List of Governors of New Jersey

Governors of New Jersey

Last Updated on April 23, 2022 by Team FinderWheel

Are you looking for the Governors of New Jersey? Here is the list of all the Governors of New Jersey from beginning to present with their tenure and respective political party name.

New Jersey Governors List

Here is a list of governors of the US state of Governors of New Jersey by Party Name and Tenure Periods.

Sr. No. Governor Name
Term Start Term End Party
1 William Livingston 31 August 1776 25 July 1790 Federalist
2 Elisha Lawrence 25 July 1790 29 October 1790 Federalist
3 William Paterson 29 October 1790 30 March 1793 Federalist
4 Thomas Henderson 30 March 1793 3 June 1793 Federalist
5 Richard Howell 3 June 1793 31 October 1801 Federalist
6 Joseph Bloomfield 31 October 1801 28 October 1802 Democratic-Republican
7 John Lambert 28 October 1802 29 October 1803 Democratic-Republican
8 Joseph Bloomfield 29 October 1803 29 October 1812 Democratic-Republican
9 Aaron Ogden 29 October 1812 29 October 1813 Federalist
10 William Sanford Pennington 29 October 1813 19 June 1815 Democratic-Republican
11 William Kennedy 19 June 1815 26 October 1815 Democratic-Republican
12 Mahlon Dickerson 26 October 1815 1 February 1817 Democratic-Republican
13 Isaac Halstead Williamson 6 February 1817 30 October 1829 Federalist
14 Garret D. Wall — — Democratic
15 Peter Dumont Vroom 6 November 1829 26 October 1832 Democratic
16 Samuel L. Southard 26 October 1832 27 February 1833 Whig
17 Elias P. Seeley 27 February 1833 25 October 1833 Whig
18 Peter Dumont Vroom 25 October 1833 3 November 1836 Democratic
19 Philemon Dickerson 3 November 1836 27 October 1837 Democratic
20 William Pennington 27 October 1837 27 October 1843 Whig
21 Daniel Haines 27 October 1843 21 January 1845 Democratic
22 Charles C. Stratton 21 January 1845 18 January 1848 Whig
23 Daniel Haines 18 January 1848 21 January 1851 Democratic
24 George F. Fort 21 January 1851 17 January 1854 Democratic
25 Rodman M. Price 17 January 1854 20 January 1857 Democratic
26 William A. Newell 20 January 1857 17 January 1860 Republican
27 Charles Smith Olden 17 January 1860 20 January 1863 Republican
28 Joel Parker 20 January 1863 16 January 1866 Democratic
29 Marcus Lawrence Ward 16 January 1866 19 January 1869 Republican
30 Theodore Fitz Randolph 19 January 1869 16 January 1872 Democratic
31 Joel Parker 16 January 1872 19 January 1875 Democratic
32 Joseph D. Bedle 19 January 1875 15 January 1878 Democratic
33 George B. McClellan 15 January 1878 18 January 1881 Democratic
34 George C. Ludlow 18 January 1881 15 January 1884 Democratic
35 Leon Abbett 15 January 1884 18 January 1887 Democratic
36 Robert Stockton Green 18 January 1887 21 January 1890 Democratic
37 Leon Abbett 21 January 1890 17 January 1893 Democratic
38 George Theodore Werts 17 January 1893 21 January 1896 Democratic
39 John W. Griggs 21 January 1896 31 January 1898 Republican
40 Foster MacGowan Voorhees 31 January 1898 18 October 1898 Republican
41 David Ogden Watkins 18 October 1898 17 January 1899 Republican
42 Foster MacGowan Voorhees 17 January 1899 21-Jan-02 Republican
43 Franklin Murphy 21-Jan-02 17-Jan-05 Republican
44 Edward C. Stokes 17-Jan-05 21-Jan-08 Republican
45 John Franklin Fort 21-Jan-08 17-Jan-11 Republican
46 Woodrow Wilson 17-Jan-11 01-Mar-13 Democratic
47 James Fairman Fielder 01-Mar-13 28-Oct-13 Democratic
48 Leon R. Taylor 28-Oct-13 20-Jan-14 Democratic
49 James Fairman Fielder 20-Jan-14 16-Jan-17 Democratic
50 Walter Evans Edge 16-Jan-17 16-May-19 Republican
51 William Nelson Runyon 16-May-19 13-Jan-20 Republican
52 Clarence E. Case 13-Jan-20 20-Jan-20 Republican
53 Edward I. Edwards 20-Jan-20 15-Jan-23 Democratic
54 George Sebastian Silzer 15-Jan-23 19-Jan-26 Democratic
55 A. Harry Moore 19-Jan-26 15-Jan-29 Democratic
56 Morgan Foster Larson 15-Jan-29 19-Jan-32 Republican
57 A. Harry Moore 19-Jan-32 03-Jan-35 Democratic
58 Clifford Ross Powell 03-Jan-35 08-Jan-35 Republican
59 Horace Griggs Prall 08-Jan-35 15-Jan-35 Republican
60 Harold G. Hoffman 15-Jan-35 18-Jan-38 Republican
61 A. Harry Moore 18-Jan-38 21-Jan-41 Democratic
62 Charles Edison 21-Jan-41 18-Jan-44 Democratic
63 Walter Evans Edge 18-Jan-44 21-Jan-47 Republican
64 Alfred E. Driscoll 21-Jan-47 19-Jan-54 Republican
65 Robert B. Meyner 19-Jan-54 16-Jan-62 Democratic
66 Richard J. Hughes 16-Jan-62 20-Jan-70 Democratic
67 William T. Cahill 20-Jan-70 15-Jan-74 Republican
68 Brendan Byrne 15-Jan-74 19-Jan-82 Democratic
69 Thomas Kean 19-Jan-82 16-Jan-90 Republican
70 James Florio 16-Jan-90 18-Jan-94 Democratic
71 Christine Todd Whitman 18-Jan-94 31-Jan-01 Republican
72 Donald DiFrancesco 31-Jan-01 08-Jan-02 Republican
73 John Farmer, Jr. 08-Jan-02 08-Jan-02 Republican
74 John O. Bennett 08-Jan-02 12-Jan-02 Republican
75 Richard Codey 12-Jan-02 15-Jan-02 Democratic
76 Jim McGreevey 15-Jan-02 15-Nov-04 Democratic
77 Richard Codey 15-Nov-04 17-Jan-06 Democratic
78 Jon Corzine 17-Jan-06 19-Jan-10 Democratic
79 Chris Christie 19-Jan-10 16-Jan-18 Republican
80 Phil Murphy 16-Jan-18 Incumbent Democratic

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