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class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Charles Edison</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Edison.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Charles_Edison.jpg/220px-Charles_Edison.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="264" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Charles_Edison.jpg/330px-Charles_Edison.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Charles_Edison.jpg 2x" data-file-width="414" data-file-height="496" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Edison in 1945</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">42nd <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_Jersey" title="Governor of New Jersey">Governor of New Jersey</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 21, 1941 – January 18, 1944</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/A._Harry_Moore" title="A. Harry Moore">A. Harry Moore</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Evans_Edge" class="mw-redirect" title="Walter Evans Edge">Walter Evans Edge</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">46th <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">United States Secretary of the Navy</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 2, 1940 – June 24, 1940<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Acting: July 7, 1939 – January 2, 1940</span></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Claude_A._Swanson" title="Claude A. Swanson">Claude A. Swanson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Knox" title="Frank Knox">Frank Knox</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy">Assistant Secretary of the Navy</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 18, 1937 – January 1, 1940</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Henry_L._Roosevelt" title="Henry L. Roosevelt">Henry L. Roosevelt</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Compton" title="Lewis Compton">Lewis Compton</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1890-08-03</span>)</span>August 3, 1890<br /><a href="/wiki/West_Orange,_New_Jersey" title="West Orange, New Jersey">West Orange, New Jersey</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">July 31, 1969<span style="display:none">(1969-07-31)</span> (aged 78)<br />New York City, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> (before 1940)<br /><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> (1940–1962)<br /><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_New_York_State" title="Conservative Party of New York State">Conservative</a> (1962–1969)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Carolyn Hawkins</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Edison" title="Thomas Edison">Thomas Edison</a> (father)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Edison_Signature.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Charles Edison's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Charles_Edison_Signature.svg/128px-Charles_Edison_Signature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Charles_Edison_Signature.svg/192px-Charles_Edison_Signature.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Charles_Edison_Signature.svg/256px-Charles_Edison_Signature.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="126" data-file-height="39" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Charles Edison</b> (August 3, 1890 – July 31, 1969) was an American politician. He was the Assistant and then <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">United States Secretary of the Navy</a>, and served as the 42nd <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_Jersey" title="Governor of New Jersey">governor of New Jersey</a>. Commonly known as "Lord Edison", he was a son of the inventor <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Edison" title="Thomas Edison">Thomas Edison</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mina_Miller_Edison" title="Mina Miller Edison">Mina Miller Edison</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Edison&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Edison_circa_1900_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Charles_Edison_circa_1900_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Charles_Edison_circa_1900_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="236" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Charles_Edison_circa_1900_%28cropped%29.jpg/300px-Charles_Edison_circa_1900_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Charles_Edison_circa_1900_%28cropped%29.jpg/400px-Charles_Edison_circa_1900_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="412" data-file-height="487" /></a><figcaption>Edison c. 1900</figcaption></figure> <p>Charles Edison was born on August 3, 1890, at Glenmont, the Edison family home in <a href="/wiki/West_Orange,_New_Jersey" title="West Orange, New Jersey">West Orange, New Jersey</a>. He was Thomas Edison's fifth child and second from his marriage to <a href="/wiki/Mina_Miller_Edison" title="Mina Miller Edison">Mina Miller</a>. He graduated from the <a href="/wiki/Hotchkiss_School" title="Hotchkiss School">Hotchkiss School</a> in 1909.<sup id="cite_ref-AlumniAchievements_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AlumniAchievements-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1915–1916, he operated the 100-seat "Little Thimble Theater" with <a href="/wiki/Guido_Bruno" title="Guido Bruno">Guido Bruno</a> at 10 <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Avenue" title="Fifth Avenue">Fifth Avenue</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>. The theater staged the works of <a href="/wiki/George_Bernard_Shaw" title="George Bernard Shaw">George Bernard Shaw</a> and <a href="/wiki/August_Strindberg" title="August Strindberg">August Strindberg</a>, and Charles contributed verse to <i>Bruno<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Weekly</i> under the pseudonym Tom Sleeper. Late in 1915, he brought his players to <a href="/wiki/Ellis_Island" title="Ellis Island">Ellis Island</a> to perform for Chief Clerk Augustus Sherman and more than four hundred detained immigrants. </p><p>These avant-garde activities came to a halt when his father put him to work. For a number of years,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (February 2022)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> Charles Edison ran <a href="/wiki/Edison_Records" title="Edison Records">Edison Records</a>. Charles became president of his father's company <a href="/wiki/Thomas_A._Edison,_Inc." title="Thomas A. Edison, Inc.">Thomas A. Edison, Inc.