What is David Paterson?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = David Paterson | image = David Paterson 2 by David Shankbone.jpg | caption = Paterson at the 2008 [[Tribeca Film Festival]] | order = 55<sup>th</sup> | office = Governor of New York | term_start = March 17, 2008 | term_end = December 31, 2010 | predecessor = [[Eliot Spitzer]] | successor = [[Andrew Cuomo]] | lieutenant = 1) [[Joseph Bruno]](Acting)(March 2008 - June 2008) <br /> 2) [[Dean G. Skelos]] (Acting) (June 2008 - present) | order2 = 74<sup>th</sup> | state = | office2 = Lieutenant Governor of New York | term_start2 = January 1, 2007 | term_end2 = March 17, 2008 | governor2 = [[Eliot Spitzer]] | predecessor2 = [[Mary Donohue]] | successor2 = [[Joseph L. Bruno]] <small>(Acting)</small> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|05|20}} | birth_place = [[Brooklyn, New York]] | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = [[Columbia University]] <br /> [[Hofstra University School of Law]] | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | profession = [[Politician]] | spouse = [[Michelle Paige Paterson]] | residence = [[New York State Executive Mansion]], [[Albany, New York]]<br />[[Harlem, New York]]<br />[[Guilderland, New York]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/26/nyregion/26mansion.html?ref=nyregion |title=Paterson Family Is Moving Into the Executive Mansion |accessdate=2008-04-26 |last=Confessore |first=Nicholas |date=2008-03-26 |publisher=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> | footnotes = | honorific_prefix = [[His Excellency]] }} '''David Alexander Paterson''' (born May 20, 1954) is an [[Americans|American]] [[politician]] and the 56th [[Governor]] of [[New York (state)|New York]]. He is the first [[black people|black]] governor of New York and the first [[blindness|legally blind]] governor of any state. He became governor when [[Eliot Spitzer]] resigned. Due to Paterson becoming governor, two black governors are serving at the same time for the first time in more than 100 years; as Governor [[Deval Patrick]] of [[Massachusetts]] is also [[Africa