List of governors of New York
Kathy Hochul has been governor since August 24, 2021.
The governor of New York is the head of government of the U.S. state of New York , the head of the executive branch of New York's state government , and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces .[1] The officeholder has a duty to enforce state laws, to convene the New York State Legislature ,[1] the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the legislature,[2] as well as to grant pardons , except in cases of treason and impeachment .[3]
Fifty-seven people have served as state governor, four of whom served non-consecutive terms (George Clinton , DeWitt Clinton , Horatio Seymour , and Al Smith ); the official numbering lists each governor only once. There has only been one female governor so far: Kathy Hochul . This numbering includes one acting governor: the lieutenant governor who filled the vacancy after the resignation of the governor, under the 1777 Constitution.[4] The list does not include the prior colonial governors nor those who have acted as governor when the governor was out of state, such as Lieutenant Governor Timothy L. Woodruff during Theodore Roosevelt's vice presidential campaign in 1900, or Acting Speaker of the New York State Assembly Moses M. Weinstein , who acted as governor for 10 days in 1968 while the governor, the lieutenant governor and the senate majority leader were out of the state, attending the Republican National Convention in Miami .[5]
Four men have become president of the United States after serving as governor of New York: Martin Van Buren , Grover Cleveland , Theodore Roosevelt , and Franklin D. Roosevelt , and six were vice president . Van Buren and Theodore Roosevelt held both offices. Numerous Governors have also sought the Presidency, and won their party's respective nomination, but lost the general election, such as Al Smith , Samuel J. Tilden , Horatio Seymour , Thomas E. Dewey , and Charles Evans Hughes . Two governors have been chief justice : John Jay held that position when he was elected governor in 1795, and Charles Evans Hughes became chief justice in 1930, two decades after leaving the governorship.
The longest-serving governor was the first, George Clinton , who first took office on July 30, 1777, and served seven terms in two different periods, totaling just under 21 years in office. As 18 of those years were consecutive, Clinton also served the longest consecutive period in office for a New York governor. Charles Poletti had the shortest term, serving 29 days following the resignation of the previous governor, Herbert H. Lehman in 1942. David Paterson was the first African American governor of New York, and the first legally blind governor as well. Paterson is only the fourth African American to hold the office of governor in the United States. The current governor is Democrat Kathy Hochul , the state's first female governor, who assumed the office on August 24, 2021, upon the resignation of Andrew Cuomo .[6] Hochul went on to be elected as governor for a full term, after beating Republican Lee Zeldin in the 2022 election.
Governors
New York was one of the original Thirteen Colonies on the east coast of North America, and was admitted as a state on July 26, 1788. Prior to declaring its independence, New York was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain , which it in turn obtained from the Dutch as the colony of New Netherland ; see the list of colonial governors and the list of directors-general of New Netherland for the pre-statehood period.
The office of the governor was established by the first New York Constitution in 1777. The governor originally served for a term of three years,[7] though the constitution did not specify when the term began. A 1787 law set the start of the term at July 1.[8] The New York State Constitutional Convention of 1821 amended the state constitution, reducing the term of office to two years,[9] moving the election to November,[10] and moving the beginning and the end of the term to coincide with the calendar year.[11] An 1874 amendment extended the term of office back to three years,[12] but the 1894 constitution again reduced it to two years.[13] The most recent New York Constitution of 1938 extended the term to the current four years.[14] There is no limit to the number of consecutive terms a governor may serve.
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.[15] 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.[16] Should the office of lieutenant governor become vacant, the president pro tempore of the State Senate[a] performs all the duties of the lieutenant governor until the vacancy is filled either at the next gubernatorial election or by appointment.[b] 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.[17] 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.[18]
Governors of the State of New York
No.
