Governors
of New Jersey
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Governor |
Party |
Term |
William Livingston | Federalist |
1776-1790
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William Patterson | Federalist |
1790-1792
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Richard Howell | Federalist |
1792-1801
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Joseph Bloomfield | Democratic-Republican |
1801-1802
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John Lambert | Democratic-Republican |
1802-1803
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Joseph Bloomfield | Democratic-Republican |
1803-1812
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Aaron Ogden | Federalist |
1812-1813
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William S. Pennington | Democratic-Republican |
1813-1815
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Mahlon Dickerson | Democratic-Republican |
1815-1817
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Issac H. Williamson | Democratic-Republican |
1817-1829
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Garret D. Wall | Democratic |
1829(declined)
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Peter D. Vroom | Democratic |
1829-1832
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Samuel L. Southard | Whig |
1832-1833
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Elias P. Seeley | Whig |
1833
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Peter D. Vroom | Democratic |
1833-1836
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Philemom Dickerson | Democratic |
1836-1837
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William Pennington | Whig |
1837-1843
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Daniel Haines | Democratic |
1843-1845
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Charles C. Stratton | Whig |
1845-1848
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Daniel Haines | Democratic |
1848-1851
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George F. Fort | Democrat |
1851-1854
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Rodman M. Price | Democrat |
1854-1857
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William A. Newell | Republican |
1857-1860
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Charles S. Olden | Republican |
1860-1863
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Joel Parker | Democrat |
1863-1866
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Marcus L. Ward | Republican |
1866-1869
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Theodore F. Randolph | Democrat |
1869-1872
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Joel Parker | Democrat |
1872-1875
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Joseph D. Bedle | Democrat |
1875-1878
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George B. McClellan | Democrat |
1878-1881
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George C. Ludlow | Democrat |
1881-1884
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Leon Abbett | Democrat |
1884-1887
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Robert S. Green | Democrat |
1887-1890
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Leon Abbett | Democrat |
1890-1893
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George T. Werts | Democrat |
1893-1896
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John W. Griggs | Republican |
1896-1898
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Foster M. Voorhees (acting) | Republican |
1898
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David O. Watkins (acting) | Republican |
1898-1899
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Foster M. Voorhees | Republican |
1899-1902
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Franklin Murphy | Republican |
1902-1905
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Edward C. Stokes | Republican |
1905-1908
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John Franklin Fort | Republican |
1908-1911
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Woodrow Wilson | Democrat |
1911-1913
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James F. Fielder (acting) | Democrat |
1913
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Leon R. Taylor (acting) | Democrat |
1913-1914
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James F. Fielder | Democrat |
1914-1917
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Walter E. Edge | Republican |
1917-1919
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William N. Runyon (acting) | Republican |
1919-1920
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Clarence E. Case (acting) | Republican |
1920
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Edward I. Edwards | Democrat |
1920-1923
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George S. Silzer | Democrat |
1923-1926
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A. Harry Moore | Democrat |
1926-1929
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Morgan F. Larson | Republican |
1929-1932
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A. Harry Moore | Democrat |
1932-1935
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Clifford R. Powell (acting) | Republican |
1935
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Horace G. Prall (acting) | Republican |
1935
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Harold G. Hoffman | Republican |
1935-1938
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A. Harry Moore | Democrat |
1938-1941
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Charles Edison | Democrat |
1941-1944
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Walter E. Edge | Republican |
1944-1947
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Alfred E. Driscoll | Republican |
1947-1954
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Robert B. Meyner | Democrat |
1954-1962
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Richard J. Hughes | Democrat |
1962-1970
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William T. Cahill | Republican |
1970-1974
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Brendan T. Byrne | Democrat |
1974-1982
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Thomas H. Kean | Republican |
1982-1990
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James J. Florio | Democrat |
1990-1994
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Christine Todd Whitman | Republican |
1994-present
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