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Governors
13 Aug 1854 - 16 Oct 1854  Thomas Barney Cuming (1st time)    (d. 1858)            Dem
                             (acting)
16 Oct 1854 - 18 Oct 1854  Francis Burt                       (b. 1807 - d. 1854)  Dem
18 Oct 1854 - 20 Feb 1855  Thomas Barney Cuming (2nd time)    (s.a.)               Dem
                             (acting)
20 Feb 1855 - 25 Oct 1857  Mark Whitaker Izard                (b. 1799 - d. 1866)  Dem
25 Oct 1857 - 12 Jan 1858  Thomas Barney Cuming (3rd time)    (s.a.)               Dem
                             (acting)
12 Jan 1858 -  5 Dec 1858  William Alexander Richardson       (b. 1821 - d. 1896)  Dem
 5 Dec 1858 -  2 May 1859  Julius Sterling Morton (1st time)  (b. 1832 - d. 1902)  Dem
                             (acting)
 2 May 1859 - 24 Feb 1861  Samuel Watson Black                (b. 1818 - d. 1862)  Dem
24 Feb 1861 -  6 May 1861  Julius Sterling Morton (2nd time)  (s.a.)               Dem
                             (acting)
 6 May 1861 - 15 May 1861  Algernon Sidney Paddock (acting)   (b. 1830 - d. 1897)  Rep
15 May 1861 - 21 Feb 1867  Alvin Saunders                     (b. 1817 - d. 1899)  Rep
21 Feb 1867 -  2 Jun 1871  David Christy Butler               (b. 1829 - d. 1891)  Rep
 2 Jun 1871 - 13 Jan 1873  William Hartford James             (b. 1831 - d. 1920)  Rep
13 Jan 1873 - 11 Jan 1875  Robert Wilkinson Furnas            (b. 1824 - d. 1905)  Rep
11 Jan 1875 -  9 Jan 1879  Silas Garber                       (b. 1833 - d. 1905)  Rep
 9 Jan 1879 -  4 Jan 1883  Albinus Nance                      (b. 1848 - d. 1911)  Rep
 4 Jan 1883 -  6 Jan 1887  James William Dawes                (b. 1844 - d. 1918)  Rep
 6 Jan 1887 - 15 Jan 1891  John Milton Thayer (1st time)      (b. 1820 - d. 1906)  Rep
15 Jan 1891 -  5 May 1891  James Edward Boyd (1st time)       (b. 1834 - d. 1906)  Dem
 5 May 1891 -  8 Feb 1892  John Milton Thayer (2nd time)      (s.a.)               Rep
                             (acting)
 8 Feb 1892 - 13 Jan 1893  James Edward Boyd (2nd time)       (s.a.)               Dem
13 Jan 1893 -  3 Jan 1895  Lorenzo Crounse                    (b. 1834 - d. 1909)  Rep
 3 Jan 1895 -  5 Jan 1899  Silas Alexander Holcomb            (b. 1858 - d. 1920)  Pop
 5 Jan 1899 -  3 Jan 1901  William Amos Poynter               (b. 1848 - d. 1909)  Pop
 3 Jan 1901 -  1 May 1901  Charles Henry Dietrich             (b. 1853 - d. 1924)  Rep
 1 May 1901 -  8 Jan 1903  Ezra Perin Savage                  (b. 1842 - d. 1920)  Rep
 8 Jan 1903 -  3 Jan 1907  John Hopwood Mickey                (b. 1845 - d. 1910)  Rep
 3 Jan 1907 -  7 Jan 1909  George Lawson Sheldon              (b. 1870 - d. 1960)  Rep
 7 Jan 1909 -  5 Jan 1911  Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger       (b. 1862 - d. 1938)  Dem
 5 Jan 1911 -  9 Jan 1913  Chester Hardy Aldrich              (b. 1862 - d. 1924)  Rep
 9 Jan 1913 -  4 Jan 1917  John Henry Morehead                (b. 1861 - d. 1942)  Dem
 4 Jan 1917 -  9 Jan 1919  M. Keith Neville                   (b. 1884 - d. 1959)  Dem
 9 Jan 1919 -  3 Jan 1923  Samuel Roy McKelvie                (b. 1881 - d. 1956)  Rep
 3 Jan 1923 -  8 Jan 1925  Charles Wayland Bryan              (b. 1867 - d. 1945)  Dem
                             (1st time) 
 8 Jan 1925 -  3 Jan 1929  Adam McMullen                      (b. 1872 - d. 1959)  Rep
 3 Jan 1929 -  8 Jan 1931  Arthur Jerard Weaver               (b. 1873 - d. 1945)  Rep
 8 Jan 1931 -  3 Jan 1935  Charles Wayland Bryan              (s.a.)               Dem
                             (2nd time) 
 3 Jan 1935 -  9 Jan 1941  Robert LeRoy Cochran               (b. 1886 - d. 1963)  Dem
 9 Jan 1941 -  9 Jan 1947  Dwight Palmer Griswold             (b. 1893 - d. 1954)  Rep
 9 Jan 1947 -  8 Jan 1953  Frederick Valdemar "Val" Erastus   (b. 1903 - d. 1983)  Rep
                             Peterson
 8 Jan 1953 -  6 Jan 1955  Robert Berkly Crosby               (b. 1911 - d. 2000)  Rep
 6 Jan 1955 -  8 Jan 1959  Victor Emanuel Anderson            (b. 1902 - d. 1962)  Rep
 8 Jan 1959 -  9 Sep 1960  Ralph Gilmour Brooks               (b. 1898 - d. 1960)  Dem
 9 Sep 1960 -  5 Jan 1961  Dwight Willard Burney              (b. 1892 - d. 1987)  Rep
 5 Jan 1961 -  5 Jan 1967  Frank Brenner Morrison             (b. 1905 - d. 2004)  Dem
 5 Jan 1967 -  7 Jan 1971  Norbert Theodore Tiemann           (b. 1924)            Rep
 7 Jan 1971 -  3 Jan 1979  John James Exon                    (b. 1921 - d. 2005)  Dem
 4 Jan 1979 -  6 Jan 1983  Charles Thone                      (b. 1924)            Rep
 6 Jan 1983 -  9 Jan 1987  Joseph Robert Kerrey               (b. 1943)            Rep
