Global political history

Global political history from 3000 BC to the 21st century – political leaders, elections, and more.

New York

Executive Branch of New York

Governor of New York
George Clinton

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 26 1739; d. April 20 1812.

Non-Partisan

1777 – 1795

John Jay

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 23 1745; d. May 17 1829.

Federalist Party

1795 – 1801

George Clinton

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 26 1739; d. April 20 1812.

Democratic-Republican Party

1801 – 1804

Morgan Lewis

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1754; d. April 7 1844.

Democratic-Republican Party

1804 – 1807

Daniel D. Tompkins

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 21 1774; d. June 11 1825.

Democratic-Republican Party

1807 – 1817

John Tayler (*acting)

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 4 1742; d. March 19 1829.

Democratic-Republican Party

1817

DeWitt Clinton

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1769; d. February 11 1828.

Democratic-Republican Party

1817 – 1822

DeWitt Clinton

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1769; d. February 11 1828.

Democratic-Republican Party

1825 – 1828

Nathaniel Pitcher

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1777; d. May 25 1836.

Democratic-Republican Party

1828

Martin Van Buren

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1782; d. July 24 1862.

Democratic Party

1829

Enos Thompson Throop

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1784; d. November 1 1874.

Democratic Party

1829 – 1832

William Learned Marcy

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 12 1786; d. July 4 1857.

Democratic Party

1833 – 1838

William Henry Seward

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 16 1801; d. October 10 1872.

Whig Party

1839 – 1842

William Christian Bouck

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1786; d. April 19 1859.

Democratic Party

1843 – 1844

Silas Wright, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 24 1795; d. August 27 1847.

Democratic Party

1845 – 1846

John Young

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 12 1802; d. April 23 1852.

Whig Party

1847 – 1848

Hamilton Fish

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1808; d. September 7 1893.

Whig Party

1849 – 1850

Washington Hunt

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 5 1811; d. February 2 1867.

Whig Party

1851 – 1852

Horatio Seymour

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 31 1810; d. February 12 1886.

Democratic Party

1853 – 1854

Edwin Denison Morgan

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 8 1811; d. February 14 1883.

Republican Party

1859 – 1862

Horatio Seymour

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 31 1810; d. February 12 1886.

Democratic Party

1863 – 1864

Reuben Eaton Fenton

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 4 1819; d. August 25 1885.

Republican Party

1865 – 1868

John Adams Dix

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 24 1798; d. April 21 1879.

Republican Party

1873 – 1874

Samuel Jones Tilden

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 9 1814; d. August 4 1886.

Democratic Party

1875 – 1876

Lucius Robinson

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 4 1810; d. March 23 1891.

Democratic Party

1877 – 1879

Alonzo Barton Cornell

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 22 1832; d. October 15 1904.

Republican Party

1880 – 1882

Stephen Grover Cleveland

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1837; d. June 24 1908

Democratic Party

1883 – 1885

David Bennett Hill

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1843; d. October 20 2010.

Democratic Party

1885 – 1891

Roswell Pettibone Flower

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 7 1835; d. May 12 1899.

Democratic Party

1892 – 1894

Levi Parsons Morton

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 16 1824; d. May 16 1920.

Republican Party

1895 – 1896

Frank Swett Black

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 8 1853; d. March 22 1913.

Republican Party

1897 – 1898

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1858; d. January 6 1919

Republican Party

1899 – 1900

Benjamin Barker Odell, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 14 1854; d. May 9 1926.

Republican Party

1901 – 1904

Charles Evans Hughes

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1862; d. August 27 1948.

Republican Party

1907 – 1910

William Sulzer

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1863; d. November 6 1941.

Democratic Party

1913

Martin Henry Glynn

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 27 1871; d. December 14 1924.

Democratic Party

1913 – 1914

Alfred Emanuel “Al” Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 30 1873; d. October 4 1944.

Democratic Party

1919 – 1920

Alfred Emanuel “Al” Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 30 1873; d. October 4 1944.

