Political party strength in New York (state)

Politics in the US state of New York

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Voter registration by county

Voter registration by congressional district

Legend:

* 30–40%

* 40–50%

* 50–60%

* 60–70%

* 70–80%

* 30–40%

* 40–50%

* 50–60%

## Partisan identification in the electorate

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On February 20, 2025, the New York State Board of Elections reported that there were 6,300,418 (48%) registered Democrats, 2,976,741 (22.6%) registered Republicans, 3,292,131 (25%) registered unaffiliated and 584,263 (4.4%) registered with other parties.[1]

## Partisan affiliation of elected officials

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New York is a Democratic stronghold and is considered one of the "Big Three" Democratic strongholds alongside California and Illinois. The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of New York:

* Governor
* Lieutenant Governor
* Secretary of State (before 1927)
* Attorney General
* State Comptroller
* Treasurer (before 1927)

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

* State Senate
* State Assembly
* State delegation to the United States Senate
* State delegation to the United States House of Representatives (also see New York's congressional districts)

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

## 1777–1926

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Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral votes

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Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Comptroller | Treasurer | Senate | Assembly | Senator
(Class I) | Senator
(Class III) | House
1777  | George Clinton [a] | Pierre Van Cortlandt | None[b] | Egbert Benson | Comfort Sands[c] | Peter Van Brugh Livingston |  |  |
1778  | John Morin Scott[d] | Gerard Bancker