 9 Jan 1987 -  9 Jan 1991  Kay Avonne Stark Orr (f)           (b. 1939)            Rep
 9 Jan 1991 -  7 Jan 1999  Earl Benjamin "Ben" Nelson         (b. 1941)            Dem
 7 Jan 1999 - 20 Jan 2005  Michael "Mike" Owen Johanns        (b. 1950)            Rep
20 Jan 2005 -              Dave Heineman                      (b. 1948)            Rep

25 Feb 1905 - 22 Mar 1915              22 Mar 1915 - 26 Mar 1926                26 Mar 1929 - 1 Oct 1991                   Adopted 1 Oct 1991   Map of Nevada Hear State Song "Home Means Nevada" Text of State Song Adopted 6 Feb 1933 State Constitution (31 Oct 1864)  Capital: Carson City Motto: All for Our Country Nickname: Silver State, Sagebrush State Population: 2,582,604 (2007) Mayors of Las Vegas Chronology   2 Feb 1848                Part of the Mexican cession.  9 Sep 1850                Part of Utah Territory.  2 Mar 1861                Territory 31 Oct 1864                State

Governors
 2 Mar 1861 -  5 Dec 1864  James Warren Nye                   (b. 1814 - d. 1876)
 5 Dec 1864 -  2 Jan 1871  Henry Goode Blasdel                (b. 1825 - d. 1900)  Rep
 2 Jan 1871 -  6 Jan 1879  Lewis Rice Bradley                 (b. 1805 - d. 1879)  Dem
 6 Jan 1879 -  1 Jan 1883  John Henry Kinkead                 (b. 1826 - d. 1904)  Rep
 1 Jan 1883 -  3 Jan 1886  Jewett William Adams               (b. 1835 - d. 1920)  Dem
 3 Jan 1887 - 21 Sep 1890  Charles Clark Stevenson            (b. 1826 - d. 1890)  Rep
21 Sep 1890 -  5 Jan 1891  Francis Jardine Bell (acting)      (b. 1840 - d. 1927)  Rep
 5 Jan 1891 -  7 Jan 1895  Roswell Keyes Colcord              (b. 1839 - d. 1939)  Rep
 7 Jan 1895 - 10 Apr 1896  John Edward Jones                  (b. 1840 - d. 1896)  Sil
10 Apr 1896 -  5 Jan 1903  Reinhold Sadler                    (b. 1848 - d. 1906)  Sil
                             (acting to 2 Jan 1899)
 5 Jan 1903 - 22 May 1908  John Sparks                        (b. 1843 - d. 1908)  S-D
22 May 1908 -  2 Jan 1911  Denver Sylvester Dickerson (acting)(b. 1872 - d. 1925)  S-D
 2 Jan 1911 -  4 Jan 1915  Tasker Lowndes Oddie               (b. 1870 - d. 1950)  Rep
 4 Jan 1915 -  1 Jan 1923  Emmet Derby Boyle                  (b. 1879 - d. 1926)  Dem
 1 Jan 1923 -  3 Jan 1927  James Graves  Scrugham             (b. 1880 - d. 1945)  Dem
 3 Jan 1927 - 21 Mar 1934  Fredrick Bennett Balzar            (b. 1880 - d. 1934)  Rep
21 Mar 1934 -  7 Jan 1935  Morley Isaac Griswold (acting)     (b. 1890 - d. 1951)  Rep
 7 Jan 1935 -  2 Jan 1939  Richard Kirman, Sr.                (b. 1877 - d. 1959)  Dem
 2 Jan 1939 - 24 Jul 1945  Edward Peter Carville              (b. 1885 - d. 1956)  Dem
24 Jul 1945 -  1 Jan 1951  Vail Montgomery Pittman            (b. 1883 - d. 1964)  Dem
                             (acting to 1 Jan 1947)
 1 Jan 1951 -  5 Jan 1959  Charles Hinton Russell             (b. 1903 - d. 1989)  Rep
 5 Jan 1959 -  2 Jan 1967  Frank Grant Sawyer                 (b. 1918 - d. 1996)  Dem
 2 Jan 1967 -  4 Jan 1971  Paul Dominique Laxalt              (b. 1922)            Rep
 4 Jan 1971 -  1 Jan 1979  Mike O'Callaghan                   (b. 1929 - d. 2004)  Dem
 1 Jan 1979 -  3 Jan 1983  Robert Frank List                  (b. 1936)            Rep
 3 Jan 1983 -  3 Jan 1989  Richard Hudson Bryan               (b. 1937)            Dem
 3 Jan 1989 -  4 Jan 1999  Robert Joseph Miller               (b. 1945)            Dem
                             (acting to 7 Jan 1991)
 4 Jan 1999 -  1 Jan 2007  Kenny C. Guinn                     (b. 1936)            Rep
 1 Jan 2007 -              Jim Gibbons                        (b. 1944)            Rep

Presidents
1680 - 1681                John Cutt                          (b. 1613 - d. 1681)
1681 - 1682                Richard Waldron (acting)           (b. 1614/15 - d. 1689)
Governors
1682 - 1685                Edward Cranfield                   (b. 16.. - d. 1700)
1685 - 1686                Walter Barefoote (acting)          (b. 1636 - d. 1688/89)
1686 - 1687                Joseph Dudley (1st time)           (b. 1647 - d. 1720)
1687 - 1689                Sir Edmund Andros                  (b. 1637 - d. 1714)
1689 - 1692                Simon Bradstreet                   (b. 1604 - d. 1697)
1692 - 1697                John Usher                         (b. 1648 - d. 1726)
1697 - 1698                William Partridge (1st time)       (b. c.1654 - d. 1729)
1698 - 1699                Samuel Allen                       (b. 1636 - d. 1705)
1699 -  5 May 1701         Richard Coote, Earl of Bellomont   (b. 1636 - d. 1701)
1701 - 1702                William Partridge (2nd time)       (s.a.)
1702 - 1716                Joseph Dudley (2nd time)           (s.a.)
