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New Jersey's 2nd congressional district

70 members have held this seat since Dec 2, 1799. Now: Jefferson Van Drew D→R.

Holders
70
48 R · 16 D · 3 W · 2 F · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
12 years
Thomas Millet Hand
Current
7.8 years
Jefferson Van Drew, since Jan 3, 2019
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Aaron Kitchell · 1799-12-02 – 1801-03-04 · RepublicanJames Schureman · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · FederalistGeorge Sykes · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Sykes · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Augustus Newell · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigWilliam Augustus Newell · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigCharles Skelton · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratCharles Skelton · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Robbins Robbins · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratGeorge Robbins Robbins · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Leake Newbold Stratton · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Leake Newbold Stratton · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Middleton · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Augustus Newell · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Haight · 1867-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Carr Forker · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Atkinson Dobbins · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Atkinson Dobbins · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Howard Pugh · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanHezekiah Bradley Smith · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratJohn Hart Brewer · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Hart Brewer · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanJames Buchanan · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanJames Buchanan · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanJames Buchanan · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanJames Buchanan · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanJohn James Gardner · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanJohn James Gardner · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanJohn James Gardner · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanJohn James Gardner · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanJohn James Gardner · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanJohn James Gardner · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanJohn James Gardner · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanJohn James Gardner · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanJohn James Gardner · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanJohn James Gardner · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Thompson Baker · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratIsaac Bacharach · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanIsaac Bacharach · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanIsaac Bacharach · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanIsaac Bacharach · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanIsaac Bacharach · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanIsaac Bacharach · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanIsaac Bacharach · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanIsaac Bacharach · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanIsaac Bacharach · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanIsaac Bacharach · 1933-03-09 – 1937-01-04 · RepublicanElmer H. Wene · 1937-01-05 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratElmer H. Wene · 1941-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratElmer H. Wene · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · DemocratMilton Willits Glenn · 1957-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanMilton Willits Glenn · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanMilton Willits Glenn · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · RepublicanThomas Charles McGrath Jr. · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratCharles William Sandman Jr. · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanCharles William Sandman Jr. · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam John Hughes · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratWilliam John Hughes · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratWilliam John Hughes · 1987-01-06 – 1995-01-04 · DemocratFrank A. LoBiondo · 1995-01-04 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanFrank A. LoBiondo · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanFrank A. LoBiondo · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanFrank A. LoBiondo · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanFrank A. LoBiondo · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanFrank A. LoBiondo · 2015-01-06 – 2019-01-04 · RepublicanRichard Stockton · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · FederalistSamuel Gardiner Wright · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigWalter Sooy Jeffries · 1939-01-03 – 1941-01-04 · RepublicanThomas Millet Hand · 1945-01-03 – 1957-01-04 · RepublicanJefferson Van Drew · 2019-01-03 – present · Democrat → Republican
Jefferson Van Drew D→R
Jan 3, 2019 – present · 7.8 years
Frank A. LoBiondo R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2019 · 4 years
Frank A. LoBiondo R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Frank A. LoBiondo R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Frank A. LoBiondo R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Frank A. LoBiondo R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Frank A. LoBiondo R
Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 4, 1997 · 2 years
William John Hughes D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1995 · 8 years
William John Hughes D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
William John Hughes D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Charles William Sandman Jr. R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Charles William Sandman Jr. R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Thomas Charles McGrath Jr. D
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
Milton Willits Glenn R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
Milton Willits Glenn R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Milton Willits Glenn R
Jan 3, 1957 – Jan 4, 1959 · 2 years
Thomas Millet Hand R
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1957 · 12 years
Elmer H. Wene D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Elmer H. Wene D
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 years
Walter Sooy Jeffries R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1941 · 2 years
Elmer H. Wene D
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1939 · 2 years
Isaac Bacharach R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1937 · 3.8 years
Isaac Bacharach R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Isaac Bacharach R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Isaac Bacharach R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Isaac Bacharach R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Isaac Bacharach R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Isaac Bacharach R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Isaac Bacharach R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Isaac Bacharach R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Isaac Bacharach R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Jacob Thompson Baker D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
John James Gardner R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
John James Gardner R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
John James Gardner R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
John James Gardner R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
John James Gardner R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
John James Gardner R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
John James Gardner R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
John James Gardner R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
John James Gardner R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
John James Gardner R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
James Buchanan R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
James Buchanan R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
James Buchanan R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
James Buchanan R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
John Hart Brewer R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
John Hart Brewer R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Hezekiah Bradley Smith D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
John Howard Pugh R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Samuel Carr Forker D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Charles Haight D
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1871 · 4 years
William Augustus Newell R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
George Middleton D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
John Leake Newbold Stratton R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
John Leake Newbold Stratton R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
George Robbins Robbins R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
George Robbins Robbins IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Charles Skelton D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Charles Skelton D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
William Augustus Newell W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
William Augustus Newell W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
George Sykes D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Samuel Gardiner Wright W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
George Sykes D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
James Schureman F
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
Richard Stockton F
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
Aaron Kitchell R
Dec 2, 1799 – Mar 4, 1801 · 15 months

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