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New Jersey's 1st congressional district

65 members have held this seat since Dec 2, 1799. Now: Donald Norcross D.

Holders
65
47 R · 14 D · 3 W · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
16 years
Charles Anderson Wolverton
Current
12 years
Donald Norcross, since Jan 6, 2015
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020John Condit · 1799-12-02 – 1801-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Ward · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanLucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratJames Giles Hampton · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigJames Giles Hampton · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigAndrew Kessler Hay · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigNathan Taylor Stratton · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratNathan Taylor Stratton · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratIsaiah Dunn Clawson · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratIsaiah Dunn Clawson · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Thompson Nixon · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Thompson Nixon · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Farson Starr · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Farson Starr · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Moore · 1867-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Wright Hazelton · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Wright Hazelton · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanClement Hall Sinnickson · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanClement Hall Sinnickson · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Maxwell Robeson · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Maxwell Robeson · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Merrill Ferrell · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Hires · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Hires · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanChristopher Augustus Bergen · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanChristopher Augustus Bergen · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Clay Loudenslager · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Clay Loudenslager · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Clay Loudenslager · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Clay Loudenslager · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Clay Loudenslager · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Clay Loudenslager · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Clay Loudenslager · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Clay Loudenslager · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Clay Loudenslager · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Clay Loudenslager · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam John Browning · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam John Browning · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam John Browning · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam John Browning · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanFrancis Ford Patterson Jr. · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanFrancis Ford Patterson Jr. · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanFrancis Ford Patterson Jr. · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanCharles Anderson Wolverton · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Anderson Wolverton · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Anderson Wolverton · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Anderson Wolverton · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanCharles Anderson Wolverton · 1943-01-06 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Thomas Cahill · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Thomas Cahill · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Edmund Hunt · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Edmund Hunt · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanJames Joseph Florio · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratJames Joseph Florio · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratJames Joseph Florio · 1987-01-06 – 1990-01-17 · DemocratRobert E. Andrews · 1990-11-06 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratRobert E. Andrews · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratRobert E. Andrews · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratRobert E. Andrews · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratRobert E. Andrews · 2009-01-06 – 2014-02-19 · DemocratDonald Norcross · 2014-11-12 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratDonald Norcross · 2015-01-06 – present · DemocratLewis Condict · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam John Browning · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanFrancis Ford Patterson Jr. · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · Republican
Donald Norcross D
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Donald Norcross D
Nov 12, 2014 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 months
Robert E. Andrews D
Jan 6, 2009 – Feb 19, 2014 · 5.1 years
Robert E. Andrews D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Robert E. Andrews D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Robert E. Andrews D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Robert E. Andrews D
Nov 6, 1990 – Jan 4, 1997 · 6.2 years
James Joseph Florio D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 17, 1990 · 3 years
James Joseph Florio D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
James Joseph Florio D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
John Edmund Hunt R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
John Edmund Hunt R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
William Thomas Cahill R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
William Thomas Cahill R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Charles Anderson Wolverton R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1959 · 16 years
Charles Anderson Wolverton R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
Charles Anderson Wolverton R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Charles Anderson Wolverton R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Charles Anderson Wolverton R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Francis Ford Patterson Jr. R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Francis Ford Patterson Jr. R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Francis Ford Patterson Jr. R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
William John Browning R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Francis Ford Patterson Jr. R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
William John Browning R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
William John Browning R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
William John Browning R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Henry Clay Loudenslager R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
William John Browning R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Henry Clay Loudenslager R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Henry Clay Loudenslager R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Henry Clay Loudenslager R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Henry Clay Loudenslager R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Henry Clay Loudenslager R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Henry Clay Loudenslager R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Henry Clay Loudenslager R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Henry Clay Loudenslager R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Henry Clay Loudenslager R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Christopher Augustus Bergen R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Christopher Augustus Bergen R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
George Hires R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
George Hires R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Thomas Merrill Ferrell D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
George Maxwell Robeson R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
George Maxwell Robeson R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Clement Hall Sinnickson R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Clement Hall Sinnickson R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
John Wright Hazelton R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
John Wright Hazelton R
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
William Moore R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1871 · 4 years
John Farson Starr R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
John Farson Starr R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
John Thompson Nixon R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
John Thompson Nixon R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Isaiah Dunn Clawson R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Isaiah Dunn Clawson IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Nathan Taylor Stratton D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Nathan Taylor Stratton D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Andrew Kessler Hay W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
James Giles Hampton W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
James Giles Hampton W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Thomas Ward R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
Lewis Condict R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
John Condit R
Dec 2, 1799 – Mar 4, 1801 · 15 months

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.