Miller (August 29, 1800September 30, 1862) was a United States senator from New Jersey. Early life In 1800, Miller was born in German Valley, New Jersey (in Washington Township, Morris County), United States, North America. He att ...
! rowspan=9 , 11 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Jun 26, 1842 –
Jul 2, 1842 ,   , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 , 14 , rowspan=5 align=left ,
William L. Dayton William Lewis Dayton (February 17, 1807 – December 1, 1864) was an American politician, active first in the Whig Party and later in the Republican Party. In the 1856 presidential election, he became the first Republican vice-presidential ...
, rowspan=5 , Whig , rowspan=5 nowrap , Jul 2, 1842 –
Mar 3, 1851 , rowspan=2 , Appointed to continue Southard's term.Elected to finish Southard's term. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1845.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 11 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=4 , 11 , rowspan=4 , Re-elected in 1846.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! 15 , align=left ,
Robert F. Stockton Robert Field Stockton (August 20, 1795 – October 7, 1866) was a United States Navy commodore, notable in the capture of California during the Mexican–American War. He was a naval innovator and an early advocate for a propeller-driven, steam-p ...
, , Democratic , nowrap , Mar 4, 1851 –
Jan 10, 1853 , Elected in 1851.Resigned to become President of the
Delaware and Raritan Canal Company The Delaware and Raritan Canal (D&R Canal) is a canal in central New Jersey, built in the 1830s, that served to connect the Delaware River to the Raritan River. It was an efficient and reliable means of transportation of freight between Philadelp ...
. , rowspan=4 , 12 , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Jan 10, 1853 –
Mar 4, 1853 ,   , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 , 16 , rowspan=5 align=left ,
John Renshaw Thomson , rowspan=5 , Democratic , rowspan=5 nowrap , Mar 4, 1853 –
Sep 12, 1862 , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Stockton's term. , , rowspan=3 , 12 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1853.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1853 –
Mar 3, 1859 , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 align=right ,
William Wright ! rowspan=3 , 12 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1857.Died. , rowspan=6 , 13 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=6 , 13 , rowspan=6 , Elected in 1858.Lost re-election. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Mar 4, 1859 –
Mar 3, 1865 , rowspan=6 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=6 align=right ,
John C. Ten Eyck ! rowspan=6 , 13 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Sep 12, 1862 –
Nov 21, 1862 ,   , - style="height:2em" ! 17 , align=left ,
Richard Stockton Field Richard Stockton Field (December 31, 1803 – May 25, 1870) was an Attorney General of New Jersey, a United States senator from New Jersey and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Edu ...
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Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, nowrap , Nov 21, 1862 –
Jan 14, 1863 , Appointed to continue Thomson's term.Retired when his successor was elected. , - style="height:2em" ! 18 , align=left ,
James Walter Wall James Walter Wall (May 26, 1820June 9, 1872) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from New Jersey in 1863, a leader of the Peace movement during the American Civil War. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the son o ...
, , Democratic , nowrap , Jan 14, 1863 –
Mar 3, 1863 , Elected to finish Thomson's term.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 , 19 , rowspan=5 align=left ,
William Wright , rowspan=5 , Democratic , rowspan=5 nowrap , Mar 4, 1863 –
Nov 1, 1866 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1863.Died. , rowspan=8 , 14 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=6 , rowspan=8 , 14 ,   , nowrap , Mar 3, 1865–
Mar 15, 1865 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Elected in 1864.Election disputed and seat declared vacant. , nowrap , Mar 15, 1865 –
Mar 27, 1866 , , Democratic , align=right ,
John P. Stockton ! 14 , - style="height:2em" ,   , nowrap , Mar 27, 1866 –
Sep 19, 1866 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Elected to finish Stockton's term.Retired. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Sep 19, 1866 –
Mar 3, 1871 , rowspan=5 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=5 align=right ,
Alexander G. Cattell Alexander Gilmore Cattell (February 12, 1816April 8, 1894) was a United States senator from New Jersey. Biography Early life Born in Salem, New Jersey, Cattell received an academic education, and engaged in mercantile pursuits in Salem until ...
! rowspan=5 , 15 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Nov 1, 1866 –
Nov 12, 1866 ,   , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 20 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (August 4, 1817May 20, 1885) was an American lawyer and politician from New Jersey who served as a U.S. Senator and later as United States Secretary of State under President Chester A. Arthur. Early life and ...
, rowspan=2 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=2 nowrap , Nov 12, 1866 –
Mar 3, 1869 , rowspan=2 , Appointed to continue Wright's term. Elected in 1867 to finish Wright's term.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 21 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
John P. Stockton , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1869 –
Mar 3, 1875 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1869. , rowspan=3 , 15 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 15 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1870 or 1871.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1871–
Mar 3, 1877 , rowspan=3 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=3 align=right ,
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (August 4, 1817May 20, 1885) was an American lawyer and politician from New Jersey who served as a U.S. Senator and later as United States Secretary of State under President Chester A. Arthur. Early life and ...
