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Only acting governors who filled a vacant office are included in the list. People who acted as governor for a period whe
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The office of lieutenant governor was created in 2006 and first filled in 2010.
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Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
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Paterson resigned, having been confirmed as associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He submitted hi
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Sobel says that Henderson acted as governor because Howell was commanding troops during the Whiskey Rebellion until June
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Howell was in Pennsylvania in command of the New Jersey militia during the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794; during his absence
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The 1802 election was deadlocked, with the legislature unable to pick a candidate, giving up on November 25, 1802. Vice-
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Bloomfield was commissioned a brigadier general in March 1812, to serve in the War of 1812, and Charles Clark, vice-pres
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Pennington resigned, having been appointed to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
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Dickerson resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.
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Williamson was known to be a Federalist; though the Federalist Party ceased existing around 1820, no sources say William
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Williamson was elected by the legislature to succeed him Dickerson. No source mentions anyone acting as governor between
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Wall was elected on October 30, 1829, but declined the post on November 2; some sources say the resignation was effectiv
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No source directly cites Wall's party affiliation when he was elected governor, but it is known he was elected as a Demo
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Southard resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.
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Dubin and Glashan label Southard a National Republican, while Kallenbach and Sobel label him a Whig.
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Seeley was vice-president of the Legislative Council at the time of Southard's resignation, but he was elected governor
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Contemporary sources say Vroom resigned due to ill health.
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Under the 1844 constitution, governors were ineligible for three years after their term.
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Griggs resigned, having been confirmed as United States Attorney General.
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Voorhees wanted to run for governor, but as governors were prohibited from succeeding themselves, he had to resign first
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Voorhees was out of the country in Europe for several weeks in 1900; President of the Senate William M. Johnson acted as
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Murphy was out of the state twice in 1904; President of the Senate Edmund W. Wakelee acted as governor twice, and accord
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Fort was out of the state for some time in 1909; President of the Senate Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen, Sr. acted as gove
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Wilson resigned, having been elected President of the United States.
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Wilson was out of the state for multiple periods during his administration. Documented episodes include from May 3 to Ju
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Fielder wanted to run for governor, but as governors were prohibited from succeeding themselves, he had to resign first.
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Fielder was out of the state for a time in June 1914; President of the Senate John W. Slocum acted as governor for an un
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One source states that President of the Senate George W. F. Gaunt acted as governor in 1917, but it is unknown if he was
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Edge resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.
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Edge was out of the state for a time in 1918; President of the Senate Thomas F. McCran is known to have acted as governo
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Moore resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.
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Under the 1947 constitution, governors who have served two successive terms are ineligible for four years.
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Cahill lost the Republican nomination to Charles W. Sandman Jr.
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Whitman resigned, having been confirmed as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
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A 2006 law considers anyone who has acted as governor longer than 180 days to be considered a full governor, retroactive
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There were 90 minutes between the end of DiFrancesco's senate term and the beginning of the next one; during this time,
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The new state senate was evenly split between Republicans and Democrats. The compromise to pick a senate president – and
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McGreevey resigned due to a sex scandal.
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A 2006 law considers anyone who has acted as governor longer than 180 days to be considered a full governor, retroactive
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Corzine was severely injured in a car accident on April 12, 2007; President of the Senate Richard Codey acted as governo
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Murphy's second term began on January 18, 2022, and will expire on January 20, 2026; he will be term-limited.
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NJ Constitution article V
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1776 Constitution article 7
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1844 Constitution article V, § 2
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1844 Constitution article V, § 3
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NJ Constitution article V, § 1, cl. 5
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1844 Constitution article V, § 12
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NJ Constitution article V, § 1, cl. 6, original
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NJ Constitution article XI, § 7
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NJ Constitution article V, § 1, cl. 4
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NJ Constitution article V, § 1, cl. 6, as amended
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New Jersey Legislature. P.L.2005, c. 282.: Provides title of person who serves as Acting Governor for a continuous perio
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2004/Bills/PL05/282_.HTM -
Sobel 1978, p. 1007.
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"William Livingston"
https://www.nga.org/governor/william-livingston/ -
Minutes and proceedings of the Council and General Assembly of the state of New-Jersey, in joint-meeting, from August 30, 1776 to October 29, 1799
https://archive.org/details/minutesproceedin00newj/page/4 -
Kallenbach 1977, pp. 399–402.
