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New Jersey's 4th congressional district

64 members have held this seat since Dec 2, 1799. Now: Christopher H. Smith R.

Holders
64
31 D · 28 R · 3 W · 1 F · 1 ALD
Longest tenure
12 years
Christopher H. Smith
Current
12 years
Christopher H. Smith, since Jan 6, 2015
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020James Henderson Imlay · 1799-12-02 – 1801-03-04 · FederalistLittleton Kirkpatrick · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratJoseph E. Edsall · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratJohn Van Dyke · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigJohn Van Dyke · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigGeorge Houston Brown · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigGeorge Vail · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Vail · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratJohn Huyler · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratJetur Rose Riggs · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · Anti-Lecompton DemocratGeorge Thomas Cobb · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · DemocratAndrew Jackson Rogers · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · DemocratAndrew Jackson Rogers · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · DemocratJohn Hill · 1867-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Hamilton · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratRobert Hamilton · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratAlvah Augustus Clark · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratAlvah Augustus Clark · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratHenry Schenck Harris · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Franklin Howey · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanJames Nelson Pidcock · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratJames Nelson Pidcock · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Fowler · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Fowler · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJohnston Cornish · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratMahlon Pitney · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanMahlon Pitney · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanJoshua S. Salmon · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratDe Witt Clinton Flanagan · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Mershon Lanning · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanIra Wells Wood · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanIra Wells Wood · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanIra Wells Wood · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanIra Wells Wood · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanAllan Bartholomew Walsh · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratElijah Cubberley Hutchinson · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanElijah Cubberley Hutchinson · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanElijah Cubberley Hutchinson · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanElijah Cubberley Hutchinson · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Browne · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratCharles Aubrey Eaton · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanCharles Aubrey Eaton · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Aubrey Eaton · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Aubrey Eaton · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanDavid Lane Powers · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanDavid Lane Powers · 1943-01-06 – 1947-01-04 · RepublicanCharles Robert Howell · 1949-01-03 – 1955-01-04 · DemocratFrank Thompson Jr. · 1955-01-05 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratFrank Thompson Jr. · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratFrank Thompson Jr. · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratFrank Thompson Jr. · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratFrank Thompson Jr. · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratFrank Thompson Jr. · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratFrank Thompson Jr. · 1979-01-15 – 1981-01-04 · DemocratChristopher H. Smith · 1981-01-05 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanChristopher H. Smith · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanChristopher H. Smith · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanChristopher H. Smith · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanChristopher H. Smith · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanChristopher H. Smith · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanChristopher H. Smith · 2015-01-06 – present · RepublicanJoshua S. Salmon · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratIra Wells Wood · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Asbury Mathews Jr. · 1945-01-03 – 1949-01-04 · Republican
Christopher H. Smith R
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Christopher H. Smith R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Christopher H. Smith R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Christopher H. Smith R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Christopher H. Smith R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Christopher H. Smith R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
Christopher H. Smith R
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1987 · 6 years
Frank Thompson Jr. D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1981 · 2 years
Frank Thompson Jr. D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Frank Thompson Jr. D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Frank Thompson Jr. D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Frank Thompson Jr. D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Frank Thompson Jr. D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Frank Thompson Jr. D
Jan 5, 1955 – Jan 4, 1959 · 4 years
Charles Robert Howell D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1955 · 6 years
Frank Asbury Mathews Jr. R
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1949 · 4 years
David Lane Powers R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1947 · 4 years
David Lane Powers R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
Charles Aubrey Eaton R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Charles Aubrey Eaton R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Charles Aubrey Eaton R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Charles Aubrey Eaton R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Charles Browne D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Allan Bartholomew Walsh D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Ira Wells Wood R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Ira Wells Wood R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Ira Wells Wood R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Ira Wells Wood R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
William Mershon Lanning R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Ira Wells Wood R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
De Witt Clinton Flanagan D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Joshua S. Salmon D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Joshua S. Salmon D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Mahlon Pitney R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Mahlon Pitney R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Johnston Cornish D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Samuel Fowler D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Samuel Fowler D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
James Nelson Pidcock D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
James Nelson Pidcock D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Benjamin Franklin Howey R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Henry Schenck Harris D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Alvah Augustus Clark D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Alvah Augustus Clark D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Robert Hamilton D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Robert Hamilton D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
John Hill R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1873 · 6 years
Andrew Jackson Rogers D
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
Andrew Jackson Rogers D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
George Thomas Cobb D
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Jetur Rose Riggs ALD
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
John Huyler D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
George Vail D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
George Vail D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
George Houston Brown W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
John Van Dyke W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
John Van Dyke W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Joseph E. Edsall D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Littleton Kirkpatrick D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
James Henderson Imlay F
Dec 2, 1799 – Mar 4, 1801 · 15 months

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