NJ Senate - List of Past Senate Presidents

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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