David Alexander Paterson is an American politician 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. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first legally blind person to be sworn in as governor of a U.S. state, and the first African-American governor of New York.
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Governor of New York, Lieutenant Governor of New York, member of the State Senate of New York, Lieutenant Governor of New York
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- May 20, 1954