1716 - 1723                Samuel Shute                       (b. 1662 - d. 1742)
1723 - 1728                John Wentworth                     (b. 1671 - d. 1730)
1728 - 1730                William Burnett                    (b. 1688 - d. 1729)
1730 - 1741                Jonathan Belcher                   (b. 1682 - d. 1757)
1741 - 1767                Benning Wentworth                  (b. 1696 - d. 1770)
1767 - Jun 1775            John Wentworth                     (b. 1737 - d. 1820)
Presidents of the Council
Jun 1775 - 15 Jun 1776     Matthew Thornton                   (b. 1714 - d. 1803)
15 Jun 1776 -  2 Jun 1784  Meshech Weare                      (b. 1713 - d. 1786)
Presidents
 2 Jun 1784 -  1 Jun 1785  Meshech Weare                      (s.a.)
 1 Jun 1785 -  7 Jun 1786  John Langdon (1st time)            (b. 1741 - d. 1819)
 7 Jun 1786 -  4 Jun 1788  John Sullivan (1st time)           (b. 1740 - d. 1795)
 4 Jun 1788 - 22 Jan 1789  John Langdon (2nd time)            (s.a.)
22 Jan 1789 -  6 Jun 1789  John Pickering (acting)            (b. 1737 - d. 1805)
 6 Jun 1789 -  5 Jun 1790  John Sullivan (2nd time)           (s.a.)
 5 Jun 1790 - 1793         Josiah Bartlett                    (b. 1729 - d. 1795)
Governors
1793 -  5 Jun 1794         Josiah Bartlett                    (s.a.)
 5 Jun 1794 -  6 Jun 1805  John T. Gilman (1st time)          (b. 1753 - d. 1828)  Fed
 6 Jun 1805 -  8 Jun 1809  John Langdon (1st time)            (s.a.)               D-R
 8 Jun 1809 - 1810         Jeremiah Smith                     (b. 1759 - d. 1842)  Fed
1810 -  5 Jun 1812         John Langdon (2nd time)            (s.a.)               D-R
 5 Jun 1812 -  3 Jun 1813  William Plumer (1st time)          (b. 1759 - d. 1850)  D-R
 3 Jun 1813 -  6 Jun 1816  John T. Gilman (2nd time)          (s.a.)               Fed
 6 Jun 1816 -  3 Jun 1819  William Plumer (2nd time)          (s.a.)               D-R
 3 Jun 1819 -  5 Jun 1823  Samuel Bell                        (b. 1770 - d. 1850)  D-R
 5 Jun 1823 -  2 Jun 1824  Levi Woodbury                      (b. 1789 - d. 1851)  D-R
 3 Jun 1824 -  7 Jun 1827  David L. Morrill                   (b. 1772 - d. 1849)  D-R
 7 Jun 1827 -  5 Jun 1828  Benjamin Pierce (1st time)         (b. 1757 - d. 1839)  D-R
 5 Jun 1828 -  4 Jun 1829  John Bell                          (b. 1765 - d. 1836)  Dem 
 4 Jun 1829 -  3 Jun 1830  Benjamin Pierce (2nd time)         (s.a.)               D-R
 3 Jun 1830 - 28 Feb 1831  Matthew Harvey                     (b. 1781 - d. 1866)  Dem 
28 Feb 1831 -  2 Jun 1831  Joseph M. Harper (acting)          (b. 1787 - d. 1865)  Dem 
 2 Jun 1831 -  5 Jun 1834  Samuel Dinsmoor                    (b. 1766 - d. 1835)  Dem 
 5 Jun 1834 -  2 Jun 1836  William Badger                     (b. 1779 - d. 1852)  Dem 
 2 Jun 1836 -  5 Jun 1839  Isaac Hill                         (b. 1788 - d. 1851)  Dem 
 5 Jun 1839 -  2 Jun 1842  John Page                          (b. 1787 - d. 1865)  Dem
 2 Jun 1842 -  6 Jun 1844  Henry Hubbard                      (b. 1784 - d. 1857)  Dem 
 6 Jun 1844 -  4 Jun 1846  John H. Steele                     (b. 1789 - d. 1865)  Dem 
 4 Jun 1846 -  3 Jun 1847  Anthony Colby                      (b. 1795 - d. 1873)  Dem 
 3 Jun 1847 -  7 Jun 1849  Jared W. Williams                  (b. 1796 - d. 1864)  Dem 
 7 Jun 1849 -  3 Jun 1852  Samuel Dinsmoor                    (b. 1799 - d. 1869)  Dem 
 3 Jun 1852 -  8 Jun 1854  Noah Martin                        (b. 1801 - d. 1863)  Dem 
 8 Jun 1854 -  7 Jun 1855  Nathaniel B. Baker                 (b. 1818 - d. 1876)  Dem 
 7 Jun 1855 -  4 Jun 1857  Ralph Metcalf                      (b. 1798 - d. 1858)  AP
 4 Jun 1857 -  2 Jun 1859  William Haile                      (b. 1807 - d. 1876)  Rep
 2 Jun 1859 -  6 Jun 1861  Ichabod Goodwin                    (b. 1794 - d. 1882)  Rep
 6 Jun 1861 -  3 Jun 1863  Nathaniel S. Berry                 (b. 1796 - d. 1894)  Rep
 3 Jun 1863 -  8 Jun 1865  Joseph A. Gilmore                  (b. 1811 - d. 1867)  Rep
 8 Jun 1865 -  6 Jun 1867  Frederick Smyth                    (b. 1819 - d. 1899)  Rep
 6 Jun 1867 -  2 Jun 1869  Walter Harriman                    (b. 1817 - d. 1884)  Rep
 3 Jun 1869 -  8 Jun 1871  Onslow Stearns                     (b. 1810 - d. 1878)  Rep
14 Jun 1871 -  6 Jun 1872  James A. Weston (1st time)         (b. 1827 - d. 1895)  Dem
 2 Jun 1872 -  3 Jun 1874  Ezekiel A. Straw                   (b. 1819 - d. 1882)  Rep
 3 Jun 1874 - 10 Jun 1875  James A. Weston (2nd time)         (s.a.)               Dem
10 Jun 1875 -  6 Jun 1877  Person C. Cheney                   (b. 1828 - d. 1901)  Rep
 7 Jun 1877 -  5 Jun 1879  Benjamin F. Prescott               (b. 1833 - d. 1895)  Rep
 5 Jun 1879 -  2 Jun 1881  Natt Head                          (b. 1828 - d. 1883)  Rep
 2 Jun 1881 -  7 Jun 1883  Charles H. Bell                    (b. 1823 - d. 1893)  Rep
 7 Jun 1883 -  4 Jun 1885  Samuel W. Hale                     (b. 1823 - d. 1891)  Rep
 4 Jun 1885 -  2 Jun 1887  Moody Currier                      (b. 1806 - d. 1898)  Rep
 2 Jun 1887 -  6 Jun 1889  Charles H. Sawyer                  (b. 1840 - d. 1908)  Rep
 6 Jun 1889 -  8 Jan 1891  David H. Goodell                   (b. 1834 - d. 1915)  Rep
 8 Jan 1891 -  5 Jan 1893  Hiram A. Tuttle                    (b. 1837 - d. 1911)  Rep
 5 Jan 1893 -  3 Jan 1895  John B. Smith                      (b. 1838 - d. 1914)  Rep
