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Governors of New York State
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| July 9, 1777 | George Clinton The Constitution of 1777 did not specify when the Governor should enter on the duties of his office. Governor Clinton was declared elected on July 9 and qualified on July 30. On February 13, 1787, an act was passed for regulating elections. It also provided that the Governor and Lieutenant Governor should enter on the duties of their respective office on July 1 after their election. |
| April 1795 | John Jay |
| April 1801 | George Clinton |
| April 1804 | Morgan Lewis |
| April 1807 | Daniel D. Tompkins |
| March 1817 | John Taylor, Lieutenant Governor, Acting Governor |
| July 1, 1817 | De Witt Clinton |
| November 6, 1822 | Joseph C. Yates, The Constitution of 1821 provided that the Governor and Lieutenant Governor enter on the duties of their offices on the January 1 following their election. |
| November 3, 1824 | De Witt Clinton |
| February 11, 1828 | Nathaniel Pitcher Lieutanant Governor, Acting Governor |
| November 5, 1828 | Martin Van Buren |
| March 12, 1829 | Enos T. Throop Lieutenant Governor, became Governor upon the resignation of Van Buren in 1829; elected November 1830 for a full term. |
| November 7, 1832 | William L. Marcy |
| November 7, 1838 | William H. Seward |
| November 8, 1842 | William C. Bouck |
| November 5, 1844 | Silas Wright |
| November 3, 1846 | John Young |
| November 7, 1848 | Hamilton Fish |
| November 5, 1850 | Washington Hunt |
| November 2, 1852 | Horatio Seymour |
| November 7, 1854 | Myron H. Clark |
| November 4, 1856 | John A. King |
| November 2, 1858 | Edwin D. Morgan |
| November 4, 1862 | Horatio Seymour |
| November 8, 1864 | Reuben E. Fenton |
| November 3, 1868 | John T. Hoffman |
| November 5, 1872 | John A. Dix |
| November 3, 1874 | Samuel J. Tilden |
| November 7, 1876 | Lucius Robinson |
| November 4, 1879 | Alonzo B. Cornell |
| November 7, 1882 | Grover Cleveland Elected President of the United States in 1884; resigned as Governor, January 6, 1885 |
| January 6, 1885 | David B. Hill Lieutenant Governor, became Governor upon resignation of Cleveland in 1885; subsequently elected to two full terms, on November 3, 1885 and November 6, 1888. |
| November 3, 1891 | Roswell P. Flower |
| November 6, 1894 | Levi P. Morton |
| November 3, 1896 | Frank S. Black |
| November 8, 1898 | Theodore Roosevelt |
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