Officers of the State of New York
1787-1788

Governor
George Clinton
Lieutenant Governor
Pierre Van Cortlandt
Chancellor
Robert R. Livingston
Justices of the Supreme Court
Richard Morris, Chief Justice
John Sloss Hobart
Robert Yates
Clerk of the Supreme Court
John McKesson
Judge of the Court of Admiralty
Lewis Graham
Secretary of State
Lewis A. Scott
Attorney General
Egbert Benson
Richard Varick
(appointed 14 May 1788)
Treasurer
Gerard Bancker
Auditor-General
Peter T. Curtenius
Surveyor General
Simeon DeWitt
Mayor of New York City
James Duane
Mayor of Albany
John Lansing, Jr.
Mayor of Hudson
Seth Jenkins
Council of Appointment
George Clinton
Appointed 18 january 1787
William Floyd
John Hathorn

Ebenezer Russell
Peter Schuyler
Appointed 18 january 1788
Anthony Hoffman
David Hopkins
Philip Schuyler
John Vanderbilt
Council of Revision
George Clinton
Robert R. Livingston
Richard Morris
John Sloss Hobart
Robert Yates
Annapolis Convention Delegates
Egbert Benson*
Alexander Hamilton*
Robert C. Livingston
Robert R. Livingston
James Duane
Leonard Gansevoort
*Attended
Delegates to Congress
Elected 26 January 1787
Abraham Yates, Jr.
John Lansing, Jr.
Melancton Smith
John Haring
Egbert Benson
Elected 22 January 1788
Abraham Yates, Jr.
Ezra L'Hommedieu
Egbert Benson
Leonard Gansevoort
Alexander Hamilton
Constitutional Convention
Alexander Hamilton*
Robert Yates**
John Lansing, Jr.**
*Signed Constitution
**Left Convention on 10 July 1787
Confederation Secretary for Foreign Affairs
John Jay

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