Governors buried in New Jersey
Wikidata records 25 governors as buried in 20 of the cemeteries we list in New Jersey. Princeton Cemetery in Princeton holds the most, with 2. New Jersey has the 27th highest count of any state, out of 1,297 nationally.
People recorded as having held a governor's office, such as governor of a US state or territory.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Governors buried in New Jersey
- Richard Howell1754-1802American politicianFriends Burying Ground, Trenton, Trenton, NJ
- Thomas Henderson1743-1824American politician from New JerseyOld Tennent Cemetery, Yorketown, NJ
- Philemon Dickerson1788-1862American politicianCedar Lawn Cemetery, Elmwood Park, NJ
- William Pennington1796-1862American politicianMount Pleasant Cemetery, Kearny, NJ
- Peter Dumont Vroom1791-1873American politicianVeghte Burying Ground Cemetery, Bradley Gardens, NJ
- Daniel Haines1801-1877American politician, jurist, lawyer and Governor of New JerseyHardyston Cemetery, Franklin, NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph1826-1883American politicianEvergreen Cemetery, Morristown, NJ
- Marcus Lawrence Ward Sr.1812-1884American politicianMount Pleasant Cemetery, Kearny, NJ
- George Brinton McClellan1826-1885American soldier and politicianRiverview Cemetery, Trenton, NJ
- Joel Parker1816-1888American politicianMaplewood Cemetery, West Freehold, NJ
- George C. Ludlow1830-1900American politicianElmwood Cemetery, North Brunswick Township, NJ
- Grover Cleveland1837-190822nd & 24th President of the United States (1885-1889; 1893-1897)Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- George Theodore Werts1846-1910American politicianEvergreen Cemetery, Morristown, NJ
- John Franklin Fort1852-1920American judgeBloomfield Cemetery, Glen Ridge, NJ
- John W. Griggs1849-1927American politicianCedar Lawn Cemetery, Elmwood Park, NJ
- Edward Irving Edwards1863-1931New Jersey politicianBay View - New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, NJ
- William Nelson Runyon1871-1931American politicianHillside Cemetery, Plainfield, NJ
- William Sulzer1863-1941American politician and lawyerEvergreen Cemetery, Hillside, NJ
- A. Harry Moore1877-1952American politician, and three-term Governor of New JerseyBay View - New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, NJ
- Harold Giles Hoffman1896-1954American politicianChrist Church Cemetery, South Amboy, NJ
- James Fairman Fielder1867-1954American politician and Governor of New JerseyFairmount Cemetery, Newark, NJ
- Morgan Foster Larson1882-1961American politicianAlpine Cemetery, Perth Amboy, NJ
- Charles Edison1890-1969American politicianRosedale Cemetery, West Orange, NJ
- William Thomas Cahill1912-1996Governor of New Jersey and Member of the United States House of Representatives from New JerseyCalvary Cemetery, Collingswood, NJ
- Brendan Byrne1924-2018American politician and prosecutorPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1800s1
- 1820s1
- 1860s2
- 1870s2
- 1880s4
- 1900s2
- 1910s1
- 1920s2
- 1930s2
- 1940s1
- 1950s3
- 1960s2
- 1990s1
- 2010s1
By recorded year of death, for the 25 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Princeton Cemetery · Princeton, NJ2
- Cedar Lawn Cemetery · Elmwood Park, NJ2
- Mount Pleasant Cemetery · Kearny, NJ2
- Bay View - New York Bay Cemetery · Jersey City, NJ2
- Evergreen Cemetery · Morristown, NJ2
- Evergreen Cemetery · Hillside, NJ1
- Elmwood Cemetery · North Brunswick Township, NJ1
- Friends Burying Ground, Trenton · Trenton, NJ1
- Veghte Burying Ground Cemetery · Bradley Gardens, NJ1
- Old Tennent Cemetery · Yorketown, NJ1
- Alpine Cemetery · Perth Amboy, NJ1
- Bloomfield Cemetery · Glen Ridge, NJ1
- Christ Church Cemetery · South Amboy, NJ1
- Fairmount Cemetery · Newark, NJ1
- Hardyston Cemetery · Franklin, NJ1
- Maplewood Cemetery · West Freehold, NJ1
- Riverview Cemetery · Trenton, NJ1
- Rosedale Cemetery · West Orange, NJ1
- Hillside Cemetery · Plainfield, NJ1
- Calvary Cemetery · Collingswood, NJ1
Other notable burials in New Jersey
How this list is made
A person is on this list when their Wikidata entry gives a cemetery we list as their place of burial and also carries the statement this list is built on. We do not add anyone by judgment, so the list reflects how complete Wikidata is: some people are missing, and burial places can be disputed.
Names, years and descriptions are shown as Wikidata records them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists.