Gov. Andrew Cuomo is the latest, but certainly not the first, New York governor to leave office early.

There have been eight governors before Cuomo who left office early - six of them resigning to take another office, one who left following allegations of misconduct, and another removed from office.

• In 2008, Democrat Eliot Spitzer, elected in 2006, resigned amid allegations of sex with prostitutes. David Paterson succeeded him.
• In 1973, Republican Nelson Rockefeller, in office since his initial election in 1958, resigned after being nominated for the vice presidency by President Gerald Ford. Malcolm Wilson succeeded Rockefeller.
• In 1942, Democrat Herbert Lehman resigned after being named director of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations. Lehman had just one month left in his term; that was served by Charles Poletti.
• In 1913, Democrat William Sulzer, elected a year earlier, was impeached and removed from office following allegations of campaign finance fraud. Martin Glynn succeeded him.
• In 1910, Republican Charles Evans Hughes resigned after being appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States by President William Howard Taft. Hughes served as an associate justice until 1916, and would return to succeed, interestingly enough, Taft as Chief Justice of the court in 1930.
• In 1885, Democrat Grover Cleveland resigned after winning the presidential election for his first of two non-consecutive terms. David Bennett Hill succeeded him as New York governor, winning election to two full terms.
• In 1829, Democrat Martin Van Buren resigned after just two months in office, as he was appointed U.S. Secretary of State by President Andrew Jackson. Enos Throop succeeded Van Buren, winning election to a full term in 1830.
• In 1817, Democratic-Republican Daniel Tompkins resigned after winning election as Vice President on a ticket with James Monroe. John Tayler served the remaining four months of Tompkins' term as governor.