List of 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.

1. George Clinton, (1739-1812), Democratic-Republican, 1777-1795
2. John Jay, (1745-1829), Federalist, 1795-1801
3. George Clinton, (1739-1812), Democratic-Republican, 1801-1804
4. Morgan Lewis, Democratic-Republican, 1804-1807
5. Daniel D. Tompkins, (1774-1825), Democratic-Republican, 1807-1817
6. John Tayler, Democratic-Republican, 1817
7. De Witt Clinton, (1769-1828), Democratic-Republican, 1817-1822
8. Joseph C. Yates, Democratic-Republican, 1823-1824
9. De Witt Clinton, (1769-1828), Clinton Republican, 1825-1828
10. Nathaniel Pitcher, Democratic-Republican, 1828
11. Martin Van Buren, (1782-1862), Jacksonian Democratic, 1829
12. Enos T. Throop, Jacksonian Democratic, 1829-1832
13. William L. Marcy, Democratic, 1833-1838
14. William H. Seward, (1801-1872), Whig, 1839-1842
15. William C. Bouck, Democratic, 1843-1844
16. Silas Wright, Democratic, 1845-1846
17. John Young, (1930-1852), Whig, 1847-1848
18. Hamilton Fish, Whig, 1849-1850
19. Washington Hunt, Whig Anti-Rent, 1851-1852
20. Horatio Seymour, Democratic, 1853-1854
21. Myron H. Clark, Fusion Republican, 1855-1856
22. John A. King, Republican, 1857-1858
23. Edwin D. Morgan, Republican, 1859-1862
24. Horatio Seymour, Democratic, 1863-1864
25. Reuben E. Fenton, Union, 1865-1868
26. John T. Hoffman, Democratic, 1869-1872
27. John A. Dix, Republican, 1873-1874
28. Samuel J. Tilden, (1814-1886), Democratic, 1875-1876
29. Lucius Robinson, Democratic, 1877-1879
30. Alonzo B. Cornell, Republican, 1880-1882
31. Grover Cleveland, Democratic, 1883-1884
32. David B. Hill, Democratic, 1885-1891
33. Roswell P. Flower, Democratic, 1892-1894
34. Levi P. Morton, (1824-1920), Republican, 1895-1896
35. Frank S. Black, Republican, 1897-1898
36. Theodore Roosevelt, (1858-1919), Republican, 1899-1900
37. Benjamin B. Odell, Jr, Republican, 1901-1904
38. Frank W. Higgins, Republican, 1905-1906
39. Charles Evans Hughes, (1862-1948), Republican, 1907-1910
40. Horace White, Republican, 1910
41. John A. Dix, Republican, 1911-1912
42. William Sulzer, Democratic, 1913
43. Martin H. Glynn, Democratic, 1913-1914
44. Charles S. Whitman, Republican, 1915-1918
45. Alfred E. Smith, (1873-1944), Democratic, 1919-1920
46. Nathan L. Miller, Republican, 1921-1922
47. Alfred E. Smith, (1873-1944), Democratic, 1923-1928
48. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic, 1929-1932
49. Herbert H. Lehman, Democratic, 1933-1942
50. Charles Poletti, Democratic, 1942
51. Thomas E. Dewey, Republican , 1943-1954
52. W. Averell Harriman, Democratic, 1955-1958
53. Nelson A. Rockefeller, Republican, 1959-1973
54. Malcolm Wilson, Republican, 1973-1974
55. Hugh L. Carey, Democratic, 1975-1982
56. Mario M. Cuomo, Democratic, 1983-1994
57. George E. Pataki, Republican, 1995-