New Jersey's 5th congressional district

"NJ-5" redirects here. NJ-5 may also refer to New Jersey Route 5.

New Jersey's 5th congressional district
District map as of 2013
U.S. Representative	Josh Gottheimer D–Wyckoff
Distribution	82.83% urban 17.17% rural
Population (2000)	647,258
Median income	$100,607
Ethnicity	89.3% White 1.5% Black 6.6% Asian 4.5% Hispanic 0.2% Native American 0.2% other
Cook PVI	R+3

New Jersey's Fifth Congressional District is represented by Democrat Josh Gottheimer.

The district from 2003 to 2013

History

Republican Scott Garrett defeated Democrat Paul Aronsohn and independent candidate R. Matthew Fretz 55%–44% in the United States general elections, 2006.

Gottheimer defeated Garrett in the 2016 general election, making Garrett the only one of the state's 12 incumbents to lose his seat.

Counties and municipalities in the district

The redrawn New Jersey's Fifth Congressional District is predominantly rural in area, but now the newly added suburban and urban Bergen County areas closer to New York City contain over 75% of voters. The district is an L-shaped district comprising the rural northern and western parts of New Jersey. A portion of the district is in suburban northern Bergen County, as well as the Urban Central. All of the areas in the district are generally favorable for Republicans; although Bergen County has trended Democratic in recent elections.

For the 113th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2010 United States Census), the district contains all or portions of four counties and 79 municipalities.

Bergen County (43)

Allendale, Alpine, Bergenfield, Bogota, Closter, Demarest, Dumont, Emerson, Fair Lawn, Franklin Lakes, Glen Rock, Hackensack, Harrington Park, Haworth, Hillsdale, Ho-Ho-Kus, Lodi, Mahwah, Maywood, Midland Park, Montvale, New Milford, Northvale, Norwood, Oakland, Old Tappan, Oradell, Paramus, Park Ridge, Ramsey, Ridgewood, River Edge, River Vale, Rochelle Park, Rockleigh, Saddle River, Teaneck (part, also 9th), Upper Saddle River, Waldwick, Washington Township, Westwood, Woodcliff Lake and Wyckoff

Passaic County (2)

Ringwood and West Milford

Sussex County (19)

Andover Borough, Andover Township, Branchville, Frankford Township, Franklin Borough, Fredon Township, Green Township, Hamburg, Hampton Township, Hardyston Township, Lafayette Township, Montague Township, Newton, Sandyston Township, Stillwater Township, Sussex, Vernon Township, Walpack Township and Wantage Township

Warren County (15)

Allamuchy Township, Belvidere, Blairstown Township, Frelinghuysen Township, Hackettstown, Hardwick Township, Hope Township, Independence Township, Knowlton Township, Liberty Township, Mansfield Township, Oxford Township, Washington, Washington Township and White Township

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Bush 52 - 45%*
2004	President	Bush 57 - 43%*
2008	President	McCain 54 - 45%*
2012	President	Romney 50.9 - 48.5%
2016	President	Trump 48.8 - 47.7%

