List of Governors of New York

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The Governor of New York is the head of the executive branch of New York's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.[1] The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, to convene the New York legislature,[1] the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the legislature,[2] and to grant pardons, except in cases of treason and impeachment.[3]

Fifty-six individuals have served as governor, four of whom served non-consecutive terms, totaling 60 distinct terms; the official numbering only lists each governor once, so there have officially been fifty-six governors. This numbering includes one acting governor: the lieutenant governor who filled the vacancy after the resignation of the governor, under the 1777 State Constitution.[4] The list does not include people who have acted as governor when the governor was out of state, such as Lt. Gov. Timothy L. Woodruff during Theodore Roosevelt's vice presidential campaign in 1900, or Acting Speaker of the New York State Assembly Moses M. Weinstein, who acted as governor for ten days in 1968 while the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the senate majority leader were out of the state, attending the Republican National Convention in Miami, Florida.[5]

Four men have become President of the United States after serving as Governor of New York: Martin Van Buren, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and six were Vice President of the United States. (Van Buren and Theodore Roosevelt held both offices.) Two governors have been Chief Justice of the United States: John Jay held that position when he was elected governor in 1795, and Charles Evans Hughes became chief justice in 1930, two decades after leaving the governorship.

The longest-serving governor was the first, George Clinton, who first took office on July 30, 1777, and served seven terms in two different periods, totaling just under 21 years in office. (As 18 of those years were consecutive, Clinton also served the longest consecutive period in office for a New York governor.) Charles Poletti had the shortest term, serving 29 days following the resignation of the previous governor in 1942. The current governor is Andrew Cuomo, who took office on January 1, 2011.

Governors

New York was one of the original thirteen colonies, and was admitted as a state on July 26, 1788. Prior to declaring its independence, New York was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain, which it in turn obtained from the Dutch as the colony of New Netherland; see the lists of colonial governors and of directors-general of New Netherland for the pre-statehood period.

The office of governor was established by the first New York State Constitution in 1777. The governor was originally for a term of three years,[6] though the constitution did not specify when the term began. A 1787 law set the start of the term at July 1.[7] The New York State Constitutional Convention of 1821 amended the state constitution, reducing the term of office to two years,[8] moving the election to November,[9] and moving the beginning and the end of the term to coincide with the calendar year.[10] An 1874 amendment extended the term of office back to three years,[11] but the 1894 constitution again reduced it to two years.[12] The most recent constitution of 1938 extended the term to the current four years.[13] There is no limit to the number of consecutive terms a governor may serve.

The state constitution has provided since 1777 for the election of a lieutenant governor, who is also ex officio president of the state senate, to the same term (keeping the same term lengths as the governor throughout all the constitutional revisions). Originally, in the event of the death, resignation or impeachment of the governor, the lieutenant governor would become acting governor until the end of the yearly legislative term, the office being filled in a special election, if there was a remainder of the term.[14] Since the 1821 constitution, the lieutenant governor explicitly becomes governor upon such vacancy in the office and serves for the entire remainder of the term.[15] Should the office of lieutenant governor become vacant, the president pro tempore of the state senate[note 1] performs all the duties of the lieutenant governor until the vacancy is filled either at the next gubernatorial election or by appointment.[note 2] Likewise, should both offices become vacant at the same time, the president pro tempore acts as governor, with the office of lieutenant governor remaining vacant. Should the presidency pro tempore be vacant too, or the incumbent unable to fulfill the duties, the speaker of the assembly is next in the line of succession.[16] The lieutenant governor is elected on the same ticket as the governor, since 1954 with a single joint vote cast for both offices, but is nominated separately.[17]

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George Clinton, first Governor of New York, and 4th Vice President of the United States
John Jay, 2nd Governor of New York, and first Chief Justice of the United States
Daniel D. Tompkins, 4th Governor of New York, and 6th Vice President of the United States
DeWitt Clinton, 6th Governor of New York, and the Federalist nominee for the 1812 U.S. presidential election
Martin Van Buren, 9th Governor of New York, 8th Vice President of the United States, and 8th President of the United States
William H. Seward, 12th Governor of New York, Secretary of State, and known for acquiring Alaska for the United States
Horatio Seymour, 18th Governor of New York, and the Democratic nominee for the 1868 U.S. presidential election
Samuel J. Tilden, 25th Governor of New York, and the Democratic nominee for the 1876 U.S. presidential election
Grover Cleveland, 28th Governor of New York, and 22nd and 24th President of the United States
Levi P. Morton, 31st Governor of New York, and 22nd Vice President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt, 33rd Governor of New York, 25th Vice President of the United States, and 26th President of the United States
Charles Evans Hughes, 36th Governor of New York, 11th Chief Justice of the United States, and the Republican nominee for the 1916 U.S. presidential election
Al Smith, 42nd Governor of New York, and the Democratic nominee for the 1928 U.S. presidential election
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 44th Governor of New York, and 32nd President of the United States
Thomas E. Dewey, 47th Governor of New York, and the Republican nominee for the 1944 and 1948 U.S. presidential election
File:Nelson Rockefeller.jpg
Nelson Rockefeller, 49th Governor of New York, and 41st Vice President of the United States
Andrew Cuomo, 56th Governor of New York (incumbent)
Parties