Governor
Term in office[c]
Party
Election
Lt. Governor [d]
1
George Clinton (1739–1812) [20]
July 30, 1777 [21] – July 1, 1795(did not run)
No parties [e]
1777
Pierre Van Cortlandt
1780
1783
1786
1789
Anti-Federalist [e]
1792
2
John Jay (1745–1829) [26]
July 1, 1795 [27] – July 1, 1801(did not run)
Federalist
1795
Stephen Van Rensselaer
1798
1
George Clinton (1739–1812) [20]
July 1, 1801 [29] – July 1, 1804(did not run)
Democratic– Republican
1801
Jeremiah Van Rensselaer
3
Morgan Lewis (1754–1844) [31]
July 1, 1804 [29] – July 1, 1807(lost election)
Democratic– Republican [f]
1804
John Broome (died August 8, 1810)
4
Daniel D. Tompkins (1774–1825) [34]
July 1, 1807 [29] – February 24, 1817(resigned) [g]
Democratic– Republican
1807
1810
Vacant
John Tayler (acting from January 29, 1811) [h]
DeWitt Clinton (elected May 2, 1811)
1813
John Tayler
1816
5
John Tayler (1742–1829) [36]
February 24, 1817 [37] – July 1, 1817(successor took office)
Democratic– Republican
Lieutenant governor acting
Philetus Swift (acting)
6
DeWitt Clinton (1769–1828) [39]
July 1, 1817 [40] – January 1, 1823(did not run)
Democratic– Republican
1817
John Tayler
1820
7
Joseph C. Yates (1768–1837) [42]
January 1, 1823 [43] – January 1, 1825(did not run)
Democratic– Republican
1822
Erastus Root
6
DeWitt Clinton (1769–1828) [39]
January 1, 1825 [44] – February 11, 1828(died in office)
Democratic– Republican
1824
James Tallmadge Jr.
1826
Nathaniel Pitcher
8
Nathaniel Pitcher (1777–1836) [46]
February 11, 1828 [29] – January 1, 1829(did not run)
Democratic– Republican
Succeeded from lieutenant governor
Peter R. Livingston (acting)
Charles Dayan (acting from October 17, 1828)
9
Martin Van Buren (1782–1862) [48]
January 1, 1829 [49] – March 12, 1829(resigned) [i]
Democratic– Republican
1828
Enos T. Throop
10
Enos T. Throop (1784–1874) [51]
March 12, 1829 [52] – January 1, 1833(did not run)
Democratic
Succeeded from lieutenant governor
Charles Stebbins (acting)
William M. Oliver (acting)
1830
Edward Philip Livingston
11
William L. Marcy (1786–1857) [54]
January 1, 1833 [54] – January 1, 1839(lost election)
Democratic
1832
John Tracy
1834
1836
12
William H. Seward (1801–1872) [56]
January 1, 1839 [57] – January 1, 1843(did not run)
Whig
1838
Luther Bradish
1840
13
William C. Bouck (1786–1859) [59]
January 1, 1843 [59] – January 1, 1845(lost nomination)
Democratic
1842
Daniel S. Dickinson
14
Silas Wright (1795–1847) [61]
January 1, 1845 [62] – January 1, 1847(lost election)
Democratic
1844
Addison Gardiner [j] (resigned July 5, 1847)
15
John Young (1802–1852) [64]
January 1, 1847 [65] – January 1, 1849(did not run)
Whig
1846
Albert Lester [j] (acting)
Hamilton Fish (took office January 1, 1848)
16
Hamilton Fish (1808–1893) [67]
January 1, 1849 [68] – January 1, 1851(did not run)
Whig
1848
George W. Patterson
17
Washington Hunt (1811–1867) [70]
January 1, 1851 [71] – January 1, 1853(lost election)
Whig
1850
Sanford E. Church [j]
18
Horatio Seymour (1810–1886) [73]
January 1, 1853 [74] – January 1, 1855(lost election)
Democratic
1852
19
Myron H. Clark (1806–1892) [76]
January 1, 1855 [77] – January 1, 1857(lost nomination) [k]
Whig /Free Soil (fusion )[l]
1854
Henry Jarvis Raymond
20
John A. King (1788–1867) [80]
January 1, 1857 [81] – January 1, 1859(did not run)
Republican
1856
Henry R. Selden
21
Edwin D. Morgan (1811–1883) [83]
January 1, 1859 [84] – January 1, 1863(did not run)
Republican
1858
Robert Campbell
1860
18
Horatio Seymour (1810–1886) [73]
January 1, 1863 [85] – January 2, 1865(lost election)
Democratic
1862
David R. Floyd-Jones
22
Reuben Fenton (1819–1885) [87]
January 2, 1865 [m] – January 1, 1869(did not run)
Union
1864
