U.S. Senators from New Jersey, 1789-2020 (May be
incomplete!)
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1821 Jan 8:
James
J. Wilson, resigned.
1826:
Joseph
McIlvaine, died in office.
1829 Jan 12:
Ephraim
Bateman, resigned.
1842 Jun 26:
Samuel
L. Southard, died in office.
1862:
John
R. Thomson, died in office.
1866 Nov 1:
William
Wright, died in office.
1901 Dec 27:
William
J. Sewell, died in office.
1916 Nov 7:
Joseph
S. Frelinghuysen (Rep), elected;
James
E. Martine (Dem), defeated;
William
C. Doughty (Socialist), defeated;
Livingston
Barbour (Prohibition), defeated;
Rudolph
Katz (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1918 Jan 30:
William
Hughes, died in office.
1918 Feb 23:
David
Baird, appointed.
1918 Sep 24:
Walter
E. Edge (Rep), nominated;
George
L. Record (Rep), defeated in primary;
Edward
W. Gray (Rep), defeated in primary.
1918 Nov 5:
Walter
E. Edge (Rep), elected;
George
M. LaMonte (Dem), defeated;
James
M. Reilly (Socialist), defeated;
Grafton
E. Day (Prohibition), defeated;
William
J. Wallace (Single Tax), defeated.
1918 Nov 5:
David
Baird (Rep), elected;
Charles
O'C. Hennessy (Dem), defeated;
James
M. Reilly (Socialist), defeated;
Grafton
E. Day (Prohibition), defeated.
1922 Nov 7:
Edward
I. Edwards (Dem), elected;
Joseph
S. Frelinghuysen (Rep), defeated.
1924:
Hamilton
F. Kean (Rep), defeated in primary.
1924 Nov 4:
Walter
E. Edge (Rep), elected;
Frederick
W. Donnelly (Dem), defeated;
George
L. Record (Progressive), defeated;
Grafton
E. Day (Prohibition), defeated;
Rudolf
Vollgraf (Workers), defeated;
John
C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Herman
G. Loew (Commonwealth Land), defeated.
1928 May 15:
Edward
I. Edwards (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1928 May 15:
Hamilton
F. Kean (Rep), nominated;
Edward
C. Stokes (Rep), defeated in primary;
Joseph
S. Frelinghuysen (Rep), defeated in primary;
Lillian
F. Feickert (Rep), defeated in primary;
Edward
W. Gray (Rep), defeated in primary.
1928 Nov 6:
Hamilton
F. Kean (Rep), elected;
Edward
I. Edwards (Dem), defeated;
Charlotte
L. Bohlin (Socialist), defeated;
Albert
Weisbrod (Workers), defeated;
Will
D. Martin (Prohibition), defeated;
Frank
Sanders (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1930 Jun 17:
Alexander
Simpson (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1930 Jun 17:
Thelma
Parkinson (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1930 Jun 17:
Dwight
W. Morrow (Rep), nominated;
Franklin
W. Fort (Rep), defeated in primary;
Joseph
S. Frelinghuysen (Rep), defeated in primary;
John
A. Kelly (Rep), defeated in primary.
1930 Jun 17:
Dwight
W. Morrow (Rep), nominated;
John
A. Kelly (Rep), defeated in primary.
1930 Nov 4:
Dwight
W. Morrow (Rep), elected;
Alexander
Simpson (Dem), defeated;
Esther
H. Elfreth (Prohibition), defeated;
Henry
Jager (Socialist), defeated;
Dozier
W. Graham (Communist), defeated;
Alex
Kudlik (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1930 Nov 4:
Dwight
W. Morrow (Rep), elected;
Thelma
Parkinson (Dem), defeated;
James
G. Mason (Prohibition), defeated;
Henry
Jager (Socialist), defeated;
Dozier
W. Graham (Communist), defeated.
1931 Oct 5:
Dwight
W. Morrow, died in office.
1931 Dec 1:
W.
Warren Barbour, appointed.
1932 May 17:
Percy
H. Stewart (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1932 May 17:
W.
Warren Barbour (Rep), nominated unopposed.
1932 Nov 8:
W.
Warren Barbour (Rep), elected;
Percy
H. Stewart (Dem), defeated;
Herman
F. Niessner (Socialist), defeated;
Esther
H. Elfreth (Prohibition), defeated;
James
L. Creekmur (Communist), defeated;
Russell
Y. Page (Personal Choice), defeated;
John
C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1934 May 15:
A.
