LIST OF GOVERNORS OF NEW JERSEY

This is a list of those who have served as 'Governor of New Jersey'. Traditionally, only elected governors are considered in the numeration of the governors, hence William Livingston is often given the honor of being the first Governor of New Jersey. However, legislation signed on January 10, 2006 allowed those acting governors who had served at least 180 days to drop the "acting" from their title to become "Governor". This changed Donald DiFrancesco and Richard Codey's titles retroactively and also affected Jim McGreevey's numbering.
Acting governors are listed only where there is a permanent gubernatorial vacancy, not when a sitting Governor is out-of-state or temporarily unable to perform their duties as Governor.

Contents

Governors under the Proprietors (1665–1674)

Governors under Royal Government (1703–1776)

Governors of New York and New Jersey (1703–1738)

Governors of New Jersey only (1738–1776)

Governors under representative government (1776—)

Governors under the 1776 N.J. Constitution (1776–1844)

Governors under the 1844 N.J. Constitution (1844–1946)

Governors under the 1947 N.J. Constitution (1947—)

See also

Reference

External links

Governors under the Proprietors (1665–1674)

Philip Carteret	1665–1672
John Berry	1672–1673
Anthony Colve	1673–1674

==Governors of East Jersey and their Deputies (1674–1702)==

Philip Carteret	1674–1682
Robert Barclay	1682–1688
	1682–1683	Deputy: Thomas Rudyard
	1683–1686	Deputy: Gawen Lawrie
	1686–1687	Deputy: Lord Neill Campbell
	1687–1690	Deputy: Andrew Hamilton
Edmund Andros	1688–1689	Governed as the Dominion of New England
Andrew Hamilton	1692–1697
Jeremiah Basse	1698–1699
Andrew Hamilton	1699–1702

==Governors of West Jersey and their Deputies (1680–1702)==

Edward Byllynge	1680–1687
	1681–1684	Deputy: Samuel Jennings
	1684–1685	Deputy: Thomas Olive
	1685–1687	Deputy: John Skene
Daniel Coxe	1687–1688
Edmund Andros	1688–1689
	1690	Deputy: Edward Hunloke
Andrew Hamilton	1692–1697
Jeremiah Basse	1697–1699
Andrew Hamilton	1699–1702

Governors under Royal Government (1703–1776)

Governors of New York and New Jersey (1703–1738)

Edward Hyde, Lord Cornbury	1703–1708
John Lovelace	1708–1709
Richard Ingoldesby	1709–1710	Lieutenant and Governor
Robert Hunter	1710–1720
William Burnet	1720–1728
John Montgomerie	1728–1731
Lewis Morris	1731–1732	President Of Council
William Cosby	1732–1736
John Anderson	1736	President Of Council
John Hamilton	1736–1738	President Of Council

Governors of New Jersey only (1738–1776)

Lewis Morris	1738–1746
John Hamilton	1746–1747	President Of Council
John Reading	1747	President Of Council
Jonathan Belcher	1747–1757
	1757	Lieut. Governor: Thomas Pownall
John Reading	1757–1758	President Of Council
Francis Bernard	1758–1760
Thomas Boone	1760–1761
Josiah Hardy	1761–1763
William Franklin	1763–1776

Governors under representative government (1776—)

Governors under the 1776 N.J. Constitution (1776–1844)

#	Name	Term	Notes
1	William Livingston	August 27 1776–July 25 1790
NA	Elisha Lawrence	July 25 1790–October 30 1790
2	William Paterson	October 30 1790–March 30 1793
NA	Thomas Henderson	March 30 1793–June 3 1793
3	Richard Howell	June 3 1793–October 31 1801
4	Joseph Bloomfield	October 31 1801–November 15 1802
	John Lambert	November 15 1802–October 29 1803	Acting Governor
	Joseph Bloomfield	October 29 1803–October 29 1812
5	Aaron Ogden	October 29 1812–October 29 1813
6	William Sanford Pennington	October 29 1813–June 19 1815
7	Mahlon Dickerson	June 19 1815–February 1 1817
8	Isaac Halstead Williamson	February 1 1817–October 30 1829
9	Peter Dumont Vroom	October 30 1829–October 26 1832
10	Samuel Lewis Southard	October 26 1832–February 27 1833
11	Elias P. Seeley	February 27 1833–October 23 1833
	Peter Dumont Vroom	October 23 1833–October 28 1836
12	Philemon Dickerson	October 28 1836–October 27 1837
13	William Pennington	October 27 1837–October 27 1843
14	Daniel Haines	October 27 1843–January 21 1845

Governors under the 1844 N.J. Constitution (1844–1946)

