Political party strength in New Jersey
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of New Jersey:
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State General Assembly
- State delegation to the U.S. Senate
- State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
The parties are as follows: Democratic (D), Democratic-Republican (DR), Federalist (F), Independent (I), Jacksonian Democratic (J), no party, unknown, or other (N), National Republican (NR), Opposition (O), Pro-Administration (PA), Republican (R), Whig (W), and a tie or coalition within a group of elected officials.
| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral College votes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Lieutenant Governor | State Senate | General Assembly | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. House | ||
| 1776 | William Livingston (F) | Did not exist[1] | began in 1789 | |||||
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| 1789 | F Majority | F Majority | Jonathan Elmer (PA) | William Paterson (PA) | 4PA | George Washington (N)  | ||
| 1790 | Elisha Lawrence (F)[2] | F Majority | F Majority | |||||
| William Paterson (F) | ||||||||
| 1791 | F Majority | F Majority | John Rutherfurd (PA) | Philemon Dickinson (PA) | 3PA, 1I | |||
| 1792 | F Majority | DR Majority | George Washington (N) | |||||
| 1793 | Thomas Henderson (F)[2] | F Majority | DR Majority | Frederick Frelinghuysen (PA) | 5PA | |||
| Richard Howell (F) | ||||||||
| 1794 | F Majority | DR Majority | 4PA, 1I[3] | |||||
| 1795 | F Majority | DR Majority | 4F, 1I | |||||
| 1796 | F Majority | DR Majority | John Adams and Thomas Pinckney (F) | |||||
| 1797 | DR Majority | F Majority | Franklin Davenport (F) | Richard Stockton (F) | 5F | |||
| 1798 | DR Majority | DR Majority | ||||||
| 1799 | F Majority | F Majority | James Schureman (F) | Jonathan Dayton (F) | 3DR, 2F | |||
| 1800 | F Majority | F Majority | John Adams and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (F)  | |||||
| 1801 | Joseph Bloomfield (DR) | 9F, 4DR | 28F, 11DR | Aaron Ogden (F) | 5DR | |||
| 1802 | John Lambert (DR)[2] | 7F, 6DR | 24DR, 16F | |||||
| 1803 | Joseph Bloomfield (DR) | 8DR, 5F | 20F, 19DR, 1?[4] | John Condit (DR) | 6DR | |||
| 1804 | 8DR, 5F | 25DR, 14F, 1? | Thomas Jefferson and George Clinton (DR) | |||||
| 1805 | 9DR, 4F | 28DR, 12F | Aaron Kitchell (DR) | |||||
| 1806 | 8DR, 5F | 25DR, 14F, 1 Quid-R | ||||||
| 1807 | 7F, 6DR | 21DR, 19F | ||||||
| 1808 | 9DR, 4F | 25DR, 15F | James Madison and George Clinton (DR) | |||||
| 1809 | 7DR, 6F | 23DR, 17F | John Lambert (DR) | John Condit (DR) | ||||
| 1810 | 8DR, 5F | 24DR, 16F | ||||||
| 1811 | 26DR, 14F | |||||||
| 1812 | Aaron Ogden (F) | 9DR, 4F | 30DR, 10F | DeWitt Clinton and Jared Ingersoll (F) | ||||
| 1813 | William Sanford Pennington (DR) | 7F, 6DR | 23F, 17DR | 4F, 2DR | ||||
| 1814 | 7DR, 6F | 23DR, 17F | 3DR, 3F[5] | |||||
| 1815 | Mahlon Dickerson (DR) | 22DR, 18F | James J. Wilson (DR) | 6DR | ||||
| 1816 | 27DR, 15F | James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins (DR) | ||||||
| 1817 | Isaac Halstead Williamson (D) | 8DR, 5F | 23DR, 18F | Mahlon Dickerson (DR,
then Jacksonian Democratic) | ||||
| 1818 | 26DR, 16F | |||||||
