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Capital: Trenton State Nickname: Garden State State Bird: Eastern Goldflinch State Flower: Purple Violet Admitted to the Union: December 18, 1787 | ||||
August 27, 1776 to July 25, 1790: |
Willaim Livingston* | |||
* Died in office | ||||
July 25, 1790 to October 30, 1790: |
Elisha Lawrence | |||
October 30, 1790 to March 4, 1793: |
William Paterson* | |||
* Resigned from office | ||||
March 30, 1793 to June 3, 1793: |
Thomas Henderson |
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June 3, 1793 to October 31, 1801: |
Richard Howell | |||
October 31, 1801 to October 28, 1802: |
Joseph Bloomfield | |||
November 15, 1802 to October 29, 1803: |
John Lambert* | |||
* Acting governor | ||||
October 29, 1803 to October 29, 1812: |
Joseph Bloomfield |
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October 29, 1812 to October 29, 1813: |
Aaron Ogden | |||
October 29, 1814 to June 19, 1815: |
William S. Pennington | |||
* Resigned from office | ||||
June 19, 1815 to October 25, 1815: |
William Kennedy | |||
October 26, 1815 to February 1, 1817: |
Mahlon Dickerson |
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* Resigned from office | ||||
February 6, 1817 to October 30, 1829: |
Isaac H. Williamson | |||
November 6, 1829 to October 26, 1832: |
Peter D. Vroom | |||
October 26, 1832 to February 27, 1833: |
Samuel L. Southward | |||
February 27, 1833 to October 23, 1833: |
Elais P. Seeley |
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October 25, 1833 to October 28, 1836: |
Peter D. Vroom | |||
November 3, 1836 to October 27, 1837: |
Philemon Dickerson | |||
October 27, 1837 to October 27, 1843: |
William Pennington | |||
October 27, 1843 to January 21, 1845: |
Daniel Haines |
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January 21, 1845 to January 18, 1848: |
Charles C. Stratton | |||
January 18, 1848 to January 20, 1851: |
Daniel Haines | |||
January 21, 1851 to January 17, 1854: |
George F. Fort | |||
January 17, 1854 to January 20, 1857: |
Rodman M. Price |
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January 20, 1857 to January 17, 1860: |
William A. Newell | |||
January 17, 1860 to January 20, 1863: |
Charles S. Olden | |||
January 20, 1863 to January 16, 1866: |
Joel Parker | |||
January 16, 1866 to January 19, 1869: |
Marcus L. Ward |
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January 19, 1869 to January 16, 1872: |
Theodore F. Randolph | |||
January 16, 1872 to January 19, 1875: |
Joel Parker | |||
January 19, 1875 to January 15, 1878: |
Joseph D. Bedle | |||
January 15, 1878 to January 18, 1881: |
George B. McClellan |
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January 18, 1881 to January 15, 1884: |
George C Ludlow | |||
January 15, 1884 to January 18, 1887: |
Leon Abbett | |||
January 18, 1887 to January 21, 1890: |
Robert S. Green | |||
January 21, 1890 to January 17, 1893: |
Leon Abbett |
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January 17m 1893 to January 21, 1896: |
George T. Werts | |||
January 21, 1896 to January 31, 1898: |
John W. Griggs | |||
* Resigned from office | ||||
February 1, 1898 to October 18, 1898: |
Foster W. Voorhees* | |||
* Acting governor | ||||
October 18, 1898 to January 17, 1899: |
David O. Watkins* |
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* Acting governor | ||||
January 21, 1899 to January 21, 1902: |
Foster M. Voorhees | |||
January 21, 1902 to January 17, 1905: |
Franklin Murphy | |||
January 17, 1905 to January 21, 1908: |
Edward C. Stokes | |||
January 21, 1908 to January 17, 1911: |
John F. Fort |
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January 17, 1911 to March 1, 1913: |
Woodrow Wilson | |||
* Resigned to take the office of the President of the U.S.A. | ||||
March 1, 1913 to October 28, 1913: |
James F. Fielder* | |||
* Resigned from office | ||||
October 28, 1913 to January 20, 1914: |
Leon R. Taylor* | |||
* Acting Governor | ||||
January 20, 1914 to January 15, 1917: |
James F. Fielder |
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January 15, 1917 to May 6, 1919: |
Walter E. Edge* | |||
* Resigned from office | ||||
May 6, 1919 to January 13, 1920: |
William N. Runyon | |||
January 13, 1920 to January 20, 1920: |
Clarence E. Case* | |||
* Acting governor | ||||
January 20, 1920 To January 15, 1923: |
Edward I, Edwards |
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January 15, 1923 to January 19, 1926: |
