List of Governors of New York

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This is a list of the Governors of New York. The Governor of the U.S. state of New York is the highest executive officer of the state, was originally chosen for a term of two years. In 1877 the term of office was extended to three years, in 1895 reduced back to two years, and in 1938 it was extended to the current four-year term.

The current Governor, the 58th, is Eliot Spitzer, who took office on New Year's Day, 2007.

Since 1875, the home of the Governor has been the New York State Executive Mansion in Albany, New York.

For colonial governors see List of Colonial Governors of New York.

#	Governor	Party	County (Modern)	Term	Lt. Governor(s)
1	George Clinton	Democratic-Republican	Orange	1777–1795	Pierre Van Cortlandt
2	John Jay	Federalist	New York	1795–1801	Stephen Van Rensselaer
3	George Clinton	Democratic-Republican	Orange	1801–1804	Jeremiah Van Rensselaer
4	Morgan Lewis	Democratic-Republican	New York	1804–1807	John Broome
5	Daniel D. Tompkins	Democratic-Republican	Richmond	1807–1817	John Broome (-1811) John Tayler (1811) DeWitt Clinton (1811-1813) John Tayler (1813-)
6	John Tayler	Democratic-Republican	Albany	1817	Vacant
7	DeWitt Clinton	Democratic-Republican	Orange	1817–1822	John Tayler
8	Joseph C. Yates	Democratic-Republican	Schenectady	1823–1824	Erastus Root
9	DeWitt Clinton	Clinton Republican	Orange	1825–1828	James Tallmadge, Jr. (-1826) Nathaniel Pitcher (1827-)
10	Nathaniel Pitcher	Democratic-Republican	Washington	1828	Peter R. Livingston (1828) Charles Dayan (1828)
11	Martin Van Buren	Jacksonian Democratic	Columbia	Jan-March 1829	Enos T. Throop
12	Enos T. Throop	Jacksonian Democratic	Cayuga	1829–1832	Charles Stebbins (-1830) William M. Oliver (1831) Edward Livingston (1831-)
13	William L. Marcy	Democratic	Rensselaer	1833–1838	John Tracy (-1834) Luther Bradish (1835-1836) John Tracy (1836-37) Luther Bradish (1837-)
14	William H. Seward	Whig	Cayuga	1839–1842	Luther Bradish
15	William C. Bouck	Democratic	Schoharie	1843–1844	Daniel S. Dickinson
16	Silas Wright	Democratic	St. Lawrence	1845–1846	Addison Gardiner
17	John Young (1802-1852)	Whig	Livingston	1847–1848	Addison Gardiner (1847) Hamilton Fish (1848)
18	Hamilton Fish	Whig	New York	1849–1850	George Washington Patterson
19	Washington Hunt	Whig Anti-Rent	Niagara	1851–1852	Sanford E. Church
20	Horatio Seymour	Democratic	Oneida	1853–1854	Sanford E. Church
21	Myron H. Clark	Fusion Republican	Ontario	1855–1856	Henry J. Raymond
22	John A. King	Republican	Queens	1857–1858	Henry R. Selden
23	Edwin D. Morgan	Republican	New York	1859–1862	Robert Campbell
24	Horatio Seymour	Democratic	Oneida	1863–1864	David R. Floyd-Jones
25	Reuben E. Fenton	Union	Chautauqua	1865–1868	Thomas G. Alvord (-1866) Stewart L. Woodford (1867-)
26	John T. Hoffman	Democratic	New York	1869–1872	Allen C. Beach
27	John Adams Dix	Republican	New York	1873–1874	John Cleveland Robinson
28	Samuel J. Tilden	Democratic	Columbia	1875–1876	William Dorsheimer
29	Lucius Robinson	Democratic	Chemung	1877–1879	William Dorsheimer
30	Alonzo B. Cornell	Republican	New York	1880–1882	George Gilbert Hoskins
31	Grover Cleveland	Democratic	Erie	1883–1884	David B. Hill
