New Jersey's At-large congressional district

Beginning from its inception into statehood, New Jersey elected its representatives At-large instead of from individual districts. This continued for most years until 1843, with the exception of the years 1799-1801, and 1813-1815 when they were elected in districts. After 1843, New Jersey returned to district representation. 4 at-large representatives were elected in 1789 until 1793 when a 5th representative was added. 6 seats were allocated beginning in 1803, continuing until At-large representation ceased in 1843.

List of Representatives

1st seat

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
Elias Boudinot	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1795	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas Henderson	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James Schureman	Federalist	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
District organized to district representation		March 4, 1799
District organized from district representation		March 4, 1801
John Condit	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803	Redistricted from the 1st congressional district
Adam Boyd	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Ezra Darby	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – January 27, 1808	Died
Vacant		January 27, 1808 – March 8, 1808
Adam Boyd	Democratic-Republican	March 8, 1808 – March 3, 1813	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
District organized to district representation		March 4, 1813
District organized from district representation		March 4, 1815
Ezra Baker	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Joseph Bloomfield	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
George Cassedy	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Jacksonian D-R	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
Isaac Pierson	Adams	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831
Silas Condit	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Philemon Dickerson	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – November 3, 1836	Resigned on appointment as Governor of New Jersey
Vacant		November 3, 1836 – December 5, 1836
William Chetwood	Jacksonian	December 5, 1836 – March 3, 1837	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John B. Aycrigg	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Philemon Dickerson	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John B. Aycrigg	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
District organized to district representation		March 4, 1843

2nd seat

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
Lambert Cadwalader	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Abraham Clark	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1791 – September 15, 1794	Died
Vacant		September 15, 1794 – January 29, 1795
Aaron Kitchell	Pro-Administration	January 29, 1795 – March 3, 1795	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797
James H. Imlay	Federalist	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799	Redistricted to the 4th district
District organized to district representation		March 4, 1799
District organized from district representation		March 4, 1801
Ebenezer Elmer	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1807	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas Newbold	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1813	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
District organized to district representation		March 4, 1813
District organized from district representation		March 4, 1815
Ephraim Bateman	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1823	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Daniel Garrison	Jacksonian D-R	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
Hedge Thompson	Adams	March 4, 1827 – July 23, 1828	Died
Vacant		July 23, 1828 – December 1, 1828
Thomas Sinnickson	Adams	December 1, 1828 – March 3, 1829	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Richard M. Cooper	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Samuel Fowler	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William Halstead	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William R. Cooper	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William Halstead	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
District organized to district representation		March 4, 1843

3rd seat

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
James Schureman	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Jonathan Dayton	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1795
	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
District organized to district representation		March 4, 1799
District organized from district representation		March 4, 1801
William Helms	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1811	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Lewis Condict	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	Redistricted to the 1st district
District organized to district representation		March 4, 1813
District organized from district representation		March 4, 1815
Lewis Condict	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	Redistricted from the 1st district
Charles Kinsey	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Condit	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1819 – November 4, 1819	Resigned
Vacant		November 4, 1819 – February 2, 1820
Charles Kinsey	Democratic-Republican	February 2, 1820 – March 3, 1821	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Lewis Condict	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Jacksonian D-R	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833
Thomas Lee	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John P.B. Maxwell	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Joseph Kille	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John P.B. Maxwell	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
District organized to district representation		March 4, 1843

4th seat

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
Thomas Sinnickson	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Aaron Kitchell	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Lambert Cadwalader	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Isaac Smith	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas Sinnickson	Federalist	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
District organized to district representation		March 4, 1799
District organized from district representation		March 4, 1801
James Mott	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1805	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Lambert	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James Cox	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – September 12, 1810	Died
Vacant		September 17, 1810 – October 31, 1810
John A. Scudder	Democratic-Republican	October 31, 1810 – March 3, 1811	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
George C. Maxwell	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
District organized to district representation		March 4, 1813
District organized from district representation		March 4, 1815
Benjamin Bennet	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1819	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Bernard Smith	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
George Holcombe	Jacksonian D-R	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	Died
	Jacksonian	March 4, 1823 – January 14, 1828
Vacant		January 14, 1828 – December 1, 1828
James F. Randolph	Adams	December 1, 1828 – March 3, 1829	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833
James Parker	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Joseph F. Randolph	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
District organized to district representation		March 4, 1843

5th seat

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
Seat created March 4, 1793
John Beatty	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Mark Thomson	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
District organized to district representation		March 4, 1799
District organized from district representation		March 4, 1801
Henry Southard	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1811	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James Morgan	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
District organized to district representation		March 4, 1813
District organized from district representation		March 4, 1815
Henry Southard	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1821	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James Matlack	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Adams-Clay D-R	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
Ebenezer Tucker	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas H. Hughes	Adams	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Ferdinand S. Schenck	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Charles C. Stratton	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Daniel B. Ryall	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Charles C. Stratton	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
District organized to district representation		March 4, 1843

6th seat

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
Seat created March 4, 1803
James Sloan	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1809	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Jacob Hufty	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
District organized to district representation		March 4, 1813
District organized from district representation		March 4, 1815
Thomas Ward	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	Redistricted from the 1st district
John Linn	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – January 5, 1821	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Vacant		January 5, 1821 – March 3, 1821
Samuel Swan	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Jacksonian D-R	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831
Isaac Southard	Adams	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William N. Shinn	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas J. Yorke	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Peter D. Vroom	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas J. Yorke	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Seat eliminated		March 4, 1843

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present