James Fairman Fielder
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James Fairman Fielder (February 26, 1867 in Jersey City, New Jersey – December 2, 1954 in Newark, New Jersey) was an American Democrat politician, who served as the 35th Governor of New Jersey, from 1913 to 1917, with a break of several months when he stepped down from office to avoid constitutional limits on serving successive terms.
He was born in Jersey City, New Jersey on February 26, 1867 to George Bragg Fielder. He was the grandson of James F. Fielder. He was the nephew of William Brinkerhoff. James trained as a lawyer and became a member of the New Jersey General Assembly from Hudson County, New Jersey from 1903 to 1904. He was a member of New Jersey Senate from Hudson County from 1908 to 1913. James was an Episcopalian of Dutch and English ancestry.
When the New Jersey Senate convened in January 1913 after Woodrow Wilson had won the 1912 Presidential Election, the Democratic caucus selected Fieldler to serve as Senate President, knowing that he would assume the position of Acting Governor after Wilson stepped down. Fielder became Acting Governor on March 1, 1913, when Woodrow Wilson stepped down to become President of the United States. Fielder resigned from his Senate office on October 28, 1913, so as to create a vacancy in the governorship and avoid constitutional limits on succeeding himself. After winning "re-election," he took office on January 20, 1914, and served a full term in office.
Fiedler died of a heart attack and is buried in the mausoleum in Fairmount Cemetery, Newark.
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- New Jersey State Library biography of James Fairman Fielder (PDF)
- Dead Governors of New Jersey - James F. Fielder
| Preceded by Woodrow Wilson |
Governor of New Jersey 1913 as Acting Governor |
Succeeded by Acting Governor Leon R. Taylor |
| Preceded by Acting Governor Leon R. Taylor |
Governor of New Jersey 1914–1917 |
Succeeded by Walter E. Edge |
| Governors of New Jersey |  |
|---|---|
| Livingston • Paterson • Howell • Bloomfield • Ogden • W.S. Pennington • M. Dickerson • Williamson • Vroom • Southard • Seeley • P. Dickerson • W. Pennington • Haines • Stratton • Fort • Price • Newell • Olden • Parker • Ward • Randolph • Bedle • McClellan • Ludlow • Abbett • Green • Werts • Griggs • Voorhees • Murphy • Stokes • Fort • Wilson • Fielder • Edge • Edwards • Silzer • Moore • Larson • Hoffman • Edison • Driscoll • Meyner • Hughes • Cahill • Byrne • Kean • Florio • Whitman • DiFrancesco • McGreevey • Codey • Corzine |