1781
1782  | Peter T. Curtenius[e]
1783
1784  | Lewis Allaire Scott[d]
1785
1786
1787  | George Clinton (AA) | Pierre Van Cortlandt (AA)
1788  | Richard Varick (PA)
1789  | F majority  | 45DR, 19F, 1?  | Philip Schuyler (PA) | Rufus King (PA) | 3AA, 3PA  | none[f]
1790  | Aaron Burr (AA) | F majority  | 38F, 23DR, 4?
1791  | F majority  | F majority  | Aaron Burr (AA) | 4PA, 2AA
1792  | George Clinton (DR) | Pierre Van Cortlandt (DR) | Morgan Lewis (DR) | DR majority  | DR majority  | Washington (I) Y /
Clinton (DR) N[g]
1793  | Nathaniel Lawrence (DR) | DR majority  | DR majority  | 7PA, 3AA
1794  | F majority  | F majority
1795  | John Jay (F) | Stephen Van Rensselaer (F) | F majority  | F majority  | Aaron Burr (DR) | Rufus King (F) | 5DR, 5F
1796  | Josiah Ogden Hoffman (F) | F majority  | F majority  | John Laurance (F) | Adams (F) Y /
Pinckney (F) N[g]
1797  | Samuel Jones | 35F, 7DR, 1 vac.  | F majority  | Philip Schuyler (F)[h] | 6F, 4DR
1798  | Daniel Hale (F) | Robert McClellan (F) | 36F, 5DR, 2 vac.  | F majority  | John Sloss Hobart (F)[i]
William North (F)[j]
1799  | 32F, 11DR  | F majority  | James Waston (F)[k] | 6DR, 4F
1800  | John Vernon Henry (F) | F majority  | Gouverneur Morris (F) | John Armstrong Jr. (DR)[l] | Jefferson/
Burr (DR) Y[g]
1801  | George Clinton (DR) | Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (DR) | Thomas Tillotson (DR) | 22F, 21DR  | 83DR, 25F  | 7DR, 3F
1802  | Ambrose Spencer (DR) | Elisha Jenkins (DR)[m] | 22F, 21DR  | 83DR, 25F  | DeWitt Clinton (DR)[n]
1803  | Abraham G. Lansing (L) | 21DR, 1F  | 73DR, 32F, 3?  | Theodorus Bailey (DR)[o] | 12DR, 5F
John Armstrong Jr. (DR)
1804  | Morgan Lewis (DR) | John Broome (DR)[d] | John Woodworth (DR) | 27DR, 5F  | 82DR, 18F  | Jefferson/
Clinton (DR) Y[p]
John Armstrong Jr. (DR)[q] | John Smith (DR)
1805  | 28DR, 4F  | 77DR, 21F, 2B | Samuel L. Mitchill (DR) | 15DR, 2F
1806  | Elisha Jenkins (DR) | Archibald McIntyre (DR) | 32DR  | 76DR, 19F, 5L[r]
1807  | Daniel D. Tompkins (DR)[s] | Thomas Tillotson (DR) | 49DR, 19F, 32L[t]
1808  | Elisha Jenkins (DR) | Matthias B. Hildreth (DR) | David Thomas (C) | 24DR, 8F&L | 65DR, 23F, 11L | 13 – Madison/
Clinton (DR) Y
3 – Clinton/
Madison (DR) N
3 – Clinton/
Monroe (DR) N[p]
1809  | 23DR, 9F  | 61DR, 48F, 3L, 1IR  | Obadiah German (DR) | 10DR, 7F
1810  | Daniel Hale (F) | Abraham Van Vechten (F) | Abraham G. Lansing (F) | 20DR, 12F  | 64F, 48DR
1811  | John Tayler (DR)[u] | Matthias B. Hildreth (DR)[d] | 22DR, 10F  | 71DR, 41F  | 12DR, 5F
DeWitt Clinton (DR) | Elisha Jenkins (DR)
1812  | Thomas Addis Emmet (DR) | David Thomas (DR) | 25DR, 7F  | 69DR, 43F  | D. Clinton/
Ingersoll (F) N[p]
1813  | John Tayler (DR) | Jacob R. Van Rensselaer (F) | Abraham Van Vechten (F) | Charles Z. Platt (F) | 24DR, 8F  | 59F, 52DR, 1 vac.  | Rufus King (F) | 19F, 8DR
1814  | 27DR, 5F  | 65F, 47DR  | 18F, 9DR
1815  | Peter Buell Porter (DR) | Martin Van Buren (DR) | 26DR, 6F  | 71DR, 41F  | Nathan Sanford (DR) | 21DR, 6F
1816  | Robert L. Tillotson | 25DR, 7F  | 63DR, 63F[v] | Monroe/
Tompkins (DR) Y[p]
1817  | John Tayler (DR)[w] | Philetus Swift (DR)[u] | Charles D. Cooper (DR) | Gerrit L. Dox (DR) | 25DR, 7F  | 90DR, 36F  | 22DR, 5F
DeWitt Clinton (DR)[x] | John Tayler (DR)
1818  | John Van Ness Yates (DR) | Archibald McIntyre (C) | 27DR, 5F  | 95DR, 31F
1819  | Thomas J. Oakley (F) | 28DR, 4F  | 95DR, 30F, 1?  | vacant | 21DR, 6F
1820  | 18B, 13C, 1DR[y] | 58B, 34F, 30C[z] | Rufus King (F)
1821  | Samuel A. Talcott (DR)[l] | John Savage (DR)[aa] | Benjamin Knower (B) | 19B, 13C | 71B, 33C, 22F  | Martin Van Buren (DR/B) | 20DR, 7F
1822  | 18C, 13B, 1?  | 73B, 48C, 5F  | 19DR, 8F
1823  | Joseph C. Yates (DR)[ab] | Erastus Root (DR) | William L. Marcy (B)[ac] | 32B | 112B, 16C | 30DR, 4F
