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New Jersey General Assembly
New Jersey State Legislature

Type
Type	Lower house
Term limits	None
History
New session started	January 10, 2012
Leadership
Speaker of the General Assembly	Sheila Y. Oliver, (D) Since January 12, 2010
Speaker pro Tempore	Jerry Green, (D) Since December 10, 2008
Majority Leader	Louis Greenwald, (D) Since January 10, 2012
Minority Leader	Jon Bramnick, (R) Since January 12, 2012
Structure
Seats	80
Political groups	Democratic Party (48) Republican Party (32)
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Article IV, New Jersey Constitution
Salary	$49,000/year
Elections
Last election	November 8, 2011 (80 seats)
Next election	November 5, 2013 (80 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative Control
Meeting place

General Assembly Chamber New Jersey State House Trenton, New Jersey
Website
New Jersey State Legislature

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 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 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 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 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 (D-East Orange).

1 Salary and Costs
2 History
3 Composition
4 Committees and Committee Chairs
5 List of past Assembly Speakers
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

Salary and Costs [edit]

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

History [edit]

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

Composition [edit]

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total

	Democratic	Republican		Vacant
End of previous legislature	48	31	79	1

Begin^[3]	47	31	78	2
January 9, 2012^[4]		30	77	3
February 1, 2012^[5]		31	78	2
February 29, 2012^[6]	48	31	79	1
March 5, 2012^[7]	48	32	80	0
Latest voting share	60%	40%

Committees and Committee Chairs [edit]

Agriculture and Natural Resources - Asm. Nelson Albano (D-Cumberland)
Appropriations - Asw. Nellie Pou (D-Passaic)
Bipartisan Leadership Committee - Speaker Sheila Oliver (D-Essex) and Vacancy^[8]
Budget - Asm. Louis Greenwald (D-Camden)
Commerce and Economic Development - Asm. Alberto Coutinho (D-Essex)
Consumer Affairs - Asm. Paul Moriarty (D-Gloucester)
Education - Asm. Patrick Diegnan (D-Middlesex)
Environment and Solid Waste - Asm. John McKeon (D-Essex)
Financial Institutions and Insurance - Asm. Gary Schaer (D-Passaic)
Health and Senior Services - Asm. Herb Conaway, MD (D-Burlington)
Higher Education - Asw. Pamela Rosen Lampitt (D-Camden)
Homeland Security and State Preparedness - Asm. Frederick Scalera (D-Essex)
Housing and Local Government - Asm. Jerry Green (D-Union)
Human Services - Asw. Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen)
Judiciary - Asm. Peter Barnes (D-Middlesex)
Labor - Asm. Joseph Egan (D-Middlesex)
Law and Public Safety - Asm. Gordon Johnson (D-Bergen)
Military and Veterans' Affairs - Asm. Jack Conners (D-Burlington)
Regulated Professions - Asm. Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson)
Regulatory Oversight and Gaming - Asm. John Burzichelli (D-Gloucester)
State Government - Asw. Linda Stender (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 [edit]

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.^[9]

1776–1844 [edit]

1776-78: John Hart, Hunterdon
1778-79: Caleb Camp, Essex
1780: Josiah Hornblower, Essex
1781: John Meheim, Hunterdon
1782-83: Ephraim Harris, Cumberland
1784: Daniel Hendrickson, Monmouth
1784-86: Benjamin Van Cleve, Hunterdon
1787: Ephraim Harris, Cumberland
1788: Benjamin Van Cleve, Hunterdon
1789: John Beatty, Middlesex
1790: Jonathan Dayton, Essex
1791: Ebenezer Elmer, Cumberland
1792-94: Silas Condict, 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, Monmouth

1808-09: Lewis Condict Morris
1810-11: William Kennedy, Sussex
1812: William Pearson, Burlington
1813: Ephraim Bateman, 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 [edit]

The Constitution of 1844 expanded the General Assembly to 60 members, elected annually and apportioned to the then-nineteen counties by population.^[10]

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, Cumberland
1851: John H. Phillips, Mercer
1852: John Huyler, 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, Monmouth
1861: Frederick Halstead Teese, Essex
1862: Charles Haight, Monmouth
1863: James T. Crowell, Middlesex
1864: Joseph N. Taylor, Passaic
1865: Joseph T. Crowell, Union
1866: John Hill, Morris
1867: G. W. N. Curtis, Camden
1868: Augustus O. Evans, Hudson
1869-70: Leon Abbett, 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, Union
1883: Thomas O'Connor, Essex
1884: A. B. Stoney, Monmouth
1885-86: Edward Ambler Armstrong, Camden
1887: William M. Baird, 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, Union
1896: Louis T. DeRousse, Camden
1897: George W. MacPherson, Mercer

1898-99: David O. Watkins, Gloucester
1900: Benjamin Franklin Jones, Essex
1901-1902: William J. Bradley, Camden
1903: John G. Horner, Burlington
1904-1905: John Boyd Avis, Gloucester
1906: Samuel K. Robbins, 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, Passaic
1913: Leon R. Taylor, Monmouth (became Acting Governor October 28)
1914: Azariah M. Beekman, Somerset
1915: Carlton Godfrey, Atlantic
1916: Charles C. Pilgrim, Essex
1917: Edward Schoen, Essex
1918: Charles A. Wolverton, Camden
1919: Arthur N. Pierson, 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, 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 [edit]

