# List of lieutenant governors of New York

This is a complete list of the people who have served as lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of New York.
The Lieutenant Governor of New York, who is the president of the New York State Senate, is the second-highest position in the New York state government; the officeholder is first in line to succeed to the governorship should the governor resign, die or be removed from office via impeachment conviction. The lieutenant governor also assumes the gubernatorial powers and duties as acting governor if the governor is unable to perform those powers and duties.
New York currently has the highest-paid lieutenant governor in the country, with an annual salary of $220,000 as of 2021. As of May 25, 2022, Antonio Delgado is lieutenant governor.

## List of lieutenant governors of New York

| | Portrait | Name | Name | Term in office | Party | Governor |
| | | | Pierre Van Cortlandt | July 30, 1777 – June 30, 1795 | Democratic-Republican Party | George Clinton |
| | | | Stephen Van Rensselaer | July 1, 1795 – June 30, 1801 | Federalist Party | John Jay |
| | | | Jeremiah Van Rensselaer | July 1, 1801 – June 30, 1804 | Democratic-Republican Party | George Clinton |
| | | | John Broome | July 1804 – August 8, 1810 | Democratic-Republican Party | Morgan Lewis |
| | | | John Broome | July 1804 – August 8, 1810 | Democratic-Republican Party | Daniel Tompkins |
| Office vacant from August 8, 1810 – January 29, 1811 | Office vacant from August 8, 1810 – January 29, 1811 | Office vacant from August 8, 1810 – January 29, 1811 | Office vacant from August 8, 1810 – January 29, 1811 | Office vacant from August 8, 1810 – January 29, 1811 | Office vacant from August 8, 1810 – January 29, 1811 | Daniel Tompkins |
| – | | | John Tayler | January 29 – May 2, 1811 | Democratic-Republican Party | Daniel Tompkins |
| | | | DeWitt Clinton | May 2, 1811 – July 1, 1813 | Democratic-Republican Party | Daniel Tompkins |
| | | | John Tayler | July 1, 1813 – February 24, 1817 | Democratic-Republican Party | Daniel Tompkins |
| – | | | Philetus Swift | February 24, 1817 – June 30, 1817 | Democratic-Republican Party | John Tayler (Acting) |
| | | | John Tayler | July 1, 1817 – December 31, 1822 | Democratic-Republican Party | DeWitt Clinton |
| | | | Erastus Root | January 1 – December 31, 1823 | Democratic-Republican Party | Joseph C. Yates |
| | | | James Tallmadge Jr. | January 1, 1825 – December 31, 1826 | Democratic-Republican Party | DeWitt Clinton |
| | | | Nathaniel Pitcher | January 1, 1827 – February 10, 1828 | Democratic-Republican Party | DeWitt Clinton |
| – | | | Peter R. Livingston | February 11 – October 17, 1828 | Democratic-Republican Party | Nathaniel Pitcher |
| – | | | Charles Dayan | October 17 – December 31, 1828 | Democratic-Republican Party | Nathaniel Pitcher |
| | | | Enos T. Throop | January 1 – March 12, 1829 | Democratic Party | Martin Van Buren |
| – | | | Charles Stebbins | 1829–1829 | Democratic Party | Enos T. Throop |
| – | | | William M. Oliver | 1830–1830 | Democratic Party | Enos T. Throop |
| | | | Edward P. Livingston | 1831–1832 | Democratic Party | Enos T. Throop |
| | | | John Tracy | January 1, 1831 – December 31, 1838 | Democratic Party | William L. Marcy |
| | | | Luther Bradish | January 1, 1839 – December 31, 1842 | Whig Party | William H. Seward |
| | | | Daniel S. Dickinson | January 1, 1843 – December 31, 1844 | Democratic Party | William C. Bouck |
| | | | Addison Gardiner | January 1, 1845 – July 5, 1847 | Democratic Party | Silas Wright |
