# List of governors of New York by time in office

This article is a list of governors of New York by time in office.
In New York, the governor is elected to a four-year term, which is 1,461 days long. There is no term limit. Prior to 1938, governors were elected to a two-year term, which is 730 or 731 days long.
The longest-serving governor of New York is the first officeholder: George Clinton. The shortest-serving is Charles Poletti, who served for 29 days.

## List

If a governor served non-consecutive terms, their total time in office is counted. This list is accurate as of March 14, 2025
| Rank | Governor | Time in office (days) | Term(s) in office | Political party |
| 1 | George Clinton | 7,641 | July 30, 1777 – June 30, 1795 July 1, 1801 – June 30, 1804 | None Anti-Federalist Democratic-Republican |
| 2 | Nelson Rockefeller | 5,466 | January 1, 1959 – December 18, 1973 | Republican |
| 3 | Thomas E. Dewey | 4,383 | January 1, 1943 – December 31, 1954 | Republican |
| 3 | Mario Cuomo | 4,383 | January 1, 1983 – December 31, 1994 | Democratic |
| 3 | George Pataki | 4,383 | January 1, 1995 – December 31, 2006 | Republican |
| 6 | Andrew Cuomo | 3,888 | January 1, 2011 – August 23, 2021 | Democratic |
| 7 | Herbert H. Lehman | 3,624 | January 1, 1933 – December 3, 1942 | Democratic |
| 8 | Daniel D. Tompkins | 3,527 | July 1, 1807 – February 24, 1817 | Democratic-Republican |
| 9 | DeWitt Clinton | 3,147 | July 1, 1817 – December 31, 1822 January 1, 1825 – February 11, 1828 | Democratic-Republican |
| 10 | Al Smith | 2,923 | January 1, 1919 – December 31, 1920 January 1, 1923 – December 31, 1928 | Democratic |
| 11 | Hugh Carey | 2,922 | January 1, 1975 – December 31, 1982 | Democratic |
| 12 | David B. Hill | 2,551 | January 6, 1885 – December 31, 1891 | Democratic |
| 13 | John Jay | 2,191 | July 1, 1795 – June 30, 1801 | Federalist |
| 13 | William L. Marcy | 2,191 | January 1, 1833 – December 31, 1838 | Democratic |
| 15 | William H. Seward | 1,461 | January 1, 1839 – December 31, 1842 | Whig |
| 15 | Horatio Seymour | 1,461 | January 1, 1853 – December 31, 1854 January 1, 1863 – December 31, 1864 | Democratic |
| 15 | Edwin D. Morgan | 1,461 | January 1, 1859 – December 31, 1862 | Republican |
| 15 | Reuben Fenton | 1,461 | January 1, 1865 – December 31, 1868 | Republican |
| 15 | John T. Hoffman | 1,461 | January 1, 1869 – December 31, 1872 | Democratic |
| 15 | Benjamin Odell | 1,461 | January 1, 1901 – December 31, 1904 | Republican |
| 15 | Charles Seymour Whitman | 1,461 | January 1, 1915 – December 31, 1918 | Republican |
| 15 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1,461 | January 1, 1929 – December 31, 1932 | Democratic |
| 15 | W. Averell Harriman | 1,461 | January 1, 1955 – December 31, 1958 | Democratic |
| 24 | Enos T. Throop | 1,391 | March 12, 1829 – December 31, 1832 | Democratic |
| 25 | Charles Evans Hughes | 1,375 | January 1, 1907 – October 6, 1910 | Republican |
| 26 | Kathy Hochul | 1,299 | August 24, 2021 – present | Democratic |
| 27 | Alonzo B. Cornell | 1,096 | January 1, 1880 – December 31, 1882 | Republican |
| 27 | Roswell P. Flower | 1,096 | January 1, 1892 – December 31, 1894 | Democratic |
| 29 | Morgan Lewis | 1,095 | July 1, 1804 – June 30, 1807 | Democratic-Republican |
| 29 | Lucius Robinson | 1,095 | January 1, 1877 – December 31, 1879 | Democratic |
| 31 | David Paterson | 1,020 | March 17, 2008 – December 31, 2010 | Democratic |
| 32 | Grover Cleveland | 737 | January 1, 1883 – January 6, 1885 | Democratic |
| 33 | Joseph C. Yates | 731 | January 1, 1823 – December 31, 1824 | Democratic-Republican |
| 33 | William C. Bouck | 731 | January 1, 1843 – December 31, 1844 | Democratic |
| 33 | John Young | 731 | January 1, 1847 – December 31, 1848 | Whig |
| 33 | Washington Hunt | 731 | January 1, 1851 – December 31, 1852 | Whig |
| 33 | Myron H. Clark | 731 | January 1, 1855 – December 31, 1856 | Whig |
| 33 | Samuel J. Tilden | 731 | January 1, 1875 – December 31, 1876 | Democratic |
| 33 | Levi P. Morton | 731 | January 1, 1895 – December 31, 1896 | Republican |
| 33 | John Alden Dix | 731 | January 1, 1911 – December 31, 1912 | Democratic |
| 41 | Silas Wright | 730 | January 1, 1845 – December 31, 1846 | Democratic |
| 41 | Hamilton Fish | 730 | January 1, 1849 – December 31, 1850 | Whig |
| 41 | John A. King | 730 | January 1, 1857 – December 31, 1858 | Republican |
| 41 | John Adams Dix | 730 | January 1, 1873 – December 31, 1874 | Republican |
| 41 | Frank S. Black | 730 | January 1, 1897 – December 31, 1898 | Republican |
| 41 | Theodore Roosevelt | 730 | January 1, 1899 – December 31, 1900 | Republican |
| 41 | Frank W. Higgins | 730 | January 1, 1905 – December 31, 1906 | Republican |
| 41 | Nathan L. Miller | 730 | January 1, 1921 – December 31, 1922 | Republican |
| 49 | Eliot Spitzer | 442 | January 1, 2007 – March 17, 2008 | Democratic |
| 50 | Martin H. Glynn | 441 | October 17, 1913 – December 31, 1914 | Democratic |
| 51 | Malcolm Wilson | 379 | December 18, 1973 – December 31, 1974 | Republican |
| 52 | Nathaniel Pitcher | 325 | February 11, 1828 – December 31, 1828 | Democratic-Republican |
| 53 | William Sulzer | 290 | January 1, 1913 – October 17, 1913 | Democratic |
| 54 | John Tayler | 127 | February 24, 1817 – June 30, 1817 | Democratic-Republican |
| 55 | Horace White | 87 | October 6, 1910 – December 31, 1910 | Republican |
| 56 | Martin Van Buren | 71 | January 1, 1829 – March 12, 1829 | Democratic |
| 57 | Charles Poletti | 29 | December 3, 1942 – December 31, 1942 | Democratic |