Member (District home) | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | Counties/Towns |
District established March 4, 1799 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Franklindavenport.jpg/100px-Franklindavenport.jpg) Franklin Davenport (Woodbury) | Federalist | March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801 | 6th | Elected in 1798. Redistricted to the at-large district and lost re-election. | Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem |
District dissolved March 3, 1801 |
District re-established March 4, 1843 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/William_Wright_%281794-1866%29.jpg/100px-William_Wright_%281794-1866%29.jpg) William Wright (Newark) | Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 | 28th 29th | Elected in 1842. Re-elected in 1844. Retired to run for governor. | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, and Passaic |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Dudley_Sanford_Gregory_circa_1860-1870.jpg/100px-Dudley_Sanford_Gregory_circa_1860-1870.jpg) Dudley S. Gregory (Jersey City) | Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 | 30th | Elected in 1846. Retired. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/James_G._King.jpg/100px-James_G._King.jpg) James G. King (Hoboken) | Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 | 31st | Elected in 1848. Retired. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/RodmanMPrice.jpg/100px-RodmanMPrice.jpg) Rodman M. Price (Hoboken) | Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | 32nd | Elected in 1850. Lost re-election. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/AlexanderCMPennington.jpg/100px-AlexanderCMPennington.jpg) Alexander C. M. Pennington (Newark) | Whig | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | 33rd 34th | Elected in 1852. Re-elected in 1854. Retired. | 1853–1863 Essex and Hudson |
Opposition | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Jacob_R._Wortendyke.jpg/100px-Jacob_R._Wortendyke.jpg) Jacob R. Wortendyke (Jersey City) | Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | 35th | Elected in 1856. Lost re-election. | Essex, Hudson, and Union (Union County formed from Essex (1857)) |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/William_Pennington_portrait.jpg/100px-William_Pennington_portrait.jpg) William Pennington (Newark) | Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 | 36th | Elected in 1858. Lost re-election. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/NPerry.jpg/100px-NPerry.jpg) Nehemiah Perry (Newark) | Democratic | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865 | 37th 38th | Elected in 1860. Re-elected in 1862. Retired. |
1863–1873 Hudson County and Newark |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/ERVWright.jpg/100px-ERVWright.jpg) Edwin R.V. Wright (Hudson City) | Democratic | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 | 39th | Elected in 1864. Retired. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/GAHalsey.jpg/100px-GAHalsey.jpg) George A. Halsey (Newark) | Republican | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869 | 40th | Elected in 1866. Lost re-election. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Hon._Orestes_Cleveland%2C_N.Y_-_NARA_-_527108.jpg/100px-Hon._Orestes_Cleveland%2C_N.Y_-_NARA_-_527108.jpg) Orestes Cleveland (Jersey City) | Democratic | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 | 41st | Elected in 1868. Lost re-election. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/GAHalsey.jpg/100px-GAHalsey.jpg) George A. Halsey (Newark) | Republican | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 | 42nd | Elected in 1870. Retired. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/William_Walter_Phelps_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/100px-William_Walter_Phelps_-_Brady-Handy.jpg) William W. Phelps (Englewood) | Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | 43rd | Elected in 1872. Lost re-election. | Bergen, Morris, and Passaic |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/AWCutler.jpg/100px-AWCutler.jpg) Augustus W. Cutler (Morristown) | Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 | 44th 45th | Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Retired. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/CHVoorhis.jpg/100px-CHVoorhis.jpg) Charles H. Voorhis (Hackensack) | Republican | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 | 46th | Elected in 1878. Retired. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/JHill.jpg/100px-JHill.jpg) John Hill (Boonton) | Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 | 47th | Elected in 1880. Retired. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/William_Walter_Phelps_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/100px-William_Walter_Phelps_-_Brady-Handy.jpg) William W. Phelps (Englewood) | Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889 | 48th 49th 50th | Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Retired. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Charles_Dyer_Beckwith.jpg/100px-Charles_Dyer_Beckwith.jpg) Charles D. Beckwith (Paterson) | Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 | 51st | Elected in 1888. Lost re-election. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Cornelius_A._Cadmus.jpg/100px-Cornelius_A._Cadmus.jpg) Cornelius A. Cadmus (Paterson) | Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 | 52nd 53rd | Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Retired. |
