Governors of New York, 1777-2024(May beincomplete!) GeorgeClinton 1777-95JohnJay 1795-1801GeorgeClinton 1801-04MorganLewis 1804-07DanielD. Tompkins 1807-17JohnTayler 1817DeWitt Clinton 1817-23JosephC. Yates 1823-24DeWitt Clinton 1825-28NathanielPitcher 1828MartinVan Buren 1829EnosT. Throop 1829-33WilliamL. Marcy 1833-39WilliamH. Seward 1839-43WilliamC. Bouck 1843-45SilasWright, Jr. 1845-47JohnYoung 1847-49HamiltonFish 1849-51WashingtonHunt 1851-53HoratioSeymour 1853-55MyronH. Clark 1855-57JohnA. King 1857-59EdwinD. Morgan 1859-62HoratioSeymour 1863-65ReubenE. Fenton 1865-69JohnT. Hoffman 1869-72JohnA. Dix 1873-75SamuelJ. Tilden 1875-77LuciusRobinson 1877-80AlonzoB. Cornell 1880-83GroverCleveland 1883-85DavidB. Hill 1885-92RoswellP. Flower 1892-95LeviP. Morton 1895-97FrankS. Black 1897-99TheodoreRoosevelt 1899-1901BenjaminB. Odell, Jr. 1901-05FrankW. Higgins 1905-06CharlesEvans Hughes 1907-10HoraceWhite 1910-11JohnA. Dix 1911-12WilliamSulzer 1913MartinH. Glynn 1913-15CharlesS. Whitman 1915-19AlfredE. Smith 1919-21NathanL. Miller 1921-22AlfredE. Smith 1923-29FranklinD. Roosevelt 1929-33HerbertH. Lehman 1933-42CharlesPoletti 1942-43ThomasE. Dewey 1943-55W.Averell Harriman 1955-59NelsonA. Rockefeller 1959-73MalcolmWilson 1973-75HughL. Carey 1975-82MarioM. Cuomo 1983-94GeorgePataki 1995-2006EliotSpitzer 2007-08DavidA. Paterson 2008-10AndrewM. Cuomo 2011-21KathyC. Hochul 2021- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1789:RobertYates, defeated. 1792:JohnJay, defeated. 1795:RobertYates, defeated. 1798:RobertR. Livingston, defeated. 1810:JonasPlatt, defeated. 1813:StephenVan Rensselaer, defeated. 1817:PeterB. Porter, defeated. 1824:SamuelYoung, defeated. 1826:WilliamB. Rochester, defeated. 1828:SolomonSouthwick, defeated;SmithThompson, defeated. 1828 Feb 11:DeWitt Clinton, died in office. 1830:FrancisGranger, defeated. 1832:FrancisGranger, defeated. 1834:WilliamH. Seward (Whig), defeated. 1836:JesseBuel, defeated. 1838:WilliamL. Marcy, defeated. 1840:WilliamC. Bouck, defeated;GerritSmith (Liberty), defeated. 1842:LutherBradish, defeated. 1844:MillardFillmore (Whig), defeated. 1846:SilasWright, Jr., defeated. 1848:ReubenH. Walworth, defeated. 1848 Nov 7:JohnA. Dix (Free Soil), defeated. 1850:HoratioSeymour, defeated. 1852:WashingtonHunt, defeated. 1852 Nov 2:MinthorneTompkins (Free Soil Democratic), defeated. 1854:DanielUllman, defeated;HoratioSeymour, defeated;GreeneC. Bronson, defeated. 1856:AmasaJ. Parker, defeated;ErastusBrooks, defeated. 1858:LorenzoBurrows, defeated;AmasaJ. Parker, defeated;GerritSmith, defeated. 1860:WilliamKelly (Dem), defeated. 1862:JamesS. Wadsworth (Rep), defeated. 1864:HoratioSeymour, defeated. 1866 Nov 6:JohnT. Hoffman (Dem), defeated. 1868:JohnA. Griswold (Rep), defeated. 1868 Nov 3:JohnT. Hoffman (Dem), elected. 1870:StewartL. Woodford (Rep), defeated. 1870 Nov 8:JohnT. Hoffman (Dem), elected. 1872:FrancisKernan, defeated. 1872 Nov 5:JohnA. Dix (Rep), elected. 1874:MyronH. Clark, defeated. 1874 Nov 3:JohnA. Dix (Rep), defeated. 1876:EdwinD. Morgan (Rep), defeated. 1879:LuciusRobinson, defeated. 1882:CharlesJ. Folger (Rep), defeated. 1882 Nov 7:AlphonsoA. Hopkins (Prohibition), defeated. 1885:IraDavenport, defeated. 1891:J.Sloat Fassett (Rep), defeated. 1894:DavidB. Hill, defeated;FrancisE. Baldwin (Prohibition), defeated. 1896 Nov 3:FrankS. Black (Rep), elected;WilburF. Porter (Dem), defeated;DanielG. Griffin (Gold Democratic), defeated;HowardBalkam (Socialist Labor), defeated;WilliamW. Smith (Prohibition), defeated. 1898:AugustusVan Wyck (Dem), defeated. 1898 Nov 8:BenjaminHanford (Social Democratic), defeated. 