List of governors of New York

This is a list of people who served as the governor of New York.

 List of governors 
+GovernorTerm in officeTime in officePartyElectionLieutenant Governor198x98px George Clinton–
June 30, 1795
(not candidate for election)Democratic–
Republican1777 Pierre Van Cortlandt17801783178617891792293x93pxJohn Jay–
June 30, 1801
(not candidate for election)Federalist1795Stephen Van Rensselaer1798398x98pxGeorge Clinton–
June 30, 1804
(not candidate for election)Democratic–
Republican1801Jeremiah Van Rensselaer491x91pxMorgan Lewis–
June 30, 1807
(lost election)Democratic–
Republican1804John Broome
(died August 8, 1810)589x89pxDaniel D. Tompkins–
February 24, 1817
(resigned)Democratic–
Republican18071810VacantJohn Tayler
(acting)
(took office January 29, 1811)DeWitt Clinton
(elected May 2, 1811)1813John Tayler1816698x98pxJohn Tayler–
June 30, 1817
(not candidate for election)Democratic–
RepublicanLieutenant
Governor
acting as
GovernorPhiletus Swift
(acting)794x94pxDeWitt Clinton–
December 31, 1822
(not candidate for election)Democratic–
Republican1817John Tayler1820893x93pxJoseph C. Yates–
December 31, 1824
(not candidate for election)Democratic–
Republican1822Erastus Root994x94pxDeWitt Clinton–
February 11, 1828
(died in office)Democratic–
Republican1824James Tallmadge Jr.1826Nathaniel Pitcher10Nathaniel Pitcher–
December 31, 1828
(not candidate for election)Democratic–
RepublicanSucceeded from
Lieutenant
GovernorPeter R. Livingston
(acting)Charles Dayan
(acting from October 17, 1828)1195x95pxMartin Van Buren–
March 12, 1829
(resigned)Democratic1828Enos T. Throop1297x97pxEnos T. Throop–
December 31, 1832
(not candidate for election)DemocraticSucceeded from
Lieutenant
GovernorCharles Stebbins
(acting)William M. Oliver
(acting)1830Edward Philip Livingston1396x96pxWilliam L. Marcy–
December 31, 1838
(lost election)Democratic1832John Tracy183418361391x91pxWilliam H. Seward–
December 31, 1842
(not candidate for election)Whig1838Luther Bradish18401594x94pxWilliam C. Bouck–
December 31, 1844
(not candidate for election)Democratic1842Daniel S. Dickinson1699x99pxSilas Wright–
December 31, 1846
(lost election)Democratic1844Addison Gardiner
(resigned July 5, 1847)1777x77pxJohn Young–
December 31, 1848
(not candidate for election)Whig1846Albert Lester
(acting)Hamilton Fish
(took office January 1, 1848)1890x90pxHamilton Fish–
December 31, 1850
(not candidate for election)Whig1848George W. Patterson1997x97pxWashington Hunt–
December 31, 1852
(lost election)Whig1850Sanford E. Church20100x100pxHoratio Seymour–
December 31, 1854
(lost election)Democratic185221103x103pxMyron H. Clark–
December 31, 1856
(not candidate for election)Whig
(fusion)1854Henry Jarvis Raymond22107x107pxJohn A. King–
December 31, 1858
(not candidate for election)Republican1856Henry R. Selden2391x91pxEdwin D. Morgan–
December 31, 1862
(not candidate for election)Republican1858Robert Campbell18602493x93pxHoratio Seymour–
December 31, 1864
(lost election)Democratic1862David R. Floyd-Jones2595x95pxReuben Fenton–
December 31, 1868
(not candidate for election)Union1864Thomas G. Alvord1866Stewart L. Woodford2696x96pxJohn T. Hoffman–
December 31, 1872
(not candidate for election)Democratic1868Allen C. Beach187027101x101pxJohn Adams Dix–
December 31, 1874
(lost election)Republican1872John C. Robinson28117x117pxSamuel J. Tilden–
December 31, 1876
(not candidate for election)Democratic1874William Dorsheimer2992x92pxLucius Robinson–
December 31, 1879
(lost election)Democratic18763099x99pxAlonzo B. Cornell–
December 31, 1882
(not candidate for election)Republican1879George Gilbert Hoskins31102x102pxGrover Cleveland–
January 6, 1885
(resigned)Democratic1882David B. Hill32109x109pxDavid B. Hill–
December 31, 1891
