New Jersey's 5th congressional district

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New Jersey's 5th congressional district
District map as of 2013
Representative	Josh Gottheimer D–Wyckoff
Distribution	86.98% urban 13.02% rural
Population (2017)	746,385
Median income	$100,607
Ethnicity	79.1% white 5.2% black 11.8% Asian 15.2% Hispanic 0.1% Native American 1.9% 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.

Historically, most of the areas in the district have generally been favorable for Republicans. This is especially true of the western portion, which contains some of the most Republican areas in the Northeast. However, Bergen County has trended Democratic in recent elections, though not as overwhelmingly as in the more urbanized southern portion. Partly due to a strong performance in Bergen County, Gottheimer unseated 14-year Republican incumbent Garrett in 2016.

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, Cresskill, 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	Cong ress	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	6th	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	28th 29th	Newark	[Data unknown/missing.]	Bergen, Essex, Hudson, and Passaic
Dudley S. Gregory	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	Jersey City	[Data unknown/missing.]
James G. King	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	Hoboken	[Data unknown/missing.]
Rodman M. Price	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Hoboken	[Data unknown/missing.]
Alexander C. M. Pennington	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd 34th	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	35th	Jersey City	[Data unknown/missing.]	Essex, Hudson, and Union (Union County formed from Essex (1857))
William Pennington	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	36th	Newark	[Data unknown/missing.]
Nehemiah Perry	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th 38th	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	39th	Hudson City	[Data unknown/missing.]
George A. Halsey	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	40th	Newark	[Data unknown/missing.]
Orestes Cleveland	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	41st	Jersey City	[Data unknown/missing.]
George A. Halsey	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	[Data unknown/missing.]	[Data unknown/missing.]
William W. Phelps	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	[Data unknown/missing.]	[Data unknown/missing.]	Bergen, Morris, and Passaic
Augustus W. Cutler	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	[Data unknown/missing.]	[Data unknown/missing.]
Charles H. Voorhis	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	[Data unknown/missing.]	[Data unknown/missing.]
John Hill	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	[Data unknown/missing.]	[Data unknown/missing.]
William W. Phelps	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889	48th 49th 50th	[Data unknown/missing.]	[Data unknown/missing.]
Charles D. Beckwith	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	[Data unknown/missing.]	[Data unknown/missing.]
Cornelius A. Cadmus	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd 53rd	[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	54th 55th 56th 57th	[Data unknown/missing.]	[Data unknown/missing.]
Charles N. Fowler	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911	58th 59th 60th 61st	[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	62nd 63rd	[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	64th 65th	[Data unknown/missing.]	Died.
Vacant		March 17, 1918 – November 5, 1918
William F. Birch	Republican	November 5, 1918 – March 3, 1919	65th	[Data unknown/missing.]	[Data unknown/missing.]
Ernest R. Ackerman	Republican	March 4, 1919 – October 18, 1931	66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	[Data unknown/missing.]	Died.
Vacant		October 18, 1931 – December 1, 1931
Percy Hamilton Stewart	Democratic	December 1, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72nd	[Data unknown/missing.]	[Data unknown/missing.]
Charles A. Eaton	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1953	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd	[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	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd	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	94th 95th 96th 97th	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	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th	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	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th	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	115th 116th	Wyckoff	Incumbent

Living former members of the House

As of January 2019, there is one living former member. The most recent representative to die was Marge Roukema (served 1983–2003) on November 12, 2014.

Representative	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
Scott Garrett	2003–2017	(1959-07-09) July 9, 1959

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