Harry Moore (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1934 May 15:
Hamilton
F. Kean (Rep), nominated;
James
G. Blauvelt (Rep), defeated in primary.
1934 Nov 6:
A.
Harry Moore (Dem), elected;
Hamilton
F. Kean (Rep), defeated;
John
S. Martin (Socialist), defeated;
Rebecca
Grecht (Communist), defeated;
Elwood
Hollingshead (Prohibition), defeated;
John
C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor), defeated;
William
L. Detmering (Independent Veteran), defeated.
1936 May 19:
William
H. Smathers (Dem), nominated;
Theron
McCampbell (Dem), defeated in primary.
1936 May 19:
W.
Warren Barbour (Rep), nominated;
David
J. Allen (Rep), defeated in primary;
C.
Dan Coskey (Rep), defeated in primary.
1936 Nov 3:
William
H. Smathers (Dem), elected;
W.
Warren Barbour (Rep), defeated;
Fred
Turner (Townsend Plan), defeated;
Herman
F. Niessner (Socialist), defeated;
Herbert
Coley (Communist), defeated;
Malcolm
G. Thomas (Prohibition), defeated;
George
E. Bopp (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1938 Jan 18:
John
Milton, appointed.
1938 Sep 20:
William
H. J. Ely (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1938 Sep 20:
W.
Warren Barbour (Rep), nominated;
George
O. Pullen (Rep), defeated in primary;
C.
Dan Coskey (Rep), defeated in primary.
1938 Nov 8:
W.
Warren Barbour (Rep), elected;
William
H. J. Ely (Dem), defeated;
Louis
H. Kelley (Prohibition), defeated;
John
Palangio (Socialist), defeated;
Fred
Turner (Townsend Pension Labor), defeated;
William
Norman (Communist), defeated;
John
C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1940 May 21:
James
H. R. Cromwell (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1940 May 21:
W.
Warren Barbour (Rep), nominated;
George
O. Pullen (Rep), defeated in primary;
C.
Dan Coskey (Rep), defeated in primary.
1940 Nov 5:
W.
Warren Barbour (Rep), elected;
James
H. R. Cromwell (Dem), defeated;
McAlister
Coleman (Socialist), defeated;
James
A. Tumulty, Jr. (Constitutional Independent), defeated;
Mary
Ellen Dooner (Communist), defeated;
Edson
R. Leach (Prohibition), defeated;
Harry
Santhouse (Socialist Labor), defeated;
George
Breitman (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1942 Sep 15:
William
H. Smathers (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1942 Sep 15:
Albert
W. Hawkes (Rep), nominated;
Gill
Robb Wilson (Rep), defeated in primary;
Joseph
A. Bower (Rep), defeated in primary;
George
Biehl (Rep), defeated in primary;
George
O. Pullen (Rep), defeated in primary;
Franklin
W. Kielb (Rep), defeated in primary.
1942 Nov 3:
Albert
W. Hawkes (Rep), elected;
William
H. Smathers (Dem), defeated;
William
L. Becker (Socialist), defeated;
Lorenzo
Harris (Progressive Independent), defeated;
Elmo
L. Bateman (Prohibition), defeated;
John
C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor), defeated;
George
Breitman (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1943 Nov 22:
W.
Warren Barbour, died in office.
1943 Nov 26:
Arthur
Walsh, appointed.
1944 May 16:
Elmer
H. Wene (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1944 May 16:
H.
Alexander Smith (Rep), nominated;
Andrew
O. Wittreich (Rep), defeated in primary.
1944 Nov 7:
H.
Alexander Smith (Rep), elected;
Elmer
H. Wene (Dem), defeated;
George
W. Ridout (Prohibition), defeated;
John
C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Morris
Riger (Socialist), defeated.
1946 Jun 4:
George
E. Brunner (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1946 Jun 4:
H.
Alexander Smith (Rep), nominated unopposed.
1946 Nov 5:
H.
