List of Past Senate Presidents
The following is a list of past Presidents of the New Jersey Senate since the adoption of the 1844 State Constitution:
- 1845–1848: John C. Smallwood, Gloucester
- 1849–1850: Ephraim March, Morris
- 1851: Silas D. Canfield, Passaic
- 1852: John Manners, Hunterdon
- 1853–1856: William C. Alexander, Mercer
- 1857–1858: Henry V. Speer, Middlesex
- 1859: Thomas H. Herring, Bergen
- 1860: Charles L. C. Gifford, Essex
- 1861: Edmund Perry, Hunterdon
- 1862: Joseph T. Crowell, Union
- 1863: Anthony Reckless, Monmouth
- 1864: Amos Robbins, Middlesex
- 1865: Edward W. Scudder, Mercer
- 1866: James M. Scovel, Camden
- 1867: Benjamin Buckley, Passaic
- 1868–1869: Henry S. Little, Monmouth
- 1870: Amos Robbins
- 1871–1872: Edward Bettle, Camden
- 1873–1875: John W. Taylor, Essex
- 1876: William J. Sewell, Camden
- 1877: Leon Abbett, Hudson
- 1878: George C. Ludlow, Middlesex
- 1879–1880: William J. Sewell
- 1881–1882: Garret Hobart, Passaic
- 1883: John J. Gardner, Atlantic
- 1884: Benjamin A. Vail, Union
- 1885: Abraham V. Schenck, Middlesex
- 1886: John W. Griggs, Passaic
- 1887: Frederick S. Fish, Essex
- 1888: George H. Large, Hunterdon
- 1889: George T. Werts, Morris
- 1890: Henry M. Nevius, Monmouth
- 1891–1893: Robert Adrain, Middlesex
- 1894: Maurice A. Rogers, Camden
- 1895: Edward C. Stokes, Cumberland
- 1896: Lewis A. Thompson, Somerset (resigned March 30)
- 1896–1897: Robert Williams, Passaic
- 1898: Foster M. Voorhees, Union (became Acting Governor February 1)
- 1898: William H. Skirm (pro tem), Mercer
- 1899: Charles A. Reed, Somerset
- 1900: William M. Johnson, Bergen
- 1901: Mahlon Pitney, Morris
- 1902: C. Asa Francis, Monmouth
- 1903: Elijah C. Hutchinson, Mercer
- 1904: Edmund W. Wakelee, Bergen
- 1905: Joseph Cross, Union (resigned March 30)
- 1905–1906: William J. Bradley, Camden
- 1907: Bloomfield H. Minch, Cumberland
- 1908: Thomas J. Hillery, Morris
- 1909: Samuel K. Robbins, Burlington (resigned April 16)
- 1909–1910: Joseph S. Frelinghuysen, Somerset
- 1911: Ernest R. Ackerman, Union
- 1912: John Dyneley Prince, Passaic
- 1913: James F. Fielder, Hudson (became Acting Governor March 1)
- 1913: James A. C. Johnson (pro tem), Bergen
- 1914: John W. Slocum, Monmouth
- 1915: Walter E. Edge, Atlantic
- 1916: William T. Read, Camden (resigned March 29)
- 1916–1917: George W. F. Gaunt, Gloucester
- 1918: Thomas F. McCran, Passaic
- 1919: William N. Runyon, Union
- 1920: Clarence E. Case, Somerset
- 1921: Collins B. Allen, Salem
- 1922: William B. Mackay, Jr., Bergen
- 1923: Joseph F. Wallworth, Camden
- 1924: Firman M. Reeves, Cumberland
- 1925: William H. Bright, Cape May
- 1926: Morgan F. Larson, Middlesex
- 1927: Francis B. Davis, Gloucester
- 1928: William A. Stevens, Monmouth
- 1929: Thomas A. Mathis, Ocean
- 1930: Arthur N. Pierson, Union
- 1931: Joseph G. Wolber, Essex
- 1932: A. Crozer Reeves, Mercer
- 1933: Emerson Lewis Richards, Atlantic
- 1934: Clifford R. Powell, Burlington
- 1935: Horace G. Prall, Hunterdon
- 1936: John C. Barbour, Passaic (resigned June 26)
- 1936–1937: Frank Durand, Monmouth
- 1938: Charles E. Loizeaux, Union
- 1939: Robert C. Hendrickson, Gloucester
- 1940: Arthur F. Foran, Hunterdon
- 1941–1942: I. Grant Scott, Cape May
- 1943: George H. Stanger, Cumberland
- 1944: Howard Eastwood, Burlington (resigned August 31)
- 1944: George H. Stanger
- 1945: Frank S. Farley, Atlantic
- 1946: Haydn Proctor, Monmouth
- 1947: Charles K. Barton, Passaic
- 1948: John M. Summerill, Jr., Salem
- 1949: David Van Alstyne, Bergen
- 1950: Samuel L. Bodine, Hunterdon
- 1951: Alfred B. Littell, Sussex
- 1952: Harold W. Hannold, Gloucester
- 1953: David Young III, Morris
- 1954: W. Steelman Mathis, Ocean
- 1955: Bruce A. Wallace, Camden
- 1956: Wayne Dumont, Jr., Warren
- 1957: Albert McCay, Burlington
- 1958: Richard R. Stout, Monmouth
- 1959: Wesley L. Lance, Hunterdon
- 1960: George B. Harper, Sussex
- 1961: Thomas J. Hillery, Morris
- 1962: Robert C. Crane, Union (resigned January 9)
- 1962: Frank S. Farley
- 1963: William E. Ozzard, Somerset
- 1964–1965: Charles W. Sandman, Cape May
- 1966: John A. Lynch, Sr., 7th District
- 1967: Sido L. Ridolfi, 6th District
- 1968: Edwin B. Forsythe, 4B District
- 1969: Frank X. McDermott, 9th District
- 1970–1972: Raymond Bateman, 8th District
- 1973: Alfred N. Beadleston, 5th District
- 1974–1975: Frank J. Dodd, 26th District
- 1976–1977: Matthew Feldman, 37th District
- 1978–1981: Joseph P. Merlino, 13th District
- 1982–1986: Carmen A. Orechio, 30th District
- 1986–1990: John F. Russo, 10th District
- 1990–1991: John A. Lynch, Jr., 17th District
- 1992–2002: Donald DiFrancesco, 22nd District
- 2002–2003: John O. Bennett, 12th District and Richard Codey, 27th District (co-presidents)
- 2004–2008: Richard Codey (resigned January 7, 2008)
- 2008: Bernard Kenny, 33rd District (served January 7 to January 8)
- 2008–2010: Richard Codey
- 2010–present: Stephen M. Sweeney, 3rd District
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