Representatives
| Representative | Party | Years | District home | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District organized from New Jersey's At-large congressional district | ||||
| Franklin Davenport | Federalist | March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801 | Woodbury | Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem Counties |
| District organized to New Jersey's At-large congressional district | ||||
| District organized from New Jersey's At-large congressional district | ||||
| William Wright | Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 | Newark | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, and Passaic Counties |
| Dudley S. Gregory | Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 | Jersey City | |
| James G. King | Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 | Hoboken | |
| Rodman M. Price | Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | Hoboken | |
| Alexander C. M. Pennington | Whig | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | Newark | Essex and Hudson Counties |
| Opposition | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | |||
| Jacob R. Wortendyke | Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | Jersey City | Union County formed from Essex (1857) |
| William Pennington | Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 | Newark | Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1860–1861 |
| Nehemiah Perry | Democratic | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865 | Newark | Hudson County and City of Newark from 1862 |
| Edwin R.V. Wright | Democratic | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 | Hudson City | |
| George A. Halsey | Republican | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869 | Newark | |
| Orestes Cleveland | Democratic | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 | Jersey City | |
| George A. Halsey | Republican | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 | ||
| William W. Phelps | Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | Bergen, Morris, and Passaic Counties | |
| Augustus W. Cutler | Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 | ||
| Charles H. Voorhis | Republican | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 | ||
| John Hill | Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 | ||
| William W. Phelps | Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889 | ||
| Charles D. Beckwith | Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 | ||
| Cornelius A. Cadmus | Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 | Bergen and Passaic Counties from 1892 | |
| James F. Stewart | Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903 | ||
| Charles N. Fowler | Republican | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911 | Morris, Union, and Warren Counties / Fowler from the 8th district | |
| William E. Tuttle, Jr. | Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915 | Morris and Union Counties from 1912 | |
| John H. Capstick | Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 17, 1918 | died | |
| Vacant | March 17, 1918 – November 5, 1918 | |||
| William F. Birch | Republican | November 5, 1918 – March 3, 1919 | ||
| Ernest R. Ackerman | Republican | March 4, 1919 – October 18, 1931 | died | |
| Vacant | October 18, 1931 – December 1, 1931 | |||
| Percy Hamilton Stewart | Democratic | December 1, 1931 – March 3, 1933 | ||
| Charles A. Eaton | Republican | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1953 | Morris, Somerset, and northern Middlesex counties / Eaton from 4th district | |
| Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr. | Republican | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1975 | Northern Middlesex removed to the new 15th District (1962) / From 1970 District no longer follows county lines. | |
| Millicent Fenwick | Republican | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983 | ||
| Marge Roukema | Republican | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2003 | redistricted from 7th district | |
| Scott Garrett | Republican | January 3, 2003 – Present | Incumbent | |
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