1824  | Abraham Keyser Jr. (B) | 30B, 2C | 91B, 37C | 26 – Adams/
Calhoun (DR) Y[ad]
5 – Crawford/
Macon (DR) N
4 – Clay/
Sanford (DR) N
1 – Jackson/
Calhoun (DR) N[p]
1825  | DeWitt Clinton (P)[ae][d] | James Tallmadge Jr. (P) | Gamaliel H. Barstow (C) | 21B, 11C | 86C, 42B, 1I  | Martin Van Buren (J)[af] | vacant | 25NR, 9JD
1826  | Azariah C. Flagg (DR) | Abraham Keyser Jr. (B) | 17B, 15C | 68B, 55C, 1I  | Nathan Sanford (NR) | 26NR, 8J
1827  | Nathaniel Pitcher (DR) | 84B, 43C, 1I  | 19J, 15NR
1828  | 22B, 10C | 93J, 17A-M, 16NR  | 18J, 16NR  | Jackson/
Calhoun (D) Y
Nathaniel Pitcher (DR)[w] | Peter R. Livingston (DR)[u]
Charles Dayan (DR)[u]
1829  | Martin Van Buren (J)[ag] | Enos T. Throop (J) | Azariah C. Flagg (J) | Silas Wright (J)[ah] | Abraham Keyser Jr. (J) | 20J, 9NR, 3A-M | 82J, 30A-M, 16NR  | Charles E. Dudley (J) | 19J, 12NR, 3A-M
Enos T. Throop (J)[ai] | Charles Stebbins (J)[u] | Greene C. Bronson (D-B)[aj]
1830  | William M. Oliver (J)[u] | 25J, 4NR, 3A-M | 91J, 29A-M, 7NR
1831  | Edward Philip Livingston (J) | 25J, 5A-M, 2NR  | 93J, 31A-M, 4NR  | William L. Marcy (J)[af] | 23J, 8A-M, 3NR
1832  | 24J, 6A-M, 2NR  | 95J, 28A-M, 5NR  | Jackson/
Van Buren (D) Y
1833  | William L. Marcy (D-H) | John Tracy (D) | John Adams Dix (D-B) | Azariah C. Flagg (D-B) | 26J, 6A-M | 100J, 25A-M, 3NR  | Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (J) | Silas Wright (J)[af] | 32J, 8A-M
1834  | 25J, 7A-M | 113J, 10A-M, 5ID
1835  | 28D, 4W  | 91D, 36W, 1 vac.  | 31J, 9NR
1836  | Samuel Beardsley (D-H) | 111D, 16W, 1A  | 32J, 8NR, 1W  | Van Buren/
Johnson (D) Y
1837  | Abraham Keyser Jr. (D) | 27D, 5W  | 90D, 38W  | Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (D) | Silas Wright (D-B) | 30D, 10W
1838  | Gamaliel H. Barstow (W) | 22D, 10W  | 100W, 28D
1839  | William H. Seward (W) | Luther Bradish (W) | John Canfield Spencer (W)[ak] | Willis Hall (W) | Bates Cooke (W)[h] | Jacob Haight (W) | 18D, 14W  | 83W, 45D  | vacant | 21W, 19D
1840  | 20W, 12D  | 70W, 58D  | Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (W)[al] | Harrison/
Tyler (W) Y
1841  | Archibald Campbell (NP) | John A. Collier (W) | 21W, 11D  | 66W, 62D  | 21D, 19W
1842  | Samuel Young (D-B) | George P. Barker (D) | Azariah C. Flagg (D-B) | Thomas Farrington (D-B) | 17D, 15W  | 96D, 32W
1843  | William C. Bouck (D-H) | Daniel S. Dickinson (D-H) | 22D, 10W  | 92D, 36W  | 24D, 10W
1844  | 26D, 6W  | Polk/
Dallas (D) Y
vacant | Henry A. Foster (D)[j]
1845  | Silas Wright (D-B) | Addison Gardiner (D) | Nathaniel S. Benton (D-H)[am] | John Van Buren (D-B) | Benjamin Enos (D-H) | 27D, 4W, 1KN  | 65D, 47W, 15KN, 1ID  | Daniel S. Dickinson (D-H) | John Adams Dix (D-B) | 21D, 9W, 4KN
1846  | Thomas Farrington (D-B) | 25D, 6W, 1KN  | 74D, 51W, 2AR, 1ID
1847  | John Young (W) | 21D, 10W, 1KN  | 76W, 52D  | 23W, 11D
1848  | Hamilton Fish (W) | Christopher Morgan (W)[an] | Ambrose L. Jordan (W/AR)[ao] | Millard Fillmore (W)[ap][s] | Alvah Hunt (W)[aq] | 24W, 8D[ar] | 91W, 36D, 1I  | 24W, 10D  | Taylor/
Fillmore (W) Y
1849  | Hamilton Fish (W) | George W. Patterson (W) | 106W, 14FS, 7D, 1AR | William H. Seward (W) | 32W, 1D, 1FS
1850  | Levi S. Chatfield (D) [l] | Washington Hunt (W)[af] | 17W, 15D  | 64D, 64W[as]
1851  | Washington Hunt (W) | Sanford E. Church (D) | Philo C. Fuller (W)[j] | 82W, 44D, 1FS, 1I  | vacant | 17W, 16D, 1FS
1852  | Henry S. Randall (D) | John C. Wright (D) | James M. Cook (W) | 16W, 16D[at] | 65W, 63D  | Hamilton Fish (W) | Pierce/
King (D) Y
1853  | Horatio Seymour (D) | Benjamin Welch (D)[au] | 88D, 40W  | 20D 11W, 1FS, 1I
Gardner Stow (W)[j]
1854  | Elias W. Leavenworth (W) | Ogden Hoffman (W) | James M. Cook (W) | Elbridge G. Spaulding (W) | 24W, 8D  | 77W, 47D, 2I, 1FS, 1AML | 19D, 12W, 1I
