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 Frank Lautenberg.

Class 1

Class 1 senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for one session of the U.S. Congress in the first election of 1788 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018.

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Jonathan Elmer	Pro- Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791	1	1	Elected in 1789 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
2	John Rutherfurd	Federalist	March 4, 1791 – December 5, 1798	2	2	Elected in 1790
				3
				4
				5	3	Re-elected in 1796 Resigned for unclear reasons.[citation needed]
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	6		Elected to finish Rutherfurd's term Resigned
Vacant
5	Aaron Ogden	Federalist	February 28, 1801 – March 3, 1803	6 (Continued)		Elected to finish Schureman's term Lost re-election
				7
Vacant			March 3, 1803 – September 1, 1803	8	4	Legislature failed to elect
6	John Condit	Democratic- Republican	September 1, 1803 – March 3, 1809	8 (Continued)		Appointed to continue the term left vacant by the failure of the legislature to elect Elected to finish the term left vacant by the failure of the legislature to elect [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
				9
				10
7	John Lambert	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1815	11	5	Elected in 1809 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
				12
				13
8	[ James J. Wilson	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1815 – January 8, 1821	14	6	Elected in 1815 Lost re-election, and resigned early
				15
				16
Vacant			January 8, 1821 – January 26, 1821
9	Samuel L. Southard	Democratic- Republican	January 26, 1821 – March 3, 1823	16 (Continued)		Appointed to finish Wilson's term, having been elected to the next term
				17	7	Elected in 1821 Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Navy
Vacant			March 4, 1823 – November 12, 1823	18
10	Joseph McIlvaine	Adams Republican	November 12, 1823 – August 19, 1826	18 (Continued)		Elected to finish Southard's term Died
		Anti- Jacksonian		19
Vacant			August 19, 1826 – November 10, 1826
11	Ephraim Bateman	Anti- Jacksonian	November 10, 1826 – January 12, 1829	19 (Continued)		Elected to finish McIlvaine's term
		Adams		20	8	Elected to full term in 1826 Resigned because of failing health
Vacant			January 12, 1829 – January 30, 1829
12	Mahlon Dickerson	Jacksonian	January 30, 1829 – March 3, 1833	20 (Continued)		Elected to finish Bateman's term [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
				21
				22
13	Samuel L. Southard	Anti- Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – June 26, 1842	23	9	Elected in 1833
				24
		Whig		25
				26	10	Re-elected in 1839 Resigned due to failing health
				27
Vacant			June 26, 1842 – July 2, 1842
14	William L. Dayton	Whig	July 2, 1842 – March 3, 1851	27 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Southard's term Elected to finish Southard's term
				28
				29	11	Re-elected in 1845 Lost re-election
				30
				31
15	Robert F. Stockton	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – January 10, 1853	32	12	Elected in 1851 Resigned to become president of the Delaware and Raritan Canal Company
Vacant			January 10, 1853 – March 4, 1853
16	John Renshaw Thomson	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – September 12, 1862	33		Elected to finish Stockton's term
				34
				35	13	Re-elected in 1858 Died
				36
				37
Vacant			September 12, 1862 – November 21, 1862
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
19	William Wright	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – November 1, 1866	38	14	Elected in 1863 Died
