Governor Horace Griggs Prall



		Governor Prall

	In 1934, New Jersey Governor A. HARRY MOORE was elected to the U.S. Senate, and in the same election, HAROLD HOFFMAN was elected to a three-year term as Governor. Moore resigned on January 3, 1935 to take his seat in the Senate, and Senate President CLIFFORD ROSS POWELL became Acting Governor. Powell�s term as Senate President expired on January 8 and the new Senate President, HORACE GRIGGS PRALL, became the Acting Governor. He held that post until January 15, when Hoffman was inaugurated. As a result of those events, New Jersey actually had four different Governors over a dozen days in January 1935. (In 1869, Horace's 3rd cousin twice removed, Daniel Farnsworth, became Governor of West Virginia in a similar fashion.)

		Surrogate Prall

	Inez Prall, wife of Horace, was the first woman in the State of New Jersey ever to be elected to the position of Surrogate. She served Hunterdon County. "The Surrogate is the Judge of the Surrogate's Court, and, in admitting a will to probate, acts in a judicial capacity. This means that the Surrogate has examined the paper submitted for probate and has adjudicated upon its propriety and validity, has sworn in office the Executor named in the will as the person to administer the estate, and has issued the necessary evidence of the fiduciary's authority. If a person dies intestate, the Surrogate grants administration and qualifies the fiduciary, or Administrator, in the same manner. The probate of wills, the granting of administration, and the granting of guardianship constitute the three primary actions upon which the bulk of the work in the Surrogate's office is based." Return to the Descendants of John Manners

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