Historical Record
Previous Governors of New Jersey
Governors who previously held office in New Jersey, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesMikie SherrillDemocrat2010–2030
Mikie SherrillDemocrat2026–2030
Phil MurphyDemocrat2018–2026
Phil MurphyDemocrat2018–2026
Phil Murphy was elected Governor of New Jersey in 2017 and re-elected in 2021. A former Goldman Sachs executive and U.S. Ambassador to Germany, he focused on progressive economic policies, marijuana legalization, and expanding healthcare access. New Jersey governors are limited to two consecutive terms.
Official record ↗Richard HowellIndependent1776–2023
William PatersonIndependent1776–2023
Chris ChristieRepublican2010–2018
Jon CorzineDemocrat2006–2010
Richard CodeyDemocrat2001–2006
Jim McGreeveyDemocrat2002–2004
Donald DiFrancescoRepublican2001–2002
Richard CodeyDemocrat2002–2002
John O. BennettRepublican2002–2002
John Farmer Jr.Republican2002–2002
Christine Todd WhitmanRepublican1994–2001
James FlorioDemocrat1990–1994
Thomas KeanRepublican1982–1990
Brendan ByrneDemocrat1974–1982
William T. CahillRepublican1970–1974
Richard J. HughesDemocrat1962–1970
Robert B. MeynerDemocrat1954–1962
Alfred E. DriscollRepublican1947–1954
Walter Evans EdgeRepublican1944–1947
Charles EdisonDemocrat1941–1944
A. Harry MooreDemocrat1938–1941
Harold G. HoffmanRepublican1935–1938
Horace Griggs PrallRepublican1935–1935
Clifford Ross PowellRepublican1935–1935
A. Harry MooreDemocrat1932–1935
Morgan Foster LarsonRepublican1929–1932
A. Harry MooreDemocrat1926–1929
George Sebastian SilzerDemocrat1923–1926
Edward I. EdwardsDemocrat1920–1923
Clarence E. CaseRepublican1920–1920
William Nelson RunyonRepublican1919–1920
Walter Evans EdgeRepublican1917–1919
James Fairman FielderDemocrat1914–1917
Leon Rutherford TaylorDemocrat1913–1914
James Fairman FielderDemocrat1913–1913
Woodrow WilsonDemocrat1911–1913
John Franklin FortRepublican1908–1911
Edward C. StokesRepublican1905–1908
Franklin MurphyRepublican1902–1905
Foster McGowan VoorheesRepublican1899–1902
David Ogden WatkinsRepublican1898–1899
John W. GriggsRepublican1896–1898
Foster McGowan VoorheesRepublican1898–1898
George Theodore WertsDemocrat1893–1896
Leon AbbettDemocrat1890–1893
Robert Stockton GreenDemocrat1887–1890
Leon AbbettDemocrat1884–1887
George C. LudlowDemocrat1881–1884
George B. McClellanDemocrat1878–1881
Joseph D. BedleDemocrat1875–1878
Joel ParkerDemocrat1872–1875
Theodore Fitz RandolphDemocrat1869–1872
Marcus Lawrence WardRepublican1866–1869
Joel ParkerDemocrat1863–1866
Charles Smith OldenRepublican1860–1863
William A. NewellRepublican1857–1860
Rodman M. PriceDemocrat1854–1857
George Franklin FortDemocrat1851–1854
Daniel HainesDemocrat1848–1851
Charles C. StrattonIndependent1845–1848
Daniel HainesDemocrat1843–1845
William PenningtonIndependent1837–1843
Philemon DickersonDemocrat1836–1837
Peter Dumont VroomDemocrat1833–1836
Elias P. SeeleyIndependent1833–1833
Samuel L. SouthardIndependent1832–1833
Peter Dumont VroomDemocrat1829–1832
Isaac Halstead WilliamsonIndependent1817–1829
Garret D. WallDemocrat1829–1829
Mahlon DickersonIndependent1815–1817
William Sanford PenningtonIndependent1813–1815
William KennedyIndependent1815–1815
Aaron OgdenIndependent1812–1813
Joseph BloomfieldIndependent1803–1812
John LambertIndependent1802–1803
Joseph BloomfieldIndependent1801–1802
Richard HowellIndependent1793–1801
Thomas HendersonIndependent1793–1793
William PatersonIndependent1790–1793
William LivingstonIndependent1776–1790
Elisha LawrenceIndependent1790–1790