New Jersey's 4th congressional district
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New Jersey's 4th congressional district | ||
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District map as of 2013 | ||
Current Representative | Chris Smith (R–Hamilton Township, Mercer County) | |
Distribution | 93.08% urban, 6.92% rural | |
Population (2000) | 647,258 | |
Median income | $54,073 | |
Ethnicity | 85.3% White, 7.8% Black, 2.3% Asian, 7.6% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.4% other | |
Cook PVI | R+7 |
New Jersey's 4th Congressional District elects one member of the United States Congress by the first past the post method. It is represented by Republican Chris Smith. He has represented the district since 1981.
Contents
Counties and municipalities in the district
For the 108th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2000 Census), the district contains all or portions of 4 counties and 40 municipalities.
- Bordentown Township, Bordentown, Burlington Township, Burlington, Chesterfield Township, Eastampton Township, Fieldsboro, Florence Township, Mansfield Township, North Hanover Township, Springfield Township, Westampton Township, Wrightstown (part)
- East Windsor Township, Hamilton Township, Hightstown, Robbinsville Township (known as Washington Township until 2007), Trenton (part)
- Allentown, Brielle, Colts Neck Township, Farmingdale, Howell Township, Manasquan, Millstone Township, Roosevelt, Spring Lake Heights (part), Freehold Township (part), Upper Freehold Township, Wall Township
- Bay Head, Brick Township, Jackson Township, Lakehurst, Lakewood Township, Manchester Township, Mantoloking, Plumsted Township, Point Pleasant Beach, Point Pleasant
Voting
Election results from presidential races | ||
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Year | Office | Results |
2008 | President | McCain 52 - 47% |
2004 | President | Bush 56 - 44% |
2000 | President | Gore 50 - 46% |
List of representatives
Representative | Party | Years | District home | Note |
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District organized from New Jersey's At-large congressional district | ||||
James H. Imlay | Federalist | March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801 | Allentown | Burlington and Monmouth Counties |
District organized to New Jersey's At-large congressional district | ||||
District organized from New Jersey's At-large congressional district | ||||
Littleton Kirkpatrick | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 | New Brunswick | Middlesex, Morris, and Somerset Counties |
Joseph E. Edsall | Democratic | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 | Hamburg | Morris, Sussex, and Warren Counties 1844-1846, Edsall to the 3rd District |
John Van Dyke | Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851 | New Brunswick | Return to 1843 alignment |
George H. Brown | Whig | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | Somerville | |
75px George Vail | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857 | Morristown | Bergen, Morris, Passaic, and Sussex Counties |
John Huyler | Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | Hackensack | |
Jetur R. Riggs | Anti-Lecompton Democrat | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 | Paterson | |
George T. Cobb | Democratic | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 | Morristown | |
75px Andrew J. Rogers | Democratic | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867 | Newton | Essex County except City of Newark added |
75px John Hill | Republican | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873 | Boonton | |
Robert Hamilton | Democratic | March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1877 | Newton | Hunterdon, Somerset, Sussex, and Warren Counties |
75px Alvah A. Clark | Democratic | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881 | ||
Henry S. Harris | Democratic | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 | ||
Benjamin F. Howey | Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 | ||
James N. Pidcock | Democratic | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 | ||
Samuel Fowler | Democratic | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893 | ||
Johnston Cornish | Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 | Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, and Warren Counties | |
Mahlon Pitney | Republican | March 4, 1895 – January 10, 1899 | resigned on election to New Jersey State Senate | |
Vacant | January 10, 1899 – March 3, 1899 | |||
Joshua S. Salmon | Democratic | March 4, 1899 – May 6, 1902 | died | |
Vacant | May 6, 1902 – June 18, 1902 | |||
De Witt C. Flanagan | Democratic | June 18, 1902 – March 3, 1903 | ||
William M. Lanning | Republican | March 4, 1903 – June 6, 1904 | resigned on appointment as district judge of 3rd circuit / Hunterdon, Mercer, and Somerset Counties | |
Vacant | June 6, 1904 – November 8, 1904 | |||
Ira W. Wood | Republican | November 8, 1904 – March 3, 1913 | ||
Allan B. Walsh | Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 | ||
Elijah C. Hutchinson | Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923 | ||
Charles Browne | Democratic | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925 | ||
75px Charles A. Eaton | Republican | March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933 | redistricted to 5th district | |
D. Lane Powers | Republican | March 4, 1933 – August 30, 1945 | resigned to become member of New Jersey Public Utilities Commission / Burlington and Mercer Counties | |
Vacant | August 30, 1945 – November 6, 1945 | |||
Frank A. Mathews, Jr. | Republican | November 6, 1945 – January 3, 1949 | ||
Charles R. Howell | Democratic | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1955 | ||
Frank Thompson, Jr. | Democratic | January 3, 1955 – December 29, 1980 | resigned / Hunterdon, Mercer, Sussex, and Warren Counties 1966-1970 | |
Vacant | December 29, 1980 – January 3, 1981 | |||
Chris Smith | Republican | January 3, 1981 – Present | Hamilton Township | Incumbent |
References
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- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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