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The Governor of Delaware (President of Delaware from 1776 to 1792) is the head of the executive branch of Delaware's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.
Governor of Delaware | |
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Style | The Honorable |
Residence | Delaware Governor's Mansion Dover, Delaware |
Term length | Four years, renewable once |
Inaugural holder | John McKinly |
Formation | February 12, 1777 |
Deputy | Bethany Hall-Long |
Salary | $171,000 (2013)[1] |
Website | governor.delaware.gov |
The current governor is Democrat John Carney, who took office on January 17, 2017.
No.[lower-alpha 2] | Governor[lower-alpha 3] | Term in office | Party | Election | Lt. Governor[lower-alpha 4][lower-alpha 5] | |||
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1 | John McKinly | February 12, 1777 – September 12, 1777[lower-alpha 6] (arrested and removed)[lower-alpha 7] |
No parties | 1777 | Office did not exist | |||
— | Vacant | September 12, 1777 – September 22, 1777 |
Office vacant due to war[lower-alpha 7] | |||||
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Thomas McKean | September 22, 1777 – October 20, 1777 (successor took office) |
Speaker of the Assembly acting as Vice-President[lower-alpha 8] | ||||
3 | ![]() |
George Read | October 20, 1777 – March 31, 1778 (not candidate for election) |
Speaker of the Legislative Council serving as Vice-President[lower-alpha 8] | ||||
4 | ![]() |
Caesar Rodney | March 31, 1778 – November 6, 1781 (not candidate for election) |
1778 | ||||
5 | ![]() |
John Dickinson | November 13, 1781 – January 12, 1783 (resigned)[lower-alpha 9] |
1781 | ||||
6 | John Cook | November 4, 1782 – February 1, 1783 (not candidate for election) |
Speaker of the Legislative Council serving as Vice-President | |||||
7 | Nicholas Van Dyke | February 1, 1783 – October 28, 1786 (not candidate for election) |
1783 (special) | |||||
8 | Thomas Collins | October 28, 1786 – March 29, 1789 (died in office) |
1786 | |||||
9 | Jehu Davis | March 29, 1789 – June 2, 1789 (not candidate for election) |
Speaker of the Legislative Council serving as Vice-President | |||||
10 | ![]() |
Joshua Clayton | June 2, 1789 – January 19, 1796 (not candidate for election) |
Federalist | 1789 | |||
1792 | ||||||||
11 | Gunning Bedford Sr. | January 19, 1796 – September 30, 1797 (died in office) |
Federalist | 1795 | ||||
12 | Daniel Rogers | September 30, 1797 – January 9, 1799 (not candidate for election) |
Federalist | Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor | ||||
13 | ![]() |
Richard Bassett | January 9, 1799[lower-alpha 10] – March 3, 1801 (resigned)[lower-alpha 11] |
Federalist | 1798 | |||
14 | James Sykes | March 3, 1801 – January 19, 1802 (not candidate for election) |
Federalist | Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor | ||||
15 | David Hall | January 19, 1802 – January 15, 1805 (term limited) |
Democratic-Republican | 1801 | ||||
16 | Nathaniel Mitchell | January 15, 1805 – January 19, 1808 (term limited) |
Federalist | 1804 | ||||
17 | George Truitt | January 19, 1808 – January 15, 1811 (term limited) |
Federalist | 1807 | ||||
18 | Joseph Haslet | January 15, 1811 – January 18, 1814 (term limited) |
Democratic-Republican | 1810 | ||||
19 | ![]() |
Daniel Rodney | January 18, 1814 – January 21, 1817 (term limited) |
Federalist | 1813 | |||
20 | John Clark | January 21, 1817 – January 18, 1820 (term limited) |
Federalist | 1816 | ||||
— | Henry Molleston | Died before taking office[lower-alpha 12] |
Federalist | 1819 | ||||
21 | Jacob Stout | January 18, 1820 – January 16, 1821 (not candidate for election) |
Federalist | Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor | ||||
