GOVERNORS OF NEW YORK

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
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; and 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; and November 7, 1950	Thomas E. Dewey
November 2, 1954	Averell Harriman
November 4, 1958; November 6, 1962; November 8, 1966; and November 3, 1970	Nelson A. Rockefeller
December 18, 1973	Malcolm Wilson Lieutenant Governor, became Governor upon resignation of Rockefeller.
November 5, 1974 and November 7, 1978	Hugh L. Carey
November 2, 1982; November 4, 1986; and November 6, 1990	Mario M. Cuomo
November 8, 1994	George E. Pataki