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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:

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

1776–2009

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YearExecutive officeState LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoral votes
GovernorSenateAssemblySenator (Class I)Senator (Class II)House
1776William Livingston (F)began in 1789
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1788
1789F majorityF majorityJonathan Elmer (PA)William Paterson (PA)4PAGeorge Washington (I) Y
1790Elisha Lawrence (F)[a]F majorityF majority
William Paterson (F)
1791F majorityF majorityJohn Rutherfurd (PA)Philemon Dickinson (PA)3PA, 1I
1792F majorityDR majority
1793Thomas Henderson (F)[a]F majorityDR majorityFrederick Frelinghuysen (PA)5PA
Richard Howell (F)
1794F majorityDR majority4PA, 1I[b]
1795F majorityDR majorityJohn Rutherfurd (F)Frederick Frelinghuysen (F)4F, 1I
1796F majorityDR majorityJohn Adams/
Thomas Pinckney (F) Y
1797DR majorityF majorityFranklin Davenport (F)Richard Stockton (F)5F
1798DR majorityDR majority
1799F majorityF majorityJames Schureman (F)Jonathan Dayton (F)3DR, 2F
1800F majorityF majorityJohn Adams/
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (F) N
1801Joseph Bloomfield (DR)9F, 4DR28F, 11DRAaron Ogden (F)5DR
1802John Lambert (DR)[a]7F, 6DR24DR, 16F
1803Joseph Bloomfield (DR)8DR, 5F20F, 19DR, 1?[c]John Condit (DR)6DR
18048DR, 5F25DR, 14F, 1?Thomas Jefferson/
George Clinton (DR) Y
18059DR, 4F28DR, 12FAaron Kitchell (DR)
18068DR, 5F25DR, 14F, 1OR
18077F, 6DR21DR, 19F
18089DR, 4F25DR, 15FJames Madison/
George Clinton (DR) Y
18097DR, 6F23DR, 17FJohn Lambert (DR)John Condit (DR)
18108DR, 5F24DR, 16F
181126DR, 14F
1812Aaron Ogden (F)9DR, 4F30DR, 10FDeWitt Clinton/
Jared Ingersoll (F) N
1813William Sanford Pennington (DR)7F, 6DR23F, 17DR4F, 2DR
18147DR, 6F23DR, 17F3DR, 3F[d]
1815Mahlon Dickerson (DR)22DR, 18FJames J. Wilson (DR)6DR
181627DR, 15FJames Monroe/
Daniel D. Tompkins (DR) Y
1817Isaac Halstead Williamson (D)8DR, 5F23DR, 18FMahlon Dickerson (DR)
181826DR, 16F
181927DR, 16FSamuel L. Southard (DR)
18209DR, 4F31DR, 12F
182136DR, 7F
182230DR, 13F
182331DR, 12FJoseph McIlvaine (DR)
18248DR, 5F29DR, 14FAndrew Jackson/
John C. Calhoun (DR) N
1825J majorityJ majorityJoseph McIlvaine (NR)Mahlon Dickerson (J)3J, 2NR, 1I
1826J majorityJ majority
1827NR majorityNR majorityEphraim Bateman (NR)3NR, 2I, 1J
1828NR majorityNR majorityJohn Quincy Adams/
Richard Rush (NR) N
1829Peter Dumont Vroom (D)9NR, 5J25NR, 18JMahlon Dickerson (J)Theodore Frelinghuysen (NR)6NR
18308J, 6NR28J, 15NR
183110J, 4NR37J, 13NR
1832Samuel L. Southard (W)7NR, 7J[e]26J, 24NRAndrew Jackson/
Martin Van Buren (D) Y
1833Elias P. Seeley (W)8NR, 6J33NR, 17JSamuel L. Southard (NR)6J
Peter Dumont Vroom (D)
183413D, 1NR41D, 9NR
18358D, 6W28D, 21W, 1?Garret D. Wall (J)5J, 1W
1836Philemon Dickerson (D)9D, 5W34D, 16WWilliam Henry Harrison/
Francis Granger (W) N