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, 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, Monmouth
1965: Marion West Higgins, Bergen
1966: Maurice V. Brady (resigned)
1966: Frederick H. Hauser, Hudson
1967: Robert J. Halpin, Cumberland

1968–present [edit]

1968: Albert S. Smith, District 2
1969: Peter Moraites, District 13D
1970: William K. Dickey, District 3C
1971: Barry T. Parker, District 4B
1972-1973: Thomas Kean, District 11E
1974-1976: S. Howard Woodson, 13th District (resigned)
1976: Joseph A. LeFante, 31st District
1977: William J. Hamilton, 17th District
1978-1982: Christopher Jackman, 33rd District

1982-1985: Alan Karcher, 19th District
1986-1990: Chuck Hardwick, 21st District
1990-1992: Joseph Doria, 31st District
1992-1996: Chuck Haytaian, 23rd District
1996-2002: Jack Collins, 3rd District
2002-2006: Albio Sires, 33rd District
2006-2010: Joseph J. Roberts, 5th District
2010–present: Sheila Y. Oliver, 34th District

References [edit]

^ NJ.com, Published June 2011
^ [1]
^ Democrat Gabriela Mosquera (District 4) was ruled ineligible to appear on the November ballot on January 5. Seat remains vacant. [2] Republican Peter Biondi (District 16) died November 11, 2011.
^ Republican Alex DeCroce (District 26) died.
^ Republican Donna Simon appointed to replace Biondi.
^ Democrat Gabriela Mosquera appointed to vacant District 4 seat, as she now meets the residency requirement. She will face a special election in November.
^ Republican Betty Lou DeCroce appointed to replace DeCroce.
^ Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce (R-Morris) co-chaired the committee until his death on January 9, 2012
^ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey. J.A. Fitzgerald. 1977.
^ 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.

External links [edit]

New Jersey Legislature official website
Assembly Democrats official website
Assembly Republicans official website
New Jersey section of Project Vote Smart a national database of voting records and other information about legislators.

Members of the New Jersey General Assembly

215th Legislature (2012–2014)

Speaker of the General Assembly: Sheila Y. Oliver (D)
Speaker pro Tempore: Jerry Green (D)
Majority Leader: Louis Greenwald (D)
Minority Leader: Jon Bramnick (R)

Nelson Albano (D)
Bob Andrzejczak (D)
John F. Amodeo (R)
Chris A. Brown (R)
John J. Burzichelli (D)
Celeste Riley (D)
Paul Moriarty (D)
Gabriela Mosquera (D)
Angel Fuentes (D)
Gilbert Wilson (D)
Louis Greenwald (D)
Pamela Rosen Lampitt (D)
Herb Conaway (D)
Troy Singleton (D)
Christopher J. Brown (R)
Scott Rudder (R)
DiAnne Gove (R)
Brian E. Rumpf (R)
Gregory P. McGuckin (R)
David W. Wolfe (R)

Mary Pat Angelini (R)
Caroline Casagrande (R)
Robert D. Clifton (R)
Ronald S. Dancer (R)
Amy Handlin (R)
Declan O'Scanlon (R)
Daniel R. Benson (D)
Wayne DeAngelo (D)
Reed Gusciora (D)
Bonnie Watson Coleman (D)
Jack Ciattarelli (R)
Donna Simon (R)
Upendra J. Chivukula (D)
Joseph V. Egan (D)
Peter J. Barnes III (D)
Patrick J. Diegnan (D)
Craig Coughlin (D)
John S. Wisniewski (D)
Joseph Cryan (D)
Annette Quijano (D)

Jon Bramnick (R)
Nancy Munoz (R)
Jerry Green (D)
Linda Stender (D)
John DiMaio (R)
Erik Peterson (R)
Alison Littell McHose (R)
Parker Space (R)
Tony Bucco (R)
Michael Patrick Carroll (R)
BettyLou DeCroce (R)
Jay Webber (R)
Mila Jasey (D)
John F. McKeon (D)
Ralph R. Caputo (D)
Cleopatra Tucker (D)
Alberto Coutinho (D)
L. Grace Spencer (D)
Sean T. Kean (R)
Dave Rible (R)

Charles Mainor (D)
Jason O'Donnell (D)
Angelica M. Jimenez (D)
Vincent Prieto (D)
Sean Connors (D)
Ruben J. Ramos (D)
Thomas P. Giblin (D)
Sheila Y. Oliver (D)
Shavonda E. Sumter (D)
Benjie E. Wimberly (D)
Marlene Caride (D)
Gary Schaer (D)
Valerie Huttle (D)
Gordon M. Johnson (D)
Tim Eustace (D)
Connie Wagner (D)
Holly Schepisi (R)
Bob Schroeder (R)
Scott Rumana (R)
David C. Russo (R)

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