Thomas G. Alvord
1866
Stewart L. Woodford
23
John T. Hoffman (1828–1888) [93]
January 1, 1869 [94] – January 1, 1873(did not run)
Democratic
1868
Allen C. Beach
1870
24
John Adams Dix (1798–1879) [96]
January 1, 1873 [97] – January 1, 1875(lost election)
Republican
1872
John C. Robinson
25
Samuel J. Tilden (1814–1886) [99]
January 1, 1875 [100] – January 1, 1877(did not run) [n]
Democratic
1874
William Dorsheimer
26
Lucius Robinson (1810–1891) [102]
January 1, 1877 [103] – January 1, 1880(lost election)
Democratic
1876
27
Alonzo B. Cornell (1832–1904) [105]
January 1, 1880 [106] – January 1, 1883(lost nomination) [o]
Republican
1879
George Gilbert Hoskins
28
Grover Cleveland (1837–1908) [108]
January 1, 1883 [109] – January 6, 1885(resigned) [p]
Democratic
1882
David B. Hill
29
David B. Hill (1843–1910) [111]
January 6, 1885 [112] – January 1, 1892(did not run) [q]
Democratic
Succeeded from lieutenant governor
Dennis McCarthy [r] (acting)
1885
Edward F. Jones
1888
30
Roswell P. Flower (1835–1899) [115]
January 1, 1892 [116] – January 1, 1895(did not run)
Democratic
1891
William F. Sheehan
31
Levi P. Morton (1824–1920)
January 1, 1895 [118] – January 1, 1897(did not run)
Republican
1894
Charles T. Saxton
32
Frank S. Black (1853–1913) [120]
January 1, 1897 [121] – December 31, 1898(lost nomination)
Republican
1896
Timothy L. Woodruff
33
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) [123]
January 1, 1899 [124] – January 1, 1901(did not run) [s]
Republican
1898
34
Benjamin Odell (1854–1926) [126]
January 1, 1901 [127] – December 31, 1904(did not run)
Republican
1900
1902
Frank W. Higgins
35
Frank W. Higgins (1856–1907) [129]
January 1, 1905 [130] – January 1, 1907(did not run)
Republican
1904
Matthew Linn Bruce (resigned December 5, 1906)
John Raines (acting)
36
Charles Evans Hughes (1862–1948) [132]
January 1, 1907 [133] – October 6, 1910(resigned) [t]
Republican
1906
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler [r]
1908
Horace White
37
Horace White (1865–1943) [135]
October 6, 1910 [136] – December 31, 1910(successor took office)
Republican
Succeeded from lieutenant governor
George H. Cobb (acting)
38
John Alden Dix (1860–1928) [138]
January 1, 1911 [139] – January 1, 1913(lost nomination) [140]
Democratic
1910
Thomas F. Conway
39
William Sulzer (1863–1941) [142]
January 1, 1913 [143] – October 17, 1913(impeached and removed) [u]
Democratic
1912
Martin H. Glynn
40
Martin H. Glynn (1871–1924) [145]
October 17, 1913 [146] – December 31, 1914(lost election)
Democratic
Succeeded from lieutenant governor
Robert F. Wagner (acting)
41
Charles Seymour Whitman (1868–1947) [148]
January 1, 1915 [149] – January 1, 1919(lost election)
Republican
1914
Edward Schoeneck
1916
42
Al Smith (1873–1944) [151]
January 1, 1919 [152] – December 31, 1920(lost election)
Democratic
1918
Harry C. Walker
43
Nathan L. Miller (1868–1953) [154]
January 1, 1921 [155] – December 31, 1922(lost election)
Republican
1920
Jeremiah Wood (resigned September 26, 1922)
Clayton R. Lusk (acting)
42
Al Smith (1873–1944) [151]
January 1, 1923 [156] – December 31, 1928(did not run) [v]
Democratic
1922
George R. Lunn
1924
Seymour Lowman [r]
1926
Edwin Corning
44
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) [158]
January 1, 1929 [159] – December 31, 1932(did not run) [w]
Democratic
1928
Herbert H. Lehman
1930
45
Herbert H. Lehman (1878–1963) [161]
January 1, 1933 [162] – December 2, 1942(resigned) [x]
Democratic
1932
M. William Bray
1934
1936
1938
Charles Poletti
46
Charles Poletti (1903–2002) [164]
December 2, 1942 [165] – December 31, 1942(successor took office)
Democratic
Succeeded from lieutenant governor