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Report p. 122
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Sobel 1978, pp. 1007–1008.
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"William Paterson"
https://www.nga.org/governor/william-paterson/ -
Minutes and proceedings of the Council and General Assembly of the state of New-Jersey, in joint-meeting, from August 30, 1776 to October 29, 1799
https://archive.org/details/minutesproceedin00newj/page/n149 -
Minutes and proceedings of the Council and General Assembly of the state of New-Jersey, in joint-meeting, from August 30, 1776 to October 29, 1799
https://archive.org/details/minutesproceedin00newj/page/n175 -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1008–1009.
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"Thomas Henderson"
https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-henderson/ -
Minutes and proceedings of the Council and General Assembly of the state of New-Jersey, in joint-meeting, from August 30, 1776 to October 29, 1799
https://archive.org/details/minutesproceedin00newj/page/26 -
Report p. 123
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Sobel 1978, p. 1009.
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"Richard Howell"
https://www.nga.org/governor/richard-howell/ -
Sobel 1978, p. 1010.
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"Joseph Bloomfield"
https://www.nga.org/governor/joseph-bloomfield/ -
Aurora General Advertiser
https://www.newspapers.com/article/123025816/bloomfield-becomes-governor-october-31/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1010–1011.
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"John Lambert"
https://www.nga.org/governor/john-lambert/ -
Lee 1902, pp. 155–156.
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Lee 1902, p. 156.
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Report p. 124
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Lee 1902, p. 102.
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Sobel 1978, pp. 1011–1012.
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"Aaron Ogden"
https://www.nga.org/governor/aaron-ogden/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Legislative Council. 1812 sess., 246–247, accessed September 28, 2023
https://books.google.com/books?id=lWxNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA246 -
Sobel 1978, p. 1012.
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"William Sanford Pennington"
https://www.nga.org/governor/william-sanford-pennington/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Legislative Council. 1813 sess., 274–275, accessed September 28, 2023
https://books.google.com/books?id=MXVMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA274 -
Report pp. 125–126
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Sobel 1978, p. 1013.
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"Mahlon Dickerson"
https://www.nga.org/governor/mahlon-dickerson/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Legislative Council. 1816 sess., 326, accessed September 28, 2023
https://books.google.com/books?id=ovRBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA326 -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1013–1014.
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"Issac Halsted Williamson"
https://www.nga.org/governor/issac-halsted-williamson/ -
Report p. 126
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The Civil and Judicial History of New Jersey, Volume I
https://books.google.com/books?id=fF8NAAAAIAAJ -
Samuel L. Southard: Jeffersonian Whig
https://books.google.com/books?id=Kvd5l1tfUK4C -
Glashan 1979, p. 208.
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Dubin 2003, p. 158.
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Lee 1902, pp. 160–161.
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Lundy et al. (1921) p. 127
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Burlington Weekly Free Press
https://www.newspapers.com/article/123161619/wall-elected-october-30/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Legislative Council. 1829 sess., 9, accessed September 28, 2023
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101065085555&seq=15 -
Lee 1902, p. 378.
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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000071 -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1014–1015.
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"Peter Dumont Vroom"
https://www.nga.org/governor/peter-dumont-vroom/ -
The United States Gazette
https://www.newspapers.com/article/123161572/vroom-elected-governor-november-6/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1015–1016.
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"Samuel Lewis Southard"
https://www.nga.org/governor/samuel-lewis-southard/ -
The Philadelphia Inquirer
https://www.newspapers.com/article/123162119/southard-elected-governor-october-26/ -
Sobel 1978, p. 1016.
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"Elias Pettit Seeley"
https://www.nga.org/governor/elias-pettit-seeley/ -
Report p. 127
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Alexandria Gazette
https://www.newspapers.com/article/123162993/vroom-elected-october-25/ -
Niles National Register
https://www.newspapers.com/article/123163601/vroom-resigned-dickerson-elected/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1016–1017.
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"Philemon Dickerson"
https://www.nga.org/governor/philemon-dickerson/ -
Sobel 1978, p. 1017.
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Illinois State Register
https://www.newspapers.com/article/123163928/pennington-elected-october-27/ -
Sobel 1978, p. 1018.