George S. Silzer | |||
January 19, 1926 to January 15, 1929: |
Arthur Harry Moore | |||
January 15, 1929 to January 19, 1932: |
Morgan F. Larson | |||
January 19, 1932 to January 3, 1935: |
Arthur Harry Moore* |
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* Resigned from office | ||||
January 3, 1935 to January 8, 1935: |
Clifford R. Powell* | |||
* Acting governor | ||||
January 8, 1935 to January 15, 1935: |
Horace G. Prall | |||
* Acting governor | ||||
January 15, 1935 to January 18, 1938: |
Harold G. Hoffman | |||
January 18, 1938 to January 21, 1941: |
Arthur Henry Moore |
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January 21, 1941 to January 18, 1944: |
Charles Edison | |||
January 18, 1944 to January 21, 1947: |
Walter E. Edge | |||
January 21, 1947 to January 18, 1954: |
Alfred E. Driscoll | |||
January 19, 1954 to January 16, 1962: |
Robert B. Meyner |
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January 16, 1962 to January 20, 1970: |
Richard J. Hughes | |||
January 20, 1970 to January 15, 1974: |
William T. Cahill | |||
January 15, 1974 to January 19, 1982: |
Brendan T. Byrne | |||
January 19, 1982 to January 16, 1990: |
Thomas H. Kean |
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January 16, 1990 to January 18, 1994: |
James J. Florio | |||
January 18, 1994 to January 31, 2001: |
Christine Todd Whitman | |||
January 31, 2001 to January 8, 2002: |
Donald DiFrancesco | |||
January 8, 2002 |
John Farmer Jr. | |||
| * Acting Governor | ||||
January 8, 2002 to January 12, 2002: |
Richard Codey | |||
| * Acting Governor | ||||
January 15, 2002 to November 15, 2004: |
James McGreevey |
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November 15, 2004 to January 17, 2006 |
Richard Codey |
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January 17, 2006 – |
Jon Corzine |
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March 4, 1791 – December 5, 1798 | John Rutherfurd * Resigned | |||
December 5, 1798 – March 3, 1799 | Franklin Davenport | |||
March 4, 1799 – February 16, 1801 | James Schureman * Resigned | |||
February 28, – 1801 March 3, 1803 | Aaron Ogden | |||
September 1, 1803 – March 3, 1809 | John Condit | |||
March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1815 | John Lambert | |||
March 4, 1815 – January 8, 1821 | James Jefferson Wilson | |||
January 26, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | Samuel Lewis Southard * Resigned | |||
November 12, 1823 – August 19, 1826 | Joseph McIlvaine | |||
November 10, 1826 – January 12, 1829 | Ephraim Bateman * Resigned | |||
January 30, 1829 – March 3, 1833 | Mahlon Dickerson | |||
March 4, 1833 – June 26, 1842 | Samuel Lewis Southard | |||
July 2, 1842 – March 3, 1851 | William Lewis Dayton | |||
March 4, 1851 – January 10, 1853 | Robert Field Stockton * Resigned | |||
March 4, 1853 – September 12, 1862 | John Renshaw Thomson * Died in office | |||
January 14, 1863 – March 3, 1863 | James Walter Wall | |||
March 4, 1863 – November 1, 1866 | William Wright * Died in office | |||
November 12 – 1866 March 3, 1869 | Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen | |||
March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875 | William Joyce Sewell | |||
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881 | Theodore Fitz Randolph | |||
March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1887 | William Joyce Sewell | |||
March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1893 | Rufus Blodgett | |||
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1899 | James Smith, Jr. | |||
March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1911 | John Kean | |||
March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917 | James Edgar Martine | |||
March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1923 | Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen, Sr. | |||
March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929 | Edward Irving Edwards | |||
March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1935 | Hamilton Fish Kean | |||
January 3, 1935 – January 17, 1938 | Arthur Harry Moore * Resigned | |||
January 18, 1938 – November 8, 1938 | John Gerald Milton | |||
November 8, 1938 – November 22, 1943 | William Warren Barbour * Died in office | |||
November 26, 1943 – December 7, 1944 | Arthur Walsh | |||
December 7, 1944 – January 3, 1959 | Howard Alexander Smith | |||