Joe R. Hanley [r] (acting)
47
Thomas E. Dewey (1902–1971) [167]
January 1, 1943 [168] – December 31, 1954(did not run)
Republican
1942
Thomas W. Wallace
1946
Joe R. Hanley
1950
Frank C. Moore (resigned September 30, 1953)
Arthur H. Wicks (acting)
Walter J. Mahoney (acting)
48
W. Averell Harriman (1891–1986) [170]
January 1, 1955 [171] – December 31, 1958(lost election)
Democratic
1954
George DeLuca
49
Nelson Rockefeller (1908–1979) [173]
January 1, 1959 [174] – December 18, 1973(resigned) [y]
Republican
1958
Malcolm Wilson
1962
1966
1970
50
Malcolm Wilson (1914–2000) [177]
December 18, 1973 [175] – December 31, 1974(lost election)
Republican
Succeeded from lieutenant governor
Warren M. Anderson (acting)
51
Hugh Carey (1919–2011) [179]
January 1, 1975 [180] – December 31, 1982(did not run)
Democratic
1974
Mary Anne Krupsak
1978
Mario Cuomo
52
Mario Cuomo (1932–2015) [181]
January 1, 1983 [182] – December 31, 1994(lost election)
Democratic [181]
1982
Alfred DelBello (resigned February 1, 1985)
Warren M. Anderson [r] (acting)
1986
Stan Lundine
1990
53
George Pataki (b. 1945) [183]
January 1, 1995 [184] – December 31, 2006(did not run)
Republican [183]
1994
Betsy Ross [z]
1998
Mary Donohue
2002
54
Eliot Spitzer (b. 1959) [185]
January 1, 2007 [186] – March 17, 2008(resigned) [aa]
Democratic [185]
2006
David Paterson
55
David Paterson (b. 1954) [187]
March 17, 2008 [188] – December 31, 2010(did not run)
Democratic [187]
Succeeded from lieutenant governor
Joseph Bruno [r] (acting)
Dean Skelos [r] (acting)
Malcolm Smith (acting)
Pedro Espada Jr. (acting) [ab]
Richard Ravitch (contested) [ac]
Malcolm Smith (acting) [ad]
Richard Ravitch [ae]
56
Andrew Cuomo (b. 1957) [189]
January 1, 2011 [190] – August 23, 2021(resigned) [af]
Democratic [189]
2010
Robert Duffy
2014
Kathy Hochul
2018
57
Kathy Hochul (b. 1958) [191]
August 24, 2021 [192] – Incumbent[ag]
Democratic [191]
Succeeded from lieutenant governor
Andrea Stewart-Cousins (acting)
Brian Benjamin (appointed September 9, 2021) (resigned April 12, 2022)[ah]
Andrea Stewart-Cousins (acting)
Antonio Delgado (appointed May 25, 2022)
2022
See also
Notes
^ The state constitutions refer to this position as the "temporary president of the senate".
^ On September 22, 2009, the New York Court of Appeals upheld the right of the governor to appoint a lieutenant governor to fill the vacancy.
^ The 1846 constitution specified that the governor holds their office "until and including the thirty-first day of December"; this has been interpreted in modern times as the changeover occurring at midnight. Governors on this list are only marked as having left office on December 31 if an early or midnight swearing-in of their successor was documented.
^ Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
^ a b Dubin, Glashan, and Kallenbach note Clinton as having no party identification until either 1789 (Dubin) or 1792 (Glashan and Kallenbach).
^ Lewis is labeled a Federalist by Kallenbach, and a Democratic-Republican by Dubin, Glashan, and Sobel.
^ Tompkins resigned, having been elected Vice President of the United States .[34]
^ At the time, the position of president pro-tempore of the Senate was only filled during a vacancy in the office of lieutenant governor, so Tayler was not elected to fill the position until January 29, 1811.
^ Van Buren resigned, having been confirmed as United States Secretary of State .
^ a b c Represented the Democratic Party
^ Clark lost the Republican nomination to John A. King .
^ Clark is widely labeled a Whig or Whig-Free Soil candidate, and Sobel notes he was nominated by the Whig, Free Democracy , Anti-Nebraska , and Temperance parties.
