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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
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| Governors |
August 27, 1776 to July 25, 1790:
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Willaim Livingston*
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* Died in office
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July 25, 1790 to October 30, 1790:
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Elisha Lawrence
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October 30, 1790 to March 4, 1793:
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William Paterson*
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* Resigned from office
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March 30, 1793 to June 3, 1793:
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Thomas Henderson
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June 3, 1793 to October 31, 1801:
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Richard Howell
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October 31, 1801 to October 28, 1802:
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Joseph Bloomfield
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November 15, 1802 to October 29, 1803:
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John Lambert*
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* Acting governor
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October 29, 1803 to October 29, 1812:
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Joseph Bloomfield
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October 29, 1812 to October 29, 1813:
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Aaron Ogden
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October 29, 1814 to June 19, 1815:
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William S. Pennington
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* Resigned from office
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June 19, 1815 to October 25, 1815:
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William Kennedy
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October 26, 1815 to February 1, 1817:
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Mahlon Dickerson
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* Resigned from office
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February 6, 1817 to October 30, 1829:
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Isaac H. Williamson
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November 6, 1829 to October 26, 1832:
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Peter D. Vroom
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October 26, 1832 to February 27, 1833:
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Samuel L. Southward
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February 27, 1833 to October 23, 1833:
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Elais P. Seeley
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October 25, 1833 to October 28, 1836:
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Peter D. Vroom
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November 3, 1836 to October 27, 1837:
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Philemon Dickerson
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October 27, 1837 to October 27, 1843:
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William Pennington
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October 27, 1843 to January 21, 1845:
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Daniel Haines
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January 21, 1845 to January 18, 1848:
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Charles C. Stratton
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January 18, 1848 to January 20, 1851:
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Daniel Haines
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January 21, 1851 to January 17, 1854:
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George F. Fort
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January 17, 1854 to January 20, 1857:
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Rodman M. Price
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January 20, 1857 to January 17, 1860:
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William A. Newell
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January 17, 1860 to January 20, 1863:
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Charles S. Olden
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January 20, 1863 to January 16, 1866:
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Joel Parker
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January 16, 1866 to January 19, 1869:
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Marcus L. Ward
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January 19, 1869 to January 16, 1872:
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Theodore F. Randolph
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January 16, 1872 to January 19, 1875:
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Joel Parker
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January 19, 1875 to January 15, 1878:
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Joseph D. Bedle
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January 15, 1878 to January 18, 1881:
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George B. McClellan
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January 18, 1881 to January 15, 1884:
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George C Ludlow
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January 15, 1884 to January 18, 1887:
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Leon Abbett
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January 18, 1887 to January 21, 1890:
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Robert S. Green
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January 21, 1890 to January 17, 1893:
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Leon Abbett
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January 17m 1893 to January 21, 1896:
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George T. Werts
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January 21, 1896 to January 31, 1898:
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John W. Griggs
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* Resigned from office
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February 1, 1898 to October 18, 1898:
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Foster W. Voorhees*
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* Acting governor
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October 18, 1898 to January 17, 1899:
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David O. Watkins*
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* Acting governor
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January 21, 1899 to January 21, 1902:
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Foster M. Voorhees
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January 21, 1902 to January 17, 1905:
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Franklin Murphy
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January 17, 1905 to January 21, 1908:
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Edward C. Stokes
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January 21, 1908 to January 17, 1911:
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John F. Fort
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January 17, 1911 to March 1, 1913:
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Woodrow Wilson
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* Resigned to take the office of the President of the U.S.A. |
March 1, 1913 to October 28, 1913:
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James F. Fielder*
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* Resigned from office |
October 28, 1913 to January 20, 1914:
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Leon R. Taylor*
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* Acting Governor |
January 20, 1914 to January 15, 1917:
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James F. Fielder
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January 15, 1917 to May 6, 1919:
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Walter E. Edge*
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* Resigned from office
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May 6, 1919 to January 13, 1920:
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William N. Runyon
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January 13, 1920 to January 20, 1920:
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Clarence E. Case*
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* Acting governor
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January 20, 1920 To January 15, 1923:
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Edward I, Edwards
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January 15, 1923 to January 19, 1926:
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George S. Silzer
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January 19, 1926 to January 15, 1929:
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Arthur Harry Moore
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January 15, 1929 to January 19, 1932:
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Morgan F. Larson
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January 19, 1932 to January 3, 1935:
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Arthur Harry Moore*
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* Resigned from office
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January 3, 1935 to January 8, 1935:
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Clifford R. Powell*
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* Acting governor
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January 8, 1935 to January 15, 1935:
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Horace G. Prall
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* Acting governor
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January 15, 1935 to January 18, 1938:
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Harold G. Hoffman
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January 18, 1938 to January 21, 1941:
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Arthur Henry Moore
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January 21, 1941 to January 18, 1944:
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Charles Edison
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January 18, 1944 to January 21, 1947:
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Walter E. Edge
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January 21, 1947 to January 18, 1954:
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Alfred E. Driscoll
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January 19, 1954 to January 16, 1962:
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Robert B. Meyner
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January 16, 1962 to January 20, 1970:
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Richard J. Hughes
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January 20, 1970 to January 15, 1974:
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William T. Cahill
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January 15, 1974 to January 19, 1982:
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Brendan T. Byrne
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January 19, 1982 to January 16, 1990:
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Thomas H. Kean
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January 16, 1990 to January 18, 1994:
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James J. Florio
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January 18, 1994 to January 31, 2001:
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Christine Todd Whitman
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January 31, 2001 to January 8, 2002:
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Donald DiFrancesco
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January 8, 2002
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John Farmer Jr.
