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

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

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

* 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

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

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

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

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

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

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*

* 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

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

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

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*

* 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

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

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

January 16, 1990 to January 18, 1994:

James J. Florio

January 18, 1994 to 2001:

Christine Todd Whitman

2001 to 2002:

Donald DiFrancesco

2002

John Bennett

2002

Richard Codey

2002 --

James McGreevey

Lyrics and Music by Red Mascara

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