Talk:List of Governors of New York

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Governor John A. Dix died in 1879. Why is he governor again between 1911 and 1912? --Lst27 23:52, 8 May 2004 (UTC) Because they were 2 different men...one's middle name was Adams & the other was Alden.

[edit] Accuracy of Dates for Lt. Governors

I've been running into date issues as I've built stub pages and/or added succession boxes for the Lt. Governors. In a few cases where these men have held offices other than Lt. Gov. dates overlap. For example, DeWitt Clinton is listed as serving as Mayor of New York City at the same time he was serving as Lt. Gov. (1811 - 1813). Although I think this one is accurate, more puzzling is Edward Livingston who is listed as serving as both Lt. Gov. and U.S. Secretary of State at the same time (1831-1833). To be certain this information is correct, all dates on this table need to be confirmed. It may be worth it to launch a project to verify the resumes of all people listed here to ensure date accuracy. If anyone is interested in this, leave a commenton my talk page. --CPAScott 13:42, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

I am showing that Edward J Livingston was US Secretary of State 1831-1833 and Edward P Livingston, great grandson of Robert Livingston was Lieutenant Governor 1831-1832.

The Edward Livingston who was Secretary of State of the United States was from Louisiana. He was a Representative and then a Senator from Louisiana before becoming Secretary of State and is clearly a different person from the Edward Livingston who was Lieutenant Governor of New York.

As indicated above, the overlap in DeWitt Clinton's service as Mayor of New York City and Lieutenant Governor of New York State appears to be accurate and is confirmed by a source cited in the DeWitt Clinton article.

I have spot-checked a few of the other dates in the tables and they appear to be correct as well. Accordingly, I am removing the "accuracy disputed" tag from the article. If anyone disagrees please let me know. Newyorkbrad 00:39, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Governor Spitzer

Unless something unbeliveable happens in the next 48 hours, Spitzer is going to be elected governor (I mean, 70% in the latest polls?) So since somebody else started putting him in the bottom box, I decided to finish it and save you guys the trouble.

He's not yet, though, and you shouldn't predict...wikipedia isn't about predicting, it's about stating facts! Besides, people could be influenced by this false information when voting.

Spitzer's been elected, yet he shouldn't be added to this list, until he takes office. GoodDay 23:45, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

I changed the list to reflect that Spitzer is not the Governor, he is the Governor-elect. Interested people should watch New York and other state articles, as there are many users who are mistakenly changing governors immediately. Rhobite 00:35, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dates

The Governor of New York and the other top officeholders in the state take the oath of office twice. Once at midnight, and once at noon on the first day of the year, as the old governor's term ends at the end of the previous year. So I've been changing the dates to end with even numbers.

Also, I made an interesting discovery. there was a special election for Lt. Governor in 1943. This, if true is entirely unique. As the job was technically vacant a number of times in recent years.

I know the old governor's term ends, and thus the new governor's term begins, at midnight, but do people actually take the oath of office then? - Matthew238 01:29, 14 November 2006 (UTC)