Jim McGreevey

Jim McGreevey is a figure I find genuinely hard to file away, and that is exactly why he stays with me. He climbed from Jersey City through Columbia to the New Jersey governorship, then made history in 2004 as the first sitting U.S. governor to come out as gay before resigning. The disclosure came wrapped in scandal, which complicates the narrative, but the choice to stop living a lie carried real weight for its moment. What interests me most is not the fall but the question of reinvention afterward. A person's measure often shows in how they rebuild, and McGreevey's later life is the more telling chapter.

Name (English)

Jim McGreevey

Name (Japanese)

ジェームス・マグリーヴィー

Reading

じぇーむす・まぐりーゔぃー

Born

August 6, 1957 (age 69)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rooster

Origin

Jersey City, New Jersey, United States

Occupation

lobbyist / politician / governor / mayor

High school

St. Joseph High School

University

Columbia University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20McGreevey
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q248668

Tags

• New Jersey
• lobbyist
• politician
• governor

Last updated

2026-06-17

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