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"Daniel Haines"
https://www.nga.org/governor/daniel-haines/ -
The Baltimore Sun
https://www.newspapers.com/article/123224319/haines-elected-october-27/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1018–1019.
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"Charles Creighton Stratton"
https://www.nga.org/governor/charles-creighton-stratton/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1845 sess., 165, accessed April 20, 2023.
https://books.google.com/books?id=nx0ZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA165 -
www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu
http://www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu/Search/results.aspx?srch=1&state=%27NJ%27&CID=113&art=5&sec=3&amd=&key=&Yr= -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1848 sess., 101, accessed May 1, 2023.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101064301219&seq=106 -
Sobel 1978, p. 1019.
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"George Franklin Fort"
https://www.nga.org/governor/george-franklin-fort/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1851 sess., 94, accessed May 1, 2023.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101064301235seq=101 -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1019–1020.
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"Rodman M. Price"
https://www.nga.org/governor/rodman-m-price/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1854 sess., 56, accessed May 1, 2023.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101064301268&seq=62 -
Sobel 1978, p. 1020.
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"William Augustus Newell"
https://www.nga.org/governor/william-augustus-newell/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1857 sess., 44, accessed May 1, 2023.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101064301292&seq=48 -
Sobel 1978, p. 1021.
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"Charles Smith Olden"
https://www.nga.org/governor/charles-smith-olden/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1860 sess., 40, accessed May 1, 2023.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433010030934&seq=46 -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1021–1022.
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"Joel Parker"
https://www.nga.org/governor/joel-parker/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1863 sess., 20, accessed May 1, 2023.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101064301342&seq=25 -
Sobel 1978, p. 1022.
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"Marcus Lawrence Ward"
https://www.nga.org/governor/marcus-lawrence-ward/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1866 sess., 29, accessed May 1, 2023.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.aa0001587476&seq=37 -
Sobel 1978, p. 1023.
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"Theodore Fitz Randolph"
https://www.nga.org/governor/theodore-fitz-randolph/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1869 sess., 26, accessed May 1, 2023.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.aa0001587500&seq=33 -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1872 sess., 39, accessed May 1, 2023.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.aa0001587518&seq=43 -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1023–1024.
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"Joseph Dorsett Bedle"
https://www.nga.org/governor/joseph-dorsett-bedle/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1875 sess., 58, accessed May 2, 2023.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112110806491&seq=65 -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1024–1025.
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"George Brinton McClellan"
https://www.nga.org/governor/george-brinton-mcclellan/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1878 sess., 78, accessed May 2, 2023.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.aa0001587583&seq=83 -
Sobel 1978, p. 1025.
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"George Craig Ludlow"
https://www.nga.org/governor/george-craig-ludlow/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1881 sess., 58, accessed May 2, 2023.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.aa0001587617&seq=62 -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1025–1026.
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"Leon Abbett"
https://www.nga.org/governor/leon-abbett/ -
Passaic Daily News
https://www.newspapers.com/article/passaic-daily-news-governor-abbetts-ina/123927715/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1026–1027.
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"Robert Stockton Green"
https://www.nga.org/governor/robert-stockton-green/ -
The Daily Register
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-register-green-inaugurated-jan/123929052/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1890 sess., 72, accessed May 2, 2023.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101064301623&seq=77 -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1027–1028.
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"George Theodore Werts"
https://www.nga.org/governor/george-theodore-werts/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1893 sess., 94, accessed May 2, 2023.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433010031999&seq=98 -
Sobel 1978, p. 1028.
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"John William Griggs"
https://www.nga.org/governor/john-william-griggs/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1896 sess., 64, accessed May 2, 2023.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433010031775&seq=89 -
Sobel 1978, p. 1029.
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"Foster McGowan Voorhees"
https://www.nga.org/governor/foster-mcgowan-voorhees/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1898 sess., 68, accessed May 3, 2023.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433010031791&seq=95 -
"Foster McGowan Voorhees"
https://web.archive.org/web/20070620160239/http://www.njstatelib.org/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/Governors_of_New_Jersey/GVOOR.pdf -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1029–1030.
