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List of Governors of New Jersey

by Vishul Malik

Know about all the Governors of New Jersey. The list of Governors of New Jersey shows all the Governors of New Jersey from beginning to present with their tenure and their respective political party.


List of Governors of New Jersey
S.no. Governor Term start Term end Party Place
1 William Livingston 31 August 1776 25 July 1790 Federalist Albany, New York
2 Elisha Lawrence 25 July 1790 29 October 1790 Federalist
3 William Paterson 29 October 1790 30 March 1793 Federalist County Antrim
4 Thomas Henderson 30 March 1793 3 June 1793 Federalist Freehold Township, New Jersey
5 Richard Howell 3 June 1793 31 October 1801 Federalist Newark, Delaware
6 Joseph Bloomfield 31 October 1801 28 October 1802 Democratic-Republican Woodbridge Township, New Jersey
7 John Lambert 28 October 1802 29 October 1803 Democratic-Republican Lambertville, New Jersey
8 Joseph Bloomfield 29 October 1803 29 October 1812 Democratic-Republican Woodbridge Township, New Jersey
9 Aaron Ogden 29 October 1812 29 October 1813 Federalist Elizabeth, New Jersey
10 William Sanford Pennington 29 October 1813 19 June 1815 Democratic-Republican Newark, New Jersey
11 William Kennedy 19 June 1815 26 October 1815 Democratic-Republican
12 Mahlon Dickerson 26 October 1815 1 February 1817 Democratic-Republican Hanover Township, New Jersey
13 Isaac Halstead Williamson 6 February 1817 30 October 1829 Federalist Elizabethtown
14 Garret D. Wall Democratic Middletown Township, New Jersey
15 Peter Dumont Vroom 6 November 1829 26 October 1832 Democratic Hillsborough Township, New Jersey
16 Samuel L. Southard 26 October 1832 27 February 1833 Whig Basking Ridge, New Jersey
17 Elias P. Seeley 27 February 1833 25 October 1833 Whig Bridgeton, New Jersey
18 Peter Dumont Vroom 25 October 1833 3 November 1836 Democratic Hillsborough Township, New Jersey
19 Philemon Dickerson 3 November 1836 27 October 1837 Democratic Morris County, New Jersey
20 William Pennington 27 October 1837 27 October 1843 Whig Newark, New Jersey
21 Daniel Haines 27 October 1843 21 January 1845 Democratic New York City
22 Charles C. Stratton 21 January 1845 18 January 1848 Whig Swedesboro, in Gloucester County
23 Daniel Haines 18 January 1848 21 January 1851 Democratic New York City
24 George F. Fort 21 January 1851 17 January 1854 Democratic Pemberton, New Jersey.
25 Rodman M. Price 17 January 1854 20 January 1857 Democratic Newton, in Sussex County
26 William A. Newell 20 January 1857 17 January 1860 Republican Franklin, Ohio
27 Charles Smith Olden 17 January 1860 20 January 1863 Republican Princeton, New Jersey
28 Joel Parker 20 January 1863 16 January 1866 Democratic near Freehold Township, New Jersey
29 Marcus Lawrence Ward 16 January 1866 19 January 1869 Republican Newark, New Jersey
30 Theodore Fitz Randolph 19 January 1869 16 January 1872 Democratic Mansfield, Pennsylvania
31 Joel Parker 16 January 1872 19 January 1875 Democratic near Freehold Township, New Jersey
32 Joseph D. Bedle 19 January 1875 15 January 1878 Democratic Middletown Point (now Matawan)
33 George B. McClellan 15 January 1878 18 January 1881 Democratic Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
34 George C. Ludlow 18 January 1881 15 January 1884 Democratic Milford, New Jersey
35 Leon Abbett 15 January 1884 18 January 1887 Democratic Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
36 Robert Stockton Green 18 January 1887 21 January 1890 Democratic Princeton, New Jersey
37 Leon Abbett 21 January 1890 17 January 1893 Democratic Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
38 George Theodore Werts 17 January 1893 21 January 1896 Democratic Hackettstown, New Jersey
39 John W. Griggs 21 January 1896 31 January 1898 Republican Newton, New Jersey
