The Governors of New Jersey 1664-1974

The Governors of New Jersey 1664-1974: Biographical Essays

New Jersey Historical Commission. The Governors of New Jersey 1664-1974: Biographical Essays. Trenton, NJ, The Commission, 1982. Paul A. Stellhorn and Michael J. Birkner, Editors.

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• Cover, title page and portrait of Wilson
• Contents, Alphabetical List of Essays, List of Illustrations
• Foreword and Preface
• Introduction

The Colony

• Philip Carteret, East New Jersey, 1665-82
• Edmund Andros, East and West NJ, 1674-81, 1688-89. (For a portrait, click here.)
• Edward Byllynge, West NJ, 1680-87
• Robert Barclay, East NJ, 1682-90
• Daniel Coxe, West NJ, 1687-92 (For a portrait, click here.)
• Andrew Hamilton, East and West NJ, 1692-98, 1699-1703
• Jeremiah Basse, East and West NJ, 1698-99
• Edward Hyde, Lord Cornbury, 1703-08 (For a portrait, click here.)
• John Lovelace, 1708-09
• Richard Ingoldesby, 1709-10
• Robert Hunter, 1710-20 (For a portrait, click here.)
• William Burnet, 1720-28 (For a portrait, click here.)
• John Montgomerie, 1728-31
• William Cosby, 1732-36
• Lewis Morris, 1738-46 (For a portrait, click here.)
• Jonathan Belcher, 1747-57 (For a portrait, click here.)
• Francis Bernard, 1758-60 (For a portrait, click here.)
• Thomas Boone, 1760-61
• Josiah Hardy, 1761-63
• William Franklin, 1763-76 (For a portrait, click here.)

The Constitution of 1776

• William Livingston, 1776-1790 (For a portrait, click here.)
• William Paterson, 1790-93 (For a portrait, click here.)
• Richard Howell, 1793-1801 (For a portrait, click here.)
• Joseph Bloomfield, 1801-2, 1803-12 (For a portrait, click here.)
• Aaron Ogden, 1812-13 (For a portrait, click here.)
• William S. Pennington, 1813-15 (For a portrait, click here.)
• Mahlon Dickerson, 1815-17 (For a portrait, click here.)
• Isaac H. Williamson, 1817-29 (For a portrait, click here.)
• Peter D. Vroom, 1829-32, 1833-36 (For a portrait, click here.)
• Samuel L. Southard, 1832-33 (For a portrait, click here.)
• Elias P. Seeley, 1833 (For a portrait, click here.)
• Philemon Dickerson, 1836-37 (For a portrait, click here.)
• William Pennington, 1837-43 (For a portrait, click here.)
• Daniel Haines, 1843-45, 1848-51 (For a portrait, click here.)

The Constitution of 1844

• Charles C. Stratton, 1845-48 (For a portrait, click here.)
• George F. Fort, 1851-54 (For a portrait, click here.)
• Rodman M. Price, 1854-57 (For a portrait, click here.)
• William A. Newell, 1857-60 (For a portrait, click here.)
• Charles S. Olden, 1860-1863 (For a portrait, click here.)
• Joel Parker, 1863-66, 1872-75 (For a portrait, click here.)
• Marcus L. Ward, 1866-69 (For a portrait, click here.)
• Theodore F. Randolph, 1869-72 (For a portrait, click here.)
• Joseph D. Bedle, 1875-78 (For a portrait, click here.)
• George B. McClellan, 1878-81 (For a portrait, click here.)
• George C. Ludlow, 1881-84 (For a portrait, click here.)
• Leon Abbett, 1884-87, 1890-93 (For a portrait, click here.)
• Robert S. Green, 1887-90 (For a portrait, click here.)
• George T. Werts, 1893-96 (For a portrait, click here.)
• John W. Griggs, 1896-98 (For a portrait, click here.)
• Foster M. Voorhees, 1898-1902 (For a portrait, click here.)
• Franklin Murphy, 1902-05 (For a portrait, click here.) (For another portrait, click here.)
• Edward C. Stokes, 1905-08 (For a portrait, click here.)
• John F. Fort, 1908-11 (For a portrait, click here.)
• Woodrow Wilson, 1911-13 (For a portrait, click here and then move to the next page.)
• James F. Fielder, 1913-17 (For a portrait, click here.) (For another portrait, click here.)
• Walter E. Edge, 1917-19, 1944-47 (For a portrait, click here.) (For another portrait, click here.)
• Edward I. Edwards, 1920-23 (For a portrait, click here.)
• George S. Silzer, 1923-26 (For a portrait, click here.)
• A. Harry Moore, 1926-29, 1932-35, 1938-41 (For a portrait, click here.)
• Morgan F. Larson, 1929-32 (For a portrait, click here.)
• Harold G. Hoffman, 1935-38 (For a portrait, click here.)
• Charles Edison, 1941-44 (For a portrait, click here.)

The Constitution of 1947

• Alfred E. Driscoll, 1947-54 (For a portrait, click here.)
• Robert B. Meyner, 1954-62 (For a portrait, click here.)
• Richard J. Hughes, 1962-70 (For a portrait, click here.)
• William T. Cahill, 1970-74 (For a portrait, click here.)
• General Bibliography
• The Authors
• Index
• For a picture of the State House ca. 1790, click here.
• For a picture of the State House in 1981, click here.