#	Name	Term	Party	Notes
15	Charles C. Stratton	January 21, 1845–January 18, 1848	Whig	Elected Governor
	Daniel Haines	January 18, 1848–January 21, 1851	Democrat	Elected Governor
16	George F. Fort	January 21, 1851–January 17, 1854	Democrat	Elected Governor
17	Rodman M. Price	January 17, 1854–January 20, 1857	Democrat	Elected Governor
18	William A. Newell	January 20, 1857–January 17, 1860	Republican	Elected Governor
19	Charles S. Olden	January 17, 1860–January 20, 1863	Republican	Elected Governor
20	Joel Parker	January 20, 1863–January 16, 1866	Democrat	Elected Governor
21	Marcus L. Ward	January 16, 1866–January 19, 1869	Republican	Elected Governor
22	Theodore F. Randolph	January 19, 1869–January 16, 1872	Democrat	Elected Governor
	Joel Parker	January 16, 1872–January 19, 1875	Democrat	Elected Governor
23	Joseph D. Bedle	January 19, 1875–January 15, 1878	Democrat	Elected Governor
24	George Brinton McClellan	January 15, 1878–January 18, 1881	Democrat	Elected Governor
25	George C. Ludlow	January 18, 1881–January 15, 1884	Democrat	Elected Governor
26	Leon Abbett	January 15, 1884–January 18, 1887	Democrat	Elected Governor
27	Robert Stockton Green	January 18, 1887–January 21, 1890	Democrat	Elected Governor
	Leon Abbett	January 21, 1890–January 17, 1893	Democrat	Elected Governor
28	George T. Werts	January 17, 1893–January 21, 1896	Democrat	Elected Governor
29	John W. Griggs1	January 21, 1896–February 1, 1898	Republican	Elected Governor
	Foster M. Voorhees	February 1, 1898–October 18, 1898	Republican	Acting Governor
	David Ogden Watkins	October 18, 1898–January 21, 1899		Acting Governor
30	Foster M. Voorhees	January 21, 1899–January 21, 1902	Republican	Elected Governor
31	Franklin Murphy	January 21, 1902–January 17, 1905	Republican	Elected Governor
32	Edward C. Stokes	January 17, 1905–January 21, 1908	Republican	Elected Governor
33	John Franklin Fort	January 21, 1908–1910	Republican	Elected Governor
	Horace Baker	1910–January 17, 1911	Republican	Acting Governor
34	Woodrow Wilson2	January 17, 1911–March 1, 1913	Democrat	Elected Governor
	James F. Fielder	March 1, 1913–October 28, 1913	Democrat	Acting Governor
	Leon R. Taylor	October 28, 1913–January 20, 1914		Acting Governor
35	James F. Fielder	January 20, 1914–January 15, 1917	Democrat	Elected Governor
36	Walter Evans Edge3	January 15, 1917–May 16, 1919	Republican	Elected Governor
	William Nelson Runyon	May 16, 1919–January 13, 1920	Republican	Acting Governor
	Clarence E. Case	January 13, 1920–January 20, 1920	Republican	Acting Governor
37	Edward I. Edwards	January 20, 1920–January 15, 1923	Democrat	Elected Governor
38	George Sebastian Silzer	January 15, 1923–January 19, 1926	Democrat	Elected Governor
39	A. Harry Moore	January 19, 1926–January 15, 1929	Democrat	Elected Governor
40	Morgan Foster Larson	January 15, 1929–January 19, 1932	Republican	Elected Governor
	A. Harry Moore3	January 19, 1932–January 3, 1935	Democrat	Elected Governor
	Clifford Ross Powell	January 3, 1935–January 8, 1935	Republican	Acting Governor
	Horace Griggs Prall	January 8, 1935–January 15, 1935	Republican	Acting Governor
41	Harold G. Hoffman	January 15, 1935–January 18, 1938	Republican	Elected Governor
	A. Harry Moore	January 18, 1938–January 21, 1941	Democrat	Elected Governor
42	Charles Edison	January 21, 1941–January 18, 1944	Democrat	Elected Governor
	Walter Evans Edge	January 18, 1944–January 21, 1947	Republican	Elected Governor

1 Resigned as Governor to become Attorney General of the United States
2 Resigned as Governor to become President of the United States
3 Resigned as Governor to become a United States Senator

Governors under the 1947 N.J. Constitution (1947—)

#	Name	Term	Party	Notes
43	Alfred E. Driscoll	January 21, 1947–January 19, 1954	Republican	Governor
44	Robert B. Meyner	January 19, 1954–January 16, 1962	Democrat	Governor
45	Richard J. Hughes	January 16, 1962–January 20, 1970	Democrat	Governor
46	William T. Cahill	January 20, 1970–January 15, 1974	Republican	Governor
47	Brendan Byrne	January 15, 1974–January 19, 1982	Democrat	Governor
48	Thomas Kean	January 19, 1982–January 16, 1990	Republican	Governor
49	James Florio	January 16, 1990–January 18, 1994	Democrat	Governor
50	Christine Todd Whitman1	January 18, 1994–January 31, 2001	Republican	Governor
51	Donald DiFrancesco2	January 31, 2001–January 8, 2002	Republican	Governor6
	John Farmer Jr.3	January 8, 2002	Republican	Acting Governor
	John O. Bennett2	January 8, 2002–January 12, 2002	Republican	Acting Governor
	Richard Codey2	January 12, 2002–January 15, 2002	Democrat	Acting Governor
52	Jim McGreevey4	January 15, 2002–November 15, 2004	Democrat	Governor
53	Richard Codey5	November 15, 2004–January 17, 2006	Democrat	Governor6
54	Jon Corzine	January 17, 2006-	Democrat	Governor

1 Resigned as Governor to become Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
2 Was one of three New Jersey State Senate Presidents who held the position of Acting Governor during this time
3 As the New Jersey Attorney General, assumed the office of Governor for 90 minutes while a new Senate President was being sworn in for the new session
4 Resigned as Governor in August 2004, effective November 15, 2004.
5 Became Governor on November 15, 2004, following resignation of Gov. McGreevey. He served until January 17, 2006 when Jon Corzine was sworn into office
6 As per legislation signed by Governor Codey on January 10, 2006, any acting Governor who serves for at least 6 months would officially have the title "Governor." This law was applied retroactively to DiFrancesco as well.

See also

★ Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey
Richard Codey acted as interim acting Governor of New Jersey for 3 weeks in 2007 replacing Jon Corzine because of a car crash Corzine was involved in, temporarily disabling him from his job.

Reference

★ Governors of New Jersey - source for numbering of governors, with William Livingston counted as the first governor, and reflecting legislative changes regarding Acting Governors.

External links

★ State of New Jersey website - List of Governors

★ New Jersey State Library Biographies of New Jersey Governors