Secretary of State of New York

# Image Secretary of State Tenure Party Notes 1 John Morin Scott March 13, 1778 – September 14, 1784 died in office 2 Lewis Allaire Scott October 23, 1784 – March 17, 1798 – son of John Morin Scott; died in office; longest-serving Secretary of State (13 years and almost 5 months) 3 Daniel Hale March 24, 1798 – August 10, 1801 Federalist 4 Thomas Tillotson August 10, 1801 – March 16, 1806 Democratic-Republican 5 Elisha Jenkins March 16, 1806 – February 16, 1807 Democratic-Republican 6 Thomas Tillotson February 16, 1807 – February 1, 1808 Dem.-Rep./Lewisite 7 Elisha Jenkins February 1, 1808 – February 2, 1810 Dem.-Rep./Clintonian 8 Daniel Hale February 2, 1810 – February 1, 1811 Federalist 9 Elisha Jenkins February 1, 1811 – February 23, 1813 Democratic-Republican 10 Jacob R. Van Rensselaer February 23, 1813 – February 16, 1815 Federalist 11 Peter Buell Porter February 16, 1815 – February 12, 1816 Democratic-Republican 12 Robert L. Tillotson February 12, 1816 – April 16, 1817 son of Thomas Tillotson 13 Charles D. Cooper April 16, 1817 – April 24, 1818 Democratic-Republican son-in-law of Acting Governor John Tayler 14 John Van Ness Yates April 24, 1818 – February 14, 1826 Democratic-Republican first appointed, in 1823 re-elected by the State Legislature 15 Azariah Cutting Flagg February 14, 1826 – January 12, 1833 Democratic-Republican three terms; then elected New York State Comptroller 16 John Adams Dix January 15, 1833 – February 4, 1839 Democrat two terms 17 John Canfield Spencer February 4, 1839 – October 11, 1841 Whig resigned to become Secretary of War 18 Archibald Campbell October 11, 1841 – February 7, 1842 (none) as Deputy Secretary, acted until the election of a successor 19 Samuel Young February 7, 1842 – February 8, 1845 Dem./Barnburner 20 Nathaniel S. Benton February 8, 1845 – December 31, 1847 Dem./Hunker legislated out of office by State Constitution of 1846 21 Christopher Morgan January 1, 1848 – December 31, 1851 Whig first Secretary elected by general ballot; two terms 22 Henry S. Randall January 1, 1852 – December 31, 1853 Democrat 23 Elias W. Leavenworth January 1, 1854 – December 31, 1855 Whig 24 Joel T. Headley January 1, 1856 – December 31, 1857 American 25 Gideon J. Tucker January 1, 1858 – December 31, 1859 Democrat 26 David R. Floyd-Jones January 1, 1860 – December 31, 1861 Democratic 27 Horatio Ballard January 1, 1862 – December 31, 1863 Union 28 Chauncey Depew January 1, 1864 – December 31, 1865 Union 29 Francis C. Barlow January 1, 1866 – December 31, 1867 Republican 30 Homer A. Nelson January 1, 1868 – December 31, 1871 Democrat two terms 31 G. Hilton Scribner January 1, 1872 – December 31, 1873 Republican 32 Diedrich Willers, Jr. January 1, 1874 – December 31, 1875 Democrat 33 John Bigelow January 1, 1876 – December 31, 1877 Democrat 34 Allen C. Beach January 1, 1878 – December 31, 1879 Democrat 35 Joseph B. Carr January 1, 1880 – December 31, 1885 Republican three terms 36 Frederick Cook January 1, 1886 – December 31, 1889 Democrat two terms 37 Frank Rice January 1, 1890 – December 31, 1893 Democrat 38 John Palmer January 1, 1894 – December 31, 1898 Republican two terms (1894–1895, 1896–98) 39 John T. McDonough January 1, 1899 – December 31, 1902 Republican two terms 40 John F. O’Brien January 1, 1903 – December 31, 1906 Republican two terms 41 John S. Whalen January 1, 1907 – December 31, 1908 Dem./Ind. L. 42 Samuel S. Koenig January 1, 1909 – December 31, 1910 Republican 43 Edward Lazansky January 1, 1911 – December 31, 1912 Democrat 44 Mitchell May January 1, 1913 – December 31, 1914 Democrat 45 Francis Hugo January 1, 1915 – December 31, 1920 Republican three terms 46 John J. Lyons January 1, 1921 – December 31, 1922 Republican 47 James A. Hamilton January 1, 1923 – December 31, 1924 Democrat 48 Florence E. S. Knapp January 1, 1925 – January 17, 1927 Republican first woman in this office; the last elected Secretary of State 49 Robert Moses January 17, 1927 – January 1, 1929 Republican first Secretary of State appointed by the Governor 50 Edward J. Flynn January 1, 1929 – January 17, 1939 Democrat 51 Michael F. Walsh January 17,^[6] 1939 – January 1, 1943 Democratic 52 Thomas J. Curran January 1, 1943 – January 1, 1955 Republican 53 Carmine DeSapio January 1, 1955 – January 1, 1959 Democratic 54 Caroline K. Simon January 1, 1959 – August 22, 1963 Republican appointed a judge of the New York Court of Claims 55 John P. Lomenzo August 22, 1963 – January 1, 1974 Republican 56 John J. Ghezzi January 1, 1974 – January 1, 1975 Republican 57 Mario Cuomo January 1, 1975 – December 31, 1978 Democrat elected Lieutenant Governor 58 Basil A. Paterson January 1, 1979 – January 1, 1983 Democrat son David A. Paterson became Lieutenant Governor, and Governor. 59 Gail S. Shaffer January 1, 1983 – January 4, 1995 Democrat 60 Alexander Treadwell January 4, 1995 – April 12, 2001 Republican became Chairman of the Republican State Committee 61 Randy Daniels April 12, 2001 – September 23, 2005 Republican a Democrat when appointed, became a Republican in 2002; resigned 62 Frank Milano September 23, 2005 – April 19, 2006 Republican as First Deputy Secretary, acted until the appointment of a successor 63 Christopher Jacobs April 19, 2006 – January 1, 2007 Republican 64 Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez January 1, 2007 – September 1, 2010 Democrat 65 Ruth Noemí Colón September 1, 2010 – May 2, 2011 Democrat 66 Cesar A. Perales May 2, 2011 – February 3, 2016 Democrat confirmed by State Senate on June 7, 2011 67 Rossana Rosado February 3, 2016 – November 4, 2021 Democrat confirmed by State Senate on June 16, 2016, became Commissioner of the Department of Criminal Justice Services 68 Robert J. Rodriguez November 4, 2021 – present Democrat Awaiting confirmation