This is a list of governors of the Province of New Jersey, including the period of its division into West Jersey and East Jersey, up to the American Revolution.
Governors under the Proprietors (1665–1674)
- See also: Lords Proprietor (1665-1703), Proprietary colony, and Proprietary Governor
Name | Term |
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Philip Carteret | 1665–1672 |
John Berry | 1672–1673 |
Anthony Colve | 1673–1674 |
Governors of East Jersey (1674–1702)
- See also: Lords Proprietor (1665-1703)
Name | Term | Notes |
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Philip Carteret | 1674–1682 | |
Robert Barclay | 1682–1688 | |
Edmund Andros | 1688–1689 | Governed as the Dominion of New England |
Andrew Hamilton | 1692–1697 | |
Jeremiah Basse | 1698–1699 | |
Andrew Hamilton | 1699–1702 |
Governors of West Jersey (1680–1702)
- See also: Lords Proprietor (1665-1703)
Name | Term |
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Edward Byllynge | 1680–1687 |
Daniel Coxe | 1687–1688 |
Edmund Andros | 1688–1689 |
Andrew Hamilton | 1692–1697 |
Jeremiah Basse | 1697–1699 |
Andrew Hamilton | 1699–1702 |
Governors under Royal Government (1702–1776)
Governors of New York and New Jersey (1702–1738)
Name | Term | Notes |
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Edward Hyde, Lord Cornbury | 1701–1708 | |
John Lovelace | 1708–1709 | |
Richard Ingoldesby | 1709–1710 | Lieutenant and Governor |
Robert Hunter | 1710–1720 | |
William Burnet | 1720–1728 | |
John Montgomerie | 1728–1731 | |
Lewis Morris | 1731–1732 | President Of Council |
William Cosby | 1732–1736 | |
John Anderson | 1736 | President Of Council |
John Hamilton | 1736–1738 | President Of Council |
Governors of New Jersey only (1738–1776)
Name | Term | Notes |
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Lewis Morris | 1738–1746 | |
John Hamilton | 1746–1747 | President Of Council |
John Reading | 1747 | President Of Council |
Jonathan Belcher | 1747–1757 | |
1757 | Lieut. Governor: Thomas Pownall | |
John Reading | 1757–1758 | President Of Council |
Francis Bernard | 1758–1760 | |
Thomas Boone | 1760–1761 | |
Josiah Hardy | 1761–1763 | |
William Franklin | 1763–1776 |
See also
- Johan Björnsson Printz
- For Dutch provincial governors prior to 1675, see Director-General of New Netherland
- For post-independence governors, see List of Governors of New Jersey.