Governors of New Jersey

Governor

Party

Term

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