| | | | Addison Gardiner | January 1, 1845 – July 5, 1847 | Democratic Party | John Young |
| – | | | Albert Lester | July 5 – December 31, 1847 | Whig Party | John Young |
| | | | Hamilton Fish | January 1 – December 31, 1848 | Whig Party | John Young |
| | | | George W. Patterson | January 1, 1849 – December 31, 1850 | Whig Party | Hamilton Fish |
| | | | Sanford E. Church | January 1, 1851 – December 31, 1854 | Democratic Party | Washington Hunt |
| | | | Sanford E. Church | January 1, 1851 – December 31, 1854 | Democratic Party | Horatio Seymour |
| | | | Henry J. Raymond | January 1, 1855 – December 31, 1856 | Whig Party | Myron H. Clark |
| | | | Henry R. Selden | January 1, 1857 – December 31, 1858 | Republican Party | John A. King |
| | | | Robert Campbell | January 1, 1859 – December 31, 1862 | Republican Party | Edwin D. Morgan |
| | | | David R. Floyd-Jones | January 1, 1863 – December 31, 1864 | Democratic Party | Horatio Seymour |
| | | | Thomas G. Alvord | January 1, 1865 – December 31, 1866 | Union Party | Reuben Fenton |
| | | | Stewart L. Woodford | January 1, 1867 – December 31, 1868 | Union Party | Reuben Fenton |
| | | | Allen C. Beach | January 1, 1869 – December 31, 1872 | Democratic Party | John T. Hoffman |
| | | | John C. Robinson | January 1, 1873 – December 31, 1874 | Republican Party | John A. Dix |
| | | | William Dorsheimer | January 1, 1875 – December 31, 1879 | Democratic Party | Samuel Tilden |
| | | | William Dorsheimer | January 1, 1875 – December 31, 1879 | Democratic Party | Lucius Robinson |
| | | | George G. Hoskins | January 1, 1880 – December 31, 1882 | Republican Party | Alonzo B. Cornell |
| | | | David B. Hill | January 1, 1883 – January 6, 1885 | Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland |
| – | | | Dennis McCarthy | January 6 – December 31, 1885 | Republican Party | David B. Hill |
| | | | Edward F. Jones | January 1, 1886 – December 31, 1891 | Democratic Party | David B. Hill |
| | | | William F. Sheehan | January 1, 1892 – December 31, 1894 | Democratic Party | Roswell P. Flower |
| | | | Charles T. Saxton | January 1, 1895 – December 31, 1896 | Republican Party | Levi P. Morton |
| | | | Timothy L. Woodruff | January 1, 1897 – December 31, 1902 | Republican Party | Frank S. Black |
| | | | Timothy L. Woodruff | January 1, 1897 – December 31, 1902 | Republican Party | Theodore Roosevelt |
| | | | Timothy L. Woodruff | January 1, 1897 – December 31, 1902 | Republican Party | Benjamin Odell |
| | | | Frank W. Higgins | January 1, 1903 – December 31, 1904 | Republican Party | Benjamin Odell |
| | | | Matthew L. Bruce | January 1, 1905 – December 5, 1906 | Republican Party | Frank W. Higgins |
| – | | | John Raines | December 5 – 31, 1906 | Republican Party | Frank W. Higgins |
| | | | Lewis S. Chanler | January 1, 1907 – December 31, 1908 | Democratic Party | Charles Evans Hughes |
| | | | Horace White | January 1, 1909 – October 6, 1910 | Republican Party | Charles Evans Hughes |
| – | | | George H. Cobb | October 6 – December 31, 1910 | Republican Party | Horace White |
| | | | Thomas F. Conway | January 1, 1911 – December 31, 1912 | Democratic Party | John A. Dix |
| | | | Martin H. Glynn | January 1 – October 17, 1913 | Democratic Party | William Sulzer |
| – | | | Robert F. Wagner | October 17, 1913 – December 31, 1914 | Democratic Party | Martin H. Glynn |
| | | | Edward Schoeneck | January 1, 1915 – December 31, 1918 | Republican Party | Charles S. Whitman |
| | | | Harry C. Walker | January 1, 1919 – December 31, 1920 | Democratic Party | Al Smith |