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Theodore F. Randolph , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1875 –
Mar 3, 1881 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1875. , rowspan=3 , 16 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 16 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1877. , rowspan=9 nowrap , Mar 4, 1877–
Mar 3, 1895 , rowspan=9 , Democratic , rowspan=9 align=right ,
John R. McPherson ! rowspan=9 , 17 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 23 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
William Joyce Sewell , rowspan=3 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1881 –
Mar 3, 1887 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1881.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 17 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 17 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1883. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 24 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Rufus Blodgett , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1887 –
Mar 3, 1893 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1886.Retired. , rowspan=3 , 18 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 18 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1889. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 25 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
James Smith Jr. , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1893 –
Mar 3, 1899 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1893.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 19 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 19 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1895. , rowspan=4 nowrap , Mar 4, 1895–
Dec 27, 1901 , rowspan=4 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=4 align=right ,
William Joyce Sewell ! rowspan=4 , 18 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=8 , 26 , rowspan=8 align=left ,
John Kean , rowspan=8 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=8 nowrap , Mar 4, 1899 –
Mar 3, 1911 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1899. , rowspan=5 , 20 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=5 , 20 , Re-elected in 1901.Died. , - style="height:2em" ,   , nowrap , Dec 27, 1901–
Jan 29, 1902 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish Sewell's term.Withdrew from election contest to full term. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 29, 1902–
Mar 3, 1907 , rowspan=3 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=3 align=right ,
John F. Dryden ! rowspan=3 , 19 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1905.Retired. , rowspan=3 , 21 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 21 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1907.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1907 –
Mar 3, 1913 , rowspan=3 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=3 align=right ,
Frank O. Briggs ! rowspan=3 , 20 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 27 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
James Edgar Martine James Edgar Martine (August 25, 1850February 26, 1925) was an American Democratic Party politician who served as United States Senator from New Jersey. Biography He was born in New York City on August 25, 1850. He moved with his parents to Plai ...
, rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1911 –
Mar 3, 1917 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1911.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 22 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 22 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1913.Died. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1913 –
Jan 30, 1918 , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 align=right ,
William Hughes ! rowspan=3 , 21 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 , 28 , rowspan=5 align=left ,
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen Sr. , rowspan=5 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=5 nowrap , Mar 4, 1917 –
Mar 3, 1923 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1916.Lost re-election. , rowspan=5 , 23 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" ,   , nowrap , Jan 30, 1918 –
Feb 23, 1918 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to continue Hughes's term. Elected in 1918 to finish Hughes's term.Retired. , nowrap , Feb 23, 1918 –
Mar 3, 1919 , ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, align=right ,
David Baird Sr. ! 22 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 23 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1918. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Mar 4, 1919 –
Nov 21, 1929 , rowspan=6 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=6 align=right ,
Walter Evans Edge Walter Evans Edge (November 20, 1873October 29, 1956) was an American diplomat and Republican politician who served as the 36th governor of New Jersey, from 1917 to 1919 and again from 1944 to 1947, during both World War I and World War II. Edge ...
! rowspan=6 , 23 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 29 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Edward I. Edwards , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1923 –
Mar 3, 1929 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1922.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 24 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=6 , 24 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1924.Resigned to become
U.S. Ambassador to France The United States ambassador to France is the official representative of the president of the United States to the president of France. The United States has maintained diplomatic relations with France since the American Revolution. Relations we ...
. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=8 , 30 , rowspan=8 align=left ,
Hamilton Fish Kean , rowspan=8 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=8 nowrap , Mar 4, 1929 –
Jan 3, 1935 , rowspan=8 , Elected in 1928.Lost re-election. , rowspan=8 , 25 , rowspan=4 , - style="height:2em" ,   , nowrap , Nov 21, 1929 –
Nov 30, 1929 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to continue Edge's term.Retired when his successor was qualified. , nowrap , Nov 30, 1929 –
