Gail Shaffer

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Gail S. Shaffer (b. August 1, 1948 North Blenheim, Schoharie County, New York) is an American politician.

Life

She worked in publishing before entering public life in the 1970s. She served as a town supervisor for two years and then was the Executive Director of the state Rural Affairs Council. The council was chaired by then Lieutenant Governor Cuomo. While serving as town supervisor, she was a member of her county's governing board. Shaffer then was elected to the New York State Assembly.

Shaffer resigned from the Assembly to become Secretary of State of New York in 1983. She served as secretary until Cuomo left office in 1995. In 1986, Shaffer was considered a possible running mate for Cuomo for the office of Lieutenant Governor of New York. She was a delegate to the 2004 Democratic National Convention from New York.

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Political Graveyard

New York Assembly
Preceded by Arlington Van Dyke	New York State Assembly, 105th District 1981 - 1983	Succeeded by Paul Tonko
Political offices
Preceded by Basil Paterson	Secretary of State of New York 1983 - 1995	Succeeded by Alexander Treadwell

v t e Secretaries of State of New York

J Scott L Scott Hale T Tillotson Jenkins T Tillotson Jenkins Hale Jenkins Rensselaer Porter R Tillotson Cooper Yates Flagg Dix Spencer Campbell* Young Benton Morgan Randall Leavenworth Headley Tucker Floyd-Jones Ballard Depew Barlow Nelson Scribner Willers Bigelow Beach Carr Cook Rice Palmer McDonough O'Brien Whalen Koenig Lazansky May Hugo Lyons Hamilton Knapp Moses Flynn Walsh Curran DeSapio Simon Lomenzo Ghezzi Cuomo Paterson Shaffer Treadwell Daniels Milano* Jacobs Cortés-Vázquez Colón* Perales

* denotes Acting

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Name	Shaffer, Gail S
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	August 1, 1948
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