				39
Vacant			November 1, 1866 – November 12, 1866
20	Frederick T. Frelinghuysen	Republican	November 12, 1866 – March 3, 1869	39 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Wright's term Elected to finish Wright's term Lost re-election
				40
21	John P. Stockton	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875	41	15	Elected in 1869 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
				42
				43
22	Theodore F. Randolph	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881	44	16	Elected in 1875 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
				45
				46
23	William Joyce Sewell	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1887	47	17	Elected in 1881 Lost re-election
				48
				49
24	Rufus Blodgett	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1893	50	18	Elected in 1887 Retired
				51
				52
25	James Smith, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1899	53	19	Elected in 1893 Retired
				54
				55
26	John Kean	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1911	56	20	Elected in 1899
				57
				58
				59	21	Re-elected in 1905 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
				60
				61
27	James Edgar Martine	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917	62	22	Elected in 1910 Lost re-election
				63
				64
28	Joseph S. Frelinghuysen	Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1923	65	23	Elected in 1916 Lost re-election
				66
				67
29	Edward I. Edwards	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929	68	24	Elected in 1922 Lost re-election
				69
				70
30	Hamilton Fish Kean	Republican	March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1935	71	25	Elected in 1928 Lost re-election
				72
				73
31	A. Harry Moore	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 17, 1938	74	26	Elected in 1934 Resigned to become Governor
				75
32	John Gerald Milton	Democratic	January 18, 1938 – November 8, 1938			Appointed to continue Moore's term Retired when successor elected
33	William Warren Barbour	Republican	November 8, 1938 – November 22, 1943	75 (Continued)		Elected to finish Moore's term
				76
				77	27	Re-elected in 1940 Died
				78
Vacant			November 22, 1943 – November 26, 1943
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	78 (Continued)		Elected to finish Barbour's term
				79
				80	28	Re-elected in 1946
				81
				82
				83	29	Re-elected in 1952 Retired
				84
				85
36	Harrison A. Williams	Democratic	January 3, 1959– March 11, 1982	86	30	Elected in 1958
				87
				88
				89	31	Re-elected in 1964
				90
				91
				92	32	Re-elected in 1970
				93
				94
				95	33	Re-elected in 1976 Resigned
				96
				97
Vacant			March 11, 1982 – April 12, 1982
37	Nicholas F. Brady	Republican	April 12, 1982 – December 20, 1982			Appointed to finish Williams's term Resigned early to give elected successor preferential seniority
Vacant			December 20, 1982 – December 27, 1982
38	Frank Lautenberg	Democratic	December 27, 1982 – January 3, 2001	97 (Continued)		Appointed early, having been already elected to the next term
				98	34	Elected in 1982
				99
				100
				101	35	Re-elected in 1988
				102
				103
				104	36	Re-elected in 1994 Retired
				105
				106
39	Jon S. Corzine	Democratic	January 3, 2001 – January 17, 2006	107	37	Elected in 2000 Resigned to become N.J. Governor
				108
				109
40	Bob Menendez	Democratic	January 18, 2006 – Present	109 (Continued)		Appointed to finish Corzine's term
				110	38	Elected to full term in 2006
				111
				112
				113	39	Re-elected in 2012
				114
				115
#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history

