Political party strength in New Jersey
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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.
1776–2009
[edit]| Year | Executive office | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral votes | |||
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| Governor | Senate | Assembly | Senator (Class I) | Senator (Class II) | House | ||
| 1776 | William Livingston (F) | began in 1789 | |||||
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| 1788 | |||||||
| 1789 | F majority | F majority | Jonathan Elmer (PA) | William Paterson (PA) | 4PA | George Washington (I) 
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| 1790 | Elisha Lawrence (F)[a] | 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 | |||||
| 1793 | Thomas Henderson (F)[a] | F majority | DR majority | Frederick Frelinghuysen (PA) | 5PA | ||
| Richard Howell (F) | |||||||
| 1794 | F majority | DR majority | 4PA, 1I[b] | ||||
| 1795 | F majority | DR majority | John Rutherfurd (F) | Frederick Frelinghuysen (F) | 4F, 1I | ||
| 1796 | F majority | DR majority | John Adams/ Thomas Pinckney (F)
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| 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/ Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (F) 
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| 1801 | Joseph Bloomfield (DR) | 9F, 4DR | 28F, 11DR | Aaron Ogden (F) | 5DR | ||
| 1802 | John Lambert (DR)[a] | 7F, 6DR | 24DR, 16F | ||||
| 1803 | Joseph Bloomfield (DR) | 8DR, 5F | 20F, 19DR, 1?[c] | John Condit (DR) | 6DR | ||
| 1804 | 8DR, 5F | 25DR, 14F, 1? | Thomas Jefferson/ George Clinton (DR)
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| 1805 | 9DR, 4F | 28DR, 12F | Aaron Kitchell (DR) | ||||
| 1806 | 8DR, 5F | 25DR, 14F, 1OR | |||||
| 1807 | 7F, 6DR | 21DR, 19F | |||||
| 1808 | 9DR, 4F | 25DR, 15F | James Madison/ George Clinton (DR)
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| 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/ Jared Ingersoll (F)
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| 1813 | William Sanford Pennington (DR) | 7F, 6DR | 23F, 17DR | 4F, 2DR | |||
| 1814 | 7DR, 6F | 23DR, 17F | 3DR, 3F[d] | ||||
| 1815 | Mahlon Dickerson (DR) | 22DR, 18F | James J. Wilson (DR) | 6DR | |||
| 1816 | 27DR, 15F | James Monroe/ Daniel D. Tompkins (DR)
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| 1817 | Isaac Halstead Williamson (D) | 8DR, 5F | 23DR, 18F | Mahlon Dickerson (DR) | |||
| 1818 | 26DR, 16F | ||||||
| 1819 | 27DR, 16F | Samuel L. Southard (DR) | |||||
| 1820 | 9DR, 4F | 31DR, 12F | |||||
| 1821 | 36DR, 7F | ||||||
| 1822 | 30DR, 13F | ||||||
| 1823 | 31DR, 12F | Joseph McIlvaine (DR) | |||||
| 1824 | 8DR, 5F | 29DR, 14F | Andrew Jackson/ John C. Calhoun (DR)
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| 1825 | J majority | J majority | Joseph McIlvaine (NR) | Mahlon Dickerson (J) | 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/ Richard Rush (NR)
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| 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[e] | 26J, 24NR | Andrew Jackson/ Martin Van Buren (D)
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| 1833 | Elias P. Seeley (W) | 8NR, 6J | 33NR, 17J | Samuel L. Southard (NR) | 6J | ||
| Peter Dumont Vroom (D) | |||||||
| 1834 | 13D, 1NR | 41D, 9NR | |||||
| 1835 | 8D, 6W | 28D, 21W, 1? | Garret D. Wall (J) | 5J, 1W | |||
| 1836 | Philemon Dickerson (D) | 9D, 5W | 34D, 16W | William Henry Harrison/ Francis Granger (W)
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| 1837 | William Pennington (W) | 7D, 7W[f] | 31D, 19W | Samuel L. Southard (W) | Garret D. Wall (D) | 6W | |
| 1838 | 10W, 6D | 35W, 18D | |||||
| 1839 | 10W, 7D | 33W, 20D | 5D, 1W | ||||
| 1840 | William Henry Harrison/ John Tyler (W)
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| 1841 | 13W, 5D | 41W, 12D | William L. Dayton (W) | Jacob W. Miller (W) | 6W | ||
| 1842 | 9D, 9W[g] | 34W, 24D | |||||
| 1843 | Daniel Haines (D) | 10W, 8D | 32W, 26D | 4D, 1W | |||