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| * Acting Governor
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January 8, 2002 to January 12, 2002:
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Richard Codey
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| * Acting Governor
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January 15, 2002 to November 15, 2004:
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James McGreevey
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November 15, 2004 to January 17, 2006
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Richard Codey
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January 17, 2006 –
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Jon Corzine
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| Senators - Class I |
March 4, 1791 – December 5, 1798
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John Rutherfurd * Resigned
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December 5, 1798 – March 3, 1799
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Franklin Davenport
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March 4, 1799 – February 16, 1801
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James Schureman * Resigned
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February 28, – 1801 March 3, 1803
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Aaron Ogden
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September 1, 1803 – March 3, 1809
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John Condit
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March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1815
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John Lambert
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March 4, 1815 – January 8, 1821
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James Jefferson Wilson
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January 26, 1821 – March 3, 1823
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Samuel Lewis Southard * Resigned
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November 12, 1823 – August 19, 1826
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Joseph McIlvaine
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November 10, 1826 – January 12, 1829
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Ephraim Bateman * Resigned
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January 30, 1829 – March 3, 1833
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Mahlon Dickerson
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March 4, 1833 – June 26, 1842
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Samuel Lewis Southard
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July 2, 1842 – March 3, 1851
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William Lewis Dayton
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March 4, 1851 – January 10, 1853
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Robert Field Stockton * Resigned
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March 4, 1853 – September 12, 1862
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John Renshaw Thomson * Died in office
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January 14, 1863 – March 3, 1863
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James Walter Wall
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March 4, 1863 – November 1, 1866
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William Wright * Died in office
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November 12 – 1866 March 3, 1869
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Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen
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March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875
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William Joyce Sewell
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March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881
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Theodore Fitz Randolph
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March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1887
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William Joyce Sewell
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March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1893
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Rufus Blodgett
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March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1899
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James Smith, Jr.
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March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1911
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John Kean
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March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917
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James Edgar Martine
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March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1923
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Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen, Sr.
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March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929
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Edward Irving Edwards
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March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1935
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Hamilton Fish Kean
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January 3, 1935 – January 17, 1938
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Arthur Harry Moore * Resigned
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January 18, 1938 – November 8, 1938
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John Gerald Milton
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November 8, 1938 – November 22, 1943
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William Warren Barbour * Died in office
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November 26, 1943 – December 7, 1944
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Arthur Walsh
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December 7, 1944 – January 3, 1959
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Howard Alexander Smith
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January 3, 1959 – March 11, 1982
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Harrison Arlington Williams, Jr. * Resigned
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April 12, 1982 – December 20, 1982
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Nicholas Frederick Brady
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December 27, 1982 – January 3, 2001
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Frank Lautenberg
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January 3, 2001 – January 17, 2006
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Jon Stevens Corzine
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January 18, 2006 –
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Robert Menendez
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| Senators - Class II |
March 4, 1793 – November 12, 1796
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Frederick Frelinghuysen
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November 12, 1796 – March 3, 1799
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Richard Stockton
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March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1805
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Jonathan Dayton
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March 4, 1805 – March 12, 1809
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Aaron Kitchell
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March 21, 1809 – March 3, 1817
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John Condit
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March 4, 1817 – January 30, 1829
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Mahlon Dickerson
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March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1835
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Theodore Frelinghuysen
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March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1841
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Garret Dorset Wall
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March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1853
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Jacob Welsh Miller
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March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1859
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William Wright
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March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1865
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John Conover Ten Eyck
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March 15, 1865 – March 27, 1866
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John Potter Stockton * Election disputed
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March 27, 1866 – September 19, 1866
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Vacant
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September 19, 1866 – March 3, 1871
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Alexander Gilmore Cattell
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March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1877
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Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen
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March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1895
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John Rhoderic McPherson
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March 4, 1895 – December 27, 1901
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William Joyce Sewell
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January 29, 1902 – March 3, 1907
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John Fairfield Dryden
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March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913
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Frank Obadiah Briggs
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March 4, 1913 – January 30, 1918
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William Hughes * Died in office
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February 23, 1918 – March 3, 1919
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David Baird
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March 4, 1919 – November 21, 1929
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Walter Evans Edge * Resigned office
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November 30, 1929 – December 2, 1930
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David Baird, Jr.
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December 3, 1930 – October 5, 1931
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Dwight Morrow * Died in office
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December 1, 1931 – January 3, 1937
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William Warren Barbour
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January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943
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William Howell Smathers
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January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949
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Albert Wahl Hawkes
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January 3, 1949 – January 2, 1955
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Robert Clymer Hendrickson
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January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1979
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Clifford Philip Case
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January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1997
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Bill Bradley
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January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003
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Robert Torricelli
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January 3, 2003 –
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Frank Lautenberg
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| State Song |
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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State Population
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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 |
State Capitol Building 1907
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