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| 2 | List of Presidents of the New York Public Library - New York Public Library |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | No. | Image | President | Term | Term length | Ref(s) |
| 4 | 1 | - | John Bigelow | May 27, 1895 – December 19, 1911 | 16 years, 6 months, 22 days | - |
| 5 | 2 | - | John Lambert Cadwalader | December 19, 1911 – March 11, 1914 | 2 years, 2 months, 20 days | - |
| 6 | 3 | – | George L. Rives | May 13, 1914 – August 18, 1917 | 3 years, 5 months, 4 days | - |
| 7 | 4 | - | Lewis Cass Ledyard | December 12, 1917 – January 12, 1932 | 14 years, 1 month, 0 days | - |
| 8 | 5 | - | Frank Polk | April 13, 1932 – February 7, 1943 | 10 years, 9 months, 25 days | - |
| 9 | 6 | - | Morris Hadley | February 8, 1943 – January 8, 1958 | 14 years, 11 months, 0 days | - |
| 10 | 7 | – | Gilbert W. Chapman | January 8, 1959 – February 1, 1971 | 12 years, 1 month, 0 days | - |
| 11 | 8 | – | Richard W. Couper | February 1, 1971 – July 1, 1981 | 10 years, 5 months, 0 days | - |
| 12 | 9 | - | Vartan Gregorian | July 1, 1981 – December 1, 1989 | 8 years, 5 months, 0 days | - |
| 13 | 10 | – | Timothy S. Healy | December 1, 1989 – December 30, 1992 | 3 years, 0 months, 29 days | - |
| 14 | 11 | – | Paul LeClerc | December 1, 1993 – July 1, 2011 | 17 years, 7 months, 0 days | - |
| 15 | 12 | - | Anthony Marx | July 11, 2011 – Present | 7 years, 8 months and 11 days | - |

Question: Who were the first two presidents of the New York Public Library?
Answer: John Bigelow served as the first president of the New York Public Library, followed by John Lambert Cadwalder.