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New Jersey General Assembly#List of past Assembly Speakers

{{Short description|Lower house of the New Jersey Legislature}}

{{for|the current session|221st New Jersey Legislature}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Use American English|date=November 2023}}

{{Infobox legislature

| background_color = {{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}

| name = New Jersey General Assembly

| legislature = 221st New Jersey Legislature

| coa_pic = Seal of New Jersey.svg

| session_room = New Jersey General Assembly floor.jpg

| house_type = Lower house

| term_limits = None

| new_session = January 9, 2024

| leader1_type = Speaker

| leader1 = Craig Coughlin (D)

| election1 = January 9, 2018

| leader2_type = Speaker pro tempore

| leader2 = Annette Quijano (D)

| election2 = January 30, 2025

| leader3_type = Majority Leader

| leader3 = Louis Greenwald (D)

| election3 = January 10, 2012

| leader4_type = Minority Leader

| leader4 = John DiMaio (R)

| election4 = January 11, 2022

| term_length = 2 years

| authority = Article IV, New Jersey Constitution

| salary = $49,000/year

| members = 80

| voting_system1 = Plurality block voting

| last_election1 = November 7, 2023
(80 seats)

| next_election1 = November 4, 2025
(80 seats)

| redistricting = New Jersey Apportionment Commission

| structure1 = NJ Assembly 2024-2025 diagram.svg

| structure1_res = 250px

| political_groups1 =

Majority

  • {{Color box|#0000FF|border=darkgray}} Democratic (52)

Minority

  • {{Color box|#FF0000|border=darkgray}} Republican (28)

| meeting_place = General Assembly Chamber
New Jersey State House
Trenton, New Jersey

| website = {{URL|http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/}}

}}

The New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature.

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 232,225 (2020 figures), with deviation in each district not exceeding 3.21% above and below that average.[http://www.apportionmentcommission.org/documents/ValidationData/ValidationData_LegislativeDistricts.xls Statistical Data Tables] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328223246/http://www.apportionmentcommission.org/documents/ValidationData/ValidationData_LegislativeDistricts.xls |date=2022-03-28 }}, New Jersey Apportionment Commission. Accessed August 25, 2021. To be eligible to run, a potential candidate must be at least 21 years of age, and must have lived in their district for at least one year prior to the election, and have lived in the state of New Jersey for two years. 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. One current member of the Assembly, Gary Schaer, holds another elective office (Passaic City Council President),[https://www.cityofpassaic.com/242/Gary-Schaer Gary Schaer | Passaic, NJ] as he is 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 and the President of the New Jersey Senate, the Speaker of the Assembly is third in the line of succession to replace the Governor of New Jersey in the event that the governor 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 Craig Coughlin (D-Woodbridge).

Composition

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!rowspan=3|Affiliation

!colspan=2|Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

!rowspan=3|Total

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| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |

| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |

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Democratic

!Republican

!Vacant

nowrap style="font-size:80%"|2018–2020

|{{party shading/Democratic}} | 54

| 26

! 80

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nowrap style="font-size:80%"|2020–2022

|{{party shading/Democratic}}| 52

| 28

! 80

| 0

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nowrap style="font-size:80%"|2022–2024

|{{party shading/Democratic}}| 46

| 34

! 80

| 0

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nowrap style="font-size:80%"|2024–2026

|{{party shading/Democratic}}| 52

| 28

! 80

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Latest voting share

!{{party shading/Democratic}}|{{percentage|52|80|0}}

!{{percentage|28|80|0}}

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=List of state assembly members=

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! colspan="1" class="sortable"| Legislative district

