General Assembly / Law Revision Commission / State Senate / New Jersey Senate / Senate / /
Person
Donald DiFranscesco / Christine Todd Whitman / /
Position
lieutenant governor and the governor / duly elected governor / governor at the first opportunity / Governor / vice-governor / attorney general / attorney general and secretary of state / vice-president / president / secretary of state / officer / speaker / lieutenant governor / acting governor / /
Recent experiences with gubernatorial succession in New Jersey demonstrate the importance of rethinking the system we have had in place here since the adoption of the 1844 Constitution. (See "It Is Time To Take a Serious