George C. Ludlow

George Craig Ludlow (April 6, 1830 – December 18, 1900) was an American Democratic Party politician, who served as the 25th Governor of New Jersey from 1881 to 1884. 

Biography
Born in Milford, New Jersey, Ludlow moved to New Brunswick as a child, where he would remain for the rest of his life.  Ludlow graduated from Rutgers University in 1850.  As a lawyer for the Pennsylvania Railroad, he soon entered politics in New Jersey and was elected as a Democrat to the New Jersey Senate in 1876.  In 1878, he was chosen as Senate President.   Ludlow won the Democratic Party nomination and was elected Governor of New Jersey in 1880, defeating Republican candidate Frederic A. Potts by a mere 651 votes of some 250,000 ballots cast.  He served a single three-year term in office.  In 1895, Governor George T. Werts appointed Ludlow to serve on the New Jersey Supreme Court.  He died in New Brunswick from heart disease and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery in North Brunswick, New Jersey. 

See also

List of Governors of New Jersey

References

External links
Biography of George C. Ludlow (PDF) at the New Jersey State Library
New Jersey Governor George Craig Ludlow at the National Governors Association
George C. Ludlow at The Political Graveyard
Dead Governors of New Jersey bio for George Craig Ludlow

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