! |Assembly member

! colspan="2"| Party

! colspan="1"| Assumed office

!Counties represented

!Residence

rowspan="2"|District 1

| {{sortname|Erik|Simonsen|dab=politician}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Republican

| January 14, 2020

| rowspan="2" |Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland

|Lower Township

{{sortname|Antwan|McClellan}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Republican

| January 14, 2020

|Ocean City

rowspan="2"|District 2

| {{sortname|Claire|Swift}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Republican

| January 11, 2022

| rowspan="2" |Atlantic

|Margate City

{{sortname|Don|Guardian}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Republican

| January 11, 2022

|Atlantic City

rowspan="2"|District 3

| {{sortname|Heather|Simmons|dab=New Jersey politician}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 9, 2024

| rowspan="2" |Cumberland, Gloucester Salem

|Glassboro

{{sortname|David|Bailey|dab=New Jersey politician}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 9, 2024

|Woodstown

rowspan="2"|District 4

| {{sortname|Dan|Hutchison}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 9, 2024

| rowspan="2" |Atlantic, Camden, Gloucester

|Gloucester Township

{{sortname|Cody|Miller|dab=New Jersey politician}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 9, 2024

|Monroe Township

rowspan="2"|District 5

| {{sortname|William|Spearman}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| June 30, 2018

| rowspan="2" |Camden, Gloucester

|Camden

{{sortname|Bill|Moen}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 14, 2020

|Camden

rowspan="2"|District 6

| {{sortname|Louis|Greenwald}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 9, 1996

| rowspan="2" |Burlington, Camden

|Voorhees Township

Melinda Kane

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

|Democratic

|January 23, 2025

|Cherry Hill

rowspan="2"|District 7

| {{sortname|Carol A.|Murphy}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 9, 2018

| rowspan="2" |Burlington

|Mount Laurel

{{sortname|Balvir|Singh}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

|Democratic

|January 30, 2025

|Burlington Township

rowspan="2"|District 8

| {{sortname|Michael|Torrissi}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Republican

| January 11, 2022

| rowspan="2" |Atlantic, Burlington

|Hammonton

{{sortname|Andrea|Katz}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 9, 2024

|Chesterfield Township

rowspan="2"|District 9

| {{sortname|Brian E.|Rumpf}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Republican

| June 23, 2003

| rowspan="2" |Ocean

|Little Egg Harbor

{{sortname|Greg|Myhre}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Republican

| January 9, 2024

|Stafford

rowspan="2"|District 10

| {{sortname|Gregory P.|McGuckin}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Republican

| January 10, 2012

| rowspan="2" |Ocean, Monmouth

|Toms River

{{sortname|Paul|Kanitra}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Republican

| January 9, 2024

|Point Pleasant Beach

rowspan="2"|District 11

| {{sortname|Margie|Donlon}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 9, 2024

| rowspan="2" |Monmouth

|Ocean Township

{{sortname|Luanne|Peterpaul}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 9, 2024

|Long Branch

rowspan="2"|District 12

| {{sortname|Alex|Sauickie}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Republican

| July 23, 2022

| rowspan="2" |Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean

|Jackson Township

{{sortname|Robert D.|Clifton}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Republican

| January 10, 2012

|Matawan

rowspan="2"|District 13

| {{sortname|Vicky|Flynn}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Republican

| January 11, 2022

| rowspan="2" |Monmouth

|Holmdel

{{sortname|Gerard|Scharfenberger}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Republican

| January 14, 2020

|Middletown

rowspan="2"|District 14

| {{sortname|Wayne|DeAngelo}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 8, 2008

| rowspan="2" |Mercer, Middlesex

|Hamilton Township

{{sortname|Tennille|McCoy}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 8, 2024

|Hamilton Township

rowspan="2"|District 15

| {{sortname|Verlina|Reynolds-Jackson}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| February 15, 2018

| rowspan="2" |Hunterdon, Mercer

|Trenton

{{sortname|Anthony|Verrelli}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| August 5, 2018

|Hopewell Township

rowspan="2"|District 16

| {{sortname|Mitchelle|Drulis}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 9, 2024

| rowspan="2" |Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset

|East Amwell

{{sortname|Roy|Freiman}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 9, 2018

|Hillsborough Township

rowspan="2"|District 17

| {{sortname|Joseph|Danielsen}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| October 16, 2014

| rowspan="2" |Middlesex, Somerset

|Franklin Township

{{sortname|Kevin|Egan|dab=New Jersey politician}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 9, 2024

|New Brunswick

rowspan="2"|District 18

| {{sortname|Sterley|Stanley}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 27, 2021

| rowspan="2" |Middlesex

|East Brunswick

{{sortname|Robert|Karabinchak}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| May 26, 2016

