New Jersey General Assembly
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The New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house
Lower house
A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide the lower house has come to wield more power...

 of the New Jersey Legislature
New Jersey Legislature
The New Jersey Legislature is the legislative branch of the government of the U.S. state of New Jersey. In its current form, as defined by the New Jersey Constitution of 1947, the Legislature consists of two houses: the General Assembly and the Senate...

.

Since the election of 1967 (1968 Session), the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts for a term of two years, each representing districts with average populations of 210,359 (2000 figures). To be eligible to run, a potential candidate must be at least 21 years of age, and must have lived in New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

 for at least two years prior to the election. They also must be residents of their districts. Membership in the Assembly is considered a part-time job, and many members have employment in addition to their legislative work. Assembly members serve two-year terms, elected every odd-numbered year in November. Several members of the Assembly hold other elective office, as they are grandfathered in under a New Jersey law that banned multiple office holding in 2007.

The Assembly is led by the Speaker of the Assembly, who is elected by the membership of the chamber. After the Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey
Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey
The Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey is a position that has existed since January 2010, following conjoint election with the Governor of New Jersey. The position was created as the result of a Constitutional amendment to the New Jersey State Constitution passed by the voters on November 8, 2005...

 and the President of the New Jersey Senate
New Jersey Senate
The New Jersey Senate was established as the upper house of the New Jersey Legislature by the Constitution of 1844, replacing the Legislative Council. From 1844 until 1965 New Jersey's counties elected one Senator, each. Under the 1844 Constitution the term of office was three years. The 1947...

, the Speaker of the Assembly is third in the line of succession to replace the Governor of New Jersey
Governor of New Jersey
The Office of the Governor of New Jersey is the executive branch for the U.S. state of New Jersey. The office of Governor is an elected position, for which elected officials serve four year terms. While individual politicians may serve as many terms as they can be elected to, Governors cannot be...

 in the event that he or she is unable to execute the duties of that office. The Speaker decides the schedule for the Assembly, which bills will be considered, appoints committee chairmen, and generally runs the Assembly's agenda. The current Speaker is Sheila Y. Oliver
Sheila Y. Oliver
Sheila Y. Oliver is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2004, where she represents the 34th legislative district. She is the Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly, having taken office on January 12, 2010 after the retirement of...

 (D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

-East Orange
East Orange, New Jersey
East Orange is a city in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census the city's population 64,270, making it the state's 20th largest municipality, having dropped 5,554 residents from its population of 69,824 in the 2000 Census, when it was the state's 14th most...

).

Salary and Costs

Members of the NJ General Assembly receive annually $35,000 for a base salary and $110,000 for staff salaries. In addition, they receive 12,500 postage stamps, stationery and a telephone card. They receive New Jersey State health insurance and other benefits. The total cost to the State of New Jersey for each member of the general assembly is approximately $200,000 annually.

History

See: New Jersey Legislature#Before the Legislature and the Constitution of 1776 and New Jersey Legislative Council#Composition

Composition

Affiliation Party Total
Democratic Republican Vacant
End of previous legislature 48 32 80 0
Begin 47 33 80 0
November 22, 2010 46 79 1
January 9, 2011 47 80 0
January 9, 2011 46 79 1
July 29, 2011 32 78 2
November 10, 2011 31 77 3
Latest voting share 59.7% 40.3%

Committees and Committee Chairs

  • Agriculture and Natural Resources - Asm. Nelson Albano
    Nelson Albano
    Nelson Albano is an American Democratic Party politician, who serves in the New Jersey General Assembly where he represents the 1st legislative district, having taken office on January 10, 2006. Albano was elected to the Assembly on November 8, 2005, unseating John C...

     (D-Cumberland)
  • Appropriations - Asw. Nellie Pou
    Nellie Pou
    Nelida "Nellie" Pou is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 1997, where she represents the 35th legislative district...

     (D-Passaic)
  • Bipartisan Leadership Committee - Speaker Sheila Oliver (D-Essex) and Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce
    Alex DeCroce
    Alex DeCroce is an American Republican Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 1989, where he represents the 26th legislative district....

     (R-Morris)
  • Budget - Asm. Louis Greenwald
    Louis Greenwald
    Louis Greenwald is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 1996, where he represents the 6th legislative district....

     (D-Camden)
  • Commerce and Economic Development - Asm. Alberto Coutinho
    Alberto Coutinho
    Albert Coutinho is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since January 8, 2008, where he represents the 29th legislative district....

