<P> George Elmer Pataki ( / pəˈtɑːki / ; born June 24 , 1945 ) is an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as the 53rd Governor of New York ( 1995 -- 2006 ) . An attorney by profession , Pataki was elected mayor of his hometown of Peekskill , New York and went on to be elected to the State Assembly and the State Senate . In 1994 , Pataki ran for Governor of New York against three - term incumbent Mario Cuomo , defeating him by a margin of more than three points as part of the Republican Revolution of 1994 . Pataki would himself be elected to three consecutive terms , and was the third Republican Governor of New York elected since 1923 ( the other two were Govs . Thomas E. Dewey and Nelson Rockefeller ) . As of 2018 , Pataki is the most recent Republican to serve as Governor of New York and the most recent Republican to hold statewide office in New York . </P>
<P> George Elmer Pataki ( / pəˈtɑːki / ; born June 24 , 1945 ) is an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as the 53rd Governor of New York ( 1995 -- 2006 ) . An attorney by profession , Pataki was elected mayor of his hometown of Peekskill , New York and went on to be elected to the State Assembly and the State Senate . In 1994 , Pataki ran for Governor of New York against three - term incumbent Mario Cuomo , defeating him by a margin of more than three points as part of the Republican Revolution of 1994 . Pataki would himself be elected to three consecutive terms , and was the third Republican Governor of New York elected since 1923 ( the other two were Govs . Thomas E. Dewey and Nelson Rockefeller ) . As of 2018 , Pataki is the most recent Republican to serve as Governor of New York and the most recent Republican to hold statewide office in New York . </P>
who was the governor of new york during 9/11
who was the governor of new york during 9/11
George Elmer Pataki
George Elmer Pataki