 3 Jan 1895 -  7 Jan 1897  Charles A. Busiel                  (b. 1842 - d. 1901)  Rep
 7 Jan 1897 -  5 Jan 1899  George A. Ramsdell                 (b. 1834 - d. 1900)  Rep
 5 Jan 1899 -  3 Jan 1901  Frank W. Rollins                   (b. 1860 - d. 1915)  Rep
 3 Jan 1901 -  1 Jan 1903  Chester B. Jordan                  (b. 1839 - d. 1914)  Rep
 1 Jan 1903 -  5 Jan 1905  Nahum J. Bachelder                 (b. 1854 - d. 1934)  Rep
 5 Jan 1905 -  3 Jan 1907  John McLane                        (b. 1852 - d. 1911)  Rep
 3 Jan 1907 -  7 Jan 1909  Charles M. Floyd                   (b. 1861 - d. 1923)  Rep
 7 Jan 1909 -  5 Jan 1911  Henry B. Quinby                    (b. 1846 - d. 1924)  Rep
 5 Jan 1911 -  2 Jan 1913  Robert P. Bass                     (b. 1873 - d. 1960)  Rep
 2 Jan 1913 - Jan 1915     Samuel D. Felker                   (b. 1859 - d. 1932)  Dem
Jan 1915 -  2 Jan 1917     Rolland H. Spaulding               (b. 1873 - d. 1942)  Rep
 2 Jan 1917 -  6 Jan 1919  Henry W. Keyes                     (b. 1863 - d. 1938)  Rep
 6 Jan 1919 -  6 Jan 1921  John H. Bartlett                   (b. 1869 - d. 1952)  Rep
 6 Jan 1921 -  4 Jan 1923  Albert O. Brown                    (b. 1852 - d. 1937)  Rep
 4 Jan 1923 -  1 Jan 1925  Fred H. Brown                      (b. 1879 - d. 1955)  Dem
 1 Jan 1925 -  6 Jan 1927  John G. Winant (1st time)          (b. 1889 - d. 1947)  Rep
 6 Jan 1927 -  3 Jan 1929  Huntley N. Spaulding               (b. 1869 - d. 1955)  Rep
 3 Jan 1929 -  1 Jan 1931  Charles W. Tobey                   (b. 1880 - d. 1953)  Rep
 1 Jan 1931 -  3 Jan 1935  John G. Winant (2nd time)          (s.a.)               Rep
 3 Jan 1935 -  7 Jan 1937  Styles Bridges                     (b. 1898 - d. 1961)  Rep
 7 Jan 1937 -  2 Jan 1941  Francis P. Murphy                  (b. 1877 - d. 1958)  Rep
 2 Jan 1941 -  4 Jan 1945  Robert O. Blood                    (b. 1887 - d. 1975)  Rep
 4 Jan 1945 -  6 Jan 1949  Charles M. Dale                    (b. 1893 - d. 1978)  Rep
 6 Jan 1949 -  1 Jan 1953  Sherman Adams                      (b. 1899 - d. 1986)  Rep
 1 Jan 1953 -  6 Jan 1955  Hugh Gregg                         (b. 1917 - d. 2003)  Rep
 6 Jan 1955 -  1 Jan 1959  Lane Dwinell                       (b. 1906 - d. 1997)  Rep
 1 Jan 1959 -  3 Jan 1963  Wesley Powell                      (b. 1915 - d. 1981)  Rep
 3 Jan 1963 -  2 Jan 1969  John W. King                       (b. 1918 - d. 1996)  Dem
 2 Jan 1969 -  4 Jan 1973  Walter R. Peterson                 (b. 1922)            Rep
 4 Jan 1973 -  4 Jan 1979  Meldrim Thomson, Jr.               (b. 1912 - d. 2001)  Rep
 4 Jan 1979 - 29 Dec 1982  Hugh J. Gallen                     (b. 1924 - d. 1982)  Dem
11 Jan 1982 - 30 Nov 1982  Robert D. Monier                   (b. 1922 - d. 1986)  Dem
                             (acting for Gallen)
30 Nov 1982 -  1 Dec 1982  William M. Gardner                 (b. 1948)            Dem
                             (acting for Gallen)
 1 Dec 1982 -  6 Jan 1983  Vesta Roy (f)                      (b. 1925 - d. 2002)  Rep
                             (acting [for Gallen to 29 Dec 1982])
 6 Jan 1983 -  4 Jan 1989  John Henry Sununu                  (b. 1939)            Rep
 4 Jan 1989 -  7 Jan 1993  Judd Gregg                         (b. 1947)            Rep
 7 Jan 1993 -  9 Jan 1997  Steve Merrill                      (b. 1946)            Rep
 9 Jan 1997 -  9 Jan 2003  Jeanne Bowers Shaheen (f)          (b. 1947)            Dem
 9 Jan 2003 -  6 Jan 2005  Craig Benson                       (b. 1954)            Rep
 6 Jan 2005 -              John Lynch                         (b. 1952)            Dem

Adopted 26 Mar 1896   Map of New Jersey Hear State Song "I am From New Jersey" Text of State Song Unofficial from 1972 State Constitution (1 Jan 1948)  Capital: Trenton (Perth Amboy and Burlington 1702-1790; East Jersey- Elizabethtown  1665-1686; Perth Amboy 1686-1702; West Jersey- Salem 1676-1681; Burlington 1681-1702) Motto: Liberty and prosperity Nickname: Garden State Population: 8,874,740 (2007) Mayors of Jersey City Chronology 1623                       Part of New Netherland (see New York). 10 Feb 1665                English proprietary colony (New Jersey) 1673 - 1674                Dutch occupation of East Jersey. 18 Mar 1674                Divided into East Jersey and West Jersey. 1688 - 18 Apr 1689         Part of the Dominion of New England                             (see under Massachusetts). 15 Apr 1703 - Jan 1738     Part of New York. Jan 1738                   Royal colony of New Jersey. 17 Jul 1776                State of New Jersey 18 Dec 1787                State of the U.S.  Mayors of Newark

Lords Proprietary of East Jersey
Aug 1665 - 14 Jan 1680     Sir George Carteret                (b. c.1610 - d. 1680)
Jan 1680 - 1682            8 Proprietors
1682 - 1688                24 Proprietors (1st time)
1692 - Apr 1703            24 Proprietors (2nd time) 
Lords Proprietary of West Jersey
Aug 1665 - 18 Mar 1674     John Berkeley, Baron Berkeley of   (b. 1602 - d. 1678)
                             Stratton 
18 Mar 1674 - Feb 1675     Edward Byllynge (1st time)         (d. 1687)
                           + John Fenwick                     (b. 1618 - d. 1683)
Feb 1675 - Sep 1683        Trusteeship
Sep 1683 - 1687            Edward Byllynge (2nd time)         (s.a.)