Bergen and Passaic |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/JamesFStewart.jpg/100px-JamesFStewart.jpg) James F. Stewart (Paterson) | Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903 | 54th 55th 56th 57th | Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Lost re-election. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/66/Charles_N._Fowler_001.jpg/100px-Charles_N._Fowler_001.jpg) Charles N. Fowler (Elizabeth) | Republican | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911 | 58th 59th 60th 61st | Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Retired to run for U.S. senator. | Morris, Union, and Warren |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/William_E._Tuttle%2C_Jr..jpg/100px-William_E._Tuttle%2C_Jr..jpg) William E. Tuttle Jr. (Westfield) | Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915 | 62nd 63rd | Elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Lost re-election. |
Morris and Union |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/John_Henry_Capstick.jpg/100px-John_Henry_Capstick.jpg) John H. Capstick (Montville) | Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 17, 1918 | 64th 65th | Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Died. |
Vacant | March 17, 1918 – November 5, 1918 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/William_F._Birch_%28New_Jersey_Congressman%29.jpg/100px-William_F._Birch_%28New_Jersey_Congressman%29.jpg) William F. Birch (Dover) | Republican | November 5, 1918 – March 3, 1919 | 65th | Elected to finish Capstick's term. Retired. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Representative_Ernest_R._Ackerman_of_NJ.jpg/100px-Representative_Ernest_R._Ackerman_of_NJ.jpg) Ernest R. Ackerman (Plainfield) | Republican | March 4, 1919 – October 18, 1931 | 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd | Elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Died. |
Vacant | October 18, 1931 – December 1, 1931 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Percy_H._Stewart_%28New_Jersey_Congressman%29.jpg/100px-Percy_H._Stewart_%28New_Jersey_Congressman%29.jpg) Percy Hamilton Stewart (Plainfield) | Democratic | December 1, 1931 – March 3, 1933 | 72nd | Elected to finish Ackerman's term. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/CharlesAubreyEaton.jpg/100px-CharlesAubreyEaton.jpg) Charles A. Eaton (Watchung) | Republican | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1953 | 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd | Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Retired. | Morris, Somerset, and part of Middlesex (north of Raritan River) |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Frelinghuysen%2C_PHB.png/100px-Frelinghuysen%2C_PHB.png) Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. (Morristown) | Republican | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1975 | 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd | Elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Retired. |
Morris and Somerset (Northern Middlesex removed to the new 15th District (1962)) |
District no longer follows county lines |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Rep_Millicent_Fenwick.jpg/100px-Rep_Millicent_Fenwick.jpg) Millicent Fenwick (Bernardsville) | Republican | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983 | 94th 95th 96th 97th | Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 12th district and retired to run for U.S. Senator. | Somerset, parts of Morris, and parts of Mercer (Princeton, Princeton Borough and West Windsor) |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Marge_Roukema.jpg/100px-Marge_Roukema.jpg) Marge Roukema (Ridgewood) | Republican | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2003 | 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th | Redistricted from 7th district and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Retired. | Parts of Bergen, Hunterdon, Mercer (Hopewell, Hopewell Borough, and Pennington), Morris, Passaic, Sussex, and Warren |
Sussex (excluding Byram and Green) and northern parts of Bergen and Passaic |
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Scott_Garrett_official_congressional_photo.jpg/100px-Scott_Garrett_official_congressional_photo.jpg) Scott Garrett (Wantage) | Republican | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2017 | 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th | Elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Lost re-election. | 2003–2013:
![NJ05congressdistrict](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/NJ05congressdistrict.gif/300px-NJ05congressdistrict.gif) Warren, parts of Bergen, Passaic, and Sussex |
2013–2023:
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/New_Jersey%27s_5th_congressional_district_%282013%29.svg/100px-New_Jersey%27s_5th_congressional_district_%282013%29.svg.png) Parts of Bergen, Passaic, Sussex, and Warren |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Josh_Gottheimer_Photo.jpg/100px-Josh_Gottheimer_Photo.jpg) Josh Gottheimer (Wyckoff) | Democratic | January 3, 2017 – present | 115th 116th 117th 118th | Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. |
2023–present:
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/New_Jersey%27s_5th_congressional_district_%28since_2023%29_%28new_version%29.svg/300px-New_Jersey%27s_5th_congressional_district_%28since_2023%29_%28new_version%29.svg.png) Parts of Bergen, Passaic, and Sussex |