1855  | Myron H. Clark (W)[av] | Henry Jarvis Raymond (W)[av] | 75W, 38D, 9KN, 4T, 2R  | William H. Seward (R)[ag] | 23O, 5D, 3KN, 2W
1856  | Joel T. Headley (KN) | Stephen B. Cushing (KN) | Lorenzo Burrows (KN) | Stephen Clark (KN) | 16R, 12KN, 4D[aw] | 47D, 44KN, 35R, 2W[ax] | Frémont/
Dayton (R) N
1857  | John A. King (R) | Henry R. Selden (R) | 80R, 40D, 8KN  | Preston King (R) | 21R, 12D
1858  | Gideon J. Tucker (D) | Lyman Tremain (D) | Sanford E. Church (D) | Isaac V. Vanderpoel (D) | 15R, 14D, 2KN, 1IR[ay] | 61R, 57D, 11KN[az]
1859  | Edwin D. Morgan (R) | Robert Campbell (R) | 91R, 27D, 9KN, 1ID  | 26R, 7D
1860  | David R. Floyd-Jones (D) | Charles G. Myers (R) | Robert Denniston (R) | Philip Dorsheimer (R) | 23R, 9D  | 90R, 37D, 1 vac.  | Lincoln/
Hamlin (R) Y
1861  | 93R, 35D  | Ira Harris (R)[j] | 23R, 10D
1862  | Horatio Ballard (NU) | Daniel S. Dickinson (NU) | Lucius Robinson (NU) | William Lewis (NU) | 24R, 8D  | 92R, 35D, 1IR
1863  | Horatio Seymour (CU) | David R. Floyd-Jones (CU) | 64D, 64R[ba] | Edwin D. Morgan (R) | 17D, 13R, 1U
1864  | Chauncey Depew (NU) | John Cochrane (NU) | George W. Schuyler (NU) | 21R, 11D  | 81R, 45D, 1ID, 1U  | Lincoln/
Johnson (NU) Y
1865  | Reuben Fenton (NU) | Thomas G. Alvord (NU) | 75R, 52D, 1ID  | 21R, 10D
1866  | Francis C. Barlow (R) | John H. Martindale (R) | Thomas Hillhouse (R) | Joseph Howland (R) | 27R, 5D  | 90R, 38D
1867  | Reuben Fenton (R) | Stewart L. Woodford (R) | 83R, 45D  | Roscoe Conkling (R)[bb]
1868  | Homer Augustus Nelson (D) | Marshall B. Champlain (D) | William F. Allen (D)[bc] | Wheeler H. Bristol (D) | 17R, 15D  | 73D, 55R  | Seymour/
Blair (D) N
1869  | John T. Hoffman (D) | Allen C. Beach (D) | 74R, 52D, 2ID  | Reuben Fenton (R) | 18R, 13D
1870  | Asher P. Nichols (D)[j] | 18D, 14R  | 73D, 55R
1871  | 65D, 63R  | 16D, 15R
1872  | G. Hilton Scribner (R) | Francis C. Barlow (R) | Nelson K. Hopkins (R) | Thomas Raines (R) | 25R, 7D  | 97R, 31D  | Grant/
Wilson (R) Y
1873  | John Adams Dix (R) | John C. Robinson (R) | 92R, 34D, 2LR  | 24R, 9D
1874  | Diedrich Willers Jr. (D) | Daniel Pratt (D) | Abraham Lansing (D) | 18R, 13D, 1IR  | 72R, 54D, 2LR  | 23R, 10D
1875  | Samuel J. Tilden (D) | William Dorsheimer (D) | Thomas Raines (D) | 74D, 53R, 1ID  | Francis Kernan (D) | 17R, 16D
1876  | John Bigelow (D) | Charles S. Fairchild (D) | Lucius Robinson (D)[af] | Charles N. Ross (D) | 20R, 12D  | 71R, 57D  | Tilden/
Hendricks (D) N
1877  | Lucius Robinson (D)[bd] | Frederic P. Olcott (D)[j] | 70R, 58D
1878  | Allen C. Beach (D) | Augustus Schoonmaker Jr. (D) | James Mackin (D) | 19R, 12D, 1ID  | 66R, 61R, 1GB
1879  | 98R, 27D, 3GB  | 24R, 9D
1880  | Alonzo B. Cornell (R) | George Gilbert Hoskins (R) | Joseph Bradford Carr (R) | Hamilton Ward Sr. (R) | James W. Wadsworth (R) | Nathan D. Wendell (R) | 25R, 7D  | 91R, 35D, 1GB, 1ID  | Garfield/
Arthur (R) Y
1881  | 80R, 47D, 1ID  | Thomas C. Platt (R)[bb] | 19R, 13D, 1I
Warner Miller (R) | Elbridge G. Lapham (R)
1882  | Leslie W. Russell (R) | Ira Davenport (R) | Robert A. Maxwell (R) | 17D, 15R  | 67D, 60R, 1IR
1883  | Grover Cleveland (D)[be] | David B. Hill (D) | 86D, 38R, 1UL, 1GB, 1ID, 1IR  | 21D, 13R
1884  | Denis O'Brien (D) | Alfred C. Chapin (D) | 19R, 13D  | 72R, 56D  | Cleveland/
Hendricks (D) Y
1885  | David B. Hill (D)[ai] | Dennis McCarthy (R)[u] | 74R, 54D  | William M. Evarts (R) | 17D, 17R
1886  | Edward F. Jones (D) | Frederick Cook (D) | Lawrence J. Fitzgerald (D) | 20R, 12D  | 77R, 49D, 1ID, 1IR
1887  | 74R, 54D  | Frank Hiscock (R) | 19R, 15D
1888  | Charles F. Tabor (D) | Edward Wemple (D) | 21R, 11D  | 72R, 55D, 1ID  | Harrison/
Morton (R) Y
1889  | 77R, 51D
1890  | Frank Rice (D) | Elliot Danforth (D) | 19R, 13D  | 71R, 57D