| 1819 | 27DR, 16F | Samuel L. Southard (DR) | ||||||
| 1820 | 9DR, 4F | 31DR, 12F | James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins (DR) | |||||
| 1821 | 36DR, 7F | |||||||
| 1822 | 30DR, 13F | |||||||
| 1823 | 31DR, 12F | Joseph McIlvaine (DR) | ||||||
| 1824 | 8DR, 5F | 29DR, 14F | Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun (DR) | |||||
| 1825 | J Majority | J Majority | 3J, 2NR, 1I | |||||
| 1826 | J Majority | J Majority | ||||||
| 1827 | NR Majority | NR Majority | Ephraim Bateman (NR) | 3NR, 2I, 1J | ||||
| 1828 | NR Majority | NR Majority | John Quincy Adams and Richard Rush (NR) | |||||
| 1829 | Peter Dumont Vroom (D) | 9NR, 5J | 25NR, 18J | Mahlon Dickerson (J) | Theodore Frelinghuysen (NR) | 6NR | ||
| 1830 | 8J, 6NR | 28J, 15NR | ||||||
| 1831 | 10J, 4NR | 37J, 13NR | ||||||
| 1832 | Samuel L. Southard (W) | 7NR, 7J[6] | 26J, 24NR | Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren (D) | ||||
| 1833 | Elias P. Seeley (W) | 8NR, 6J | 33NR, 17J | Samuel L. Southard (W) | 6J | |||
| Peter Dumont Vroom (D) | ||||||||
| 1834 | 13D, 1NR | 41D, 9NR | ||||||
| 1835 | 8D, 6W | 28D, 21W, 1? | Garret D. Wall (J, then Democratic) | 5J, 1W | ||||
| 1836 | Philemon Dickerson (D) | 9D, 5W | 34D, 16W | William Henry Harrison and Francis Granger (W) | ||||
| 1837 | William Pennington (W) | 7D, 7W[7] | 31D, 19W | 6W | ||||
| 1838 | 10W, 6D | 35W, 18D | ||||||
| 1839 | 10W, 7D | 33W, 20D | 5D, 1W | |||||
| 1840 | William Henry Harrison and John Tyler (W) | |||||||
| 1841 | 13W, 5D | 41W, 12D | William L. Dayton (W) | Jacob W. Miller (W) | 6W | |||
| 1842 | 9D, 9W[8] | 34W, 24D | ||||||
| 1843 | Daniel Haines (D) | 10W, 8D | 32W, 26D | 4D, 1W | ||||
| 1844 | 12D, 6W | 35D, 23W | Henry Clay and Theodore Frelinghuysen (W) | |||||
| 1845 | Charles C. Stratton (W) | 13W, 6D | 40W, 18D | 4W, 1D | ||||
| 1846 | 12W, 7D | 30W, 27D, 1A | 3W, 2D | |||||
| 1847 | 40W, 18D | 4W, 1D | ||||||
| 1848 | Daniel Haines (D) | 38W, 20D | Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore (W) | |||||
| 1849 | 39W, 19D | |||||||
| 1850 | 10W, 9D | 33W, 25D | ||||||
| 1851 | George F. Fort (D) | 10D, 10W[9] | 30D, 28W | Robert F. Stockton (D) | 4D, 1W | |||
| 1852 | 13D, 7W | 45D, 15W | Franklin Pierce and William R. King (D) | |||||
| 1853 | 39D, 21W | John R. Thomson (D) | William Wright (D) | |||||
| 1854 | Rodman M. Price (D) | 40D, 20W | ||||||
| 1855 | 10D, 9W, 1A[10] | 29D, 25W, 6A[11] | 4O, 1D | |||||
| 1856 | 11D, 5W, 4A | 31D, 15A, 14W | James Buchanan and John C. Breckinridge (D) | |||||
| 1857 | William A. Newell (R) | 11D, 6O, 3A | 38D, 22R | 3D, 2R | ||||
| 1858 | 15D, 6O | 35D, 25R | ||||||
| 1859 | 13D, 8O | 36O, 24D | John C. Ten Eyck (R) | 3R, 2D | ||||
| 1860 | Charles S. Olden (R) | 12D, 8R, 1A | 30D, 28R, 2A[12] | Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin (R) - 4 Stephen A. Douglas and Herschel Vespasian Johnson (D) - 3 | ||||
| 1861 | 11R, 10D | 32D, 28R | Richard S. Field (R) | 3D, 2R | ||||
| 1862 | 10D, 10R, 1I[13] | 36D, 24R | James W. Wall (D) | |||||
| 1863 | Joel Parker (D) | 13D, 8R | 45D, 15R | William Wright (D) | 4D, 1R | |||
| 1864 | 14D, 7R | 40D, 20R | George B. McClellan and George Hunt Pendleton (D) | |||||
| 1865 | 13D, 8R | 30D, 30R[14] | John P. Stockton (D) | 3D, 2R | ||||
