(1637-1714) Governor of New York 1674-1681, governor of Virginia 1692-1697.

Sir Edmund Andros

(1637-1714) Governor of New York 1674-1681, governor of Virginia 1692-1697.

Stuyvesant was governor of New Netherlands. After the colony was ceded to the English in 1664, the colony was renamed New York.

Governor Peter Stuyvesant

Stuyvesant was governor of New Netherlands. After the colony was ceded to the English in 1664, the colony…

(1740-1830) Elected mayor of New York City in 1807.

Colonel Marinus Willett

(1740-1830) Elected mayor of New York City in 1807.

(1756-1836) New Your State Attorney General, US Senator from New York, American vice-president 1801 - 1805

Aaron Burr

(1756-1836) New Your State Attorney General, US Senator from New York, American vice-president 1801…

(1829-1888) US representative and senator from New York who was confirmed a Supreme Court Justice.

Roscoe Conkling

(1829-1888) US representative and senator from New York who was confirmed a Supreme Court Justice.

(1839-1902) Catholic Archbishop of New York 1885

Archbishop Michael Corrigan

(1839-1902) Catholic Archbishop of New York 1885

(1819-1897) Newspaper editor who revived the New York Sun.

Charles A. Dana

(1819-1897) Newspaper editor who revived the New York Sun.

(1862-1948 ) Hughes served as the 36th Governor of New York (1907–1910), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1910–1916), United States Secretary of State (1921–1925), a judge on the Court of International Justice (1928–1930), and the 11th Chief Justice of the United States (1930–1941). He was the Republican candidate in the 1916 U.S. Presidential election, losing narrowly to Woodrow Wilson.

Charles E. Hughes

(1862-1948 ) Hughes served as the 36th Governor of New York (1907–1910), Associate Justice of the…

Marcella Sembrich (February 15, 1858 – January 11, 1935 was the stage name of the Polish coloratura soprano, Prakseda Marcelina Kochańska. She had an important international singing career, chiefly at the New York Metropolitan Opera and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.

Marcella Sembrich

Marcella Sembrich (February 15, 1858 – January 11, 1935 was the stage name of the Polish coloratura…

(1801-1872) U.S. Senator, Governor of New York, Secretary of State.

William H. Seward

(1801-1872) U.S. Senator, Governor of New York, Secretary of State.

(1865- ) Duke of Cornwall and York

Duke of Cornwall and York

(1865- ) Duke of Cornwall and York

(1739-1818) Lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia and of St. John's Island. Born in the colony of New York, he was driven from his home during the American Revolution and was commissioned by British General William Howe. He raised a regiment of Loyalists known as the King's American Regiment.

Edmund Fanning

(1739-1818) Lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia and of St. John's Island. Born in the colony of New York,…

Governor of New York

Governor Peter Stuyvesant

Governor of New York

(1724-1803) British publisher who emigrated in 1760 to Philadelphia and founded the New York Gazette. After the American Revolution his paper failed.

James Rivington

(1724-1803) British publisher who emigrated in 1760 to Philadelphia and founded the New York Gazette.…

(1739-1812) General during the American Revolution and governor of New York. He was also Vice president under Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.

George Clinton

(1739-1812) General during the American Revolution and governor of New York. He was also Vice president…

(1752-1816) United States diplomat and statesman and the New York delegate to the Continental Congress. US Senator from New York.

Gouverneur Morris

(1752-1816) United States diplomat and statesman and the New York delegate to the Continental Congress.…

