Four N.Y. Governors were also U.S. Presidents:
Martin Van Buren (Gov. 1829; Pres. 1837-1841)
Grover Cleveland (Gov. 1883-1885; Pres. 1885-1889 & 1893-1897)
Theodore Roosevelt (Gov. 1899-1900; Pres. 1901-1909)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Gov. 1929-1932; Pres. 1933-1945)
Six N.Y. Governors were also U.S. Vice Presidents:
George Clinton (Gov. 1777-1795 & 1801-1804; V.P. 1805-1814)
Daniel D. Tompkins (Gov. 1807-1817; V.P. 1817-1825)
Martin Van Buren (Gov. 1829; V.P. 1833-1837)
Levi P. Morton (V.P. 1889-1893; Gov. 1895-1896)
Theodore Roosevelt (Gov. 1889-1900; V.P. 1901)
Nelson Rockefeller (Gov. 1959-1973; V.P. 1974-1977)
Seven N.Y. Governors were also major-party Presidential Nominees who didn't win:
John Jay (Gov. 1795-1801; ran for Pres. in 1788 & 1796)
DeWitt Clinton (ran for Pres. in 1812; Gov. 1817-1822 & 1825-1828)
Horatio Seymour (Gov. 1853-1854 & 1863-1864; ran for Pres. in 1868)
Samuel J. Tilden (Gov. 1875-1876; ran for Pres. in 1876)
Charles Evans Hughes (Gov. 1907-1910; ran for Pres. in 1916)
Al Smith (Gov. 1919-1920 & 1923-1928; ran for Pres. in 1928)
Thomas E. Dewey (Gov. 1943-1954; ran for Pres. in 1944 & 1948)
Nelson Rockefeller
Martin Van Buren.
No, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the Governor of New York before he became the President.
Yes he was. He was the governor of New York.
He was governor of New York before he was nominated for vice-president, running with William McKinley. He became president when McKinley was assassinated.
I am not sure which Roosevelt you are asking about-- we had two of them who became president. Theodore Roosevelt, a Republican, served in the New York State Assembly, was Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and Governor of New York before he became Vice President and then President (he assumed the office in 1901). As for Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat, he served in the New York State Senate, was also Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and was also the Governor of New York before he was elected president (he assumed the office in 1933).
State legislator, rancher, police commissioner of New York City, Secretary of the Navy, Governor of New York and Vice President were some of Roosevelt's many careers.
He was the vice president when James Monroe was president. He was the 6th Vice President of the United States and the 4th governor of New York state.
Governor of New York
Theodore Roosevelt was a Member of the New York State Assembly, a cattle rancher, U.S. Civil Service Commissioner, President of the New York City Police Board, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Army Colonel, Governor of New York and Vice President before he became the President of the United States of America. In his spare time, he did some writing for magazines.
FDR was governor of New York from 1929 to 1933 when he became President.
Roosevelt was governor of New York from 1898 to 1900, when he ran for vice-president.
Governor of New York
Before TR got elected he lived in New York.