New Jersey's 9th congressional district

New Jersey's 9th congressional district
District map as of 2013
Current Representative	Bill Pascrell (D–Paterson)
Distribution	100.00% urban 0.00% rural
Population (2010[1])	760,064
Median income	52,437
Ethnicity	36.3% White 11.3% Black 13.8% Asian 34.7% Hispanic 0.4% Native American
Cook PVI	D+16[2]

New Jersey's Ninth Congressional District is a district that consists largely of Bergen County and Passaic County municipalities. Due to redistricting following the 2010 Census, parts of the old 9th District were shifted to the Fifth District and the new Eighth District, as part of a reduction in congressional districts from 13 to 12 in New Jersey.

The Ninth District is represented by Democrat Bill Pascrell, who resides in Paterson. Congressman Pascrell was first elected to Congress in 1996 from the old Eighth District, defeating incumbent William J. Martini. The redistricting resulted in Pascrell's hometown of Paterson was added to the Ninth District, which had been represented by Steve Rothman, a fellow Democrat who like Pascrell entered Congress by winning a seat in the 1996 federal election. Both incumbents declared their intentions to run for their party's nomination for the seat, which Pascrell won. Pascrell defeated Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, the Republican nominee, in the general election.

Counties and municipalities in the district

For the 113th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2010 Census), the district contains all or portions of three counties and 35 municipalities:^[3]

Bergen County (27):

Carlstadt, Cliffside Park, Cresskill, East Rutherford, Edgewater, Elmwood Park, Englewood, Englewood Cliffs, Fort Lee, Garfield, Hasbrouck Heights, Leonia, Little Ferry, Lyndhurst, Moonachie, North Arlington, Palisades Park, Ridgefield, Ridgefield Park, Rutherford, Saddle Brook, South Hackensack, Teaneck (part, also 5th), Tenafly, Teterboro, Wallington and Wood-Ridge

Hudson County (2):

Kearny (part, also 8th), Secaucus

Passaic County (6):

Clifton, Haledon, Hawthorne, Passaic, Paterson and Prospect Park

Voting

Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District Home	Note	Counties/Towns
District created March 4, 1903
Allan Benny	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905			Hudson County (except parts of Jersey City)
Marshall Van Winkle	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907
Eugene W. Leake	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909
Eugene F. Kinkead	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1913		redistricted to the 8th district
Walter I. McCoy	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – October 3, 1914		redistricted from the 8th district, resigned on appointment as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia	parts of Essex (East Orange, Orange, and parts of South Orange and Newark)
Vacant (October 3, 1914 – December 1, 1914)
Richard W. Parker	Republican	December 1, 1914 – March 3, 1919
Daniel F. Minahan	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921
Richard W. Parker	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923
Daniel F. Minahan	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925
Franklin William Fort	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931
Peter Angelo Cavicchia	Republican	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	[Data unknown/missing.]	redistricted to the 11th district
Edward Aloysius Kenney	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 27, 1938	Cliffside Park	died	parts of Bergen and Hudson (North Bergen)
Vacant (January 27, 1938 – January 3, 1939)
Frank C. Osmers, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943	Haworth
Harry Lancaster Towe	Republican	January 3, 1943 – September 7, 1951	[Data unknown/missing.]	resigned to become Assistant Attorney General of New Jersey for Bergen County
Vacant (September 7, 1951 – November 6, 1951)
Frank C. Osmers, Jr.	Republican	November 6, 1951 – January 3, 1965	Haworth
Henry Helstoski	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967	East Rutherford
		January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969			southern Bergen (Bogota, Carlstadt, Cliffside Park, East Rutherford, Fairview, Fort Lee, Garfield, Hackensack, Hasbrouck Heights, Leonia, Little Ferry, Lodi, Lyndhurst, Maywood, Moonachie, North Arlington, Palisades Park, Saddle Brook, South Hackensack, Ridgefield, Ridgefield Park, Rochelle Park, Rutherford, Teaneck, Teterboro, Wallington, Wood-Ridge)
		January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971			eastern Bergen
		January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973			[Data unknown/missing.]
		January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1977			eastern Bergen and parts of Hudson
Harold C. Hollenbeck	Republican	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983	East Rutherford
Robert Torricelli	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985	New Milford	retired to run for U.S. Senate	eastern Bergen
		January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1993			parts of Bergen and Hudson
		January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997			parts of Bergen and Hudson
Steve Rothman	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003	Englewood	lost Primary Election
		January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013			parts of Bergen, Hudson (parts of Jersey City, Kearney, North Bergen and Secaucus) and Passaic (Hawthorne)
Bill Pascrell	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – Present	Paterson	Redistricted from the 8th district	parts of Bergen, Hudson (Secaucus and parts of Kearny), and Passaic (Clifton, Haledon, Hawthorne, Passaic, Paterson and Prospect Park)

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

External links

• New Jersey's 9th Congressional District at GovTrack.us

Coordinates: 40°50′N 74°05′W / 40.84°N 74.08°W / 40.84; -74.08