1891  | 68D, 59R, 1IR  | 23D, 11R
1892  | Roswell P. Flower (D) | William F. Sheehan (D) | Simon W. Rosendale (D) | Frank Campbell (D) | 17D, 14R, 1IR  | 67D, 61R  | David B. Hill (D) | Cleveland/
Stevenson (D) Y
1893  | 74D, 54R  | Edward Murphy Jr. (D) | 20D, 14R
1894  | John Palmer (R) | Theodore E. Hancock (R) | James A. Roberts (R) | Addison B. Colvin (R) | 19R, 12D, 1ID  | 71R, 57D  | 19D, 15R
1895  | Levi P. Morton (R)[bf] | Charles T. Saxton (R) | 105R, 23D  | 28R, 6D
1896  | 35R, 14D, 1IR[bg] | 103R, 47D  | McKinley/
Hobart (R) Y
1897  | Frank S. Black (R) | Timothy L. Woodruff (R) | 114R, 35D, 1I  | Thomas C. Platt (R)
1898  | 77R, 69D, 3CU, 1IR
1899  | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | John T. McDonough (R) | John C. Davies (R) | William J. Morgan (R)[d] | John P. Jaeckel (R) | 27R, 23D  | 87R, 63D  | Chauncey Depew (R) | 18D, 16R
1900  | Theodore P. Gilman (R)[j] | 92R, 57D, 1 vac.  | McKinley/
Roosevelt (R) Y
1901  | Benjamin Odell (R) | Erastus C. Knight (R)[bh] | 35R, 15D  | 105R, 45D  | 22R, 12D
1902  | Nathan L. Miller (R)[bi] | 106R, 42D, 2ID
1903  | Frank W. Higgins (R) | John F. O'Brien (R) | John Cunneen (D) | Otto Kelsey (R)[bj] | John G. Wickser (R) | 28R, 22D  | 89R, 61D  | 20R, 17D
1904  | 97R, 52D, 1IC | Roosevelt/
Fairbanks (R) Y
1905  | Frank W. Higgins (R) | Matthew Linn Bruce (R)[aj] | Julius Marshuetz Mayer (R) | John G. Wallenmeier Jr. (R) | 31R, 20D  | 104R, 46D  | 26R, 11D
1906  | John Raines (R) [u] | William C. Wilson (R)[j] | 111R, 35D, 3MOL, 1ID
1907  | Charles Evans Hughes (R)[bk] | Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler (D) | John Sibley Whalen (D) | William S. Jackson (D) | Martin H. Glynn (D) | Julius Hauser (D) | 31R, 20D  | 98R, 51D, 1IL
1908  | 96R, 54D  | Taft/
Sherman (R) Y
1909  | Horace White (R) | Samuel S. Koenig (R) | Edward R. O'Malley (R) | Charles H. Gaus (R)[d] | Thomas B. Dunn(R) | 35R, 16D  | 99R, 51D  | Elihu Root (R) | 25R, 12D
Otto Kelsey (R)[bl]
1910  | Horace White (R)[w] | George H. Cobb (R)[u] | Clark Williams (R)[j] | 94R, 56D
1911  | John Alden Dix (D) | Thomas F. Conway (D) | Edward Lazansky (D) | Thomas Carmody (D)[l] | William Sohmer (D) | John J. Kennedy (D)[d] | 29D, 21R, 1IL | 87D, 63R  | James A. O'Gorman (D) | 22D, 15R
1912  | 101R, 48D, 1Soc  | Wilson/
Marshall (D) Y
1913  | William Sulzer (D)[bm] | Martin H. Glynn (D)[u] | Mitchell May (D) | 33D, 16R, 2Prog  | 104D, 42R, 4Prog  | 31D, 12R, 1Prog
1914  | Martin H. Glynn (D)[w] | Robert F. Wagner (D)[u] | James A. Parsons (D) [j] | Homer D. Call (Prog)[bn] | 82R, 48D, 20Prog
1915  | Charles Seymour Whitman (R) | Edward Schoeneck (R) | Francis Hugo (R) | Egburt E. Woodbury (R)[h] | Eugene M. Travis (R) | James L. Wells (R) | 34R, 17D  | 100R, 50D  | James W.
Wadsworth Jr. (R) | 23R, 19D, 1Soc
1916  | 97R, 52D, 1Soc  | Hughes/
Fairbanks (R) N
1917  | Merton E. Lewis (R)[bo] | 36R, 15D  | 100R, 48D, 2Soc  | William M. Calder (R) | 26R, 16D, 1Soc
1918  | 96R, 44D, 10Soc
1919  | Al Smith (D) | Harry C. Walker (D) | Charles D. Newton (R) | 29R, 22D  | 94R, 54D, 2Soc  | 24R, 19D
1920  | 111R, 34D, 5Soc  | Harding/
Coolidge (R) Y
1921  | Nathan L. Miller (R) | Jeremiah Wood (R) | John J. Lyons (R) | James A. Wendell (R)[d] | N. Monroe Marshall (R) | 39R, 11D, 1Soc  | 119R, 28D, 3S  | 33R, 9D, 1Soc
1922  | William J. Maier (R)[j] | 96R, 53D, 1Soc
1923  | Al Smith (D) | George R. Lunn (D) | James A. Hamilton (D) | Carl Sherman (D) | James W. Fleming (D) | George K. Shuler (D) | 26D, 25R  | 81R, 69D  | Royal S. Copeland (D) | 21R, 21D, 1 vac.
1924  | 86R, 64D  | 22D, 21R  | Coolidge/
Dawes (R) Y
1925  | Seymour Lowman (R) | Florence E. S. Knapp (R) | Albert Ottinger (R) | Vincent B. Murphy (R) | Lewis H. Pounds (R) | 29R, 22D  | 96R, 54D
1926  | 91R, 59D