1837William Pennington (W)7D, 7W[f]31D, 19WSamuel L. Southard (W)Garret D. Wall (D)6W
183810W, 6D35W, 18D
183910W, 7D33W, 20D5D, 1W
1840William Henry Harrison/
John Tyler (W) Y
184113W, 5D41W, 12DWilliam L. Dayton (W)Jacob W. Miller (W)6W
18429D, 9W[g]34W, 24D
1843Daniel Haines (D)10W, 8D32W, 26D4D, 1W
184412D, 6W35D, 23WHenry Clay/
Theodore Frelinghuysen (W) N
1845Charles C. Stratton (W)13W, 6D40W, 18D4W, 1D
184612W, 7D30W, 27D, 1A3W, 2D
184740W, 18D4W, 1D
1848Daniel Haines (D)38W, 20DZachary Taylor/
Millard Fillmore (W) Y
184939W, 19D
185010W, 9D33W, 25D
1851George F. Fort (D)10D, 10W[h]30D, 28WRobert F. Stockton (D)4D, 1W
185213D, 7W45D, 15WFranklin Pierce/
William R. King (D) Y
185339D, 21WJohn Renshaw Thomson (D)William Wright (D)
1854Rodman M. Price (D)40D, 20W
185510D, 9W, 1KN[i]29D, 25W, 6KN[j]4O, 1D
185611D, 5W, 4KN31D, 15KN, 14WJames Buchanan/
John C. Breckinridge (D) Y
1857William A. Newell (R)11D, 6O, 3KN38D, 22R3D, 2R
185815D, 6O35D, 25R
185913D, 8O36O, 24DJohn C. Ten Eyck (R)3R, 2D
1860Charles Smith Olden (R)12D, 8R, 1KN30D, 28R, 2KN[k]4 – Abraham Lincoln/
Hannibal Hamlin (R) Y
3 – Stephen A. Douglas/
Herschel V. Johnson (D) N
186111R, 10D32D, 28RRichard Stockton Field (R)3D, 2R
186210D, 10R, 1I[l]36D, 24RJames Walter Wall (D)
1863Joel Parker (D)13D, 8R45D, 15RWilliam Wright (D)4D, 1R
186414D, 7R40D, 20RGeorge B. McClellan/
George H. Pendleton (D) N
186513D, 8R30D, 30R[m]John P. Stockton (D)3D, 2R
1866Marcus Lawrence Ward (R)11R, 10D36R, 24D
186713R, 8D33R, 27DFrederick T. Frelinghuysen (R)Alexander G. Cattell (R)3R, 2D
186811D, 10R46D, 14RHoratio Seymour/
Francis Preston Blair Jr. (D) N
1869Theodore F. Randolph (D)12D, 9R32D, 28RJohn P. Stockton (D)3D, 2R
187013D, 8R34D, 26R
187112R, 9D34R, 26DFrederick T. Frelinghuysen (R)3R, 2D
1872Joel Parker (D)36R, 24DUlysses S. Grant/
Henry Wilson (R) Y
187314R, 7D44R, 16D6R, 1D
187432R, 28D
1875Joseph D. Bedle (D)13R, 8D41D, 19RTheodore F. Randolph (D)5D, 2R
187612R, 9D37R, 23DSamuel J. Tilden/
Thomas A. Hendricks (D) N
187711D, 10R30D, 30R[n]John R. McPherson (D)4D, 3R
1878George B. McClellan (D)12D, 9R33D, 27R
187911R, 9D, 1I33R, 27D4R, 3D
188012R, 9D35R, 25DWinfield Scott Hancock/
William Hayden English (D) N
1881George C. Ludlow (D)15R, 5D, 1I34R, 26DWilliam J. Sewell (R)4R, 3D
188212R, 9D35D, 25R
1883
1884Leon Abbett (D)34D, 26RGrover Cleveland/
Thomas A. Hendricks (D) Y
188511R, 10D34R, 26D
188613R, 8D31R, 29D
1887Robert S. Green (D)12R, 9D32R, 28DRufus Blodgett (D)5R, 2D
188837R, 23DGrover Cleveland/
Allen G. Thurman (D) N
188911D, 10R32D, 28R4R, 3D
1890Leon Abbett (D)11R, 10D37D, 23R
189114D, 7R40D, 20R5D, 2R
189216D, 5R42D, 18RGrover Cleveland/
Adlai Stevenson I (D) Y
1893George Theodore Werts (D)39D, 21RJames Smith Jr. (D)6D, 2R
189411R, 10D39R, 21D
189516R, 5D54R, 6DWilliam J. Sewell (R)8R
1896John W. Griggs (R)[o]18R, 3D53R, 7DWilliam McKinley/
Garret Hobart (R) Y
189756R, 4D
1898Foster McGowan Voorhees (R)[a]14R, 7D37R, 23D
