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This is a list of the Governors of the State of New York The governor is the highest executive office of the state and was established by the first New York State Constitution in 1777. The governor was originally elected in April for a term of three years, beginning on July 1.
The New York State Constitutional Convention of 1821 amended the state constitution, reducing the term of office to two years, moving the election to November, and moving the beginning and the end of the term to coincide with the calendar year. Successive amendments have changed the length of the term: in 1877, the term in office was extended again to three years, in 1895 it was reduced to two years, and in 1938 it was extended to the current four years.
In the order of succession, in the event of the death, resignation or impeachment of the governor, the lieutenant governor ascends to the office of governor.[1] The Constitution of the State of New York does not provide for the lieutenant governor to be replaced until the next election.[2]
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. For the revolutionary government between 1775 and 1777 see New York Provincial Congress.
The current governor is Eliot Spitzer, although he has announced his resignation effective March 17 2008. Upon Spitzer's resignation, it is expected that Lieutenant Governor David Paterson will be sworn in as the state's 55th governor.
List of governors
Notes
Living former governors
As of March 2008, four former governors were alive, the oldest being Hugh Carey (1975–1982, born 1919). The most recent governor to die was Charles Poletti (1942), on August 8 2002. The most recently-serving governor to die was Malcolm Wilson (1973–1974), on March 13 2000.
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.
Other high offices held
This is a table of congressional and other federal offices held by governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented New York. * denotes those offices which the governor resigned to take.
| Name |
Gubernatorial term |
U.S. Congress |
Other offices held |
| House |
Senate |
| George Clinton |
1777–1795, 1801–1804 |
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Delegate to the Continental Congress, Vice President of the United States |
| John Jay |
1795–1801 |
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President of the Continental Congress, U.S. Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador to Spain, Chief Justice of the United States |
| Daniel D. Tompkins |
1807–1817 |
H |
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Vice President of the United States* |
| DeWitt Clinton |
1817–1822, 1825–1828 |
|
S |
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| Nathaniel Pitcher |
1828 |
H |
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| Martin Van Buren |
1829 |
|
S |
U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Vice President of the United States, President of the United States* |
| Enos T. Throop |
1829–1832 |
H |
|
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| William L. Marcy |
1833–1838 |
|
S |
U.S. Secretary of War, U.S. Secretary of State |
| William H. Seward |
1839–1842 |
|
S |
U.S. Secretary of State |
| Silas Wright |
1845–1845 |
H |
S |
|
| John Young |
1847–1848 |
H |
|
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| Hamilton Fish |
1849–1850 |
H |
S |
U.S. Secretary of State |
| Washington Hunt |
1851–1852 |
H |
|
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| John Alsop King |
1857–1858 |
H |
|
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| Edwin D. Morgan |
1859–1862 |
|
S |
|
| Reuben Fenton |
1865–1868 |
H |
S |
|
| John Adams Dix |
1873–1874 |
|
S |
Ambassador to France, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury |
| Grover Cleveland |
1883–1884 |
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President of the United States* |
| David B. Hill |
1885–1891 |
|
S |
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| Roswell P. Flower |
1892–1894 |
H |
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| Levi P. Morton |
1895–1896 |
H |
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Ambassador to France, Vice President of the United States |
| Frank S. Black |
1897–1898 |
H |
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| Theodore Roosevelt |
1899–1900 |
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Vice President of the United States, President of the United States |
| Benjamin B. Odell, Jr. |
1901–1904 |
H |
|
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| Charles Evans Hughes |
1907–1910 |
|
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U.S. Secretary of State, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court*, Chief Justice of the United States. |
| William Sulzer |
1913 |
H |
|
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| Martin H. Glynn |
1913–1914 |
H |
|
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| Franklin D. Roosevelt |
1929–1932 |
|
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President of the United States |
| Herbert H. Lehman |
1933–1942 |
|
S |
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| W. Averell Harriman |
1955–1958 |
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U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Ambassador to the United Kingdom |
| Nelson Rockefeller |
1959–1973 |
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Vice President of the United States |
| Hugh Carey |
1975–1982 |
H |
|
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See also
External links
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