1900 Nov 6:BenjaminB. Odell, Jr. (Rep), elected;JohnB. Stanchfield (Dem), defeated;WilliamT. Wardwell (Prohibition), defeated;CharlesH. Corregan (Socialist Labor), defeated;BenjaminHanford (Social Democratic), defeated. 1902 Nov 4:BenjaminB. Odell, Jr. (Rep), elected;BirdS. Coler (Dem), defeated;BenjaminHanford (Social Democratic), defeated;AlfredL. Manierre (Prohibition), defeated;DanielDe Leon (Socialist Labor), defeated;EdgarL. Rider (Liberal Democratic), defeated. 1904 Nov 8:FrankW. Higgins (Rep), elected;D-CadyHerrick (Dem), defeated;ThomasPendergast (Social Democratic), defeated;JohnMcKee (Prohibition), defeated;DanielDe Leon (Socialist Labor), defeated;AlfredJ. Boulton (People's), defeated. 1906 Nov 6:WilliamRandolph Hearst (Dem & Independence League), defeated. 1908 Nov 3:CharlesEvans Hughes (Rep), elected;LewisS. Chanler (Dem), defeated;ClarenceJ. Shearn (Independence League), defeated;JoshuaWanhope (Socialist), defeated;GeorgeE. Stockwell (Prohibition), defeated;LeanderA. Armstrong (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1910 Oct 6:CharlesEvans Hughes, resigned. 1910 Nov 8:JohnA. Dix (Dem), elected;HenryL. Stimson (Rep), defeated;CharlesE. Russell (Socialist), defeated;JohnJ. Hopper (Independence League), defeated;T.Alexander MacNicholl (Prohibition), defeated;FrankE. Passonno (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1912 Nov 5:WilliamSulzer (Dem), elected;JobE. Hedges (Rep), defeated;OscarS. Straus (Progressive & Independence League), defeated;CharlesE. Russell (Socialist), defeated;T.Alexander MacNicholl (Prohibition), defeated;JohnHall (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1913 Oct 17:WilliamSulzer, removed. 1914 Sep 28:MartinH. Glynn (Dem), nominated;JohnA. Hennessy (Dem), defeated in primary. 1914 Sep 28:CharlesS. Whitman (Rep), nominated;HarveyD. Hinman (Rep), defeated in primary;JobE. Hedges (Rep), defeated in primary. 1914 Sep 28:FrederickM. Davenport (Progressive), nominated;WilliamSulzer (Progressive), defeated in primary. 1914 Nov 3:CharlesS. Whitman (Rep), elected;MartinH. Glynn (Dem & Independence League), defeated;WilliamSulzer (American & Prohibition), defeated;FrederickM. Davenport (Progressive), defeated;GustaveA. Strebel (Socialist), defeated;JamesT. Hunter (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1916 Sep 19:SamuelSeabury (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1916 Sep 19:CharlesS. Whitman (Rep), nominated;WilliamM. Bennett (Rep), defeated in primary. 1916 Sep 19:CharlesS. Whitman (Progressive), nominated;SamuelSeabury (Progressive), defeated in primary. 1916 Sep 19:CharlesS. Whitman (Independence League), nominated;SamuelSeabury (Independence League), defeated in primary. 1916 Nov 7:CharlesS. Whitman (Rep & Independence League), elected;SamuelSeabury (Dem), defeated;AlgernonLee (Socialist), defeated;CharlesE. Welch (Prohibition), defeated;JeremiahD. Crowley (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1918 Sep 3:AlfredE. Smith (Dem), nominated;WilliamChurch Osborn (Dem), defeated in primary. 1918 Sep 3:CharlesS. Whitman (Rep), nominated;MertonE. Lewis (Rep), defeated in primary. 1918 Sep 3:CharlesW. Ervin (Socialist), nominated unopposed. 1918 Sep 3:CharlesS. Whitman (Prohibition), nominated;OlinS. Bishop (Prohibition), defeated in primary. 1918 Nov 5:AlfredE. Smith (Dem), elected;CharlesS. Whitman (Rep & Prohibition), defeated;CharlesW. Ervin (Socialist), defeated;OliveM. Johnson (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1920 Sep 14:AlfredE. Smith (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1920 Sep 14:NathanL. Miller (Rep), nominated;GeorgeF. Thompson (Rep), defeated in primary. 