New Jersey's 5th congressional district
New Jersey's 5th congressional district | |
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District map as of 2013 | |
Current Representative | Josh Gottheimer (D–Wyckoff) |
Distribution |
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Population (2000) | 647,258 |
Median income | 72,781 |
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+3[1] |
New Jersey's Fifth Congressional District is represented by Democrat Josh Gottheimer.
History
Republican Scott Garrett defeated Democrat Paul Aronsohn and independent candidate R. Matthew Fretz 55%–44% in the United States general elections, 2006.[2]
Gottheimer defeated Garrett in the 2016 general election, making Garrett the only one of the state's 12 incumbents to lose his seat.[3]
Counties and municipalities in the district
The redrawn New Jersey's Fifth Congressional District is predominantly rural in area, but now the newly added suburban Bergen County areas closer to New York City contain over 75% of voters. The district is an L-shaped district comprising the rural northern and western parts of New Jersey. A portion of the district is in suburban northern Bergen County. All of the areas in the district are generally favorable for Republicans; although Bergen County has trended Democratic in recent elections.
For the 113th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2010 United States Census), the district contains all or portions of four counties and 79 municipalities.[4][5]
- Bergen County (43)
- Allendale, Alpine, Bergenfield, Bogota, Closter, Demarest, Dumont, Emerson, Fair Lawn, Franklin Lakes, Glen Rock, Hackensack, Harrington Park, Haworth, Hillsdale, Ho-Ho-Kus, Lodi, Mahwah, Maywood, Midland Park, Montvale, New Milford, Northvale, Norwood, Oakland, Old Tappan, Oradell, Paramus, Park Ridge, Ramsey, Ridgewood, River Edge, River Vale, Rochelle Park, Rockleigh, Saddle River, Teaneck (part, also 9th), Upper Saddle River, Waldwick, Washington Township, Westwood, Woodcliff Lake and Wyckoff
- Passaic County (2)
- Ringwood and West Milford
- Sussex County (19)
- Andover Borough, Andover Township, Branchville, Frankford Township, Franklin Borough, Fredon Township, Green Township, Hamburg, Hampton Township, Hardyston Township, Lafayette Township, Montague Township, Newton, Sandyston Township, Stillwater Township, Sussex, Vernon Township, Walpack Township and Wantage Township
Voting
Election results from presidential races | ||
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Year | Office | Results |
2000 | President | Bush 52 - 45%* |
2004 | President | Bush 57 - 43%* |
2008 | President | McCain 54 - 45%* |
2012 | President | Romney 51 - 49% |
2016 | President | Trump 49 - 48% |
List of representatives
Representative | Party | Years | District home | Electoral history | Counties/Towns |
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District organized from New Jersey's At-large congressional district. | [Data unknown/missing.] | ||||
Franklin Davenport |
Federalist | March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801 |
Woodbury | [Data unknown/missing.] | Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem |
District organized to New Jersey's At-large congressional district. | |||||
District organized from New Jersey's At-large congressional district. | |||||
William Wright |
Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 |
Newark | [Data unknown/missing.] | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, and Passaic |
Dudley S. Gregory |
Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
Jersey City | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
James G. King |
Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
Hoboken | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Rodman M. Price |
Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
Hoboken | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Alexander C. M. Pennington |
Whig | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
Newark | [Data unknown/missing.] | Essex and Hudson |
Opposition | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] | ||
Jacob R. Wortendyke |
Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 |
Jersey City | [Data unknown/missing.] | Essex, Hudson, and Union (Union County formed from Essex (1857)) |
William Pennington |
Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 |
Newark | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Nehemiah Perry |
Democratic | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
Newark | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | Hudson County and Newark | |||
Edwin R.V. Wright |
Democratic | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 |
Hudson City | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
George A. Halsey |
Republican | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869 |
Newark | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Orestes Cleveland |
Democratic | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 |
Jersey City | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
George A. Halsey |
Republican | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
William W. Phelps |
Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] | Bergen, Morris, and Passaic |
Augustus W. Cutler |
Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Charles H. Voorhis |
Republican | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
John Hill |
Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
William W. Phelps |
Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Charles D. Beckwith |
Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Cornelius A. Cadmus |
Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] | Bergen and Passaic | ||
James F. Stewart |
Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Charles N. Fowler |
Republican | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] | Morris, Union, and Warren (Fowler from the 8th district) |
William E. Tuttle Jr. |
Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] | Morris and Union | ||
John H. Capstick |
Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 17, 1918 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | Died. | |
Vacant | March 17, 1918 – November 5, 1918 | ||||
William F. Birch |
Republican | November 5, 1918 – March 3, 1919 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Ernest R. Ackerman |
Republican | March 4, 1919 – October 18, 1931 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | Died. | |
Vacant | October 18, 1931 – December 1, 1931 | ||||
Percy Hamilton Stewart |
Democratic | December 1, 1931 – March 3, 1933 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Charles A. Eaton |
Republican | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1953 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] | Morris, Somerset, and part of Middlesex (north of Raritan River) |
Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. |
Republican | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 |
Harding | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1973 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | Morris and Somerset (Northern Middlesex removed to the new 15th District (1962)) | |||
January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | District no longer follows county lines | |||
Millicent Fenwick |
Republican | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983 |
Bernardsville | Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | Somerset, parts of Morris, and parts of Mercer (Princeton, Princeton Borough and West Windsor) |
Marge Roukema |
Republican | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 |
Ridgewood | Redistricted from 7th district. | Parts of Bergen, Hunterdon, Mercer (Hopewell, Hopewell Borough, and Pennington), Morris, Passaic, Sussex, and Warren |
January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1993 |
Sussex (excluding Byram and Green) and northern parts of Bergen and Passaic | ||||
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | ||||
Scott Garrett |
Republican | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013 |
Wantage | Lost re-election | Warren, parts of Bergen, Passaic, and Sussex |
January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017 |
Parts of Bergen, Passaic, Sussex, and Warren | ||||
Josh Gottheimer |
Democratic | January 3, 2017 – Present |
Wyckoff | Incumbent |
References
- ↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ↑ 2006 NJ-05 U.S. House Election Results, CNN.com, November 8, 2006
- ↑ Neuman, William. "Josh Gottheimer Defeats Scott Garrett in New Jersey Congressional Race", The New York Times, November 9, 2016. Accessed November 19, 2016.
- ↑ Towns in the 5th, Scott Garrett. Accessed February 4, 2014.
- ↑ Plan Components Report, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011. Accessed November 6, 2016.
- 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
External links
U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by South Carolina's 5th congressional district |
Home district of the Speaker of the House February 1, 1860 – March 4, 1861 |
Succeeded by Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district |
Coordinates: 41°12′35″N 74°36′28″W / 41.2098177°N 74.6076614°W