Talk:List of colonial governors of New York

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What is the significance of the color shading?—Markles 23:26, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think the standard is given at {{United States political party shading key}}

I didn't check if this particular article follows that scheme. —Wknight94 (talk) 00:54, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• That's not it.
  A) The key only applies to congresspeople; B) There were no political parties in colonial New York.
  Any other ideas? —Markles 01:30, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oh. Then I guess I have no idea. —Wknight94 (talk) 02:19, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Anyone else know? —Markles 13:02, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• I am creating a new coloring scheme: green for governor, yellow for acting, and red for military. BradMajors 19:30, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The bio on Edmund Andros contradicts those years. —The preceding

) .

Not particularly surprising. There seems to be some confusion and conflicting sources about more than one of the governors from that far in the past. Feel free to add more references and links to the article as well as notes explaining any conflicts. More info is better - even if that info is saying that that info is hard to determine!  :) —Wknight94 (talk) 11:14, 12 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I cant follow what you guys are saying —The preceding

) . According to the statesman website, Andros was governor from 10 Nov 1674 - 13 Jan 1681 and from 11 Aug -9 Oct 1688 ˜˜˜Ericl

more colonial governors

The Same site, as well as the 1924 World Almanac list the two last colonial governors, so I put them in.

Redirects here - but we don't have a list here's some random data

• Captain/Colonel James Ramsay/Ramsey (father of Charlotte Lennox) c. 1738-1742
• George Clarke (governor) 1743-1747
• Cadwallader Colden 1761-2
• Cadwallader Colden 1763
• Cadwallader Colden 1769
• Cadwallader Colden 1774
• Andrew Elliot (1780-1783)

Rich Farmbrough, 01:59, 7 January 2013 (UTC).[reply]

Full list: here

I began revising and contributing this article on 28MAY2013. I plan to improve this article with the same objective and effort that I brought to

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