Colonial Period (1665-1703 Proprietors; 1703-1776 Royal Government)
Governors Under Constitution 1776
Name |
Birthplace |
Party |
Term |
William Livingston |
Albany, NY |
Patriot |
1776-1790 |
William Paterson |
North Ireland |
Federalist |
1790-1793 |
Richard Howell |
Newark, NJ |
Federalist |
1793-1801 |
Joseph Bloomfield |
Woodbridge, NJ |
Jeffersonian-Republican |
1801-1802; 1803-1812 |
Aaron Ogden |
Elizabeth, NJ |
Federalist |
1812-1813 |
William S. Pennington |
Newark, NJ |
Jeffersonian-Republican |
1813-1815 |
Mahlon Dickerson |
Hanover Township, NJ |
Jeffersonian-Republican |
1815-1817 |
Isaac H. Williamson |
Elizabethtown, NJ |
Jeffersonian-Republican |
1817-1829 |
Peter D. Vroom |
Hillsborough, NJ |
Democrat |
1829-1832; 1833-1836 |
Samuel L. Southard |
Basking Ridge, NJ |
Whig |
1832-1833 |
Elias P. Seeley |
Bridgeton, NJ |
Whig |
1833 |
Philemon Dickerson |
Succasunna, NJ |
Democrat |
1836-1837 |
William Pennington |
Newark, NJ |
Whig |
1837-1843 |
Daniel Haines |
New York, NY |
Democrat |
1843-1845; 1848-1851 |
Governors Under Constitution of 1844
Name |
Birthplace |
Party |
Term |
Charles C. Stratton |
Swedesboro, NJ |
Whig |
1845-1848 |
George F. Fort |
Pemberton, NJ |
Democrat |
1851-1854 |
Rodman M. Price |
Newton, NJ |
Democrat |
1854-1857 |
William A. Newell |
Franklin, OH |
Republican |
1857-1860 |
Charles S. Olden |
Princeton, NJ |
Republican |
1860-1863 |
Joel Parker |
Freehold, NJ |
Democrat |
1863-1866; 1872-1875 |
Marcus L. Ward |
Newark, NJ |
Republican |
1866-1869 |
Theordore F. Randolph |
Mansfield, PA |
Democrat |
1869-1872 |
Joseph D. Bedle |
Middletown Point
(now Matawan), NJ |
Democrat |
1875-1878 |
George B. McClellan |
Philadelphia, PA |
Democrat |
1878-1881 |
George C. Ludlow |
Milford, NJ |
Democrat |
1881-1884 |
Leon Abbett |
Philadelphia, PA |
Democrat |
1884-1887; 1890-1893 |
Robert S. Green |
Princeton, NJ |
Democrat |
1887-1890 |
George T. Werts |
Hackettstown, NJ |
Democrat |
1893-1896 |
John W. Griggs |
Newton, NJ |
Republican |
1896-1898 |
Foster M. Vorhees |
Clinton, NJ |
Republican |
1898-1902 |
Franklin Murphy |
Jersey City, NJ |
Republican |
1902-1905 |
Edward C. Stokes |
Philadelphia, PA |
Republican |
1905-1908 |
John Franklin Fort |
Pemberton, NJ |
Republican |
1908-1911 |
Woodrow Wilson |
Staunton, VA |
Democrat |
1911-1913 |
James F. Fielder |
Jersey City, NJ |
Democrat |
1913-1917 |
Walter E. Edge |
Philadelphia, PA |
Republican |
1917-1919; 1944-1947 |
Edward I. Edwards |
Jersey City, NJ |
Democrat |
1920-1923 |
George S. Silzer |
New Brunswick, NJ |
Democrat |
1923-1926 |
A. Harry Moore |
Jersey City, NJ |
Democrat |
1926-1929; 1932-1935;
1938-1941 |
Morgan F. Larson |
Perth Amboy, NJ |
Republican |
1929-1932 |
Harold Hoffman |
South Amboy, NJ |
Republican |
1935-1938 |
Charles Edison |
West Orange, NJ |
Democrat |
1941-1944 |
Governors Under Constitution of 1947
Name |
Birthplace |
Party |
Term |
Alfred E. Driscoll |
Pittsburgh, PA |
Republican |
1947-1954 |
Robert B. Meyner |
Easton, PA |
Democrat |
1954-1962 |
Richard J. Hughes |
Florence, NJ |
Democrat |
1962-1970 |
William T. Cahill |
Philadelphia, PA |
Republican |
1970-1974 |
Brendan Byrne |
West Orange, NJ |
Democrat |
1974-1982 |
Thomas Kean |
New York, NY |
Republican |
1982-1990 |
James Florio |
Brooklyn, NY |
Democrat |
1990-1994 |
Christine Whitman |
New York, NY |
Republican |
1994-2001 |
Donald T. Di Francesco |
Scotch Plains, NJ |
Republican |
2001-2002 |
James McGreevey |
Jersey City, NJ |
Democrat |
2002-2004 |
Richard J. Codey |
Orange, NJ |
Democrat |
2004-2006 |
Jon S. Corzine |
Taylorville, IL |
Democrat |
2006-2010 |
Chris Christie |
Newark, NJ |
Republican |
2010-Present |
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