     (D-Essex)
  • Consumer Affairs - Asm. Paul Moriarty
    Paul Moriarty
    Paul Moriarty is an American Democratic Party politician, who serves in the New Jersey General Assembly where he represents the 4th Legislative District, having taken office on January 10, 2006....

     (D-Gloucester)
  • Education - Asm. Patrick Diegnan (D-Middlesex)
  • Environment and Solid Waste - Asm. John McKeon
    John McKeon
    John McKeon was an American lawyer and politician from New York.- Life :He was the son of Capt...

     (D-Essex)
  • Financial Institutions and Insurance - Asm. Gary Schaer
    Gary Schaer
    Gary Schaer is an American Democratic Party politician who serves in the New Jersey General Assembly where he represents the 36th legislative district, having taken office on January 10, 2006, and on the Passaic, New Jersey City Council where he is the council president...

     (D-Passaic)
  • Health and Senior Services - Asm. Herb Conaway
    Herb Conaway
    Herb Conaway is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 1998, where he represents the 7th Legislative District.He served as the Assembly's Deputy Speaker from 2002 to 2005...

    , MD (D-Burlington)
  • Higher Education - Asw. Pamela Rosen Lampitt
    Pamela Rosen Lampitt
    Pamela R. Lampitt is an American Democratic Party politician, who serves in the New Jersey General Assembly, where she represents the 6th legislative district, having taken office on January 10, 2006....

     (D-Camden)
  • Homeland Security and State Preparedness - Asm. Frederick Scalera
    Frederick Scalera
    Frederick Scalera is an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2003 to 2011, representing the 36th legislative district.-Biography:...

     (D-Essex)
  • Housing and Local Government - Asm. Jerry Green
    Jerry Green
    Gerald B. "Jerry" Green is an American Democratic politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 1992, where he represents the 22nd legislative district, having represented the 17th Legislative District until 2002....

     (D-Union)
  • Human Services - Asw. Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen)
  • Judiciary - Asm. Peter Barnes
    Peter Barnes
    Peter Barnes was an English Olivier Award-winning playwright and screenwriter. His most famous work is the play The Ruling Class, which was made into a 1972 film for which Peter O'Toole received an Oscar nomination....

     (D-Middlesex)
  • Labor - Asm. Joseph Egan (D-Middlesex)
  • Law and Public Safety - Asm. Gordon Johnson
    Gordon M. Johnson
    Gordon M. Johnson is an American Democratic Party politician who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2002, where he represents the 37th Legislative District....

     (D-Bergen)
  • Military and Veterans' Affairs - Asm. Jack Conners
    Jack Conners
    Jack Conners is an American Democratic Party politician, who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1998 to his resignation in 2011, where he represented the 7th Legislative District....

     (D-Burlington)
  • Regulated Professions - Asm. Vincent Prieto
    Vincent Prieto
    Vincent Prieto is an American Democratic Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2004, where he represents the 32nd legislative district....

     (D-Hudson)
  • Regulatory Oversight and Gaming - Asm. John Burzichelli (D-Gloucester)
  • State Government - Asw. Linda Stender
    Linda Stender
    Linda Stender is an American Democratic Party politician who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2002, where she represents the 22nd legislative district. She ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing New Jersey's 7th District, in 2006 and...

     (D-Union)
  • Telecommunications and Utilities - Asm. Upendra Chivukula (D-Somerset)
  • Tourism and the Arts - Asm. Matthew Milam (D-Cumberland)
  • Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities - Asm. John Wisniewski (D-Middlesex)

List of past Assembly Speakers

Note: The first two subsections below end with a constitutional year: 1844 or 1947. The third subsection ends in 1966, the year of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that required legislative apportionment based on the principle of "one person, one vote".

The following is a list of Speakers of the Assembly since 1776.

1776–1844

  • 1776-78: John Hart, Hunterdon
  • 1778-79: Caleb Camp, Essex
  • 1780: Josiah Hornblower
    Josiah Hornblower
    Josiah Hornblower was an English engineer and statesman in America Belleville, New Jersey. He was a delegate for New Jersey in the Continental Congress in 1785 and 1786.-Engineering career :...

    , Essex
  • 1781: John Meheim, Hunterdon
  • 1782-83: Ephraim Harris, Cumberland
  • 1784: Daniel Hendrickson, Monmouth
  • 1784-86: Benjamin Van Cleve
    Benjamin Van Cleve
    Benjamin Van Cleve was a pioneer settler of Dayton, Ohio in the United States. He held several offices in the town....