(not candidate for election)DemocraticSucceeded from
Lieutenant
GovernorDennis McCarthy
(acting)1885Edward F. Jones188833100x100pxRoswell P. Flower–
December 31, 1894
(not candidate for election)Democratic1891William F. Sheehan34103x103pxLevi P. Morton–
December 31, 1896
(not candidate for election)Republican1894Charles T. Saxton35130x130pxFrank S. Black–
December 31, 1898
(not candidate for election)Republican1896Timothy L. Woodruff3694x94pxTheodore Roosevelt–
December 31, 1900
(not candidate for election)Republican18983798x98pxBenjamin Odell–
December 31, 1904
(not candidate for election)Republican19001902Frank W. Higgins38114x114pxFrank W. Higgins–
December 31, 1906
(not candidate for election)Republican1904Matthew Linn BruceJohn Raines
(acting)3996x96pxCharles Evans Hughes–
October 6, 1910
(resigned)Republican1906Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler1908Horace White40106x106pxHorace White–
December 31, 1910
(not candidate for election)RepublicanSucceeded from
Lieutenant
GovernorGeorge H. Cobb
(acting)41141x141pxJohn Alden Dix–
December 31, 1912
(not candidate for election)Democratic1910Thomas F. Conway4294x94pxWilliam Sulzer–
October 17, 1913
(impeached and removed)Democratic1912Martin H. Glynn43105x105pxMartin H. Glynn–
December 31, 1914
(lost election)DemocraticSucceeded from
Lieutenant
GovernorRobert F. Wagner
(acting)44113x113pxCharles Seymour Whitman–
December 31, 1918
(lost election)Republican1914Edward Schoeneck19164592x92pxAl Smith–
December 31, 1920
(lost election)Democratic1918Harry C. Walker4698x98pxNathan L. Miller–
December 31, 1922
(lost election)Republican1920Jeremiah WoodClayton R. Lusk
(acting)4792x92pxAl Smith–
December 31, 1928
(not candidate for election)Democratic1922George R. Lunn1924Seymour Lowman1926Edwin Corning4888x88pxFranklin D. Roosevelt–
December 31, 1932
(not candidate for election)Democratic1928Herbert H. Lehman193049100x100pxHerbert H. Lehman–
December 3, 1942
(resigned)Democratic1932M. William Bray193419361938Charles Poletti5084x84pxCharles Poletti–
December 31, 1942
(not candidate for election)DemocraticSucceeded from
Lieutenant
GovernorJoe R. Hanley
(acting)5194x94pxThomas E. Dewey–
December 31, 1954
(not candidate for election)Republican1942Thomas W. Wallace1946Joe R. Hanley1950Frank C. Moore
(resigned September 30, 1953)Arthur H. Wicks
(acting)Walter J. Mahoney
(acting)5297x97pxW. Averell Harriman–
December 31, 1958
(lost election)Democratic1954George DeLuca53110x110pxNelson Rockefeller–
December 18, 1973
(resigned)Republican1958Malcolm Wilson1962196619705479x79pxMalcolm Wilson–
December 31, 1974
(lost election)RepublicanSucceeded from
Lieutenant
GovernorWarren M. Anderson
(acting)5599x99pxHugh Carey–
December 31, 1982
(not candidate for election)Democratic1974Mary Anne Krupsak1978Mario Cuomo56102x102pxMario Cuomo–
December 31, 1994
(lost election)Democratic1982Alfred DelBelloWarren M. Anderson
(acting)1986Stan Lundine199057105x105pxGeorge Pataki–
December 31, 2006
(not candidate for election)Republican1994Betsy McCaughey Ross1998Mary Donohue20025895x95pxEliot Spitzer–
March 17, 2008
(resigned)Democratic2006David Paterson59107x107pxDavid Paterson–
December 31, 2010
(not candidate for election)DemocraticSucceeded from
Lieutenant
GovernorJoseph Bruno
(acting)Dean Skelos
(acting)Malcolm Smith
(acting)Pedro Espada Jr.
(acting)Richard Ravitch
(contested)Malcolm Smith
(acting)Richard Ravitch60104x104pxAndrew Cuomo–
August 23, 2021
(resigned)10 years, 234 daysDemocratic2010Robert Duffy2014Kathy Hochul201861105x105pxKathy Hochul–
IncumbentDemocraticSucceeded from the Lieutenant Goveror
2022Andrea Stewart-Cousins
(acting)Brian BenjaminAndrea Stewart-Cousins
(acting)Antonio Delgado

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