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Electoral history	Counties/Towns
District organized from New Jersey's At-large congressional district.					[Data unknown/missing.]
Franklin Davenport	Federalist	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801	Woodbury	[Data unknown/missing.]	Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem
District organized to New Jersey's At-large congressional district.
District organized from New Jersey's At-large congressional district.
William Wright	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	Newark	[Data unknown/missing.]	Bergen, Essex, Hudson, and Passaic
Dudley S. Gregory	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	Jersey City	[Data unknown/missing.]
James G. King	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	Hoboken	[Data unknown/missing.]
Rodman M. Price	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	Hoboken	[Data unknown/missing.]
Alexander C. M. Pennington	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	Newark	[Data unknown/missing.]	Essex and Hudson
	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	[Data unknown/missing.]	[Data unknown/missing.]
Jacob R. Wortendyke	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	Jersey City	[Data unknown/missing.]	Essex, Hudson, and Union (Union County formed from Essex (1857))
William Pennington	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	Newark	[Data unknown/missing.]
Nehemiah Perry	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	Newark	[Data unknown/missing.]
		March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865		[Data unknown/missing.]	Hudson County and Newark
Edwin R.V. Wright	Democratic	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	Hudson City	[Data unknown/missing.]
George A. Halsey	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	Newark	[Data unknown/missing.]
Orestes Cleveland	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	Jersey City	[Data unknown/missing.]
George A. Halsey	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	[Data unknown/missing.]	[Data unknown/missing.]
William W. Phelps	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	[Data unknown/missing.]	[Data unknown/missing.]	Bergen, Morris, and Passaic
Augustus W. Cutler	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	[Data unknown/missing.]	[Data unknown/missing.]
Charles H. Voorhis	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	[Data unknown/missing.]	[Data unknown/missing.]
John Hill	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	[Data unknown/missing.]	[Data unknown/missing.]
William W. Phelps	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889	[Data unknown/missing.]	[Data unknown/missing.]
Charles D. Beckwith	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	[Data unknown/missing.]	[Data unknown/missing.]
Cornelius A. Cadmus	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	[Data unknown/missing.]	[Data unknown/missing.]
		March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	[Data unknown/missing.]	[Data unknown/missing.]	Bergen and Passaic
James F. Stewart	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903	[Data unknown/missing.]	[Data unknown/missing.]
Charles N. Fowler	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911	[Data unknown/missing.]	[Data unknown/missing.]	Morris, Union, and Warren (Fowler from the 8th district)
William E. Tuttle Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	[Data unknown/missing.]	[Data unknown/missing.]
		March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	[Data unknown/missing.]	[Data unknown/missing.]	Morris and Union
John H. Capstick	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 17, 1918	[Data unknown/missing.]	Died.
Vacant		March 17, 1918 – November 5, 1918
William F. Birch	Republican	November 5, 1918 – March 3, 1919	[Data unknown/missing.]	[Data unknown/missing.]
Ernest R. Ackerman	Republican	March 4, 1919 – October 18, 1931	[Data unknown/missing.]	Died.
Vacant		October 18, 1931 – December 1, 1931
Percy Hamilton Stewart	Democratic	December 1, 1931 – March 3, 1933	[Data unknown/missing.]	[Data unknown/missing.]
Charles A. Eaton	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1953	[Data unknown/missing.]	[Data unknown/missing.]	Morris, Somerset, and part of Middlesex (north of Raritan River)
Peter Frelinghuysen Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963	Harding	[Data unknown/missing.]
		January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1973		[Data unknown/missing.]	Morris and Somerset (Northern Middlesex removed to the new 15th District (1962))
		January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975		[Data unknown/missing.]	District no longer follows county lines
Millicent Fenwick	Republican	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	Bernardsville	Retired to run for U.S. Senator.	Somerset, parts of Morris, and parts of Mercer (Princeton, Princeton Borough and West Windsor)
Marge Roukema	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985	Ridgewood	Redistricted from 7th district.	Parts of Bergen, Hunterdon, Mercer (Hopewell, Hopewell Borough, and Pennington), Morris, Passaic, Sussex, and Warren
		January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1993			Sussex (excluding Byram and Green) and northern parts of Bergen and Passaic
		January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003			[Data unknown/missing.]
Scott Garrett	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	Wantage	Lost re-election	Warren, parts of Bergen, Passaic, and Sussex
		January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017			Parts of Bergen, Passaic, Sussex, and Warren
Josh Gottheimer	Democratic	January 3, 2017 – Present	Wyckoff	Incumbent

References

• 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

External links

• Josh Gottheimer (D), Official Website

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by South Carolina's 5th congressional district	Home district of the Speaker of the House February 1, 1860 – March 4, 1861	Succeeded by Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district