Lieutenant Governor of New York

The lieutenant governor of New York is a constitutional office in the executive branch of the U.S. state of New York. It is the second highest-ranking official in the state government. The lieutenant governor ranks first in the gubernatorial line of succession and is also the officer of the legislative branch, president of the Senate and the presiding officer of the Senate.

Lieutenant Governor of New York
Seal of the State of New York
Flag of the State of New York
Incumbent Antonio Delgado since May 25, 2022
New York State Senate Government of New York State
Style	Lieutenant Governor The Honorable His Excellency
Seat	Albany, New York
Appointer	Primary Election Governor of New York
Term length	Four years, no term limit
Constituting instrument	New York Constitution of 1777
Inaugural holder	Pierre Van Cortlandt
Formation	July 30, 1777 (1777-07-30)
Succession	First (gubernatorial line of succession)
Salary	$210,000 (2020)
Website	governor.ny.gov

Antonio Delgado is the current lieutenant governor of New York, in office since May 2022.

Constitutional roles and duties

The lieutenant governor is the president of the Senate. The lieutenant governor has the power to preside over the Senate and has the authority exercise a casting vote in a tie event.

Eligibility and requirements

Under the New York State Constitution, a person must:

• be at least 30 years old and a United States citizen

• a resident of the state of New York for a least five years

Election process

The lieutenant governor is elected on a ticket with the governor as their running mate to a four-year term. The gubernatorial candidate or incumbent governor must have a majority of the popular vote in order to win the election.

Line of succession

Kathy Hochul sworn in as the 57th governor of New York on August 24, 2021 after the resignation of Andrew Cuomo.

The lieutenant governor is first in the line of succession to become governor if the governor dies resigns, or is impeached from office.