    , Hunterdon
  • 1787: Ephraim Harris, Cumberland
  • 1788: Benjamin Van Cleve, Hunterdon
  • 1789: John Beatty
    John Beatty (delegate)
    John Beatty was an American physician and statesman from Princeton, New Jersey.-Biography:Born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, he rose to the rank of major in the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He was captured at the surrender of Fort...

    , Middlesex
  • 1790: Jonathan Dayton
    Jonathan Dayton
    Jonathan Dayton was an American politician from the U.S. state of New Jersey. He was the youngest person to sign the United States Constitution and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, serving as the fourth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and later the U.S. Senate...

    , Essex
  • 1791: Ebenezer Elmer
    Ebenezer Elmer
    Ebenezer Elmer was an American physician from Bridgeton, New Jersey. He represented New Jersey in the U.S. Congress from the Democratic-Republican Party from 1801 to 1807...

    , Cumberland
  • 1792-94: Silas Condict
    Silas Condict
    Silas Condict was an American farmer and large landowner from Morris County, New Jersey. He served as a New Jersey delegate to the Continental Congress from 1781 to 1783...

    , Morris
  • 1795: Ebenezer Elmer, Cumberland
  • 1796: James H. Imlay, Monmouth
  • 1797: Silas Condict, Morris
  • 1798-1800: William Coxe, Burlington
  • 1801: Silas Dickerson, Sussex
  • 1802: William Coxe, Burlington
  • 1803: Peter Gordon, Hunterdon
  • 1804-07: James Cox
    James Cox (Representative)
    James Cox was a member of the United States House of Representatives in the 11th Congress.He was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey on 16 October 1753, the son of Judge Joseph and Mary Cox...

    , Monmouth

  • 1808-09: Lewis Condict
    Lewis Condict
    Lewis Condict was a United States Representative from New Jersey. Born in Morristown, he attended the common schools, was graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1794, and commenced practice in Morristown...

     Morris
  • 1810-11: William Kennedy, Sussex
  • 1812: William Pearson, Burlington
  • 1813: Ephraim Bateman
    Ephraim Bateman
    Ephraim Bateman represented New Jersey in the United States Senate from 1826 to 1829 and in the United States House of Representatives from 1815-1823....

    , Cumberland
  • 1814-15: Samuel Pennington, Essex
  • 1816: Charles Clark, Essex
  • 1817: Ebenezer Elmer, Cumberland
  • 1818-22: David Thompson, Jr., Morris
  • 1823: Lucius Q.C. Elmer, Cumberland
  • 1824: David Johnston, Hunterdon
  • 1825-26: George K. Drake, Morris
  • 1827-28: William B. Ewing, Cumberland
  • 1829-31: Alexander Wurts, Hunterdon
  • 1832: John P. Jackson, Essex
  • 1833-35: Daniel B. Ryall, Monmouth
  • 1836: Thomas G. Haight, Monmouth
  • 1837-38: Lewis Condict, Morris
  • 1839: William Stites, Essex
  • 1840-41: John Emley, Burlington
  • 1842: Samuel Halsey, Morris
  • 1843-44: Joseph Taylor, Cumberland


1845–1947

The Constitution of 1844 expanded the General Assembly to 60 members, elected annually and apportioned to the then-nineteen counties by population.

  • 1845: Isaac Van Wagenen, Essex
  • 1846: Lewis Howell, Cumberland
  • 1847-48: John W. C. Evans, Burlington
  • 1849: Edward W. Whelpley, Morris
  • 1850: John T. Nixon
    John T. Nixon
    John Thompson Nixon was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1859 to 1863....

    , Cumberland
  • 1851: John H. Phillips, Mercer
  • 1852: John Huyler
    John Huyler
    John Huyler was an American Democratic Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1857-1859.-Biography:...

    , Bergen
  • 1853-54: John W. Fennimore, Burlington
  • 1855: William Parry, Burlington
  • 1856: Thomas W. Demarest, Bergen
  • 1857: Andrew Dutcher, Mercer
  • 1858: Daniel Holsman, Bergen
  • 1859: Edwin Salter, Ocean
  • 1860: Austin H. Patterson
    Austin H. Patterson
    Austin H. Patterson was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey, who served on the Howell Township Committee, the Monmouth County, New Jersey Board of Chosen Freeholders and the New Jersey State Assembly....

