List of Governors of New York - wikipedia List of Governors of New York Andrew Cuomo, the 56th and current Governor of New York 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. The Governor has a duty to enforce state laws, to convene the New York legislature, the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the legislature, and to grant pardons, except in cases of treason and impeachment. 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 Constitution. The list does not include people who have acted as Governor when the Governor was out of state, such as Lieutenant Governor 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. 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 D. 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. Contents 1 Governors 2 List of Governors 3 Other high offices held 4 Living former Governors of New York 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 External links Governors New York was one of the original thirteen colonies on the east coast of North America, 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 the Governor was established by the first New York Constitution in 1777. The Governor was originally for a term of three years, though the constitution did not specify when the term began. A 1787 law set the start of the term at 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. An 1874 amendment extended the term of office back to three years, but the 1894 constitution again reduced it to two years. The most recent New York Constitution of 1938 extended the term to the current four years. There is no limit to the number of consecutive terms a Governor may serve. The Constitution has provided since 1777 for the election of a Lieutenant Governor of New York, who is ex officio President of the 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. 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. Should the office of Lieutenant Governor become vacant, the President pro tempore of the State Senate performs all the duties of the Lieutenant Governor until the vacancy is filled either at the next gubernatorial election or by appointment. 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 State Assembly is next in the line of succession. The Lieutenant Governor is elected on the same ticket as the Governor, since the 1954 election with a single joint vote cast for both offices, but is nominated separately. List of Governors Democratic - Republican ( 9 ) Federalist ( 1 ) Democratic ( 26 ) Whig ( 5 ) Republican ( 18 ) Governor Term of office Party Home county Term Lieutenant Governor George Clinton July 26, 1739 -- April 20, 1812 ( aged 72 ) July 30, 1777 -- June 30, 1795 Democratic -- Republican Ulster Pierre Van Cortlandt 5 6 John Jay December 12, 1745 -- May 17, 1829 ( aged 83 ) July 1, 1795 -- June 30, 1801 Federalist Westchester 7 Stephen Van Rensselaer 8 George Clinton July 26, 1739 -- April 20, 1812 ( aged 72 ) July 1, 1801 -- June 30, 1804 Democratic - Republican Ulster 9 Jeremiah Van Rensselaer Morgan Lewis October 16, 1754 -- April 7, 1844 ( aged 89 ) July 1, 1804 -- June 30, 1807 Democratic - Republican New York 10 John Broome Daniel D. Tompkins June 21, 1774 -- June 11, 1825 ( aged 50 ) July 1, 1807 -- February 24, 1817 Democratic - Republican Richmond 11 12 John Tayler DeWitt Clinton 13 John Tayler 5 John Tayler July 4, 1742 -- March 19, 1829 ( aged 86 ) ( Acting ) February 24, 1817 -- June 30, 1817 Democratic - Republican Albany Philetus Swift 6 DeWitt Clinton March 2, 1769 -- February 11, 1828 ( aged 58 ) July 1, 1817 -- December 31, 1822 Democratic - Republican New York 14 John Tayler 15 7 Joseph C. Yates November 9, 1768 -- March 19, 1837 ( aged 68 ) January 1, 1823 -- December 31, 1824 Democratic - Republican Schenectady 16 Erastus Root 6 DeWitt Clinton March 2, 1769 -- February 11, 1828 ( aged 58 ) January 1, 1825 -- February 11, 1828 Democratic - Republican New York 17 James Tallmadge, Jr. 