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New Jersey's 5th congressional district

65 members have held this seat since Dec 2, 1799. Now: Josh Gottheimer D.

Holders
65
44 R · 14 D · 4 W · 1 F · 1 IW · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
10 years
Charles Aubrey Eaton
Current
9.8 years
Josh Gottheimer, since Jan 3, 2017
history/seat/nj-5Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Franklin Davenport · 1799-12-02 – 1801-03-04 · FederalistWilliam Wright · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · Ind. WhigWilliam Wright · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigDudley Sanford Gregory · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigJames Gore King · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigRodman McCamley Price · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratAlexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · WhigAlexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratJacob Reynier Wortendyke · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Pennington · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanNehemiah Perry · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · DemocratNehemiah Perry · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · DemocratEdwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Armstrong Halsey · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanOrestes Cleveland · 1869-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Armstrong Halsey · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Walter Phelps · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanAugustus William Cutler · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratAugustus William Cutler · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratCharles Henry Voorhis · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Hill · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Walter Phelps · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Walter Phelps · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Walter Phelps · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Dyer Beckwith · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanCornelius Andrew Cadmus · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratCornelius Andrew Cadmus · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratJames Fleming Stewart · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanJames Fleming Stewart · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanJames Fleming Stewart · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanJames Fleming Stewart · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Newell Fowler · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Newell Fowler · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Newell Fowler · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Newell Fowler · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Edgar Tuttle Jr. · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Edgar Tuttle Jr. · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratJohn Henry Capstick · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Fred Birch · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanErnest Robinson Ackerman · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanErnest Robinson Ackerman · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanErnest Robinson Ackerman · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanErnest Robinson Ackerman · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanErnest Robinson Ackerman · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanErnest Robinson Ackerman · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanErnest Robinson Ackerman · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Aubrey Eaton · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanCharles Aubrey Eaton · 1943-01-06 – 1953-01-04 · RepublicanPeter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanPeter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanPeter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanPeter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanMillicent Hammond Fenwick · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanMillicent Hammond Fenwick · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · RepublicanMarge Roukema · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanMarge Roukema · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanMarge Roukema · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanScott Garrett · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanScott Garrett · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanScott Garrett · 2015-01-06 – 2017-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Henry Capstick · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanPercy Hamilton Stewart · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratPeter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanMarge Roukema · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanJosh Gottheimer · 2017-01-03 – present · Democrat
Josh Gottheimer D
Jan 3, 2017 – present · 9.8 years
Scott Garrett R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2017 · 2 years
Scott Garrett R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Scott Garrett R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Marge Roukema R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Marge Roukema R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Marge Roukema R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
Marge Roukema R
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Millicent Hammond Fenwick R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
Millicent Hammond Fenwick R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
Charles Aubrey Eaton R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1953 · 10 years
Charles Aubrey Eaton R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
Ernest Robinson Ackerman R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Percy Hamilton Stewart D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Ernest Robinson Ackerman R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Ernest Robinson Ackerman R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Ernest Robinson Ackerman R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Ernest Robinson Ackerman R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Ernest Robinson Ackerman R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Ernest Robinson Ackerman R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
William Fred Birch R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
John Henry Capstick R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
John Henry Capstick R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
William Edgar Tuttle Jr. D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
William Edgar Tuttle Jr. D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Charles Newell Fowler R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Charles Newell Fowler R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Charles Newell Fowler R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Charles Newell Fowler R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
James Fleming Stewart R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
James Fleming Stewart R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
James Fleming Stewart R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
James Fleming Stewart R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Cornelius Andrew Cadmus D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Cornelius Andrew Cadmus D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Charles Dyer Beckwith R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
William Walter Phelps R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
William Walter Phelps R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
William Walter Phelps R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
John Hill R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Charles Henry Voorhis R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Augustus William Cutler D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Augustus William Cutler D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
William Walter Phelps R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
George Armstrong Halsey R
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Orestes Cleveland D
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1871 · 2 years
George Armstrong Halsey R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
Edwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright D
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
Nehemiah Perry D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Nehemiah Perry D
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
William Pennington R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington W
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Rodman McCamley Price D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
James Gore King W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Dudley Sanford Gregory W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
William Wright W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
William Wright IW
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Franklin Davenport F
Dec 2, 1799 – Mar 4, 1801 · 15 months

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