Governors and Lieutenant Governors of New York, 1777-present

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Governors and Lieutenant Governors of New York
(1777 - Present)

The highest executive officer for the State of New York is the Governor. Originally elected for two year terms, the term was extended to three years in 1877. In 1895 the term was reduced to two years again. Then in 1938 the term was extended to the current four year term.

Submitted by Melissa Rodriguez
Source: N.Y. State Governor's website

Governor

Home Town
(According to the official N.Y. State Governor's website)

Term

Party

Lt. Governor(s)

George Clinton
(26 Jul 1739 - 20 Apr 1812)

Ulster County

1777-1795

Democratic-Republican

Pierre Van Cortlandt

John Jay
(12 Dec 1745 - 17 May 1829)

New York City

1795-1801

Federalist

Stephen Van Rensselaer

George Clinton
(26 Jul 1739 - 20 Apr 1812)

Ulster County

1801-1804

Democratic-Republican

Jeremiah Van Rensselaer

Morgan Lewis
(16 Oct 1754 - 7 Apr 1844)

Dutchess County

1804-1807

Democratic-Republican

John Broome

Daniel D. Tompkins
(21 Jun 1774 - 11 Jun 1825)

Richmond County

1807-1817

Democratic-Republican

John Broome (-1811)
John Tayler (1811)
DeWitt Clinton (1811-1813)
John Tayler (1813-)

John Tayler
(4 Jul 1742 - 19 Mar 1829)
Lieutenant Governor, Acting Governor

Albany

1817

Democratic-Republican

Vacant

De Witt Clinton
(2 Mar 1769 - 11 Feb 1828)

New York City

1817-1823

Democratic-Republican

John Tayler

Joseph C. Yates
(9 Nov 1768 - 19 Mar 1837)

Schenectady

1823-1825

Democratic-Republican

Erastus Root

De Witt Clinton
(2 Mar 1769 - 11 Feb 1828)

New York City

1825-1828

Clinton Republican

James Tallmadge, Jr. (-1827)
Nathaniel Pitcher (1827-)

Nathaniel Pitcher
(1777 - 1836)
Lieutanant Governor, Acting Governor

Sandy Hill

1828-1829

Democratic-Republican

Peter R. Livingston (1828)
Charles Dayan (1828)

Martin Van Buren
(5 Dec 1782 - 24 Jul 1862)

Kinderhook

1829

Jacksonian Democratic

Enos T. Throop

Enos T. Throop
(21 Aug 1784 - 1 Nov 1874)
Lieutenant Governor. Became Governor after Van Buren's resignation in 1829. Then elected November 1830 for a full term.

Auburn

1829-1833

Jacksonian Democratic

Charles Stebbins (-1831)
William M. Oliver (1831)
Edward P. Livingston (1831-)

William L. Marcy
(12 Dec 1786 - 4 Jul 1857)

Troy

1833-1839

Democratic

John Tracy (-1835)
Luther Bradish (1835-1836)
John Tracy (1836-37)
Luther Bradish (1837-)

William H. Seward
(16 May 1801 – 10 Oct 1872)

Auburn

1839-1843

Whig

Luther Bradish

William C. Bouck
(1796 – 1859)

Fultonham

1843-1845

Democratic

Daniel S. Dickinson

Silas Wright
(24 May 1795 – 27 Aug 1847)

Canton

1845-1847

Democratic

Addison Gardiner

John Young
(12 Jun 1802 – 23 Apr 1852)

Geneseo

1847-1849

Whig

Addison Gardiner (1847)
Hamilton Fish (1849)

Hamilton Fish
(3 Aug 1808 – 7 Sep 1893)

New York City

1849-1851

Whig

George Washington Patterson

Washington Hunt
(1811 – 1867)

Lockport

1851-1853

Whig Anti-Rent

Sanford E. Church

Horatio Seymour
(31 May 1810 – 12 Feb 1886)

Deerfield

1853-1855

Democratic

Sanford E. Church

Myron H. Clark
(1806 – 1892)

Canandaigua

1855-1857

Fusion Republican

Henry J. Raymond

John A. King
(1788 – 1867)

