The English colony of New Jersey was founded in 1665. It declared its independence
in 1776 and became an original State of the Union.
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STATE OFFICERS
Governors
1845 - 1848 Charles Creighton Stratton 1796 - 1859
1848 - 1851 Daniel Haines (2x) 1801 - 1877
1851 - 1854 George Franklin Fort 1809 - 1872
1854 - 1857 Rodman McCamley Price 1816 - 1894
1857 - 1860 William Augustus Newell 1817 - 1901
1860 - 1863 Charles Smith Olden 1799 - 1876
1863 - 1866 Joel Parker 1816 - 1888
1866 - 1869 Marcus Lawrence Ward 1812 - 1884
1869 - 1872 Theodore Fitz Randolph 1826 - 1883
1872 - 1875 Joel Parker (2x)
1875 - 1878 Joseph Dorsett Bedle 1821 - 1894
1878 - 1881 George Brinton McClellan 1826 - 1885
1881 - 1884 George Craig Ludlow 1830 - 1900
1884 - 1887 Leon Abbett 1836 - 1894
1887 - 1890 Robert Stockton Green 1831 - 1895
1890 - 1893 Leon Abbett (2x)
1893 - 1896 George Theodore Werts 1846 - 1910
1896 - 1898 John William Griggs 1849 - 1927
1898 Foster MacGowan Voorhees 1856 - 1927
1898 - 1899 David Ogden Watkins* 1862 - 1938
1899 - 1902 Foster MacGowan Voorhees (2x)
1902 - 1905 Franklin Murphy 1846 - 1920
1905 - 1908 Edward Casper Stokes 1860 - 1942
1908 - 1911 John Franklin Fort 1852 - 1920
1911 - 1913 Thomas Woodrow Wilson 1856 - 1924
1913 - 1913 James Fairman Fielder 1867 - 1954
1913 - 1914 Leon R. Taylor* 1883 - 1924
1914 - 1917 James Fairman Fielder (2x)
1917 - 1919 Walter Evans Edge 1873 - 1956
1919 - 1920 William Nelson Runyon* 1871 - 1931
1920 Clarence Edwards Case* 1877 - 1961
1920 - 1923 Edward Irving Edwards 1863 - 1931
1923 - 1926 George Sebastian Silzer 1870 - 1940
1926 - 1929 Arthur Harry Moore 1879 - 1952
1929 - 1932 Morgan Foster Larson 1882 - 1961
1932 - 1935 Arthur Harry Moore (2x)
1935 Clifford Ross Powell* 1893 - 1973
1935 Horace Griggs Prall* 1881 - 1951
1935 - 1938 Harold Giles Hoffman 1896 - 1954
1938 - 1941 Arthur Harry Moore (3x)
1941 - 1944 Charles Edison 1890 - 1969
1944 - 1947 Walter Evans Edge (2x)
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