| | | | Jeremiah Wood | January 1, 1921 – September 26, 1922 | Republican Party | Nathan L. Miller |
| – | | | Clayton R. Lusk | September 26 – December 31, 1922 | Republican Party | Nathan L. Miller |
| | | | George R. Lunn | January 1, 1923 – December 31, 1924 | Democratic Party | Al Smith |
| | | | Seymour Lowman | January 1, 1925 – December 31, 1926 | Republican Party | Al Smith |
| | | | Edwin Corning | January 1, 1927 – December 31, 1928 | Democratic Party | Al Smith |
| | | | Herbert H. Lehman | January 1, 1929 – December 31, 1932 | Democratic Party | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| | | | M. William Bray | January 1, 1933 – December 31, 1938 | Democratic Party | Herbert H. Lehman |
| | | | Charles Poletti | January 1, 1939 – December 3, 1942 | Democratic Party | Herbert H. Lehman |
| – | | | Joe R. Hanley | December 3 – 31, 1942 | Republican Party | Charles Poletti |
| | | | Thomas W. Wallace | January 1 – November 2, 1943 | Republican Party | Thomas E. Dewey |
| | | | Joe R. Hanley | November 2, 1943 – December 31, 1950 | Republican Party | Thomas E. Dewey |
| | | | Frank C. Moore | January 1, 1950 – September 30, 1953 | Republican Party | Thomas E. Dewey |
| – | | | Arthur H. Wicks | September 30 – November 18, 1953 | Republican Party | Thomas E. Dewey |
| – | | | Walter J. Mahoney | November 18, 1953 – December 31, 1954 | Republican Party | Thomas E. Dewey |
| | | | George DeLuca | January 1, 1955 – December 31, 1958 | Democratic Party | W. Averell Harriman |
| | | | Malcolm Wilson | January 1, 1959 – December 18, 1973 | Republican Party | Nelson Rockefeller |
| – | | | Warren M. Anderson | December 18, 1973 – December 31, 1974 | Republican Party | Malcolm Wilson |
| | | | Mary Anne Krupsak | January 1, 1975 – December 31, 1978 | Democratic Party | Hugh Carey |
| | | | Mario Cuomo | January 1, 1979 – December 31, 1982 | Democratic Party | Hugh Carey |
| | | | Alfred DelBello | January 1, 1983 – February 1, 1985 | Democratic Party | Mario Cuomo |
| – | | | Warren M. Anderson | February 1, 1985 – December 31, 1986 | Republican Party | Mario Cuomo |
| | | | Stan Lundine | January 1, 1987 – December 31, 1994 | Democratic Party | Mario Cuomo |
| | | | Betsy McCaughey Ross | January 1, 1995 – December 31, 1998 | Republican Party | George Pataki |
| | | | Mary Donohue | January 1, 1999 – December 31, 2006 | Republican Party | George Pataki |
| | | | David Paterson | January 1, 2007 – March 17, 2008 | Democratic Party | Eliot Spitzer |
| – | | | Joseph Bruno | March 17 – June 24, 2008 | Republican Party | David Paterson |
| – | | | Dean Skelos | June 24 – December 31, 2008 | Republican Party | David Paterson |
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| – | | | Malcolm Smith | January 7 – June 8, 2009 | Democratic Party | David Paterson |
| – | | | Pedro Espada | June 8 – July 8, 2009 | Democratic Party | David Paterson |
| | | | Richard Ravitch | July 8, 2009 – December 31, 2010 | Democratic Party | David Paterson |
| | | | Robert Duffy | January 1, 2011 – December 31, 2014 | Democratic Party | Andrew Cuomo |
| | | | Kathy Hochul | January 1, 2015 – August 23, 2021 | Democratic Party | Andrew Cuomo |
| – | | | Andrea Stewart-Cousins | August 24 – September 9, 2021 | Democratic Party | Kathy Hochul |
| | | | Brian Benjamin | September 9, 2021 – April 12, 2022 | Democratic Party | Kathy Hochul |
| – | | | Andrea Stewart-Cousins | April 12 – May 25, 2022 | Democratic Party | Kathy Hochul |
| | | | Antonio Delgado | May 25, 2022 – Incumbent | Democratic Party | Kathy Hochul |