32	David B. Hill	Democratic	Chemung	1885–1891	Dennis McCarthy (1885) Edward F. Jones (1885-)
33	Roswell P. Flower	Democratic	Jefferson	1892–1894	William F. Sheehan
34	Levi P. Morton	Republican	Dutchess	1895–1896	Charles T. Saxton
35	Frank S. Black	Republican	Rensselaer	1897–1898	Timothy L. Woodruff
36	Theodore Roosevelt	Republican	New York	1899–1900	Timothy L. Woodruff
37	Benjamin B. Odell, Jr.	Republican	Orange	1901–1904	Timothy L. Woodruff (-1903) Frank W. Higgins (1903-)
38	Frank W. Higgins	Republican	Cattaraugus	1905–1906	M. Linn Bruce
39	Charles Evans Hughes	Republican	Warren	1907–1910	Lewis S. Chanler (-1909) Horace White (1909-)
40	Horace White	Republican	Erie	1910	George H. Cobb
41	John Alden Dix	Democratic	Warren	1911–1912	Thomas F. Conway
42	William Sulzer	Democratic	New York	Jan.1-Oct.17,1913	Martin H. Glynn
43	Martin H. Glynn	Democratic	Columbia	1913–1914	Robert F. Wagner
44	Charles S. Whitman	Republican	New York	1915–1918	Edward Schoeneck
45	Alfred E. Smith	Democratic	New York	1919–1920	Harry C. Walker
46	Nathan L. Miller	Republican	Cortland	1921–1922	Jeremiah Wood
47	Alfred E. Smith	Democratic	New York	1923–1928	George R. Lunn (-1924) Seymour Lowman (1925-26) Edwin Corning (1927-)
48	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Democratic	Dutchess	1929–1932	Herbert H. Lehman
49	Herbert H. Lehman	Democratic	New York	1933–1942	M. William Bray (-1938) Charles Poletti (1939-)
50	Charles Poletti	Democratic	New York	December 3-31,1942	Vacant
51	Thomas E. Dewey	Republican	New York	1943–1954	Thomas W. Wallace(Jan-July 1943) Joe R. Hanley (-1950) Frank C. Moore (1951-)
52	W. Averell Harriman	Democratic	New York	1955–1958	George DeLuca
53	Nelson A. Rockefeller	Republican	New York	1959–1973	Malcolm Wilson
54	Malcolm Wilson	Republican	Bronx	1973–1974	Warren M. Anderson
55	Hugh L. Carey	Democratic	Kings	1975–1982	Mary Anne Krupsak (-1978) Mario M. Cuomo (1979-)
56	Mario M. Cuomo	Democratic	Queens	1983–1995	Alfred B. DelBello (-1985) Warren M. Anderson (1985-1986) Stanley N. Lundine (1987-95)
57	George E. Pataki	Republican	Putnam	1995-2006	Betsy McCaughey Ross (1995-1998) Mary O. Donohue (1999-2006)
58	Eliot L. Spitzer	Democratic	Bronx	2007-present	David Paterson

[edit] Other offices held

Many New York governors have also held higher office

President of the United States: Martin Van Buren, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Vice President of the United States: George Clinton, Daniel D. Tompkins, Martin Van Buren, Levi P. Morton, Theodore Roosevelt, Nelson Rockefeller
Chief Justice of the United States: John Jay, Charles Evans Hughes
United States Secretary of State: William H. Seward, Hamilton Fish, Charles Evans Hughes
Unsuccessful Presidential nominee: De Witt Clinton, Horatio Seymour, Samuel J. Tilden, Charles Evans Hughes, Al Smith, Thomas Dewey

Some had held a higher office before becoming governor.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

"Governors of New York" - history page on New York State website
Jenkins, John S. (1851). Lives of the governors of the state of New York. Auburn N.Y.: Derby and Miller, 862.

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