22 | John Collins | January 16, 1821 – April 16, 1822 (died in office) |
Democratic-Republican | 1820 (special)[lower-alpha 13] | ||||
23 | Caleb Rodney | April 23, 1822 – January 21, 1823 (not candidate for election) |
Federalist | Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor | ||||
24 | Joseph Haslet | January 21, 1823 – June 20, 1823 (died in office) |
Democratic-Republican | 1822 | ||||
25 | Charles Thomas | June 23, 1823[lower-alpha 14] – January 20, 1824 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic-Republican | Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor | ||||
26 | ![]() |
Samuel Paynter | January 20, 1824 – January 16, 1827 (term limited) |
Federalist | 1823 (special)[lower-alpha 15] | |||
27 | ![]() |
Charles Polk Jr. | January 16, 1827 – January 19, 1830 (term limited) |
Federalist | 1826 | |||
28 | ![]() |
David Hazzard | January 19, 1830 – January 15, 1833 (term limited) |
National Republican | 1829 | |||
29 | ![]() |
Caleb P. Bennett | January 15, 1833 – May 9, 1836 (died in office) |
Democratic | 1832[lower-alpha 16] | |||
30 | ![]() |
Charles Polk Jr. | May 9, 1836 – January 17, 1837 (not candidate for election) |
Whig | Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor | |||
31 | ![]() |
Cornelius P. Comegys | January 17, 1837 – January 19, 1841 (term limited) |
Whig | 1836 | |||
32 | William B. Cooper | January 19, 1841 – January 21, 1845 (term limited) |
Whig | 1840 | ||||
33 | ![]() |
Thomas Stockton | January 21, 1845 – March 2, 1846 (died in office) |
Whig | 1844 | |||
34 | Joseph Maull | March 2, 1846 – May 3, 1846 (died in office) |
Whig | Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor | ||||
35 | ![]() |
William Temple | May 6, 1846 – January 19, 1847 (not candidate for election) |
Whig | Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor | |||
36 | ![]() |
William Tharp | January 19, 1847 – January 21, 1851 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1846 (special)[lower-alpha 17] | |||
37 | ![]() |
William H. H. Ross | January 21, 1851 – January 16, 1855 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1850 | |||
38 | Peter F. Causey | January 16, 1855 – January 18, 1859 (term limited) |
American | 1854 | ||||
39 | ![]() |
William Burton | January 18, 1859 – January 20, 1863 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1858 | |||
40 | ![]() |
William Cannon | January 20, 1863 – March 1, 1865 (died in office) |
Republican | 1862 | |||
41 | ![]() |
Gove Saulsbury | March 1, 1865 – January 17, 1871 (term limited) |
Democratic | Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor | |||
1866 | ||||||||
42 | ![]() |
James Ponder | January 17, 1871 – January 19, 1875 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1870 | |||
43 | ![]() |
John P. Cochran | January 19, 1875 – January 21, 1879 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1874 | |||
44 | ![]() |
John W. Hall | January 21, 1879 – January 16, 1883 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1878 | |||
45 | ![]() |
Charles C. Stockley | January 16, 1883 – January 18, 1887 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1882 | |||
46 | ![]() |
Benjamin T. Biggs | January 18, 1887 – January 20, 1891 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1886 | |||
47 | ![]() |
Robert J. Reynolds | January 20, 1891 – January 15, 1895 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1890 | |||
48 | ![]() |
Joshua H. Marvil | January 15, 1895 – April 8, 1895 (died in office) |
Republican | 1894 | |||
49 | ![]() |
William T. Watson | April 8, 1895 – January 19, 1897 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor | |||
50 | ![]() |
Ebe W. Tunnell | January 19, 1897 – January 15, 1901 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1896[lower-alpha 18] | |||