Queens County

1857-1859

Republican

Henry R. Selden

Edwin D. Morgan
(8 Feb 1811 – 14 Feb 1883)

New York City

1859-1863

Republican

Robert Campbell

Horatio Seymour
(31 May 1810 – 12 Feb 1886)

Deerfield

1863-1865

Democratic

David R. Floyd-Jones

Reuben E. Fenton
(4 Jul 1819 – 15 Aug 1885)

Frewsburg

1865-1869

Union

Thomas G. Alvord (-1867)
Stewart L. Woodford (1867-)

John T. Hoffman
(10 Jan 1828 – 24 Mar 1888)

New York City

1869-1873

Democratic

Allen C. Beach

John Adams Dix
(24 Jul 1798 – 21 Apr 1879)

New York City

1873-1875

Republican

John Cleveland Robinson

Samuel J. Tilden
(9 Feb 1814 – 4 Aug 1886)

New York City

1875-1877

Democratic

William Dorsheimer

Lucius Robinson
(4 Nov 1810 – 23 May 1886)

Elmira

1877-1880

Democratic

William Dorsheimer

Alonzo B. Cornell
(22 Jan 1832 – 15 Oct 1904)

New York City

1880-1883

Republican

George Gilbert Hoskins

Grover Cleveland
(18 Mar 1837 – 24 Jun 1908)
Elected President in 1884. Resigned as Governor, January 6, 1885.

Buffalo

1883-1885

Democratic

David B. Hill

David B. Hill
(29 Aug 1843 – 20 Oct 1910)
Lieutenant Governor. Became Governor upon Cleveland's resignation in 1885. Then elected to two full terms.

Elmira

1885-1891

Democratic

Dennis McCarthy (1885)
Edward F. Jones (1885-)

Roswell P. Flower
(7 Aug 1835 – 12 May 1899)

New York City

1891-1895

Democratic

William F. Sheehan

Levi P. Morton
(16 May 1824 – 16 May 1920)

Rhinecliff

1895-1897

Republican

Charles T. Saxton

Frank S. Black
(8 Mar 1853 – 22 Mar 1913)

Troy

1897-1899

Republican

Timothy L. Woodruff

Theodore Roosevelt
(27 Oct 1858 – 6 Jan 1919)

Oyster Bay

1899-1897

Republican

Timothy L. Woodruff

Benjamin B. Odell, Jr.
(14 Jan 1854 – 9 May 1926)

Newburgh

1897-1899

Republican

Timothy L. Woodruff (-1903)
Frank W. Higgins (1903-)

Frank W. Higgins
(18 Aug 1856 – 12 Feb 1907)

Olean

1899-1897

Republican

M. Linn Bruce

Charles Evans Hughes
(11 Apr 1862 – 27 Aug 1948)
Appointed Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Resigned the office of Governor on October 6, 1910.

New York City

1897-1910

Republican

Lewis S. Chanler (-1909)
Horace White (1909-)

Horace White
(7 Oct 1865 – 26 Nov 1943)
Lieutenant Governor. Became Governor upon Hughes' resignation.

Syracuse

1910-1911

Republican

George H. Cobb

John Alden Dix
(25 Dec 1860 – 9 Apr 1928)

Thompson

1911-1913

Democratic

Thomas F. Conway

William Sulzer
(18 Mar 1863 – 6 Nov 1941)
Succeeded Sulzer, who was removed from office.

New York City

1913

Democratic

Martin H. Glynn

Martin H. Glynn
(27 Sep 1871 – 14 Dec 1924)

Albany

1913-1915

Democratic

Robert F. Wagner

Charles S. Whitman
(29 Sep 1868 – 29 Mar 1947)

New York City

1915-1919

Republican

Edward Schoeneck

Alfred E. Smith
(30 Dec 1873 – 4 Oct 1944)

New York City

1919-1921

Democratic

Harry C. Walker

Nathan L. Miller
(30 Jan 1882 – 12 Apr 1945)

Syracuse

1921-1923

Republican

Jeremiah Wood

Alfred E. Smith
(30 Dec 1873 – 4 Oct 1944)

