New Jersey's 5th congressional district

New Jersey's 5th congressional district is represented by Democrat Josh Gottheimer.

The district from 2003 to 2013

"NJ-5" redirects here. NJ-5 may also refer to New Jersey Route 5.

New Jersey's 5th congressional district
District map as of 2013
Representative	Josh Gottheimer D–Wyckoff
Distribution	86.98% urban 13.02% rural
Population (2017)	746,385
Median income	$106,927[1]
Ethnicity	79.1% white 15.2% Hispanic 11.8% Asian 5.2% black 1.9% other 0.1% Native American
Cook PVI	R+3[2]

History

Since redistricting in the early 1990s, this congressional district has been L-shaped, comprising the rural northern and western parts of New Jersey along with parts of Passaic and Bergen County. After redistricting in 2011, the 5th district, while still predominantly rural in geographic area, gained suburban and urban Bergen County areas closer to New York City, which contain over 75% of voters. Currently, the district encompasses suburban northern Bergen County, as well as the central urban portion of the county, such as Hackensack.

Historically, most of the areas in the district have generally been favorable for Republicans. This is especially true of the western portion, which contains some of the most Republican areas in the Northeast. However, Bergen County has trended Democratic in recent elections, though not as overwhelmingly as in the more urbanized southern portion of Bergen County, this latter portion being in the Ninth Congressional District. Partly due to a strong performance in Bergen County, Josh Gottheimer unseated 14-year Republican incumbent Scott Garrett in 2016. This made Garrett the only one of the state's 12 incumbents to lose reelection that year.[3]

Counties and municipalities in the district

For the 113th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2010 United States Census), the district contains all or portions of four counties and 79 municipalities.[4][5]

Bergen County (43)

Allendale, Alpine, Bergenfield, Bogota, Closter, Demarest, Dumont, Emerson, Fair Lawn, Franklin Lakes, Glen Rock, Hackensack, Harrington Park, Haworth, Hillsdale, Ho-Ho-Kus, Lodi, Mahwah, Maywood, Midland Park, Montvale, New Milford, Northvale, Norwood, Oakland, Old Tappan, Oradell, Paramus, Park Ridge, Ramsey, Ridgewood, River Edge, River Vale, Rochelle Park, Rockleigh, Saddle River, Teaneck (part, also 9th), Upper Saddle River, Waldwick, Washington Township, Westwood, Woodcliff Lake and Wyckoff

Passaic County (2)

Ringwood and West Milford

Sussex County (19)

Andover Borough, Andover Township, Branchville, Frankford Township, Franklin Borough, Fredon Township, Green Township, Hamburg, Hampton Township, Hardyston Township, Lafayette Township, Montague Township, Newton, Sandyston Township, Stillwater Township, Sussex, Vernon Township, Walpack Township and Wantage Township

Warren County (15)

Allamuchy Township, Belvidere, Blairstown Township, Frelinghuysen Township, Hackettstown, Hardwick Township, Hope Township, Independence Township, Knowlton Township, Liberty Township, Mansfield Township, Oxford Township, Washington, Washington Township and White Township

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Bush 52 - 45%*
2004	President	Bush 57 - 43%*
2008	President	McCain 54 - 45%*
2012	President	Romney 50.9 - 48.5%
2016	President	Trump 48.8 - 47.7%

