Lieutenant Governor
Which position did John Tayler hold from 1813 to Feb 1817?
John Tayler John Tayler ( July 4 , 1742 – March 19 , 1829 ) was a merchant and politician . He served nine years as Lieutenant Governor of New York , four months as the fifth Governor of New York , and also in both houses of the New York State Legislature . Life . He was a trader , farmer , and shopkeeper in Albany , New York . He married Margarita Van Valkenburgh in 1764 . Tayler was a Patriot during the Revolutionary War . He was drawn into public service for the Colonies . He was a member from Albany County in the New York State Assembly from 1777 to 1779 , in 1780–81 , and from 1785 to 1787 . He was appointed City Recorder ( Deputy Mayor ) of Albany in 1793 , and First Judge of the Albany County Court in 1797 . In 1798 , he ran for U.S . Senator from New York , but was defeated by Federalist James Watson . He served in the New York State Senate from 1804 to 1813 . On January 29 , 1811 , he was elected President pro tempore of the State Senate and was Acting Lieutenant Governor , Lt . Gov . John Broome having died in August 1810 . He served until the end of June 1811 when he was succeeded by DeWitt Clinton who had been elected Lt . Gov . in a special election under the provisions of Article XX of the New York State Constitution of 1777 . Tayler was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1813 , and re-elected in 1816 , on the ticket with Daniel D . Tompkins . After Tompkins resignation to assume the office of Vice President of the United States , Tayler served as Acting Governor from February 24 to June 30 , 1817 . Article XVII of the New York State Constitution of 1777 states ...as often as the seat of government shall become vacant , a wise and descreet freeholder of this State shall be , by ballot , elected governor... , which elections shall be always held at the times and places of choosing representatives in assembly.. . This meant that , whenever a vacancy occurred , the Lt . Gov . did not succeed to the governors office but administrated the state only until the end of the yearly term of the New York State Assembly on June 30 , the successor being elected in April . This was the only occurrence of a vacancy of the governors office under this Constitution , and in April 1817 DeWitt Clinton was elected Governor . Tayler was re-elected Lt . Gov . and re-elected in 1820 . The duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr in 1804 is linked to comments spoken by Hamilton at Taylers home in Albany , which were related in a letter written by Taylers son-in-law , Dr . Charles D . Cooper , which was later published in an Albany newspaper . Tayler was a presidential elector in 1828 , voting for Andrew Jackson and John C . Calhoun . Tayler died on March 19 , 1829 , in Albany . He was buried in Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands , New York . Sources . - The People of Colonial Albany – John Tayler - The Political Graveyard