<P> The Office of the Governor was established by the first New York Constitution in 1777 . The Governor was originally for a term of three years, though the constitution did not specify when the term began . A 1787 law set the start of the term at July 1 . The New York State Constitutional Convention of 1821 amended the state constitution, reducing the term of office to two years, moving the election to November, and moving the beginning and the end of the term to coincide with the calendar year . An 1874 amendment extended the term of office back to three years, but the 1894 constitution again reduced it to two years . The most recent New York Constitution of 1938 extended the term to the current four years . There is no limit to the number of consecutive terms a Governor may serve . </P> <P> The Constitution has provided since 1777 for the election of a Lieutenant Governor of New York, who is ex officio President of the Senate, to the same term (keeping the same term lengths as the governor throughout all the constitutional revisions). Originally, in the event of the death, resignation or impeachment of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor would become Acting Governor until the end of the yearly legislative term, the office being filled in a special election, if there was a remainder of the term . Since the 1821 Constitution, the Lieutenant Governor explicitly becomes Governor upon such vacancy in the office and serves for the entire remainder of the term . Should the office of Lieutenant Governor become vacant, the President pro tempore of the State Senate performs all the duties of the Lieutenant Governor until the vacancy is filled either at the next gubernatorial election or by appointment . Likewise, should both offices become vacant at the same time, the President pro tempore acts as Governor, with the office of Lieutenant Governor remaining vacant . Should the presidency pro tempore be vacant too, or the incumbent unable to fulfill the duties, the Speaker of the State Assembly is next in the line of succession . The Lieutenant Governor is elected on the same ticket as the Governor, since the 1954 election with a single joint vote cast for both offices, but is nominated separately . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="12"> <P> Democratic - Republican (9) Federalist (1) Democratic (26) Whig (5) Republican (18) </P> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="4"> Governor </Th> <Th> Term of office </Th> <Th> Party </Th> <Th> Home county </Th> <Th> Term </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Lieutenant Governor </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> George Clinton July 26, 1739--April 20, 1812 (aged 72) </Td> <Td> July 30, 1777--June 30, 1795 </Td> <Td> Democratic--Republican </Td> <Td> Ulster </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pierre Van Cortlandt </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Jay December 12, 1745--May 17, 1829 (aged 83) </Td> <Td> July 1, 1795--June 30, 1801 </Td> <Td> Federalist </Td> <Td> Westchester </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Stephen Van Rensselaer </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> George Clinton July 26, 1739--April 20, 1812 (aged 72) </Td> <Td> July 1, 1801--June 30, 1804 </Td> <Td> Democratic - Republican </Td> <Td> Ulster </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Jeremiah Van Rensselaer </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Morgan Lewis October 16, 1754--April 7, 1844 (aged 89) </Td> <Td> July 1, 1804--June 30, 1807 </Td> <Td> Democratic - Republican </Td> <Td> New York </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Broome </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Daniel D. Tompkins June 21, 1774--June 11, 1825 (aged 50) </Td> <Td> July 1, 1807--February 24, 1817 </Td> <Td> Democratic - Republican </Td> <Td> Richmond </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 12 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Tayler </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> DeWitt Clinton </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> John Tayler </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 5 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Tayler July 4, 1742--March 19, 1829 (aged 86) (Acting) </Td> <Td> February 24, 1817--June 30, 1817 </Td> <Td> Democratic - Republican </Td> <Td> Albany </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Philetus Swift </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 6 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> DeWitt Clinton March 2, 1769--February 11, 1828 (aged 58) </Td> <Td> July 1, 1817--December 31, 1822 </Td> <Td> Democratic - Republican </Td> <Td> New York </Td> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Tayler </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 15 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 7 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Joseph C. Yates November 9, 1768--March 19, 1837 (aged 68) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1823--December 31, 1824 </Td> <Td> Democratic - Republican </Td> <Td> Schenectady </Td> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Erastus Root </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 6 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> DeWitt Clinton March 2, 1769--February 11, 1828 (aged 58) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1825--February 11, 1828 </Td> <Td> Democratic - Republican </Td> <Td> New York </Td> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> James Tallmadge, Jr . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Nathaniel Pitcher </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 8 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Nathaniel Pitcher November 30, 1777--May 25, 1836 (aged 58) </Td> <Td> February 11, 1828--December 31, 1828 </Td> <Td> Democratic - Republican </Td> <Td> Washington </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Peter R. Livingston </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Charles Dayan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 9 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Martin Van Buren December 5, 1782--July 24, 1862 (aged 79) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1829--March 12, 1829 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> Columbia </Td> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Enos T. Throop </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 10 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Enos T. Throop August 21, 1784--November 1, 1874 (aged 90) </Td> <Td> March 12, 1829--December 31, 1832 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> Cayuga </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Charles Stebbins </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> William M. Oliver </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edward Philip Livingston </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 11 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> William L. Marcy December 12, 1786--July 4, 1857 (aged 70) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1833--December 31, 1838 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> Albany </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Tracy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 23 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 24 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 12 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> William H. Seward May 16, 1801--October 10, 1872 (aged 71) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1839--December 31, 1842 </Td> <Td> Whig </Td> <Td> Cayuga </Td> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Luther Bradish </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 26 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 13 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> William C. Bouck January 7, 1786--April 19, 1859 (aged 73) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1843--December 31, 1844 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> Schoharie </Td> <Td> 27 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Daniel S. Dickinson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 14 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Silas Wright May 24, 1795--August 27, 1847 (aged 52) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1845--December 31, 1846 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> St. Lawrence </Td> <Td> 28 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Addison Gardiner </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 15 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Young June 12, 1802--April 23, 1852 (aged 49) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1847--December 31, 1848 </Td> <Td> Whig </Td> <Td> Livingston </Td> <Td> 29 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Addison Gardiner </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Albert Lester </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hamilton Fish </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 16 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hamilton Fish August 3, 1808--September 7, 1893 (aged 85) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1849--December 31, 1850 </Td> <Td> Whig </Td> <Td> New York </Td> <Td> 30 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> George W. Patterson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 17 