MY SAY: NEW JERSEY’S STRANGE GUBERNATORIAL HISTORY
WHAT IS IT WITH NEW JERSEY AND GOVERNORS?
REMEMBER 2002?
Following Governor Christine Todd Whitman‘s resignation to become head of the EPA, Richard Codey was one of three different Senate Presidents along with Donald DiFrancesco and John O. Bennett, and Attorney General John Farmer to serve as Acting Governor for the one-year period between Whitman’s resignation and Jim McGreevey‘s inauguration. DiFrancesco served as acting governor for all but the last week of this period, until his term as senate president ended. Farmer, Bennett and Codey then divided the last week of the term among them, with Codey serving for three days, from January 12, 2002, to January 15, 2002, leading to a situation in which the state had five different people serving as governor during a period of eight days.
Then on August 2004, Governor Jim McGreevey resigned- and, enter Richard Codey again who served as Governor until Senator Corzine was elected in 2006. In April 2007 he was severly injured in an automobile accident. Guess who stepped in as acting Governor? In accordance with the New Jersey State Constitution, New Jersey Senate President Richard Codey assumed the position of acting governor for the short period from April 12 until May 7, 2007.
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