Governors of New York State
George Clinton — July 9, 1777
The Constitution of 1777 did not specify when the Governor should enter on the duties of his office. Governor Clinton was declared elected on July 9 and qualified on July 30. On February 13, 1787, an act was passed for regulating elections. It also provided that the Governor and Lieutenant Governor should enter on the duties of their respective office on July 1 after their election.
John Jay — April 1795
George Clinton — April 1801
Morgan Lewis — April 1804
Daniel D. Tompkins — April 1807
John Taylor — March 1817
Lieutenant Governor, Acting Governor
DeWitt Clinton — July 1, 1817
Joseph C. Yates — November 6, 1822
The Constitution of 1821 provided that the Governor and
Lieutenant Governor enter on the duties of their offices on
the January 1 following their election.
DeWitt Clinton — November 3, 1824
Nathaniel Pitcher — February 11, 1828
Lieutenant Governor, Acting Governor
Martin Van Buren — November 5, 1828
Enos T. Throop — March 12, 1829
Lieutenant Governor, became Governor upon the resignation of Van Buren in 1829; elected November 1830 for a full term.
William L. Marcy — November 7, 1832
William H. Seward — November 7, 1838
William C. Bouck — November 8, 1842
Silas Wright, Jr. — November 5, 1844
John Young — November 3, 1846
Hamilton Fish — November 7, 1848
Washington Hunt — November 5, 1850
Horatio Seymour — November 2, 1852
Myron H. Clark — November 7, 1854
John A. King — November 4, 1856
Edwin D. Morgan — November 2, 1858
Horatio Seymour — November 4, 1862
Reuben E. Fenton — November 8, 1864
John T. Hoffman — November 3, 1868
John Adams Dix — November 5, 1872
Samuel J. Tilden — November 3, 1874
Lucius Robinson — November 7, 1876
Alonzo B. Cornell — November 4, 1879
Grover Cleveland — November 7, 1882
Elected President of the US in 1884; resigned as Governor, January 6, 1885
David B. Hill — January 6, 1885
Lieutenant Governor, became Governor upon resignation of Cleveland in 1885; subsequently elected to two full terms, on November 3, 1885 and November 6, 1888.
Roswell P. Flower — November 3, 1891
Levi P. Morton — November 6, 1894
Frank S. Black — November 3, 1896
Theodore Roosevelt — November 8, 1898
Benj. B. Odell, Jr. — November 6, 1900 & November 4, 1902
Frank W. Higgins — November 8, 1904
Charles E. Hughes — November 6, 1906 & November 3, 1908
Appointed Justice of the United States Supreme Court and resigned the office of Governor on October 6, 1910.
Horace White — October 6, 1910
Lieutenant Governor, became Governor upon resignation of Hughes.
John Alden Dix — November 8, 1910
William Sulzer — November 5, 1912
Martin H. Glynn — October 17, 1913
Succeeded Sulzer, who was removed from office.
Charles S. Whitman — November 3, 1914 & November 7, 1916
Alfred E. Smith — November 5, 1918
Nathan L. Miller — November 5, 1920
Alfred E. Smith — November 7, 1922; November 4, 1924; & November 2, 1926
Franklin D. Roosevelt — November 6, 1928 & November 4, 1930
Herbert H. Lehman — November 8, 1932; November 6, 1934;
November 3, 1936; & November 8, 1938
Charles Poletti — December 3, 1942
Lieutenant Governor, became Governor upon resignation of Lehman.
Thomas E. Dewey — November 3, 1942; November 5, 1946;
& November 7, 1950
Averell Harriman — November 2, 1954
Nelson A. Rockefeller — November 4, 1958; November 6,
1962; November 8, 1966; & November 3, 1970
Malcom Wilson — December 18, 1973
Lieutenant Governor, became Governor upon resignation of Rockefeller.
Hugh L. Carey — November 5, 1974 & November 7, 1978
Mario M. Cuomo — November 2, 1982; November 4, 1986;
& November 6, 1990
George E. Pataki — November 8, 1994; November 3, 1998;
& November 5, 2002
Eliot Spitzer — November 7, 2006
David A. Paterson — March 17, 2008
Lieutenant Governor, became Governor upon resignation of Spitzer.
Andrew M. Cuomo — November 2, 2010