List of United States Senators From New Jersey

Class 1

Class 1 senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for one session of the U.S. Congress in the first election of 1788 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012.

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Jonathan Elmer	Pro- Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791	1	1	Elected in 1789
2	John Rutherfurd	Federalist	March 4, 1791 – December 5, 1798	2	2	Elected in 1790
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				5	3	Re-elected in 1796 Resigned for unclear reasons.
3	Franklin Davenport	Federalist	December 5, 1798 – March 3, 1799	5		Appointed to continue Rutherfurd's term
4	James Schureman	Federalist	March 4, 1799 – February 16, 1801	6		Elected to finish Rutherfurd's term Resigned
Vacant				6
5	Aaron Ogden	Federalist	February 28, 1801 – March 3, 1803	6		Elected to finish Schureman's term Lost re-election
5	Aaron Ogden	Federalist	February 28, 1801 – March 3, 1803	7		Elected to finish Schureman's term Lost re-election
Vacant			March 3, 1803 – September 1, 1803	8	4	Legislature failed to elect
6	John Condit	Democratic- Republican	September 1, 1803 – March 3, 1809	8		Appointed to continue the term left vacant by the failure of the legislature to elect Elected to finish the term left vacant by the failure of the legislature to elect
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7	John Lambert	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1815	11	5	Elected in 1809
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8	[ James J. Wilson	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1815 – January 8, 1821	14	6	Elected in 1815 Lost re-election, and resigned early
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Vacant			January 8, 1821 – January 26, 1821	16
9	Samuel L. Southard	Democratic- Republican	January 26, 1821 – March 3, 1823	16		Appointed to finish Wilson's term, having been elected to the next term
9	Samuel L. Southard	Democratic- Republican	January 26, 1821 – March 3, 1823	17	7	Elected in 1821 Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Navy
Vacant			March 4, 1823 – November 12, 1823	18
10	Joseph McIlvaine	Adams Republican	November 12, 1823 – August 19, 1826	18		Elected to finish Southard's term Died
10	Joseph McIlvaine	Anti- Jacksonian	November 12, 1823 – August 19, 1826	19		Elected to finish Southard's term Died
Vacant			August 19, 1826 – November 10, 1826	19
11	Ephraim Bateman	Anti- Jacksonian	November 10, 1826 – January 12, 1829	19		Elected to finish McIlvaine's term
11	Ephraim Bateman	Adams	November 10, 1826 – January 12, 1829	20	8	Elected to full term in 1826 Resigned because of failing health
Vacant			January 12, 1829 – January 30, 1829	20
12	Mahlon Dickerson	Jacksonian	January 30, 1829 – March 3, 1833	20		Elected to finish Bateman's term
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13	Samuel L. Southard	Anti- Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – June 26, 1842	23	9	Elected in 1833
		Anti- Jacksonian		24
		Whig		25
				26	10	Re-elected in 1839 Resigned due to failing health
				27		Re-elected in 1839 Resigned due to failing health
Vacant			June 26, 1842 – July 2, 1842	27
14	William L. Dayton	Whig	July 2, 1842 – March 3, 1851	27		Appointed to continue Southard's term Elected to finish Southard's term
				28
				29	11	Re-elected in 1845 Lost re-election
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				31
15	Robert F. Stockton	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – January 10, 1853	32	12	Elected in 1851 Resigned to become president of the Delaware and Raritan Canal Company
Vacant			January 10, 1853 – March 4, 1853	32
16	John Renshaw Thomson	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – September 12, 1862	33		Elected to finish Stockton's term
				34		Elected to finish Stockton's term
				35	13	Re-elected in 1858 Died
				36
				37
Vacant			September 12, 1862 – November 21, 1862
17	Richard Stockton Field	Republican	November 21, 1862 – January 14, 1863			Appointed to continue Thomson's term Retired when successor elected
18	James Walter Wall	Democratic	January 14, 1863 – March 3, 1863
19	William Wright	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – November 1, 1866	38	14	Elected in 1863 Died
19	William Wright	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – November 1, 1866	39		Elected in 1863 Died
Vacant			November 1, 1866 – November 12, 1866	39
20	Frederick T. Frelinghuysen	Republican	November 12, 1866 – March 3, 1869	39		Appointed to continue Wright's term Elected to finish Wright's term Lost re-election
20	Frederick T. Frelinghuysen	Republican	November 12, 1866 – March 3, 1869	40
21	John P. Stockton	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875	41	15	Elected in 1869
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22	Theodore F. Randolph	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881	44	16	Elected in 1875
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23	William Joyce Sewell	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1887	47	17	Elected in 1881 Lost re-election
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24	Rufus Blodgett	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1893	50	18	Elected in 1887 Retired
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				52
25	James Smith, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1899	53	19	Elected in 1893 Retired
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26	John Kean	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1911	56	20	Elected in 1899
				57
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				59	21	Re-elected in 1905
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27	James Edgar Martine	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917	62	22	Elected in 1910 Lost re-election
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28	Joseph S. Frelinghuysen	Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1923	65	23	Elected in 1916 Lost re-election
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29	Edward I. Edwards	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929	68	24	Elected in 1922 Lost re-election
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				70
30	Hamilton Fish Kean	Republican	March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1935	71	25	Elected in 1928 Lost re-election
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				73
31	A. Harry Moore	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 17, 1938	74	26	Elected in 1934 Resigned to become Governor
31	A. Harry Moore	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 17, 1938	75		Elected in 1934 Resigned to become Governor
32	John Gerald Milton	Democratic	January 18, 1938 – November 8, 1938	75		Appointed to continue Moore's term Retired when successor elected
33	William Warren Barbour	Republican	November 8, 1938 – November 22, 1943	75		Elected to finish Moore's term
				76		Elected to finish Moore's term
				77	27	Re-elected in 1940 Died
				78		Re-elected in 1940 Died
Vacant			November 22, 1943 – November 26, 1943
34	Arthur Walsh	Democratic	November 26, 1943 – December 7, 1944			Appointed to finish Barbour's term Retired when successor was elected
35	Howard Alexander Smith	Republican	December 7, 1944– January 3, 1959	78		Elected to finish Barbour's term
				79		Elected to finish Barbour's term
				80	28	Re-elected in 1946
				81
				82
				83	29	Re-elected in 1952 Retired
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				85
36	Harrison A. Williams	Democratic	January 3, 1959– March 11, 1982	86	30	Elected in 1958
				87
				88
				89	31	Re-elected in 1964
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				91
				92	32	Re-elected in 1970
				93
				94
				95	33	Re-elected in 1976 Resigned
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				97
Vacant			March 11, 1982 – April 12, 1982
37	Nicholas F. Brady	Republican	April 12, 1982 – December 20, 1982			Appointed to finish Williams's term Resigned early to give elected successor preferential seniority
Vacant			December 20, 1982 – December 27, 1982
38	Frank Lautenberg	Democratic	December 27, 1982 – January 3, 2001	97		Appointed early, having been already elected to the next term
				98	34	Elected in 1982
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				100
				101	35	Re-elected in 1988
				102
				103
				104	36	Re-elected in 1994 Retired
				105
				106
39	Jon S. Corzine	Democratic	January 3, 2001 – January 17, 2006	107	37	Elected in 2000 Resigned to become N.J. Governor
				108
				109
40	Bob Menendez	Democratic	January 18, 2006 – Present	109		Appointed to finish Corzine's term
				110	38	Elected to full term in 2006
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