| 1844 | 12D, 6W | 35D, 23W | Henry Clay/ Theodore Frelinghuysen (W)
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| 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/ Millard Fillmore (W)
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| 1849 | 39W, 19D | ||||||
| 1850 | 10W, 9D | 33W, 25D | |||||
| 1851 | George F. Fort (D) | 10D, 10W[h] | 30D, 28W | Robert F. Stockton (D) | 4D, 1W | ||
| 1852 | 13D, 7W | 45D, 15W | Franklin Pierce/ William R. King (D)
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| 1853 | 39D, 21W | John Renshaw Thomson (D) | William Wright (D) | ||||
| 1854 | Rodman M. Price (D) | 40D, 20W | |||||
| 1855 | 10D, 9W, 1KN[i] | 29D, 25W, 6KN[j] | 4O, 1D | ||||
| 1856 | 11D, 5W, 4KN | 31D, 15KN, 14W | James Buchanan/ John C. Breckinridge (D)
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| 1857 | William A. Newell (R) | 11D, 6O, 3KN | 38D, 22R | 3D, 2R | |||
| 1858 | 15D, 6O | 35D, 25R | |||||
| 1859 | 13D, 8O | 36O, 24D | John C. Ten Eyck (R) | 3R, 2D | |||
| 1860 | Charles Smith Olden (R) | 12D, 8R, 1KN | 30D, 28R, 2KN[k] | 4 – Abraham Lincoln/ Hannibal Hamlin (R) 3 – Stephen A. Douglas/ Herschel V. Johnson (D)
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| 1861 | 11R, 10D | 32D, 28R | Richard Stockton Field (R) | 3D, 2R | |||
| 1862 | 10D, 10R, 1I[l] | 36D, 24R | James Walter Wall (D) | ||||
| 1863 | Joel Parker (D) | 13D, 8R | 45D, 15R | William Wright (D) | 4D, 1R | ||
| 1864 | 14D, 7R | 40D, 20R | George B. McClellan/ George H. Pendleton (D)
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| 1865 | 13D, 8R | 30D, 30R[m] | John P. Stockton (D) | 3D, 2R | |||
| 1866 | Marcus Lawrence 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/ Francis Preston Blair Jr. (D)
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| 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/ Henry Wilson (R)
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| 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/ Thomas A. Hendricks (D)
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| 1877 | 11D, 10R | 30D, 30R[n] | 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 Scott Hancock/ William Hayden English (D)
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| 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/ Thomas A. Hendricks (D)
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| 1885 | 11R, 10D | 34R, 26D | |||||
| 1886 | 13R, 8D | 31R, 29D | |||||
| 1887 | Robert S. Green (D) | 12R, 9D | 32R, 28D | Rufus Blodgett (D) | 5R, 2D | ||
| 1888 | 37R, 23D | Grover Cleveland/ Allen G. Thurman (D)
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| 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/ Adlai Stevenson I (D)
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| 1893 | George Theodore 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)[o] | 18R, 3D | 53R, 7D | William McKinley/ Garret Hobart (R)
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| 1897 | 56R, 4D | ||||||
| 1898 | Foster McGowan Voorhees (R)[a] | 14R, 7D | 37R, 23D | ||||
| David Ogden Watkins (R)[a] | |||||||
| 1899 | Foster McGowan Voorhees (R) | John Kean (R) | 6R, 2D | ||||
| 1900 | 43R, 17D | William McKinley/ Theodore Roosevelt (R)
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| 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/ Charles W. Fairbanks (R)
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| 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/ James S. Sherman (R)
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| 1909 | 13R, 8D | 45R, 15D | 7R, 3D | ||||
| 1910 | 15R, 6D | 41R, 19D | |||||
| 1911 | Woodrow Wilson (D)[p] | 12R, 9D | 42D, 18R | James E. Martine (D) | 7D, 3R | ||
| 1912 | 11R, 10D | 37R, 23D | Woodrow Wilson/ Thomas R. Marshall (D)
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| 1913 | James Fairman Fielder (D)[a] | 12D, 9R | 52D, 8R | William Hughes (D) | 11D, 1R | ||
| Leon Rutherford Taylor (D)[a] | |||||||
| 1914 | James Fairman Fielder (D) | 11D, 10R | 37D, 23R | ||||
| 1915 | 11R, 10D | 38R, 22D | 8R, 4D | ||||