Democratic Party

1923 – 1928

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 30 1882; d. April 12 1945

Democratic Party

1929 – 1932

Herbert Henry Lehman

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1878; d. December 5 1963.

Democratic Party

1933 – 1942

Thomas Edmund Dewey

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 24 1902; d. March 16 1971.

Republican Party

1943 – 1954

William Averell Harriman

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 15 1891; d. July 26 1986.

Democratic Party

1955 – 1958

Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1908; d. January 26 1979.

Republican Party

1959 – 1973

Charles Malcolm Wilson

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 26 1914; d. March 13 2000.

Republican Party

1973 – 1974

Mario Matthew Cuomo

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 15 1932; d. January 1 2015.

Democratic Party

1983 – 1994

George Elmer Pataki

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 24 1945.

Republican Party

1995 – 2006


Lieutenant Governor of New York
Pierre Van Cortlandt

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 10 1721; d. May 1 1814.

Non-Partisan

1777 – 1795

Stephen Van Rensselaer III

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1764; d. January 26 1839.

Federalist Party

1795 – 1801

Jeremiah Van Rensselaer

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 27 1738; d. February 19 1810.

Democratic-Republican Party

1801 – 1804

John Broome

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 19 1738; d. August 8 1810.

Democratic-Republican Party

1804 – 1810

John Tayler (*acting)

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 4 1742; d. March 19 1829.

Democratic-Republican Party

1811

DeWitt Clinton

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1769; d. February 11 1828.

Democratic-Republican Party

1811 – 1813

John Tayler

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 4 1742; d. March 19 1829.

Democratic-Republican Party

1813 – 1817

John Tayler

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 4 1742; d. March 19 1829.

Democratic-Republican Party

1817 – 1822

Erastus Root

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 16 1773; d. December 24 1846.

Democratic-Republican Party

1823 – 1824

James Tallmadge, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 28 1778; d. September 29 1853.

Democratic-Republican Party

1825 – 1826

Nathaniel Pitcher

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1777; d. May 25 1836.

Democratic-Republican Party

1827 – 1828

Enos Thompson Throop

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1784; d. November 1 1874.

Democratic Party

1829

Edward Philip Livingston

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1784; d. November 1 1874.

Democratic Party

1831 – 1832

Luther Bradish

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1783; d. August 30 1863.

Whig Party

1839 – 1842

Daniel Stevens Dickinson

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1800; d. April 12 1866.

Democratic Party

1843 – 1844

Hamilton Fish

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1808; d. September 7 1893.

Whig Party

1848

Thomas Gold Alvord

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1810; d. October 26 1897.

Republican Party

1865 – 1866

Stewart Lyndon Woodford

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 3 1835; d. February 14 1913.

Republican Party

1867 – 1868

David Bennett Hill

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1843; d. October 20 2010.

Democratic Party

1883 – 1885

Charles Terry Saxton

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1846; d. October 23 1903.

Republican Party

1895 – 1896

Timothy Lester Woodruff

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 4 1858; d. October 12 1913.

Republican Party

1897 – 1902

Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 24 1869; d. February 28 1942.

Democratic Party

1907 – 1908

Martin Henry Glynn

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 27 1871; d. December 14 1924.

Democratic Party

1913

Robert Ferdinand Wagner I (*acting)

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 8 1877; d. May 4 1953.

Democratic Party

1913 – 1914

Herbert Henry Lehman

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1878; d. December 5 1963.

Democratic Party

1929 – 1932

Charles Malcolm Wilson

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 26 1914; d. March 13 2000.

Republican Party

1959 – 1973

Mario Matthew Cuomo

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 15 1932; d. January 1 2015.

Democratic Party

1979 – 1982

Antonio Ramon Delgado

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 28 1977.

Democratic Party

2022 – present




Government of New York

Secretary of State of New York
Peter Buell Porter

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 14 1773; d. March 20 1844.

