EXECUTIVE · NY · 1955-1959
W. Averell Harriman
Governor · Democrat · New York
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Later JFK Asst Sec State, Vietnam negotiator
Background
Between 1955 and 1959, W. Averell Harriman held the Governor seat in New York, a 4-year tenure. Took office after Thomas E. Dewey; succeeded by Nelson Rockefeller. Note: Later JFK Asst Sec State, Vietnam negotiator.
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Others who held this office in New York
- Kathy Hochul (2021-present)
- Andrew Cuomo (2011-2021)
- David Paterson (2008-2010)
- Eliot Spitzer (2007-2008)
- George Pataki (1995-2007)
- Mario Cuomo (1983-1995)
- Hugh Carey (1975-1982)
- Malcolm Wilson (1973-1975)
- Nelson Rockefeller (1959-1973)
- Thomas E. Dewey (1943-1955)