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"David Ogden Watkins"
https://www.nga.org/governor/david-ogden-watkins/ -
Courier-Post
https://www.newspapers.com/article/courier-post-voorhees-resignation/123986506/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1899 sess., 30, accessed May 2, 2023.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015068119463&seq=56 -
Lundy et al. (1905) p. 16
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Lundy et al. (1921) p. 22
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"Governor's Oaths"
https://web.archive.org/web/20090115131201/http://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/links/guides/sstse007.html -
Sobel 1978, p. 1030.
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"Franklin Murphy"
https://www.nga.org/governor/franklin-murphy/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1902 sess., 37, accessed May 3, 2023.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433010031833&seq=67 -
Lundy et al. (1905) p. 284
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Sobel 1978, p. 1031.
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"Edward Casper Stokes"
https://www.nga.org/governor/edward-casper-stokes/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1905 sess., 35, accessed May 3, 2023.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b2890404&seq=64 -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1031–1032.
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"John Franklin Fort"
https://www.nga.org/governor/john-franklin-fort/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1908 sess., 70, accessed May 3, 2023.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433010031882&seq=98 -
Lundy et al. (1921) p. 252
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Sobel 1978, pp. 1032–1033.
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"Thomas Woodrow Wilson"
https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-woodrow-wilson/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1911 sess., 57, accessed May 3, 2023.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101064301813&seq=82 -
Documents of the One Hundred and Thirty-Sixth Legislature of the State of New Jersey and the Sixty-Eighth Under the New Constitution
https://books.google.com/books?id=1HgS4GNc8AAC -
Lundy et al. (1921) p. 262
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Kerney p. 140
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Kerney p. 141
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Sobel 1978, p. 1033.
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"James Fairman Fielder"
https://www.nga.org/governor/james-fairman-fielder/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1913 sess., 464, accessed May 3, 2023.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015068119448&seq=499 -
"James Fairman Fielder"
https://web.archive.org/web/20070620160621/http://www.njstatelib.org/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/Governors_of_New_Jersey/GFIEL.pdf -
Sobel 1978, p. 1034.
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"Leon R. Taylor"
https://www.nga.org/governor/leon-r-taylor/ -
The Daily Record
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-record-taylor-sworn-in-today-a/123988565/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1914 sess., 33, accessed May 3, 2023.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015068119430&seq=65 -
Lundy et al. (1921) p. 361
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Official Congressional Directory, 2nd Edition, February 1920
https://books.google.com/books?id=9rETAAAAYAAJ -
Acts of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey
https://books.google.com/books?id=2VU4AAAAIAAJ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1034–1035.
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"Walter Evans Edge"
https://www.nga.org/governor/walter-evans-edge/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1917 sess., 30, accessed May 3, 2023.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101064301870&seq=65 -
Sobel 1978, p. 1035.
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"William Nelson Runyon"
https://www.nga.org/governor/william-nelson-runyon/ -
The News
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-acting-governor-runyon/124041971/ -
Sobel 1978, p. 1036.
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"Clarence Edwards Case"
https://www.nga.org/governor/clarence-edwards-case/ -
Passaic Daily Herald
https://www.newspapers.com/article/passaic-daily-herald-runyon-pleads-in-le/124042315/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1036–1037.
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"Edward Irving Edwards"
https://www.nga.org/governor/edward-irving-edwards/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1920 sess., 204, accessed May 3, 2023.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101064301904&seq=247 -
Sobel 1978, p. 1037.
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"George Sebastian Silzer"
https://www.nga.org/governor/george-sebastian-silzer/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1923 sess., 60, accessed May 3, 2023.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101064301912&seq=91 -
Sobel 1978, p. 1038.
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"Arthur Harry Moore"
https://www.nga.org/governor/arthur-harry-moore/ -
The Record
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-inaugurated-today-with-much-p/124045672/ -
Sobel 1978, p. 1039.
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"Morgan Foster Larson"
https://www.nga.org/governor/morgan-foster-larson/ -
The Courier-News
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-news-larson-is-inaugurated-a/124045831/ -
Asbury Park Press
https://www.newspapers.com/article/asbury-park-press-governor-sworn-in-as/124049760/ -
The Record
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-powell-to-be-sworn-as-jersey/124050054/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1039–1040.
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"Horace Griggs Prall"
https://www.nga.org/governor/horace-griggs-prall/ -
The Record
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-prall-in-2-offices/124050171/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1040–1041.
