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. 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. 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 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 1845–1947 The Constitution of 1844 expanded the General Assembly to 60 members, elected annually and apportioned to the then-nineteen counties by population. 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