</a> in 1927, and ran it until it was sold in 1957, when it merged with the <a href="/wiki/McGraw_Electric_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="McGraw Electric Company">McGraw Electric Company</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/McGraw-Edison_Electric_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="McGraw-Edison Electric Company">McGraw-Edison Electric Company</a>. Edison was board chairman of the merged company until he retired in 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-a_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-a-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Department_of_the_U.S._Navy_(1937–1940)"><span id="Department_of_the_U.S._Navy_.281937.E2.80.931940.29"></span>Department of the U.S. Navy (1937–1940)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Edison&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Department of the U.S. Navy (1937–1940)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On January 18, 1937, <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt" class="mw-redirect" title="Franklin Delano Roosevelt">President Roosevelt</a> appointed Charles Edison as <a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy">Assistant Secretary of the Navy</a>, then as Secretary on January 2, 1940, <a href="/wiki/Claude_A._Swanson" title="Claude A. Swanson">Claude A. Swanson</a> having died several months previously.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Edison himself only kept the job until June 24, resigning to run for Governor of New Jersey. During his time in the Navy department, he advocated construction of the large <a href="/wiki/Iowa-class_battleship" title="Iowa-class battleship"><i>Iowa</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Battleship" title="Battleship">battleships</a>, and that one of them be built at the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Navy_Yard" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Navy Yard">Philadelphia Navy Yard</a>, which secured votes for Roosevelt in <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1940" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 1940">1940 presidential election</a>; in return, Roosevelt had BB-62 named the <a href="/wiki/USS_New_Jersey_(BB-62)" title="USS New Jersey (BB-62)">USS <i>New Jersey</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governor_of_New_Jersey_(1941–1944)"><span id="Governor_of_New_Jersey_.281941.E2.80.931944.29"></span>Governor of New Jersey (1941–1944)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Edison&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Governor of New Jersey (1941–1944)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1940, he won election as Governor of New Jersey, running in reaction to the <a href="/wiki/Political_machine" title="Political machine">political machine</a> run by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Hague" title="Frank Hague">Frank Hague</a>, but broke with family tradition by declaring himself a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a>. As governor, he proposed updating the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_State_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey State Constitution">New Jersey State Constitution</a>. Although it failed in a <a href="/wiki/Referendum" title="Referendum">referendum</a> and nothing was changed during his tenure, state legislators did reform the constitution later.<sup id="cite_ref-a_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-a-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_political_life">Later political life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Edison&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Later political life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Between 1951 and 1969, he lived in the <a href="/wiki/Waldorf-Astoria_Hotel" class="mw-redirect" title="Waldorf-Astoria Hotel">Waldorf-Astoria Hotel</a>, where he struck up a friendship with <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Hoover" title="Herbert Hoover">Herbert Hoover</a>, who also lived there.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1962, Edison was one of the founders of the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_New_York_State" title="Conservative Party of New York State">Conservative Party of New York State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1967, Edison hosted a meeting at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York that led to the founding of the Charles Edison Youth Fund, later the Charles Edison Memorial Youth Fund. Attending the meeting were Rep. <a href="/wiki/Walter_Judd_(politician)" title="Walter Judd (politician)">Walter Judd</a> (R-MN), author <a href="/wiki/William_F._Buckley" class="mw-redirect" title="William F. Buckley">William F. Buckley</a>, organizer <a href="/wiki/David_R._Jones_(organizer)" title="David R. Jones (organizer)">David R. Jones</a>, and Edison's political advisor <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Liebman" title="Marvin Liebman">Marvin Liebman</a>. The name of the organization was changed in 1985 to <a href="/wiki/The_Fund_for_American_Studies" title="The Fund for American Studies">The Fund for American Studies</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-History_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in keeping with Edison's request to drop his name after 20 years of use. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Edison&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Edison married Carolyn Hawkins on March 27, 1918. They had no children. </p><p>In 1924, Edison joined the New Jersey Society of the <a href="/wiki/Sons_of_the_American_Revolution" title="Sons of the American Revolution">Sons of the American Revolution</a>. He was assigned national member number 39,292 and state society number 2,894.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1948, he established a charitable foundation, originally called "The Brook Foundation", now the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Edison_Fund&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Edison Fund (page does not exist)">Charles Edison Fund</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Edison&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-12371,_Charly_Edison.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-12371%2C_Charly_Edison.jpg/220px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-12371%2C_Charly_Edison.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="335" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-12371%2C_Charly_Edison.jpg/330px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-12371%2C_Charly_Edison.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-12371%2C_Charly_Edison.jpg/440px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-12371%2C_Charly_Edison.jpg 2x" data-file-width="526" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Charles Edison, 1931</figcaption></figure> <p>Charles Edison died on July 31, 1969, in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, three days shy of his 79th birthday.