18 Nathaniel Pitcher 8 Nathaniel Pitcher November 30, 1777 -- May 25, 1836 ( aged 58 ) February 11, 1828 -- December 31, 1828 Democratic - Republican Washington Peter R. Livingston Charles Dayan 9 Martin Van Buren December 5, 1782 -- July 24, 1862 ( aged 79 ) January 1, 1829 -- March 12, 1829 Democratic Columbia 19 Enos T. Throop 10 Enos T. Throop August 21, 1784 -- November 1, 1874 ( aged 90 ) March 12, 1829 -- December 31, 1832 Democratic Cayuga Charles Stebbins 20 William M. Oliver 21 Edward Philip Livingston 11 William L. Marcy December 12, 1786 -- July 4, 1857 ( aged 70 ) January 1, 1833 -- December 31, 1838 Democratic Albany 22 John Tracy 23 24 12 William H. Seward May 16, 1801 -- October 10, 1872 ( aged 71 ) January 1, 1839 -- December 31, 1842 Whig Cayuga 25 Luther Bradish 26 13 William C. Bouck January 7, 1786 -- April 19, 1859 ( aged 73 ) January 1, 1843 -- December 31, 1844 Democratic Schoharie 27 Daniel S. Dickinson 14 Silas Wright May 24, 1795 -- August 27, 1847 ( aged 52 ) January 1, 1845 -- December 31, 1846 Democratic St. Lawrence 28 Addison Gardiner 15 John Young June 12, 1802 -- April 23, 1852 ( aged 49 ) January 1, 1847 -- December 31, 1848 Whig Livingston 29 Addison Gardiner Albert Lester Hamilton Fish 16 Hamilton Fish August 3, 1808 -- September 7, 1893 ( aged 85 ) January 1, 1849 -- December 31, 1850 Whig New York 30 George W. Patterson 17 Washington Hunt August 5, 1811 -- February 2, 1867 ( aged 55 ) January 1, 1851 -- December 31, 1852 Whig Niagara 31 Sanford E. Church 18 Horatio Seymour May 31, 1810 -- February 12, 1886 ( aged 75 ) January 1, 1853 -- December 31, 1854 Democratic Oneida 32 Sanford E. Church 19 Myron H. Clark October 23, 1806 -- August 23, 1892 ( aged 85 ) January 1, 1855 -- December 31, 1856 Whig ( fusion ) Ontario 33 Henry Jarvis Raymond 20 John Alsop King January 3, 1788 -- July 7, 1867 ( aged 79 ) January 1, 1857 -- December 31, 1858 Republican Queens 34 Henry R. Selden 21 Edwin D. Morgan February 8, 1811 -- February 14, 1883 ( aged 72 ) January 1, 1859 -- December 31, 1862 Republican New York 35 Robert Campbell 36 18 Horatio Seymour May 31, 1810 -- February 12, 1886 ( aged 75 ) January 1, 1863 -- December 31, 1864 Democratic Oneida 37 David R. Floyd - Jones 22 Reuben Fenton July 4, 1819 -- August 25, 1885 ( aged 66 ) January 1, 1865 -- December 31, 1868 Union Chautauqua 38 Thomas G. Alvord 39 Stewart L. Woodford 23 John Thompson Hoffman January 10, 1828 -- March 24, 1888 ( aged 60 ) January 1, 1869 -- December 31, 1872 Democratic New York 40 Allen C. Beach 24 John Adams Dix July 24, 1798 -- April 21, 1879 ( aged 80 ) January 1, 1873 -- December 31, 1874 Republican Albany 41 John C. Robinson 25 Samuel J. Tilden February 9, 1814 -- August 4, 1886 ( aged 72 ) January 1, 1875 -- December 31, 1876 Democratic New York 42 William Dorsheimer 26 Lucius Robinson November 4, 1810 -- March 23, 1891 ( aged 80 ) January 1, 1877 -- December 31, 1879 Democratic Chemung 43 William Dorsheimer 27 Alonzo B. Cornell January 22, 1832 -- October 15, 1904 ( aged 72 ) January 1, 1880 -- December 31, 1882 Republican New York 44 George Gilbert Hoskins 28 Grover Cleveland March 18, 1837 -- June 24, 1908 ( aged 71 ) January 1, 1883 -- January 6, 1885 Democratic Erie 45 David B. Hill 29 David B. Hill August 29, 1843 -- October 20, 1910 ( aged 67 ) January 6, 1885 -- December 31, 1891 Democratic Chemung Dennis McCarthy 46 Edward F. Jones 47 30 Roswell P. Flower August 7, 1835 -- May 12, 1899 ( aged 63 ) January 1, 1892 -- December 31, 1894 Democratic Jefferson 48 William F. Sheehan 31 Levi P. Morton May 16, 1824 -- May 16, 1920 ( aged 96 ) January 1, 1895 -- December 31, 1896 Republican New York 49 Charles T. Saxton 32 Frank S. Black March 8, 1853 -- March 22, 1913 ( aged 60 ) January 1, 1897 -- December 31, 1898 Republican Fulton 50 Timothy L. Woodruff 33 Theodore Roosevelt October 27, 1858 -- January 6, 1919 ( aged 60 ) January 1, 1899 -- December 31, 1900 