List of lieutenant governors of New York

	Portrait	Lieutenant Governor		Term in office	Party	Governor
			Pierre Van Cortlandt	1777–1795	Democratic-Republican Party		George Clinton
			Stephen Van Rensselaer	1795–1801	Federalist Party		John Jay
			Jeremiah Van Rensselaer	1801–1804	Democratic-Republican Party		George Clinton
			John Broome	July 1804 – August 8, 1810	Democratic-Republican Party		Morgan Lewis
							Daniel Tompkins
Office vacant August 8, 1810 – January 29, 1811
–			John Tayler	January 29, 1811 – May 2, 1811	Democratic-Republican Party
			DeWitt Clinton	May 2, 1811 – July 1, 1813	Democratic-Republican Party
			John Tayler	July 1, 1813 – February 24, 1817	Democratic-Republican Party
–			Philetus Swift	February 24, 1817 – June 30, 1817	Democratic-Republican Party		John Tayler (Acting)
			John Tayler	July 1, 1817 – December 31, 1822	Democratic-Republican Party		DeWitt Clinton
			Erastus Root	January 1, 1823 – December 31, 1823	Democratic-Republican Party		Joseph C. Yates
			James Tallmadge Jr.	January 1, 1825 – December 31, 1826	Democratic-Republican Party		DeWitt Clinton
			Nathaniel Pitcher	January 1, 1827 – February 10, 1828	Democratic-Republican Party
–			Peter R. Livingston	February 11, 1828 – October 17, 1828	Democratic-Republican Party		Nathaniel Pitcher
–			Charles Dayan	October 17, 1828 – December 31, 1828	Democratic-Republican Party
			Enos T. Throop	January 1, 1829 – March 12, 1829	Democratic Party		Martin Van Buren
–			Charles Stebbins	1829–1829	Democratic Party		Enos T. Throop
–			William M. Oliver	1830–1830	Democratic Party
			Edward P. Livingston	1831–1832	Democratic Party
			John Tracy	January 1, 1831 – December 31, 1838	Democratic Party		William L. Marcy
			Luther Bradish	January 1, 1839 – December 31, 1842	Whig Party		William H. Seward
			Daniel S. Dickinson	January 1, 1843 – December 31, 1844	Democratic Party		William C. Bouck
			Addison Gardiner	January 1, 1845 – July 5, 1847	Democratic Party		Silas Wright
							John Young
–			Albert Lester	July 5, 1847 – December 31, 1847	Whig Party
			Hamilton Fish	January 1, 1848 – December 31, 1848	Whig Party
			George W. Patterson	January 1, 1849 – December 31, 1850	Whig Party		Hamilton Fish
			Sanford E. Church	January 1, 1851 – December 31, 1854	Democratic Party		Washington Hunt
							Horatio Seymour
			Henry J. Raymond	January 1, 1855 – December 31, 1856	Whig Party		Myron H. Clark
			Henry R. Selden	January 1, 1857 – December 31, 1858	Republican Party		John A. King
			Robert Campbell	January 1, 1859 – December 31, 1862	Republican Party		Edwin D. Morgan
			David R. Floyd-Jones	January 1, 1863 – December 31, 1864	Democratic Party		Horatio Seymour
			Thomas G. Alvord	January 1, 1865 – December 31, 1866	Union Party		Reuben Fenton
			Stewart L. Woodford	January 1, 1867 – December 31, 1868	Union Party
			Allen C. Beach	January 1, 1869 – December 31, 1872	Democratic Party		John T. Hoffman
			John C. Robinson	January 1, 1873 – December 31, 1874	Republican Party		John A. Dix
			William Dorsheimer	January 1, 1875 – December 31, 1879	Democratic Party		Samuel Tilden
							Lucius Robinson
			George G. Hoskins	January 1, 1880 – December 31, 1882	Republican Party		Alonzo B. Cornell
			David B. Hill	January 1, 1883 – January 6, 1885	Democratic Party		Grover Cleveland
–			Dennis McCarthy	January 6, 1885 – December 31, 1885	Republican Party		David B. Hill
			Edward F. Jones	January 1, 1886 – December 31, 1891	Democratic Party
			William F. Sheehan	January 1, 1892 – December 31, 1894	Democratic Party		Roswell P. Flower
			Charles T. Saxton	January 1, 1895 – December 31, 1896	Republican Party		Levi P. Morton
			Timothy L. Woodruff	January 1, 1897 – December 31, 1902	Republican Party		Frank S. Black
							Theodore Roosevelt
							Benjamin Odell
			Frank W. Higgins	January 1, 1903 – December 31, 1904	Republican Party
			Matthew L. Bruce	January 1, 1905 – December 5, 1906	Republican Party		Frank W. Higgins
–			John Raines	December 5, 1906 – December 31, 1906	Republican Party
			Lewis S. Chanler	January 1, 1907 – December 31, 1908	Democratic Party		Charles Evans Hughes
			Horace White	January 1, 1909 – October 6, 1910	Republican Party
–			George H. Cobb	October 6, 1910 – December 31, 1910	Republican Party		Horace White
			Thomas F. Conway	January 1, 1911 – December 31, 1912	Democratic Party		John A. Dix
			Martin H. Glynn	January 1, 1913 – October 17, 1913	Democratic Party		William Sulzer
–			Robert F. Wagner	October 17, 1913 – December 31, 1914	Democratic Party		Martin H. Glynn
			Edward Schoeneck	January 1, 1915 – December 31, 1918	Republican Party		Charles S. Whitman
			Harry C. Walker	January 1, 1919 – December 31, 1920	Democratic Party		Al Smith
			Jeremiah Wood	January 1, 1921 – September 26, 1922	Republican Party		Nathan L. Miller
–			Clayton R. Lusk	September 26, 1922 – December 31, 1922	Republican Party
			George R. Lunn	January 1, 1923 – December 31, 1924	Democratic Party		Al Smith
			Seymour Lowman	January 1, 1925 – December 31, 1926	Republican Party
			Edwin Corning	January 1, 1927 – December 31, 1928	Democratic Party
			Herbert H. Lehman	January 1, 1929 – December 31, 1932	Democratic Party		Franklin D. Roosevelt
			M. William Bray	January 1, 1933 – December 31, 1938	Democratic Party		Herbert H. Lehman
			Charles Poletti	January 1, 1939 – December 3, 1942	Democratic Party
–			Joe R. Hanley	December 3, 1942 – December 31, 1942	Republican Party		Charles Poletti
			Thomas W. Wallace	January 1, 1943 – November 2, 1943	Republican Party		Thomas E. Dewey
			Joe R. Hanley	November 2, 1943 – December 31, 1950	Republican Party
			Frank C. Moore	January 1, 1950 – September 30, 1953	Republican Party
–			Arthur H. Wicks	September 30, 1953 – November 18, 1953	Republican Party
–			Walter J. Mahoney	November 18, 1953 – December 31, 1954	Republican Party
			George DeLuca	January 1, 1955 – December 31, 1958	Democratic Party		W. Averell Harriman
			Malcolm Wilson	January 1, 1959 – December 18, 1973	Republican Party		Nelson Rockefeller
–			Warren M. Anderson	December 18, 1973 – December 31, 1974	Republican Party		Malcolm Wilson
			Mary Anne Krupsak	January 1, 1975 – December 31, 1978	Democratic Party		Hugh Carey
			Mario Cuomo	January 1, 1979 – December 31, 1982	Democratic Party
			Alfred DelBello	January 1, 1983 – February 1, 1985	Democratic Party		Mario Cuomo
–			Warren M. Anderson	February 1, 1985 – December 31, 1986	Republican Party
			Stan Lundine	January 1, 1987 – December 31, 1994	Democratic Party
			Betsy McCaughey Ross	January 1, 1995 – December 31, 1998	Republican Party		George Pataki
			Mary Donohue	January 1, 1999 – December 31, 2006	Republican Party
			David Paterson	January 1, 2007 – March 17, 2008	Democratic Party		Eliot Spitzer
–			Joseph Bruno	March 17, 2008 – June 24, 2008	Republican Party		David Paterson
–			Dean Skelos	June 24, 2008 – December 31, 2008	Republican Party
Office vacant January 1, 2009 – January 7, 2009
–			Malcolm Smith	January 7, 2009 – June 8, 2009	Democratic Party
–			Pedro Espada	June 8, 2009 – July 8, 2009	Democratic Party
			Richard Ravitch	July 8, 2009 – December 31, 2010	Democratic Party
			Robert Duffy	January 1, 2011 – December 31, 2014	Democratic Party		Andrew Cuomo
			Kathy Hochul	January 1, 2015 – August 23, 2021	Democratic Party
			Brian Benjamin	September 9, 2021 – April 12, 2022	Democratic Party		Kathy Hochul
			Antonio Delgado	May 25, 2022 – Incumbent	Democratic Party