| 1916 | 13R, 8D | 40R, 20D | Charles Evans Hughes/ Charles W. Fairbanks (R)
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| 1917 | Walter E. Edge[q] | 15R, 6D | 44R, 16D | Joseph S. Frelinghuysen Sr. (R) | David Baird Sr. (R) | 9R, 3D | |
| 1918 | 46R, 17D | ||||||
| 1919 | William Nelson Runyon (R)[a] | 30R, 30D[r] | Walter E. Edge (R) | 8R, 4D | |||
| 1920 | Clarence E. Case (R)[a] | 33R, 27D | Warren G. Harding/ Calvin Coolidge (R)
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| 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/ Charles G. Dawes (R)
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| 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/ Charles Curtis (R)
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| 1929 | Morgan Foster Larson (R) | 48R, 12D | Hamilton F. Kean (R) | David Baird Jr. (R) | 10R, 2D | ||
| 1930 | 17R, 4D | 46R, 14D | |||||
| 1931 | Dwight Morrow (R) | 8R, 4D | |||||
| 1932 | A. Harry Moore (D)[q] | 15R, 6D | 34D, 26R | Franklin D. Roosevelt/ John Nance Garner (D)
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| 1933 | 38R, 22D | W. Warren Barbour (R) | 10R, 4D | ||||
| 1934 | 33R, 27D | ||||||
| 1935 | Clifford Ross Powell (R)[a] | 34R, 26D | A. Harry Moore (D) | ||||
| Horace Griggs Prall (R)[a] | |||||||
| Harold G. Hoffman (R) | |||||||
| 1936 | 13R, 8D | 42R, 18D | |||||
| 1937 | 11R, 10D | 39D, 21R | John 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/ Henry A. Wallace (D)
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| 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 E. Edge (R) | Franklin D. Roosevelt/ Harry S. Truman (D)
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| 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/ Earl Warren (R)
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| 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/ Richard Nixon (R)
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| 1953 | 8R, 6D | ||||||
| 1954 | Robert B. Meyner (D) | 17R, 4D | 40R, 20D | ||||
| 1955 | Clifford P. Case (R) | ||||||
| 1956 | 14R, 7D | ||||||
| 1957 | 10R, 4D | ||||||
| 1958 | 13R, 8D | 42D, 18R | |||||
| 1959 | Harrison A. Williams (D) | 9R, 5D | |||||
| 1960 | 11R, 10D | 34D, 26R | John F. Kennedy/ Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
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| 1961 | 8R, 6D | ||||||
| 1962 | Richard J. Hughes (D) | 38D, 22R | |||||
| 1963 | 8R, 7D | ||||||
| 1964 | 15R, 6D | 33R, 27D | Lyndon B. Johnson/ Hubert Humphrey (D)
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| 1965 | 11D, 4R | ||||||
| 1966 | 19D, 10R | 41D, 19R | |||||
| 1967 | 9D, 6R | ||||||
| 1968 | 31R, 9D | 58R, 22D | Richard Nixon/ Spiro Agnew (R)
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| 1969 | |||||||
| 1970 | William T. Cahill (R) | 59R, 21D | |||||
| 1971 | |||||||
| 1972 | 24R, 16D | 40D, 39R, 1I[s] | |||||
| 1973 | 8D, 7R | ||||||
| 1974 | Brendan Byrne (D) | 29D, 10R, 1I | 66D, 14R | ||||
| 1975 | 12D, 3R | ||||||
| 1976 | 49D, 31R | Gerald Ford/ Bob Dole (R)
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| 1977 | 11D, 4R | ||||||
| 1978 | 27D, 13R | 54D, 26R | |||||
| 1979 | Bill Bradley (D) | 10D, 5R | |||||
| 1980 | 26D, 14R | 44D, 36R | Ronald Reagan/ George H. W. Bush (R)
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| 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 | |||||
| 1985 | 8D, 6R | ||||||
| 1986 | 50R, 30D | ||||||
| 1987 | |||||||
| 1988 | 24D, 16R | 42R, 38D | George H. W. Bush/ Dan Quayle (R)
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| 1989 | |||||||
| 1990 | James Florio (D) | 23D, 17R | 42D, 38R | ||||
| 1991 | |||||||
| 1992 | 27R, 13D | 58R, 22D | Bill Clinton/ Al Gore (D)
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| 1993 | 7D, 6R | ||||||
| 1994 | Christine Todd Whitman (R)[t] | 24R, 16D | 53R, 27D | ||||
| 1995 | 8R, 5D | ||||||
| 1996 | 50R, 30D | ||||||
| 1997 | Robert Torricelli (D) | 7R, 6D | |||||
| 1998 | 48R, 32D | ||||||
| 1999 | 7D, 6R | ||||||