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span 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Accessed August 6, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Comegno, Carol. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130102072727/http://www.courierpostonline.com/battleship/u010600a.htm">"Historian details the role politics played in battleship's creation"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Courier-Post" title="Courier-Post">Courier-Post</a></i>, January 6, 2000. Accessed May 27, 2007. "Professor Jeffery Dorwart, of Rutgers-Camden said the ship was named after the state by President Franklin Roosevelt to repay a political debt to Charles Edison, the son of inventor Thomas Edison."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">John D. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 21,</span> 2007</span>. <q>Charles Edison, former Governor of New Jersey, ... 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Connors, <i>State Constitutional Convention Studies, #4: The Process of Constitutional Revision in New Jersey: 1940–1947.</i> (New York: National Municipal League, 1970). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/118700">118700</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVenable1978" class="citation book cs1">Venable, John D. (1978). <i>Out of the Shadow: The Story of Charles Edison : a Biography</i>. 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Swanson</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">United States Secretary of the Navy</a> </b><br />1939–1940 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Knox" title="Frank Knox">Frank Knox</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/A._Harry_Moore" title="A. Harry Moore">A. Harry Moore</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> nominee for Governor of New Jersey </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1940_New_Jersey_gubernatorial_election" title="1940 New Jersey gubernatorial election">1940</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Vincent_J._Murphy" title="Vincent J. Murphy">Vincent J. Murphy</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/A._Harry_Moore" title="A. Harry Moore">A. Harry Moore</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_Jersey" title="Governor of New Jersey">Governor of New Jersey</a> </b><br />1941–1944 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Evans_Edge" class="mw-redirect" title="Walter Evans Edge">Walter Evans Edge</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid lightgreen">Non-profit organization positions </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Gilbert_Winant" title="John Gilbert Winant">John Winant</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> President of the <a href="/wiki/National_Civic_League" title="National Civic League">National Municipal League</a> </b><br />1946–1950 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" 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Graham Claytor Jr.">Claytor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Hidalgo" title="Edward Hidalgo">Hidalgo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lehman" title="John Lehman">Lehman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Webb" title="Jim Webb">Webb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_L._Ball" title="William L. Ball">Ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_L._Garrett_III" title="Henry L. Garrett III">Garrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_O%27Keefe" title="Sean O'Keefe">O'Keefe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Howard_Dalton" title="John Howard Dalton">Dalton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Danzig" title="Richard Danzig">Danzig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_R._England" title="Gordon R. England">England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_C._Winter" title="Donald C. Winter">Winter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Mabus" title="Ray Mabus">Mabus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_V._Spencer" title="Richard V. 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Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_L._Sullivan_(United_States_Navy)" title="John L. Sullivan (United States Navy)">Sullivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._John_Kenney" title="W. John Kenney">Kenney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_A._Kimball" title="Dan A. Kimball">Kimball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_P._Whitehair" title="Francis P. Whitehair">Whitehair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Thomas_(Secretary_of_the_Navy)" title="Charles Thomas (Secretary of the Navy)">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Gates_Jr." title="Thomas S. Gates Jr.">T. Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_B._Franke" title="William B. Franke">Franke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_A._Bantz" title="Fred A. Bantz">Bantz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_B._Fay" title="Paul B. Fay">Fay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_E._BeLieu" title="Kenneth E. BeLieu">BeLieu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_H._B._Baldwin" title="Robert H. B. Baldwin">Baldwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_F._Baird" title="Charles F. Baird">Baird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Warner" title="John Warner">Warner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_P._Sanders" title="Frank P. Sanders">Sanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._William_Middendorf" title="J. William Middendorf">Middendorf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_S._Potter" title="David S. Potter">Potter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_R._Macdonald" title="David R. Macdonald">Macdonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._James_Woolsey_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="R. James Woolsey Jr.">Woolsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_J._Murray" title="Robert J. Murray">Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_F._Goodrich" title="James F. Goodrich">Goodrich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_L._Garrett_III" title="Henry L. Garrett III">Garrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Daniel_Howard" title="J. Daniel Howard">Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Danzig" title="Richard Danzig">Danzig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_MacArthur_Hultin" title="Jerry MacArthur Hultin">Hultin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_B._Pirie_Jr." title="Robert B. Pirie Jr.">Pirie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Livingstone" title="Susan Livingstone">Livingstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dionel_M._Aviles" title="Dionel M. Aviles">Aviles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_O._Work" title="Robert