## 1927–present

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Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral votes

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Governor | Lt. Governor | Attorney General | Comptroller | Senate | Assembly | Senator
(Class I) | Senator
(Class III) | House
1927  | Al Smith (D) | Edwin Corning (D) | Albert Ottinger (R) | Morris S. Tremaine (D)[d] | 27R, 24D  | 84R, 66D  | Royal S. Copeland (D)[d] | Robert F. Wagner (D)[d] | 25D, 18R  |
1928  | 88R, 62D  | Hoover/
Curtis (R) Y
1929  | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | Herbert H. Lehman (D) | Hamilton Ward Jr. (R) | 89R, 61D  | 23D, 20R
1930  | 86R, 63D, 1 vac.
1931  | John J. Bennett Jr. (D) | 26R, 25D  | 80R, 70D  | 22D, 20R, 1 vac.
1932  | 23D, 20R  | Roosevelt/
Garner (D) Y
1933  | Herbert H. Lehman (D)[bp] | M. William Bray (D) | 26D, 25R  | 77R, 73D  | 29D, 16R
1934  | 85R, 65D
1935  | 29D, 22R  | 77D, 73R
1936  | 82R, 67D, 1 vac.
1937  | 76R, 74D
1938  | 84R, 65D, 5AL  | James M. Mead (D)[bq] | 28D, 17R
1939  | Charles Poletti (D) | 27R, 24D  | 85R, 64D, 1AL  | 25D, 19R, 1AL
1940  | Roosevelt/
Wallace (D) Y
1941  | Harry D. Yates (D)[u] | 30R, 21D  | 87R, 62D, 1AL
1942  | Charles Poletti (D)[w] | Joe R. Hanley (R)[u] | Joseph V. O'Leary (AL)[j]
1943  | Thomas E. Dewey (R) | Thomas W. Wallace (R)[d] | Nathaniel L. Goldstein (R) | Frank C. Moore (R) | 31R, 20D  | 90R, 59D, 1AL  | 23R, 21D, 1AL
1944  | Joe R. Hanley (R)[br] | 22D, 22R, 1AL  | Roosevelt/
Truman (D) Y
1945  | 35R, 21D  | 94R, 55D, 1AL
1946
1947  | 41R, 14D, 1AL  | 109R, 40D, 1AL  | Irving Ives (R) | 28R, 15D, 2AL
1948  | Dewey/
Warren (R) N
1949  | 31R, 25D  | 87R, 63D  | John Foster Dulles (R)[j] | 23D, 20R, 1AL
1950  | Herbert H. Lehman (D) | 22D, 20R, 1AL, 1Lib
1951  | Frank C. Moore (R)[bs] | J. Raymond McGovern (R) | 32R, 23D, 1AL  | 23D, 22R
1952  | 23R, 22D  | Eisenhower/
Nixon (R) Y
1953  | Arthur H. Wicks (R)[u][bt] | 37R, 19D  | 98R, 52D  | 27R, 16D
1954  | Walter J. Mahoney (R)[u]
1955  | W. Averell Harriman (D) | George DeLuca (D) | Jacob Javits (R)[ah] | Arthur Levitt Sr. (D) | 34R, 24D  | 90R, 60D  | 26R, 17D
1956
1957  | Louis J. Lefkowitz (R)[bu] | 38R, 20D  | 96R, 54D  | Jacob Javits (R)
1958
1959  | Nelson Rockefeller (R)[bv] | Malcolm Wilson (R) | 34R, 24D  | 92R, 58D  | Kenneth Keating (R) | 24R, 19D
1960  | Kennedy/
Johnson (D) Y
1961  | 33R, 25D  | 84R, 66D  | 22D, 21R
1962
1963  | 85R, 65D  | 21R, 20D
1964  | Johnson/
Humphrey (D) Y
1965  | 33D, 25R  | 88D, 62R  | Robert F. Kennedy (D)[d] | 27D, 14R
1966  | 37R, 28D  | 90D, 75R
1967  | 31R, 26D  | 80D, 70R  | 26D, 15R
1968  | Humphrey/
Muskie (D) N
1969  | 33R, 24D  | 76R, 72D, 2Con[bw] | Charles Goodell (R)[j]
1970
1971  | 32R, 25D  | 77R, 70D, 2Con, 1UMAB[bx] | James L. Buckley (Con)
1972  | Nixon/
Agnew (R) Y
1973  | 37R, 23D  | 83R, 66D, 1Con[bw] | 22D, 17R
Malcolm Wilson (R)[w] | Warren M. Anderson (R)[u]
1974
1975  | Hugh Carey (D) | Mary Anne Krupsak (D) | 34R, 26D  | 88D, 62R  | 27D, 12R
1976  | Carter/
Mondale (D) Y
1977  | 35R, 25D  | 90D, 60R  | Daniel Patrick
Moynihan (D) | 28D, 11R
1978  | 27D, 12R
1979  | Mario Cuomo (D) | Robert Abrams (D)[l] | Edward Regan (R)[l] | 86D, 64R  | 26D, 13R
1980  | Reagan/
Bush (R) Y
1981  | 85D, 64R, 1Lib[by] | Al D'Amato (R) | 22D, 17R
1982
1983  | Mario Cuomo (D) | Alfred DelBello (D)[l] | 35R, 26D  | 98D, 52R  | 20D, 14R
1984
1985  | 92D, 56R, 2Lib[by] | 19D, 15R
1986  | Warren M. Anderson (R)[u]
1987  | Stan Lundine (D) | 92D, 58R  | 20D, 14R
1988  | Dukakis/
Bentsen (D) N
1989  | 34R, 27D  | 21D, 13R
1990
1991  | 35R, 26D  | 95D, 55R
1992  | Clinton/
Gore (D) Y
1993  | 100D, 50R  | 18D, 13R
1994  | Oliver Koppell (D) | H. Carl McCall (D)
1995  | George Pataki (R) | Betsy McCaughey (R) | Dennis Vacco (R) | 36R, 25D  | 95D, 55R  | 17D, 14R
1996
1997  | Betsy McCaughey (D)[bz] | 35R, 26D  | 18D, 13R
1998
1999  | Mary Donohue (R) | Eliot Spitzer (D) | 98D, 52R  | Chuck Schumer (D) | 19D, 12R
2000  | Gore/
Lieberman (D) N
2001  | 36R, 25D  | Hillary Clinton (D)[ag]
2002
2003  | Alan Hevesi (D)[ca] | 37R, 25D  | 102D, 48R  | 19D, 10R
2004  | Kerry/
Edwards (D) N
2005  | 35R, 27D  | 104D, 46R  | 20D, 9R
2006  | 103D, 47R
2007  | Eliot Spitzer (D)[l][3] | David Paterson (D) | Andrew Cuomo (D) | Thomas DiNapoli (D)[bu] | 33R, 29D  | 106D, 42R, 1Ind, 1WF[by] | 23D, 6R
2008  | Obama/
Biden (D) Y
David Paterson (D)[w] | Joseph Bruno (R)[u] | 32R, 30D
Dean Skelos (R)[u]
2009  | Malcolm Smith (D)[u] | 32D, 30R[cb] | 107D, 41R, 1Ind, 1WF[by] | Kirsten Gillibrand (D)[j] | 26D, 3R
Pedro Espada Jr. (D)[u]
Richard Ravitch (D)[j]
2010  | 27D, 2R[cc]
2011  | Andrew Cuomo (D) | Robert Duffy (D) | Eric Schneiderman (D)[l][4] | 37R/IDC, 26D  | 98D, 51R, 1Ind[by] | 21D, 8R[cd]
2012
2013  | 35R/IDC, 28D[ce] | 105D, 44R, 1Ind[by] | 21D, 6R
2014
2015  | Kathy Hochul (D) | 37R/IDC, 26D  | 105D, 43R, 1Ind, 1Con[by][bw] | 18D, 9R
2016  | Clinton/
Kaine (D) N
2017  | 39R/IDC, 24D[ce] | 106D, 43R, 1Ind[by]
2018  | Barbara Underwood (D)[cf]
2019  | Letitia James (D) | 39D, 23R, 1ID  | 21D, 6R
2020  | 40D, 23R[cg] | Biden/
Harris (D) Y
2021  | 43D, 20R  | 19D, 8R
Kathy Hochul (D)[w] | Brian Benjamin (D)[j][ch][l][5]
2022
Antonio Delgado (D)[j][ci][6] | 107D, 43R[cj]
2023  | 42D, 21R  | 102D, 48R  | 15D, 11R
2024  | 16D, 10R[ck] | Harris/
Walz (D) N
2025  | 41D, 22R  | 103D, 47R  | 19D, 7R
Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials  | Alaskan Independence (AKIP)

