David Alexander Paterson (wuxuu dhashay May 20, 1954) waa siyaasi Maraykan ah oo noqday Guddoomiyihii 55-aad ee New York, isagoo beddelay Eliot Spitzer oo adeegay saddexdii sano ee ugu dambeysay ee muddada Spitzer laga bilaabo Maarso 2008 ilaa dhamaadka 2010. Waa qofkii ugu horreeyay ee Afrikaan ah ee Maraykan ah oo qabta jagadaas iyo Guddoomiyihii labaad ee sharci ahaan indhoole ah ee gobol kasta ka dib Bob C. Riley, oo ahaa Guddoomiyaha Ku-meelgaarka ah ee Arkansas muddo 11 maalmood ah bishii Janaayo 1975. Ka dib markii uu ka qalin jabiyay Dugsiga Sharciga ee Hofstra, Paterson wuxuu ka shaqeeyay xafiiska xeer ilaaliyaha degmada Queens, New York, iyo shaqaalaha madaxweynaha degmada Manhattan David Dinkins.
Sanadkii 1954