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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