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Members of the U.S. Senate from New Jersey

Class 1 | Class 2.


U.S. Senators from New Jersey

Member of the United States Senate (Class 1) from New Jersey
John Rutherfurd

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 20 1760; d. February 23 1840.

Federalist Party

1791 – 1798

Samuel Lewis Southard

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 9 1787; d. June 26 1842.

Democratic-Republican Party

1821 – 1823

Mahlon Dickerson

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1770; d. October 5 1853.

Democratic Party

1829 – 1833

Samuel Lewis Southard

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 9 1787; d. June 26 1842.

Whig Party

1833 – 1842

William Lewis Dayton

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 17 1807; d. December 1 1864.

Whig Party

1842 – 1851

Robert Field Stockton

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 20 1795; d. October 7 1866.

Democratic Party

1851 – 1853

Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 4 1817; d. May 20 1885.

Republican Party

1866 – 1869

William Joyce Sewell

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 6 1835; d. December 27 1901.

Republican Party

1881 – 1887

James Smith, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 12 1851; d. April 1 1927.

Democratic Party

1893 – 1899

John Kean

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 4 1852; d. November 4 1914.

Republican Party

1899 – 1911

James Edgar Martine

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 25 1850; d. February 26 1925.

Democratic Party

1911 – 1917

Nicholas Frederick Brady

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1930.

Republican Party

1982


Member of the United States Senate (Class 2) from New Jersey
William Paterson

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 24 1745; d. September 9 1806.

Pro-Administration Party

1789 – 1790

Richard Stockton

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1764; d. March 7 1828.

Federalist Party

1796 – 1799

Jonathan Dayton

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1760; d. October 9 1824.

Federalist Party

1799 – 1805

Mahlon Dickerson

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1770; d. October 5 1853.

Democratic-Republican Party (1817 – 1825); Democratic Party (1825 – 1829)

1817 – 1829

Theodore Frelinghuysen

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1787; d. April 12 1862.

National Republican Party

1829 – 1835

Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 4 1817; d. May 20 1885.

Republican Party

1871 – 1877

John Rhoderic McPherson

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 9 1833; d. October 8 1897.

Democratic Party

1877 – 1895

William Joyce Sewell

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 6 1835; d. December 27 1901.

Republican Party

1895 – 1901

John Fairfield Dryden

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 7 1839; d. November 24 1911.

Republican Party

1902 – 1907

Dwight Whitney Morrow

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 11 1873; d. October 5 1931.

Republican Party

1930 – 1931

William Warren “Bill” Bradley

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 28 1943.

Democratic Party

1979 – 1997

Cory Anthony Booker

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 27 1969.

Democratic Party

2013 – present