Democratic-Republican Party

1815 – 1816

Charles DeKay Cooper

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1769; d. January 30 1831.

Democratic-Republican Party

1817 – 1818

Azariah Cutting Flagg

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 28 1790; d. November 24 1873.

Democratic Party

1826 – 1833

John Adams Dix

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 24 1798; d. April 21 1879.

Democratic Party

1833 – 1839

John Canfield Spencer

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 8 1788; d. May 17 1855.

Whig Party

1839 – 1841

Samuel Young

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1779; d. November 3 1850.

Democratic-Republican Party

1842 – 1845

Chauncey Mitchell Depew

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1834; d. April 5 1928.

Republican Party

1864 – 1865

Frank Rice

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1845; d. December 5 1914.

Democratic Party

1890 – 1893

Robert Moses

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 18 1888; d. July 29 1981.

Republican Party

1927 – 1929

Edward Joseph Flynn

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 22 1891; d. August 18 1953.

Democratic Party

1929 – 1939

Mario Matthew Cuomo

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 15 1932; d. January 1 2015.

Democratic Party

1975 – 1978

Randy Daniels

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1950.

Democratic Party (2001 – 2002); Republican Party (2002 – 2006)

2001 – 2005

Christopher Louis “Chris” Jacobs

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 28 1966.

Republican Party

2006 – 2007


Attorney General of New York
Richard Varick

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1753; d. July 30 1831.

Non-Partisan

1788 – 1789

Aaron Burr, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 6 1756; d. September 14 1836.

Anti-Administration Party

1789 – 1791

Morgan Lewis

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1754; d. April 7 1844.

Anti-Administration Party

1791 – 1792

Ambrose Spencer

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 13 1765; d. March 13 1848.

Democratic-Republican Party

1802 – 1804

Abraham Van Vechten

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1762; d. January 6 1837.

Federalist Party

1810 – 1811

Abraham Van Vechten

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1762; d. January 6 1837.

Federalist Party

1813 – 1815

Martin Van Buren

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1782; d. July 24 1862.

Democratic-Republican Party

1815 – 1819

Thomas Jackson Oakley

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 10 1783; d. May 11 1857.

Federalist Party

1819 – 1821

Samuel Beardsley

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 6 1790; d. May 6 1860.

Democratic Party

1836 – 1839

Willis Hall

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 1 1801; d. July 14 1868.

Whig Party

1839 – 1842

John Van Buren

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 18 1810; d. October 13 1866.

Democratic Party

1845 – 1847

Daniel Stevens Dickinson

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1800; d. April 12 1866.

Democratic Party

1862 – 1863

John Cochrane

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 27 1813; d. February 7 1898.

Democratic Party

1864 – 1865

Charles Stebbins Fairchild

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 30 1842; d. November 24 1924.

Democratic Party

1876 – 1877

Albert Ottinger

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 10 1878; d. January 13 1938.

Republican Party

1925 – 1928

Jacob Koppel Javits

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 18 1904; d. March 7 1986.

Republican Party

1955 – 1957


Comptroller of New York
Comfort Sands

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 26 1748; d. September 22 1834.

Non-Partisan

1776 – 1782

William Learned Marcy

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 12 1786; d. July 4 1857.

Democratic-Republican Party (1823 – 1825); Democratic Party (1825 – 1829)

1823 – 1829

Azariah Cutting Flagg

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 28 1790; d. November 24 1873.

Democratic Party

1833 – 1839

John Allen Collier

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 8 1788; d. May 17 1855.

Whig Party

1841 – 1842

Azariah Cutting Flagg

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 28 1790; d. November 24 1873.

Democratic Party

1842 – 1847

Millard Fillmore

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1800; d. March 8 1874.

Whig Party

1848 – 1849

Washington Hunt

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 5 1811; d. February 2 1867.

Whig Party

1849 – 1850

Lucius Robinson

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 4 1810; d. March 23 1891.