Alexander Smith (Rep), elected;
George
E. Brunner (Dem), defeated;
John
C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor), defeated;
George
Breitman (Socialist Workers), defeated;
Arthur
Riley (Socialist), defeated;
George
W. Ridout (Prohibition), defeated;
Frederick
W. Collins (Ind), defeated;
Mark
M. Jones (Independent American), defeated.
1948 Apr 20:
Archibald
S. Alexander (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1948 Apr 20:
Robert
C. Hendrickson (Rep), nominated;
Harry
A. Harper (Rep), defeated in primary.
1948 Nov 2:
Robert
C. Hendrickson (Rep), elected;
Archibald
S. Alexander (Dem), defeated;
James
Imbrie (Progressive), defeated;
Rubye
Smith (Socialist), defeated;
George
Breitman (Socialist Workers), defeated;
George
W. Ridout (Prohibition), defeated;
George
E. Bopp (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1952:
Archibald
S. Alexander, defeated.
1954 Nov 2:
Clifford
P. Case (Rep), elected;
Charles
R. Howell (Dem), defeated;
Henry
B. Krajewski (American Third Party), defeated;
Fred
A. Hartley, Jr., defeated;
Albert
Ronis (Socialist Labor), defeated;
George
Breitman (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1958 Apr 15:
Harrison
A. Williams (Dem), nominated;
John
J. Grogan (Dem), defeated in primary;
Joseph
E. McLean (Dem), defeated in primary.
1958 Apr 15:
Robert
W. Kean (Rep), nominated;
Bernard
M. Shanley (Rep), defeated in primary;
Robert
J. Morris (Rep), defeated in primary.
1958 Nov 4:
Harrison
A. Williams (Dem), elected;
Robert
W. Kean (Rep), defeated;
Daniel
Roberts (Socialist Workers), defeated;
Henry
B. Krajewski (Politicians Are Jokers), defeated;
John
J. Winberry (Vote Independent Vote), defeated;
Winfred
O. Perry (Conservative), defeated;
John
M. D'Addetta (People's Choice), defeated;
Albert
Ronis (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1960 Apr 19:
Thorn
Lord (Dem), nominated;
Richard
M. Glassner (Dem), defeated in primary.
1960 Apr 19:
Clifford
P. Case (Rep), nominated;
Robert
J. Morris (Rep), defeated in primary;
David
Dearborn (Rep), defeated in primary.
1960 Nov 8:
Clifford
P. Case (Rep), elected;
Thorn
Lord (Dem), defeated;
Winfred
O. Perry (Conservative), defeated;
Gladys
Grauer (Socialist Workers), defeated;
Albert
Ronis (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1964 Nov 3:
Harrison
A. Williams (Dem), elected;
Bernard
M. Shanley (Rep), defeated;
Harold
P. Poeschel (Conservative), defeated;
Lawrence
P. Stewart (Socialist Workers), defeated;
John
V. Mahalchik (America First), defeated;
Albert
Ronis (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1966 Nov 8:
Clifford
P. Case (Rep), elected;
Warren
W. Wilentz (Dem), defeated;
Robert
L. Schlacter (Conservative), defeated;
Julius
Levin (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1970 Nov 3:
Harrison
A. Williams (Dem), elected;
Nelson
G. Gross (Rep), defeated.
1972:
Joseph
T. Karcher (Dem), defeated in primary.
1972 Nov 7:
Clifford
P. Case (Rep), elected;
Paul
J. Krebs (Dem), defeated;
A.
Howard Freund (American), defeated;
Charles
W. Wiley (Concerned Voter's Voice), defeated;
Julius
Levin (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1976 Nov 2:
Harrison
A. Williams (Dem), elected;
David
F. Norcross (Rep), defeated;
Hannibal
Cundari (Libertarian), defeated;
Bernardo
S. Doganiero (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Leif
Johnson (Labor), defeated.
1978:
Clifford
P. Case (Rep), defeated in primary.
1978 Jun 7:
Alexander
J. Menza (Dem), defeated in primary.
1978 Nov 7:
Bill
Bradley (Dem), elected;
Jeff
Bell (Rep), defeated;
Herbert
H. Shaw (Politicians Are Crooks), defeated;
William
Gahres (Down With Lawyers), defeated;
Jack
Moyers (Libertarian), defeated;
Robert
Bowen (Labor), defeated;
J.
M. Carter (God We Trust), defeated;
Jasper
C. Gould (Ind), defeated;
William
R. Thorn (Stick With Thorn), defeated;
Paul
Ferguson (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Alice
Conner (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1982:
Barbara
B. Sigmund (Dem), defeated in primary;
Joseph
A. LeFante (Dem), defeated in primary.
1982:
Jeff
Bell (Rep), defeated in primary.