| 2000 | 45R, 35D | Al Gore/ Joe Lieberman (D)
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| 2001 | Jon Corzine (D)[u] | ||||||
| Donald DiFrancesco (R)[v][w] | |||||||
| 2002 | Various[x] | 20D, 20R[y] | 44D, 36R | ||||
| Jim McGreevey (D)[z] | |||||||
| 2003 | Frank Lautenberg (D) | ||||||
| 2004 | 22D, 18R | 47D, 33R | John Kerry/ John Edwards (D)
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| Richard Codey (D)[aa][w] | |||||||
| 2005 | |||||||
| 2006 | Jon Corzine (D) | 49D, 31R | Bob Menendez (D)[ab] | 6D, 6R | |||
| 7D, 6R | |||||||
| 2007 | |||||||
| 2008 | 23D, 17R | 48D, 32R | Barack Obama/ Joe Biden (D)
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| 2009 | 8D, 5R | ||||||
2010–present
[edit]| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral votes | ||||
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| Governor | Lt. Governor | Senate | Assembly | Senator (Class I) | Senator (Class II) | House | ||
| 2010 | Chris Christie (R) | Kim Guadagno (R)[ac][ad] | 23D, 17R | 47D, 33R | Bob Menendez (D)[ae] | Frank Lautenberg (D) | 8D, 5R | Barack Obama/ Joe Biden (D)
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| 2011 | 24D, 16R[af] | 7D, 6R | ||||||
| 2012 | 48D, 32R | |||||||
| 2013 | 6D, 6R | |||||||
| Jeffrey Chiesa (R)[ab] | ||||||||
| Cory Booker (D) | ||||||||
| 2014 | 6R, 5D[ag] | |||||||
| 2015 | 6D, 6R | |||||||
| 2016 | 52D, 28R | Hillary Clinton/ Tim Kaine (D)
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| 2017 | 7D, 5R | |||||||
| 2018 | Phil Murphy (D) | Sheila Oliver (D)[ac][ah][ai] | 25D, 15R | 54D, 26R | ||||
| 2019 | 11D, 1R | |||||||
| 26D, 14R[aj] | ||||||||
| 2020 | 25D, 15R | 52D, 28R | 10D, 2R[ak] | Joe Biden/ Kamala Harris (D)
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| 2021 | ||||||||
| 2022 | 24D, 16R | 46D, 34R | ||||||
| 2023 | 25D, 15R[al] | 9D, 3R | ||||||
| Tahesha Way (D)[ab][ac][am] | ||||||||
| 2024 | 52D, 28R | [to be determined] | ||||||
| George Helmy (D)[ab] | ||||||||
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Acting.
- ^ Abraham Clark, a member of the Pro-Administration Party, died September 15, 1794, and Aaron Kitchell was elected to fill his vacancy.
- ^ A Federalist, William Coxe Jr., was elected 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.[1]
- ^ 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.[2]
- ^ After some days of discussion, a Democrat, Joseph T. Crowell, was elected Speaker.[3]
- ^ After several days of ballots, a Democrat, Rudolph Rabe, was elected Speaker of the Assembly.[4]
- ^ Resigned in order to become United States Attorney General.
- ^ Resigned in order to become President of the United States.
- ^ a b 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.[5]
- ^ 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]
- ^ Resigned to become Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
- ^ Resigned after election as governor.
- ^ State Senate president who held the title of acting governor.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d Appointed to fill a vacancy.
- ^ 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)
- ^ Lt. Gov. Guadagno served as the Secretary of State.
- ^ Resigned following his conviction in a federal corruption trial.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Lt. Gov. Oliver served as the Commissioner of Community Affairs.
- ^ Died in office
- ^ Republican Senator Dawn Addiego switched to the Democratic Party.
- ^ Democratic Representative Jeff Van Drew switched to the Republican Party.
- ^ Republican Senator Samuel D. Thompson switched to the Democratic Party.
- ^ Lt. Gov. Way serves as Secretary of State
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Niles, Hezekiah, ed. (1837). Niles' Weekly Register. p. 129.
- ^ Gillette, William (1995). Jersey blue : Civil War politics in New Jersey, 1854-1865. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press. p. 180. ISBN 9780813526942.
- ^ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey. J.A. Fitzgerald. 1910. p. 412.
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