Feb 1687 - 1688            Daniel Coxe                        (b. 1640 - d. 1730)
1692 - Apr 1703            12 Proprietors

Governors
10 Feb 1665 - Jan 1682     Philip Carteret                    (b. 1639 - d. 1682)
1672 - 1673                John Berry (acting for Carteret)
1673 - 1674                Antonie Colve (Dutch governor)
- East Jersey -
13 Jun 1674 - 1681         Sir Edmund Andros (1st time)       (b. 1637 - d. 1714)
Sep 1682 -  3 Oct 1690     Robert Barclay                     (b. 1648 - d. 1690)
                             (formally from 17 Jul 1683)
1682 - 1683                Thomas Rudyard (acting for Barclay)
1683 - 1686                Gawen Lawrie (acting for Barclay)
1686                       Neill, Lord Campbell 
                             (acting for Barclay)
1686 - 1688                Andrew Hamilton (1st time)         (b. 16.. - d. 1703)
                             (acting for Barclay)
1688 - Apr 1689            Sir Edmund Andros (2nd time)       (s.a.)
1689 - 1692                Vacant
Apr 1692 - Apr 1698        Andrew Hamilton (2nd time)         (s.a.)
Apr 1698 - Nov 1699        Jeremiah Basse                     (b. 16.. - d. 1725)
Dec 1699 - 15 Apr 1703     Andrew Hamilton (3rd time)         (s.a.)
- West Jersey -
1674 - 1680                Sir Edmund Andros (1st time)       (s.a.)
1680 - Feb 1687            Edward Byllynge                    (s.a.)
1681 - 1684                Samuel Jennings 
                             (acting for Byllynge)
1684 - 1685                Thomas Olive (acting for Byllynge)
1685 - 1687                John Skene (acting for Byllynge)
Feb 1687 - Mar 1692        Daniel Coxe                        (s.a.)
1687 - 1688                Edward Hunloke
                             (acting for Coxe)
1688 - Apr 1689            Sir Edmund Andros (2nd time)       (s.a.)
Apr 1689 - Apr 1692        Vacant
Apr 1692 - Apr 1698        Andrew Hamilton (1st time)         (s.a.)
Apr 1698 - Nov 1699        Jeremiah Basse                     (s.a.)
Dec 1699 - 15 Apr 1703     Andrew Hamilton (2nd time)         (s.a.)
- New Jersey-
15 Apr 1703 - Jan 1738     the governors of New York
Jan 1738 - 21 May 1746     Lewis Morris                       (b. 1671 - d. 1746)
21 May 1746 - 1746         John Hamilton (acting)             (d. 1746)
1746 - Aug 1747            John Reading (1st time) (acting)   (b. 1686 - d. 1767)
Aug 1747 - 31 Aug 1757     Jonathan Belcher                   (b. 1682 - d. 1757)
31 Aug 1757 - 27 Jan 1758  John Reading (2nd time) (acting)   (s.a.)
27 Jan 1758 -  4 Jul 1760  Sir Francis Bernard                (b. 1712 - d. 1779)
 4 Jul 1760 - 29 Oct 1761  Thomas Boone                       (b. 1730/31 - d. 1813)
29 Oct 1761 - Feb 1763     Josiah Hardy                       (b. 1715? - d. 1790)
Feb 1763 -  2 Jul 1776     William Franklin                   (b. 1731 - d. 1813)
President of the Provincial Congress and the Committee of Safety
 2 Jul 1776 - 18 Jul 1776  Samuel Tucker
President of the Convention and the Committee of Safety
18 Jul 1776 - 31 Aug 1776  Samuel Tucker
Governors
31 Aug 1776 - 25 Jul 1790  William Livingston                 (b. 1723 - d. 1790)  Fed
25 Jul 1790 - 30 Oct 1790  Elisha Lawrence (acting)           (b. 1746 - d. 1799)  Fed
30 Oct 1790 -  4 Mar 1793  William Paterson                   (b. 1745 - d. 1806)  Fed
 4 Mar 1793 - 30 Mar 1793  Vacant
30 Mar 1793 -  3 Jun 1793  Thomas Henderson (acting)          (b. 1743 - d. 1824) 
 3 Jun 1793 - 31 Oct 1801  Richard Howell                     (b. 1754 - d. 1802)  Fed
Sep 1794 - Nov 1794        Thomas Henderson                   (s.a.)