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.
Franklin Davenport (Woodbury)	Federalist	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801	6th	[data unknown/missing]	Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem
State used at-large districts		March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1843
William Wright (Newark)	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	[data unknown/missing]	Bergen, Essex, Hudson, and Passaic
Dudley S. Gregory (Jersey City)	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	[data unknown/missing]
James G. King (Hoboken)	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	[data unknown/missing]
Rodman M. Price (Hoboken)	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	[data unknown/missing]
Alexander C. M. Pennington (Newark)	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd 34th	[data unknown/missing]	1853–1863 Essex and Hudson
	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
Jacob R. Wortendyke (Jersey City)	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	[data unknown/missing]	Essex, Hudson, and Union (Union County formed from Essex (1857))
William Pennington (Newark)	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	36th	[data unknown/missing]
Nehemiah Perry (Newark)	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th 38th	[data unknown/missing]
		March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865			1863–1873 Hudson County and Newark
Edwin R.V. Wright (Hudson City)	Democratic	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	39th	[data unknown/missing]
George A. Halsey (Newark)	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	40th	[data unknown/missing]
Orestes Cleveland (Jersey City)	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	41st	[data unknown/missing]
George A. Halsey ([data unknown/missing])	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	[data unknown/missing]
William W. Phelps ([data unknown/missing])	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	[data unknown/missing]	Bergen, Morris, and Passaic
Augustus W. Cutler ([data unknown/missing])	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	[data unknown/missing]
Charles H. Voorhis ([data unknown/missing])	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	[data unknown/missing]
John Hill ([data unknown/missing])	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	[data unknown/missing]
William W. Phelps ([data unknown/missing])	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889	48th 49th 50th	[data unknown/missing]
Charles D. Beckwith ([data unknown/missing])	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	[data unknown/missing]
Cornelius A. Cadmus ([data unknown/missing])	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd 53rd	[data unknown/missing]
		March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895			Bergen and Passaic
James F. Stewart ([data unknown/missing])	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903	54th 55th 56th 57th	[data unknown/missing]
Charles N. Fowler ([data unknown/missing])	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911	58th 59th 60th 61st	[data unknown/missing]	Morris, Union, and Warren (Fowler from the 8th district)
William E. Tuttle Jr. ([data unknown/missing])	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	62nd 63rd	[data unknown/missing]
		March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915			Morris and Union
John H. Capstick ([data unknown/missing])	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 17, 1918	64th 65th	Died.
Vacant		March 17, 1918 – November 5, 1918
William F. Birch ([data unknown/missing])	Republican	November 5, 1918 – March 3, 1919	65th	[data unknown/missing]
Ernest R. Ackerman ([data unknown/missing])	Republican	March 4, 1919 – October 18, 1931	66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Died.
Vacant		October 18, 1931 – December 1, 1931
Percy Hamilton Stewart ([data unknown/missing])	Democratic	December 1, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72nd	[data unknown/missing]
Charles A. Eaton ([data unknown/missing])	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1953	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd	[data unknown/missing]	Morris, Somerset, and part of Middlesex (north of Raritan River)
Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. (Harding)	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd	[data unknown/missing]
		January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1973		[data unknown/missing]	Morris and Somerset (Northern Middlesex removed to the new 15th District (1962))
		January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975		[data unknown/missing]	District no longer follows county lines
Millicent Fenwick (Bernardsville)	Republican	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	94th 95th 96th 97th	Redistricted to the 12th district and retired to run for U.S. Senator.	Somerset, parts of Morris, and parts of Mercer (Princeton, Princeton Borough and West Windsor)
Marge Roukema (Ridgewood)	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th	Redistricted from 7th district.	Parts of Bergen, Hunterdon, Mercer (Hopewell, Hopewell Borough, and Pennington), Morris, Passaic, Sussex, and Warren
		January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1993			Sussex (excluding Byram and Green) and northern parts of Bergen and Passaic
		January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003			[data unknown/missing]
Scott Garrett (Wantage)	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th	Lost re-election.	Warren, parts of Bergen, Passaic, and Sussex
		January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017			Parts of Bergen, Passaic, Sussex, and Warren
Josh Gottheimer (Wyckoff)	Democratic	January 3, 2017 – present	115th 116th	Incumbent

References

1. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=34&cd=05
2. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
3. Neuman, William. "Josh Gottheimer Defeats Scott Garrett in New Jersey Congressional Race", The New York Times, November 9, 2016. Accessed November 19, 2016.
4. Towns in the 5th, Scott Garrett. Accessed February 4, 2014.
5. 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

External links

• Josh Gottheimer (D), Official Website

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by South Carolina's 5th congressional district	Home district of the Speaker of the House February 1, 1860 – March 4, 1861	Succeeded by Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district