David Ogden Watkins (R)[a]
1899Foster McGowan Voorhees (R)John Kean (R)6R, 2D
190043R, 17DWilliam McKinley/
Theodore Roosevelt (R) Y
190117R, 4D38R, 22DJohn F. Dryden (R)
1902Franklin Murphy (R)46R, 14D
190314R, 7D38R, 22D7R, 3D
1904Theodore Roosevelt/
Charles W. Fairbanks (R) Y
1905Edward C. Stokes (R)46R, 14D9R, 1D
190617R, 4D57R, 3D
190715R, 6D31D, 29RFrank O. Briggs (R)6R, 4D
1908John Franklin Fort (R)14R, 7D40R, 20DWilliam Howard Taft/
James S. Sherman (R) Y
190913R, 8D45R, 15D7R, 3D
191015R, 6D41R, 19D
1911Woodrow Wilson (D)[p]12R, 9D42D, 18RJames E. Martine (D)7D, 3R
191211R, 10D37R, 23DWoodrow Wilson/
Thomas R. Marshall (D) Y
1913James Fairman Fielder (D)[a]12D, 9R52D, 8RWilliam Hughes (D)11D, 1R
Leon Rutherford Taylor (D)[a]
1914James Fairman Fielder (D)11D, 10R37D, 23R
191511R, 10D38R, 22D8R, 4D
191613R, 8D40R, 20DCharles Evans Hughes/
Charles W. Fairbanks (R) N
1917Walter E. Edge[q]15R, 6D44R, 16DJoseph S. Frelinghuysen Sr. (R)David Baird Sr. (R)9R, 3D
191846R, 17D
1919William Nelson Runyon (R)[a]30R, 30D[r]Walter E. Edge (R)8R, 4D
1920Clarence E. Case (R)[a]33R, 27DWarren G. Harding/
Calvin Coolidge (R) Y
Edward I. Edwards (D)
192159R, 1D11R, 1D
192216R, 5D45R, 15D
1923George Sebastian Silzer (D)17R, 4D44R, 16DEdward I. Edwards (D)6R, 6D
192442R, 18DCalvin Coolidge/
Charles G. Dawes (R) Y
192518R, 3D47R, 13D10R, 2D
1926A. Harry Moore (D)46R, 14D
192717R, 4D47R, 13D9R, 3D
192818R, 3D46R, 14DHerbert Hoover/
Charles Curtis (R) Y
1929Morgan Foster Larson (R)48R, 12DHamilton F. Kean (R)David Baird Jr. (R)10R, 2D
193017R, 4D46R, 14D
1931Dwight Morrow (R)8R, 4D
1932A. Harry Moore (D)[q]15R, 6D34D, 26RFranklin D. Roosevelt/
John Nance Garner (D) Y
193338R, 22DW. Warren Barbour (R)10R, 4D
193433R, 27D
1935Clifford Ross Powell (R)[a]34R, 26DA. Harry Moore (D)
Horace Griggs Prall (R)[a]
Harold G. Hoffman (R)
193613R, 8D42R, 18D
193711R, 10D39D, 21RJohn Milton (D)William H. Smathers (D)7R, 7D
1938A. Harry Moore (D)13R, 8D41R, 19D
193915R, 6D45R, 15DW. Warren Barbour (R)11R, 3D
1940Franklin D. Roosevelt/
Henry A. Wallace (D) Y
1941Charles Edison (D)17R, 4D44R, 16D10R, 4D
1942
194318R, 3DArthur Walsh (D)Albert W. Hawkes (R)11R, 3D
1944Walter E. Edge (R)Franklin D. Roosevelt/
Harry S. Truman (D) Y
194517R, 4D42R, 18DH. Alexander Smith (R)12R, 2D
194641R, 19D
1947Alfred E. Driscoll (R)15R, 6D48R, 12D
194817R, 4D45R, 15DThomas E. Dewey/
Earl Warren (R) N
194915R, 6D44R, 16DRobert C. Hendrickson (R)9R, 5D
195014R, 7D38R, 22D
1951
195216R, 5D43R, 17DDwight D. Eisenhower/
Richard Nixon (R) Y
19538R, 6D
1954Robert B. Meyner (D)17R, 4D40R, 20D
1955Clifford P. Case (R)
195614R, 7D
195710R, 4D
195813R, 8D42D, 18R
1959Harrison A. Williams (D)9R, 5D
196011R, 10D34D, 26RJohn F. Kennedy/
Lyndon B. Johnson (D) Y
19618R, 6D
1962Richard J. Hughes (D)38D, 22R
19638R, 7D
196415R, 6D33R, 27DLyndon B. Johnson/
Hubert Humphrey (D) Y
196511D, 4R
196619D, 10R41D, 19R
19679D, 6R
196831R, 9D58R, 22DRichard Nixon/
Spiro Agnew (R) Y
1969