^ All modern sources say Fenton was inaugurated on January 1, and this is found in sources at least as old as 1910;[88] however, all contemporary coverage says he was inaugurated at noon on Monday, January 2.[89] [90] [91]
^ Tilden instead ran unsuccessfully for President of the United States .
^ Cornell lost the Republican nomination to Charles J. Folger .
^ Cleveland resigned, having been elected President of the United States .
^ Hill was elected to the United States Senate for a term starting March 4, 1891, but did not take office until his gubernatorial term expired.[113]
^ a b c d e f g Represented the Republican Party
^ Roosevelt was instead elected Vice President of the United States .
^ Hughes resigned, having been confirmed as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States .
^ Sulzer was impeached and removed from office for campaign contribution fraud.
^ Smith instead ran unsuccessfully for President of the United States .
^ Roosevelt was instead elected President of the United States .
^ Lehman resigned, having been appointed director of the Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations at the United States Department of State .
^ Rockefeller resigned to devote himself to his Commission on Critical Choices for Americans .[175]
^ Elected as Betsy McCaughey, but married and changed name in 1995.
^ Spitzer resigned due to a prostitution scandal .[185]
^ Espada was a Democrat, but combined with the Republicans in a change of leadership which triggered the 2009 New York State Senate leadership crisis .
^ Ravitch was appointed on July 8, 2009, but the appointment was contested in the courts. On August 20, the Appellate Division rejected the appointment; Ravitch vacated the office.
^ Smith succeeded Espada on July 9 as temporary President of the New York State Senate and claimed to be Acting Lieutenant Governor under the provisions of the New York State Constitution while the appointment of Ravitch was contested.
^ On September 22, the New York Court of Appeals reversed the Appellate Division's ruling, thus re-instating Ravitch to the lieutenant governorship, beginning on July 8.
^ Cuomo resigned due to allegations of sexual harassment .[6]
^ Hochul's first full term began at midnight on January 1, 2023, and will expire at midnight January 1, 2027.
^ Benjamin resigned after having been indicted earlier that day on federal wire fraud and bribery charges.[193]
References
General
"Governors of New York" . State of New York. Archived from the original on March 15, 2008. Retrieved March 28, 2008 .
"Former New York Governors" . National Governors Association. Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
Sobel, Robert (1978). Biographical directory of the governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. III . Meckler Books. ISBN 9780930466008 . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County . McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0 .
Dubin, Michael J. (2014). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911: The Official Results by State and County . McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5646-8 .
Kallenbach, Joseph Ernest (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976 . Oceana Publications. ISBN 978-0-379-00665-0 . Retrieved September 23, 2023 .
Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 . Meckler Books. ISBN 978-0-930466-17-6 .
Jenkins, John Stilwell (1851). Lives of the Governors of the State of New York . Auburn N.Y.: Derby and Miller . p. 862.
"Our Campaigns - Governor of New York - History" . www.ourcampaigns.com . Retrieved July 25, 2023 .
Specific
^ a b New York Constitution article IV, § 3.
^ New York Constitution article IV, § 7.
^ New York Constitution article IV, § 4.
^ "Governors of New York" . State of New York. Archived from the original on March 15, 2008. Retrieved March 28, 2008 .
^ McFadden, Robert D. (December 3, 2007). "Moses Weinstein, 95, Legislator and Judge, Dies" . The New York Times . Retrieved September 7, 2008 .
^ a b "New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigns" . NBC News. August 10, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021 .
^ 1777 New York Constitution, article XVIII.
^ "Governors of New York" . New York Department of State. Archived from the original on March 21, 2008. Retrieved March 28, 2008 .
^ 1821 New York Constitution article III, § 1.
^ 1821 New York Constitution article I, § 15.
^ 1821 New York Constitution article I, § 16.
^ John Joseph Lalor , ed. (1883). "New York" . Cyclopædia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the United States . Vol. II. Chicago: Melbert B. Cary & Company. p. 1017. Retrieved March 28, 2008 .
^ 1894 New York Constitution article IV, § 1
^ New York Constitution article IV, § 1.
^ 1777 New York Constitution, article X.
^ New York Constitution, article IV § 5.
^ New York Constitution, article IV § 6.
^ "Executive Branch of the Several States" . The Green Papers. Retrieved March 28, 2008 .