1920 Nov 2:NathanL. Miller (Rep), elected;AlfredE. Smith (Dem), defeated;JosephD. Cannon (Socialist), defeated;DudleyField Malone (Farmer-Labor), defeated;GeorgeF. Thompson (Prohibition), defeated;JohnP. Quinn (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1922 Nov 7:AlfredE. Smith (Dem), elected;NathanL. Miller (Rep), defeated;EdwardF. Cassidy (Socialist & Farmer-Labor), defeated;GeorgeK. Hinds (Prohibition), defeated;JeremiahD. Crowley (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1924 Nov 4:AlfredE. Smith (Dem), elected;TheodoreRoosevelt (Rep), defeated;NormanThomas (Socialist), defeated;JamesP. Cannon (Workers), defeated;FrankE. Passonno (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1926 Nov 2:AlfredE. Smith (Dem), elected;OgdenL. Mills (Rep), defeated;JacobPanken (Socialist), defeated;CharlesE. Manierre (Prohibition), defeated;BenjaminGitlow (Workers), defeated;JeremiahD. Crowley (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1928 Nov 6:FranklinD. Roosevelt (Dem), elected;AlbertOttinger (Rep), defeated;LouisWaldman (Socialist), defeated;WilliamF. Dunne (Workers), defeated;CharlesH. Corregan (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1930 Nov 4:FranklinD. Roosevelt (Dem), elected;CharlesH. Tuttle (Rep), defeated;RobertP. Carroll (Law Preservation), defeated;LouisWaldman (Socialist), defeated;WilliamZ. Foster (Communist), defeated;JeremiahD. Crowley (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1932 Nov 8:HerbertH. Lehman (Dem), elected;WilliamJ. Donovan (Rep), defeated;LouisWaldman (Socialist), defeated;JohnF. Vichert (Law Preservation), defeated;IsraelAmter (Communist), defeated;AaronM. Orange (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1934 Nov 6:HerbertH. Lehman (Dem), elected;RobertMoses (Rep), defeated;CharlesSolomon (Socialist), defeated;IsraelAmter (Communist), defeated;WilliamF. Varney (Law Preservation), defeated;AaronM. Orange (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1936:FrankE. Gannett (Rep), defeated in primary. 1936 Nov 3:HerbertH. Lehman (Dem & American Labor), elected;WilliamF. Bleakley (Rep), defeated;HarryW. Laidler (Socialist), defeated;RobertMinor (Communist), defeated. 1938 Nov 8:HerbertH. Lehman (Dem & American Labor), elected;ThomasE. Dewey (Rep & Independent Progressive), defeated;NormanThomas (Socialist), defeated;AaronM. Orange (Industrial Government), defeated. 1942:JamesM. Mead (Dem), defeated for nomination. 1942 Nov 3:ThomasE. Dewey (Rep), elected;JohnJ. Bennett (Dem), defeated;DeanAlfange (American Labor), defeated;IsraelAmter (Communist), defeated;ColemanB. Cheney (Socialist), defeated;AaronM. Orange (Industrial Government), defeated. 1946 Nov 5:ThomasE. Dewey (Rep), elected;JamesM. Mead (Dem & American Labor), defeated. 1950 Nov 7:ThomasE. Dewey (Rep), elected;WalterA. Lynch (Dem & Liberal), defeated;JohnT. McManus (American Labor), defeated;MichaelBartell (Socialist Workers), defeated;EricHass (Industrial Government), defeated. 1954 Nov 2:W.Averell Harriman (Dem & Liberal), elected;IrvingM. Ives (Rep), defeated;JohnT. McManus (American Labor), defeated;DavidL. Weiss (Socialist Workers), defeated;NathanL. Karp (Industrial Government), defeated. 1958 Nov 4:NelsonA. Rockefeller (Rep), elected;W.Averell Harriman (Dem & Liberal), defeated;JohnT. McManus (Independent Socialist), defeated;EricHass (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1962 Nov 6:NelsonA. Rockefeller (Rep), elected;RobertM. Morgenthau (Dem & Liberal), defeated;DavidH. Jaquith (Conservative), defeated;RichardGarza (Socialist Workers), defeated;EricHass (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1966 Nov 8:NelsonA. Rockefeller (Rep), elected;FrankD. O'Connor (Dem), defeated;PaulL. Adams (Conservative), defeated;FranklinD. Roosevelt, Jr. (Liberal), defeated;MiltonHerder (Socialist Labor), defeated;JudithWhite (Socialist Workers), defeated. 