51 | ![]() |
John Hunn | January 15, 1901 – January 17, 1905 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1900 | Philip L. Cannon | ||
52 | ![]() |
Preston Lea | January 17, 1905 – January 19, 1909 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1904 | Isaac T. Parker | ||
53 | ![]() |
Simeon S. Pennewill | January 19, 1909 – January 21, 1913 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1908 | John M. Mendinhall | ||
54 | ![]() |
Charles R. Miller | January 21, 1913 – January 16, 1917 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1912 | Colen Ferguson[lower-alpha 19] | ||
55 | ![]() |
John G. Townsend Jr. | January 16, 1917 – January 18, 1921 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1916 | Lewis E. Eliason[lower-alpha 19] | ||
56 | William D. Denney | January 18, 1921 – January 20, 1925 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1920 | J. Danforth Bush | |||
57 | Robert P. Robinson | January 20, 1925 – January 15, 1929 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1924 | James H. Anderson | |||
58 | ![]() |
C. Douglass Buck | January 15, 1929 – January 19, 1937 (term limited) |
Republican | 1928 | James H. Hazel | ||
1932 | Roy F. Corley | |||||||
59 | Richard McMullen | January 19, 1937 – January 21, 1941 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1936 | Edward W. Cooch | |||
60 | Walter W. Bacon | January 21, 1941 – January 18, 1949 (term limited) |
Republican | 1940 | Isaac J. MacCollum[lower-alpha 19] | |||
1944 | Elbert N. Carvel[lower-alpha 19] | |||||||
61 | ![]() |
Elbert N. Carvel | January 18, 1949 – January 20, 1953 (lost election) |
Democratic | 1948 | Alexis I. du Pont Bayard | ||
62 | ![]() |
J. Caleb Boggs | January 20, 1953 – December 30, 1960 (resigned)[lower-alpha 20] |
Republican | 1952 | John W. Rollins | ||
1956 | David P. Buckson | |||||||
63 | ![]() |
David P. Buckson | December 30, 1960 – January 17, 1961 (successor took office) |
Republican | Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor |
Vacant | ||
64 | ![]() |
Elbert N. Carvel | January 17, 1961 – January 19, 1965 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1960 | Eugene Lammot | ||
65 | Charles L. Terry Jr. | January 19, 1965 – January 21, 1969 (lost election) |
Democratic | 1964 | Sherman W. Tribbitt | |||
66 | Russell W. Peterson | January 21, 1969 – January 16, 1973 (lost election) |
Republican | 1968 | Eugene Bookhammer[lower-alpha 21] | |||
67 | Sherman W. Tribbitt | January 16, 1973 – January 18, 1977 (lost election) |
Democratic | 1972 | ||||
68 | ![]() |
Pete du Pont | January 18, 1977 – January 15, 1985 (term limited) |
Republican | 1976 | James D. McGinnis[lower-alpha 19] | ||
1980 | Mike Castle | |||||||
69 | ![]() |
Mike Castle | January 15, 1985 – December 31, 1992 (resigned)[lower-alpha 22] |
Republican | 1984 | Shien Biau Woo[lower-alpha 19] | ||
1988 | Dale E. Wolf | |||||||
70 | Dale E. Wolf | December 31, 1992 – January 19, 1993 (successor took office) |
Republican | Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor |
Vacant | |||
71 | ![]() |
Tom Carper | January 19, 1993 – January 3, 2001 (resigned)[lower-alpha 23] |
Democratic | 1992 | Ruth Ann Minner | ||
1996 | ||||||||
72 | ![]() |
Ruth Ann Minner | January 3, 2001 – January 20, 2009 (term limited) |
Democratic | Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor |
Vacant | ||
2000 | John Carney | |||||||
2004 | ||||||||
73 | ![]() |
Jack Markell | January 20, 2009 – January 17, 2017 (term limited) |
Democratic | 2008 | Matthew Denn (resigned January 6, 2015) | ||
2012 | ||||||||
Vacant | ||||||||
74 | ![]() |
John Carney | January 17, 2017 – present[lower-alpha 24] |
Democratic | 2016 | Bethany Hall-Long |
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