New Jersey's 6th congressional district

New Jersey's 6th congressional district
District map as of 2013
Current Representative Frank Pallone (D–Long Branch)
Distribution
  • 99.76% urban
  • 0.24% rural
Population (2000) 647,258
Median income 55,681
Ethnicity
Cook PVI D+9[1]

New Jersey's Sixth Congressional District is represented by Democrat Frank Pallone (1993 - present).

Counties and municipalities in the district

For the 113th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2010 Census), the congressional district contains all or portions of two counties and 32 municipalities.[2]

Middlesex County: (12)

Carteret, Edison Township, Highland Park, Metuchen, New Brunswick, Old Bridge Township (part; also 12th), Perth Amboy, Piscataway Township, Sayreville, South Amboy, South Plainfield and Woodbridge Township

Monmouth County: (20)

Aberdeen Township, Allenhurst, Asbury Park, Atlantic Highlands, Deal, Hazlet Township, Highlands, Interlaken, Keansburg, Keyport, Loch Arbour, Long Branch, Marlboro Township, Matawan, Middletown Township (part; also 4th), Monmouth Beach, Oceanport, Sea Bright, Union Beach and West Long Branch

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year Office Results
2016 President Hillary Clinton 56 - 41%
2012 President Obama 61 - 37%
2008 President Obama 60 - 39%
2004 President Kerry 57 - 43%
2000 President Gore 61 - 35%

Representatives

Representative Party Years District Home Note Counties/Towns
District created March 4, 1873
Marcus L. Ward Republican March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 Essex
Frederick H. Teese Democratic March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877
Thomas B. Peddie Republican March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879
John L. Blake Republican March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881
Phineas Jones Republican March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883
William H.F. Fiedler Democratic March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885
Herman Lehlbach Republican March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891
Thomas D. English Democratic March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 city of Newark
Richard W. Parker Republican March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903 redistricted to the 7th district Newark and East Orange
William Hughes Democratic March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 Bergen, Passaic, and Sussex
Henry C. Allen Republican March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907
William Hughes Democratic March 4, 1907 – September 27, 1912 resigned after appointment as judge of Court of Common Pleas of Passaic County
Vacant (September 27, 1912 – November 5, 1912)
Archibald C. Hart Democratic November 5, 1912 – March 3, 1913
Lewis J. Martin Democratic March 4, 1913 – May 5, 1913 died Bergen, Sussex, and Warren; northern Passaic (Bloomingdale, Ringwood, Wanaque, West Milford)
Vacant (May 5, 1913 – July 22, 1913)
Archibald C. Hart Democratic July 22, 1913 – March 3, 1917
John R. Ramsey Republican March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1921
Randolph Perkins Republican March 4, 1921 – January 3, 1933 Woodcliff Lake redistricted to the 7th district
Donald H. McLean Republican March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1945 Elizabeth Union County
Clifford P. Case Republican January 3, 1945 – August 16, 1953 Rahway resigned
Vacant (August 16, 1953 – November 3, 1953)
Harrison A. Williams, Jr. Democratic November 3, 1953 – January 3, 1957 Westfield
Florence P. Dwyer Republican January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1967 Elizabeth redistricted to the 12th district
William T. Cahill Republican January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 Collingswood redistricted from the 1st district; resigned after being elected Governor of New Jersey [Data unknown/missing.]
January 3, 1969 – January 19, 1970 Burlington, parts of Camden and Ocean
Vacant (January 19, 1970 – November 3, 1970)
Edwin B. Forsythe Republican November 3, 1970 – January 3, 1973 Moorestown redistricted to the 13th district
January 3, 1973 –

January 3, 1983

 parts of Burlington, Camden, and Ocean
Bernard J. Dwyer Democratic January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 Edison redistricted from the 15th district parts of Middlesex and Union (Linden and Rahway)
January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1993 parts of Middlesex,

Monmouth (Aberdeen and Matawan), and Union (Linden, Rahway, and Roselle)

Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 Long Branch redistricted from the 3rd district

Incumbent

 parts of Middlesex and Monmouth
January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013 parts of Middlesex, Monmouth, and Union (Plainfield)
January 3, 2013 – Present parts of Middlesex and Monmouth

References

  1. ↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  2. ↑ 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

Coordinates: 40°27′04″N 74°14′42″W / 40.451127°N 74.244919°W / 40.451127; -74.244919

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