David Paterson (other)
David Paterson is a New York politician. David Paterson may also refer to: * David Paterson (academic) (born 1959), British physiologist and academic * David L. Paterson, screenwriter, actor and producer * David Paterson (South Dakota politician), one of the Members of the South Dakota State Senate See also * David Patterson (other) *David Peterson (other) David Peterson is a Canadian politician. David Peterson may also refer to: * David Peterson (baseball) (born 1995), baseball player * David C. Peterson (born 1949), American photographer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography. * D ...

David Paterson
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 and serving out nearly three years of Spitzer's term from March 2008 to December 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the first legally blind person to be sworn in as governor of a U.S. state, and is the first African American governor of New York. Following his graduation from Hofstra Law School, Paterson worked in the District Attorney's office of Queens County, New York, and on the staff of Manhattan borough president David Dinkins. In 1985, he was elected to the New York State Senate to a seat once held by his father, former New York secretary of state Basil Paterson. In 2003, he rose to the position of Senate minority leader. Paterson was selected to be the running mate of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Eliot Spitzer in the 2006 New York gubernatorial election. Spitzer and Paterson were elected with 65% ...
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