Governors of New York State
1900 - present

« 1777 - 1898

November 6, 1900 and
November 4, 1902
Benj. B. Odell, Jr.
November 8, 1904 Frank W. Higgins
November 6, 1906 and
November 3, 1908
Charles E. Hughes
Appointed Justice of the United States Supreme Court and resigned the office of Governor on October 6, 1910.
October 6, 1910 Horace White
Lieutenant Governor, became Governor upon resignation of Hughes.
November 8, 1910 John A. Dix
November 5, 1912 William Sulzer
October 17, 1913 Martin H. Glynn
Succeeded Sulzer, who was removed from office.
November 3, 1914 and
November 7, 1916
Charles S. Whitman
November 5, 1918 Alfred E. Smith
November 2, 1920 Nathan L. Miller
November 7, 1922;
November 4, 1924; and
November 2, 1926
Alfred E. Smith
November 6, 1928 and
November 4, 1930
Franklin D. Roosevelt
November 8, 1932
November 6, 1934
November 3, 1936
November 8, 1938
Herbert H. Lehman
December 3, 1942 Charles Poletti
Lieutenant Governor, became Governor upon resignation of Lehman.
November 3, 1942;
November 5, 1946
November 7, 1950
Thomas E. Dewey
November 2, 1954 Averell Harriman
November 4, 1958;
November 6, 1962; and
November 8, 1966
November 3, 1970
Nelson A. Rockefeller
December 18, 1973 Malcolm Wilson
Lieutenant Governor, became Governor upon resignation of Rockefeller.
November 5, 1974;
November 7, 1978
Hugh L. Carey
November 2, 1982;
November 4, 1986; and
November 6, 1990
Mario M. Cuomo
November 8, 1994;
November 2, 1998; and
November 5, 2002
George E. Pataki
November 7, 2006 Eliot Spitzer
March 17, 2008 David A. Paterson
Lieutenant Governor, became Governor upon resignation of Spitzer.

« 1777 - 1898

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