1982 Mar 11:
Harrison
A. Williams, resigned.
1982 Apr 12:
Nicholas
F. Brady, appointed.
1982 Nov 2:
Frank
R. Lautenberg (Dem), elected;
Millicent
Fenwick (Rep), defeated;
Henry
Koch (Libertarian), defeated;
Julius
Levin (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Martin
E. Wendelken (Ind), defeated;
Clair
Moriarty (Socialist Workers), defeated;
Robert
T. Bastien (Grass Roots), defeated;
Rose
Z. Monyek (Repeal TE807), defeated.
1982 Dec 20:
Nicholas
F. Brady, resigned.
1984:
Robert
J. Morris, defeated for nomination.
1984 Jun 7:
Elliot
Greenspan (Dem), defeated in primary.
1984 Nov 6:
Bill
Bradley (Dem), elected;
Mary
V. Mochary (Rep), defeated;
James
T. Hagen (Conservative), defeated;
Harold
F. Leinendecker (Libertarian), defeated;
Julius
Levin (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Priscilla
Schenk (Socialist Workers), defeated;
Jasper
C. Gould (Contempt of Court), defeated.
1988 Nov 8:
Frank
R. Lautenberg (Dem), elected;
Peter
Dawkins (Rep), defeated;
Joseph
F. Job (Ind), defeated;
Jerry
Zeldin (Libertarian), defeated;
Thomas
A. Fiske (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1986 Jun 3:
Elliot
Greenspan (Dem), defeated in primary.
1990 Nov 6:
Bill
Bradley (Dem), elected;
Christine
Todd Whitman (Rep), defeated;
John
L. Kucek (Populist), defeated;
Louis
M. Stefanelli (Libertarian), defeated;
Don
Mackle (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1994 Nov 8:
Frank
R. Lautenberg (Dem), elected;
Garabed
Haytaian (Rep), defeated;
Michael
P. Kelly (Keep America First), defeated;
Benjamin
Grindlinger (Libertarian), defeated;
Richard
J. Pezzullo (N.J. Conservative), defeated;
Andrea
Lippi (Jobs, Property Rights), defeated;
George
P. Predham (Damn Drug Dealers), defeated;
Joanne
S. Kuniansky (Socialist Workers), defeated;
Arlene
Gold (Natural Law), defeated.
1996:
Dick
LaRossa (Rep), defeated in primary.
1996 Nov 5:
Robert
G. Torricelli (Dem), elected;
Dick
Zimmer (Rep), defeated;
Richard
J. Pezzullo (N.J. Conservative), defeated;
Mary
Jo Christian (Ind), defeated;
Paul
A. Woomer (Ind), defeated;
Olga
L. Rodriguez (Ind), defeated;
Mark
Wise (Ind), defeated;
Wilburt
Kornegay (Ind), defeated;
Steven
J. Baeli (Ind), defeated.
1990 Jun 5:
Elliot
Greenspan (Dem), defeated in primary.
2000 Jun 6:
Jon
Corzine (Dem), nominated;
James
J. Florio (Dem), defeated in primary.
2000 Jun 6:
Bob
Franks (Rep), nominated;
William
L. Gormley (Rep), defeated in primary;
James
W. Treffinger (Rep), defeated in primary;
Murray
Sabrin (Rep), defeated in primary.
2000 Nov 7:
Jon
Corzine (Dem), elected;
Bob
Franks (Rep), defeated;
Bruce
Afran (Ind), defeated;
Pat
DiNizio (Ind), defeated;
Emerson
Ellett (Ind), defeated;
Dennis
A. Breen (Ind), defeated;
J.
M. Carter (Ind), defeated;
Lorraine
L. LaNeve (Ind), defeated;
Gregory
Pason (Ind), defeated;
Nancy
Rosenstock (Socialist Workers), defeated;
George
Gostigian (Ind), defeated.
2002 Jun 4:
Robert
G. Torricelli (Dem), nominated unopposed.
2002 Jun 4:
Douglas
R. Forrester (Rep), nominated;
Diane
Allen (Rep), defeated in primary;
John
J. Matheussen (Rep), defeated in primary.
2002 Nov 5:
Frank
R. Lautenberg (Dem), elected;
Douglas
R. Forrester (Rep), defeated;
Ted
Glick (Green), defeated;
Elizabeth
Macron (Libertarian), defeated;
Norman
E. Wahner (Conservative), defeated;
Gregory
Pason (Socialist), defeated.