    , Monmouth
  • 1861: Frederick Halstead Teese
    Frederick Halstead Teese
    Frederick Halstead Teese was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey. -Biography:Born in Newark, New Jersey, Teese was graduated from Princeton College in 1843, where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1846 and commenced practice in Newark, New Jersey...

    , Essex
  • 1862: Charles Haight
    Charles Haight
    Charles Haight was a Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1867-1871....

    , Monmouth
  • 1863: James T. Crowell, Middlesex
  • 1864: Joseph N. Taylor, Passaic
  • 1865: Joseph T. Crowell
    Joseph T. Crowell
    Joseph Tucker Crowell was an American printer, editor, and politician. He served as Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly and as President of the New Jersey Senate.-Biography:...

    , Union
  • 1866: John Hill, Morris
  • 1867: G. W. N. Curtis, Camden
  • 1868: Augustus O. Evans, Hudson
  • 1869-70: Leon Abbett
    Leon Abbett
    Leon Abbett was an American Democratic Party politician, and lawyer, who served two separate terms as the 26th Governor of New Jersey, from 1884 to 1887 and from 1890 to 1893. He was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly, New Jersey Senate, a democratic candidate for the U.S...

    , Hudson
  • 1871: Albert P. Condit, Essex
  • 1872: Nathaniel Niles, Morris
  • 1873: Isaac L. Fisher, Middlesex
  • 1874: Garret A. Hobart, Passaic
  • 1875: George O. Vanderbilt, Mercer
  • 1876: John D. Caracallen, Hudson
  • 1877: Rudolph F. Rabe, Hudson
  • 1878: John Egan, Union
  • 1879: Schuyler B. Jackson, Essex
  • 1880: Sherman B. Oviatt, Monmouth
  • 1881: Harrison Van Duyne, Essex
  • 1882: John T. Dunn
    John T. Dunn
    John Thomas Dunn was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.Born in Tipperary, Ireland, Dunn immigrated to the United States with his father, who settled in New Jersey in 1845.He completed elementary studies at home....

    , Union
  • 1883: Thomas O'Connor, Essex
  • 1884: A. B. Stoney, Monmouth
  • 1885-86: Edward Ambler Armstrong, Camden
  • 1887: William M. Baird
    William M. Baird
    William M. Baird was an American Presbyterian missionary who founded Soongsil University in Korea.Baird was born in Indiana on June 16, 1862. He was educated at Hanover University and McCormick Theological Seminary...

    , Warren
  • 1888: Samuel D. Dickinson, Hudson
  • 1889: Robert S. Hudspeth, Hudson
  • 1890: William Christian Heppenheimer, Hudson
  • 1891-92: James J. Bergen, Somerset
  • 1893: Thomas Flynn, Passaic
  • 1894: John I. Holt, Passaic (resigned May 26)
  • 1894-95: Joseph Cross
    Joseph Cross (judge)
    Joseph Cross was a New Jersey Republican politician and United States district court judge.-Biography:Born near Morristown, New Jersey, Cross attended Princeton College, receiving an A.B. in 1865 and an A.M. in 1868. He attended Columbia Law School, but read law to enter the profession...

    , Union
  • 1896: Louis T. DeRousse, Camden
  • 1897: George W. MacPherson, Mercer

  • 1898-99: David O. Watkins
    David Ogden Watkins
    David Ogden Watkins was the acting Governor of New Jersey from 1898 to 1899.-Biography:He studied law and was admitted to practice in New Jersey in 1893...

    , Gloucester
  • 1900: Benjamin Franklin Jones
    Benjamin Franklin Jones (New Jersey politician)
    Benjamin Franklin Jones was an American jurist and Republican Party politician who served as the Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly in 1900....

    , Essex
  • 1901-1902: William J. Bradley
    William J. Bradley
    William James Lee Bradley was an American businessman and Republican Party politician who served as Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly and President of the New Jersey Senate.-Biography:...

    , Camden
  • 1903: John G. Horner, Burlington
  • 1904-1905: John Boyd Avis
    John Boyd Avis
    John Boyd Avis was a United States federal judge.-Biography:Avis was born in Deerfield, New Jersey, the son of a New Jersey assemblyman, and the great-great grandson of a Revolutionary War soldier who had fought at Valley Forge. He read law from 1890 to 1894 with John S. Mitchell and from 1897 to...

    , Gloucester
  • 1906: Samuel K. Robbins
    Samuel K. Robbins
    Samuel Kirkbride Robbins was a Republican Party politician who served as Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly and President of the New Jersey Senate.-Biography:...

