List of Governors of Delaware

Governors of Delaware

Last Updated on April 19, 2022 by Team FinderWheel

Are you looking for the Governors of Delaware? Here is the list of all the Governors of Delaware from beginning to present with their tenure and respective political party name.

Delaware Governors List

Here is a list of governors of the US state of Delaware by Party Name and Tenure Periods.

Sr. No. Governor Name
Term Start Term End Party
1 John Carney January 17, 2017  Incumbent Democratic
2 Jack Markell January 20, 2009 January 17, 2017 Democratic
3 Ruth Ann Minner January 3, 2001 January 20, 2009 Democratic
4 Thomas R. Carper January 19, 1993 January 3, 2001 Democratic
5 Dale E. Wolf December 31, 1992 January 19, 1993 Republican
6 Michael Castle January 15, 1985 December 31, 1992 Republican
7 Pierre S. du Pont, IV January 18, 1977 January 15, 1985 Republican
8 Sherman W. Tribbitt January 16, 1973 January 18, 1977 Democratic
9 Russell W. Peterson January 21, 1969 January 16, 1973 Republican
10 Charles L. Terry, Jr. January 19, 1965 January 21, 1969 Democratic
11 Elbert N. Carvel January 17, 1961 January 19, 1965 Democratic
12 David P. Buckson December 30, 1960 January 17, 1961 Republican
13 J. Caleb Boggs January 20, 1953 December 30, 1960 Republican
14 Elbert N. Carvel January 18, 1949 January 20, 1953 Democratic
15 Walter W. Bacon January 21, 1941 January 18, 1949 Republican
16 Richard C. McMullen January 19, 1937 January 21, 1941 Democratic
17 C. Douglass Buck January 15, 1929 January 19, 1937 Republican
18 Robert P. Robinson January 20, 1925 January 15, 1929 Republican
19 William D. Denney January 18, 1921 January 20, 1925 Republican
20 John G. Townsend, Jr. January 16, 1917 January 18, 1921 Republican
21 Charles R. Miller January 21, 1913 January 16, 1917 Republican
22 Simeon S. Pennewill January 19, 1909 January 21, 1913 Republican
23 Preston Lea January 17, 1905 January 19, 1909 Republican
24 John Hunn January 15, 1901 January 17, 1905 Republican
25 Ebe W. Tunnell January 19, 1897 January 15, 1901 Democratic
26 William T. Watson April 8, 1895 January 19, 1897 Democratic
27 Joshua H. Marvil January 15, 1895 April 8, 1895 Republican
28 Robert J. Reynolds January 20, 1891 January 15, 1895 Democratic
29 Benjamin T. Biggs January 18, 1887 January 20, 1891 Democratic
30 Charles C. Stockley January 16, 1883 January 18, 1887 Democratic
31 John W. Hall January 21, 1879 January 16, 1883 Democratic
32 John P. Cochran January 19, 1875 January 21, 1879 Democratic
33 James Ponder January 17, 1871 January 19, 1875 Democratic
34 Gove Saulsbury March 1, 1865 January 17, 1871 Democratic
35 William Cannon January 20, 1863 March 1, 1865 Republican
36 William Burton January 18, 1859 January 20, 1863 Democratic
37 Peter F. Causey January 16, 1855 January 18, 1859 American
38 William H. H. Ross January 21, 1851 January 16, 1855 Democratic
39 William Tharp January 19, 1847 January 21, 1851 Democratic
40 William Temple May 6, 1846 January 19, 1847 Whig
41 Joseph Maull March 2, 1846 May 3, 1846 Whig
42 Thomas Stockton January 21, 1845 March 2, 1846 Whig
43 William B. Cooper January 19, 1841 January 21, 1845 Whig
44 Cornelius P. Comegys January 17, 1837 January 19, 1841 Whig
45 Charles Polk, Jr. July 11, 1836 January 17, 1837 Whig
46 Caleb P. Bennett January 15, 1833 July 11, 1836 Democratic
47 David Hazzard January 19, 1830 January 15, 1833 National Republican
48 Charles Polk, Jr. January 16, 1827 January 19, 1830 Federalist
49 Samuel Paynter January 20, 1824 January 16, 1827 Federalist
50 Charles Thomas June 23, 1823 January 20, 1824 Democratic-Republican
51 Joseph Haslet January 21, 1823 June 20, 1823 Democratic-Republican
52 Caleb Rodney April 23, 1822 January 21, 1823 Federalist
53 John Collins January 16, 1821 April 16, 1822 Democratic-Republican
54 Jacob Stout January 18, 1820 January 16, 1821 Federalist
55 John Clark January 21, 1817 January 18, 1820 Federalist
56 Daniel Rodney January 18, 1814 January 21, 1817 Federalist
57 Joseph Haslet January 15, 1811 January 18, 1814 Democratic-Republican
58 George Truitt January 19, 1808 January 15, 1811 Federalist
59 Nathaniel Mitchell January 15, 1805 January 19, 1808 Federalist
60 David Hall January 19, 1802 January 15, 1805 Democratic-Republican
61 James Sykes March 3, 1801 January 19, 1802 Federalist
62 Richard Bassett January 9, 1799 March 3, 1801 Federalist
63 Daniel Rogers September 30, 1797 January 9, 1799 Federalist
64 Gunning Bedford, Sr. January 19, 1796 September 30, 1797 Federalist
65 Joshua Clayton June 2, 1789 January 19, 1796 Federalist
66 Jehu Davis March 29, 1789 June 2, 1789 NA
67 Thomas Collins October 28, 1786 March 29, 1789 NA
68 Nicholas Van Dyke February 1, 1783 October 28, 1786 NA
69 John Cook November 4, 1782 February 1, 1783 NA
70 John Dickinson November 13, 1781 January 12, 1783 NA
71 Caesar Rodney March 31, 1778 November 6, 1781 NA
72 George Read October 20, 1777 March 31, 1778 NA
73 Thomas McKean September 22, 1777 October 20, 1777 NA
 74 John McKinly February 12, 1777 September 12, 1777 NA

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