Peter Dumont Vroom (December 12, 1791 – November 18, 1873), an American Democratic Party politician, served as the ninth governor of New Jersey (serving two terms in office; from 1829–1832 and 1833–1836) and as a member of the United States House of Representatives for a single term, from 1839 to 1841.
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Early life
He was born in Hillsborough Township, New Jersey, the son of Col. Peter Dumont Vroom (d.1831) who represented Somerset County as an Assemblyman (1790–91, 1794–96, and 1811–13) and in the Legislative Council from 1798 to 1804 as a Federalist. The younger Vroom graduated from Columbia College, New York in 1808. At Columbia, Peter Dumont Vroom was a member of the Philolexian Society.
After studying law at Somerville Academy he was admitted to the bar in 1813.