40 Foster MacGowan Voorhees 31 January 1898 18 October 1898 Republican Clinton, New Jersey
41 David Ogden Watkins 18 October 1898 17 January 1899 Republican Woodbury, New Jersey
42 Foster MacGowan Voorhees 17 January 1899 21 January 1902 Republican Clinton, New Jersey
43 Franklin Murphy 21 January 1902 17 January 1905 Republican Jersey City, New Jersey
44 Edward C. Stokes 17 January 1905 21 January 1908 Republican Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
45 John Franklin Fort 21 January 1908 17 January 1911 Republican Pemberton, New Jersey.
46 Woodrow Wilson 17 January 1911 1 March 1913 Democratic Staunton, Virginia, U.S.
47 James Fairman Fielder 1 March 1913 28 October 1913 Democratic Jersey City, New Jersey
48 Leon R. Taylor 28 October 1913 20 January 1914 Democratic Asbury Park, New Jersey
49 James Fairman Fielder 20 January 1914 16 January 1917 Democratic Jersey City, New Jersey
50 Walter Evans Edge 16 January 1917 16 May 1919 Republican Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
51 William Nelson Runyon 16 May 1919 13 January 1920 Republican Plainfield, New Jersey
52 Clarence E. Case 13 January 1920 20 January 1920 Republican Jersey City, New Jersey
53 Edward I. Edwards 20 January 1920 15 January 1923 Democratic Jersey City, New Jersey
54 George Sebastian Silzer 15 January 1923 19 January 1926 Democratic New Brunswick, New Jersey
55 A. Harry Moore 19 January 1926 15 January 1929 Democratic Jersey City, New Jersey
56 Morgan Foster Larson 15 January 1929 19 January 1932 Republican Perth Amboy, New Jersey
57 A. Harry Moore 19 January 1932 3 January 1935 Democratic Jersey City, New Jersey
58 Clifford Ross Powell 3 January 1935 8 January 1935 Republican Lumberton Township, New Jersey
59 Horace Griggs Prall 8 January 1935 15 January 1935 Republican near Ringoes in East Amwell Township, New Jersey
60 Harold G. Hoffman 15 January 1935 18 January 1938 Republican South Amboy, New Jersey
61 A. Harry Moore 18 January 1938 21 January 1941 Democratic Jersey City, New Jersey
62 Charles Edison 21 January 1941 18 January 1944 Democratic West Orange, New Jersey
63 Walter Evans Edge 18 January 1944 21 January 1947 Republican Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
64 Alfred E. Driscoll 21 January 1947 19 January 1954 Republican Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
65 Robert B. Meyner 19 January 1954 16 January 1962 Democratic Easton, Pennsylvania
66 Richard J. Hughes 16 January 1962 20 January 1970 Democratic Florence Township, New Jersey
67 William T. Cahill 20 January 1970 15 January 1974 Republican Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
68 Brendan Byrne 15 January 1974 19 January 1982 Democratic West Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
69 Thomas Kean 19 January 1982 16 January 1990 Republican New York City, New York
70 James Florio 16 January 1990 18 January 1994 Democratic Brooklyn, New York, United States
71 Christine Todd Whitman 18 January 1994 31 January 2001 Republican New York City
72 Donald DiFrancesco 31 January 2001 8 January 2002 Republican Scotch Plains, New Jersey
73 John Farmer, Jr. 8 January 2002 8 January 2002 Republican Jersey City, New Jersey
74 John O. Bennett 8 January 2002 12 January 2002 Republican
75 Richard Codey 12 January 2002 15 January 2002 Democratic Orange, New Jersey
76 Jim McGreevey 15 January 2002 15 November 2004 Democratic Jersey City, New Jersey
77 Richard Codey 15 November 2004 17 January 2006 Democratic Orange, New Jersey
78 Jon Corzine 17 January 2006 19 January 2010 Democratic Taylorville, Illinois
79 Chris Christie 19 January 2010 16 January 2018 Republican Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
80 Phil Murphy 16 January 2018 Incumbent Democratic Needham, Massachusetts, United States

 

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