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List of Governors of Delaware

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Know about all the Governors of Delaware. The list of Governors of Delaware shows all the Governors of Delaware from beginning to present with their tenure and their respective political party.


List of Governors of Delaware
S.No. Governor Term start Term end Party Birth Place
1 John Carney January 17, 2017  Incumbent Democratic Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
2 Jack Markell January 20, 2009 January 17, 2017 Democratic Newark, Delaware
3 Ruth Ann Minner January 3, 2001 January 20, 2009 Democratic Sussex County, Delaware
4 Thomas R. Carper January 19, 1993 January 3, 2001 Democratic Beckley, West Virginia
5 Dale E. Wolf December 31, 1992 January 19, 1993 Republican Kearney, Nebraska
6 Michael Castle January 15, 1985 December 31, 1992 Republican Wilmington, Delaware
7 Pierre S. du Pont, IV January 18, 1977 January 15, 1985 Republican Wilmington, Delaware
8 Sherman W. Tribbitt January 16, 1973 January 18, 1977 Democratic Denton, Maryland
9 Russell W. Peterson January 21, 1969 January 16, 1973 Republican Portage, Wisconsin
10 Charles L. Terry, Jr. January 19, 1965 January 21, 1969 Democratic Camden, Delaware
11 Elbert N. Carvel January 17, 1961 January 19, 1965 Democratic Shelter Island, New York
12 David P. Buckson December 30, 1960 January 17, 1961 Republican Townsend, Delaware
13 J. Caleb Boggs January 20, 1953 December 30, 1960 Republican Cheswold, Delaware
14 Elbert N. Carvel January 18, 1949 January 20, 1953 Democratic Shelter Island, New York
15 Walter W. Bacon January 21, 1941 January 18, 1949 Republican New Castle, Delaware
16 Richard C. McMullen January 19, 1937 January 21, 1941 Democratic Glasgow, Delaware
17 C. Douglass Buck January 15, 1929 January 19, 1937 Republican New Castle, Delaware
18 Robert P. Robinson January 20, 1925 January 15, 1929 Republican Wilmington, Delaware
19 William D. Denney January 18, 1921 January 20, 1925 Republican Dover, Delaware
20 John G. Townsend, Jr. January 16, 1917 January 18, 1921 Republican Worcester County, Maryland
21 Charles R. Miller January 21, 1913 January 16, 1917 Republican West Chester, Pennsylvania
22 Simeon S. Pennewill January 19, 1909 January 21, 1913 Republican Greenwood, Delaware
23 Preston Lea January 17, 1905 January 19, 1909 Republican Wilmington, Delaware
24 John Hunn January 15, 1901 January 17, 1905 Republican Odessa, Delaware
25 Ebe W. Tunnell January 19, 1897 January 15, 1901 Democratic Ocean View, Delaware
26 William T. Watson April 8, 1895 January 19, 1897 Democratic Milford, Delaware
27 Joshua H. Marvil January 15, 1895 April 8, 1895 Republican Laurel, Delaware
28 Robert J. Reynolds January 20, 1891 January 15, 1895 Democratic Smyrna, Delaware
29 Benjamin T. Biggs January 18, 1887 January 20, 1891 Democratic Cecil County, Maryland
30 Charles C. Stockley January 16, 1883 January 18, 1887 Democratic Georgetown, Delaware
31 John W. Hall January 21, 1879 January 16, 1883 Democratic Frederica, Delaware
32 John P. Cochran January 19, 1875 January 21, 1879 Democratic Middletown, Delaware
33 James Ponder January 17, 1871 January 19, 1875 Democratic Milton, Delaware
34 Gove Saulsbury March 1, 1865 January 17, 1871 Democratic Kent County, Delaware
