List of New Jersey governors from first to last

New Jersey joined the Union on December 18, 1787, becoming the third state to do so. This occurred shortly after the ratification of the United States Constitution, making New Jersey one of the original 13 colonies to become states in the newly formed United States of America.

William Livingston became the first governor of New Jersey on August 31, 1776.

Here is a chronological list of the governors of New Jersey from First to last.

S/N	Governor	Term Start	Term End	Party
1	William Livingston	Aug 31, 1776	Jul 25, 1790	Federalist
2	Elisha Lawrence	Jul 25, 1790	Oct 29, 1790	Federalist
3	William Paterson	Oct 29, 1790	Mar 30, 1793	Federalist
4	Thomas Henderson	Mar 30, 1793	Jun 3, 1793	Federalist
5	Richard Howell	Jun 3, 1793	Oct 31, 1801	Federalist
6	Joseph Bloomfield	Oct 31, 1801	Oct 28, 1802	Democratic-Republican
7	John Lambert	Oct 28, 1802	Oct 29, 1803	Democratic-Republican
8	Joseph Bloomfield	Oct 29, 1803	Oct 29, 1812	Democratic-Republican
9	Aaron Ogden	Oct 29, 1812	Oct 29, 1813	Federalist
10	William Sanford Pennington	Oct 29, 1813	Jun 19, 1815	Democratic-Republican
11	William Kennedy	Jun 19, 1815	Oct 26, 1815	Democratic-Republican
12	Mahlon Dickerson	Oct 26, 1815	Feb 1, 1817	Democratic-Republican
13	Isaac Halstead Williamson	Feb 6, 1817	Oct 30, 1829
14	Peter Dumont Vroom	Nov 6, 1829	Oct 26, 1832	Democratic
15	Samuel L. Southard	Oct 26, 1832	Feb 27, 1833	Whig
16	Elias P. Seeley	Feb 27, 1833	Oct 25, 1833	Whig
17	Peter Dumont Vroom	Oct 25, 1833	Nov 3, 1836	Democratic
18	Philemon Dickerson	Nov 3, 1836	Oct 27, 1837	Democratic
19	William Pennington	Oct 27, 1837	Oct 27, 1843	Whig
20	Daniel Haines	Oct 27, 1843	Jan 21, 1845	Democratic
21	Charles C. Stratton	Jan 21, 1845	Jan 18, 1848	Whig
22	Daniel Haines	Jan 18, 1848	Jan 21, 1851	Democratic
23	George Franklin Fort	Jan 21, 1851	Jan 17, 1854	Democratic
24	Rodman M. Price	Jan 17, 1854	Jan 20, 1857	Democratic
25	William A. Newell	Jan 20, 1857	Jan 17, 1860	Republican
26	Charles Smith Olden	Jan 17, 1860	Jan 20, 1863	Republican
27	Joel Parker	Jan 20, 1863	Jan 16, 1866	Democratic
28	Marcus Lawrence Ward	Jan 16, 1866	Jan 19, 1869	Republican
29	Theodore Fitz Randolph	Jan 19, 1869	Jan 16, 1872	Democratic
30	Joel Parker	Jan 16, 1872	Jan 19, 1875	Democratic
31	Joseph D. Bedle	Jan 19, 1875	Jan 15, 1878	Democratic
32	George B. McClellan	Jan 15, 1878	Jan 18, 1881	Democratic
33	George C. Ludlow	Jan 18, 1881	Jan 15, 1884	Democratic
34	Leon Abbett	Jan 15, 1884	Jan 18, 1887	Democratic
35	Robert Stockton Green	Jan 18, 1887	Jan 21, 1890	Democratic
36	Leon Abbett	Jan 21, 1890	Jan 17, 1893	Democratic
37	George Theodore Werts	Jan 17, 1893	Jan 21, 1896	Democratic
38	John W. Griggs	Jan 21, 1896	Jan 31, 1898	Republican
39	Foster McGowan Voorhees	Jan 31, 1898	Oct 18, 1898	Republican
40	David Ogden Watkins	Oct 18, 1898	Jan 17, 1899	Republican
41	Foster McGowan Voorhees	Jan 17, 1899	Jan 21, 1902	Republican
42	Franklin Murphy	Jan 21, 1902	Jan 17, 1905	Republican
43	Edward C. Stokes	Jan 17, 1905	Jan 21, 1908	Republican
44	John Franklin Fort	Jan 21, 1908	Jan 17, 1911	Republican
45	Woodrow Wilson	Jan 17, 1911	Mar 1, 1913	Democratic
46	James Fairman Fielder	Mar 1, 1913	Oct 28, 1913	Democratic
47	Leon R. Taylor	Oct 28, 1913	Jan 20, 1914	Democratic
48	James Fairman Fielder	Jan 20, 1914	Jan 16, 1917	Democratic
49	Walter Evans Edge	Jan 16, 1917	May 16, 1919	Republican
50	William Nelson Runyon	May 16, 1919	Jan 13, 1920	Republican
51	Clarence E. Case	Jan 13, 1920	Jan 20, 1920	Republican
52	Edward I. Edwards	Jan 20, 1920	Jan 15, 1923	Democratic
53	George Sebastian Silzer	Jan 15, 1923	Jan 19, 1926	Democratic
54	A. Harry Moore	Jan 19, 1926	Jan 15, 1929	Democratic
55	Morgan Foster Larson	Jan 15, 1929	Jan 19, 1932	Republican
56	A. Harry Moore	Jan 19, 1932	Jan 3, 1935	Democratic
57	Clifford Ross Powell	Jan 3, 1935	Jan 8, 1935	Republican
58	Horace Griggs Prall	Jan 8, 1935	Jan 15, 1935	Republican
59	Harold G. Hoffman	Jan 15, 1935	Jan 18, 1938	Republican
60	A. Harry Moore	Jan 18, 1938	Jan 21, 1941	Democratic
61	Charles Edison	Jan 21, 1941	Jan 18, 1944	Democratic
62	Walter Evans Edge	Jan 18, 1944	Jan 21, 1947	Republican
63	Alfred E. Driscoll	Jan 21, 1947	Jan 19, 1954	Republican
64	Robert B. Meyner	Jan 19, 1954	Jan 16, 1962	Democratic
65	Richard J. Hughes	Jan 16, 1962	Jan 20, 1970	Democratic
66	William T. Cahill	Jan 20, 1970	Jan 15, 1974	Republican
67	Brendan Byrne	Jan 15, 1974	Jan 19, 1982	Democratic
68	Thomas Kean	Jan 19, 1982	Jan 16, 1990	Republican
69	James Florio	Jan 16, 1990	Jan 18, 1994	Democratic
70	Christine Todd Whitman	Jan 18, 1994	Jan 31, 2001	Republican
71	Donald DiFrancesco	Jan 31, 2001	Jan 8, 2002	Republican
72	John Farmer Jr.	Jan 8, 2002	Jan 8, 2002	Republican
73	John O. Bennett	Jan 8, 2002	Jan 12, 2002	Republican
74	Richard Codey	Jan 12, 2002	Jan 15, 2002	Democratic
75	Jim McGreevey	Jan 15, 2002	Nov 15, 2004	Democratic
76	Richard Codey	Nov 15, 2004	Jan 17, 2006	Democratic
77	Jon Corzine	Jan 17, 2006	Jan 19, 2010	Democratic
78	Chris Christie	Jan 19, 2010	Jan 16, 2018	Republican
79	Phil Murphy	Jan 16, 2018	–	Democratic