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The Governor of New York, the highest executive officer of the state, was originally chosen for a term of 2 years. In 1877 it was extended to 3 years, in 1895 reduced back to 2 years, and in 1938 it was extended to the current 4 year term.
- George Clinton, (1739-1812), Democratic-Republican, 1777- 1795
- John Jay, (1745-1829), Federalist, 1795- 1801
- George Clinton, (1739-1812), Democratic-Republican, 1801- 1804
- Morgan Lewis, Democratic-Republican, 1804- 1807
- Daniel D. Tompkins, (1774-1825), Democratic-Republican, 1807- 1817Events March 4 James Monroe succeeds James Madison as the President of the United States of America April Earthquake in Palermo, Italy April 3 Princess Caraboo appears in Almondsbury in Gloucestershire, England July 4 At Rome, New York, construction on th
- John TaylerJohn Tayler ( July 4, 1742 March 19, 1829) was an American businessman and politician. He served a long term as lieutenant governor, with a brief stint as acting governor, of New York State, as well as serving in the state assembly and senate. He was born, Democratic-Republican, 1817
- De Witt Clinton, (1769-1828), Democratic-Republican, 1817- 1822
- Joseph C. Yates, Democratic-Republican, 1823- 1824
- De Witt Clinton, (1769-1828), Clinton Republican, 1825- 1828
- Nathaniel Pitcher, Democratic-Republican, 1828
- Martin Van Buren, (1782-1862), Jacksonian Democratic, 1829
- Enos T. Throop, Jacksonian Democratic, 1829- 1832
- William L. Marcy, Democratic, 1833- 1838
- William H. Seward, (1801-1872), Whig, 1839- 1842
- William C. Bouck, Democratic, 1843- 1844
- Silas Wright, Democratic, 1845- 1846
- John Young, (1802-1852), Whig, 1847- 1848
- Hamilton Fish, (1808-1893), Whig, 1849- 1850
- Washington Hunt, Whig Anti-Rent, 1851- 1852
- Horatio Seymour, (1810-1886), Democratic, 1853- 1854
- Myron H. Clark, Fusion Republican, 1855- 1856
- John A. King, Republican, 1857- 1858
- Edwin D. Morgan, Republican, 1859- 1862
- Horatio Seymour, (1810-1886), Democratic, 1863- 1864
- Reuben E. Fenton, Union, 1865- 1868
- John T. Hoffman, Democratic, 1869- 1872
- John Adams Dix, Republican, 1873- 1874
- Samuel J. Tilden, (1814-1886), Democratic, 1875- 1876
- Lucius Robinson, Democratic, 1877- 1879
- Alonzo B. Cornell, Republican, 1880- 1882
- Grover Cleveland, Democratic, 1883- 1884
- David B. Hill, Democratic, 1885- 1891
- Roswell P. Flower, Democratic, 1892- 1894
- Levi P. Morton, (1824-1920), Republican, 1895- 1896
- Frank S. Black, Republican, 1897- 1898
- Theodore Roosevelt, (1858-1919), Republican, 1899- 1900
- Benjamin B. Odell, Jr., (1854-1926), Republican, 1901- 1904
- Frank W. Higgins, (1856-1907), Republican, 1905- 1906
- Charles Evans Hughes, (1862-1948), Republican, 1907- 1910
- Horace White, Republican, 1910
- John Alden Dix, (1860-1928), Democratic, 1911- 1912
- William Sulzer, (1863-1941), Democratic, 1913
- Martin H. Glynn, (1871-1924), Democratic, 1913- 1914
- Charles S. Whitman, (1868-1947), Republican, 1915- 1918
- Alfred E. Smith, (1873-1944), Democratic, 1919- 1920
- Nathan L. Miller, (1868-1953), Republican, 1921- 1922
- Alfred E. Smith, (1873-1944), Democratic, 1923- 1928
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, (1882-1945), Democratic, 1929- 1932
- Herbert H. Lehman, (1878-1963), Democratic, 1933- 1942
- Charles Poletti, (1903-2002), Democratic, 1942
- Thomas E. Dewey, (1902-1971), Republican, 1943- 1954
- W. Averell Harriman, (1891-1986), Democratic, 1955- 1958
- Nelson A. Rockefeller, (1908-1979), Republican, 1959- 1973
- Malcolm Wilson, (1914-2000), Republican, 1973- 1975
- Hugh L. Carey, (1919-), Democratic, 1975- 1983
- Mario M. Cuomo, (1932-), Democratic, 1983- 1995
- George E. Pataki, (1945-), Republican, 1995-
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