New Jersey: Governors: 1776-1813

Governor, Captain General and Commander-in-Chief, in and over the State of New Jersey and the Territories thereunto belonging
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
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
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
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
4 Jun 1793 - 2 Nov 1801	Richard Howell [4]
Governor of the State of New Jersey
2 Nov 1801 - 1 Nov 1802	Joseph Bloomfield
Vice President of the State of New Jersey
1 Nov 1802 - 28 Oct 1803	John Lambert [5]
Governor of the State of New Jersey
28 Oct 1803 - 3 Nov 1812	Joseph Bloomfield
3 Nov 1812 - 2 Nov 1813	Aaron Ogden

Livingston was elected Governor by the Joint Meeting of the Legislative Council and General Assembly at a session held in Princeton on 31 Aug 1776. He arrived in Princeton on 4 Sep 1776 and took the oath of office the same day.
Livingston submitted his resignation to the Joint Meeting on 29 Oct 1784; this body accepted the resignation, at which point the functions of the Governor devolved on 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.
Lawrence assumed the functions of Governor on 30 Mar 1793, pending the acceptance of the resignation of William Paterson which followed on 24 May 1793.
Howell submitted his resignation to the Joint Meeting on 3 Nov 1795; this body accepted the resignation, at which point the functions of the Governor devolved on 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.
Bloomfield resigned and delivered the great seal of the state to his constitutional successor, Vice President of the Council Lambert, who took the oath of office on 15 Nov 1802. Lambert was confirmed as acting governor by a resolution of the Council on 2 Dec 1802.