|Edison

rowspan="2"|District 19

| {{sortname|Craig|Coughlin}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 12, 2010

| rowspan="2" |Middlesex

|Woodbridge

{{sortname|Yvonne|Lopez}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 9, 2018

|Perth Amboy

rowspan="2"|District 20

| {{sortname|Annette|Quijano}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| September 25, 2008

| rowspan="2" |Union

|Elizabeth

{{sortname|Reginald|Atkins}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 11, 2022

|Roselle

rowspan="2"|District 21

| {{sortname|Michele|Matsikoudis}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Republican

| January 11, 2022

| rowspan="2" |Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Union

|New Providence

{{sortname|Nancy|Munoz}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Republican

| May 21, 2009

|Summit

rowspan="2"|District 22

| {{sortname|James J.|Kennedy}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 12, 2016

| rowspan="2" |Somerset, Union

|Rahway

{{sortname|Linda S.|Carter}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| May 24, 2018

|Plainfield

rowspan="2"|District 23

| {{sortname|Erik|Peterson|dab=politician}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Republican

| December 7, 2009

| rowspan="2" |Hunterdon, Somerset, Warren

|Franklin Township

{{sortname|John|DiMaio}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Republican

| February 21, 2009

|Hackettstown

rowspan="2"|District 24

| {{sortname|Dawn|Fantasia}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Republican

| January 9, 2024

| rowspan="2" |Morris, Sussex, Warren

|Franklin Borough

{{sortname|Mike|Inganamort}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Republican

| January 9, 2024

|Chester Township

rowspan="2"|District 25

| {{sortname|Aura|Dunn}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Republican

| November 21, 2019

| rowspan="2" |Morris, Passaic

|Mendham Borough

{{sortname|Christian|Barranco}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Republican

| January 11, 2022

|Jefferson

rowspan="2"|District 26

| {{sortname|Brian|Bergen}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Republican

| January 14, 2020

| rowspan="2" |Morris, Passaic

|Denville

{{sortname|Jay|Webber}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Republican

| January 8, 2008

|Morris Plains

rowspan="2"|District 27

| {{sortname|Rosy|Bagolie}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 9, 2024

| rowspan="2" |Essex, Passaic

|Livingston

{{sortname|Alixon|Collazos-Gill}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 9, 2024

|Montclair

rowspan="2"|District 28

| {{sortname|Cleopatra|Tucker}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 8, 2008

| rowspan="2" |Essex, Union

|Newark

{{sortname|Garnet|Hall}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 9, 2024

|Maplewood

rowspan="2"|District 29

| {{sortname|Eliana|Pintor Marin}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| September 11, 2013

| rowspan="2" |Essex, Hudson

|Newark

{{sortname|Shanique|Speight}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 9, 2018

|Newark

rowspan="2"|District 30

| {{sortname|Sean T.|Kean}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Republican

| January 10, 2012

| rowspan="2" |Monmouth, Ocean

|Wall

{{sortname|Avi|Schnall}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 9, 2024

|Lakewood Township

rowspan="2"|District 31

| {{sortname|Barbara McCann|Stamato}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 9, 2024

| rowspan="2" |Hudson

|Jersey City

{{sortname|William|Sampson|dab=politician}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 11, 2022

|Bayonne

rowspan="2"|District 32

| {{sortname|Jessica|Ramirez}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 9, 2024

| rowspan="2" |Hudson

|Jersey City

{{sortname|John|Allen|dab=New Jersey politician}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 9, 2024

|Hoboken

rowspan="2"|District 33

| {{sortname|Gabe|Rodriguez}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 9, 2024

| rowspan="2" |Hudson

|West New York

{{sortname|Julio|Marenco}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 9, 2024

|North Bergen

rowspan="2"|District 34

| {{sortname|Michael|Venezia|dab=New Jersey politician}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 9, 2024

| rowspan="2" |Essex

|Bloomfield

{{sortname|Carmen|Morales|dab=New Jersey politician}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 9, 2024

|Belleville

rowspan="2"|District 35

| {{sortname|Shavonda E.|Sumter}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 10, 2012

| rowspan="2" |Bergen, Passaic

|North Haledon

Al Abdelaziz

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

|Democratic

|January 23, 2025

|Paterson

rowspan="2"|District 36

| {{sortname|Gary|Schaer}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 10, 2006

| rowspan="2" |Bergen, Passaic

|Passaic

{{sortname|Clinton|Calabrese}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| February 10, 2018

|Cliffside Park

rowspan="2"|District 37

| {{sortname|Ellen|Park}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 11, 2022

| rowspan="2" |Bergen

|Englewood Cliffs

{{sortname|Shama|Haider}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| January 11, 2022

|Tenafly

rowspan="2"|District 38

| {{sortname|Lisa|Swain}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| May 24, 2018

| rowspan="2" |Bergen

|Fair Lawn

{{sortname|Chris|Tully}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Democratic

| May 24, 2018

|Bergenfield

rowspan="2"|District 39

| {{sortname|John V.|Azzariti}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Republican

| January 9, 2024

| rowspan="2" |Bergen

|Saddle River

{{sortname|Robert|Auth}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Republican

| January 14, 2014

|Old Tappan

rowspan="2"|District 40

| {{sortname|Al|Barlas}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Republican

| January 9, 2024

| rowspan="2" |Bergen, Passaic

|Cedar Grove

{{sortname|Christopher|DePhillips}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Republican

| January 9, 2018

|Wyckoff

Committees and committee chairs

Committee chairs for the 2024-2026 Legislative Session are:{{Cite web |url=https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/committees/assembly-committees |title=NJ Legislature |access-date=2024-01-31 |archive-date=2024-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117013944/https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/committees/assembly-committees |url-status=live }}

  • Aging & Senior Services - Shanique Speight (D-District 29)
  • Children, Families, and Food Security - Shama Haider (D-District 37)
  • Appropriations - Lisa Swain (D-District 38)
  • Budget - Eliana Pintor Marin (D-District 29)
  • Commerce, Economic Development, and Agriculture - William Spearman (D-District 5)
  • Community Development & Woman's Affairs - Shavonda E. Sumter (D-District 35)
  • Consumer Affairs - William Sampson (D-District 31)
  • Education - Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D-District 15)
  • Environment, Natural Resources, and Solid Waste - James J. Kennedy (D-District 22)
  • Financial Institutions and Insurance - Roy Freiman (D-District 16)
  • Health - Carol Murphy (D-District 7)
  • Higher Education - Linda S. Carter (D-District 22)
  • Housing - Yvonne Lopez (D-District 19)
  • Judiciary - Ellen Park (D-District 37)
  • Labor - Anthony Verrelli (D-District 15)
  • Military and Veterans' Affairs - Cleopatra Tucker (D-District 28)
  • Oversight, Reform, and Federal Relations - Reginald Atkins (D-District 20)
  • Public Safety and Preparedness - Joseph Danielsen (D-District 17)
  • Regulated Professions - Sterley Stanley (D-District 18)
  • Science, Innovation, and Technology - Chris Tully (D-District 38)
  • State and Local Government - Robert Karabinchak (D-District 18)
  • Telecommunications and Utilities - Wayne DeAngelo (D-District 14)
  • Tourism, Gaming, and the Arts - William Moen (D-District 5)
  • Transportation and Independent Authorities - Clinton Calabrese (D-District 36)

List of past Assembly speakers

{{see also|List of New Jersey state legislatures}} {{main|Political party strength in New Jersey}}

:Note: The first three subsections below end with a constitutional year: 1776, 1844, or 1947. The fourth 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 1703.{{cite book |title=Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey |year=1977 |publisher=J.A. Fitzgerald |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ClMAAAAMAAJ}}

