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U.S. Senate seat, New Jersey (class 2)

44 members have held this seat since Mar 4, 1789. Now: Cory A. Booker D.

Holders
44
21 R · 14 D · 3 F · 2 PA · 2 W · 1 J · 1 AJ
Longest tenure
18 years
William Warren Bradley
Current
12 years
Cory A. Booker, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/nj-sen-2Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020William Paterson · 1789-03-04 – 1791-03-04 · Pro-AdministrationFrederick Frelinghuysen · 1793-12-02 – 1797-03-04 · FederalistJonathan Dayton · 1799-12-02 – 1805-03-04 · FederalistAaron Kitchell · 1805-12-02 – 1810-01-01 · RepublicanJohn Condit · 1811-11-04 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanMahlon Dickerson · 1817-12-01 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanMahlon Dickerson · 1823-12-01 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonTheodore Frelinghuysen · 1829-12-07 – 1835-03-04 · Anti-JacksonianGarret Dorset Wall · 1835-12-07 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratJacob Welsh Miller · 1841-05-31 – 1847-03-04 · WhigJacob Welsh Miller · 1847-12-06 – 1853-03-04 · WhigWilliam Wright · 1853-12-05 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratJohn Conover Ten Eyck · 1859-12-05 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Potter Stockton · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · DemocratFrederick Theodore Frelinghuysen · 1871-03-04 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Rhoderic McPherson · 1877-10-15 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratJohn Rhoderic McPherson · 1883-12-03 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratJohn Rhoderic McPherson · 1889-12-02 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Joyce Sewell · 1895-12-02 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Fairfield Dryden · 1902-01-29 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Obadiah Briggs · 1907-12-02 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Hughes · 1913-04-07 – 1918-01-31 · DemocratDavid Baird · 1918-02-23 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanWalter Evans Edge · 1919-05-19 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanWalter Evans Edge · 1925-12-07 – 1929-11-22 · RepublicanDavid Baird Jr. · 1929-11-30 – 1930-12-03 · RepublicanDwight Whitney Morrow · 1930-12-03 – 1931-10-06 · RepublicanWilliam Warren Barbour · 1931-12-07 – 1937-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Howell Smathers · 1937-04-15 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratAlbert Wahl Hawkes · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanClifford Philip Case · 1955-01-05 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanClifford Philip Case · 1967-01-10 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Warren Bradley · 1979-01-15 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratRobert Torricelli · 1997-01-07 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratFrank R. Lautenberg · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratFrank R. Lautenberg · 2009-01-06 – 2013-06-04 · DemocratJeff Chiesa · 2013-06-10 – 2013-11-01 · RepublicanCory A. Booker · 2015-01-06 – present · DemocratPhilemon Dickinson · 1790-01-01 – 1793-03-04 · Pro-AdministrationRichard Stockton · 1796-01-01 – 1799-03-04 · FederalistJohn Condit · 1809-05-22 – 1811-03-04 · RepublicanAlexander Gilmore Cattell · 1866-01-01 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Clymer Hendrickson · 1949-01-03 – 1955-01-04 · RepublicanCory A. Booker · 2013-10-31 – 2015-01-04 · Democrat
Cory A. Booker D
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Cory A. Booker D
Oct 31, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 14 months
Jeff Chiesa R
Jun 10, 2013 – Nov 1, 2013 · 5 months
Frank R. Lautenberg D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jun 4, 2013 · 4.4 years
Frank R. Lautenberg D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Robert Torricelli D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 2003 · 6 years
William Warren Bradley D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1997 · 18 years
Clifford Philip Case R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1979 · 12 years
Clifford Philip Case R
Jan 5, 1955 – Jan 4, 1967 · 12 years
Robert Clymer Hendrickson R
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1955 · 6 years
Albert Wahl Hawkes R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
William Howell Smathers D
Apr 15, 1937 – Jan 4, 1943 · 5.7 years
William Warren Barbour R
Dec 7, 1931 – Jan 4, 1937 · 5.1 years
Dwight Whitney Morrow R
Dec 3, 1930 – Oct 6, 1931 · 10 months
David Baird Jr. R
Nov 30, 1929 – Dec 3, 1930 · 12 months
Walter Evans Edge R
Dec 7, 1925 – Nov 22, 1929 · 4 years
Walter Evans Edge R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1925 · 5.8 years
David Baird R
Feb 23, 1918 – Mar 4, 1919 · 12 months
William Hughes D
Apr 7, 1913 – Jan 31, 1918 · 4.8 years
Frank Obadiah Briggs R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1913 · 5.3 years
John Fairfield Dryden R
Jan 29, 1902 – Mar 4, 1907 · 5.1 years
William Joyce Sewell R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1901 · 5.3 years
John Rhoderic McPherson D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1895 · 5.3 years
John Rhoderic McPherson D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1889 · 5.3 years
John Rhoderic McPherson D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1883 · 5.4 years
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1877 · 6 years
Alexander Gilmore Cattell R
Jan 1, 1866 – Mar 4, 1871 · 5.2 years
John Potter Stockton D
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
John Conover Ten Eyck R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1865 · 5.2 years
William Wright D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1859 · 5.2 years
Jacob Welsh Miller W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1853 · 5.2 years
Jacob Welsh Miller W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1847 · 5.8 years
Garret Dorset Wall D
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1841 · 5.2 years
Theodore Frelinghuysen AJ
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1835 · 5.2 years
Mahlon Dickerson J
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1829 · 5.3 years
Mahlon Dickerson R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1823 · 5.3 years
John Condit R
Nov 4, 1811 – Mar 4, 1817 · 5.3 years
John Condit R
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1811 · 21 months
Aaron Kitchell R
Dec 2, 1805 – Jan 1, 1810 · 4.1 years
Jonathan Dayton F
Dec 2, 1799 – Mar 4, 1805 · 5.3 years
Richard Stockton F
Jan 1, 1796 – Mar 4, 1799 · 3.2 years
Frederick Frelinghuysen F
Dec 2, 1793 – Mar 4, 1797 · 3.3 years
Philemon Dickinson PA
Jan 1, 1790 – Mar 4, 1793 · 3.2 years
William Paterson PA
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1791 · 2 years

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