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Washington Hunt August 5, 1811--February 2, 1867 (aged 55) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1851--December 31, 1852 </Td> <Td> Whig </Td> <Td> Niagara </Td> <Td> 31 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sanford E. Church </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 18 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Horatio Seymour May 31, 1810--February 12, 1886 (aged 75) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1853--December 31, 1854 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> Oneida </Td> <Td> 32 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sanford E. Church </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 19 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Myron H. Clark October 23, 1806--August 23, 1892 (aged 85) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1855--December 31, 1856 </Td> <Td> Whig (fusion) </Td> <Td> Ontario </Td> <Td> 33 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Henry Jarvis Raymond </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 20 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Alsop King January 3, 1788--July 7, 1867 (aged 79) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1857--December 31, 1858 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> Queens </Td> <Td> 34 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Henry R. Selden </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 21 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edwin D. Morgan February 8, 1811--February 14, 1883 (aged 72) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1859--December 31, 1862 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> New York </Td> <Td> 35 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Robert Campbell </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 36 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 18 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Horatio Seymour May 31, 1810--February 12, 1886 (aged 75) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1863--December 31, 1864 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> Oneida </Td> <Td> 37 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> David R. Floyd - Jones </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 22 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Reuben Fenton July 4, 1819--August 25, 1885 (aged 66) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1865--December 31, 1868 </Td> <Td> Union </Td> <Td> Chautauqua </Td> <Td> 38 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Thomas G. Alvord </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Stewart L. Woodford </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 23 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Thompson Hoffman January 10, 1828--March 24, 1888 (aged 60) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1869--December 31, 1872 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> New York </Td> <Td> 40 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Allen C. Beach </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 24 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Adams Dix July 24, 1798--April 21, 1879 (aged 80) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1873--December 31, 1874 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> Albany </Td> <Td> 41 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John C. Robinson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 25 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Samuel J. Tilden February 9, 1814--August 4, 1886 (aged 72) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1875--December 31, 1876 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> New York </Td> <Td> 42 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> William Dorsheimer </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 26 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lucius Robinson November 4, 1810--March 23, 1891 (aged 80) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1877--December 31, 1879 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> Chemung </Td> <Td> 43 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> William Dorsheimer </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 27 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Alonzo B. Cornell January 22, 1832--October 15, 1904 (aged 72) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1880--December 31, 1882 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> New York </Td> <Td> 44 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> George Gilbert Hoskins </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 28 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Grover Cleveland March 18, 1837--June 24, 1908 (aged 71) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1883--January 6, 1885 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> Erie </Td> <Td> 45 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> David B. Hill </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 29 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> David B. Hill August 29, 1843--October 20, 1910 (aged 67) </Td> <Td> January 6, 1885--December 31, 1891 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> Chemung </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dennis McCarthy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 46 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edward F. Jones </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 47 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 30 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Roswell P. Flower August 7, 1835--May 12, 1899 (aged 63) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1892--December 31, 1894 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> Jefferson </Td> <Td> 48 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> William F. Sheehan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 31 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Levi P. Morton May 16, 1824--May 16, 1920 (aged 96) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1895--December 31, 1896 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> New York </Td> <Td> 49 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Charles T. Saxton </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 32 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Frank S. Black March 8, 1853--March 22, 1913 (aged 60) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1897--December 31, 1898 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> Fulton </Td> <Td> 50 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Timothy L. Woodruff </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 33 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Theodore Roosevelt October 27, 1858--January 6, 1919 (aged 60) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1899--December 31, 1900 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> New York </Td> <Td> 51 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Timothy L. Woodruff </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 34 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Benjamin Barker Odell January 14, 1854--May 9, 1926 (aged 72) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1901--December 31, 1904 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> Orange </Td> <Td> 52 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Timothy L. Woodruff </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 53 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Frank W. Higgins </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 35 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Frank W. Higgins August 18, 1856--February 12, 1907 (aged 50) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1905--December 31, 1906 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> Allegany </Td> <Td> 54 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> M. Linn Bruce </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Raines </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 36 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Charles Evans Hughes April 11, 1862--August 27, 1948 (aged 86) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1907--October 6, 1910 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> New York </Td> <Td> 55 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 56 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Horace White </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 37 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Horace White October 7, 1865--November 27, 1943 (aged 78) </Td> <Td> October 6, 1910--December 31, 1910 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> Onondaga </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> George H. Cobb </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 38 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Alden Dix December 25, 1860--April 9, 1928 (aged 67) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1911--December 31, 1912 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> Washington </Td> <Td> 57 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Thomas F. Conway </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 39 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> William Sulzer March 18, 1863--November 6, 1941 (aged 78) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1913--October 17, 1913 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> New