O. Work">Work</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janine_A._Davidson" title="Janine A. Davidson">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Modly" title="Thomas Modly">Modly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erik_Raven" title="Erik Raven">Raven</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy">Assistant<br />secretaries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Pre–1954</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gustavus_Fox" title="Gustavus Fox">Fox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Faxon" title="William Faxon">Faxon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_R._Soley" title="James R. Soley">Soley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_McAdoo_(New_Jersey_politician)" title="William McAdoo (New Jersey politician)">McAdoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Theodore Roosevelt">T. Roosevelt Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Herbert_Allen" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Herbert Allen">Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_W._Hackett" title="Frank W. Hackett">Hackett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Hial_Darling" title="Charles Hial Darling">Darling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truman_H._Newberry" title="Truman H. Newberry">Newberry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_L._Satterlee" title="Herbert L. Satterlee">Satterlee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beekman_Winthrop" title="Beekman Winthrop">Winthrop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">F. Roosevelt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Woodbury" title="Gordon Woodbury">G. Woodbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt_Jr." title="Theodore Roosevelt Jr.">T. Roosevelt Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Douglas_Robinson" title="Theodore Douglas Robinson">Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_L._Jahncke" title="Ernest L. Jahncke">Jahncke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_L._Roosevelt" title="Henry L. Roosevelt">H. Roosevelt</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Edison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Compton" title="Lewis Compton">Compton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Austin_Bard" title="Ralph Austin Bard">Bard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._Struve_Hensel" title="H. Struve Hensel">Hensel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._John_Kenney" title="W. John Kenney">Kenney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_E._Andrews" title="Mark E. Andrews">Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_T._Koehler" title="John T. Koehler">Koehler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_R._Askins" title="Herbert R. Askins">Askins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_H._Fogler" title="Raymond H. 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title="List of colonial governors of New Jersey">West New Jersey</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Byllynge" title="Edward Byllynge">Byllynge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Coxe" title="Daniel Coxe">Coxe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Hamilton_(New_Jersey_governor)" title="Andrew Hamilton (New Jersey governor)">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_Basse" title="Jeremiah Basse">Basse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Hamilton_(New_Jersey_governor)" title="Andrew Hamilton (New Jersey governor)">Hamilton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_New_England" title="Dominion of New England">Dominion of New England</a> <br /> <span class="nobold">(1688–89)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Andros" title="Edmund Andros">Andros</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_colonial_governors_of_New_Jersey" title="List of colonial governors of New Jersey">Royal governors</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Hyde,_3rd_Earl_of_Clarendon" title="Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon">Viscount Cornbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lovelace,_4th_Baron_Lovelace" title="John Lovelace, 4th Baron Lovelace">Baron Lovelace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Ingoldesby" title="Richard Ingoldesby">Ingoldesby</a> (Lt. Gov.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hunter_(colonial_administrator)" title="Robert Hunter (colonial administrator)">Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Burnet_(colonial_administrator)" title="William Burnet (colonial administrator)">Burnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Montgomerie" title="John Montgomerie">Montgomerie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Morris_(governor)" title="Lewis Morris (governor)">Morris</a> (acting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Cosby" title="William Cosby">Cosby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Anderson_(New_Jersey_politician)" title="John Anderson (New Jersey politician)">Anderson</a> (acting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hamilton_(New_Jersey_politician)" title="John Hamilton (New Jersey politician)">Hamilton</a> (acting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_West,_1st_Earl_De_La_Warr" title="John West, 1st Earl De La Warr">Lord De La Warr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Morris_(governor)" title="Lewis Morris (governor)">Morris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hamilton_(New_Jersey_politician)" title="John Hamilton (New Jersey politician)">Hamilton</a> (acting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Reading_(New_Jersey_governor)" title="John Reading (New Jersey governor)">Reading</a> (acting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Belcher" title="Jonathan Belcher">Belcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Reading_(New_Jersey_governor)" title="John Reading (New Jersey governor)">Reading</a> (acting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Pownall" title="Thomas Pownall">Pownall</a> (Lt. Gov.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Reading_(New_Jersey_governor)" title="John Reading (New Jersey governor)">Reading</a> (acting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Francis_Bernard,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet">Bernard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Boone_(governor)" title="Thomas Boone (governor)">Boone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josiah_Hardy" title="Josiah Hardy">Hardy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Franklin" title="William Franklin">Franklin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">State</a> <br /> <span class="nobold">(since 1776)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Livingston" title="William Livingston">Livingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Paterson_(judge)" title="William Paterson (judge)">Paterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Howell" title="Richard Howell">Howell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Bloomfield" title="Joseph Bloomfield">Bloomfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Ogden" title="Aaron Ogden">Ogden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Sanford_Pennington" title="William Sanford Pennington">W. 