List of governors of New Jersey

The Governor of New Jersey is the head of the executive branch of New Jersey's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

List

Governors of the State of New Jersey
No.		Term in office	Party	Election	Lt. Governor^[a]
1	William Livingston	August 31, 1776 – July 25, 1790	Federalist	1776	Office did not exist
				1777
				1778
				1779
				1780
				1781
				1782
				1783
				1784
				1785
				1786
				1787
				1788
				1789 ^[b]
—	Elisha Lawrence	July 25, 1790 – October 29, 1790^[c]	Federalist	1789 ^[b]
2	William Paterson	October 29, 1790^[c] – March 30, 1793	Federalist	1790
				1791
				1792 ^[d]
—	Thomas Henderson	March 30, 1793 – June 3, 1793	Federalist	1792 ^[d]
3	Richard Howell	June 3, 1793 – October 31, 1801	Federalist	1793
				1794 ^[e]
				1795
				1796
				1797
				1798
				1799
				1800
4	Joseph Bloomfield	October 31, 1801 – October 28, 1802	Democratic- Republican	1801
—	John Lambert	October 28, 1802 – October 29, 1803	Democratic- Republican	1802 ^[f]
4	Joseph Bloomfield	October 29, 1803 – October 29, 1812	Democratic- Republican	1803
				1804
				1805
				1806
				1807
				1808
				1809
				1810
				1811 ^[g]
5	Aaron Ogden	October 29, 1812 – October 29, 1813	Federalist	1812
6	William Sanford Pennington	October 29, 1813 – June 19, 1815	Democratic- Republican	1813
6	William Sanford Pennington	October 29, 1813 – June 19, 1815	Democratic- Republican	1814 ^[h]^[i]
—	William Kennedy	June 19, 1815 – October 26, 1815	Democratic- Republican	1814 ^[h]^[i]
7	Mahlon Dickerson	October 26, 1815 – February 1, 1817	Democratic- Republican	1815
7	Mahlon Dickerson	October 26, 1815 – February 1, 1817	Democratic- Republican	1816 ^[j]
8	Isaac Halstead Williamson	February 6, 1817 – October 30, 1829	Federalist^[k]	1816 ^[j]
				1817
				1818
				1819
				1820
				1821
				1822
				1823
				1824
				1825
				1826
				1827
				1828
—	Garret D. Wall	—	Democratic	1829 ^[l]
9	Peter Dumont Vroom	November 6, 1829 – October 26, 1832	Democratic	1829 ^[l]
				1830
				1831
10	Samuel L. Southard	October 26, 1832 – February 27, 1833	Whig	1832 ^[m]
11	Elias P. Seeley	February 27, 1833 – October 25, 1833	Whig	1832 ^[m]
9	Peter Dumont Vroom	October 25, 1833 – November 3, 1836	Democratic	1833
				1834
				1835
12	Philemon Dickerson	November 3, 1836 – October 27, 1837	Democratic	1836
13	William Pennington	October 27, 1837 – October 27, 1843	Whig	1837
				1838
				1839
				1840
				1841
				1842
14	Daniel Haines	October 27, 1843 – January 21, 1845	Democratic	1843
15	Charles C. Stratton	January 21, 1845 – January 18, 1848	Whig	1844 ^[n]
14	Daniel Haines	January 18, 1848 – January 21, 1851	Democratic	1847
16	George Franklin Fort	January 21, 1851 – January 17, 1854	Democratic	1850
17	Rodman M. Price	January 17, 1854 – January 20, 1857	Democratic	1853
18	William A. Newell	January 20, 1857 – January 17, 1860	Republican	1856
19	Charles Smith Olden	January 17, 1860 – January 20, 1863	Republican	1859
20	Joel Parker	January 20, 1863 – January 16, 1866	Democratic	1862
21	Marcus Lawrence Ward	January 16, 1866 – January 19, 1869	Republican	1865
22	Theodore Fitz Randolph	January 19, 1869 – January 16, 1872	Democratic	1868
20	Joel Parker	January 16, 1872 – January 19, 1875	Democratic	1871
23	Joseph D. Bedle	January 19, 1875 – January 15, 1878	Democratic	1874
24	George B. McClellan	January 15, 1878 – January 18, 1881	Democratic	1877
25	George C. Ludlow	January 18, 1881 – January 15, 1884	Democratic	1880
26	Leon Abbett	January 15, 1884 – January 18, 1887	Democratic	1883
27	Robert Stockton Green	January 18, 1887 – January 21, 1890	Democratic	1886
26	Leon Abbett	January 21, 1890 – January 17, 1893	Democratic	1889
28	George Theodore Werts	January 17, 1893 – January 21, 1896	Democratic	1892
