User:Muboshgu/Sandbox2
Political party strength in New York[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Office established in 1778.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Died in office.
- ^ Electors were to be appointed by state legislature, which deadlocked, so no electors were chosen.
- ^ a b c Electors appointed by state legislature casting ballots for these two candidates for president.
- ^ a b c d Electors appointed by state legislature.
- ^ Resigned to become Vice President of the United States.
- ^ As president pro tempore of the state Senate, became acting lieutenant governor.
- ^ a b c d e f g As lieutenant governor, assumed governorship upon resignation of predecessor.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s As Majority Leader of the New York State Senate, served as Acting Lt. Gov. upon succession of Lt. Gov to Gov.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Per the 1821 state constitution, Yates' term was the first to last two years rather than three.
- ^ In April 1824, his 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.
- ^ a b Resigned to become United States Secretary of State.
- ^ a b As lieutenant governor, became governor for unexpired term and was later elected in his own right.
- ^ a b Elected on a (fusion) Whig-Free Democratic ticket.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Resigned to become President of the United States.
- ^ Per the 1894 state constitution, his term was the first to last two years rather than three.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Appointed by the Governor to fill remainder of unexpired term.
- ^ Resigned to become Mayor of Buffalo.
- ^ Appointed to fill unexpired term, reelected, then resigned to become a justice of the New York Supreme Court.
- ^ Resigned to become New York State Superintendent of Insurance.
- ^ Resigned to take seat on New York Supreme Court
- ^ Resigned to take seat as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
- ^ a b Resigned to practice law.
- ^ Impeached and removed from office for campaign contribution fraud.
- ^ Resigned due to poor health
- ^ Appointed for remainder of first half of term, elected to fill second half of term.
- ^ Beginning with Moses, the Secretary of State was no longer elected, but was appointed by the Governor.
- ^ Resigned when appointed Director of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations for the United States Department of State
- ^ Appointed to fill remainder of term, then elected to a new term.
- ^ Served as acting Lt. Gov., then elected.
- ^ Resigned to become President of Nelson A. Rockefeller's Government Affairs Foundation
- ^ Forced to resign when it became known that he had made frequent visits to convicted labor leader Joseph S. Fay while incarcerated at Sing-Sing prison.
- ^ Resigned to join United States Senate
- ^ a b Elected by State Legislature to fill unexpired term.
- ^ Resigned to devote himself to his Commission on Critical Choices for Americans.
- ^ Resigned to accept an appointment on the New York Court of Claims.
- ^ a b c Resigned
- ^ Resigned when appointed Chairman of the New York Republican Party.
- ^ Reelected in 2006, but resigned prior to beginning of the new term.
- ^ Resigned due to a prostitution scandal.
- ^ a b Independence and Working Families members caucusing with Democrats.
See also[edit]
http://gothamist.com/2007/07/13/the_new_york_ci.php
xxx[edit]
http://www.citymayors.com/politics/usa_elections05.html
New York City mayoral election of 1989[edit]
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE5D81730F937A35755C0A96E948260&sec=&spon=
US House in Texas, 2004[edit]
http://thehill.com/op-eds/when-schip-came-to-crawford-ranch-2007-10-10.html (chet edwards helped by supporting SCHIP)
United States Senate election in New Hampshire, 1974[edit]
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Closest_election_in_Senate_history.htm