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The Governor of New York, the highest executive officer in the state, was originally chosen for a term of 2 years. In 1877 it was extended to 3 years, in 1895 reduced back to 2 years, amd in 1938 it was extended to the current 4 year term.



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*[George E. Pataki]?, 1995-
*[Mario M. Cuomo]?, 1983-1994
*[Hugh L. Carey]?, 1975-1982
*[Malcolm Wilson]?, 1973-1974
*Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1959-1973
*[W. Averell Harriman]?, 1955-1958
*[Thomas E. Dewey]?, 1943-1954
*[Charles Poletti]?, 1942
*[Herbert H. Lehman]?, 1933-1942
*[Franklin D. Roosevelt]?, 1929-1932
*[Alfred E. Smith]?, 1923-1928
*[Nathan L. Miller]?, 1921-1922
*[Alfred E. Smith]?, 1919-1920
*[Charles S. Whitman]?, 1915-1918
*[William Sulzer]?, 1913
*[Martin H. Glynn]?, 1913-1914
*[John A. Dix]?, 1911-1912
*[Horace White]?, 1910
*[Charles E. Hughes]?, 1907-1910
*[Frank W. Higgins]?, 1905-1906
*[Benjamin B. Odell, Jr.]?, 1901-1904
*Theodore Roosevelt, 1899-1900
*[Frank S. Black]?, 1897-1898
*[Levi P. Morton]?, 1895-1896
*[Roswell P. Flower]?, 1892-1894
*[David B. Hill]?, 1885-1891
*Grover Cleveland, 1883-1884
*[Alonzo B. Cornell]?, 1880-1882
*[Lucius Robinson]?, 1877-1879
*[Samuel J. Tilden]?, 1875-1876
*[John A. Dix]?, 1873-1874
*[John T. Hoffman]?, 1869-1872
*[Reuben E. Fenton]?, 1865-1868
*[Horatio Seymour]?, 1863-1864
*[Edwin D. Morgan]?, 1859-1862
*[John A. King]?, 1857-1858
*[Myron H. Clark]?, 1855-1856
*[Horatio Seymour]?, 1853-1854
*[Washington Hunt]?, 1851-1852
*[Hamilton Fish]?, 1849-1850
*John Young, 1847-1848
*[Silas Wright]?, 1845-1846
*[William C. Bouck]?, 1843-1844
*[William H. Seward]?, 1839-1842
*[William L. Marcy]?, 1833-1838
*Martin Van Buren, 1829
*[Enos T. Throop]?, 1829-1832
*[Nathaniel Pitcher]?, 1828
*[De Witt Clinton]?, 1825-1828
*[Joseph C. Yates]?, 1823-1824
*[John Tayler]?, 1817
*[De Witt Clinton]?, 1817-1822
*[Daniel D. Tompkins]?, 1807-1817
*[Morgan Lewis]?, 1804-1807
*George Clinton, 1801-1804
*John Jay, 1795-1801
*George Clinton, 1777-1795
*George Clinton, Democratic-Republican, 1777-1795
*John Jay, Federalist, 1795-1801
*George Clinton, Democratic-Republican, 1801-1804
*[Morgan Lewis]?, Democratic-Republican, 1804-1807
*[Daniel D. Tompkins]?, Democratic-Republican, 1807-1817
*[John Tayler]?, Democratic-Republican, 1817
*[De Witt Clinton]?, Democratic-Republican, 1817-1822
*[Joseph C. Yates]?, Democratic-Republican, 1823-1824
*[De Witt Clinton]?, Clinton Republican, 1825-1828
*[Nathaniel Pitcher]?, Democratic-Republican, 1828
*Martin Van Buren, Jacksonian Democratic, 1829
*[Enos T. Throop]?, Jacksonian Democratic, 1829-1832
*[William L. Marcy]?, Democratic, 1833-1838
*[William H. Seward]?, Whig, 1839-1842
*[William C. Bouck]?, Democratic, 1843-1844
*[Silas Wright]?, Democratic, 1845-1846
*John Young, Whig, 1847-1848
*[Hamilton Fish]?, Whig, 1849-1850
*[Washington Hunt]?, Whig Anti-Rent, 1851-1852
*[Horatio Seymour]?, Democratic, 1853-1854
*[Myron H. Clark]?, Fusion Republican, 1855-1856
*[John A. King]?, Republican, 1857-1858
*[Edwin D. Morgan]?, Republican, 1859-1862
*[Horatio Seymour]?, Democratic, 1863-1864
*[Reuben E. Fenton]?, Union, 1865-1868
*[John T. Hoffman]?, Democratic, 1869-1872
*[John A. Dix]?, Republican, 1873-1874
*[Samuel J. Tilden]?, Democratic, 1875-1876
*[Lucius Robinson]?, Democratic, 1877-1879
*[Alonzo B. Cornell]?, Republican, 1880-1882
*Grover Cleveland, Democratic, 1883-1884
*[David B. Hill]?, Democratic, 1885-1891
*[Roswell P. Flower]?, Democratic, 1892-1894
*[Levi P. Morton]?, Republican, 1895-1896
*[Frank S. Black]?, Republican, 1897-1898
*Theodore Roosevelt, Republican, 1899-1900
*[Benjamin B. Odell, Jr.]?, Republican, 1901-1904
*[Frank W. Higgins]?, Republican, 1905-1906
*Charles Evans Hughes, Republican, 1907-1910
*[Horace White]?, Republican, 1910
*[John A. Dix]?, Republican, 1911-1912
*[William Sulzer]?, Democratic, 1913
*[Martin H. Glynn]?, Democratic, 1913-1914
*[Charles S. Whitman]?, Republican, 1915-1918
*[Alfred E. Smith]?, Democratic, 1919-1920
*[Nathan L. Miller]?, Republican, 1921-1922
*[Alfred E. Smith]?, Democratic, 1923-1928
*[Franklin D. Roosevelt]?, Democratic, 1929-1932
*[Herbert H. Lehman]?, Democratic, 1933-1942
*[Charles Poletti]?, Democratic, 1942
*[Thomas E. Dewey]?, Republican, 1943-1954
*[W. Averell Harriman]?, Democratic, 1955-1958
*Nelson A. Rockefeller, Republican, 1959-1973
*[Malcolm Wilson]?, Republican, 1973-1974
*[Hugh L. Carey]?, Democratic, 1975-1982
*[Mario M. Cuomo]?, Democratic, 1983-1994
*[George E. Pataki]?, Republican, 1995-

The Governor of New York, the highest executive officer in the state, was originally chosen for a term of 2 years. In 1877 it was extended to 3 years, in 1895 reduced back to 2 years, amd in 1938 it was extended to the current 4 year term.

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