death_date children birth_date term_end alma_mater state_senate death_place order term_start spouse image name caption predecessor birth_place party office district governor successor article_title birth_name
16 april 2014 david daniel 27 april 1926 december 31 , 1982 december 31 , 1970 st. john 's university -lrb- b.s. , j.d. -rrb- new york new york , new york , u.s. 59th january 1 , 1979 january 1 , 1966 portia hairston 205px basil a. paterson basil 1966 . paterson as a new york state senator in mario cuomo bernard g. gordon new york , new york , u.s. democratic secretary of state of new york 31st , later the 27th hugh carey gail s. shaffer sidney a. von luther basil a. paterson
 basil alexander paterson
basil a. paterson

basil alexander paterson -lrb- april 27 , 1926 -- april 16 , 2014 -rrb- , a labor lawyer , was a longtime political leader in new york and harlem and the father of the 55th governor of new york , david paterson .
his mother was jamaican , and his father was carriacouan .