                             (acting for Howell) 
31 Oct 1801 - 28 Oct 1802  Joseph Bloomfield (1st time)       (b. 1753 - d. 1823)  D-R
28 Oct 1802 - 15 Nov 1802  Vacant
15 Nov 1802 - 29 Oct 1803  John Lambert (acting)              (b. 1746 - d. 1823)  D-R
29 Oct 1803 - 29 Oct 1812  Joseph Bloomfield (2nd time)       (s.a.)               D-R
13 Mar 1812 - 29 Oct 1812  Joseph Clark (acting for Bloomfield)
29 Oct 1812 - 29 Oct 1813  Aaron Ogden                        (b. 1756 - d. 1839)  Fed
29 Oct 1813 - 19 Jun 1815  William S. Pennington              (b. 1757 - d. 1826)  D-R
19 Jun 1815 - 25 Oct 1815  William Kennedy (acting)           (b. c.1775 - d. 1826)D-R
26 Oct 1815 -  1 Feb 1817  Mahlon Dickerson                   (b. 1770 - d. 1853)  D-R
 6 Feb 1817 - 30 Oct 1829  Isaac H. Williamson                (b. 1767 - d. 1845)  Fed
30 Oct 1829 -  6 Nov 1829  Vacant
 6 Nov 1829 - 26 Oct 1832  Peter D. Vroom (1st time)          (b. 1791 - d. 1873)  Dem
26 Oct 1832 - 27 Feb 1833  Samuel L. Southard                 (b. 1787 - d. 1842)  Whg
27 Feb 1833 - 23 Oct 1833  Elias P. Seeley                    (b. 1791 - d. 1846)  Whg
25 Oct 1833 - 28 Oct 1836  Peter D. Vroom (2nd time)          (s.a.)               Dem
28 Oct 1836 -  3 Nov 1836  Vacant
 3 Nov 1836 - 27 Oct 1837  Philemon Dickerson                 (b. 1788 - d. 1862)  Dem
27 Oct 1837 - 27 Oct 1843  William Pennington                 (b. 1796 - d. 1862)  Whg
27 Oct 1843 - 21 Jan 1845  Daniel Haines (1st time)           (b. 1801 - d. 1877)  Dem
21 Jan 1845 - 18 Jan 1848  Charles C. Stratton                (b. 1796 - d. 1859)  Whg
18 Jan 1848 - 20 Jan 1851  Daniel Haines (2nd time)           (s.a.)               Dem
21 Jan 1851 - 17 Jan 1854  George F. Fort                     (b. 1809 - d. 1872)  Dem
17 Jan 1854 - 20 Jan 1857  Rodman M. Price                    (b. 1816 - d. 1894)  Dem
20 Jan 1857 - 17 Jan 1860  William A. Newell                  (b. 1817 - d. 1901)  Rep
17 Jan 1860 - 20 Jan 1863  Charles S. Olden                   (b. 1799 - d. 1876)  Rep
20 Jan 1863 - 16 Jan 1866  Joel Parker (1st time)             (b. 1816 - d. 1888)  Dem
16 Jan 1866 - 19 Jan 1869  Marcus L. Ward                     (b. 1812 - d. 1884)  Rep
19 Jan 1869 - 16 Jan 1872  Theodore F. Randolph               (b. 1826 - d. 1883)  Dem
16 Jan 1872 - 19 Jan 1875  Joel Parker (2nd time)             (s.a.)               Dem
19 Jan 1875 - 15 Jan 1878  Joseph D. Bedle                    (b. 1821 - d. 1894)  Dem
15 Jan 1878 - 18 Jan 1881  George B. McClellan                (b. 1826 - d. 1885)  Dem
18 Jan 1881 - 15 Jan 1884  George C. Ludlow                   (b. 1830 - d. 1900)  Dem
15 Jan 1884 - 18 Jan 1887  Leon Abbett (1st time)             (b. 1836 - d. 1894)  Dem
18 Jan 1887 - 21 Jan 1890  Robert S. Green                    (b. 1831 - d. 1895)  Dem
21 Jan 1890 - 17 Jan 1893  Leon Abbett (2nd time)             (s.a.)               Dem
17 Jan 1893 - 21 Jan 1896  George T. Werts                    (b. 1846 - d. 1910)  Dem
21 Jan 1896 - 31 Jan 1898  John W. Griggs                     (b. 1849 - d. 1927)  Rep
 1 Feb 1898 - 18 Oct 1898  Foster M. Voorhees (1st time)      (b. 1856 - d. 1927)  Rep
                             (acting)
18 Oct 1898 - 16 Jan 1899  David O. Watkins (acting)          (b. 1862 - d. 1938)  Rep
21 Jan 1899 - 21 Jan 1902  Foster M. Voorhees (2nd time)      (s.a.)               Rep
21 Jan 1902 - 17 Jan 1905  Franklin Murphy                    (b. 1846 - d. 1920)  Rep
17 Jan 1905 - 21 Jan 1908  Edward C. Stokes                   (b. 1860 - d. 1942)  Rep
21 Jan 1908 - 17 Jan 1911  John Franklin Fort                 (b. 1852 - d. 1920)  Rep
17 Jan 1911 -  1 Mar 1913  Woodrow Wilson                     (b. 1856 - d. 1924)  Dem
 1 Mar 1913 - 28 Oct 1913  James F. Fielder (1st time)        (b. 1867 - d. 1954)  Dem
                             (acting)
28 Oct 1913 - 20 Jan 1914  Leon R. Taylor (acting)            (b. 1883 - d. 1924)  Dem
20 Jan 1914 - 15 Jan 1917  James F. Fielder (2nd time)        (s.a.)               Dem
15 Jan 1917 - 16 May 1919  Walter E. Edge (1st time)          (b. 1873 - d. 1956)  Rep
16 May 1919 - 13 Jan 1920  William N. Runyon (acting)         (b. 1871 - d. 1931)  Rep
13 Jan 1920 - 20 Jan 1920  Clarence E. Case (acting)          (b. 1877 - d. 1961)  Rep
20 Jan 1920 - 15 Jan 1923  Edward I. Edwards                  (b. 1863 - d. 1931)  Dem
15 Jan 1923 - 19 Jan 1926  George S. Silzer                   (b. 1870 - d. 1940)  Dem
19 Jan 1926 - 15 Jan 1929  A. Harry Moore (1st time)          (b. 1879 - d. 1952)  Dem
15 Jan 1929 - 19 Jan 1932  Morgan F. Larson                   (b. 1882 - d. 1961)  Rep
19 Jan 1932 -  3 Jan 1935  A. Harry Moore (2nd time)          (s.a.)               Dem
 3 Jan 1935 -  8 Jan 1935  Clifford Ross Powell (acting)      (b. 1893 - d. 1973)  Rep
 8 Jan 1935 - 15 Jan 1935  Horace Griggs Prall (acting)       (b. 1881 - d. 1951)  Rep
15 Jan 1935 - 18 Jan 1938  Harold G. Hoffman                  (b. 1896 - d. 1954)  Rep
18 Jan 1938 - 21 Jan 1941  A. Harry Moore (3rd time)          (s.a.)               Dem
21 Jan 1941 - 18 Jan 1944  Charles Edison                     (b. 1890 - d. 1969)  Dem
18 Jan 1944 - 21 Jan 1947  Walter E. Edge (2nd time)          (s.a.)               Rep
21 Jan 1947 - 19 Jan 1954  Alfred E. Driscoll                 (b. 1902 - d. 1975)  Rep
19 Jan 1954 - 16 Jan 1962  Robert B. Meyner                   (b. 1908 - d. 1990)  Dem