| 1866 | Marcus L. Ward (R) | 11R, 10D | 36R, 24D | |||||
| 1867 | 13R, 8D | 33R, 27D | Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (R) | Alexander G. Cattell (R) | 3R, 2D | |||
| 1868 | 11D, 10R | 46D, 14R | Horatio Seymour and Francis Preston Blair, Jr. (D) | |||||
| 1869 | Theodore F. Randolph (D) | 12D, 9R | 32D, 28R | John P. Stockton (D) | 3D, 2R | |||
| 1870 | 13D, 8R | 34D, 26R | ||||||
| 1871 | 12R, 9D | 34R, 26D | Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (R) | 3R, 2D | ||||
| 1872 | Joel Parker (D) | 36R, 24D | Ulysses S. Grant and Henry Wilson (R) | |||||
| 1873 | 14R, 7D | 44R, 16D | 6R, 1D | |||||
| 1874 | 32R, 28D | |||||||
| 1875 | Joseph D. Bedle (D) | 13R, 8D | 41D, 19R | Theodore F. Randolph (D) | 5D, 2R | |||
| 1876 | 12R, 9D | 37R, 23D | Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas Andrews Hendricks (D) | |||||
| 1877 | 11D, 10R | 30D, 30R[15] | John R. McPherson (D) | 4D, 3R | ||||
| 1878 | George B. McClellan (D) | 12D, 9R | 33D, 27R | |||||
| 1879 | 11R, 9D, 1I | 33R, 27D | 4R, 3D | |||||
| 1880 | 12R, 9D | 35R, 25D | Winfield Hancock and William Hayden English (D) | |||||
| 1881 | George C. Ludlow (D) | 15R, 5D, 1I | 34R, 26D | William J. Sewell (R) | 4R, 3D | |||
| 1882 | 12R, 9D | 35D, 25R | ||||||
| 1883 | ||||||||
| 1884 | Leon Abbett (D) | 34D, 26R | Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks (D) | |||||
| 1885 | 11R, 10D | 34R, 26D | ||||||
| 1886 | 13R, 8D | 31R, 29D | ||||||
| 1887 | Robert Stockton Green (D) | 12R, 9D | 32R, 28D | Rufus Blodgett (D) | 5R, 2D | |||
| 1888 | 37R, 23D | Grover Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman (D) | ||||||
| 1889 | 11D, 10R | 32D, 28R | 4R, 3D | |||||
| 1890 | Leon Abbett (D) | 11R, 10D | 37D, 23R | |||||
| 1891 | 14D, 7R | 40D, 20R | 5D, 2R | |||||
| 1892 | 16D, 5R | 42D, 18R | Grover Cleveland and Adlai E. Stevenson I (D) | |||||
| 1893 | George T. Werts (D) | 39D, 21R | James Smith, Jr. (D) | 6D, 2R | ||||
| 1894 | 11R, 10D | 39R, 21D | ||||||
| 1895 | 16R, 5D | 54R, 6D | William J. Sewell (R) | 8R | ||||
| 1896 | John W. Griggs (R)[16] | 18R, 3D | 53R, 7D | William McKinley and Garret A. Hobart (R) | ||||
| 1897 | 56R, 4D | |||||||
| 1898 | Foster M. Voorhees (R)[2] | 14R, 7D | 37R, 23D | |||||
| David Ogden Watkins (R)[2] | ||||||||
| 1899 | Foster M. Voorhees (R) | John Kean (R) | 6R, 2D | |||||
| 1900 | 43R, 17D | William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt (R) | ||||||
| 1901 | 17R, 4D | 38R, 22D | John F. Dryden (R) | |||||
| 1902 | Franklin Murphy (R) | 46R, 14D | ||||||
| 1903 | 14R, 7D | 38R, 22D | 7R, 3D | |||||
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks (R) | |||||||
| 1905 | Edward C. Stokes (R) | 46R, 14D | 9R, 1D | |||||
| 1906 | 17R, 4D | 57R, 3D | ||||||
| 1907 | 15R, 6D | 31D, 29R | Frank O. Briggs (R) | 6R, 4D | ||||
| 1908 | John Franklin Fort (R) | 14R, 7D | 40R, 20D | William Howard Taft and James S. Sherman (R) | ||||
| 1909 | 13R, 8D | 45R, 15D | 7R, 3D | |||||
| 1910 | 15R, 6D | 41R, 19D | ||||||
| 1911 | Woodrow Wilson (D)[17] | 12R, 9D | 42D, 18R | James E. Martine (D) | 7D, 3R | |||
| 1912 | 11R, 10D | 37R, 23D | Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall (D) | |||||