Dec 2, 1930 , ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, align=right ,
David Baird Jr. David Baird Jr. (October 10, 1881February 28, 1955) was a U.S. Senator from New Jersey. Biography Born in Camden, New Jersey to Senator David Baird, Baird Jr. graduated from Lawrenceville School in 1899 and from Princeton University in 1903. ...
! 24 , - style="height:2em" , Elected in 1930 to finish Edge's term. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Dec 3, 1930 –
Oct 5, 1931 , rowspan=2 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=2 align=right ,
Dwight Morrow Dwight Whitney Morrow (January 11, 1873October 5, 1931) was an American businessman, diplomat, and politician, best known as the U.S. ambassador who improved U.S.-Mexican relations, mediating the religious conflict in Mexico known as the Cristero ...
! rowspan=2 , 25 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=5 , 25 , Elected to full term in 1930.Died. , - style="height:2em" ,   , nowrap , Oct 5, 1931 –
Dec 1, 1931 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Appointed to continue Morrow's term. Elected in 1932 to finish Morrow's term.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Dec 1, 1931 –
Jan 3, 1937 , rowspan=3 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=3 align=right ,
William Warren Barbour ! rowspan=3 , 26 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 31 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
A. Harry Moore , rowspan=2 , Democratic , rowspan=2 nowrap , Jan 3, 1935 –
Jan 17, 1938 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1934.Resigned to become governor. , rowspan=5 , 26 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=5 , 26 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1936.
William H. Smathers William Howell Smathers (January 7, 1891September 24, 1955) was a Democratic United States Senator from New Jersey, serving from 1937 to 1943. Biography Smathers was born on January 7, 1891, on a plantation near Waynesville, North Carolina. He ...
was installed late on Apr 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.Lost re-election. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Jan 3, 1937 –
Jan 3, 1943 , rowspan=5 , Democratic , rowspan=5 align=right ,
William H. Smathers William Howell Smathers (January 7, 1891September 24, 1955) was a Democratic United States Senator from New Jersey, serving from 1937 to 1943. Biography Smathers was born on January 7, 1891, on a plantation near Waynesville, North Carolina. He ...
! rowspan=5 , 27 , - style="height:2em" ! 32 , align=left ,
John Gerald Milton , , Democratic , nowrap , Jan 18, 1938 –
Nov 8, 1938 , Appointed to continue Moore's term.Retired when successor qualified. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 , 33 , rowspan=4 align=left ,
William Warren Barbour , rowspan=4 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=4 , Nov 8, 1938 –
Nov 22, 1943 , rowspan=2 , 1938 United States Senate special election in New Jersey, Elected to finish Moore's term , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , 1940 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Re-elected in 1940.Died. , rowspan=6 , 27 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , rowspan=6 , 27 , rowspan=6 , 1942 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Elected in 1942.Retired. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 1943 –
Jan 3, 1949 , rowspan=6 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=6 align=right ,
Albert W. Hawkes ! rowspan=6 , 28 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Nov 22, 1943 –
Nov 26, 1943 ,   , - style="height:2em" ! 34 , align=left ,
Arthur Walsh (U.S. senator), Arthur Walsh , , Democratic , Nov 26, 1943 –
Dec 7, 1944 , Appointed to finish Barbour's termRetired when successor was elected , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=8 , 35 , rowspan=8 align=left ,
Howard Alexander Smith , rowspan=8 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=8 , Dec 7, 1944–
Jan 3, 1959 , rowspan=2 , 1944 United States Senate special election in New Jersey, Elected to finish Barbour's term. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , 1946 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Re-elected in 1946. , rowspan=3 , 28 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 28 , rowspan=3 , 1948 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Elected in 1948.Retired. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 1949 –
Jan 2, 1955 , rowspan=3 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=3 align=right ,
Robert C. Hendrickson ! rowspan=3 , 29 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , 1952 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Re-elected in 1952.Retired. , rowspan=3 , 29 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 29 , rowspan=3 , 1954 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Elected in 1954. , rowspan=12 nowrap , Jan 3, 1955 –
Jan 3, 1979 , rowspan=12 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=12 align=right ,
Clifford P. Case ! rowspan=12 , 30 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=12 , 36 , rowspan=12 align=left ,
Harrison A. Williams , rowspan=12 , Democratic , rowspan=12 , Jan 3, 1959–
Mar 11, 1982 , rowspan=3 , 1958 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Elected in 1958. , rowspan=3 , 30 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 30 , rowspan=3 , 1960 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Re-elected in 1960. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , 1964 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Re-elected in 1964. , rowspan=3 , 31 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 31 , rowspan=3 , 1966 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Re-elected in 1966. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , 1970 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Re-elected in 1970. , rowspan=3 , 32 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 32 , rowspan=3 , 1972 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Re-elected in 1972.Lost re-nomination. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , 1976 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Re-elected in 1976.Resigned. , rowspan=6 , 33 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=6 , 33 , rowspan=6 , 1978 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Elected in 1978. , rowspan=12 , Jan 3, 1979 –
