Governor of New Jersey

The Governor of New Jersey is the head of government of the U.S. state of New Jersey, the head of the executive branch of New Jersey's state government, and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The officeholder has a duty to enforce state laws, to convene the New Jersey State Legislature, the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the legislature, as well as to grant pardons, except in cases of treason and impeachment.
There have been 7 Governors of New Jersey. 3 Party for Democracy, 3 Democratic Union, 1 People's Labour, 1 Democrat, and 1 Independent.
Gerald Smith served the longest at 5 terms, 4 of them being full terms, Smith served a total of 4,526 days in office.
==Governors==
Governors of New Jersey
No.	Governorship	Governor	Governor	Prior Office 	Party	Party 	Election
1 	August 31, 1776
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October 26, 1780	 	
===William Livingston===	New York General Assemblyman	 	Independent 	1776
1 	August 31, 1776
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October 26, 1780	 	
===William Livingston===	New York General Assemblyman	 	Independent 	1777
1 	August 31, 1776
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October 26, 1780	 	
===William Livingston===	New York General Assemblyman	 	Independent 	1778
1 	August 31, 1776
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October 26, 1780	 	
===William Livingston===	New York General Assemblyman	 	Independent 	1779
2 	October 26, 1780
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October 31, 1788	 	
===Gerald Smith===	New Jersey State Legislator 	 	Party for Democracy	1780
2 	October 26, 1780
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October 31, 1788	 	
===Gerald Smith===	New Jersey State Legislator 	 	Party for Democracy	1781
2 	October 26, 1780
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October 31, 1788	 	
===Gerald Smith===	New Jersey State Legislator 	 	Party for Democracy	1782
2 	October 26, 1780
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October 31, 1788	 	
===Gerald Smith===	New Jersey State Legislator 	 	Party for Democracy	1785
3 	October 31, 1788
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October 31, 1791	 	
===Elisha Lawrence===	New Jersey State Legislator 	 	Party for Democracy	1788
4 	October 31, 1791
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March 4, 1795	 	
===William Paterson===	U.S. Senator 	 	Party for Democracy	1791
5 	March 4, 1795
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February 23, 1802	 	
===Linda Banks===	Journalist 	 	Democratic 	1794
5 	March 4, 1795
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February 23, 1802	 	
===Linda Banks===	Journalist 	 	Democratic Union 	1798
6 	October 16, 1800
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March 4, 1803	 	
===Gerald Smith===	U.S. Representative 	 	Democratic Union 	Appointed
7 	March 4, 1803
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Present	 	
===John Lambert===	Representative 	 	Democratic Union 	1802
7 	March 4, 1803
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Present	 	
===John Lambert===	Representative 	 	People's Labour 	1802