New Jersey's 4th congressional district

New Jersey's 4th congressional district
	District map as of 2013
	Chris Smith; R–Hamilton Township
Distribution	95.08% urban; 4.92% rural;
Population (2017)	756,825
Median income	$86,365[1]
Ethnicity	83.9% white; 6.6% black; 4.7% Asian; 10.8% Hispanic; 0.1% Native American; 2.6% other;
Cook PVI	R+8[2]

New Jersey's 4th congressional district elects one member of the United States House of Representatives by the first-past-the-post voting method. It has been represented by Republican Chris Smith since 1981. With a Cook PVI rating of R+8, it is the most Republican-leaning district in New Jersey, and is considered one of the most conservative congressional districts in the Northeast. A Democrat has not come within single digits of victory since 1982.

The district from 2003 to 2013

Counties and municipalities in the district

For the 113th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2010 Census), the Fourth Congressional District of New Jersey includes 43 municipalities in parts of Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean counties.

Municipalities in the district are:[3][4]

Mercer County (2 municipalities)

Hamilton Township and Robbinsville Township

Monmouth County (34)

Allentown Borough, Avon-By-The-Sea Borough, Belmar Borough, Bradley Beach Borough, Brielle Borough, Colts Neck Township, Eatontown Borough, Englishtown Borough, Fair Haven Borough, Farmingdale Borough, Freehold Borough, Freehold Township, Holmdel Township, Howell Township, Lake Como Borough, Little Silver Borough, Manalapan Township, Manasquan Borough, Middletown Township (part), Millstone Township, Neptune City, Neptune Township, Ocean Township, Red Bank Borough, Roosevelt Borough, Rumson Borough, Sea Girt Borough, Shrewsbury Borough, Shrewsbury Township, Spring Lake Borough, Spring Lake Heights Borough, Tinton Falls Borough, Upper Freehold Township and Wall Township

Ocean County (7)

Bay Head Borough, Jackson Township, Lakehurst Borough, Lakewood Township, Manchester Township, Point Pleasant Beach Borough, Point Pleasant Borough (part) and Plumsted Township

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2016	President	Trump 56 - 41%
2012	President	Romney 54 - 45%
2008	President	McCain 52 - 47%
2004	President	Bush 56 - 44%
2000	President	Gore 50 - 46%

List of members representing the district

Member	District home	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral History	Counties/Towns
District organized from New Jersey's at-large congressional district
James H. Imlay	Allentown	Federalist	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801	6th	[data unknown/missing]	Burlington and Monmouth
District organized to New Jersey's at-large congressional district
District organized from New Jersey's at-large congressional district
Littleton Kirkpatrick	New Brunswick	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	[data unknown/missing]	Middlesex, Morris, and Somerset
Joseph E. Edsall	Hamburg	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 3rd district.	Morris, Sussex, and Warren
John Van Dyke	New Brunswick	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	30th 31st	[data unknown/missing]	Middlesex, Morris, and Somerset
George H. Brown	Somerville	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	[data unknown/missing]	Middlesex, Morris, and Somerset
George Vail	Morristown	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857	33rd 34th	[data unknown/missing]	Bergen, Morris, Passaic, and Sussex
John Huyler	Hackensack	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	[data unknown/missing]
Jetur R. Riggs	Paterson	Anti-Lecompton Democratic	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	36th	[data unknown/missing]
George T. Cobb	Morristown	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	[data unknown/missing]
Andrew J. Rogers	Newton	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867	38th 39th	[data unknown/missing]	Bergen, Essex (except Newark), Morris, Passaic, and Sussex
John Hill	Boonton	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873	40th 41st 42nd	[data unknown/missing]	Bergen, Essex (except Newark), Morris, Passaic, and Sussex
Robert Hamilton	Newton	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877	43rd 44th	[data unknown/missing]	Hunterdon, Somerset, Sussex, and Warren
Alvah A. Clark	[data unknown/missing]	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881	45th 46th	[data unknown/missing]
Henry S. Harris	[data unknown/missing]	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	[data unknown/missing]
Benjamin F. Howey	[data unknown/missing]	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	[data unknown/missing]
James N. Pidcock	[data unknown/missing]	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889	49th 50th	[data unknown/missing]
Samuel Fowler	[data unknown/missing]	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893	51st 52nd	[data unknown/missing]
Johnston Cornish	[data unknown/missing]	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	[data unknown/missing]	Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, and Warren
Mahlon Pitney	[data unknown/missing]	Republican	March 4, 1895 – January 10, 1899	54th 55th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned on election to New Jersey State Senate
Vacant			January 10, 1899 – March 3, 1899
Joshua S. Salmon	[data unknown/missing]	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – May 6, 1902	56th 57th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant			May 6, 1902 – June 18, 1902
De Witt C. Flanagan	[data unknown/missing]	Democratic	June 18, 1902 – March 3, 1903	57th	[data unknown/missing]
William M. Lanning	[data unknown/missing]	Republican	March 4, 1903 – June 6, 1904	58th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned on appointment as district judge of 3rd circuit	Hunterdon, Mercer, and Somerset
Vacant			June 6, 1904 – November 8, 1904
Ira W. Wood	[data unknown/missing]	Republican	November 8, 1904 – March 3, 1913	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd	[data unknown/missing]
Allan B. Walsh	[data unknown/missing]	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	[data unknown/missing]
Elijah C. Hutchinson	[data unknown/missing]	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923	64th 65th 66th 67th	[data unknown/missing]
Charles Browne	[data unknown/missing]	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925	68th	[data unknown/missing]
Charles A. Eaton	[data unknown/missing]	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933	69th 70th 71st 72nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 5th district.
D. Lane Powers	[data unknown/missing]	Republican	March 4, 1933 – August 30, 1945	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned to become member of New Jersey Public Utilities Commission	Burlington and Mercer
Vacant			August 30, 1945 – November 6, 1945
Frank A. Mathews Jr.	[data unknown/missing]	Republican	November 6, 1945 – January 3, 1949	79th 80th	[data unknown/missing]
Charles R. Howell	[data unknown/missing]	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1955	81st 82nd 83rd	[data unknown/missing]
Frank Thompson Jr.	Trenton	Democratic	January 3, 1955 – December 29, 1980	84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned.
						1967–1971: Hunterdon, Mercer, Sussex, and Warren
						1971–1973: [data unknown/missing]
						1973–1983: Parts of Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, and Ocean
Vacant			December 29, 1980 – January 3, 1981
Chris Smith	Hamilton Township	Republican	January 3, 1981 – present	97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	Elected in 1980.
						1983–1985: Parts of Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, and Monmouth
						1985–1993: Parts of Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, and Ocean
						1993–2003: Parts of Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth, and Ocean
						2003–2013: Parts of Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth, and Ocean
						2013–present: Parts of Mercer, Monmouth, and Ocean

References

https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=34&cd=04
"Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
District, Chris Smith (New Jersey politician). Accessed June 15, 2016.
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

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[1] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=34&cd=04

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

[3] District, Chris Smith (New Jersey politician). Accessed June 15, 2016.

[4] Plan Components Report, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011. Accessed November 6, 2016.