| 1913 | James F. Fielder (D)[2] | 12D, 9R | 52D, 8R | William Hughes (D) | 11D, 1R | |||
| Leon R. Taylor (D)[2] | ||||||||
| 1914 | James F. Fielder (D) | 11D, 10R | 37D, 23R | |||||
| 1915 | 11R, 10D | 38R, 22D | 8R, 4D | |||||
| 1916 | 13R, 8D | 40R, 20D | Charles Evans Hughes and Charles W. Fairbanks (R) | |||||
| 1917 | Walter Evans Edge[18] | 15R, 6D | 44R, 16D | Joseph S. Frelinghuysen (R) | David Baird (R) | 9R, 3D | ||
| 1918 | 46R, 17D | |||||||
| 1919 | William Nelson Runyon (R)[2] | 30R, 30D[19] | Walter Evans Edge (R) | 8R, 4D | ||||
| 1920 | Clarence E. Case (R)[2] | 33R, 27D | Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge (R) | |||||
| Edward I. Edwards (D) | ||||||||
| 1921 | 59R, 1D | 11R, 1D | ||||||
| 1922 | 16R, 5D | 45R, 15D | ||||||
| 1923 | George Sebastian Silzer (D) | 17R, 4D | 44R, 16D | Edward I. Edwards (D) | 6R, 6D | |||
| 1924 | 42R, 18D | Calvin Coolidge and Charles G. Dawes (R) | ||||||
| 1925 | 18R, 3D | 47R, 13D | 10R, 2D | |||||
| 1926 | A. Harry Moore (D) | 46R, 14D | ||||||
| 1927 | 17R, 4D | 47R, 13D | 9R, 3D | |||||
| 1928 | 18R, 3D | 46R, 14D | Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis (R) | |||||
| 1929 | Morgan Foster Larson (R) | 48R, 12D | Hamilton F. Kean (R) | David Baird, Jr. (R) | 10R, 2D | |||
| 1930 | 17R, 4D | 46R, 14D | ||||||
| 1931 | Dwight W. Morrow (R) | 8R, 4D | ||||||
| 1932 | A. Harry Moore {D}[18] | 15R, 6D | 34D, 26R | Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner (D) | ||||
| 1933 | 38R, 22D | W. Warren Barbour (R) | 10R, 4D | |||||
| 1934 | 33R, 27D | |||||||
| 1935 | Clifford Ross Powell (R)[2] | 34R, 26D | A. Harry Moore (D) | |||||
| Horace Griggs Prall (R)[2] | ||||||||
| Harold G. Hoffman (R) | ||||||||
| 1936 | 13R, 8D | 42R, 18D | Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner (D) | |||||
| 1937 | 11R, 10D | 39D, 21R | John G. Milton (D) | William H. Smathers (D) | 7R, 7D | |||
| 1938 | A. Harry Moore (D) | 13R, 8D | 41R, 19D | |||||
| 1939 | 15R, 6D | 45R, 15D | W. Warren Barbour (R) | 11R, 3D | ||||
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace (D) | |||||||
| 1941 | Charles Edison (D) | 17R, 4D | 44R, 16D | 10R, 4D | ||||
| 1942 | ||||||||
| 1943 | 18R, 3D | Arthur Walsh (D) | Albert W. Hawkes (R) | 11R, 3D | ||||
| 1944 | Walter Evans Edge (R) | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (D) | ||||||
| 1945 | 17R, 4D | 42R, 18D | H. Alexander Smith (R) | 12R, 2D | ||||
| 1946 | 41R, 19D | |||||||
| 1947 | Alfred E. Driscoll (R) | 15R, 6D | 48R, 12D | |||||
| 1948 | 17R, 4D | 45R, 15D | Thomas E. Dewey and Earl Warren (R) | |||||
| 1949 | 15R, 6D | 44R, 16D | Robert C. Hendrickson (R) | 9R, 5D | ||||
| 1950 | 14R, 7D | 38R, 22D | ||||||
| 1951 | ||||||||
| 1952 | 16R, 5D | 43R, 17D | Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon (R) | |||||
| 1953 | 8R, 6D | |||||||
| 1954 | Robert B. Meyner (D) | 17R, 4D | 40R, 20D | |||||
| 1955 | Clifford P. Case (R) | |||||||
| 1956 | 14R, 7D | Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon (R) | ||||||
| 1957 | 10R, 4D | |||||||
| 1958 | 13R, 8D | 42D, 18R | ||||||
| 1959 | Harrison A. Williams (D) | 9R, 5D | ||||||
| 1960 | 11R, 10D | 34D, 26R | John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | |||||
| 1961 | 8R, 6D | |||||||