1970William T. Cahill (R)59R, 21D
1971
197224R, 16D40D, 39R, 1I[s]
19738D, 7R
1974Brendan Byrne (D)29D, 10R, 1I66D, 14R
197512D, 3R
197649D, 31RGerald Ford/
Bob Dole (R) N
197711D, 4R
197827D, 13R54D, 26R
1979Bill Bradley (D)10D, 5R
198026D, 14R44D, 36RRonald Reagan/
George H. W. Bush (R) Y
19818D, 7R
1982Thomas Kean (R)22D, 13R43D, 37R
Nicholas F. Brady (R)
1983Frank Lautenberg (D)9D, 5R
198423D, 17R44D, 36R
19858D, 6R
198650R, 30D
1987
198824D, 16R42R, 38DGeorge H. W. Bush/
Dan Quayle (R) Y
1989
1990James Florio (D)23D, 17R42D, 38R
1991
199227R, 13D58R, 22DBill Clinton/
Al Gore (D) Y
19937D, 6R
1994Christine Todd Whitman (R)[t]24R, 16D53R, 27D
19958R, 5D
199650R, 30D
1997Robert Torricelli (D)7R, 6D
199848R, 32D
19997D, 6R
200045R, 35DAl Gore/
Joe Lieberman (D) N
2001Jon Corzine (D)[u]
Donald DiFrancesco (R)[v][w]
2002Various[x]20D, 20R[y]44D, 36R
Jim McGreevey (D)[z]
2003Frank Lautenberg (D)
200422D, 18R47D, 33RJohn Kerry/
John Edwards (D) N
Richard Codey (D)[aa][w]
2005
2006Jon Corzine (D)49D, 31RBob Menendez (D)[ab]6D, 6R
7D, 6R
2007
200823D, 17R48D, 32RBarack Obama/
Joe Biden (D) Y
20098D, 5R

2010–present

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YearExecutive officesState LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoral votes
GovernorLt. GovernorSenateAssemblySenator (Class I)Senator (Class II)House
2010Chris Christie (R)Kim Guadagno (R)[ac][ad]23D, 17R47D, 33RBob Menendez (D)Frank Lautenberg (D)8D, 5RBarack Obama/
Joe Biden (D) Y
201124D, 16R[ae]7D, 6R
201248D, 32R
20136D, 6R
Jeffrey Chiesa (R)[ab]
Cory Booker (D)
20146R, 5D[af]
20156D, 6R
201652D, 28RHillary Clinton/
Tim Kaine (D) N
20177D, 5R
2018Phil Murphy (D)Sheila Oliver (D)[ac][ag][ah]25D, 15R54D, 26R
201911D, 1R
26D, 14R[ai]
202025D, 15R52D, 28R10D, 2R[aj]Joe Biden/
Kamala Harris (D) Y
2021
202224D, 16R46D, 34R
202325D, 15R[ak]9D, 3R
Tahesha Way (D)[ab][ac][al]
202452D, 28R[to be determined]
Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials
Alaskan Independence (AKIP)
American (Know Nothing) (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Covenant (Cov)
Democratic (D)
Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' Rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Pro-Administration (PA)
Free Soil (FS)
Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Independent Democrat (ID)
Independent Republican (IR)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)
Libertarian (L)
National Union (NU)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Democratic–Nonpartisan
League (D-NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Union (U)
Unconditional Union (UU)
Vermont Progressive (VP)
Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Acting.
  2. ^ Abraham Clark, a member of the Pro-Administration Party, died September 15, 1794, and Aaron Kitchell was elected to fill his vacancy.
  3. ^ A Federalist, William Coxe Jr., was elected Speaker, and the Federalists organized the chamber.
