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New Jersey's 9th congressional district

37 members have held this seat since Nov 9, 1903. Now: Nellie Pou D.

Holders
37
21 D · 16 R
Longest tenure
10 years
Harry Lancaster Towe
Current
21 months
Nellie Pou, since Jan 3, 2025
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192019401960198020002020Allan Benny · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratMarshall Van Winkle · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanEugene Walter Leake · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratEugene Francis Kinkead · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratEugene Francis Kinkead · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratWalter Irving McCoy · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratRichard Wayne Parker · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Wayne Parker · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanDaniel Francis Minahan · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratRichard Wayne Parker · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanDaniel Francis Minahan · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratFranklin William Fort · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanFranklin William Fort · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanFranklin William Fort · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanPeter Angelo Cavicchia · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Aloysius Kenney · 1933-03-09 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratHarry Lancaster Towe · 1943-01-06 – 1953-01-04 · RepublicanFrank Charles Osmers Jr. · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanFrank Charles Osmers Jr. · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · RepublicanHenry Helstoski · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratHenry Helstoski · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratHenry Helstoski · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratHenry Helstoski · 1975-01-14 – 1977-01-04 · DemocratHarold Capistran Hollenbeck · 1977-01-04 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanHarold Capistran Hollenbeck · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Torricelli · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratSteven R. Rothman · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratSteven R. Rothman · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratSteven R. Rothman · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratSteven R. Rothman · 2009-01-06 – 2013-01-04 · DemocratBill Pascrell, Jr. · 2015-01-06 – 2024-08-22 · DemocratNellie Pou · 2025-01-03 – present · DemocratRichard Wayne Parker · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Charles Osmers Jr. · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanFrank Charles Osmers Jr. · 1951-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Torricelli · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratBill Pascrell, Jr. · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · Democrat
Nellie Pou D
Jan 3, 2025 – present · 21 months
Bill Pascrell, Jr. D
Jan 6, 2015 – Aug 22, 2024 · 9.6 years
Bill Pascrell, Jr. D
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
Steven R. Rothman D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2013 · 4 years
Steven R. Rothman D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Steven R. Rothman D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Steven R. Rothman D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Robert Torricelli D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
Robert Torricelli D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R
Jan 4, 1977 – Jan 4, 1979 · 2 years
Henry Helstoski D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1977 · 2 years
Henry Helstoski D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Henry Helstoski D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Henry Helstoski D
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 4, 1959 · 8 years
Harry Lancaster Towe R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1953 · 10 years
Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
Edward Aloysius Kenney D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1939 · 5.8 years
Peter Angelo Cavicchia R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Franklin William Fort R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Franklin William Fort R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Franklin William Fort R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Daniel Francis Minahan D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Richard Wayne Parker R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Daniel Francis Minahan D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Richard Wayne Parker R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Richard Wayne Parker R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Walter Irving McCoy D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Richard Wayne Parker R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Eugene Francis Kinkead D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Eugene Francis Kinkead D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Eugene Walter Leake D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Marshall Van Winkle R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Allan Benny D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months

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