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New Jersey's 6th congressional district

53 members have held this seat since Dec 1, 1873. Now: Frank Pallone, Jr. D.

Holders
53
31 R · 22 D
Longest tenure
12 years
Frank Pallone, Jr.
Current
12 years
Frank Pallone, Jr., since Jan 6, 2015
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18801900192019401960198020002020Marcus Lawrence Ward · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanFrederick Halstead Teese · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratThomas Baldwin Peddie · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Lauris Blake · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanPhineas Jones · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Henry Frederick Fiedler · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratHerman Lehlbach · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanHerman Lehlbach · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanHerman Lehlbach · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Dunn English · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratThomas Dunn English · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratRichard Wayne Parker · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Wayne Parker · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Wayne Parker · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Wayne Parker · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Hughes · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratHenry Crosby Allen · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Hughes · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Hughes · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Hughes · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratLewis J. Martin · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratArchibald Chapman Hart · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratJohn Rathbone Ramsey · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Rathbone Ramsey · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanRandolph Perkins · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanRandolph Perkins · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanRandolph Perkins · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanRandolph Perkins · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanRandolph Perkins · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanRandolph Perkins · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanDonald Holman McLean · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanDonald Holman McLean · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · RepublicanHarrison Arlington Williams Jr. · 1953-01-03 – 1957-01-04 · DemocratFlorence Price Dwyer · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanFlorence Price Dwyer · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Thomas Cahill · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanEdwin Bell Forsythe · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanEdwin Bell Forsythe · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanEdwin Bell Forsythe · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · RepublicanBernard James Dwyer · 1987-01-06 – 1989-01-04 · DemocratFrank Pallone, Jr. · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratFrank Pallone, Jr. · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratFrank Pallone, Jr. · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratFrank Pallone, Jr. · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratFrank Pallone, Jr. · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratFrank Pallone, Jr. · 2015-01-06 – present · DemocratArchibald Chapman Hart · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratClifford Philip Case · 1945-01-03 – 1955-01-04 · RepublicanFlorence Price Dwyer · 1957-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanEdwin Bell Forsythe · 1969-01-03 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanBernard James Dwyer · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratFrank Pallone, Jr. · 1987-01-06 – 1989-01-04 · DemocratBernard James Dwyer · 1989-01-03 – 1993-01-04 · Democrat
Frank Pallone, Jr. D
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Frank Pallone, Jr. D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Frank Pallone, Jr. D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Frank Pallone, Jr. D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Frank Pallone, Jr. D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Frank Pallone, Jr. D
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
Bernard James Dwyer D
Jan 3, 1989 – Jan 4, 1993 · 4 years
Bernard James Dwyer D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1989 · 2 years
Frank Pallone, Jr. D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1989 · 2 years
Bernard James Dwyer D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Edwin Bell Forsythe R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
Edwin Bell Forsythe R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Edwin Bell Forsythe R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Edwin Bell Forsythe R
Jan 3, 1969 – Jan 4, 1971 · 2 years
William Thomas Cahill R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Florence Price Dwyer R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Florence Price Dwyer R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Florence Price Dwyer R
Jan 3, 1957 – Jan 4, 1959 · 2 years
Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1957 · 4 years
Clifford Philip Case R
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1955 · 10 years
Donald Holman McLean R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Donald Holman McLean R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
Randolph Perkins R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Randolph Perkins R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Randolph Perkins R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Randolph Perkins R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Randolph Perkins R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Randolph Perkins R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
John Rathbone Ramsey R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
John Rathbone Ramsey R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Archibald Chapman Hart D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Lewis J. Martin D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
William Hughes D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Archibald Chapman Hart D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
William Hughes D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
William Hughes D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Henry Crosby Allen R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
William Hughes D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Richard Wayne Parker R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Richard Wayne Parker R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Richard Wayne Parker R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Richard Wayne Parker R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Thomas Dunn English D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Thomas Dunn English D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Herman Lehlbach R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Herman Lehlbach R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Herman Lehlbach R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
William Henry Frederick Fiedler D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Phineas Jones R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
John Lauris Blake R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Thomas Baldwin Peddie R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Frederick Halstead Teese D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Marcus Lawrence Ward R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months

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