Governors of New Jersey

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GOVERNORS OF NEW JERSEY

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One of the original Thirteen Colonies, New Jersey was admitted as a state on 18 Dec 1787, making it the third state to join the Union. Since then, the State of New Jersey has had 56 official state governors. Eight of those governors held the position in multiple non-consecutive terms, but New Jersey's policy is to only number these individuals once. Thus, when ninth governor Peter Shelly was elected to a second term, he followed the 11th governor, but continued to be numbered as the ninth governor. His successor became governor #12. New Jersey has also had sixteen acting-governors, two of whom eventually became governor.

John Farmer Jr. was the state's shortest-serving governor, holding office for just 90 minutes in 8 Jan 2002. He was one of five people to serve as Governor of New Jersey over a period of just eight days. Christine Todd Whitman is the only woman to have served as Governor of New Jersey.

In the below list, columns can be sorted by clicking on the arrow button in any category heading box. A "C" in the final column denotes a Notable who has been successfully connected to the Big Tree. "N/C" stands for Not Connected.

GOVERNORS OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY

#	Governor	Born	Died	Term	Photo	C
1	William Livingston	1723	1790	1776-1790		C
Act	Elisha Lawrence	1746	1799	1790	No known image	C
2	William Paterson	1745	1806	1790-1793		C
Act	Thomas Henderson	1743	1824	1793	No known image	C
3	Richard Howell	1754	1802	1793-1801		C
4	Joseph Bloomfield	1753	1823	1801-1802		C
Act	John Lambert	1746	1823	1802-1803		C
4	Joseph Bloomfield	1753	1823	1803-1812		C
5	AAron Ogden	1756	1839	1812-1813		C
6	William Sanford Pennington	1757	1826	1813-1815		C
Act	William Kennedy	1775	1826	1815	No known image	N/C
7	Mahion Dickerson	1770	1853	1815-1817		C
8	Isaac Halstead Williamson	1767	1844	1817-1829		C
Act	Garret D, Wall	1783	1850	1829		C
9	Peter Dumont Vroom	1791	1873	1829-1832		C
10	Samuel L. Southard	1787	1842	1832-1833		C
11	Elias P. Seeley	1791	1846	1833		C
9	Peter Dumont Vroom	1791	1873	1833-1836		C
12	Philemon Dickerson	1788	1862	1836-1837		C
13	William Pennington	1796	1862	1837-1843		C
14	Daniel Haines	1801	1877	1843-1845		C
15	Charles Stratton	1796	1859	1845-1848		C
14	Daniel Haines	1801	1877	1848-1851		C
16	George Franklin Fort	1809	1872	1851-1854		C
17	Rodman M. Price	1816	1894	1854-1857		C
18	William A. Newell	1817	1901	1857-1860		C
19	Charles Smith Olden	1799	1876	1860-1863		N/C
20	Joel Parker	1818	1888	1863-1866		C
21	Marcus Lawrence Ward	1866	1869	1866-1869		N/C
22	Theodore Fitz Randolph	1826	1883	1869-1872		C
20	Joel Parker	1818	1888	1872-1875		C
23	Joseph D. Bedle	1821	1894	1872-1875		C
24	George B. McClellan]	1826	1885	1878-1881		C
25	George C. Ludlow	1830	1900	1881-1884		N/C
26	Leon Abbett	1836	1894	1884-1887		C
27	Robert Stockton Green	1831	1895	1887-1890		C
26	Leon Abbett	1836	1894	1890-1893		C
28	George Theodore Werts	1846	1910	1893-1896		N/C
29	John W. Griggs	1849	1927	1896-1898		C
Act	Foster McGowen Voorhees	1856	1927	1898		N/C
Act	David Ogden Watkins	1862	1938	1898-1899		C
30	Foster McGowen Voorhees	1856	1927	1899-1902		N/C
31	Franklin Murphy	1846	1920	1902-1905		C
32	Edward C. Stokes	1860	1942	1905-1908		N/C
33	John Franklin Fort	1852	1920	1908-1911		C
34	Woodrow Wilson	1856	1924	1911-1913		C
Act	James Fairman Fielder	1867	1954	1913		N/C
Act	Leon R. Taylor	1883	1924	1913-1914		C
35	James Fairman Fielder	1867	1954	1914-1917		N/C
36	Walter Evans Edge	1873	1956	1917-1919		C
Act	William Nelson Runyon	1871	1931	1919-1920		C
Act	Clarence E. Case	1877	1961	1920		C
37	Edward I. Edwards	1863	1931	1920-1923		N/C
38	George Sebastian Silzer	1870	1940	1923-1926		N/C
39	A. Harry Moore	1877	1952	1926-1929		C
40	Morgan Foster Larson	1882	1961	1929-1932		C
39	A. Harry Moore	1877	1952	1932-1935		N/C
Act	Clifford Rose Powell	1893	1973	1935		C
Act	Horace Griggs Prall	1881	1951	1935		C
41	Harold G. Hoffman	1896	1954	1935-1938		N/C
39	A. Harry Moore	1877	1952	1938-1941		N/C
42	Charles Edison	1890	1969	1941-1944		C
36	Walter Evans Edge	1873	1956	1944-1947		C
43	Alfred E, Driscoll	1902	1975	1947-1954		C
44	Robert B. Meyner	1908	1990	1954-1962		C
45	Richard J. Hughes	1909	1992	1962-1970		C
46	William T. Cahill	1912	1996	1970-1974		N/C
47	Brenden Byrne	1924	2018	1974-1982		N/C
48	Thomas Kean	1935	LIVING	1982-1990		C
49	James Florio	1937	2022	1990-1994		C
50	Christie Todd Whitman	1946	LIVING	1994-2001		N/C
51	Donald DiFrancesco	1944	LIVING	2001-2002		N/C
Act	John Farmer Jr.	1957	LIVING	2002		N/C
Act	John O. Bennett	1948	LIVING	2002		N/C
Act	Richard Codey	1946	LIVING	2002		N/C
52	Jim McGreevey	1957	LIVING	2002-2004		N/C
53	Richard Codey	1946	LIVING	2004-2006		N/C
54	Jon Corzine	1947	LIVING	2006-20010		C
55	Chris Christie	1954	LIVING	20010-2018		N/C
56	Phil Murphy	1957	LIVING	20018-present		N/C