1938
| President pro tem | Party | Took office | Left office | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William H. Robertson | Republican | 1874 | July 23, 1881 | resigned his seat during his fourth term to accept appointment as Collector of the Port of New York |
| Dennis McCarthy | Republican | July 23, 1881 | December 31, 1881 | elected for the remainder of the term |
| vacant | January 3, 1882 | December 31, 1882 | John C. Jacobs was the candidate of the Democratic majority but, due to the split of the Democrats, no President pro tem was chosen by a senate with 14 regular Democrats, 3 Tammany men and 15 Republicans | |
| John C. Jacobs | Democrat | January 11, 1883 | December 31, 1883 | elected for the remainder of the term |
| Dennis McCarthy | Republican | 1884 | December 31, 1885 | Acting Lieutenant Governor 1885 |
| Edmund L. Pitts | Republican | January 4, 1886 | December 31, 1887 | |
| Henry R. Low | Republican | January 1888 | December 1, 1888 | died in office |
| Jacob Sloat Fassett | Republican | January 1889 | August 1, 1891 | vacated his seat during his second term when appointed Collector of the Port of New York |
| Jacob A. Cantor | Democratic | January 1892 | December 31, 1893 | Minority Leader 1888-1891 and 1894–1898 |
| Charles T. Saxton | Republican | January 1894 | December 31, 1894 | vacated his seat when taking office as Lieutenant Governor of New York |
| Edmund O'Connor | Republican | January 1895 | December 31, 1895 | elected for the remainder of the term |
| Timothy E. Ellsworth | Republican | January 1896 | December 31, 1902 | three terms (1896–98, 1899–1900, 1901–02) |
| John Raines | Republican | January 1903 | December 16, 1909 | Acting Lieutenant Governor 1906; died in office during his fourth term |
| Jotham P. Allds | Republican | January 5, 1910 | February 23, 1910 | elected for the remainder of the term; resigned during bribery investigation, later found guilty by Senate vote |
| George H. Cobb | Republican | March 11, 1910 | December 31, 1910 | elected for the remainder of the term; Acting Lieutenant Governor 1910 |
| Robert F. Wagner | Democratic | January 1911 | January 6, 1914 | two terms; Acting Lieutenant Governor 1913-1914; Minority Leader 1915-1918 |
| John F. Murtaugh | Democratic | January 6, 1914 | December 31, 1914 | chosen Majority Leader while Acting Lt. Gov. Wagner continued as Temporary President/Acting Lieutenant Governor |
| Elon R. Brown | Republican | January 1915 | December 31, 1918 | two terms |
| J. Henry Walters | Republican | January 1919 | December 31, 1920 | |
| Clayton R. Lusk | Republican | January 1921 | December 31, 1922 | Acting Lieutenant Governor 1922; Minority Leader 1923-1924 |
| Jimmy Walker | Democratic | January 1923 | December 31, 1924 | Minority Leader 1919-1922 and 1925 |
| John Knight | Republican | January 1925 | March 30, 1931 | vacated his seat during his fourth term when appointed U.S. Judge for the Western District of NY |
| George R. Fearon | Republican | April 9, 1931 | December 31, 1932 | elected for the remainder of the term |
| John J. Dunnigan | Democratic | January 4, 1933 | December 31, 1938 | three terms; Minority Leader 1931-1932 and 1939–1944 |
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