    , Burlington
  • 1907: Edgar E. Lethbridge, Essex
  • 1908: Frank B. Jess, Camden
  • 1909: John D. Prince, Passaic
  • 1910: Harry P. Ward, Bergen
  • 1911: Edward Kenny, Hudson
  • 1912: Thomas F. McCran
    Thomas F. McCran
    Thomas Francis McCran was an American jurist and Republican Party politician who served as Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly, President of the New Jersey Senate, and Attorney General of New Jersey....

    , Passaic
  • 1913: Leon R. Taylor
    Leon R. Taylor
    Leon Rutherford Taylor was a New Jersey politician, who was the Acting Governor of New Jersey from October 28, 1913 to January 20, 1914...

    , Monmouth (became Acting Governor October 28)
  • 1914: Azariah M. Beekman, Somerset
  • 1915: Carlton Godfrey
    Carlton Godfrey
    Carlton Godfrey was a New Jersey Republican politician and businessman who served in the New Jersey General Assembly for five years and was Speaker of the House in 1915....

    , Atlantic
  • 1916: Charles C. Pilgrim, Essex
  • 1917: Edward Schoen, Essex
  • 1918: Charles A. Wolverton
    Charles A. Wolverton
    Charles Anderson Wolverton was a Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for nearly 32 years, from 1927 to 1959.After receiving a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1900, Wolverton practiced...

    , Camden
  • 1919: Arthur N. Pierson
    Arthur N. Pierson
    Arthur Newton Pierson was an American businessman and Republican Party politician who served as Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly and President of the New Jersey Senate.-Biography:...

    , Union
  • 1920: W. Irving Glover, Bergen
  • 1921: George S. Hobart, Essex
  • 1922: T. Harry Rowland, Camden
  • 1923: William W. Evans, Passaic
  • 1924: Harry G. Eaton, Essex
  • 1925: Clifford R. Powell, Burlington
  • 1926: Ralph W. Chandless, Bergen
  • 1927: Anthony J. Siracusa, Atlantic
  • 1928: Thomas L. Hanson, Middlesex
  • 1929: Guy George Gabrielson, Essex
  • 1930: William B. Knight, Camden
  • 1931: Russell S. Wise, Passaic
  • 1932: Joseph Greenberg, Hudson
  • 1933: Charles A. Otto, Jr., Union (resigned November 14)
  • 1933: Herbert J. Pascoe, Union
  • 1934: Joseph Altman, Atlantic
  • 1935: Lester H. Clee
    Lester H. Clee
    Lester Harrison Clee was an American clergyman and politician who served in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature and was the Republican nominee for Governor of New Jersey in 1937.-Biography:...

    , Essex
  • 1936: Marcus W. Newcomb, Burlington
  • 1937: Thomas G. Walker, Hudson (resigned November 30)
  • 1937: Fred W. De Voe, Middlesex
  • 1938-1939: Herbert J. Pascoe, Union
  • 1940-1941: Roscoe P. McClave, Bergen
  • 1942: John E. Boswell, Cape May
  • 1943: Manfield G. Amlicke, Passaic
  • 1944: Dominic A. Cavicchia, Essex
  • 1945: Freas L. Hess, Somerset
  • 1946: Walter H. Jones, Bergen
  • 1947: Leon Leonard, Atlantic


1948–1967

  • 1948: Joseph L. Brescher, Union
  • 1949: Hugh L. Mehorter, Gloucester
  • 1950: Percy A. Miller, Jr., Essex (resigned)
  • 1950: James E. Fraser, Atlantic (died in office)
  • 1951: Merrill H. Thompson, Monmouth
  • 1952: Lawrence A. Cavinato, Bergen
  • 1953: Elvin R. Simmill, Monmouth
  • 1954: G. Clifford Thomas, Union
  • 1955: Paul M. Salsburg, Atlantic
  • 1956: Leo J. Mosch, Essex
  • 1957: Elden Mills, Morris

  • 1958: William F. Hyland
    William F. Hyland
    William F. 'Bill' Hyland is an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician who served as Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly and Attorney General of New Jersey. Later in life he was a partner in the law firm of Riker Danzig and the executor of the estate of Benny...

