List of Governors of New Jersey
This is a list of governors of New Jersey.
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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
- Thomas Rudyard, Deputy 1682-1683
- Gawen Lawrie, Deputy 1683-1686
- Lord Neill Campbell, Deputy 1686-1687
- Andrew Hamilton, Deputy 1687-1690
- Edmund Andros 1688-1689
- 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
- Samuel Jennings, Deputy 1681-1684
- Thomas Olive, Deputy 1684-1685
- John Skene, Deputy 1685-1687
- Daniel Coxe 1687-1688
- Edmund Andros 1688-1689
- Edward Hunloke, Deputy 1690
- Andrew Hamilton 1692-1697
- Jeremiah Basse 1697-1699
- Andrew Hamilton 1699-1702 (again)
Governors under Royal Government (1703-1776)
Governors of New York and New Jersey (1703-1738)
- Edward Hyde, Lord Cornbury 1703-8
- John, Lord Lovelace 1708-9
- Richard Ingoldesby, Lieutenant and Governor 1709-10
- Robert Hunter 1710-20
- William Burnet 1720-28
- John Montgomerie 1728-31
- Lewis Morris, President Of Council 1731-1732
- William Cosby 1732-36
- John Anderson, President Of Council 1736
- John Hamilton, President Of Council 1736-1738
Governors of New Jersey only (1738-1776)
- Lewis Morris 1738-46
- John Hamilton, President Of Council 1746-1747
- John Reading, President Of Council 1747
- Jonathan Belcher 1747-57
- Thomas Pownall, Lieut. Governor 1757
- John Reading, President Of Council 1757-1758
- Francis Bernard 1758-60
- Thomas Boone 1760-61
- Josiah Hardy 1761-63
- William Franklin 1763-76
Governors under representative government (1776-present)
Governors under the 1776 N.J. Constitution (1776-1844)
- William Livingston 1776-90
- Elisha Lawrence 1790 (?)
- William Paterson 1790-93
- Thomas Henderson (Politician) 1793 (?)
- Richard Howell 1793-1801
- Joseph Bloomfield 1801-02
- John Lambert, Acting Governor 1802-03
- Joseph Bloomfield 1803-12
- Aaron Ogden 1812-13
- William S. Pennington 1813-15
- Mahlon Dickerson 1815-17
- Isaac Halstead Williamson 1817-29
- Peter Dumont Vroom 1829-32
- Samuel Lewis Southard 1832-33
- Elias P. Seeley 1833
- Peter Dumont Vroom 1833-36
- Philemon Dickerson1836-37
- William Pennington 1837-43
- Daniel Haines 1843-45
Governors under the 1844 N.J. Constitution (1844-1946)
| Charles C. Stratton | 1845-1848 | Whig | Elected Governor |
| Daniel Haines | 1848-1851 | Democrat | Elected Governor |
| George F. Fort | 1851-1854 | Democrat | Elected Governor |
| Rodman M. Price | 1854-1857 | Democrat | Elected Governor |
| William A. Newell | 1857-1860 | Republican | Elected Governor |
| Charles S. Olden | 1860-1863 | Republican | Elected Governor |
| Joel Parker | 1863-1866 | Democrat | Elected Governor |
| Marcus L. Ward | 1866-1869 | Republican | Elected Governor |
| Theodore F. Randolph | 1869-1872 | Democrat | Elected Governor |
| Joel Parker | 1872-1875 | Democrat | Elected Governor |
| Joseph D. Bedle | 1875-1878 | Democrat | Elected Governor |
| George Brinton McClellan | 1878-1881 | Democrat | Elected Governor |
| George C. Ludlow | 1881-1884 | Democrat | Elected Governor |
| Leon Abbett | 1884-1887 | Democrat | Elected Governor |
| Robert Stockton Green | 1887-1890 | Democrat | Elected Governor |
| Leon Abbett | 1890-1893 | Democrat | Elected Governor |
| George T. Werts | 1893-1896 | Democrat | Elected Governor |
| John W. Griggs1 | 1896-1898 | Republican | Elected Governor |
| Foster M. Voorhees | 1898 | Republican | Acting Governor |
| David Ogden Watkins | 1898-1899 | Acting Governor | |
| Foster M. Voorhees | 1899-1902 | Republican | Elected Governor |
| Franklin Murphy | 1902-1905 | Republican | Elected Governor |
| Edward C. Stokes | 1905-1908 | Republican | Elected Governor |
| John Franklin Fort | 1908-1910 | Republican | Elected Governor |
| Horace Baker | 1910-1911 | Republican | Acting Governor |
| Woodrow Wilson2 | 1911-1913 | Democrat | Elected Governor |
| James F. Fielder | 1913 | Democrat | Acting Governor |
| Leon R. Taylor | 1913-1914 | Acting Governor | |
| James F. Fielder | 1914-1917 | Democrat | Elected Governor |
| Walter E. Edge3 | 1917-1919 | Republican | Elected Governor |
| William N. Runyon | 1919-1920 | Acting Governor | |
| Clarence E. Case | 1920 | Acting Governor | |
| Edward I. Edwards | 1920-1923 | Democrat | Elected Governor |
| George S. Silzer | 1923-1926 | Democrat | Elected Governor |
| A. Harry Moore | 1926-1929 | Democrat | Elected Governor |
| Morgan F. Larson | 1929-1932 | Republican | Elected Governor |
| A. Harry Moore | 1932-1935 | Democrat | Elected Governor |
| Harold G. Hoffman | 1935-1938 | Republican | Elected Governor |
| A. Harry Moore | 1938-1941 | Democrat | Elected Governor |
| Charles Edison | 1941-1944 | Democrat | Elected Governor |
| Walter E. Edge | 1944-1947 | 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-present)
| Alfred E. Driscoll | 1947-1954 | Republican | Elected Governor |
| Robert B. Meyner | 1954-1962 | Democrat | Elected Governor |
| Richard J. Hughes | 1962-1970 | Democrat | Elected Governor |
| William T. Cahill | 1970-1974 | Republican | Elected Governor |
| Brendan Byrne | 1974-1982 | Democrat | Elected Governor |
| Thomas Kean | 1982-1990 | Republican | Elected Governor |
| James Florio | 1990-1994 | Democrat | Elected Governor |
| Christine Todd Whitman1 | 1994-2001 | Republican | Elected Governor |
| Donald DiFrancesco2 | 2001-2002 | Republican | Acting Governor |
| John Farmer Jr.3 | 2002 | Republican | Acting Governor |
| John O. Bennett2 | 2002 | Republican | Acting Governor |
| Richard Codey2 | 2002 | Democrat | Acting Governor |
| James McGreevey4 | 2002-2004 | Democrat | Elected Governor |
| Richard Codey5 | 2004- | Democrat | Acting Governor |
1 Resigned as Governor to become Administrator of the U.S. 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, after admitting that he had an affair with a man while married to his wife Dina Matos.
5 Became Acting Governor on November 15, 2004, following resignation of Gov. McGreevey. He will serve until a new Governor takes office in January 2006, following a regular election in November 2005.