Republican New York 51 Timothy L. Woodruff 34 Benjamin Barker Odell January 14, 1854 -- May 9, 1926 ( aged 72 ) January 1, 1901 -- December 31, 1904 Republican Orange 52 Timothy L. Woodruff 53 Frank W. Higgins 35 Frank W. Higgins August 18, 1856 -- February 12, 1907 ( aged 50 ) January 1, 1905 -- December 31, 1906 Republican Allegany 54 M. Linn Bruce John Raines 36 Charles Evans Hughes April 11, 1862 -- August 27, 1948 ( aged 86 ) January 1, 1907 -- October 6, 1910 Republican New York 55 Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler 56 Horace White 37 Horace White October 7, 1865 -- November 27, 1943 ( aged 78 ) October 6, 1910 -- December 31, 1910 Republican Onondaga George H. Cobb 38 John Alden Dix December 25, 1860 -- April 9, 1928 ( aged 67 ) January 1, 1911 -- December 31, 1912 Democratic Washington 57 Thomas F. Conway 39 William Sulzer March 18, 1863 -- November 6, 1941 ( aged 78 ) January 1, 1913 -- October 17, 1913 Democratic New York 58 Martin H. Glynn 40 Martin H. Glynn September 27, 1871 -- December 14, 1924 ( aged 53 ) October 17, 1913 -- December 31, 1914 Democratic Albany Robert F. Wagner 41 Charles S. Whitman September 29, 1868 -- March 29, 1947 ( aged 78 ) January 1, 1915 -- December 31, 1918 Republican New York 59 Edward Schoeneck 60 42 Al Smith December 30, 1873 -- October 4, 1944 ( aged 70 ) January 1, 1919 -- December 31, 1920 Democratic New York 61 Harry C. Walker 43 Nathan L. Miller October 10, 1868 -- June 26, 1953 ( aged 84 ) January 1, 1921 -- December 31, 1922 Republican Cortland 62 Jeremiah Wood Clayton R. Lusk 42 Al Smith December 30, 1873 -- October 4, 1944 ( aged 70 ) January 1, 1923 -- December 31, 1928 Democratic New York 63 George R. Lunn 64 Seymour Lowman 65 Edwin Corning 44 Franklin D. Roosevelt January 30, 1882 -- April 12, 1945 ( aged 63 ) January 1, 1929 -- December 31, 1932 Democratic Dutchess 66 Herbert H. Lehman 67 45 Herbert H. Lehman March 28, 1878 -- December 5, 1963 ( aged 85 ) January 1, 1933 -- December 3, 1942 Democratic New York 68 M. William Bray 69 70 71 Charles Poletti 46 Charles Poletti July 2, 1903 -- August 8, 2002 ( aged 99 ) December 3, 1942 -- December 31, 1942 Democratic New York Joe R. Hanley 47 Thomas Dewey March 24, 1902 -- March 16, 1971 ( aged 68 ) January 1, 1943 -- December 31, 1954 Republican Dutchess 72 Thomas W. Wallace Joe R. Hanley 73 74 Frank C. Moore Arthur H. Wicks Walter J. Mahoney 48 W. Averell Harriman November 15, 1891 -- July 26, 1986 ( aged 94 ) January 1, 1955 -- December 31, 1958 Democratic New York 75 George DeLuca 49 Nelson Rockefeller July 8, 1908 -- January 26, 1979 ( aged 70 ) January 1, 1959 -- December 18, 1973 Republican Westchester 76 Malcolm Wilson 77 78 79 50 Malcolm Wilson February 26, 1914 -- March 13, 2000 ( aged 86 ) December 18, 1973 -- December 31, 1974 Republican Westchester Warren M. Anderson 51 Hugh Carey April 11, 1919 -- August 7, 2011 ( aged 92 ) January 1, 1975 -- December 31, 1982 Democratic Kings 80 Mary Anne Krupsak 81 Mario Cuomo 52 Mario Cuomo June 15, 1932 -- January 1, 2015 ( aged 82 ) January 1, 1983 -- December 31, 1994 Democratic New York 82 Alfred DelBello Warren M. Anderson 83 Stan Lundine 84 53 George Pataki ( 1945 - 06 - 24 ) June 24, 1945 ( age 72 ) January 1, 1995 -- December 31, 2006 Republican Putnam 85 Betsy McCaughey Ross 86 Mary O. Donohue 87 54 Eliot Spitzer ( 1959 - 06 - 10 ) June 10, 1959 ( age 58 ) January 1, 2007 -- March 17, 2008 Democratic New York 88 David Paterson 55 David Paterson ( 1954 - 05 - 20 ) May 20, 1954 ( age 63 ) March 17, 2008 -- December 31, 2010 Democratic New York Joseph Bruno Dean Skelos Malcolm Smith Pedro Espada Richard Ravitch ( Contested ) Malcolm Smith Richard Ravitch 56 Andrew Cuomo ( 1957 - 12 - 06 ) December 6, 1957 ( age 60 ) January 1, 2011 -- Incumbent Democratic Westchester 89 Robert Duffy 90 Kathy Hochul Italics denote that Governor or Lieutenant Governor was acting. 