David Paterson

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governor human politician

David Paterson is an American politician who served as the 55th governor of New York and was the state's first Black and first legally blind governor.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	governor → human → politician →
assumedOfficeAsGovernorBy	line of succession →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
ethnicGroup	African American →
eyeCondition	legally blind →
familyName	Paterson NERFINISHED →
fieldOfWork	public administration → state politics →
givenName	David →
governedTerritory	New York NERFINISHED →
hasGender	male →
isFirstInCategory	first Black governor of New York → first legally blind governor of New York →
languageSpoken	English →
legislativeBodyServedIn	New York State Senate →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party →
name	David Paterson →
notableFor	being the first Black governor of New York → being the first legally blind governor of New York →
notableOffice	Governor of New York → Lieutenant Governor of New York →
occupation	politician →
officeJurisdiction	State of New York →
ordinalInOffice	55th Governor of New York →
positionHeld	Governor of New York → Lieutenant Governor of New York → New York State Senator →
precededBy	Eliot Spitzer →
reasonForGubernatorialSuccession	resignation of Eliot Spitzer →
residence	New York NERFINISHED →
stateRepresented	New York →
succeededBy	Andrew Cuomo →
workLocation	Albany, New York →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kirsten Gillibrand →	appointedBy
David Paterson →	name
Governor of New York →	positionHeldBy
Andrew Cuomo →	replaced