New York City

1923-1929

Democratic

George R. Lunn (-1925)
Seymour Lowman (1925-27)
Edwin Corning (1927-)

Franklin D. Roosevelt
(30 Jan 1882 – 12 Apr 1945)

Hyde Park

1929-1933

Democratic

Herbert H. Lehman

Herbert H. Lehman
(28 Mar 1878 – 5 Dec 1963)

New York City

1933-1942

Democratic

M. William Bray (-1939)
Charles Poletti (1939-)

Charles Poletti
(2 Jul 1903 – 8 Aug 2002)
Lieutenant Governor. Became Governor upon Lehman's resignation.

New York City

1942-1943

Democratic

Thomas W. Wallace

Thomas E. Dewey
(24 Mar 1902 – 16 Mar 1971)

New York City

1943-1955

Republican

Joe R. Hanley (-1951)
Frank C. Moore (1951-)

W. Averell Harriman
(15 Nov 1891 – 26 Jul 1986)

Harriman

1955-1959

Democratic

George De Luca

Nelson A. Rockefeller
(8 July 1908 – 26 Jan 1979)

Tarrytown

1959-1973

Republican

Malcolm Wilson

Malcolm Wilson
(26 Feb 1914 – 13 Mar 2000)
Lieutenant Governor. Became Governor upon Rockefeller's resignation.

Yonkers

1973-1975

Republican

Warren M. Anderson

Hugh L. Carey
(11 Apr 1919 - )

Brooklyn

1975-1983

Democratic

Mary Anne Krupsak (-1979)
Mario M. Cuomo (1979-)

Mario M. Cuomo
(15 Jun 1932 - )

Queens

1983-1995

Democratic

Alfred B. DelBello (-1985)
Warren M. Anderson (1985-1987)
Stanley Nelson Lundine (1987-)

George E. Pataki
(24 Jun 1945 - )

Garrison

1995-2007

Republican

Betsy McCaughey Ross (-1999)
Mary O. Donohue (1999-)

Eliot Spitzer
(10 June 1959 - )

The Bronx

2007 - 2008

Democratic

David Paterson

David Paterson
(20 May 1954 - )
Lieutenant Governor.
Became Governor upon
Spitzer's resignation.

Brooklyn

2008 - 2010

Democratic

Joseph Bruno (Acting)