  4. ^ Jacob Hufty, a Federalist, died on May 20, 1814, and was replaced by Thomas Bines, a Democratic-Republican, on November 2, 1814.
  5. ^ A Whig, Elias P. Seeley, was elected as Vice President of the Legislative Council.
  6. ^ A Democrat, Jeptha B. Munn, was elected as Vice President of the Legislative Council with the absence of a Whig member of the Council.[1]
  7. ^ A Democrat, John Cassedy, was elected as Vice President of the Legislative Council.
  8. ^ A Democrat, Silas D. Canfield, was elected as President of the Senate.
  9. ^ A Democrat, William Cowper Alexander, was elected to be Senate President.
  10. ^ A coalition of Whigs and Know-Nothings elected a Whig, William Parry, as Speaker, and organized the chamber.
  11. ^ A Democrat, Austin H. Patterson, was elected Speaker.
  12. ^ A War Democrat, Joseph T. Crowell, was elected President of the Senate with Republican support.[2]
  13. ^ After some days of discussion, a Democrat, Joseph T. Crowell, was elected Speaker.[3]
  14. ^ After several days of ballots, a Democrat, Rudolph Rabe, was elected Speaker of the Assembly.[4]
  15. ^ Resigned in order to become United States Attorney General.
  16. ^ Resigned in order to become President of the United States.
  17. ^ a b Resigned in order to become a United States senator.
  18. ^ With the split chamber between the parties, a Republican, Arthur N. Pierson, was selected as Speaker after his name was drawn from a hat.[5]
  19. ^ 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 part of their caucus.[6]
  20. ^ Resigned to become Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  21. ^ Resigned after election as governor.
  22. ^ State Senate president who held the title of acting governor.
  23. ^ a b 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.
  24. ^ From January 8 to January 15, 2002, four men served as Acting Governor. Upon the resignation of Acting Gov. Donald DiFrancesco (R) and before the swearing in of the General Assembly, Attorney General John Farmer Jr. (R) served as Acting Governor for approximately 90 minutes. Upon the swearing of the General Assembly, Robert E. Littell (R), the longest-serving member of the State Senate, assumed the title of President of the Senate (and therefore Acting Governor) for just a few minutes before swearing in the Co-Presidents of the New Jersey Senate, John O. Bennett (R) and Richard Codey (D), who agreed to split the remaining time in Todd Whitman's term evenly, each serving as Acting Governor for three and a half days.
  25. ^ 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.
  26. ^ Resigned in August 2004, effective November 15, 2004.
  27. ^ Became acting governor on November 15, 2004, following resignation of McGreevey.
  28. ^ a b c Appointed to fill a vacancy.
  29. ^ a b c The New Jersey Constitution requires that the Lieutenant Governor also serve as the head of a Cabinet-level department or administrative agency (excepting Attorney General)
  30. ^ Lt. Gov. Guadagno served as the Secretary of State.
  31. ^ Appointed State Senator Tom Goodwin (R) was defeated by Assemblywoman Linda R. Greenstein (D) in a special election.
  32. ^ Representative Rob Andrews, Democrat of New Jersey's 1st congressional district, resigned.
  33. ^ Lt. Gov. Oliver served as the Commissioner of Community Affairs.
  34. ^ Died in office
  35. ^ Republican Senator Dawn Addiego switched to the Democratic Party.
  36. ^ Democratic Representative Jeff Van Drew switched to the Republican Party.
  37. ^ Republican Senator Samuel D. Thompson switched to the Democratic Party.
  38. ^ Lt. Gov. Way serves as Secretary of State

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Niles, Hezekiah, ed. (1837). Niles' Weekly Register. p. 129.
  2. ^ Gillette, William (1995). Jersey blue : Civil War politics in New Jersey, 1854-1865. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press. p. 180. ISBN 9780813526942.
  3. ^ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey. J.A. Fitzgerald. 1910. p. 412.
  4. ^ Mowbray, Jay Henry (1898). Representative Men of New York: A Record of Their Achievements. New York Press. p. 146.
  5. ^ "ARTHUR PIERSON, EX-LEGISLATOR, 89; Former Jersey State Senator and Assemblyman Dies-- an Expert on Finance". The New York Times. 1957-03-09.
  6. ^ "The amazing story of David Friedland". Observer. 2009-02-26.
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