and Senior Citizens - Joe F. Vitale (D-Woodbridge Township) Higher Education - Sandra Bolden Cunningham (D-Jersey City) Judiciary - Brian P. Stack (D-Union City) Labor - Fred H. Madden (D-Washington Township, Gloucester County) Law and Public Safety - Linda R. Greenstein (D-Plainsboro Township) Legislative Oversight - Richard J. Codey (D-Roseland) Military and Veterans' Affairs - Joseph Cryan (D-Union Township) Rules and Order - TBD Select Committee on School Funding Fairness - TBD State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation - James Beach (D-Voorhees Township) Transportation - Patrick J. Diegnan (D-South Plainfield) List of Senate presidents The following is a list of presidents of the New Jersey Senate since the adoption of the 1844 State Constitution: 1845–1848: John C. Smallwood, Gloucester 1849–1850: Ephraim March, Morris 1851: Silas D. Canfield, Passaic 1852: John Manners, Hunterdon 1853–1856: William C. Alexander, Mercer 1857–1858: Henry V. Speer, Middlesex 1859: Thomas H. Herring, Bergen 1860: Charles L. C. Gifford, Essex 1861: Edmund Perry, Hunterdon 1862: Joseph T. Crowell, Union 1863: Anthony Reckless, Monmouth 1864: Amos Robbins, Middlesex 1865: Edward W. Scudder, Mercer 1866: James M. Scovel, Camden 1867: Benjamin Buckley, Passaic 1868–1869: Henry S. Little, Monmouth 1870: Amos Robbins 1871–1872: Edward Bettle, Camden 1873–1875: John W. Taylor, Essex 1876: William J. Sewell, Camden 1877: Leon Abbett, Hudson 1878: George C. Ludlow, Middlesex 1879–1880: William J. Sewell 1881–1882: Garret Hobart, Passaic 1883: John J. Gardner, Atlantic 1884: Benjamin A. Vail, Union 1885: Abraham V. Schenck, Middlesex 1886: John W. Griggs, Passaic 1887: Frederick S. Fish, Essex 1888: George H. Large, Hunterdon 1889: George T. Werts, Morris 1890: Henry M. Nevius, Monmouth 1891–1893: Robert Adrain, Middlesex 1894: Maurice A. Rogers, Camden 1895: Edward C. Stokes, Cumberland 1896: Lewis A. Thompson, Somerset (resigned March 30) 1896–1897: Robert Williams, Passaic 1898: Foster M. Voorhees, Union (became Acting Governor February 1) 1898: William H. Skirm (pro tem), Mercer 1899: Charles A. Reed, Somerset 1900: William M. Johnson, Bergen 1901: Mahlon Pitney, Morris 1902: Charles Asa Francis, Monmouth 1903: Elijah C. Hutchinson, Mercer 1904: Edmund W. Wakelee, Bergen 1905: Joseph Cross, Union (resigned March 30) 1905–1906: William J. Bradley, Camden 1907: Bloomfield H. Minch, Cumberland 1908: Thomas J. Hillery, Morris 1909: Samuel K. Robbins, Burlington (resigned April 16) 1909–1910: Joseph S. Frelinghuysen, Somerset 1911: Ernest R. Ackerman, Union 1912: John Dyneley Prince, Passaic 1913: James F. Fielder, Hudson (became Acting Governor March 1) 1913: James A. C. Johnson (pro tem), Bergen 1914: