Governors of New York
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, 1807-1817
- John Tayler, 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, (1930-1852), Whig, 1847-1848
- Hamilton Fish, Whig, 1849-1850
- Washington Hunt, Whig Anti-Rent, 1851-1852
- Horatio Seymour, Democratic, 1853-1854
- Myron H. Clark, Fusion Republican, 1855-1856
- John A. King, Republican, 1857-1858
- Edwin D. Morgan, Republican, 1859-1862
- Horatio Seymour, Democratic, 1863-1864
- Reuben E. Fenton, Union, 1865-1868
- John T. Hoffman, Democratic, 1869-1872
- John A. 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, Republican, 1901-1904
- Frank W. Higgins, Republican, 1905-1906
- Charles Evans Hughes, (1862-1948), Republican, 1907-1910
- Horace White, Republican, 1910
- John A. Dix, Republican, 1911-1912
- William Sulzer, Democratic, 1913
- Martin H. Glynn, Democratic, 1913-1914
- Charles S. Whitman, Republican, 1915-1918
- Alfred E. Smith, (1873-1944), Democratic, 1919-1920
- Nathan L. Miller, Republican, 1921-1922
- Alfred E. Smith, (1873-1944), Democratic, 1923-1928
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic, 1929-1932
- Herbert H. Lehman, Democratic, 1933-1942
- Charles Poletti, Democratic, 1942
- Thomas E. Dewey, Republican , 1943-1954
- W. Averell Harriman, Democratic, 1955-1958
- Nelson A. Rockefeller, Republican, 1959-1973
- Malcolm Wilson, Republican, 1973-1974
- Hugh L. Carey, Democratic, 1975-1982
- Mario M. Cuomo, Democratic, 1983-1994
- George E. Pataki, Republican, 1995-