^ a b "George Clinton" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ Faber, Harold (September 25, 1989). "Remembering a Governor Almost Forgotten" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved May 11, 2023 .
^ "John Jay" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ Senate, New York (State) Legislature (1901). Documents of the Senate of the State of New York . E. Croswell. p. 303.
^ a b c d Williams, Edwin (1831). The New York Annual Register . J. Leavitt. p. 35.
^ "Morgan Lewis" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ a b "Daniel D. Tompkins" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "John Tayler" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "none" . Buffalo Gazette . March 11, 1817. p. 2. Retrieved September 29, 2023 . His honor Lt. Gov. Tayler, before assuming the executive functions, took an affectionate leave of the Senate.
^ a b "Dewitt Clinton" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "none" . The Long-Island Star . July 9, 1817. p. 2. Retrieved September 29, 2023 . Yesterday, his Excellency Dewitt Clinton, elected governor, and his honor John Taylor, Lieutenant Governor took the oaths of their respective offices.
^ "Joseph Christopher Yates" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "none" . The Evening Post . January 6, 1823. p. 2. Retrieved September 29, 2023 . On Wednesday last... his Excellency Joseph H. Yates was sworn into office as Governor of this state...
^ "New Governor" . Poughkeepsie Journal . January 5, 1825. p. 3. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "Nathaniel Pitcher" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "Martin Van Buren" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "none" . Poughkeepsie Journal . January 7, 1829. p. 3. Retrieved September 29, 2023 . On the first instant the oaths of office were administered to Martin Van Buren, Governor...
^ "Enos Thompson Throop" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ New York State Legislature. Journal of the Senate . 1829 sess., 307 , accessed May 12, 2023.
^ a b "William Learned Marcy" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "William Henry Seward" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "none" . The Evening Post . January 2, 1839. p. 2. Retrieved September 29, 2023 . Yesterday the new Governor, Mr. Seward, came into office.
^ a b "William C. Bouck" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "Silas Wright" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "Albany" . New York Daily Herald . January 4, 1845. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "John Young" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "The Inauguration of John Young As Governor of New York" . New York Daily Herald . January 3, 1847. p. 3. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "Hamilton Fish" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "Affairs in Albany" . New York Daily Herald . January 4, 1849. p. 4. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "Washington Hunt" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "Inauguration of Governor Hunt, Interesting Proceedings" . The Evening Post . January 2, 1851. p. 3. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ a b "Horatio Seymour" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "The Inauguration of Gov. Seymour - The Opening of the Legislature, etc" . New York Daily Herald . January 1, 1853. p. 4. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "Myron Holley Clark" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "Inauguration of the New Governor" . New York Daily Herald . January 1, 1855. p. 3. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "John Alsop King" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "Inauguration of Gov. King" . The Buffalo Commercial . January 3, 1857. p. 2. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "Edwin Denison Morgan" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "Affairs in Albany" . The Buffalo Daily Republic . January 3, 1859. p. 2. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "Inauguration of Governor Horatio Seymour" . The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . January 2, 1863. p. 2. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "Reuben Eaton Fenton" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ Manning, James Hilton (1910). Albany Zouave Cadets ...: Fifty Years Young, July Twenty-third, MDCCCLX-MDCCCCX ... Weed-Parsons Printing Company. p. 39.
^ "Inauguration of Gov. Fenton" . Syracuse Daily Courier And Union . January 5, 1865. p. 2. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "Inauguration of Governor Fenton" . The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . January 3, 1865. p. 3. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "The State Legislature" . The New York Times . January 2, 1865. p. 5. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "John Thompson Hoffman" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "Inauguration of the New State Government" . The New York Times . January 2, 1869. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "John Adams Dix" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "State Inaugurations" . The New York Times . January 2, 1873. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "Samuel Jones Tilden" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "The New Governor Sworn" . The New York Times . January 2, 1875. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "Lucius Robinson" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "The New Governor Installed" . The New York Times . January 2, 1877. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "Alonzo Barton Cornell" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "A New Governor in Office" . The New York Times . January 2, 1880. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "Steven Grover Cleveland" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "Governor Cleveland" . The Buffalo News . January 2, 1883. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "David Bennett Hill" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "The New Regime" . The Buffalo News . January 6, 1885. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ United States Congress. "David Bennett Hill (id: H000590)" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
^ "Roswell Pettibone Flower" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "Oath of Office" . The Buffalo News . January 2, 1892. p. 11. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "Levi P. Morton, Governor" . The New York Times . January 2, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "Frank Swett Black" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "Black Is Now Governor" . The New York Times . January 2, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "Theodore Roosevelt" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "Col. Roosevelt Takes the Oath of Office" . The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . December 31, 1898. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "Benjamin Baker Odell" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "Gov. Odell Inaugurated" . The New York Times . January 2, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "Francis Wayland Higgins" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "It Is Gov. Higgins Now" . The New York Times . January 1, 1905. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "Charles Evans Hughes" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "Crowds Gather at Albany for Inauguration" . Buffalo Courier . January 1, 1907. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "Horace White" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "Horace White Is Governor of New York" . The Buffalo Enquirer . October 6, 1910. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "John Alden Dix" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "Dix Sworn In As Governor" . The Sun . January 1, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "Sulzer Wins on Fourth Phase, Dix Withdraws" . The New York Times . October 3, 1912. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved May 11, 2023 .