Andrew Cuomo

Queens

2010

Democratic

Robert Duffy

Governor	Home Town (According to the official N.Y. State Governor's website)	Term	Party	Lt. Governor(s)
George Clinton (26 Jul 1739 - 20 Apr 1812)	Ulster County	1777-1795	Democratic-Republican	Pierre Van Cortlandt
John Jay (12 Dec 1745 - 17 May 1829)	New York City	1795-1801	Federalist	Stephen Van Rensselaer
George Clinton (26 Jul 1739 - 20 Apr 1812)	Ulster County	1801-1804	Democratic-Republican	Jeremiah Van Rensselaer
Morgan Lewis (16 Oct 1754 - 7 Apr 1844)	Dutchess County	1804-1807	Democratic-Republican	John Broome
Daniel D. Tompkins (21 Jun 1774 - 11 Jun 1825)	Richmond County	1807-1817	Democratic-Republican	John Broome (-1811) John Tayler (1811) DeWitt Clinton (1811-1813) John Tayler (1813-)
John Tayler (4 Jul 1742 - 19 Mar 1829) Lieutenant Governor, Acting Governor	Albany	1817	Democratic-Republican	Vacant
De Witt Clinton (2 Mar 1769 - 11 Feb 1828)	New York City	1817-1823	Democratic-Republican	John Tayler
Joseph C. Yates (9 Nov 1768 - 19 Mar 1837)	Schenectady	1823-1825	Democratic-Republican	Erastus Root
De Witt Clinton (2 Mar 1769 - 11 Feb 1828)	New York City	1825-1828	Clinton Republican	James Tallmadge, Jr. (-1827) Nathaniel Pitcher (1827-)
Nathaniel Pitcher (1777 - 1836) Lieutanant Governor, Acting Governor	Sandy Hill	1828-1829	Democratic-Republican	Peter R. Livingston (1828) Charles Dayan (1828)
Martin Van Buren (5 Dec 1782 - 24 Jul 1862)	Kinderhook	1829	Jacksonian Democratic	Enos T. Throop
Enos T. Throop (21 Aug 1784 - 1 Nov 1874) Lieutenant Governor. Became Governor after Van Buren's resignation in 1829. Then elected November 1830 for a full term.	Auburn	1829-1833	Jacksonian Democratic	Charles Stebbins (-1831) William M. Oliver (1831) Edward P. Livingston (1831-)
William L. Marcy (12 Dec 1786 - 4 Jul 1857)	Troy	1833-1839	Democratic	John Tracy (-1835) Luther Bradish (1835-1836) John Tracy (1836-37) Luther Bradish (1837-)
William H. Seward (16 May 1801 – 10 Oct 1872)	Auburn	1839-1843	Whig	Luther Bradish
William C. Bouck (1796 – 1859)	Fultonham	1843-1845	Democratic	Daniel S. Dickinson
Silas Wright (24 May 1795 – 27 Aug 1847)	Canton	1845-1847	Democratic	Addison Gardiner
John Young (12 Jun 1802 – 23 Apr 1852)	Geneseo	1847-1849	Whig	Addison Gardiner (1847) Hamilton Fish (1849)
Hamilton Fish (3 Aug 1808 – 7 Sep 1893)	New York City	1849-1851	Whig	George Washington Patterson
Washington Hunt (1811 – 1867)	Lockport	1851-1853	Whig Anti-Rent	Sanford E. Church
Horatio Seymour (31 May 1810 – 12 Feb 1886)	Deerfield	1853-1855	Democratic	Sanford E. Church
Myron H. Clark (1806 – 1892)	Canandaigua	1855-1857	Fusion Republican	Henry J. Raymond
John A. King (1788 – 1867)	Queens County	1857-1859	Republican	Henry R. Selden
Edwin D. Morgan (8 Feb 1811 – 14 Feb 1883)	New York City	1859-1863	Republican	Robert Campbell
Horatio Seymour (31 May 1810 – 12 Feb 1886)	Deerfield	1863-1865	Democratic	David R. Floyd-Jones
Reuben E. Fenton (4 Jul 1819 – 15 Aug 1885)	Frewsburg	1865-1869	Union	Thomas G. Alvord (-1867) Stewart L. Woodford (1867-)
John T. Hoffman (10 Jan 1828 – 24 Mar 1888)	New York City	1869-1873	Democratic	Allen C. Beach
John Adams Dix (24 Jul 1798 – 21 Apr 1879)	New York City	1873-1875	Republican	John Cleveland Robinson
Samuel J. Tilden (9 Feb 1814 – 4 Aug 1886)	New York City	1875-1877	Democratic	William Dorsheimer
Lucius Robinson (4 Nov 1810 – 23 May 1886)	Elmira	1877-1880	Democratic	William Dorsheimer
Alonzo B. Cornell (22 Jan 1832 – 15 Oct 1904)	New York City	1880-1883	Republican	George Gilbert Hoskins
Grover Cleveland (18 Mar 1837 – 24 Jun 1908) Elected President in 1884. Resigned as Governor, January 6, 1885.	Buffalo	1883-1885	Democratic	David B. Hill