Democratic Party

1862 – 1865

Thomas Hillhouse

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 10 1816; d. July 31 1897.

Republican Party

1866 – 1867

Lucius Robinson

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 4 1810; d. March 23 1891.

Democratic Party

1876

James Wolcott Wadsworth

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1846; d. December 24 1926.

Republican Party

1880 – 1881

Martin Henry Glynn

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 27 1871; d. December 14 1924.

Democratic Party

1907 – 1908




Legislature of New York

New York State Senate

Majority Leader of the New York State Senate
Robert Ferdinand Wagner I

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 8 1877; d. May 4 1953.

Democratic Party

1911 – 1914


Minority Leader of the New York State Senate
Robert Ferdinand Wagner I

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 8 1877; d. May 4 1953.

Democratic Party

1915 – 1918


New York State Assembly

Speaker of the New York State Assembly
Evert Bancker

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 29 1721; d. January 13 1803.

Non-Partisan

1779 – 1783

Richard Varick

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1753; d. July 30 1831.

Non-Partisan

1787 – 1788

John Watts, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 27 1749; d. September 3 1836.

Pro-Administration Party

1791 – 1793

Samuel Osgood

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1747; d. August 12 1813.

Federalist Party

1800 – 1801

Nathan Sanford

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 5 1777; d. October 17 1838.

Democratic-Republican Party

1811

Samuel Young

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1779; d. November 3 1850.

Democratic-Republican Party

1814 – 1815

John Canfield Spencer

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 8 1788; d. May 17 1855.

Democratic-Republican Party

1820

Samuel Young

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1779; d. November 3 1850.

Democratic-Republican Party

1826

Erastus Root

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 16 1773; d. December 24 1846.

Democratic-Republican Party

1827 – 1828

Erastus Root

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 16 1773; d. December 24 1846.

Democratic-Republican Party

1830

Luther Bradish

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1783; d. August 30 1863.

Whig Party

1838

Horatio Seymour

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 31 1810; d. February 12 1886.

Democratic Party

1845

Thomas Gold Alvord

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1810; d. October 26 1897.

Democratic Party

1858

Thomas Gold Alvord

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1810; d. October 26 1897.

Republican Party

1864

Alonzo Barton Cornell

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 22 1832; d. October 15 1904.

Republican Party

1873

Thomas Gold Alvord

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1810; d. October 26 1897.

Republican Party

1879

George Henry Sharpe

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 26 1828; d. January 13 1900.

Republican Party

1880 – 1881

Titus Sheard

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 4 1841; d. April 13 1904.

Republican Party

1884

William Sulzer

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1863; d. November 6 1941.

Democratic Party

1893

James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 12 1877; d. June 21 1952.

Republican Party

1906 – 1910

Alfred Emanuel “Al” Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 30 1873; d. October 4 1944.

Democratic Party

1913

Irving McNeil Ives

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 24 1896; d. February 24 1962.

Republican Party

1936


Majority Leader of the New York State Assembly
Alfred Emanuel “Al” Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 30 1873; d. October 4 1944.

Democratic Party

1912

Irving McNeil Ives

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 24 1896; d. February 24 1962.

Republican Party

1937 – 1946

Joseph D. Morelle

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 29 1957.

Democratic Party

2013 – 2018


Minority Leader of the New York State Assembly
Thomas Gold Alvord

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1810; d. October 26 1897.

Republican Party

1882

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1858; d. January 6 1919

Republican Party

1883

Frank Rice

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1845; d. December 5 1914.

Democratic Party

1884

William Sulzer

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1863; d. November 6 1941.

Democratic Party

1894

Alfred Emanuel “Al” Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 30 1873; d. October 4 1944.

Democratic Party

1912

Alfred Emanuel “Al” Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 30 1873; d. October 4 1944.

Democratic Party

1914 – 1915

Irving McNeil Ives

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 24 1896; d. February 24 1962.

Republican Party

1935

John James Faso, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 25 1952.

Republican Party

1998 – 2002