16 Jan 1962 - 20 Jan 1970  Richard J. Hughes                  (b. 1909 - d. 1992)  Dem
20 Jan 1970 - 15 Jan 1974  William T. Cahill                  (b. 1912 - d. 1996)  Rep
15 Jan 1974 - 19 Jan 1982  Brendan T. Byrne                   (b. 1924)            Dem
19 Jan 1982 - 16 Jan 1990  Thomas H. Kean                     (b. 1935)            Rep
16 Jan 1990 - 18 Jan 1994  James J. Florio                    (b. 1937)            Dem
18 Jan 1994 - 31 Jan 2001  Christine Todd Whitman (f)         (b. 1946)            Rep
31 Jan 2001 -  8 Jan 2002  Donald T. DiFrancesco              (b. 1944)            Rep
                             (acting)
 8 Jan 2002                John J. Farmer, Jr. (acting)       (b. 1957)            Rep
 8 Jan 2002 - 12 Jan 2002  John O. Bennett (acting)           (b. 1948)            Rep
12 Jan 2002 - 15 Jan 2002  Richard J. Codey (1st time)        (b. 1946)            Dem
                             (acting)
15 Jan 2002 - 16 Nov 2004  Jim McGreevey                      (b. 1957)            Dem
16 Nov 2004 - 17 Jan 2006  Richard J. Codey (2nd time)        (s.a.)               Dem
                             (acting to 9 Jan 2006)
17 Jan 2006 -              Jon S. Corzine                     (b. 1947)            Dem
12 Apr 2007 -  7 May 2007  Richard J. Codey                   (s.a.)               Dem
                             (acting for incapacitated Corzine)

Governors
1595 - 1607                Juan de Oñate y Salazar            (b. 1550? - d. 1626)
1607 - 1609                Cristóbal de Oñate y Tolosa Cortés
1609 - 1614                Pedro de Peralta                   (b. 1584? - d. 1666)
1614 - 1618                Bernardino de Ceballos
1618 - 1625                Juan de Eulate
1625 - 1628                Felipe de Sotelo Osorio
1628 - 1632                Francisco Manuel de Silva Nieto
1632 - 1634                Francisco de la Mora Ceballos
1634 - 1637                Francisco Martínez de Baeza
1637 - 1641                Luis de Rosas
1641                       Juan Flores de Sierra y Valdés     (d. 1641)
1641 - 1642                Francisco Gomes (acting)
1642 - 1644                Alonso Pacheco de Heredia
1644 - 1647                Fernando de Argüello Carvajal
1647 - 1649                Luis de Guzmán y Figueroa
1649 - 1652                Hernando de Ugarte y la Concha
1652 - 1656                Juan de Samaniego y Xaca
1656 - 1659                Juan Manso de Contreras
1659 - 1660                Bernardo López de Mendizabal
1661 - 1664                Diego Dionisio de Peñalosa Briceño (b. 1621 - d. 1687)
                             y Berdugo
1664                       Tomé Dominguez de Mendoza (acting)
1664 - 1665                Juan Durán de Miranda (1st time)
1665 - 1668                Fernando de Villanueva
1668 - 1671                Juan de Medrano y Mesía
1671 - 1675                Juan Durán de Miranda (2nd time)
1675 - 1679                Juan Francisco de Treviño
1679 - 1682                Antonio de Otermín
1682 - 1686                Domingo Gironza Pétriz Cruzate
                             (1st time)
1686 - 1688                Pedro Reneros de Posada
1688                       Domingo Gironza Pétriz Cruzate 
                             (2nd time)
1688 - 1696                Diego de Vargas Zapata y Lujan 
                             Ponce de León,
                             marqués de la Nava Barcinas      (b. 1650? - d. 1704)
                             (1st time)
1696 - 1703                Pedro Rodríguez Cubero
1703 - 1704                Diego de Vargas Zapata y Lujan 
                             Ponce de León, 
                             marqués de la Nava Barcinas      (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
1704 - 1705                Juan Páez Hurtado (acting)
                             (1st time)
1705 - 1707                Francisco Cuervo Valdés
1707 - 1712                José Chacón Medina Salazar y 
                             Villaseñor, marqués de Peñuela
1712 - 1715                Juan Ignacio Flores Mogollón
1715 - 1716                Felix Martínez de Torrelaguna
                             (acting)
1716                       Antonio Valverde de Cosío
                             (1st time) (acting)
1716 - 1717                Juan Páez Hurtado (acting)
                             (2nd time)
1718 - 1721                Antonio Valverde de Cosío
                             (2nd time)
1721 - 1723                Juan Estrada de Austria
1723 - 1731                Juan Domingo de Bustamente
1731 - 1736                Gervasio Cruzat y Góngora
1736 - 1738                Enrique de Olavide y Michelena
1739 - 1743                Gaspar Domingo de Mendoza
1743 - 1749                Joaquín Codallos y Rabál
1749 - 1754                Tomás Vélez Cachupín (1st time)
1754 - 1760                Francisco Antonio Marín del Valle
1760                       Domingo de Mendoza (acting)
1760 - 1762                Manuel Portilla Urrisola
1762 - 1767                Tomás Vélez Cachupín (2nd time)
1767 - 1777                Pedro Fermín de Mendinueta
1777 - 1778                Francisco Trevre (acting)
1778 - 1788                Juan Bautista de Anza              (b. 1736 - d. 1788)
1789 - 1794                Fernando de la Concha
1794 - 1804                Fernando Chacón
1804 - 1807                Joaquín del Real Alencaster
