List of Governors of New Jersey - Other High Offices Held

Other High Offices Held

This is a table of congressional seats, other federal offices, and other governorships held by governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented New Jersey. Acting governors are included only when they filled a vacancy in the office of governor, not when they acted for a time when the governor was out of state or unable to serve.

* Denotes an office for which the governor resigned the governorship, in order to assume the noted office.
† Denotes an office that the person resigned, to become governor.
Governor Gubernatorial term U.S. Congress Other offices held Source
U.S. House U.S. Senate
Livingston, WilliamWilliam Livingston 1776–1790 — — Continental Delegate (1774–1776)
Paterson, WilliamWilliam Paterson 1790–1793 — S† Continental Delegate, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court*
Henderson, ThomasThomas Henderson 1793 H — Elected as a Continental Delegate but declined
Bloomfield, JosephJoseph Bloomfield 1801–1802
1803–1812		 H —
Lambert, JohnJohn Lambert 1802–1803 — S
Ogden, AaronAaron Ogden 1812–1813 — S
Dickerson, MahlonMahlon Dickerson 1815–1817 — S* U.S. Secretary of the Navy (1834–1838)
Vroom, Peter DumontPeter Dumont Vroom 1829–1832
1833–1836		 H — Minister to Prussia
Southard, Samuel L.Samuel L. Southard 1832–1833 — S* President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate, U.S. Secretary of the Navy
Dickerson, PhilemonPhilemon Dickerson 1836–1837 H† —
Pennington, WilliamWilliam Pennington 1837–1843 H — Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (Feb. 1, 1860 – Mar. 3, 1861)
Stratton, Charles C.Charles C. Stratton 1845–1848 H —
Price, Rodman M.Rodman M. Price 1854–1857 H —
Newell, William A.William A. Newell 1857–1860 H — Governor of the Territory of Washington (1880–1884)
Ward, Marcus LawrenceMarcus Lawrence Ward 1866–1869 H —
Randolph, Theodore FitzTheodore Fitz Randolph 1869–1872 — S
Green, Robert StocktonRobert Stockton Green 1887–1890 H† —
Griggs, John W.John W. Griggs 1896–1898 — — U.S. Attorney General*
Wilson, WoodrowWoodrow Wilson 1911–1913 — — President of the United States*
Edge, Walter EvansWalter Evans Edge 1917–1919
1944–1947		 — S* Ambassador to France (1929–1933)
Edwards, Edward I.Edward I. Edwards 1920–1923 — S
Moore, A. HarryA. Harry Moore 1926–1929
1932–1935
1938–1941		 — S†*
Hoffman, Harold G.Harold G. Hoffman 1935–1938 H —
Edison, CharlesCharles Edison 1941–1944 — — U.S. Secretary of the Navy
Cahill, William T.William T. Cahill 1970–1973 H† —
Florio, JamesJames Florio 1990–1994 H† —
Whitman, Christine ToddChristine Todd Whitman 1994–2001 — — Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency*
Corzine, JonJon Corzine 2006–2010 — S†
  • Note: Garret D. Wall, who was elected to be governor in 1829 but declined, served as a U.S. Senator (1835–1841).
  • Note: Gov. William Pennington (1837–1843) was appointed Governor of the Territory of Minnesota by President Millard Fillmore (1850–1853), but declined.

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