Signer of the Declaration of Independence representing New York

William Floyd

Signer of the Declaration of Independence representing New York

Signer of the Declaration of Independence representing New York

Philip Livingston

Signer of the Declaration of Independence representing New York

Signer of the Declaration of Independence representing New York

Francis Lewis

Signer of the Declaration of Independence representing New York

Signer of the Declaration of Independence representing New York

Lewis Morris

Signer of the Declaration of Independence representing New York

Peter Stuyvesant decides to surrender New Netherland to the English, 1664

Stuyvesant decides to surrender

Peter Stuyvesant decides to surrender New Netherland to the English, 1664

(1151-1212) Archbishop of York

Geofrey Plantagenet

(1151-1212) Archbishop of York

Seal of the commonwealth of Virginia, 1890

Virginia Seal

Seal of the commonwealth of Virginia, 1890

Seal of the state of New York, 1890

New York seal

Seal of the state of New York, 1890

Seal of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1890

Massachusetts seal

Seal of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1890

Seal of the state of Maryland, 1890

Maryland seal

Seal of the state of Maryland, 1890

Seal of the state of Rhode Island, 1890

Rhode Island seal

Seal of the state of Rhode Island, 1890

Seal of the state of Delaware, 1890

Delaware seal

Seal of the state of Delaware, 1890

Seal of the state of New Jersey, 1890

New Jersey seal

Seal of the state of New Jersey, 1890

Seal of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1890

Pennsylvania seal

Seal of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1890

Seal of the state of Vermont, 1890

Vermont seal

Seal of the state of Vermont, 1890

Seal of the state of Georgia, 1890

Georgia seal

Seal of the state of Georgia, 1890

Seal of the commonwealth of Kentucky, 1890

Kentucky seal

Seal of the commonwealth of Kentucky, 1890

Seal of the state of Tennessee, 1890

Tennessee seal

Seal of the state of Tennessee, 1890

Seal of the state of Louisiana, 1890

Louisiana seal

Seal of the state of Louisiana, 1890

Seal of the state of Mississippi, 1890

Mississippi Seal

Seal of the state of Mississippi, 1890

Seal of the state of Illinois, 1890

Illinois seal

Seal of the state of Illinois, 1890

Seal of the state of Texas, 1890

Texas Seal

Seal of the state of Texas, 1890

First Governor of New York

George Clinton

First Governor of New York

Seal of the state of Alabama, 1876

Alabama Seal

Seal of the state of Alabama, 1876

Seal of the state of Arkansas, 1876

Arkansas seal

Seal of the state of Arkansas, 1876

Seal of the state of Arkansas, 1876

Arkansas seal

Seal of the state of Arkansas, 1876

Seal of the state of Connecticut, 1876

Connecticut seal

Seal of the state of Connecticut, 1876

Seal of the state of California, 1876

California seal

Seal of the state of California, 1876

Seal of the state of Delaware, 1876

Delaware seal

Seal of the state of Delaware, 1876

Seal of the state of Florida, 1876

Florida seal

Seal of the state of Florida, 1876

Seal of the state of Florida, 1876

Florida seal

Seal of the state of Florida, 1876

Seal of the state of Georgia, 1876

Georgia seal

Seal of the state of Georgia, 1876

Seal of the state of Georgia, 1876

Georgia seal

Seal of the state of Georgia, 1876

Seal of the state of Illinois, 1876

Illinois seal

Seal of the state of Illinois, 1876

Seal of the state of Illinois, 1876

Illinois seal

Seal of the state of Illinois, 1876

Seal of the state of Indiana, 1876

Indiana seal

Seal of the state of Indiana, 1876

Seal of the state of Indiana, 1876

Indiana seal

Seal of the state of Indiana, 1876

Seal of the state of Iowa, 1876

Iowa seal

Seal of the state of Iowa, 1876

Seal of the state of Iowa, 1876

Iowa seal

Seal of the state of Iowa, 1876

Seal of the state of Kansas, 1876

Kansas Seal

Seal of the state of Kansas, 1876

Seal of the state of Kansas, 1876

Kansas Seal

Seal of the state of Kansas, 1876

Seal of the commonwealth of Kentucky, 1876

Kentucky seal

Seal of the commonwealth of Kentucky, 1876

Seal of the commonwealth of Kentucky, 1876

Kentucky seal

Seal of the commonwealth of Kentucky, 1876

Seal of the state of Louisiana, 1876

Louisiana seal

Seal of the state of Louisiana, 1876