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.^[1]^[2] 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.^[3]

History

Composition

Committees and committee chairs

Committee chairs for the 2018-2019 Legislative Session are:^[4]

Agriculture and Natural Resources - Asm. Bob Andrzejczak (D-Cape May)
Appropriations - Asm. John Burzichelli (D-Gloucester)
Budget - Aswm. Eliana Pintor Marin (D-Essex)
Commerce and Economic Development - Asm. Gordon M. Johnson (D-Bergen)
Consumer Affairs - Asm. Paul Moriarty (D-Gloucester)
Education - Asw. Pamela R. Lampitt (D-Burlington)
Environment and Solid Waste - Asw. Nancy Pinkin (D-Middlesex)
Financial Institutions and Insurance - Asm. John F. McKeon (D-Essex)
Health and Senior Services - Asm. Herb Conaway, MD (D-Burlington)
Higher Education - Asw. Mila Jasey (D-Essex)
Homeland Security and State Preparedness - Asw. Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen)
Housing and Community Development - Asm. Jerry Green (D-Union)
Human Services - Asw. Joann Downey (D-Monmouth)
Judiciary - Asw. Annette Quijano (D-Union)
Labor - Asm. Joseph Egan (D-Middlesex)
Law and Public Safety - Asm. Adam Taliaferro (D-Gloucester)
Military and Veterans' Affairs - Asw. Cleopatra Tucker (D-Essex)
Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations - Asm. Joseph Danielsen (D-Somerset)
Regulated Professions - Asm. Thomas Giblin (D-Essex)
Regulatory Oversight - Asm. Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer)
Science, Innovation and Technology - Asm. Andrew Zwicker (D-Somerset)
State and Local Government - Asm. Vincent Mazzeo (D-Atlantic)
Telecommunications and Utilities - Asm. Wayne DeAngelo (D-Mercer)
Tourism, Gaming and the Arts - Asm. Ralph Caputo (D-Essex)
Transportation and Independent Authorities - Asm. Daniel R. Benson (D-Mercer)
Women and Children - Asw. Gabriela Mosquera (D-Gloucester)

List of past Assembly Speakers

The following is a list of Speakers of the Assembly since 1703.^[5]

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

On December 6, 1775, Gov. William Franklin prorogued the New Jersey Legislature until January 3, 1776, but it never met again.^[6] 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.^[7] On July 2, 1776, the Provincial Congress approved a new constitution which ordered new elections; on August 13 an entire new legislature was elected.

1776-78: 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 Jr., 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

The Constitution of 1844 expanded the General Assembly to 60 members, elected annually and apportioned to the then-nineteen counties by population.^[8]

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: 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 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: 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
2010–2014: Sheila Y. Oliver, 34th District
2014–2018: Vincent Prieto, 32nd District
2018–present: Craig Coughlin, 19th District