33rd New Jersey Governor. He served as Governor of New Jersey from 1881 to 1884, succeeding former Civil War Union Army General George B. McClellan in the office. Born in Milford, New Jersey, he graduated from Rutgers University in 1850, read law, entered the New Jersey Bar Association in 1853, and became a lawyer for the Pennsylvania Railroad. The political influence he gained from his association with the railroad led him to politics, and he was elected to the New Jersey State Senate in 1876. Two years later he became Senate President, and in 1880 became the Democratic nominee for Governor. The 1880 race between him and his Republican opponent, fellow New Jersey State Senator Frederick A. Potts, was a tightly contested one, with the state almost evenly split between the two parties. As such, George C. Ludlow won the election by only 651 votes out of 250,000. His administration was marked by his vetoing several bills aimed to give increased power and influence (his vetoes were overridden by the Republican majority in the State Senate) and measures he attempted to increase the tax burden of corporations and lessen them on the the general populace. After leaving office he returned to his law practice. In 1895 he was appointed as an Associate Justice of the New Jersey State Supreme Court, and was fulfilling that office when he died in 1900.
33rd New Jersey Governor. He served as Governor of New Jersey from 1881 to 1884, succeeding former Civil War Union Army General George B. McClellan in the office. Born in Milford, New Jersey, he graduated from Rutgers University in 1850, read law, entered the New Jersey Bar Association in 1853, and became a lawyer for the Pennsylvania Railroad. The political influence he gained from his association with the railroad led him to politics, and he was elected to the New Jersey State Senate in 1876. Two years later he became Senate President, and in 1880 became the Democratic nominee for Governor. The 1880 race between him and his Republican opponent, fellow New Jersey State Senator Frederick A. Potts, was a tightly contested one, with the state almost evenly split between the two parties. As such, George C. Ludlow won the election by only 651 votes out of 250,000. His administration was marked by his vetoing several bills aimed to give increased power and influence (his vetoes were overridden by the Republican majority in the State Senate) and measures he attempted to increase the tax burden of corporations and lessen them on the the general populace. After leaving office he returned to his law practice. In 1895 he was appointed as an Associate Justice of the New Jersey State Supreme Court, and was fulfilling that office when he died in 1900.
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