      Democratic (26)       Democratic-Republican (9)       Federalist (1)       Republican (18)       Whig (5)

# Image Governor Took office Left office Party Lt. Governor Terms
[note 3]
1 George Clinton by Ezra Ames (full portrait).jpg   George Clinton July 30, 1777 June 30, 1795 Democratic-
Republican		   Pierre Van Cortlandt 6
[note 4]
[note 5]
2 John Jay (Gilbert Stuart portrait).jpg   John Jay July 1, 1795 June 30, 1801 Federalist   Stephen Van Rensselaer 2
1 George Clinton by Ezra Ames (full portrait).jpg   George Clinton July 1, 1801 June 30, 1804 Democratic-
Republican		   Jeremiah Van Rensselaer 1
3 Morgan Lewis (portrait by Henry Inman).png   Morgan Lewis July 1, 1804 June 30, 1807 Democratic-
Republican		   John Broome 1
4 DTompkins.png   Daniel D. Tompkins July 1, 1807 February 24, 1817 Democratic-
Republican		   John Broome ​3 1⁄2
[note 6]
  John Tayler (Acting)
  DeWitt Clinton
  John Tayler
5 John Tayler, governor of New York (portrait by Ezra Ames).png   John Tayler
(Acting)
[note 7]		 February 24, 1817 June 30, 1817 Democratic-
Republican		   Philetus Swift (Acting) ​1⁄2
[note 8]
6 DeWitt Clinton by Rembrandt Peale.jpg   DeWitt Clinton July 1, 1817 December 31, 1822 Democratic-
Republican		   John Tayler 2
[note 9]
7 JosephCYates.jpg   Joseph C. Yates January 1, 1823 December 31, 1824 Democratic-
Republican		   Erastus Root 1
[note 10]
6 DeWitt Clinton by Rembrandt Peale.jpg   DeWitt Clinton January 1, 1825 February 11, 1828 Democratic-
Republican		   James Tallmadge, Jr. ​1 1⁄2
[note 11]
  Nathaniel Pitcher
8 No image.svg   Nathaniel Pitcher February 11, 1828 December 31, 1828 Democratic-
Republican		   Peter R. Livingston (Acting) ​1⁄2
[note 12]
  Charles Dayan (Acting)
9 MVanBuren.png   Martin Van Buren January 1, 1829 March 12, 1829 Democratic   Enos T. Throop ​1⁄2
[note 13]
10 EThroop.png   Enos T. Throop March 12, 1829 December 31, 1832 Democratic   Charles Stebbins (Acting) ​1 1⁄2
[note 14]
  William M. Oliver (Acting)
  Edward Philip Livingston
11 WMarcy.png   William L. Marcy January 1, 1833 December 31, 1838 Democratic   John Tracy 3
12 Henry Inman - William H. Seward.jpg   William H. Seward January 1, 1839 December 31, 1842 Whig   Luther Bradish 2
13 WBouck.png   William C. Bouck January 1, 1843 December 31, 1844 Democratic   Daniel S. Dickinson 1
14 Silas Wright, Jr. (Engraved Portrait).jpg   Silas Wright January 1, 1845 December 31, 1846 Democratic   Addison Gardiner 1
15 New York Governor John Young.jpg   John Young January 1, 1847 December 31, 1848 Whig   Addison Gardiner 1
  Albert Lester (Acting)
  Hamilton Fish
16 Hamilton Fish (portrait by Charles Loring Elliott).png   Hamilton Fish January 1, 1849 December 31, 1850 Whig   George Washington Patterson 1
17 WashingtonHunt.png   Washington Hunt January 1, 1851 December 31, 1852 Whig   Sanford E. Church 1
18 Horatio Seymour - Brady-Handysmall.png   Horatio Seymour January 1, 1853 December 31, 1854 Democratic   Sanford E. Church 1
19 Myron H. Clark (portrait by Leon Bonnat).png   Myron H. Clark January 1, 1855 December 31, 1856 Whig (fusion)   Henry Jarvis Raymond 1
20 75px   John Alsop King January 1, 1857 December 31, 1858 Republican   Henry R. Selden 1
21 Edwin D. Morgan (portrait by George Peter Alexander Healey).png   Edwin D. Morgan January 1, 1859 December 31, 1862 Republican   Robert Campbell 2
18 Horatio Seymour - Brady-Handysmall.png   Horatio Seymour January 1, 1863 December 31, 1864 Democratic   David R. Floyd-Jones 1
22 Reuben Fenton - Brady-Handy.jpg   Reuben Fenton January 1, 1865 December 31, 1868 Union   Thomas G. Alvord 2
  Stewart L. Woodford
23 John T. Hoffman (portrait by Jacob Lazarus).png   John Thompson Hoffman January 1, 1869 December 31, 1872 Democratic   Allen C. Beach 2
24 JADix.png   John Adams Dix January 1, 1873 December 31, 1874 Republican   John C. Robinson 1
25 SJTilden of NY.jpg   Samuel J. Tilden January 1, 1875 December 31, 1876 Democratic   William Dorsheimer 1
26 Lucius Robinson (portrait by George Waters).png   Lucius Robinson January 1, 1877 December 31, 1879 Democratic   William Dorsheimer 1
[note 15]
