George C. Ludlow

Infobox Governor
name= George Craig Ludlow


caption=
order=25^th
office= Governor of New Jersey
term_start= 1881
term_end= 1884
predecessor= George B. McClellan
successor=Leon Abbett
spouse=
birth_date= birth date|1830|4|6|mf=y
birth_place= Milford, New Jersey
death_date= death date and age|1900|12|18|1830|4|6|mf=y
death_place= New Brunswick, New Jersey
party= Democratic

George Craig Ludlow (April 6, 1830 - December 18, 1900) was an American Democratic Party politician, who served as the 25th Governor of New Jersey from 1881-1884.

Biography

Born in Milford, New Jersey, Ludlow moved as a child to New Brunswick, where he lived for the rest of his life. Ludlow graduated from Rutgers University in 1850. A lawyer for the powerful Pennsylvania Railroad, he soon entered politics in New Jersey and was elected as a Democrat to the New Jersey Senate in 1876, and was chosen as Senate President in 1878. Ludlow won the Democratic Party nomination and was elected Governor of New Jersey in 1880, defeating Republican candidate Frederic A. Potts by a mere 651 votes of some 250,000 ballots cast. He served a single three-year term in office. In 1895, Governor George T. Werts appointed Ludlow to serve on the New Jersey Supreme Court. He died in New Brunswick and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery in New Brunswick. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Justice G.C. Ludlow Dead. Ex-Governor of New Jersey Succumbs to Heart Disease. |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9907E5D7153DE433A2575AC1A9649D946197D6CF |quote=Justice George C. Ludlow of the Supreme Court died of a Heart disease at his home in New Brunswick this afternoon. He had been ill for several months from a ... |work=New York Times |date=December 19, 1900, Wednesday |accessdate=2008-10-09 ]

See also

*List of Governors of New Jersey

References

External links

* [http://www.njstatelib.org/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/Governors_of_New_Jersey/GLUDL.pdf Biography of George C. Ludlow (PDF)] at the New Jersey State Library
* [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=25bc2a7b22e89010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD New Jersey Governor George Craig Ludlow] at the National Governors Association
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ludlow.html#RJD0VSW2T George C. Ludlow] at The Political Graveyard
* [http://members.bellatlantic.net/%7Evze2rdt7/DGovs/deadgovernorsnj.html#ludlow Dead Governors of New Jersey bio for George Craig Ludlow]
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