Governors of Delaware

The Governor serves as head of the executive branch of the state's government, and was called President under the Delaware Constitution of 1776. With the Delaware Constitution of 1792 the name was changed to conform to usage in the rest of the US States.

Succession	Governor	Party	In Office
73	Jack A. Markell	Democratic	1/20/2009 - Present
72	Ruth Ann Minner	Democratic	1/3/2001 - 1/20/2009
71	Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	1/19/1993 - 1/3/2001
70	Dale E. Wolf	Republican	12/31/1992 - 1/19/1993
69	Michael N. Castle	Republican	1/15/1985 - 12/31/1992
68	Pierre S. du Pont, IV	Republican	1/18/1977 - 1/15/1985
67	Sherman W. Tribbitt	Democratic	1/16/1973 - 1/18/1977
66	Russell W. Peterson	Republican	1/21/1969 - 1/16/1973
65	Charles L. Terry, Jr.	Democratic	1/19/1965 - 1/21/1969
64	Elbert N. Carvel	Democratic	1/17/1961 - 1/19/1965
63	David P. Buckson	Republican	12/30/1960 - 1/17/1961
62	J. Caleb Boggs	Republican	1/20/1953 - 12/30/1960
61	Elbert N. Carvel	Democratic	1/18/1949 - 1/20/1953
60	Walter W. Bacon	Republican	1/21/1941 - 1/18/1949
59	Richard C. McMullen	Democratic	1/19/1937 - 1/21/1941
58	C. Douglass Buck	Republican	1/15/1929 - 1/19/1937
57	Robert P. Robinson	Republican	1/20/1925 - 1/15/1929
56	William D. Denney	Republican	1/18/1921 - 1/20/1925
55	John G. Townsend, Jr.	Republican	1/16/1917 - 1/18/1921
54	Charles R. Miller	Republican	1/21/1913 - 1/16/1917
53	Simeon S. Pennewill	Republican	1/19/1909 - 1/21/1913
52	Preston Lea	Republican	1/17/1905 - 1/19/1909
51	John Hunn	Republican	1/15/1901 - 1/17/1905
50	Ebe W. Tunnell	Democratic	1/19/1897 - 1/15/1901
49	William T. Watson	Democratic	4/ 8/1895 - 1/19/1897
48	Joshua H. Marvil	Republican	1/15/1895 - 4/ 8/1895
47	Robert J. Reynolds	Democratic	1/20/1891 - 1/15/1895
46	Benjamin T. Biggs	Democratic	1/18/1887 - 1/20/1891
45	Charles C. Stockley	Democratic	1/16/1883 - 1/18/1887
44	John W. Hall	Democratic	1/21/1879 - 1/16/1883
43	John P. Cochran	Democratic	1/19/1875 - 1/21/1879
42	James Ponder	Democratic	1/17/1871 - 1/19/1875
41	Gove Saulsbury	Democratic	3/1/1865 - 1/17/1871
40	William Cannon	Republican	1/20/1863 - 3/1/1865
39	William Burton	Democratic	1/18/1859 - 1/20/1863
38	Peter F. Causey	American	1/14/1855 - 1/18/1859
37	William H. H. Ross	Democratic	1/21/1851 - 1/14/1855
36	William Tharp	Democratic	1/19/1847 - 1/21/1851
35	William Temple	Whig	5/6/1846 - 1/19/1847
34	Joseph Maull	Whig	3/2/1846 - 5/3/1846
33	Thomas Stockton	Whig	1/21/1845 - 3/2/1846
32	William B. Cooper	Whig	1/19/1841 - 1/21/1845
31	Cornelius P. Comegys	Whig	1/17/1837 - 1/19/1841
30	Charles Polk, Jr.	Whig	7/11/1836 - 1/17/1837
29	Caleb P. Bennett	Democratic	1/15/1833 - 7/11/1836
28	David Hazzard	National Republican	1/19/1830 - 1/15/1833
27	Charles Polk, Jr.	Federalist	1/16/1827 - 1/19/1830
26	Samuel Paynter	Federalist	1/20/1824 - 1/16/1827
25	Charles Thomas	Democratic-Republican	6/24/1823 - 1/20/1824
24	Joseph Haslet	Democratic-Republican	1/21/1823 - 6/20/1823
23	Caleb Rodney	Federalist	4/ 23/1822 - 1/21/1823
22	John Collins	Democratic-Republican	1/16/1821 - 4/ 16/1822
21	Jacob Stout	Federalist	1/18/1820 - 1/16/1821
20	John Clark	Federalist	1/21/1817 - 1/15/1820
19	Daniel Rodney	Federalist	1/18/1814 - 1/21/1817
18	Joseph Haslet	Democratic-Republican	1/15/1811 - 1/18/1814
17	George Truitt	Federalist	1/19/1808 - 1/15/1811
16	Nathaniel Mitchell	Federalist	1/15/1805 - 1/19/1808
15	David Hall	Democratic-Republican	1/19/1802 - 1/15/1805
14	James Sykes, Jr.	Federalist	3/4/1801 - 1/19/1802
13	Richard Bassett	Federalist	1/15/1799 - 2/20/1801
12	Daniel Rogers	Federalist	9/28/1797 - 1/15/1799
11	Gunning Bedford, Sr.	Federalist	1/19/1796 - 9/28/1797
10	Joshua Clayton	No Party	6/2/1789 - 1/15/1793
10	Joshua Clayton	Federalist	1/15/1793 - 1/19/1796
9	Jehu Davis	No Party	3/29/1789 - 6/2/1789
8	Thomas Collins	No Party	10/27/1786 - 3/29/1789
7	Nicholas Van Dyke	No Party	2/1/1783 - 10/27/1786
6	John Cook	No Party	11/4/1782 - 2/1/1783
5	John Dickinson	No Party	11/13/1781 - 11/4/1782
4	Caesar Rodney	No Party	3/31/1778 - 11/6/1781
3	George Read	No Party	10/20/1777 - 3/31/1778
2	Thomas McKean	No Party	9/22/1777 - 10/20/1777
1	John McKinly	No Party	2/12/1777 - 9/22/1777

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