1807 - 1808                Alberto Maniez (1st time)
1808 - 1814                José Manrique
1814 - 1817                Alberto Maynez (2nd time)
1817 - 1818                Pedro María de Allande
1818 - 1822                Facundo Melgares
1822 - 1823                Francisco Javier Chávez
1823 - 1824                José Antonio Vizcarra (1st time)
1824 - 1825                Bartolomé Baca
1825                       Antonio de Narbona
1825 - 1827                José Antonio Vizcarra (2nd time)
1827 - 1829                Manuel Armijo (1st time)
1829 - 1831                José Antonio Chávez
1831 - 1833                Santiago Abreu                     (d. 1837)
1833 - 1835                Francisco Sarracino
1835 - 1837                Albino Pérez                       (d. 1837)
1837 - Apr 1844            Manuel Armijo (2nd time)
Apr 1844 - Mar 1845        Mariano Martínez de Lejarza        (b. 1808 - d. 1854)
Mar 1845 - 13 Aug 1846     Manuel Armijo (3rd time)
13 Aug 1846 - 18 Aug 1846  Juan Bautista Vigil y Alarid
Military Governors
18 Aug 1846 - 26 Sep 1846  Stephen Watts Kearny               (b. 1794 - d. 1848)
26 Sep 1846 - 14 Dec 1846  Alexander William Doniphan         (b. 1808 - d. 1887)
14 Dec 1846 - 1848         Sterling Price                     (b. 1809 - d. 1867)
1848 - 1849                John MacRae Washington             (b. 1797 - d. 1853) 
1849 - 1851                John Munroe                        (b. 1796? - d. 1861)
Governors
26 Sep 1846 - 19 Jan 1847  Charles Bent                       (b. 1799 - d. 1847)
20 Jan 1847 - 1848         Donaciano Vigil (acting)           (b. 1802 - d. 1877)
1851 -  2 Jul 1852         James S. Calhoun                   (b. 1802 - d. 1852)
1852                       Edwin Vose Sumner (acting)         (b. 1797 - d. 1863)
28 Jun 1852 - 1852         John Greiner (acting)              (b. 1811? - d. 1871)
1852 - 1853                William Carr Lane                  (b. 1789 - d. 1863)
1853 - 1854                William Slueman Messervy (acting)  (b. 1812 - d. 18..) 
1854 -  8 Aug 1857         David Meriwether                   (b. 1800 - d. 1893)  Dem
1857 - 1861                Abraham Rencher                    (b. 1798 - d. 1883)  Dem
1861 - 1865                Henry Connelly                     (b. 1800 - d. 1866)
                            (Mar - Apr 1862 in Colorado exile) 
24 Feb 1862 - 12 Apr 1862  Henry Hopkins Sibley               (b. 1816 - d. 1886)  Mil
                            (Confederate military commander)
1865 - 1866                William Frederick Milton Arny      (b. 1813 - d. 1881)  Rep
                             (acting)
1866 - 1869                Robert Byington Mitchell           (b. 1823 - d. 1882)
1869 - 1871                William Anderson Pile              (b. 1829 - d. 1889)  Rep
1871 -  3 Jun 1875         Marsh Giddings                     (b. 1816 - d. 1875)  Rep
 3 Jun 1875 - 1875         William Gillet Ritch (acting)      (b. 1830 - d. 1904) 
1875 - 1878                Samuel Beach Axtell                (b. 1819 - d. 1891)  Dem
1878 - 1881                Lewis Wallace                      (b. 1827 - d. 1905)
1881 - 1885                Lionel Allen Sheldon               (b. 1831 - d. 1917)  Rep
1885 - 1889                Edmund Gibson Ross                 (b. 1826 - d. 1907)  Rep
1889 - 1893                Le Baron Bradford Prince           (b. 1840 - d. 1922)  Rep
1893 - 1897                William Taylor Thornton            (b. 1843 - d. 1916)  Dem
1897 - 1906                Miguel Antonio Otero               (b. 1859 - d. 1944)  Rep
1906 - 1907                Herbert James Hagerman             (b. 1871 - d. 1935)
1907                       J.W. Reynolds  (acting) 
1907 - 1909                George Curry                       (b. 1862 - d. 1948)  Rep
1909 - 1911                William Joseph Mills               (b. 1849 - d. 1915)  Rep
 6 Jan 1912 -  1 Jan 1917  William C. McDonald                (b. 1858 - d. 1918)  Dem
 1 Jan 1917 - 28 Feb 1917  Ezequiel Cabeza de Baca            (b. 1864 - d. 1917)  Dem 
28 Feb 1917 -  1 Jan 1919  Washington Ellsworth Lindsey       (b. 1862 - d. 1926)  Rep
 1 Jan 1919 -  1 Jan 1921  Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo       (b. 1859 - d. 1930)  Rep
 1 Jan 1921 -  1 Jan 1923  Merritt Cramer Mechem              (b. 1870 - d. 1946)  Rep
 1 Jan 1923 -  1 Jan 1925  James Fielding Hinkle              (b. 1864 - d. 1951)  Dem
 1 Jan 1925 -  1 Jan 1927  Arthur Thomas Hannett              (b. 1884 - d. 1966)  Dem
 1 Jan 1927 -  1 Jan 1931  Richard Charles Dillon             (b. 1877 - d. 1966)  Rep
 1 Jan 1931 - 25 Sep 1933  Arthur Seligman                    (b. 1873 - d. 1933)  Dem
25 Sep 1933 -  1 Jan 1935  Andrew W. Hockenhull               (b. 1877 - d. 1974)  Dem
 1 Jan 1935 -  1 Jan 1939  Clyde Tingley                      (b. 1883 - d. 1960)  Dem
 1 Jan 1939 -  1 Jan 1943  John Esten Miles                   (b. 1884 - d. 1971)  Dem
 1 Jan 1943 -  1 Jan 1947  John Joseph Dempsey                (b. 1879 - d. 1958)  Dem
 1 Jan 1947 -  1 Jan 1951  Thomas Jewett Mabry                (b. 1884 - d. 1962)  Dem
 1 Jan 1951 -  1 Jan 1955  Edwin Leard Mechem (1st time)      (b. 1912 - d. 2002)  Rep
 1 Jan 1955 -  1 Jan 1957  John Field Simms, Jr.              (b. 1916 - d. 1975)  Dem
 1 Jan 1957 -  1 Jan 1959  Edwin Leard Mechem (2nd time)      (s.a.)               Rep
 1 Jan 1959 -  1 Jan 1961  John Burroughs   &nbs