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Harry Moore">Moore</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Edison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_E._Edge" title="Walter E. Edge">Edge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_E._Driscoll" title="Alfred E. Driscoll">Driscoll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_B._Meyner" title="Robert B. Meyner">Meyner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_J._Hughes" title="Richard J. Hughes">Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_T._Cahill" title="William T. Cahill">Cahill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Byrne" title="Brendan Byrne">Byrne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Kean" title="Thomas Kean">Kean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Florio" title="James Florio">Florio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christine_Todd_Whitman" title="Christine Todd Whitman">Whitman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_DiFrancesco" title="Donald DiFrancesco">DiFrancesco</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_McGreevey" title="Jim McGreevey">McGreevey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Codey" title="Richard Codey">Codey</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Corzine" title="Jon Corzine">Corzine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Christie" title="Chris Christie">Christie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Murphy" title="Phil Murphy">P. Murphy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><i>* Under <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/2009/title-52/section-52-15/52-15-5/">N.J.S.A. 52:15-5</a> (as amended in 2005), an acting governor serving for 180 continuous days or more is conferred the title of Governor.</i></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Cabinet_of_President_Franklin_D._Roosevelt_(1933–1945)776" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:FD_Roosevelt_cabinet" title="Template:FD Roosevelt cabinet"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:FD_Roosevelt_cabinet" title="Template talk:FD Roosevelt cabinet"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:FD_Roosevelt_cabinet" title="Special:EditPage/Template:FD Roosevelt cabinet"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Cabinet_of_President_Franklin_D._Roosevelt_(1933–1945)776" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_States" title="Cabinet of the United States">Cabinet</a> of <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. 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Edison, Inc.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edison_and_Swan_Electric_Light_Company" title="Edison and Swan Electric Light Company">Edison and Swan Electric Light Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edison_Gower-Bell_Telephone_Company_of_Europe" title="Edison Gower-Bell Telephone Company of Europe">Edison Gower-Bell Telephone Company of Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edison_Illuminating_Company" title="Edison Illuminating Company">Edison Illuminating Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edison_Machine_Works" title="Edison Machine Works">Edison Machine Works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edison_Manufacturing_Company" title="Edison Manufacturing Company">Edison Manufacturing Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edison_Ore-Milling_Company" title="Edison Ore-Milling Company">Edison Ore-Milling Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edison_Portland_Cement_Company" title="Edison Portland Cement Company">Edison Portland Cement Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edison_Records" title="Edison 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href="/wiki/Edison%27s_Black_Maria" title="Edison's Black Maria">Black Maria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Edison_Depot_Museum" title="Thomas Edison Depot Museum">Depot Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Alva_Edison_Memorial_Tower_and_Museum" title="Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Museum">Memorial Tower and Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Edison_National_Historical_Park" title="Thomas Edison National Historical Park">National Historical Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edison_State_Park" title="Edison State Park">State Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edison_Storage_Battery_Company_Building" title="Edison Storage Battery Company Building">Storage Battery Company Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Electric_Research_Laboratory" title="General Electric Research Laboratory">General Electric Research Laboratory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edison_and_Ford_Winter_Estates" title="Edison and Ford Winter Estates">Winter Estates</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Family</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Charles Edison</a> (son)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Miller_Edison" title="Theodore Miller Edison">Theodore Miller Edison</a> (son)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Young_Tom_Edison" title="Young Tom Edison">Young Tom Edison</a></i> (1940)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Edison,_the_Man" title="Edison, the Man">Edison, the Man</a></i> (1940)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Evergreen_Terrace" title="The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace">The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace</a>" (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Current_War" title="The Current War">The Current War</a></i> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tesla_(2020_film)" title="Tesla (2020 film)">Tesla</a></i> (2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Literature</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Future_Eve" title="The Future Eve">The Future Eve</a></i> (1886)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Edison%27s_Conquest_of_Mars" title="Edison's Conquest of Mars">Edison's Conquest of Mars</a></i> (1898)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tales_from_the_Bully_Pulpit" title="Tales from the Bully Pulpit">Tales from the Bully Pulpit</a></i> (2004)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Productions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a 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