January 3, 1959 – March 11, 1982 | Harrison Arlington Williams, Jr. * Resigned | |||
April 12, 1982 – December 20, 1982 | Nicholas Frederick Brady | |||
December 27, 1982 – January 3, 2001 | Frank Lautenberg | |||
January 3, 2001 – January 17, 2006 | Jon Stevens Corzine | |||
January 18, 2006 – | Robert Menendez | |||
March 4, 1793 – November 12, 1796 | Frederick Frelinghuysen | |||
November 12, 1796 – March 3, 1799 | Richard Stockton | |||
March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1805 | Jonathan Dayton | |||
March 4, 1805 – March 12, 1809 | Aaron Kitchell | |||
March 21, 1809 – March 3, 1817 | John Condit | |||
March 4, 1817 – January 30, 1829 | Mahlon Dickerson | |||
March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1835 | Theodore Frelinghuysen | |||
March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1841 | Garret Dorset Wall | |||
March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1853 | Jacob Welsh Miller | |||
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1859 | William Wright | |||
March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1865 | John Conover Ten Eyck | |||
March 15, 1865 – March 27, 1866 | John Potter Stockton * Election disputed | |||
March 27, 1866 – September 19, 1866 | Vacant | |||
September 19, 1866 – March 3, 1871 | Alexander Gilmore Cattell | |||
March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1877 | Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen | |||
March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1895 | John Rhoderic McPherson | |||
March 4, 1895 – December 27, 1901 | William Joyce Sewell | |||
January 29, 1902 – March 3, 1907 | John Fairfield Dryden | |||
March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913 | Frank Obadiah Briggs | |||
March 4, 1913 – January 30, 1918 | William Hughes * Died in office | |||
February 23, 1918 – March 3, 1919 | David Baird | |||
March 4, 1919 – November 21, 1929 | Walter Evans Edge * Resigned office | |||
November 30, 1929 – December 2, 1930 | David Baird, Jr. | |||
December 3, 1930 – October 5, 1931 | Dwight Morrow * Died in office | |||
December 1, 1931 – January 3, 1937 | William Warren Barbour | |||
January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943 | William Howell Smathers | |||
January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949 | Albert Wahl Hawkes | |||
January 3, 1949 – January 2, 1955 | Robert Clymer Hendrickson | |||
January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1979 | Clifford Philip Case | |||
January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1997 | Bill Bradley | |||
January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003 | Robert Torricelli | |||
January 3, 2003 – | Frank Lautenberg | |||
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I'm From New Jersey Lyrics and Music by Red Mascara | ||||
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I know of a state that's a perfect playland with white sandy beaches by the sea; With fun-filled mountains, lakes and parks, and folks with hospitality; With historic towns where battles were fought, and presidents have made their home; It's called New Jersey, and I toast and tout it wherever I may roam. 'Cause . . . First Chorus I'M FROM NEW JERSEY and I'm proud about it, I love the Garden State. I'M FROM NEW JERSEY and I want to shout it, I think it's simply great. All of the other states throughout the nation may mean a lot to some; But I wouldn't want another, Jersey is like no other, I'm glad that's where I'm from. Second Chorus If you want glamour, try Atlantic City or Wildwood by the sea; Then there is Trenton, Princeton, and Fort Monmouth, they all made history. Each little town has got that certain something, from High Point to Cape May; And some place like Mantoloking, Phillipsburg, or Hoboken will steal your heart away. The song never been offically adopted. | ||||
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1790: 184,139 |
1800: 211,149 | |||
1810: 245,562 |
1820: 277,575 | |||
1830: 320,823 |
1840: 373,306 | |||
1850: 489,555 |
1860: 672,035 | |||
1870: 906,096 |
1880: 1,131,116 | |||
1890: 1,444,933 |
1900: 1,883,669 | |||
1910: 2,537,167 |
1920: 3,155,900 | |||
1930: 4,041,334 |
1940: 4,160,165 | |||
1950: 4,835,329 |
1960: 6,066,782 | |||
1970: 7,171,112 |
1980: 7,364,823 | |||
1990: 7,730,188 |
2000: 8,414,347 |
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