David Alexander Paterson (an haife shi a ranar 20 ga Mayu, 1954) ɗan siyasa ne na Amurka wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin Gwamna na 55 na New York, wanda ya gaji Eliot Spitzer kuma ya yi aiki a cikin shekaru uku na ƙarshe na wa'adin Spitzer daga Maris 2008 zuwa ƙarshen 2010. Shi ne ɗan Afirka na farko da ya riƙe wannan matsayi kuma na biyu a gaban Gwamna na kowace jiha bayan Bob C. Riley, wanda ya kasance Gwamna mai kula da Arkansas na kwanaki 11 a watan Janairu 1975. Bayan kammala karatunsa daga Makarantar Koyon Shari'a ta Hofstra, Paterson ya yi aiki a ofishin lauya na gundumar Queens, New York, kuma a kan ma'aikatan shugaban gundumar Manhattan David Dinkins.
Shekara ta 1954