Historical place archive

New York State in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at New York State in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

4 records2 event labels1 people1942–1950

Historical events in New York State

1942

1942
Governor
Thomas Edmund Dewey · Government of USA

Appointed Governor of New York State, 1st term

1944

7 November 1944
Election
Thomas Edmund Dewey · Government of USA

Wins 21.9 million to Roosevelts 25.6 million votes & loses his own state of New York

1946

1946
Governor
Thomas Edmund Dewey · Government of USA

Appointed Governor of New York State, 2nd term

1950

1950
Governor
Thomas Edmund Dewey · Government of USA

Appointed Governor of New York State, 3rd term

Provenance

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