=1703–1776=

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  • 1703-04: Thomas Gardiner, City of Burlington
  • 1704-06: Peter Fretwell, City of Burlington
  • 1707: Samuel Jennings, City of Burlington
  • 1708-09: Thomas Gordon, City of Perth Amboy
  • 1709-14: John Kay, Gloucester
  • 1716: Daniel Coxe, Jr., Gloucester
  • 1716-19: John Kinsey, Middlesex
  • 1721-22: John Johnstone, City of Perth Amboy
  • 1723-24: William Trent, Burlington
  • 1725-29: John Johnstone, City of Perth Amboy
  • 1730-33: John Kinsey, Jr., Middlesex
  • 1733-38: Interregnum: No Assembly called or elected.
  • 1738: John Kinsey, Jr., Middlesex
  • 1738-39: Joseph Bonnel, Essex
  • 1740-44: Andrew Johnston, City of Perth Amboy
  • 1744-45: Samuel Nevill, City of Perth Amboy
  • 1746-48: Robert Lawrence, Monmouth
  • 1748-51: Samuel Nevill, City of Perth Amboy
  • 1751-54: Charles Read, City of Burlington
  • 1754-58: Robert Lawrence, Monmouth
  • 1759-62: Samuel Nevill, City of Perth Amboy
  • 1763-65: Robert Ogden, Essex
  • 1765-70: Cortlandt Skinner City of Perth Amboy
  • 1770-72: Stephen Crane, Essex
  • 1773-75: Cortlandt Skinner City of Perth Amboy

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On December 6, 1775, Gov. William Franklin prorogued the New Jersey Legislature until January 3, 1776, but it never met again.Journal of the Governor and Council Vol. VI (1769-1775), Archives of the State of New Jersey, First Series, Vol. XVIII; The John L. Murphy Publishing Co., Printers, Trenton, New Jersey, 1893. p. 566 On May 30, 1776, Franklin attempted to convene the legislature, but was met instead with an order by the New Jersey Provincial Congress for his arrest."The Governors of New Jersey 1664-1974: Biographical Essays", New Jersey Historical Commission, Trenton, New Jersey, 1982. p. 75 On July 2, 1776, the Provincial Congress approved a new constitution which ordered new elections; on August 13 an entire new legislature was elected.

=1776–1844=

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=1845–1947=

The Constitution of 1844 expanded the General Assembly to 60 members, elected annually and apportioned to the then-nineteen counties by population.Also in the Constitution of 1844, the Legislative Council was renamed the Senate, to be composed of one member from each of the state's 19 counties, serving a three-year term. In addition, the new constitution provided for a direct popular election of the governor, with the power to veto bills passed by the Legislature. See: New Jersey Legislature#The Constitution of 1844.

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=1948–1967=

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=1968–present=

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History

:See: New Jersey Legislature#Colonial period and New Jersey Legislative Council#Composition

=Salary and costs=

Members of the NJ General Assembly receive an annual base salary of $49,000 with the Senate President and the Assembly Speaker earning slightly more.{{Cite news |url=http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/04/how_pay_for_nj_lawmakers_compares_to_other_49_stat.html |title=How pay for N.J. lawmakers compares to other 49 states |work=NJ.com |access-date=2017-11-24 |language=en-US |archive-date=2018-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006234000/https://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/04/how_pay_for_nj_lawmakers_compares_to_other_49_stat.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/06/nj_legislators_receive_more_th.html |title=NJ.com, Published June 2011 |date=June 2011 |access-date=2011-12-10 |archive-date=2019-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213173701/https://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/06/nj_legislators_receive_more_th.html |url-status=live }} Members receive $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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.njfaq.com/njfaq4a81a.shtml |title=New Jersey FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions - What is the salary of a member of the New Jersey State Legislature? |access-date=2010-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714185628/http://www.njfaq.com/njfaq4a81a.shtml |archive-date=2011-07-14 |url-status=dead}}

= "Double dipping" =

Under state law that remained in effect until 2008, New Jersey Assembly, as well as Senate, members were allowed to serve in both one chamber or the other, as well as any other government positions they might have held at the time, although those who were still doing so as of 2008 ended up getting "grandfathered":

: Name, Party-County – Second Public Office (name in bold represents state Assembly member still in both local and state offices as of 2023):

Assembly members:

See also

Notes

References

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External links

  • [https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ New Jersey Legislature] official website
  • [http://www.assemblydems.com Assembly Democrats] official website
  • [http://www.njassemblyrepublicans.com/ Assembly Republicans] official website
  • [http://www.votesmart.org/officials/NJ/L/new-jersey-state-legislative New Jersey section] of Project Vote Smart, a national database of voting records and other information about legislators.

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