York </Td> <Td> 58 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Martin H. Glynn </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 40 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Martin H. Glynn September 27, 1871--December 14, 1924 (aged 53) </Td> <Td> October 17, 1913--December 31, 1914 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> Albany </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Robert F. Wagner </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 41 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Charles S. Whitman September 29, 1868--March 29, 1947 (aged 78) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1915--December 31, 1918 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> New York </Td> <Td> 59 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edward Schoeneck </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 60 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 42 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Al Smith December 30, 1873--October 4, 1944 (aged 70) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1919--December 31, 1920 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> New York </Td> <Td> 61 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Harry C. Walker </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 43 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Nathan L. Miller October 10, 1868--June 26, 1953 (aged 84) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1921--December 31, 1922 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> Cortland </Td> <Td> 62 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Jeremiah Wood </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Clayton R. Lusk </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 42 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Al Smith December 30, 1873--October 4, 1944 (aged 70) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1923--December 31, 1928 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> New York </Td> <Td> 63 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> George R. Lunn </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 64 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Seymour Lowman </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 65 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edwin Corning </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 44 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Franklin D. Roosevelt January 30, 1882--April 12, 1945 (aged 63) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1929--December 31, 1932 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> Dutchess </Td> <Td> 66 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Herbert H. Lehman </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 67 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 45 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Herbert H. Lehman March 28, 1878--December 5, 1963 (aged 85) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1933--December 3, 1942 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> New York </Td> <Td> 68 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> M. William Bray </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 69 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 70 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 71 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Charles Poletti </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 46 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Charles Poletti July 2, 1903--August 8, 2002 (aged 99) </Td> <Td> December 3, 1942--December 31, 1942 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> New York </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Joe R. Hanley </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 47 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Thomas Dewey March 24, 1902--March 16, 1971 (aged 68) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1943--December 31, 1954 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> Dutchess </Td> <Td> 72 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Thomas W. Wallace </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Joe R. Hanley </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 73 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 74 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Frank C. Moore </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Arthur H. Wicks </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Walter J. Mahoney </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 48 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> W. Averell Harriman November 15, 1891--July 26, 1986 (aged 94) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1955--December 31, 1958 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> New York </Td> <Td> 75 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> George DeLuca </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 49 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Nelson Rockefeller July 8, 1908--January 26, 1979 (aged 70) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1959--December 18, 1973 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> Westchester </Td> <Td> 76 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Malcolm Wilson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 77 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 78 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 79 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 50 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Malcolm Wilson February 26, 1914--March 13, 2000 (aged 86) </Td> <Td> December 18, 1973--December 31, 1974 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> Westchester </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Warren M. Anderson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 51 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hugh Carey April 11, 1919--August 7, 2011 (aged 92) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1975--December 31, 1982 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> Kings </Td> <Td> 80 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mary Anne Krupsak </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 81 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mario Cuomo </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 52 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mario Cuomo June 15, 1932--January 1, 2015 (aged 82) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1983--December 31, 1994 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> New York </Td> <Td> 82 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Alfred DelBello </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Warren M. Anderson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 83 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Stan Lundine </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 84 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 53 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> George Pataki (1945 - 06 - 24) June 24, 1945 (age 72) </Td> <Td> January 1, 1995--December 31, 2006 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> Putnam </Td> <Td> 85 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Betsy McCaughey Ross </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 86 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mary O. Donohue </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 87 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 54 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Eliot Spitzer (1959 - 06 - 10) June 10, 1959 (age 58) </Td> <Td> January 1, 2007--March 17, 2008 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> New York </Td> <Td> 88 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> David Paterson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 55 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> David Paterson (1954 - 05 - 20) May 20, 1954 (age 63) </Td> <Td> March 17, 2008--December 31, 2010 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> New York </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Joseph Bruno </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dean Skelos </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Malcolm Smith </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pedro Espada </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Richard Ravitch (Contested) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Malcolm Smith </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Richard Ravitch </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 56 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Andrew Cuomo (1957 - 12 - 06) December 6, 1957 (age 60) </Td> <Td> January 1, 2011--Incumbent </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> Westchester </Td> <Td> 89 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Robert Duffy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 90 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kathy Hochul </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="12"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="12"> Italics denote that Governor or Lieutenant Governor was acting . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="12"> <P> Democratic - Republican (9) Federalist (1) Democratic (26) Whig (5) Republican (18) </P> </Th> </Tr>

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