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Governors of the State of New York

Name Born Service Died
George Clinton New Britain, NY
1739
1777-1795
1801-1804
20 April 1812
Washington, DC
John Jay 12 Dec 1745
New York City
1795-1801 15 May 1829
New Bedford, NY
Morgan Lewis 1754
New York City
1804-1807 1844
New York City
Daniel D Tompkins 21 June 1774
Fox Meadows, NY
1804-1807 11 June 1825
New York
John Tayler 26 March 1784 Feb 1817-July 1817 19 Mar 1829
New York
DeWitt Clinton 2 March 1769
Little Britain, NY
1817-1823 11 Feb 1828
New York
Joseph C Yates 9 Nov 1768 1823-1824 19 Mar 1837
Schenectady NY
Nathaniel Pitcher 1777 1828-1829 1836
Martin Van Buren 5 Dec 1782
Kinderhook NY
Jan 1829-Mar 1829 24 Jul 1862
Kinderhook NY
Enos T Throop 21 Aug 1784
Johnstown NY
1829-1832 1 Nov 1874
New York
William L Marcy 12 Dec 1786 1833-1838 4 Jul 1857
Ballston Spa NY
William H Seward 16 May 1801
Florida NY
1830-1843 10 Oct 1872
Auburn NY
William C Bouck 1796 1843-1845 1859
Silas Wright 24 May 1795
Amherst MA
1845-1846 27 Aug 1847
Canton NY
John Young 12 Jun 1802
Chelsea VT
1847-1848 23 Apr 1852
New York City
Hamilton Fish 3 Aug 1808
New York City
1849-1850 7 Sep 1893
New York
Washington Hunt 1881
Greene Co NY
1850-1852 1867
New York City
Horatio Seymour 31 May 1810
Pompe Hill NY
1863-1864 12 Feb 1886
New York
Myron H Clark 1806
Ontario Co NY
1855-1857 1892
Ontario Co NY
John A King 1788
New York City
1857-1859 1867
Queens NY
Edwin D Morgan 8 Feb 1811
Washington MA
1859-1862 14 Feb 1883
New York City
Reuben Fenton 4 Jul 1819
Cattauraugus Co NY
1865-1868 15 Aug 1885
Jamestown NY
John T Hoffman 10 Jan 1828
Ossining NY
1869-1873 24 Mar 1888
German Republic
Samuel J Tilden 9 Feb 1819
New Lebanon NY
1875-1876 4 Aug 1886
Yonkers, NY
Lucius Robinson 4 Nov 1810
Windham NY
1877-1879 23 May 1886
Elmira NY
Alonzo B Cornell 22 Jan 1832
Ithaca NY
1880-1882 15 Oct 1904
Ithaca NY
Steven Grover Cleveland 18 Mar 1837
Caldwell NJ
1883-1885 24 Jun 1908
Princeton NJ
Marcus Drake 0 0 0
David Bennett Hill 29 Aug 1843
Montour Falls NY
1885-1892 20 Oct 1910
Albany NY
Roswell P Flower 7 Aug 1835 1892-1895 12 May 1899
Levi Parsons Morton 16 May 1824
Shoreham VT
1896-1896 16 May 1920
Rheinbeck NY
Frank S Black 8 Mar 1853
Limington ME
1897-1898 22 Mar 1913
Troy NY
Theodore Roosevelt 27 Oct 1858
New York City
1899-1901 6 Jan 1919
Oyster Bay NY
Benjamin B Odell 14 Jan 1854
Newburgy NY
1901-1905 9 May 1926
Newburgh NY
Frank W Higgins 18 Aug 1856
Rushford NY
1905-1907 12 Feb 1907
Olean NY
Charles Hughes 11 Apr 1862
Glens Falls NY
1907-1910 27 Aug 1948
Horace White 7 Oct 1865 1910-1911 26 Nov 1943
New York City
John Alden Dix 25 Dec 1860
Glens Falls NY
1911-1913 9 Apr 1928
New York City
William Sulzer 18 Mar 1863
Elizabeth NJ
1913-1913 6 Nov 1941
New York City
Martin H Glynn 27 Sep 1871
Kinderhook NY
1913-1915 14 Dec 1924
Albany NY
Charles S Whitman 29 Sep 1868
Kinderhook NY
1915-1918 29 Mar 1947
Albany NY
Alfred E Smith 30 Dec 1873
New York City
1920-1921
1923-1929
4 Oct 1944
New York City
Nathan L Miller 10 Oct 1868
Cortland NY
1921-1923 26 Jun 1953
Franklin D Roosevelt 30 Jan 1882
Hyde Park NY
1933-1945 12 Apr 1945
Warm Spgs GA
Herbert H Lehman 28 Mar 1878
New York City
1933-1942 5 Dec 1963
Charles Poletti 2 Jul 1903 1942-1943 2 Aug 2002
Thomas E Dewey 22 Mar 1902
Owosso MI
1943-1955 16 Mar 1971
New York City
W Averill Harriman 15 Nov 1891
New York City
1955-1959 26 Jul 1986
Nelson A Rockefeller 8 Jul 1908
New York City
1959-1973 26 Jan 1979
Malcolm Wilson 26 Feb 1914 1973-1975 13 Mar 2000
Hugh Carey 11 Apr 1919
Brooklyn NY
1975-1983 living
Mario Cuomo 15 Jun 1932
Queens NY
1983-1995 living
George Pataki 24 Jun 1945
Peekskill NY
1995-present living

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