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David Alexander Paterson (born May 20, 1954) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 55th governor of New York, succeeding Eliot Spitzer, who resigned, and serving out nearly three years of Spitzer's term from March 2008 to December 2010.
- Eliot Spitzer
David Alexander Paterson (20 de mayo de 1954) es un político estadounidense que fue el 55.° gobernador de Nueva York desde 2008 hasta 2010. Fue el primer gobernador afroamericano de Nueva York y el primero ciego de Estados Unidos. Fue senador estatal de Nueva York entre 1985 y 2007.
As New York's first Black governor, and the first blind person to serve as governor in U.S. history, David Paterson overcame obstacles and adversity to lead one of America's largest states during a pivotal time in history.
- State Senate
- Senate Minority Leader
- Arrest For Civil Disobedience
- Works
- Further Reading
In 1985, Paterson resigned his position as assistant district attorney to join the then city clerk David Dinkins' successful campaign to win the Democratic nomination for Manhattan Borough President. That summer, on August 6, state senator Leon Bogues died, and Paterson sought and obtained the Democratic party nomination for the seat. In mid-Septem...
Paterson was elected by the Democratic caucus of the Senate as Minority Leader on November 20, 2002, becoming both the first non-white state legislative leader and the highest-ranking African American elected official in the history of New York State, unseating the incumbent Minority Leader, Martin Connor. Since the Great Depression, only one party...
On March 18, 1999, Paterson, his father Basil, former Manhattan Borough President Percy Sutton, Kweisi Mfume, then-president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and 55 others were arrested by members of the New York Police Department for disorderly conduct. Paterson and the others were taking part in acts of civil dis...
Paterson, David Black, Blind, & In Charge: A Story of Visionary Leadership and Overcoming Adversity. New York, New York, 2020
John C. Walker,The Harlem Fox: J. Raymond Jones at Tammany 1920:1970, New York: State University New York Press, 1989.Rangel, Charles B.; Wynter, Leon (2007). And I Haven't Had a Bad Day Since: From the Streets of Harlem to the Halls of Congress. New York:Baker Motley, Constance Equal Justice Under The Law: An Autobiography, New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1998.Mr. Paterson, the father of former Gov. David A. Paterson, influenced black political power in New York City and the state for decades.
David Alexander Paterson (20 de mayo de 1954) es un político estadounidense que fue el 55.° gobernador de Nueva York desde 2008 hasta 2010. Fue el primer gobernador afroamericano de Nueva York y el primero ciego de Estados Unidos.
15 de feb. de 2017 · In 2002, Paterson was elected as the first African American New York State Senate Minority leader. In 2006, Paterson stepped down from the Senate to run as the first African American lieutenant governor of New York, which he won by a landslide with candidate Eliot Spitzer.