| 1962 | Richard J. Hughes (D) | 38D, 22R | ||||||
| 1963 | 8R, 7D | |||||||
| 1964 | 15R, 6D | 33R, 27D | Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey (D) | |||||
| 1965 | 11D, 4R | |||||||
| 1966 | 19D, 10R | 41D, 19R | ||||||
| 1967 | 9D, 6R | |||||||
| 1968 | 31R, 9D | 58R, 22D | Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) | |||||
| 1969 | ||||||||
| 1970 | William T. Cahill (R) | 59R, 21D | ||||||
| 1971 | ||||||||
| 1972 | 24R, 16D | 40D, 39R, 1I[20] | Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) | |||||
| 1973 | 8D, 7R | |||||||
| 1974 | Brendan Byrne (D) | 29D, 10R, 1I | 66D, 14R | |||||
| 1975 | 12D, 3R | |||||||
| 1976 | 49D, 31R | Gerald Ford and Bob Dole (R) | ||||||
| 1977 | 11D, 4R | |||||||
| 1978 | 27D, 13R | 54D, 26R | ||||||
| 1979 | Bill Bradley (D) | 10D, 5R | ||||||
| 1980 | 26D, 14R | 44D, 36R | Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush (R) | |||||
| 1981 | 8D, 7R | |||||||
| 1982 | Thomas Kean (R) | 22D, 13R | 43D, 37R | |||||
| Nicholas F. Brady (R) | ||||||||
| 1983 | Frank Lautenberg (D) | 9D, 5R | ||||||
| 1984 | 23D, 17R | 44D, 36R | Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush (R) | |||||
| 1985 | 8D, 6R | |||||||
| 1986 | 50R, 30D | |||||||
| 1987 | ||||||||
| 1988 | 24D, 16R | 42R, 38D | George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) | |||||
| 1989 | ||||||||
| 1990 | James Florio (D) | 23D, 17R | 42D, 38R | |||||
| 1991 | ||||||||
| 1992 | 27R, 13D | 58R, 22D | Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D) | |||||
| 1993 | 7D, 6R | |||||||
| 1994 | Christine Todd Whitman (R)[21] | 24R, 16D | 53R, 27D | |||||
| 1995 | 8R, 5D | |||||||
| 1996 | 50R, 30D | Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D) | ||||||
| 1997 | Robert Torricelli (D) | 7R, 6D | ||||||
| 1998 | 48R, 32D | |||||||
| 1999 | 7D, 6R | |||||||
| 2000 | 45R, 35D | Al Gore and Joe Lieberman (D) | ||||||
| 2001 | Jon Corzine (D)[22] | |||||||
| Donald DiFrancesco (R)[23][24] | ||||||||
| 2002 | John Farmer Jr. (R)[25] | 20D, 20R[26] | 44D, 36R | |||||
| John O. Bennett (R)[23] | ||||||||
| Richard Codey (D)[23] | ||||||||
| Jim McGreevey (D)[27] | ||||||||
| 2003 | Frank Lautenberg (D) | |||||||
| 2004 | 22D, 18R | 47D, 33R | John Kerry and John Edwards (D) | |||||
| Richard Codey (D)[24][28] | ||||||||
| 2005 | ||||||||
| 2006 | Jon Corzine (D) | 49D, 31R | ||||||
| Bob Menendez (D)[29] | 6D, 6R | |||||||
| 7D, 6R | ||||||||
| 2007 | ||||||||
| 2008 | 23D, 17R | 48D, 32R | Barack Obama and Joe Biden (D) | |||||
| 2009 | 8D, 5R | |||||||
| 2010 | Chris Christie (R) | Kim Guadagno (R) | 47D, 33R | |||||
| 2011 | 24D, 16R[30] | 7D, 6R | ||||||
| 2012 | 48D, 32R | |||||||
| 2013 | 6D, 6R | |||||||
| Jeffrey Chiesa (R) | ||||||||
| Cory Booker (D) | ||||||||
| 2014 | 6R, 5D[31] | |||||||
| 2015 | 6D, 6R | |||||||
| 2016 | 52D, 28R | Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine (D) | ||||||
| 2017 | 7D, 5R | |||||||
| Year | Governor | Lieutenant Governor | State Senate | General Assembly | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. House | Electoral College votes |
| Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | ||||||
Notes