29	John W. Griggs	January 21, 1896 – January 31, 1898	Republican	1895 ^[o]
—	Foster McGowan Voorhees	January 31, 1898 – October 18, 1898	Republican
—	David Ogden Watkins	October 18, 1898 – January 17, 1899	Republican
30	Foster McGowan Voorhees	January 17, 1899 – January 21, 1902	Republican	1898 ^[p]
31	Franklin Murphy	January 21, 1902 – January 17, 1905	Republican	1901 ^[q]
32	Edward C. Stokes	January 17, 1905 – January 21, 1908	Republican	1904
33	John Franklin Fort	January 21, 1908 – January 17, 1911	Republican	1907 ^[r]
34	Woodrow Wilson	January 17, 1911 – March 1, 1913	Democratic	1910 ^[s]^[t]
—	James Fairman Fielder	March 1, 1913 – October 28, 1913	Democratic
—	Leon R. Taylor	October 28, 1913 – January 20, 1914	Democratic
35	James Fairman Fielder	January 20, 1914 – January 16, 1917	Democratic	1913 ^[u]^[v]
36	Walter Evans Edge	January 16, 1917 – May 16, 1919	Republican	1916 ^[v]^[w]^[x]
—	William Nelson Runyon	May 16, 1919 – January 13, 1920	Republican
—	Clarence E. Case	January 13, 1920 – January 20, 1920	Republican
37	Edward I. Edwards	January 20, 1920 – January 15, 1923	Democratic	1919
38	George Sebastian Silzer	January 15, 1923 – January 19, 1926	Democratic	1922
39	A. Harry Moore	January 19, 1926 – January 15, 1929	Democratic	1925
40	Morgan Foster Larson	January 15, 1929 – January 19, 1932	Republican	1928
39	A. Harry Moore	January 19, 1932 – January 3, 1935	Democratic	1931 ^[y]
—	Clifford Ross Powell	January 3, 1935 – January 8, 1935	Republican
—	Horace Griggs Prall	January 8, 1935 – January 15, 1935	Republican
41	Harold G. Hoffman	January 15, 1935 – January 18, 1938	Republican	1934
39	A. Harry Moore	January 18, 1938 – January 21, 1941	Democratic	1937
42	Charles Edison	January 21, 1941 – January 18, 1944	Democratic	1940
36	Walter Evans Edge	January 18, 1944 – January 21, 1947	Republican	1943
43	Alfred E. Driscoll	January 21, 1947 – January 19, 1954	Republican	1946
43	Alfred E. Driscoll	January 21, 1947 – January 19, 1954	Republican	1949 ^[z]
44	Robert B. Meyner	January 19, 1954 – January 16, 1962	Democratic	1953
44	Robert B. Meyner	January 19, 1954 – January 16, 1962	Democratic	1957
45	Richard J. Hughes	January 16, 1962 – January 20, 1970	Democratic	1961
45	Richard J. Hughes	January 16, 1962 – January 20, 1970	Democratic	1965
46	William T. Cahill	January 20, 1970 – January 15, 1974	Republican	1969
47	Brendan Byrne	January 15, 1974 – January 19, 1982	Democratic	1973
47	Brendan Byrne	January 15, 1974 – January 19, 1982	Democratic	1977
48	Thomas Kean	January 19, 1982 – January 16, 1990	Republican	1981
48	Thomas Kean	January 19, 1982 – January 16, 1990	Republican	1985
49	James Florio	January 16, 1990 – January 18, 1994	Democratic	1989
50	Christine Todd Whitman	January 18, 1994 – January 31, 2001	Republican	1993
50	Christine Todd Whitman	January 18, 1994 – January 31, 2001	Republican	1997 ^[aa]
51	Donald DiFrancesco	January 31, 2001 – January 8, 2002	Republican
—	John Farmer Jr.	January 8, 2002 – January 8, 2002	Republican
—	John O. Bennett	January 8, 2002 – January 12, 2002	Republican
—	Richard Codey	January 12, 2002 – January 15, 2002	Democratic
52	Jim McGreevey	January 15, 2002 – November 15, 2004	Democratic	2001 ^[ab]
53	Richard Codey	November 15, 2004 – January 17, 2006	Democratic	2001 ^[ab]
54	Jon Corzine	January 17, 2006 – January 19, 2010	Democratic	2005 ^[ac]
55	Chris Christie	January 19, 2010 – January 16, 2018	Republican	2009		Kim Guadagno
55	Chris Christie	January 19, 2010 – January 16, 2018	Republican	2013		Kim Guadagno
56	Phil Murphy (b. 1957) ^[34]	January 16, 2018^[35] – Incumbent^[ad]	Democratic^[34]	2017		Sheila Oliver (died August 1, 2023)
				2021		Sheila Oliver (died August 1, 2023)
					Vacant
						Tahesha Way (appointed September 8, 2023)

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