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New Jersey's 3rd congressional district

67 members have held this seat since Dec 2, 1799. Now: Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. D.

Holders
67
36 D · 26 R · 2 F · 1 W · 1 IRD · 1 ALD
Longest tenure
16 years
James Coats Auchincloss
Current
21 months
Herbert C. Conaway, Jr., since Jan 3, 2025
history/seat/nj-3Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020James Linn · 1799-12-02 – 1801-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Hufty · 1813-05-24 – 1814-05-21 · FederalistThomas Bines · 1814-10-11 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanIsaac Gray Farlee · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratJohn Runk · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigJoseph E. Edsall · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratIsaac Wildrick · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratIsaac Wildrick · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Lilly · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratJames Bishop · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratGarnett Bowditch Adrain · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratGarnett Bowditch Adrain · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · Anti-Lecompton DemocratWilliam Gaston Steele · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Gaston Steele · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · DemocratCharles Sitgreaves · 1865-12-04 – 1869-03-04 · DemocratJohn Taylor Bird · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratAmos Clark Jr. · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanMiles Ross · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratMiles Ross · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratMiles Ross · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratMiles Ross · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratJohn Kean · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Stockton Green · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratJohn Kean · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Augustus Geissenhainer · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratJacob Augustus Geissenhainer · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJacob Augustus Geissenhainer · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Franklin Howell · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Franklin Howell · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Franklin Howell · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Franklin Howell · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Franklin Howell · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Franklin Howell · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Franklin Howell · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Franklin Howell · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Joseph Scully · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratThomas Joseph Scully · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratThomas Joseph Scully · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratThomas Joseph Scully · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratThomas Joseph Scully · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratTheodore Frank Appleby · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanElmer Hendrickson Geran · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratStewart Hoffman Appleby · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanHarold Giles Hoffman · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanHarold Giles Hoffman · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Halstead Sutphin · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Halstead Sutphin · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratJames Coats Auchincloss · 1943-01-06 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanJames Coats Auchincloss · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanJames Coats Auchincloss · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · RepublicanJames John Howard · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratJames John Howard · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratJames John Howard · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratJames John Howard · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratJames John Howard · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratJames John Howard · 1987-01-06 – 1989-01-04 · DemocratH. James Saxton · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanH. James Saxton · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanH. James Saxton · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanH. James Saxton · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanJohn H. Adler · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · DemocratJon Runyan · 2011-01-05 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanThomas MacArthur · 2015-01-06 – 2019-01-04 · RepublicanHerbert C. Conaway, Jr. · 2025-01-03 – present · DemocratWilliam Coxe Jr. · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · FederalistFrank Pallone, Jr. · 1989-01-03 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratAndy Kim · 2019-01-03 – 2024-12-09 · Democrat
Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. D
Jan 3, 2025 – present · 21 months
Andy Kim D
Jan 3, 2019 – Dec 9, 2024 · 5.9 years
Thomas MacArthur R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2019 · 4 years
Jon Runyan R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2015 · 4 years
John H. Adler D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
H. James Saxton R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
H. James Saxton R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
H. James Saxton R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
H. James Saxton R
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
Frank Pallone, Jr. D
Jan 3, 1989 – Jan 4, 1993 · 4 years
James John Howard D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1989 · 2 years
James John Howard D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
James John Howard D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
James John Howard D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
James John Howard D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
James John Howard D
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
James Coats Auchincloss R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
James Coats Auchincloss R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
James Coats Auchincloss R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1959 · 16 years
William Halstead Sutphin D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
William Halstead Sutphin D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Harold Giles Hoffman R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Harold Giles Hoffman R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Stewart Hoffman Appleby R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Elmer Hendrickson Geran D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Theodore Frank Appleby R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Thomas Joseph Scully D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Thomas Joseph Scully D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Thomas Joseph Scully D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Thomas Joseph Scully D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Thomas Joseph Scully D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Benjamin Franklin Howell R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Benjamin Franklin Howell R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Benjamin Franklin Howell R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Benjamin Franklin Howell R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Benjamin Franklin Howell R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Benjamin Franklin Howell R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Benjamin Franklin Howell R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Benjamin Franklin Howell R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
John Kean R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Robert Stockton Green D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
John Kean R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Miles Ross D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Miles Ross D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Miles Ross D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Miles Ross D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Amos Clark Jr. R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
John Taylor Bird D
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
Charles Sitgreaves D
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
William Gaston Steele D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
William Gaston Steele D
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Garnett Bowditch Adrain ALD
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Garnett Bowditch Adrain D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
James Bishop IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Samuel Lilly D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Isaac Wildrick D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Isaac Wildrick D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Joseph E. Edsall D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
John Runk W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Isaac Gray Farlee D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Thomas Bines R
Oct 11, 1814 – Mar 4, 1815 · 5 months
Jacob Hufty F
May 24, 1813 – May 21, 1814 · 12 months
William Coxe Jr. F
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
James Linn R
Dec 2, 1799 – Mar 4, 1801 · 15 months

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