to the passage below and then answer the question afterwards in the same language as the passage: Passage: David Alexander Paterson (born May 20, 1954) is an American politician who served as the 55th Governor of New York, succeeding Eliot Spitzer and serving out the final three years of Spitzer's term from March 2008 to the end of 2010. He is the first African American to hold that position and the second legally blind Governor of any state after Bob C. Riley, who was Acting Governor of Arkansas for 11 days in January 1975.After graduating from Hofstra Law School, Paterson worked in the district attorney's office of Queens County, New York, and on the staff of Manhattan borough president David Dinkins.In 1985, he was elected to the New York state senate to a seat that was once held by his father, former secretary of New York state Basil Paterson.In 2003, he rose to the position of senate leader. Paterson was appointed by Spitzer as governor and the second legally blind governor of any state after Bob C. Riley, who was Acting Governor of Arkansas for 11 days in January 1975.L
Ọdún 1954