New York Provincial Congress

New York Provincial Congress
New York Provincial Congress
Type
Type	Unicameral Provisional Revolutionary Government of Province of New York
History
Founded	May 22, 1775
Disbanded	April 20, 1777
Preceded by	New York General Assembly; Committee of Sixty
Succeeded by	New York State Legislature
Leadership
President	Peter Van Brugh Livingston (first)
	Leonard Gansevoort (final)
Chairmen of the Committee of Safety	Nathaniel Woodhull (first); Leonard Gansevoort (final)
President of the Council of Safety	Pierre Van Cortlandt (1777)
Meeting place
	1st and 2nd Congress: New York City; 3rd Congress: White Plains; 4th Congress: Fishkill

The New York Provincial Congress (1775–1777) was a revolutionary provisional government formed by colonists in 1775, during the American Revolution, as a pro-American alternative to the more conservative New York General Assembly, and as a replacement for the Committee of One Hundred. The Fourth Provincial Congress, resolving itself as the Convention of Representatives of the State of New York, adopted the first Constitution of the State of New York on April 20, 1777.