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 John Jay 1795 -- 1801 President of the Continental Congress, U.S. Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Minister to Spain, Chief Justice of the United States † Daniel D. Tompkins 1807 -- 1817 Vice President of the United States * DeWitt Clinton 1817 -- 1822 1825 -- 1828 Nathaniel Pitcher 1828 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 Enos T. Throop 1829 -- 1832 William L. Marcy 1833 -- 1838 S † U.S. Secretary of War, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward 1839 -- 1842 U.S. Secretary of State Silas Wright 1845 -- 1846 S † John Young 1847 -- 1848 Hamilton Fish 1849 -- 1850 U.S. Secretary of State Washington Hunt 1851 -- 1852 John Alsop King 1857 -- 1858 Edwin D. Morgan 1859 -- 1862 Reuben Fenton 1865 -- 1868 H † John Adams Dix 1873 -- 1874 Minister to France, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Grover Cleveland 1883 -- 1884 President of the United States * David B. Hill 1885 -- 1891 Roswell P. Flower 1892 -- 1894 Levi P. Morton 1895 -- 1896 Minister to France, Vice President of the United States Frank S. Black 1897 -- 1898 H † Theodore Roosevelt 1899 -- 1900 Vice President of the United States, President of the United States Benjamin B. Odell, Jr. 1901 -- 1904 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 † Martin H. Glynn 1913 -- 1914 Franklin D. Roosevelt 1929 -- 1932 President of the United States Herbert H. Lehman 1933 -- 1942 W. Averell Harriman 1955 -- 1958 U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Ambassador to the Soviet Union Nelson Rockefeller 1959 -- 1973 Vice President of the United States Hugh Carey 1975 -- 1982 H † Andrew Cuomo 2011 -- U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Living former Governors of New York As of January 2017, there are three living former Governors of New York, the oldest being George Pataki ( served from 1995 to 2006, born 1945 ). The most recent Governor to die was Mario Cuomo ( served from 1983 to 1994, born 1932 ), 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 72 ) Eliot Spitzer 2007 -- 2008 ( 1959 - 06 - 10 ) June 10, 1959 ( age 58 ) David Paterson 2008 -- 2010 ( 1954 - 05 - 20 ) May 20, 1954 ( age 63 ) See also New York gubernatorial elections List of colonial governors of New York Notes Jump up ^ The state constitutions refer to this position as the `` temporary president of the senate ''. Jump up ^ On September 22, 2009, the New York Court of Appeals upheld the right of the Governor to appoint a Lieutenant Governor to fill the vacancy. Jump up ^ Resigned to be Vice President of the United States. Jump up ^ Under the Constitution of 1777, Tayler was acting governor until the end of the legislative year. Jump up ^ As per an 1874 amendment to the constitution ( taking effect January 1, 1875 ), Robinson 's term was the first to last three years instead of two. As Tilden had been elected prior to the amendment taking effect, he served the old two - year term. Jump up ^ Resigned to be President of the United States. Jump up ^ As per the 1894 constitution, Morton 's term was the first to last two years instead of three. Jump up ^ Resigned to be an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Jump up ^ Impeached and removed from office for campaign contribution fraud. Jump up ^ As per the 1938 constitution, Lehman 's fourth term, commencing January 1, 1939, was the first scheduled to last four years instead of two. Jump up ^ Resigned to be Director of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations at the U.S. Department of State Jump up ^ Rockefeller resigned to devote himself to his Commission on Critical Choices for Americans. Jump up ^ Spitzer resigned due to a prostitution scandal Jump up ^ Espada is a Democrat, but combined with the Republicans in a change of leadership which triggered the 2009 New York State Senate leadership crisis. 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Answer: George Clinton