From Conservapedia
A list of governors from the state of Delaware.[1]
Note: During colonial times, the proprietors of Pennsylvania also governed Delaware Colony.[2]
| Name | Party | Years
|
| John McKinly
|
| 1777
|
| Thomas McKean
| Democratic Republican
| 1777
|
| George Read
|
| 1777-1778
|
| Caesar Rodney
|
| 1778-1781
|
| John Dickinson
|
| 1781-1782
|
| John Cook
|
| 1782-1783
|
| Nicholas Van Dyke
|
| 1783-1786
|
| Thomas Collins
|
| 1786-1789
|
| Jehu Davis
|
| 1789
|
| Joshua Clayton
| Federalist
| 1789-1796
|
| Gunning Bedford, Sr
| Federalist
| 1796-1797
|
| Daniel Rogers
| Federalist
| 1797-1799
|
| Richard Bassett
| Federalist
| 1799-1801
|
| James Sykes
| Federalist
| 1801-1802
|
| David Hall
| Democratic Republican
| 1802-1805
|
| Nathaniel Mitchell
| Federalist
| 1805-1808
|
| George Truitt
| Federalist
| 1808-1811
|
| Joseph Haslet
| Democratic Republican
| 1811-1814, 1823
|
| Daniel Rodney
| Federalist
| 1814-1817
|
| John Clark
| Federalist
| 1817-1820
|
| Jacob Stout
| 1820-1821
|
|
| John Collins
| