William Nelson Runyon

Infobox Governor
name= William Nelson Runyon


caption=
order= Acting
office= Governor of New Jersey
term_start= May 16, 1919
term_end= January 13, 1920
predecessor= Walter Evans Edge
successor= Clarence E. Case (Acting Governor)
spouse= Florence M. MacDonald
birth_date= March 5, 1871
birth_place= Plainfield
death_date= November 9, 1931
death_place=
party= Republican
religion= Episcopalian

William Nelson Runyon (March 5, 1871 - November 9, 1931) was a Republican who served as Acting Governor of New Jersey from 1919 to 1920.

Runyon was born in Plainfield, New Jersey. He was a lawyer, then a member of New Jersey General Assembly from Union County, New Jersey from 1915 to 1917. Runyon served in the New Jersey Senate representing Union County, from 1918 to 1922. He served as Acting Governor of New Jersey from May 16, 1919ndash January 13, 1920, after Governor Walter Evans Edge resigned to become a United States Senator. Runyon was defeated in the 1920 Republican primary in his bid for a full term in office. Runyon was a delegate to the 1920 Republican National Convention from New Jersey. In 1922 he was the Republican gubernatorial nominee but lost the general election to George S. Silzer. He was appointed as a Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1923, serving on the bench until 1931.

He died on November 9, 1931, aged 60, and was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Scotch Plains, New Jersey.

External links

* [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=97923058be3f9010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD New Jersey Governor William Nelson Runyon] , National Governors Association
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=4264 William Nelson Runyon] at Find A Grave
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rugh-rusch.html#RJD0W8KAJ Index to Politicians: Rugh to Rusch] at The Political Graveyard