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U.S. Senate seat, New Jersey (class 1)

50 members have held this seat since Mar 4, 1789. Now: Andy Kim D.

Holders
50
21 D · 15 R · 5 F · 4 W · 3 A · 1 PA · 1 J
Longest tenure
19 years
Robert Menendez
Current
22 months
Andy Kim, since Dec 9, 2024
history/seat/nj-sen-1Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Jonathan Elmer · 1789-03-04 – 1791-03-04 · Pro-AdministrationJohn Rutherfurd · 1791-10-24 – 1797-03-04 · FederalistJohn Rutherfurd · 1797-05-15 – 1799-03-04 · FederalistJames Schureman · 1799-12-02 – 1802-01-01 · FederalistJohn Condit · 1803-10-17 – 1809-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Lambert · 1809-05-22 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanJames Jefferson Wilson · 1815-12-04 – 1821-01-09 · RepublicanSamuel Lewis Southard · 1821-01-26 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Lewis Southard · 1821-03-06 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph McIlvaine · 1823-11-12 – 1826-08-20 · AdamsEphraim Bateman · 1826-11-09 – 1827-03-04 · AdamsEphraim Bateman · 1827-12-03 – 1829-01-13 · AdamsMahlon Dickerson · 1829-12-07 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonSamuel Lewis Southard · 1833-12-02 – 1839-03-04 · WhigSamuel Lewis Southard · 1839-12-02 – 1842-06-27 · WhigWilliam Lewis Dayton · 1845-12-01 – 1851-03-04 · WhigRobert Field Stockton · 1851-12-01 – 1854-01-01 · DemocratJohn Renshaw Thomson · 1857-12-07 – 1863-03-04 · DemocratJames Walter Wall · 1863-12-07 – 1864-01-01 · DemocratFrederick Theodore Frelinghuysen · 1866-01-01 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Potter Stockton · 1869-03-04 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratTheodore Fitz Randolph · 1875-12-06 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Joyce Sewell · 1881-12-05 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanRufus Blodgett · 1887-12-05 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJames Smith Jr. · 1893-08-07 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratJohn Kean · 1899-12-04 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Kean · 1905-12-04 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanJames Edgar Martine · 1911-04-04 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Sherman Frelinghuysen · 1917-04-02 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Irving Edwards · 1923-12-03 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratHamilton Fish Kean · 1929-04-15 – 1935-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Gerald Milton · 1938-01-18 – 1938-11-09 · DemocratWilliam Warren Barbour · 1938-11-09 – 1943-11-23 · RepublicanArthur Walsh · 1943-11-26 – 1944-12-08 · DemocratHarrison Arlington Williams Jr. · 1959-01-07 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratHarrison Arlington Williams Jr. · 1971-01-21 – 1982-03-12 · DemocratNicholas Frederick Brady · 1982-04-12 – 1982-12-28 · RepublicanJon Stevens Corzine · 2001-01-03 – 2006-01-18 · DemocratRobert Menendez · 2006-01-18 – 2024-08-21 · DemocratGeorge S. Helmy · 2024-09-09 – 2024-12-09 · DemocratAndy Kim · 2024-12-09 – present · DemocratFranklin Davenport · 1798-12-05 – 1799-03-04 · FederalistAaron Ogden · 1801-12-07 – 1803-03-04 · FederalistWilliam Lewis Dayton · 1842-01-01 – 1845-03-04 · WhigJohn Renshaw Thomson · 1853-12-05 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratRichard Stockton Field · 1862-01-01 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Wright · 1863-12-07 – 1867-03-04 · DemocratArthur Harry Moore · 1935-01-03 – 1938-01-19 · DemocratHoward Alexander Smith · 1944-12-07 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanFrank R. Lautenberg · 1982-12-27 – 2001-01-04 · Democrat
Andy Kim D
Dec 9, 2024 – present · 22 months
George S. Helmy D
Sep 9, 2024 – Dec 9, 2024 · 3 months
Robert Menendez D
Jan 18, 2006 – Aug 21, 2024 · 19 years
Jon Stevens Corzine D
Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 18, 2006 · 5 years
Frank R. Lautenberg D
Dec 27, 1982 – Jan 4, 2001 · 18 years
Nicholas Frederick Brady R
Apr 12, 1982 – Dec 28, 1982 · 9 months
Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D
Jan 21, 1971 – Mar 12, 1982 · 11 years
Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1971 · 12 years
Howard Alexander Smith R
Dec 7, 1944 – Jan 4, 1959 · 14 years
Arthur Walsh D
Nov 26, 1943 – Dec 8, 1944 · 12 months
William Warren Barbour R
Nov 9, 1938 – Nov 23, 1943 · 5 years
John Gerald Milton D
Jan 18, 1938 – Nov 9, 1938 · 10 months
Arthur Harry Moore D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 19, 1938 · 3 years
Hamilton Fish Kean R
Apr 15, 1929 – Jan 4, 1935 · 5.7 years
Edward Irving Edwards D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1929 · 5.3 years
Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1923 · 5.9 years
James Edgar Martine D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1917 · 5.9 years
John Kean R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1911 · 5.2 years
John Kean R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1905 · 5.2 years
James Smith Jr. D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1899 · 5.6 years
Rufus Blodgett D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1893 · 5.2 years
William Joyce Sewell R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1887 · 5.2 years
Theodore Fitz Randolph D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1881 · 5.2 years
John Potter Stockton D
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1875 · 6 years
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R
Jan 1, 1866 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
James Walter Wall D
Dec 7, 1863 – Jan 1, 1864 · 25 days
William Wright D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1867 · 3.2 years
Richard Stockton Field R
Jan 1, 1862 – Mar 4, 1863 · 14 months
John Renshaw Thomson D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1863 · 5.2 years
John Renshaw Thomson D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1857 · 3.2 years
Robert Field Stockton D
Dec 1, 1851 – Jan 1, 1854 · 2.1 years
William Lewis Dayton W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1851 · 5.3 years
William Lewis Dayton W
Jan 1, 1842 – Mar 4, 1845 · 3.2 years
Samuel Lewis Southard W
Dec 2, 1839 – Jun 27, 1842 · 2.6 years
Samuel Lewis Southard W
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1839 · 5.3 years
Mahlon Dickerson J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1833 · 3.2 years
Ephraim Bateman A
Dec 3, 1827 – Jan 13, 1829 · 13 months
Ephraim Bateman A
Nov 9, 1826 – Mar 4, 1827 · 4 months
Joseph McIlvaine A
Nov 12, 1823 – Aug 20, 1826 · 2.8 years
Samuel Lewis Southard R
Mar 6, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 2 years
Samuel Lewis Southard R
Jan 26, 1821 – Mar 4, 1821 · 37 days
James Jefferson Wilson R
Dec 4, 1815 – Jan 9, 1821 · 5.1 years
John Lambert R
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1815 · 5.8 years
John Condit R
Oct 17, 1803 – Mar 4, 1809 · 5.4 years
Aaron Ogden F
Dec 7, 1801 – Mar 4, 1803 · 15 months
James Schureman F
Dec 2, 1799 – Jan 1, 1802 · 2.1 years
Franklin Davenport F
Dec 5, 1798 – Mar 4, 1799 · 3 months
John Rutherfurd F
May 15, 1797 – Mar 4, 1799 · 22 months
John Rutherfurd F
Oct 24, 1791 – Mar 4, 1797 · 5.4 years
Jonathan Elmer PA
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1791 · 2 years

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