Vice-President of Council

The Vice-President of Council of the New Jersey Legislature would succeed the Governor (who was the President of the Council) if a vacancy occurred in that office.

List of past Vice-Presidents of Council

The following is a list of past Vice-Presidents of the New Jersey Council from the adoption of the 1776 State Constitution.

  • 1776-81: John Stevens, Hunterdon
  • 1782: John Cox, Burlington
  • 1783-84: Philemon Dickinson, Hunterdon
  • 1785-88: Robert Lettis Hooper, Hunterdon
  • 1789-92: Elisha Lawrence, Monmouth (acting Governor 1790)
  • 1793-94: Thomas Henderson, Monmouth (acting Governor 1793 & 1794)
  • 1795: Elisha Lawrence, Monmouth
  • 1796-97: James Linn, Somerset
  • 1798-1800: George Anderson, Burlington
  • 1801-04: John Lambert, Hunterdon (acting Governor 1802-03)
  • 1805: Thomas Little, Monmouth
  • 1806: George Anderson, Burlington
  • 1807: Ebenezer Elmer, Cumberland
  • 1808: Ebenezer Seeley, Cumberland
  • 1809: Thomas Ward, Essex
  • 1810-11: Charles Clark, Essex (acting Governor 1812)
  • 1812: James Schureman, Middlesex
  • 1813: Charles Clark, Essex
  • 1814-15: William Kennedy, Sussex (acting Governor 1815)
  • 1816-22: Jesse Upson, Morris
  • 1823-25: Peter J. Stryker, Somerset
  • 1826: Ephraim Bateman, Cumberland
  • 1827: Silas Cook, Morris
  • 1828: Caleb Newbold, Burlington
  • 1829-30: Edward Condict, Morris
  • 1831-32: Elias P. Seeley, Cumberland (acting Governor 1833)
  • 1833: Mahlon Dickerson, Morris
  • 1834: John Patterson (New Jersey), Monmouth
  • 1835: Charles Sitgreaves, Warren
  • 1836: Jeptha P. Munn, Morris
  • 1837-38: Andrew Parsons, Passaic
  • 1839-40: Joseph Porter, Gloucester
  • 1841: John Cassedy, Bergen
  • 1842: William Chetwood, Essex
  • 1843: Jehu Patterson, Monmouth
  • (1844 elections were for the new New Jersey Senate that met in January 1845)

External links

List from "Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey", date: various (pre 1950)