35 William Cannon January 20, 1863 March 1, 1865 Republican Bridgeville, Delaware
36 William Burton January 18, 1859 January 20, 1863 Democratic Sussex County, Delaware
37 Peter F. Causey January 16, 1855 January 18, 1859 American Bridgeville, Delaware
38 William H. H. Ross January 21, 1851 January 16, 1855 Democratic Laurel, Delaware
39 William Tharp January 19, 1847 January 21, 1851 Democratic Farmington, Delaware
40 William Temple May 6, 1846 January 19, 1847 Whig Queen Anne’s County, Maryland
41 Joseph Maull March 2, 1846 May 3, 1846 Whig Lewes, Delaware
42 Thomas Stockton January 21, 1845 March 2, 1846 Whig New Castle County, Delaware
43 William B. Cooper January 19, 1841 January 21, 1845 Whig Laurel, Delaware
44 Cornelius P. Comegys January 17, 1837 January 19, 1841 Whig Kent County, Delaware
45 Charles Polk, Jr. July 11, 1836 January 17, 1837 Whig Bridgeville, Delaware
46 Caleb P. Bennett January 15, 1833 July 11, 1836 Democratic Chester County, Pennsylvania
47 David Hazzard January 19, 1830 January 15, 1833 National Republican Milton, Delaware
48 Charles Polk, Jr. January 16, 1827 January 19, 1830 Federalist Bridgeville, Delaware
49 Samuel Paynter January 20, 1824 January 16, 1827 Federalist Sussex County, Delaware
50 Charles Thomas June 23, 1823 January 20, 1824 Democratic-Republican New Castle County, Delaware
51 Joseph Haslet January 21, 1823 June 20, 1823 Democratic-Republican Milford, Delaware
52 Caleb Rodney April 23, 1822 January 21, 1823 Federalist Lewes, Delaware
53 John Collins January 16, 1821 April 16, 1822 Democratic-Republican Sussex County, Delaware
54 Jacob Stout January 18, 1820 January 16, 1821 Federalist Kent County, Delaware
55 John Clark January 21, 1817 January 18, 1820 Federalist New Castle County, Delaware
56 Daniel Rodney January 18, 1814 January 21, 1817 Federalist Lewes, Delaware
57 Joseph Haslet January 15, 1811 January 18, 1814 Democratic-Republican Milford, Delaware
58 George Truitt January 19, 1808 January 15, 1811 Federalist Kent County, Delaware
59 Nathaniel Mitchell January 15, 1805 January 19, 1808 Federalist Laurel, Delaware
60 David Hall January 19, 1802 January 15, 1805 Democratic-Republican Lewes, Delaware
61 James Sykes March 3, 1801 January 19, 1802 Federalist Dover, Delaware
62 Richard Bassett January 9, 1799 March 3, 1801 Federalist Cecil County, Maryland
63 Daniel Rogers September 30, 1797 January 9, 1799 Federalist Accomac County, Virginia
64 Gunning Bedford, Sr. January 19, 1796 September 30, 1797 Federalist New Castle County, Delaware
65 Joshua Clayton June 2, 1789 January 19, 1796 Federalist Wyoming, Delaware
66 Jehu Davis March 29, 1789 June 2, 1789 NA Worcester County, Maryland
67 Thomas Collins October 28, 1786 March 29, 1789 NA Smyrna, Delaware
68 Nicholas Van Dyke February 1, 1783 October 28, 1786 NA New Castle County, Delaware
69 John Cook November 4, 1782 February 1, 1783 NA Smyrna, Delaware
70 John Dickinson November 13, 1781 January 12, 1783 NA Talbot County, Province of Maryland, British America
71 Caesar Rodney March 31, 1778 November 6, 1781 NA Kent County, Delaware
72 George Read October 20, 1777 March 31, 1778 NA Cecil County, Province of Maryland
73 Thomas McKean September 22, 1777 October 20, 1777 NA New London Township, Pennsylvania
John McKinly February 12, 1777 September 12, 1777 NA Ulster, Ireland

 

 
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