^ "William Sulzer" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "New York's Governor-Elect Took the Oath of Office Yesterday" . Buffalo Progressive . January 2, 1913. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "Martin Henry Glynn" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "Glynn Is Sworn In" . The New York Times . October 18, 1913. p. 2. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "Charles Seymour Whitman" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "Midnight Appointments Made by New Governor" . The Post-Star . January 1, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ a b "Alfred Emanuel Smith" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "Democratic Weather for Smith's Inauguration" . The Kingston Daily Freeman . January 1, 1919. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "Nathan Lewis Miller" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "Brilliance to Mark Miller's Inaugural Day" . Poughkeepsie Eagle-News . January 1, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "Al E. Smith Given Oath" . Poughkeepsie Eagle-News . January 1, 1923. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "Franklin Delano Roosevelt" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "Roosevelt Takes First Oath Of Office as State Governor" . Poughkeepsie Eagle-News . Associated Press. January 1, 1929. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "Herbert Henry Lehman" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "O'Brien Sworn As Mayor; Lehman Now Governor" . Times Union . United Press. January 1, 1933. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "Charles Poletti" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ Tyler, William W. (December 3, 1942). "Poletti Assumes Governorship; Lehman Resigns" . The Post-Star . Associated Press. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "Thomas Edmund Dewey" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ Lee, Dick (January 1, 1943). "Dewey Sworn In; 20-Year Republican Drout Ends" . Daily News . p. 2. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "William Averell Harriman" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "Gov. Harriman Sworn; Hungry Dems Swarm" . Daily News . January 1, 1955. p. 2. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ Dumas, Charles (January 1, 1959). "Rockefeller Sworn In As 49th Governor" . The Troy Record . Associated Press. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ a b "Wilson Becomes 50th Governor in Quiet Ceremony" . The Buffalo News . December 18, 1973. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "Malcolm Wilson" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "Hugh Leo Carey" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "Carey Takes Oath as Governor" . The Post-Standard . United Press International. January 1, 1975. p. 6. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ a b "Mario Matthew Cuomo" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ "Cuomo Takes Oath, Becomes 52nd Governor" . The Buffalo News . January 1, 1983. p. A1. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ a b "George E. Pataki" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ Humbert, Marc (January 1, 1995). "New Governor in Control of New York" . The Post-Star . Associated Press. p. A1. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ a b c "Eliot Spitzer" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ Spector, Joseph (January 1, 2007). "Glut of Troubles Awaits Spitzer" . Democrat and Chronicle . p. 1A. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ a b "David A. Paterson" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ Precious, Tom (March 18, 2008). "Trust Is Paterson's Mission" . The Buffalo News . p. A1. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ a b "Andrew Cuomo" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ Reisman, Nick (January 1, 2011). "Cuomo Is 56th Leader of New York" . Poughkeepsie Journal . p. 1A. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ a b "Kathy Hochul" . National Governors Association . Retrieved May 9, 2023 .
^ Solomon, Joshua (August 24, 2021). "Kathy Hochul Sworn In After Midnight, Becoming New York's First Female Governor" . Times Union . Retrieved May 16, 2023 .
^ "NY lieutenant governor resigns after arrest in federal probe" . AP NEWS . April 12, 2022. Retrieved April 12, 2022 .
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