Political party strength in New York (state)

This article is about the state. For the city, see Political party strength in New York City.

See also: Politics of New York (state)

As of 2022, the Democratic Party dominates the politics of New York. ^[1]

This page contains party enrollment data as well as historical data on the party affiliations of certain New York elected officials.

Party enrollment

New York party enrollment data as of February 20, 2025 [2]
Party		%	Total voters		Total
			Active	Inactive
	Democratic	47.90	5,896,984	403,434	6,300,418
	Republican	22.63	2,845,295	131,446	2,976,741
	Conservative	1.27	160,125	7,107	167,232
	Working Families	0.44	55,804	2,989	58,793
	Minor parties	2.72	336,758	21,480	358,238
	Unaffiliated	25.03	3,108,039	184,092	3,292,131
Total		100%	12,403,005	750,548	13,153,553

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%

Party affiliations of elected officials

The following table indicates the historical party affiliations of the following 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
• New York delegation to the United States Senate
• New York 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

Year	Executive offices						State Legislature		United States Congress			Electoral votes
	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, 61D, 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

Year	Executive offices				State Legislature		United States Congress			Electoral votes
	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] [4]	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] [5]		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] [6]
2022
		Antonio Delgado (D) [j] [ci] [7]				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
2026

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) 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)

Notes

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. Died in office.
5. As Auditor.
6. Electors were to be appointed by state legislature, which deadlocked, so no electors were chosen.
7. Electors, appointed by the state legislature, cast their ballots for these two candidates for president.
8. Resigned due to ill health.
9. Appointed to United States district court.
10. Appointed by the Governor to fill remainder of unexpired term.
11. Resigned to accept an appointment as a United States naval officer.
12. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Resigned when elected Governor of New York.
33. Resigned to become United States Secretary of State.
34. Resigned when elected to the United States Senate.
35. As lieutenant governor, became governor for unexpired term and was later elected in his own right.
36. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 ^[3]
77. 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. 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

1. Reisman, Nick (November 1, 2022). "Democrats remain dominant political party in New York". spectrumlocalnews.com.
2. "Enrollment by County". Elections.ny.gov. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
3. 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.
4. "Spitzer Resigns After Sex Scandal, Pressure". NPR. March 12, 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
5. "Statement By Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman | New York State Attorney General". ag.ny.gov. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
6. Rashbaum, William K.; Fandos, Nicholas; Mays, Jeffrey C. (April 12, 2022). "Lt. Gov. Benjamin Resigns Following Campaign Finance Indictment". The New York Times .
7. Reisman, Nick. "Antonio Delgado will be sworn in as New York lieutenant governor on Wednesday". Spectrum News. Retrieved May 23, 2022.

See also

• Politics in New York
• Politics of New York (state)
• Elections in New York
• List of political parties in New York
• Political party strength in New York City