Who is The Royal Governor and American-born attorney in the 1700s?
Samuel Tucker (New Jersey):  During this period, the colony converted to an independent state in 1776 after the ouster of Royal Governor William Franklin and the election of the independent state's first governor, William Livingston. William Franklin: William Franklin FRSE ( 1730 – November 1813) was an American-born attorney, soldier, politician, and colonial administrator.
William Franklin