27 Alonzo B. Cornell.jpg   Alonzo B. Cornell January 1, 1880 December 31, 1882 Republican   George Gilbert Hoskins 1
28 StephenGroverCleveland.png   Grover Cleveland January 1, 1883 January 6, 1885 Democratic   David B. Hill ​1⁄2
[note 16]
29 DavidBennettHill.png   David B. Hill January 6, 1885 December 31, 1891 Democratic   Dennis McCarthy (Acting) ​2 1⁄2
[note 14]
  Edward F. Jones
30 RPFlowers-portrait.jpg   Roswell P. Flower January 1, 1892 December 31, 1894 Democratic   William F. Sheehan 1
31 Levi Morton - Brady-Handy portrait - standard crop.jpg   Levi P. Morton January 1, 1895 December 31, 1896 Republican   Charles T. Saxton 1
[note 17]
32 Frank S Black.jpg   Frank S. Black January 1, 1897 December 31, 1898 Republican   Timothy L. Woodruff 1
33 T Roosevelt.jpg   Theodore Roosevelt January 1, 1899 December 31, 1900 Republican   Timothy L. Woodruff 1
34 Benjamin Barker Odell Jr cph.3b20166.jpg   Benjamin Barker Odell January 1, 1901 December 31, 1904 Republican   Timothy L. Woodruff 2
  Frank W. Higgins
35 Frank W Higgins.jpg   Frank W. Higgins January 1, 1905 December 31, 1906 Republican   M. Linn Bruce 1
  John Raines (Acting)
36 Charles Evans Hughes cph.3b15401.jpg   Charles Evans Hughes January 1, 1907 October 6, 1910 Republican   Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler ​1 1⁄2
[note 18]
  Horace White
37 Horace White.jpg   Horace White October 6, 1910 December 31, 1910 Republican   George H. Cobb (Acting) ​1⁄2
[note 12]
38 John Alden Dix LOC.jpg   John Alden Dix January 1, 1911 December 31, 1912 Democratic   Thomas F. Conway 1
39 SulzerTheBroadAx.PNG   William Sulzer January 1, 1913 October 17, 1913 Democratic   Martin H. Glynn ​1⁄2
[note 19]
40 Martin H. Glynn.jpg   Martin H. Glynn October 17, 1913 December 31, 1914 Democratic   Robert F. Wagner (Acting) ​1⁄2
[note 12]
41 CharlesSWhitman.jpg   Charles S. Whitman January 1, 1915 December 31, 1918 Republican   Edward Schoeneck 2
42 AlfredSmith.png   Al Smith January 1, 1919 December 31, 1920 Democratic   Harry C. Walker 1
43 NathanLMiller.jpg   Nathan L. Miller January 1, 1921 December 31, 1922 Republican   Jeremiah Wood 1
  Clayton R. Lusk (Acting)
42 AlfredSmith.png   Al Smith January 1, 1923 December 31, 1928 Democratic   George R. Lunn 3
  Seymour Lowman
  Edwin Corning
44 FDR in 1933.jpg   Franklin D. Roosevelt January 1, 1929 December 31, 1932 Democratic   Herbert H. Lehman 2
45 Herbert Lehman.jpg   Herbert H. Lehman January 1, 1933 December 3, 1942 Democratic   M. William Bray ​3 1⁄2
[note 20]
[note 21]
  Charles Poletti
46 Charles Poletti.jpg   Charles Poletti December 3, 1942 December 31, 1942 Democratic   Joe R. Hanley (Acting) ​1⁄2
[note 12]
47 ThomasDewey.png   Thomas Dewey January 1, 1943 December 31, 1954 Republican   Thomas W. Wallace 3
  Joe R. Hanley
  Frank C. Moore
  Arthur H. Wicks (Acting)
  Walter J. Mahoney (Acting)
48 William Averell Harriman.jpg   Averell Harriman January 1, 1955 December 31, 1958 Democratic   George DeLuca 1
49 75px   Nelson Rockefeller January 1, 1959 December 18, 1973 Republican   Malcolm Wilson ​3 1⁄2
[note 22]
50 75px   Malcolm Wilson December 18, 1973 December 31, 1974 Republican   Warren M. Anderson (Acting) ​1⁄2
[note 12]
51 Hugh Carey - 1977 NFTA Report.jpg   Hugh Carey January 1, 1975 December 31, 1982 Democratic   Mary Anne Krupsak 2
  Mario Cuomo
52 75px   Mario Cuomo January 1, 1983 December 31, 1994 Democratic   Alfred DelBello 3
  Warren M. Anderson (Acting)
  Stan Lundine
53 Pataki cropped.JPG   George Pataki January 1, 1995 December 31, 2006 Republican   Betsy McCaughey Ross 3
  Mary O. Donohue
54 Eliot Spitzer.jpg   Eliot Spitzer January 1, 2007 March 17, 2008 Democratic   David Paterson ​1⁄2
[note 23]
55 75px   David Paterson March 17, 2008 December 31, 2010 Democratic   Joseph Bruno (Acting) ​1⁄2
[note 12]
  Dean Skelos (Acting)
  Malcolm Smith (Acting)
  Pedro Espada (Acting)
[note 24]
  Richard Ravitch (Contested)
[note 25]
  Malcolm Smith (Acting)
[note 26]
  Richard Ravitch
[note 27]
56 HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo.jpg   Andrew Cuomo January 1, 2011 Incumbent Democratic   Robert Duffy 2
[note 28]
  Kathy Hochul

