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Re: gubernatorial terms of office
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Milton Klein <[log in to unmask]>
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A LISTSERV list for discussions pertaining to New York State history." <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 5 Feb 1999 22:15:18 -0500
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        Galie may be wrong.  The source to which Greg Furness referred us, a New
York State web page, says the change was approved by a referendum in 1937.
Other sources tell us that Herbert Lehman in 1938 began the first four-year
term as governor.  Which is correct, 1932 or 1937?

At 06:00 PM 2/1/99 -0500, you wrote:
>According to Peter Galie's _Ordered Liberty: A Constitutional History
>of New York_, the change to a four-year governor's term occurred
>in 1932.  Galie mentions the change as part of a broad reform of the
>executive branch (see pp. 210-211).
>
>
>
>Laura-Eve Moss
>Ph.D Candidate
>University of Connecticut

Milton M. Klein | phone: (423) 974-2806
University of Tennessee, Knoxville | email: [log in to unmask]

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