1970 Jun 23:ArthurJ. Goldberg (Dem), nominated;HowardJ. Samuels (Dem), defeated in primary. 1970 Nov 3:NelsonA. Rockefeller (Rep), elected;ArthurJ. Goldberg (Dem), defeated;PaulL. Adams (Conservative), defeated;RasheedStorey (Communist), defeated;CliftonDeBerry (Socialist Workers), defeated;StephenEmery (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1974 Sep 10:HowardJ. Samuels (Dem), defeated in primary. 1974 Nov 5:HughL. Carey (Dem & Liberal), elected;MalcolmWilson (Rep & Conservative), defeated;WayneS. Amato (Courage), defeated;JerryTuccile (Free Libertarian), defeated;DerrickMorrison (Socialist Workers), defeated;JoseA. Ristorucci (Communist), defeated;JohnEmanuel (Socialist Labor), defeated;AntonH. Chaitkin (Labor), defeated. 1978:JeremiahB. Bloom (Dem), defeated in primary. 1978:MaryAnn Krupsak, defeated. 1978 Nov 7:PerryB. Duryea, Jr. (Rep), defeated;JarvisTyner (Communist), defeated. 1982:PaulJ. Curran (Rep), defeated in primary. 1982 Sep 23:MarioM. Cuomo (Dem), nominated;EdwardI. Koch (Dem), defeated in primary. 1982 Nov 2:MarioM. Cuomo (Dem), elected. 1986:PaulJ. Curran (Rep), defeated in primary. 1986 Nov 4:RafaelMendez (New Alliance), defeated;MarioM. Cuomo (Dem), elected;LenoraFulani (New Alliance), defeated. 1990 Nov 6:MarioM. Cuomo (Dem), elected;LouisP. Wein (Right To Life), defeated;LenoraFulani (New Alliance), defeated. 1994:S.William Green (Rep), defeated in primary. 1994 Sep 13:MarioM. Cuomo (Dem), nominated;LenoraFulani (Dem), defeated in primary. 1994 Nov 8:MarioM. Cuomo (Dem), defeated. 1998:AlbertLewis (Green), defeated. 1998 Sep 15:PeterVallone (Dem), nominated. 1998 Nov 3:ChristopherB. Garvey (Libertarian), defeated;ThomasK. Leighton (Marijuana Reform), defeated;PeterVallone (Dem), defeated. 2002:H.Carl McCall (Dem), defeated in primary. 2002 Nov 5:MartinKoppel (Socialist Workers), defeated;ThomasK. Leighton (Marijuana Reform), defeated. 2006:RandyA. Daniels (Rep), defeated in primary. 2006 Sep 12:EliotSpitzer (Dem), nominated;ThomasR. Suozzi (Dem), defeated in primary. 2006 Nov 7:EliotSpitzer (Dem & Independence), elected;JohnJ. Faso (Rep & Conservative), defeated;MalachyMcCourt (Green), defeated;JohnClifton (Libertarian), defeated;JimmyMcMillan (Rent Is Too Damn High), defeated;MauraDeLuca (Socialist Workers), defeated. 2008 Mar 12:EliotSpitzer, resigned. 2010 Sep 14:CarlP. Paladino (Rep), nominated;RickLazio (Rep), defeated in primary. 2010 Sep 14:RickLazio (Conservative), nominated, but withdrew;RalphC. Lorigo (Conservative), defeated in primary. 2010 Nov 2:AndrewM. Cuomo (Dem & Working Families & Independence), elected;CarlP. Paladino (Rep & Conservative & Taxpayers), defeated;HowieHawkins (Green), defeated;WarrenRedlich (Libertarian), defeated;JimmyMcMillan (Rent Is Too Damn High), defeated;CharlesBarron (Freedom), defeated;KristinM. Davis (Anti-Prohibition), defeated. 2014 Sep 9:AndrewM. Cuomo (Dem), nominated;ZephyrR. Teachout (Dem), defeated in primary;RandyCredico (Dem), defeated in primary. 2014 Nov 4:AndrewM. Cuomo (Dem & Working Families & Independence & Women'sEquality), elected;RobAstorino (Rep & Conservative & Stop Common Core), defeated;HowieHawkins (Green), defeated;MichaelMcDermott (Libertarian), defeated;StevenCohn (Sapient), defeated;JohnStuder (Socialist Workers), defeated. 2018 Nov 6:HowieHawkins (Green), defeated. | |