David Alexander Paterson (whanau i te 20 o Mei, 1954) he kaitōrangapū Amerika i mahi hei Kawana 55 o New York, i whai ake i a Eliot Spitzer, i mahi hoki i nga tau e toru whakamutunga o te wa o Spitzer mai i te Maehe 2008 ki te mutunga o te 2010. Ko ia te Amerikana tuatahi o Awherika ki te pupuri i taua tuunga, me te tuarua o nga Kawana matapo o tetahi kawanatanga i muri i a Bob C. Riley, i noho hei Kawana o Arkansas mo nga ra 11 i te Hanuere 1975. I muri i tana tohu mai i te Kura Ture Hofstra, i mahi a Paterson i te tari tari tari o Queens County, New York, me te kaimahi o te perehitini o Manhattan a David Dinkins. I te 1985, i pootihia ia ki te senate o New York ki te nohoanga i mau i tona papa, te kaitiaki o mua o te kawanatanga o New York a Basil Paterson. I te 2003, i eke ia ki te tuunga o te rangatira o te senate.
Ko te tau 1954