Know Nothing (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Covenant (Cov)
| Democratic (D)

Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
Democratic–NPL (D-NPL)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' Rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Pro-Administration (PA)
| Free Soil (FS)

Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Independent Democrat (ID)
Independent Republican (IR)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)
| Libertarian (L)

National Union (NU)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)
| Prohibition (Proh)

Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Union (U)
Unconditional Union (UU)
| Vermont Progressive (VP)

Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)

1. ^ There was no codified start for terms when Clinton took office; the date was set at July 1 in 1787, starting presumably in 1789. Most sources state that early governors took office on April 1; however, more contemporary sources note the elections were held on April 1, with the oath of office being delivered on July 1.
2. ^ Office established in 1778.
3. ^ As Auditor-General.
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Died in office.
5. ^ As Auditor.
6. ^ Electors were to be appointed by state legislature, which deadlocked, so no electors were chosen.
7. ^ a b c Electors, appointed by the state legislature, cast their ballots for these two candidates for president.
8. ^ a b c Resigned due to ill health.
9. ^ Appointed to United States district court.
10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Appointed by the Governor to fill remainder of unexpired term.
11. ^ Resigned to accept an appointment as a United States naval officer.
12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Resigned.
13. ^ Resigned when appointed Secretary of State of New York.
14. ^ Resigned to become Mayor of New York City.
15. ^ Resigned to accept the position of Postmaster of New York City.
16. ^ a b c d e Electors appointed by state legislature.
17. ^ Resigned to become minister to France.
18. ^ With the election of Morgan Lewis as Governor, the DRs began to divide into two factions, the Lewisites loyal to Lewis, and Clintonians loyal to DeWitt Clinton.
19. ^ a b Resigned to become Vice President of the United States.
20. ^ A coalition of Lewisites and Federalists elected a Lewisite, Andrew McCord, as Speaker and organized the chamber.
21. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u As Temporary President of the State Senate, became acting Lieutenant Governor upon a vacancy in the office.
22. ^ A Democratic-Republican, Daniel Cruger, was elected with three members absent on a 62–61 vote. A seat was contested by the Federalists, however, which led to an extended fight over the Council of Appointment. After the DRs won that debate, the contested seat was handed to the Federalist, and the Federalists had a functional majority of 62–61 despite the loss of the Speaker's seat.
23. ^ a b c d e f g h As lieutenant governor, assumed governorship upon resignation of predecessor.
24. ^ The length and dates of terms were changed in 1821, during Clinton's second term, which then ended on December 31, 1822 rather than July 1, 1823.
25. ^ A division within the Democratic-Republican Party occurred with the election of DeWitt Clinton as Governor between the Clintonians, who were loyal to him, and Bucktails, who were aligned with Martin Van Buren.
26. ^ A coalition was formed between the Clintonians and Federalists to elect John Canfield Spencer, a Clintonian, as Speaker and organized the chamber.
27. ^ Elected Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court by the State Legislature.
28. ^ Per the 1821 state constitution, Yates' term was the first to last two years rather than three.
29. ^ Elected a justice of the New York Supreme Court by the State Legislature shortly before the end of his second term.
30. ^ The state delegation of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives voted 18-14-2 for John Quincy Adams.
31. ^ In April 1824, Clinton's political enemies, the Bucktails, voted in the New York State Legislature for his removal from his post as president of the Erie Canal Commission, causing such indignation among the electorate that he was nominated for governor by the "People's Party", and was re-elected governor over the official candidate of the Democratic-Republican Party, fellow canal commissioner Samuel Young.
32. ^ a b c d e Resigned when elected Governor of New York.
33. ^ a b c Resigned to become United States Secretary of State.
34. ^ a b Resigned when elected to the United States Senate.
35. ^ a b As lieutenant governor, became governor for unexpired term and was later elected in his own right.
36. ^ a b Resigned to take seat on New York Supreme Court.
37. ^ Resigned to become United States Secretary of War.
38. ^ Resigned when appointed Governor of Wisconsin Territory.
39. ^ Legislated out of office by State Constitution of 1846.
40. ^ First popularly-elected Secretary of State.
41. ^ First popularly-elected Attorney General.
42. ^ First popularly-elected Comptroller.
43. ^ First popularly-elected Treasurer.
44. ^ With the adoption of the Constitution of 1847, Senators moved from having one-quarter of the body each year to having every seat in the body up every two years, starting with the election of 1847.
45. ^ Due to a disputed election with a Whig candidate, the Democrats had a nominal majority at the start of session, and elected Noble S. Elderkin Speaker and organized the chamber. Midway through the session, Elderkin departed to care for his ill wife, and the Whigs assumed functional control under Robert H. Pruyn. After the seat dispute was decided in favor of the Democrat, and after it had been determined Elderkin would be gone the rest of session, a Democrat, Ferral C. Dininny, was again selected as Speaker.
46. ^ As a results of the even split, over the two year term, the Senate President Pro Tempore was traded between Edwin D. Morgan, a Whig, and William McMurray, a Democrat. Morgan had it for the first two months of 1852, then McMurray had it the last month of that session and the regular session of 1853, and then Morgan retained for the special session of 1853.
