Governors of New Jersey

Colonial Period (1665-1703 Proprietors; 1703-1776 Royal Government)

Name Birthplace Governor Of Term
Philip Carteret England East New Jersey 1665-1682
Edmund Andros England East and West New Jersey 1674-1681; 1688-1689
Edward Byllynge England West New Jersey 1680-1687
Robert Barclay Scotland East New Jersey 1682-1690
Daniel Coxe England West New Jersey 1687-1692
Andrew Hamilton Scotland East and West New Jersey 1692-1698, 1699-1703
Jeremiah Basse England East and West New Jersey 1698-1699
Edward Hyde, Lord Cornbury England New York and New Jersey 1703-1708
John Lovelace England New York and New Jersey 1708-1709
Richard Ingoldesby England New York and New Jersey 1709-1710
Robert Hunter Scotland New York and New Jersey 1710-1720
William Burnet Netherlands New York and New Jersey 1720-1728
John Montgomerie Scotland New York and New Jersey 1728-1731
William Cosby Ireland New York and New Jersey 1732-1736
Lewis Morris Morrisania, NY (Bronx) New Jersey 1738-1746
Jonathan Belcher Cambridge, MA New Jersey 1747-1757
Francis Bernard England New Jersey 1758-1760
Thomas Boone England New Jersey 1760-1761
Josiah Hardy England New Jersey 1761-1763
William Franklin Philadelphia, PA New Jersey 1763-1776

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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