Class 2

Class 2 senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for two sessions of the U.S. Congress in the first election of 1788 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014.

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	William Paterson	Pro- Administration	March 4, 1789 – November 13, 1790	1	1	Elected in 1789 Resigned to become N.J. Governor
Vacant
2	Philemon Dickinson	Pro- Administration	November 23, 1790– March 3, 1793	1 (continued)		Elected to finish Paterson's term Retired
				2
3	Frederick Frelinghuysen	Federalist	March 4, 1793– November 12, 1796	3	2	Elected in 1793 Resigned
				4
4	Richard Stockton	Federalist	November 12, 1796– March 3, 1799			Elected to finish Frelinghuysen's term Retired
				5
5	Jonathan Dayton	Federalist	March 4, 1799– March 3, 1805	6	3	Elected in 1799
				7
				8
6	Aaron Kitchell	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 12, 1809	9	4	Elected in 1805 Resigned
				10
				11
Vacant			March 12, 1809 – March 21, 1809	11 (continued)
7	John Condit	Democratic- Republican	March 21, 1809 – March 3, 1817	11 (continued)		Elected to finish the term.
				12	5	Re-elected to a full term in November, 1810.
				13
				14
8	Mahlon Dickerson	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1817 – January 30, 1829	15	6	Elected in 1817
				16
				17
		Crawford Republican		18	7	Re-elected in 1823 Resigned and immediately re-elected for the Class 1 seat
		Jacksonian		19
				20
Vacant			January 30, 1829 – March 4, 1829	20 (continued)
9	Theodore Frelinghuysen	Anti- Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1835	21	8	Elected in 1828 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
				22
				23
10	Garret D. Wall	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1841	24	9	Elected in 1835 Lost re-election
		Democratic		25
				26
11	Jacob W. Miller	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1853	27	10	Elected in 1840
				28
				29
				30	11	Re-elected in 1846 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
				31
				32
12	William Wright	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1859	33	12	Elected in 1852 Lost re-election
				34
				35
13	John C. Ten Eyck	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1865	36	13	Elected in 1858 Lost re-election
				37
				38
Vacant			March 3, 1865– March 15, 1865	39	14
14	John P. Stockton	Democratic	March 15, 1865 – March 27, 1866			Elected in 1864 Election disputed and seat declared vacant
Vacant
15	Alexander G. Cattell	Republican	September 19, 1866 – March 3, 1871	39 (continued)		Elected to finish Stockton's term Retired
				40
				41
16	Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen	Republican	March 4, 1871– March 3, 1877	42	15	Elected in 1871 Lost re-election
				43
				44
17	John R. McPherson	Democratic	March 4, 1877– March 3, 1895	45	16	Elected in 1877
				46
				47
				48	17	Re-elected in 1883
				49
				50
				51	18	Re-elected in 1889 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
				52
				53
18	William Joyce Sewell	Republican	March 4, 1895– December 27, 1901	54	19	Elected in 1895
				55
				56
				57	20	Re-elected in 1901 Died
Vacant			December 27, 1901– January 29, 1902
19	John F. Dryden	Republican	January 29, 1902– March 3, 1907	57 (continued)		Elected to finish Sewell's term Withdrew from election contest to full term
				58
				59
20	Frank O. Briggs	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913	60	21	Elected in 1906 Lost re-election
				61
				62
21	William Hughes	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – January 30, 1918	63	22	Elected in 1912 Died
				64
				65
Vacant			January 30, 1918 – February 23, 1918
22	David Baird	Republican	February 23, 1918 – March 3, 1919	65 (continued)		Appointed to continue Hughes's term Elected to finish Hughes's term Retired
23	Walter Evans Edge	Republican	March 4, 1919 – November 21, 1929	66	23	Elected in 1918
				67
				68
				69	24	Re-elected in 1924 Resigned to become U.S. Ambassador to France
				70
				71
Vacant			November 21, 1929 – November 30, 1929
24	David Baird, Jr.	Republican	November 30, 1929 – December 2, 1930			Appointed to continue Edge's term Retired when successor qualified
25	Dwight Morrow	Republican	December 3, 1930 – October 5, 1931	71 (continued)		Elected to finish Edge's term
				72	25	Elected to full term in 1930 Died
Vacant			October 5, 1931 – December 1, 1931
26	William Warren Barbour	Republican	December 1, 1931 – January 3, 1937	72 (continued)		Appointed to continue Morrow's term Elected to finish Morrow's term Lost re-election
				73
				74
Vacant			January 3, 1937 – April 15, 1937	75	26
27	William H. Smathers	Democratic	April 15, 1937 – January 3, 1943	75 (Continued)		Elected in 1936, but installed late, remaining until then a member of the state Senate [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
				76
				77
28	Albert W. Hawkes	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949	78	27	Elected in 1942 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
				79
				80
29	Robert C. Hendrickson	Republican	January 3, 1949 – January 2, 1955	81	28	Elected in 1948 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
				82
				83
30	Clifford P. Case	Republican	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1979	84	29	Elected in 1954
				85
				86
				87	30	Re-elected in 1960
				88
				89
				90	31	Re-elected in 1966
				91
				92
				93	32	Re-elected in 1972 Lost primary
				94
				95
31	Bill Bradley	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1997	96	33	Elected in 1978
				97
				98
				99	34	Re-elected in 1984
				100
				101
				102	35	Re-elected in 1990 Retired
				103
				104
32	Robert Torricelli	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003	105	36	Elected in 1996 Retired
				106
				107
33	Frank Lautenberg	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – Present	108	37	Elected in 2002
				109
				110
				111	38	Re-elected in 2008
				112
				113
#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history

See also

• List of United States Representatives from New Jersey
• United States congressional delegations from New Jersey