Executive Branch of New Jersey
Governor of New Jersey
William Paterson
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 24 1745; d. September 9 1806.
Pro-Administration Party
1790 – 1793
Mahlon Dickerson
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1770; d. October 5 1853.
Democratic-Republican Party
1815 – 1817
Samuel Lewis Southard
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 9 1787; d. June 26 1842.
National Republican Party
1832 – 1833
William Pennington
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 4 1796; d. February 16 1862.
Whig Party
1837 – 1843
George Brinton McClellan
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 3 1826; d. October 29 1885.
Democratic Party
1878 – 1881
George Craig Ludlow
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 6 1830; d. December 18 1900.
Democratic Party
1881 – 1884
John William Griggs
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 10 1849; d. November 28 1927.
Republican Party
1896 – 1898
Foster McGowan Voorhees (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 5 1856; d. June 14 1927.
Republican Party
1898
Foster McGowan Voorhees
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 5 1856; d. June 14 1927.
Republican Party
1899 – 1902
John Franklin Fort
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 20 1852; d. November 17 1920.
Republican Party
1908 – 1911
Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 28 1856; d. February 3 1924
Democratic Party
1911 – 1913
James Fairman Fielder (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 26 1867; d. December 2 1954.
Democratic Party
1913
James Fairman Fielder
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 26 1867; d. December 2 1954.
Democratic Party
1914 – 1917
Alfred Eastlack Driscoll
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 25 1902; d. March 9 1975.
Republican Party
1947 – 1954
Thomas Howard Kean
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 21 1935.
Republican Party
1982 – 1990
Richard James Codey
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 27 1946; d. January 11 2026.
Democratic Party
2004 – 2006
Christopher James “Chris” Christie
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 6 1962.
Republican Party
2010 – 2018
Philip Dunton “Phil” Murphy
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 16 1957.
Democratic Party
2018 – 2026
Rebecca Michelle “Mikie” Sherrill
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 19 1972.
Democratic Party
2026 – present
Government of New Jersey
Attorney General of New Jersey
William Paterson
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 24 1745; d. September 9 1806.
Non-Partisan
1776 – 1783
Theodore Frelinghuysen
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1787; d. April 12 1862.
Federalist Party (1817 – 1825); National Republican Party (1825 – 1829)
1817 – 1829
Samuel Lewis Southard
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 9 1787; d. June 26 1842.
National Republican Party
1829 – 1833
William Lewis Dayton
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 17 1807; d. December 1 1864.
Republican Party
1857 – 1861
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 4 1817; d. May 20 1885.
Republican Party
1861 – 1867
George Maxwell Robeson
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 16 1829; d. September 27 1897.
Republican Party
1867 – 1869
Legislature of New Jersey
New Jersey Senate
President of the New Jersey Senate
William Joyce Sewell
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 6 1835; d. December 27 1901.
Republican Party
1876
George Craig Ludlow
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 6 1830; d. December 18 1900.
Democratic Party
1878
William Joyce Sewell
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 6 1835; d. December 27 1901.
Republican Party
1879 – 1880
Garret Augustus Hobart
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 3 1844; d. November 21 1899.
Republican Party
1881 – 1883
John James Gardner
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 17 1845; d. February 7 1921.
Republican Party
1883
Foster McGowan Voorhees
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 5 1856; d. June 14 1927.
Republican Party
1898
James Fairman Fielder
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 26 1867; d. December 2 1954.
Democratic Party
1913
Richard James Codey
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 27 1946; d. January 11 2026.
Democratic Party
2002 – 2008
Richard James Codey
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 27 1946; d. January 11 2026.
Democratic Party
2008 – 2010
Minority Leader of the New Jersey Senate
Richard James Codey
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 27 1946; d. January 11 2026.
Democratic Party
1998 – 2002
New Jersey General Assembly
Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly
Garret Augustus Hobart
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 3 1844; d. November 21 1899.
Republican Party
1874 – 1875
Charles Anderson Wolverton
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 24 1880; d. May 16 1969.
Republican Party
1918
George S. Hobart
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 24 1875; d. November 1 1938.
Republican Party
1921
Thomas Howard Kean
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 21 1935.
Republican Party
1972 – 1973
Albio B. Sires
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 26 1951.
Democratic Party
2002 – 2006
Majority Leader of the New Jersey General Assembly
Bonnie Marie Watson Coleman
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 6 1945.
Democratic Party
2006 – 2010