2006 Jun 6:
Bob
Menendez (Dem), nominated;
James
D. Kelly, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary.
2006 Jun 6:
Tom
Kean, Jr. (Rep), nominated;
John
P. Ginty (Rep), defeated in primary.
2006 Nov 7:
Bob
Menendez (Dem), elected;
Tom
Kean, Jr. (Rep), defeated;
Leonard
T. Flynn (Libertarian), defeated;
Edward
Forchion (Legalize Marijuana), defeated;
J.
M. Carter (God We Trust), defeated;
N.
Leonard Smith (Solidarity, Defend Life), defeated;
Daryl
M. Brooks (Poor People's Campaign), defeated;
Angela
Lariscy (Socialist Workers), defeated;
Gregory
Pason (Socialist), defeated.
2008 Jun 3:
Frank
R. Lautenberg (Dem), nominated;
Robert
E. Andrews (Dem), defeated in primary;
Donald
Cresitello (Dem), defeated in primary.
2008 Jun 3:
Dick
Zimmer (Rep), nominated;
Joseph
Pennacchio (Rep), defeated in primary;
Murray
Sabrin (Rep), defeated in primary.
2008 Nov 4:
Frank
R. Lautenberg (Dem), elected;
Dick
Zimmer (Rep), defeated;
Jason
Scheurer (Libertarian), defeated;
J.
M. Carter (God We Trust), defeated;
Daryl
M. Brooks (Poor People's Campaign), defeated;
Jeff
Boss, defeated;
Sara
J. Lobman (Socialist Workers), defeated.
2012 Jun 5:
Bob
Menendez (Dem), nominated unopposed.
2012 Jun 5:
Joseph
M. Kyrillos (Rep), nominated;
David
Douglas Brown (Rep), defeated in primary;
Joe
Rudy Rullo (Rep), defeated in primary;
Bader
G. Qarmout (Rep), defeated in primary.
2012 Nov 6:
Bob
Menendez (Dem), elected;
Joseph
M. Kyrillos (Rep), defeated;
Kenneth
R. Kaplan (Libertarian), defeated;
Ken
Wolski (Green), defeated;
Gwen
Diakos (Jersey Strong Independents), defeated;
J.
David Dranikoff (Totally Independent), defeated;
Andy
Soni (America First), defeated;
Robert
Turkavage (Responsibility Fairness Integrity), defeated;
Gregory
Pason (Socialist), defeated;
Eugene
Martin Lavergne, defeated;
Daryl
M. Brooks (Reform Nation), defeated.
2013 Jun 3:
Frank
R. Lautenberg, died in office.
2013 Aug 13:
Cory
A. Booker (Dem), nominated;
Frank
Pallone, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary;
Rush
D. Holt (Dem), defeated in primary;
Sheila
Y. Oliver (Dem), defeated in primary.
2013 Aug 13:
Steve
Lonegan (Rep), nominated;
Alieta
Eck (Rep), defeated in primary.
2013 Oct 16:
Cory
A. Booker (Dem), elected;
Steve
Lonegan (Rep), defeated;
Edward
C. Stackhouse, Jr. (Ind), defeated;
Robert
Depasquale (Ind), defeated;
Stuart
David Meissner (Alimony Reform Now), defeated;
Pablo
Olivera (Unity Is Strength), defeated;
Antonio
N. Sabas (Freedom of Choice), defeated;
Eugene
Martin Lavergne (D-R Party), defeated.
2014 Jun 3:
Cory
A. Booker (Dem), nominated unopposed.
2014 Jun 3:
Jeff
Bell (Rep), nominated;
Richard
J. Pezzullo (Rep), defeated in primary;
Brian
D. Goldberg (Rep), defeated in primary;
Murray
Sabrin (Rep), defeated in primary.
2014 Nov 4:
Cory
A. Booker (Dem), elected;
Jeff
Bell (Rep), defeated;
Joseph
Baratelli (Libertarian), defeated;
Hank
Schroeder (Economic Growth), defeated;
Jeff
Boss (NSA Did 9/11), defeated;
Eugene
Martin Lavergne (D-R Party), defeated;
Antonio
N. Sabas (Freedom of Choice), defeated.
2020 Jul 7:
Hirsh
V. Singh (Rep), defeated in primary.
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