47. ^ Welch successfully contested Cook's election, and served from November 20, 1852 to the end of the term.
48. ^ a b Elected on a fusion Whig-Free Democratic ticket.
49. ^ The Republicans organized the chamber.
50. ^ A Democrat, Orville Robinson, was elected with the help of Republican members on the 49th ballot.
51. ^ The Know Nothings and Independent Republican members worked with the Republicans to organize the chamber.
52. ^ A Democrat, Thomas G. Alvord, was elected with the help of the Know Nothings on the 53th ballot.
53. ^ A Democrat, Theophilus C. Callicot, was elected Speaker after cutting a deal with the Republicans that if he was elected, he would guarantee the election of a Republican Senator, later determined to be Edwin D. Morgan.
54. ^ a b Resigned in protest of President James A. Garfield's position on federal appointments.
55. ^ Resigned to become a judge of the New York Court of Appeals.
56. ^ Per an 1874 amendment to the state constitution—taking effect January 1, 1875—Robinson's term was the first to last three years instead of two. As Tilden had been elected prior to the amendment's taking effect, he served the old two-year term.
57. ^ Resigned to become President of the United States.
58. ^ Per the 1894 state constitution, his term was the first to last two years rather than three.
59. ^ Due to a change in the Constitution of New York in 1894, the Senate began to have its elections during even years, with a three-year term with the election of 1895 to allow for a transition.
60. ^ Resigned to become Mayor of Buffalo.
61. ^ Appointed to fill unexpired term, reelected, then resigned to become a justice of the New York Supreme Court.
62. ^ Resigned to become New York State Superintendent of Insurance.
63. ^ Resigned to take seat as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
64. ^ Acted until the appointment of a successor.
65. ^ Impeached and removed from office for campaign contribution fraud.
66. ^ Elected by Legislature.
67. ^ Appointed for remainder of first half of term, elected to fill second half of term.
68. ^ Resigned when appointed Director of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations for the United States Department of State.
69. ^ Appointed to fill remainder of term, then subsequently elected to in his own right.
70. ^ As majority Leader of the New York State Senate, served as Acting Lt. Governor upon succession of Lt. Governor to Governor, then elected in his own right.
71. ^ Resigned to become President of Nelson Rockefeller's Government Affairs Foundation.
72. ^ Forced to resign when it became known that he had made frequent visits to convicted labor leader Joseph S. Fay while the latter was incarcerated at Sing Sing prison.
73. ^ a b Elected by State Legislature to fill unexpired term, later elected in their own right.
74. ^ Resigned to devote himself to his Commission on Critical Choices for Americans.
75. ^ a b c Conservative member(s) caucused with the Republicans.
76. ^ Conservative member(s) caucused with the Republicans. John J. Walsh, a registered Democrat, ran for re-election on the ticket of an "Upper Manhattan Apartment Building Party", and defeated the regular Democratic candidate Edward H. Lehner[2]
77. ^ a b c d e f g h Members of the Liberal, Independence, and Working Families parties caucused with Democrats.
78. ^ Switched parties after not being selected to be Governor Pataki's running mate for the 1998 election.
79. ^ Re-elected in 2006, but resigned prior to beginning of the new term.
80. ^ Democrats Pedro Espada Jr. and Hiram Monserrate briefly interrupted the majority by voting for a Republican organizing resolution, precipitating the 2009 New York State Senate leadership crisis. Democrats ended up retaining their majority for the remainder of the term.
81. ^ Republican John M. McHugh of the 23rd district resigned from Congress on September 21, 2009, after being confirmed as the United States Secretary of the Army. Democrat Bill Owens won a special election to succeed him on November 3, 2009.
82. ^ Democrats and Republicans each flipped one seat in special elections held in 2011, keeping the partisan composition the same as after the 2010 elections.
83. ^ a b Members of the Independent Democratic Conference, along with one other Democratic Senator, Simcha Felder, formed a power-sharing deal with the Republicans.
84. ^ Was Acting Attorney General from May 8 to May 22, was subsequently appointed May 22 by the New York Legislature to serve out the remainder of Schneiderman's term.
85. ^ Democratic Senator Simcha Felder, who had caucused with the Republican majority, was without a caucus until July 2019 when he was accepted into the Democratic majority.
86. ^ Senate Temporary President Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D) served as Acting Lieutenant Governor from August 24–September 9, 2021
87. ^ Senate Temporary President Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D) served as Acting Lieutenant Governor from April 12–May 25, 2022
88. ^ Independence Assemblyman Fred Thiele joined the Democratic Party on May 5, 2022.
89. ^ Republican George Santos of the 3rd district was expelled from Congress on December 1, 2023, after numerous scandals. Democrat Tom Suozzi won a special election to succeed him on February 13, 2024.

## References

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1. ^ "Voters Registered by County as of 02/20/2025". New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
2. ^ Clines, Francis X. (1970-11-10). "Recanvass Names Walsh Victor By 99 Votes in Assembly Race". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
3. ^ "Spitzer Resigns After Sex Scandal, Pressure". NPR. March 12, 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
4. ^ "Statement By Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman | New York State Attorney General". ag.ny.gov. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
5. ^ Rashbaum, William K.; Fandos, Nicholas; Mays, Jeffrey C. (April 12, 2022). "Lt. Gov. Benjamin Resigns Following Campaign Finance Indictment". The New York Times.
6. ^ Reisman, Nick. "Antonio Delgado will be sworn in as New York lieutenant governor on Wednesday". Spectrum News. Retrieved May 23, 2022.

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