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"Harold Giles Hoffman"
https://www.nga.org/governor/harold-giles-hoffman/ -
The Central New Jersey Home News
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-hoffman/124050255/ -
The Morning Post
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-post-moore-inaugurated-gover/124096965/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1041–1042.
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"Charles Edison"
https://www.nga.org/governor/charles-edison/ -
The Morning Post
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-post-edison-takes-oath-as-ne/124097082/ -
The News
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-state-leaders-pay-tributes-to-m/124097432/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1042–1043.
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"Alfred Eastlack Driscoll"
https://www.nga.org/governor/alfred-eastlack-driscoll/ -
Press of Atlantic City
https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-driscoll-sworn-as/124097554/ -
www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu
http://www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu/Search/results.aspx?srch=1&state=%27NJ%27&CID=114&art=5&sec=&amd=&key=&Yr= -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1043–1044.
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"Robert Baumie Meyner"
https://www.nga.org/governor/robert-baumie-meyner/ -
The Daily Journal
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-journal-jubilant-democrats-see/124097634/ -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1044–1045.
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"Richard Joseph Hughes"
https://www.nga.org/governor/governor-richard-joseph-hughes/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1962 sess., 59, accessed May 3, 2023.
https://archive.org/details/journalofsenateo00newj_1/page/58 -
Sobel 1978, p. 1045.
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"William T. Cahill"
https://www.nga.org/governor/william-t-cahill/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1970 sess., 129. Accessed May 3, 2023.
https://archive.org/details/journalofsenateo00newj_9/page/128 -
Sobel 1978, pp. 1045–1046.
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"Brendan Thomas Byrne"
https://www.nga.org/governor/brendan-thomas-byrne/ -
New Jersey Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1974 sess., 45, accessed May 3, 2023.
https://archive.org/details/senateo74newj/page/n59 -
"Thomas H. Kean"
https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-h-kean/ -
The Record
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-party-over-kean-rolls-up-sle/124098311/ -
"Jim Florio"
https://www.nga.org/governor/jim-florio/ -
The Record
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-florios-turn-49th-governor/124098364/ -
"Christine Todd Whitman"
https://www.nga.org/governor/christine-todd-whitman/ -
The Record
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-whitman-vows-retroactive-tax/124098445/ -
"Donald T. DiFrancesco"
https://www.nga.org/governor/donald-t-difrancesco/ -
"2009 New Jersey Code :: TITLE 52 - STATE GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS :: Section 52:15 :: 52:15-5 - Title and signature of acting governor; continuous service of at least 180 days confers title of Governor"
https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/2009/title-52/section-52-15/52-15-5/ -
The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/08/nyregion/newark-stadium-bill-dies-in-final-session.html -
"John O. Bennett"
https://www.nga.org/governor/john-o-bennett/ -
The Record
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-gop-lawmaker-takes-helm-for-t/124099550/ -
The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/12/nyregion/the-hours-of-power-of-an-acting-governor-deconstructing-bennett-s-3-day-legacy.html?pagewanted=1 -
"Richard J. Codey"
https://www.nga.org/governor/richard-j-codey/ -
Press of Atlantic City
https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-richard-codey-bec/124099627/ -
"James E. McGreevey"
https://www.nga.org/governor/james-e-mcgreevey/ -
The Record
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-inaugural-address-offers-few/124099107/ -
The Tribune
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tribune-mcgreevey-no-longer-nj-gov/128939536/ -
Press of Atlantic City
https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-codey-to-put-new/124099756/ -
"Jon Corzine"
https://www.nga.org/governor/jon-corzine/ -
The Record
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-his-goal-no-more-politics-as/124099881/ -
The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/nyregion/06corzine.html -
"New Jersey's New Senate President Fills in for Corzine"
https://www.wnyc.org/story/72461-new-jerseys-new-senate-president-fills-in-for-corzine/ -
"Christopher Christie"
https://www.nga.org/governor/christopher-christie/ -
The Record
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-inaugural-day-begins-at-newar/124099992/ -
"Phil Murphy"
https://www.nga.org/governor/phil-murphy/ -
NorthJersey
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/governor/2018/01/16/phil-murphy-becomes-plans-new-direction-new-jersey/1026568001/ -
WHYY
https://whyy.org/articles/gov-phil-murphy-sworn-in-second-term-property-taxes/