- ↑ A lieutenant governor took office for the first time on January 19, 2010. The position was created as the result of an amendment to the New Jersey State Constitution approved by voters on November 8, 2005 and effective January 17, 2006.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Acting.
- ↑ Abraham Clark, a member of the Pro-Administration Party, died September 15, 1794, and Aaron Kitchell was elected to fill his vacancy
- ↑ Elected a Federalist, William Coxe Jr., as Speaker, and the Federalists organized the chamber.
- ↑ Jacob Hufty, a Federalist, died on May 20, 1814, and was replaced by Thomas Bines, a Democratic-Republican, on November 2, 1814
- ↑ A Whig, Elias P. Seeley, was elected as Vice President of the Legislative Council.
- ↑ A Democrat, Jeptha B. Munn, was elected as Vice President of the Legislative Council with the absence of a Whig member of the Council.
- ↑ A Democrat, John Cassedy, was elected as Vice President of the Legislative Council.
- ↑ A Democrat, Silas D. Canfield, was elected as President of the Senate.
- ↑ A Democrat, William Cowper Alexander, was elected to be Senate President.
- ↑ A coalition of Whigs and Know-Nothings elected a Whig, William Parry, as Speaker, and organized the chamber.
- ↑ A Democrat, Austin H. Patterson, was elected Speaker.
- ↑ A War Democrat, Joseph T. Crowell, was elected President of the Senate with Republican support.
- ↑ After some days of discussion, a Democrat, Joseph T. Crowell, was elected Speaker.
- ↑ After several days of ballots, a Democrat, Rudolph Rabe, was elected Speaker of the Assembly.
- ↑ Resigned in order to become attorney general of the United States.
- ↑ Resigned in order to become president of the United States.
- 1 2 Resigned in order to become a United States senator.
- ↑ With the split chamber between the parties, a Republican, Arthur N. Pierson, was selected as Speaker after his name was drawn from a hat.
- ↑ Although the Democrats were the largest party, four Democrats led by David Friedland cut a deal to elect Republican Thomas Kean Speaker in exchange for leading various House committees and becoming a party of their caucus.
- ↑ Resigned to become Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
- ↑ Resigned after election as governor.
- 1 2 3 State Senate president who held the title of acting governor.
- 1 2 Per legislation signed by Codey on January 10, 2006, any acting Governor who serves for at least 6 months would officially have the title "governor." This law applied retroactively to DiFrancesco as well.
- ↑ As state attorney general, assumed the office of governor for 90 minutes while a new Senate president was being sworn in at the start of the new legislative session.
- ↑ A power-sharing agreement was negotiated, with John O. Bennett and Richard Codey running the chamber as co-Presidents. Each committee also had split party control.
- ↑ Resigned in August 2004, effective November 15, 2004.
- ↑ Became acting governor on November 15, 2004, following resignation of McGreevey.
- ↑ Initially appointed to fill vacancy.
- ↑ Appointed State Senator Tom Goodwin (R) was defeated by Assemblywoman Linda R. Greenstein (D) in a special election.
- ↑ Representative Rob Andrews, Democrat of New Jersey's 1st congressional district, resigned
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