New Jersey: Governors: 1776-1801

Governor, Captain General and Commander-in-Chief, in and over the State of New Jersey and the Territories thereunto belonging, Chancellor and Ordinary in the same
4 Sep 1776 - 25 Jul 1790	William Livingston [1][2]
Vice President, Captain General and Commander-in-Chief, in and over the State of New Jersey and the Territories thereunto belonging, Chancellor and Ordinary in the same
25 Jul 1790 - 3 Nov 1790	Elisha Lawrence
Governor, Captain General and Commander-in-Chief, in and over the State of New Jersey and the Territories thereunto belonging, Chancellor and Ordinary in the same
3 Nov 1790 - 24 May 1793	William Paterson
Vice President, Captain General and Commander-in-Chief, in and over the State of New Jersey and the Territories thereunto belonging, Chancellor and Ordinary in the same
24 May 1793 - 4 Jun 1793	Elisha Lawrence [3]
Governor, Captain General and Commander-in-Chief, in and over the State of New Jersey and the Territories thereunto belonging, Chancellor and Ordinary in the same
4 Jun 1793 - 2 Nov 1801	Richard Howell [4]

Elected 31 Aug 1776 by the Joint Meeting of the Legislative Council and General Assembly at a session in Princeton; arrives to Princeton 4 Sep 1776 and is installed in office on the same day.
Livingston submitted his resignation to the Joint Meeting 29 Oct 1784; this body accepted the resignation, at which point the functions of the Governor devolved on the Vice President of the Legislative Council Philemon Dickinson in accordance with Sect. 7 of the Constitution of 1776, but the Joint Meeting immediately re-elected Livingston.
Assumes the functions of Governor 30 Mar 1793, pending the acceptance of the resignation of William Paterson which followed 24 May 1793.
Howell submitted his resignation to the Joint Meeting 3 Nov 1795; this body accepted the resignation, at which point the functions of the Governor devolved on the Vice President of the Legislative Council Elisha Lawrence in accordance with Sect. 7 of the Constitution of 1776, but the Joint Meeting immediately re-elected Howell.