    , Camden
  • 1959: William Kurtz, Middlesex
  • 1960: Maurice V. Brady, Hudson
  • 1961: Le Roy J. D'Aloia, Essex
  • 1962: John W. Davis, Salem
  • 1963: Elmer M. Matthews, Essex
  • 1964: Alfred N. Beadleston
    Alfred N. Beadleston
    Alfred Nash Beadleston, Jr. was an American Republican Party politician who served as Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly and President of the New Jersey Senate.-Biography:...

    , Monmouth
  • 1965: Marion West Higgins
    Marion West Higgins
    Marion West Higgins was an American Republican Party politician who served as the first female Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly. She was only the third woman Marion West Higgins (January 9, 1915 – December 24, 1991) was an American Republican Party politician who served as the first...

    , Bergen
  • 1966: Maurice V. Brady  (resigned)
  • 1966: Frederick H. Hauser, Hudson
  • 1967: Robert J. Halpin, Cumberland


1968–present

  • 1968: Albert S. Smith, District 2
  • 1969: Peter Moraites, District 13D
  • 1970: William K. Dickey
    William K. Dickey
    William K. 'Bill' Dickey was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who served as Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly and as chairman of the Delaware River Port Authority.-Biography:...

    , District 3C
  • 1971: Barry T. Parker
    Barry T. Parker
    Barry T. Parker is an American Republican Party politician who served in both the New Jersey General Assembly and the New Jersey Senate.-Biography:...

    , District 4B
  • 1972-1973: Thomas Kean
    Thomas Kean
    Thomas Howard Kean is an American Republican Party politician, who served as the 48th Governor of New Jersey from 1982 to 1990. Kean is best known globally, however, for his 2002 appointment as Chairman of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, widely known as the...

    , District 11E
  • 1974-1976: S. Howard Woodson
    S. Howard Woodson
    Samuel Howard Woodson, Jr. was an American pastor, civil rights leader, and Democratic Party politician from New Jersey. He was the first African American to serve as Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly.-Biography:...

    , 13th District (resigned)
  • 1976: Joseph A. LeFante
    Joseph A. LeFante
    Joseph Anthony Lefante was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 14th congressional district from 1977-1978.-Biography:...

    , 31st District
  • 1977: William J. Hamilton
    William J. Hamilton
    William J. Hamilton, Jr. is an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey, who served in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature, where he represented the 17th Legislative District. He was Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly for the 1977 session.-Biography:Hamilton was born in...

    , 17th District
  • 1978-1982: Christopher Jackman
    Christopher Jackman
    Christopher J. "Chris" Jackman was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey, who served in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature. He was Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1978 until 1982....

    , 33rd District


  • 1982-1985: Alan Karcher
    Alan Karcher
    Alan J. Karcher was an American Democratic Party politician whose highest office was Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly...

    , 19th District
  • 1986-1990: Chuck Hardwick
    Chuck Hardwick
    Charles Leighton Hardwick is a former state legislator in New Jersey, and a current Senior Vice President at Pfizer...

    , 21st District
  • 1990-1992: Joseph Doria
    Joseph Doria
    Joseph V. Doria Jr. is an American Democratic Party politician, who served as Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs in the cabinet of Governor Jon Corzine from 2007 until his resignation in July 2009...

    , 31st District
  • 1992-1996: Chuck Haytaian
    Chuck Haytaian
    Garabed "Chuck" Haytaian is an American Republican Party politician, who was the Speaker of the New Jersey State Assembly during the 'tax revolt' of the James Florio – Christine Todd Whitman era. He is of Armenian descent....

    , 23rd District
  • 1996-2002: Jack Collins
    Jack Collins (politician)
    John "Jack" Collins has been an American college basketball coach, educator, lawyer, and a Republican Party politician from New Jersey...

    , 3rd District
  • 2002-2006: Albio Sires
    Albio Sires
    Albio Sires is the U.S. Representative for , serving since a special election in 2006. The district includes most of Jersey City, as well as most of the Latino neighborhoods of Newark. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

    , 33rd District
  • 2006-2010: Joseph J. Roberts, 5th District
  • 2010–present: Sheila Y. Oliver
    Sheila Y. Oliver
    Sheila Y. Oliver is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2004, where she represents the 34th legislative district. She is the Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly, having taken office on January 12, 2010 after the retirement of...

    , 34th District


See also

  • :Category:Members of the New Jersey General Assembly
  • New Jersey State Constitution
    New Jersey State Constitution
    The Constitution of the State of New Jersey is the basic governing document of the State of New Jersey. In addition to three British Royal Charters issued for East Jersey, West Jersey and united New Jersey while they were still colonies, the state has been governed by three constitutions...


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