Jan 3, 1997 , rowspan=12 , Democratic , rowspan=12 align=right ,
Bill Bradley ! rowspan=12 , 31 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 11, 1982 –
Apr 12, 1982 ,   , - style="height:2em" ! 37 , align=left ,
Nicholas F. Brady , ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, nowrap , Apr 12, 1982 –
Dec 20, 1982 , Appointed to finish Williams's term.Retired and resigned early to give his elected successor preferential seniority. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=10 , 38 , rowspan=10 align=left ,
Frank Lautenberg Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (; January 23, 1924 June 3, 2013) was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician who served as United States Senator from New Jersey from 1982 to 2001, and again from 2003 until his death in 2013. He was ori ...
, rowspan=10 , Democratic , rowspan=10 nowrap , Dec 27, 1982 –
Jan 3, 2001 , Appointed early, 1982 United States Senate election in New Jersey, having been already elected to the next term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , 1982 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Elected in 1982. , rowspan=3 , 34 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 34 , rowspan=3 , 1984 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Re-elected in 1984. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , 1988 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Re-elected in 1988. , rowspan=3 , 35 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 35 , rowspan=3 , 1990 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Re-elected in 1990.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , 1994 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Re-elected in 1994.Retired. , rowspan=3 , 36 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 36 , rowspan=3 , 1996 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Elected in 1996.Ran for re-election, but withdrew. , rowspan=3 , Jan 3, 1997 –
Jan 3, 2003 , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Robert Torricelli ! rowspan=3 , 32 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 39 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Jon Corzine , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 , Jan 3, 2001 –
Jan 17, 2006 , rowspan=3 , 2000 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Elected in 2000.Resigned to become Governor of New Jersey. , rowspan=4 , 37 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=4 , 37 , rowspan=4 , 2002 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Elected in 2002. , rowspan=7 , Jan 3, 2003 –
Jun 3, 2013 , rowspan=7 nowrap , Democratic , rowspan=7 align=right ,
Frank Lautenberg Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (; January 23, 1924 June 3, 2013) was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician who served as United States Senator from New Jersey from 1982 to 2001, and again from 2003 until his death in 2013. He was ori ...
! rowspan=7 , 33 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=13 , 40 , rowspan=13 align=left ,
Bob Menendez , rowspan=13 nowrap , Democratic , rowspan=13 , Jan 18, 2006 –
Present , Appointed to finish Corzine's term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , 2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Elected to full term in 2006. , rowspan=3 , 38 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=6 , 38 , rowspan=3 , 2008 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Re-elected in 2008.Died. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=6 , 2012 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Re-elected in 2012. , rowspan=6 , 39 , rowspan=4 , - style="height:2em" ,   , nowrap , Jun 3, 2013 –
Jun 10, 2013 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to continue Lautenberg's term.Retired when his successor was elected. , Jun 10, 2013 –
Oct 31, 2013 , ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, align=right ,
Jeffrey Chiesa ! 34 , - style="height:2em" , 2013 United States Senate special election in New Jersey, Elected in 2013 to finish Lautenberg's term. , rowspan=7 , Oct 31, 2013 –
Present , rowspan=7 nowrap , Democratic , rowspan=7 align=right ,
Cory Booker Cory Anthony Booker (born April 27, 1969) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the junior United States senator from New Jersey since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Booker is the first African-American U.S. se ...
! rowspan=7 , 35 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 39 , rowspan=3 , 2014 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Re-elected in 2014. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , 2018 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Re-elected in 2018. , rowspan=3 , 40 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 40 , rowspan=3 , 2020 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Re-elected in 2020. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2024 United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2024 election. , rowspan=2, 41 , , - style="height:2em" , , 41 , colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2026 United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2026 election.


Living former senators

, there are five living former U.S. senators from New Jersey. The most recent and most recently serving senator to die was
Frank Lautenberg Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (; January 23, 1924 June 3, 2013) was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician who served as United States Senator from New Jersey from 1982 to 2001, and again from 2003 until his death in 2013. He was ori ...
(served 1982–2001 and 2003–2013), who died in office on June 3, 2013.


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See also

* List of United States representatives from New Jersey * United States congressional delegations from New Jersey * Elections in New Jersey


Notes


References

* {{NJ-FedRep United States senators from New Jersey, Lists of New Jersey politicians, United States Senators Lists of United States senators by state, New Jersey