Other high offices held

This is a table of congressional and other federal offices, and ranking diplomatic positions to foreign countries held by New York governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented New York.

* Denotes those offices for which the governor resigned the governorship.
† Denotes those offices from which the governor resigned to take the governorship.
Governor Gubernatorial term U.S. Congress Other offices held Source
House Senate
George Clinton 1777–1795
1801–1804		 Delegate to the Continental Congress, Vice President of the United States [20]
John Jay 1795–1801 President of the Continental Congress, U.S. Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Minister to Spain, Chief Justice of the United States† [21]
Daniel D. Tompkins 1807–1817 H Vice President of the United States* [22]
DeWitt Clinton 1817–1822
1825–1828		 S [23]
Nathaniel Pitcher 1828 H [24]
Martin Van Buren 1829 S† U.S. Secretary of State*, Minister to the United Kingdom, Vice President of the United States, President of the United States [25]
Enos T. Throop 1829–1832 H [26]
William L. Marcy 1833–1838 S† U.S. Secretary of War, U.S. Secretary of State [27]
William H. Seward 1839–1842 S U.S. Secretary of State [28]
Silas Wright 1845–1846 H S† [29]
John Young 1847–1848 H [30]
Hamilton Fish 1849–1850 H S U.S. Secretary of State [31]
Washington Hunt 1851–1852 H [32]
John Alsop King 1857–1858 H [33]
Edwin D. Morgan 1859–1862 S [34]
Reuben Fenton 1865–1868 H† S [35]
John Adams Dix 1873–1874 S Minister to France, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury [36]
Grover Cleveland 1883–1884 President of the United States* [37]
David B. Hill 1885–1891 S [38]
Roswell P. Flower 1892–1894 H [39]
Levi P. Morton 1895–1896 H Minister to France, Vice President of the United States [40]
Frank S. Black 1897–1898 H† [41]
Theodore Roosevelt 1899–1900 Vice President of the United States, President of the United States [42]
Benjamin B. Odell, Jr. 1901–1904 H [43]
Charles Evans Hughes 1907–1910 U.S. Secretary of State, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court*, Chief Justice of the United States.
William Sulzer 1913 H† [44]
Martin H. Glynn 1913–1914 H [45]
Franklin D. Roosevelt 1929–1932 President of the United States [46]
Herbert H. Lehman 1933–1942 S [47]
W. Averell Harriman 1955–1958 U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Ambassador to the Soviet Union [48]
Nelson Rockefeller 1959–1973 Vice President of the United States [49]
Hugh Carey 1975–1982 H† [50]
Andrew Cuomo 2011— U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Living former governors

As of May 2015, three former governors were alive, the oldest being George Pataki (1995–2007, born 1945). The most recent governor to die was Mario Cuomo (1983–1994), on January 1, 2015; he is also the most recently serving governor to have died.

Governor Gubernatorial term Date of birth (and age)
George Pataki 1995–2006 (1945-06-24) June 24, 1945 (age 79)
Eliot Spitzer 2007–2008 (1959-06-10) June 10, 1959 (age 65)
David Paterson 2008–2010 (1954-05-20) May 20, 1954 (age 71)

See also

Notes

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