Lieutenant Governor of Delaware

The Lieutenant Governor of Delaware is the second ranking executive officer of the U.S. state of Delaware. Lieutenant governors are elected for a term of four years in the same general election as the U.S. President and take office the following January.

Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
Incumbent Kyle Evans Gay since January 21, 2025
Government of Delaware
Style	Madam Lieutenant Governor
Term length	Four years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Philip L. Cannon
Website	Official website

List

Parties

  Democratic (14)   Republican (12)

No.	Image	Lt. Governor	Party	Took office	Left office	Governor(s) served under
1		Philip L. Cannon	Republican	January 15, 1901	January 17, 1905	John Hunn (R)
2		Isaac T. Parker	Republican	January 17, 1905	January 19, 1909	Preston Lea (R)
3		John M. Mendinhall	Republican	January 19, 1909	January 21, 1913	Simeon S. Pennewill (R)
4		Colen Ferguson	Democratic	January 21, 1913	January 16, 1917	Charles R. Miller (R)
5		Lewis E. Eliason	Democratic	January 16, 1917	May 2, 1919	John G. Townsend Jr. (R)
6		J. Danforth Bush	Republican	January 18, 1921	January 20, 1925	William D. Denney (R)
7		James H. Anderson	Republican	January 20, 1925	January 15, 1929	Robert P. Robinson (R)
8		James H. Hazel	Republican	January 15, 1929	January 17, 1933	C. Douglass Buck (R)
9		Roy F. Corley	Republican	January 17, 1933	January 19, 1937
10		Edward W. Cooch	Democratic	January 19, 1937	January 21, 1941	Richard McMullen (D)
11		Isaac J. MacCollum	Democratic	January 21, 1941	January 16, 1945	Walter W. Bacon (D)
12		Elbert N. Carvel	Democratic	January 16, 1945	January 18, 1949
13		Alexis I. du Pont Bayard	Democratic	January 18, 1949	January 20, 1953	Elbert N. Carvel (D)
14		John W. Rollins	Republican	January 20, 1953	January 15, 1957	J. Caleb Boggs (R)
15		David P. Buckson	Republican	January 15, 1957	December 30, 1960
16		Eugene Lammot	Democratic	January 17, 1961	January 19, 1965	Elbert N. Carvel (D)
17		Sherman W. Tribbitt	Democratic	January 19, 1965	January 21, 1969	Charles L. Terry Jr. (D)
18		Eugene Bookhammer	Republican	January 21, 1969	January 18, 1977	Russell W. Peterson
						Sherman W. Tribbitt (D)
19		James D. McGinnis	Democratic	January 18, 1977	January 20, 1981	Pete du Pont (R)
20		Mike Castle	Republican	January 20, 1981	January 15, 1985
21		S. B. Woo	Democratic	January 15, 1985	January 20, 1989	Mike Castle (R)
22		Dale E. Wolf	Republican	January 20, 1989	December 31, 1992
23		Ruth Ann Minner	Democratic	January 19, 1993	January 3, 2001	Tom Carper (D)
24		John Carney	Democratic	January 16, 2001	January 20, 2009	Ruth Ann Minner (D)
25		Matthew Denn	Democratic	January 20, 2009	January 6, 2015	Jack Markell (D)
26		Bethany Hall-Long	Democratic	January 17, 2017	January 7, 2025	John Carney (D)
27		Kyle Evans Gay	Democratic	January 21, 2025		Matt Meyer (D)

Living former lieutenant governors of Delaware

Lt. Governor	Lt. gubernatorial term	Date of birth (and age)
Michael N. Castle	1981–1985	(1939-07-02) July 2, 1939 (age 85)
Shien Biau Woo	1985–1989	(1937-08-13) August 13, 1937 (age 87)
John Carney	2001–2009	(1956-05-20) May 20, 1956 (age 68)
Matthew Denn	2009–2015	(1966-02-09) February 9, 1966 (age 59)
Bethany Hall-Long	2017–2025	(1963-11-12) November 12, 1963 (age 61)

More readings

• Martin, Roger A. (1984). A History of Delaware Through its Governors. McClafferty Press, Wilmington.
• Pickett, Russell S. (2006). Delaware and U.S.History. Retrieved January 1, 2006.
• Kestenbaum, Lawrence (2006). The Political Graveyard. Retrieved January 1, 2006.