David B. Hill (29 Aug 1843 – 20 Oct 1910) Lieutenant Governor. Became Governor upon Cleveland's resignation in 1885. Then elected to two full terms.	Elmira	1885-1891	Democratic	Dennis McCarthy (1885) Edward F. Jones (1885-)
Roswell P. Flower (7 Aug 1835 – 12 May 1899)	New York City	1891-1895	Democratic	William F. Sheehan
Levi P. Morton (16 May 1824 – 16 May 1920)	Rhinecliff	1895-1897	Republican	Charles T. Saxton
Frank S. Black (8 Mar 1853 – 22 Mar 1913)	Troy	1897-1899	Republican	Timothy L. Woodruff
Theodore Roosevelt (27 Oct 1858 – 6 Jan 1919)	Oyster Bay	1899-1897	Republican	Timothy L. Woodruff
Benjamin B. Odell, Jr. (14 Jan 1854 – 9 May 1926)	Newburgh	1897-1899	Republican	Timothy L. Woodruff (-1903) Frank W. Higgins (1903-)
Frank W. Higgins (18 Aug 1856 – 12 Feb 1907)	Olean	1899-1897	Republican	M. Linn Bruce
Charles Evans Hughes (11 Apr 1862 – 27 Aug 1948) Appointed Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Resigned the office of Governor on October 6, 1910.	New York City	1897-1910	Republican	Lewis S. Chanler (-1909) Horace White (1909-)
Horace White (7 Oct 1865 – 26 Nov 1943) Lieutenant Governor. Became Governor upon Hughes' resignation.	Syracuse	1910-1911	Republican	George H. Cobb
John Alden Dix (25 Dec 1860 – 9 Apr 1928)	Thompson	1911-1913	Democratic	Thomas F. Conway
William Sulzer (18 Mar 1863 – 6 Nov 1941) Succeeded Sulzer, who was removed from office.	New York City	1913	Democratic	Martin H. Glynn
Martin H. Glynn (27 Sep 1871 – 14 Dec 1924)	Albany	1913-1915	Democratic	Robert F. Wagner
Charles S. Whitman (29 Sep 1868 – 29 Mar 1947)	New York City	1915-1919	Republican	Edward Schoeneck
Alfred E. Smith (30 Dec 1873 – 4 Oct 1944)	New York City	1919-1921	Democratic	Harry C. Walker
Nathan L. Miller (30 Jan 1882 – 12 Apr 1945)	Syracuse	1921-1923	Republican	Jeremiah Wood
Alfred E. Smith (30 Dec 1873 – 4 Oct 1944)	New York City	1923-1929	Democratic	George R. Lunn (-1925) Seymour Lowman (1925-27) Edwin Corning (1927-)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (30 Jan 1882 – 12 Apr 1945)	Hyde Park	1929-1933	Democratic	Herbert H. Lehman
Herbert H. Lehman (28 Mar 1878 – 5 Dec 1963)	New York City	1933-1942	Democratic	M. William Bray (-1939) Charles Poletti (1939-)
Charles Poletti (2 Jul 1903 – 8 Aug 2002) Lieutenant Governor. Became Governor upon Lehman's resignation.	New York City	1942-1943	Democratic	Thomas W. Wallace
Thomas E. Dewey (24 Mar 1902 – 16 Mar 1971)	New York City	1943-1955	Republican	Joe R. Hanley (-1951) Frank C. Moore (1951-)
W. Averell Harriman (15 Nov 1891 – 26 Jul 1986)	Harriman	1955-1959	Democratic	George De Luca
Nelson A. Rockefeller (8 July 1908 – 26 Jan 1979)	Tarrytown	1959-1973	Republican	Malcolm Wilson
Malcolm Wilson (26 Feb 1914 – 13 Mar 2000) Lieutenant Governor. Became Governor upon Rockefeller's resignation.	Yonkers	1973-1975	Republican	Warren M. Anderson
Hugh L. Carey (11 Apr 1919 - )	Brooklyn	1975-1983	Democratic	Mary Anne Krupsak (-1979) Mario M. Cuomo (1979-)
Mario M. Cuomo (15 Jun 1932 - )	Queens	1983-1995	Democratic	Alfred B. DelBello (-1985) Warren M. Anderson (1985-1987) Stanley Nelson Lundine (1987-)
George E. Pataki (24 Jun 1945 - )	Garrison	1995-2007	Republican	Betsy McCaughey Ross (-1999) Mary O. Donohue (1999-)
Eliot Spitzer (10 June 1959 - )	The Bronx	2007 - 2008	Democratic	David Paterson
David Paterson (20 May 1954 - ) Lieutenant Governor. Became Governor upon Spitzer's resignation.	Brooklyn	2008 - 2010	Democratic	Joseph Bruno (Acting)
Andrew Cuomo	Queens	2010	Democratic	Robert Duffy

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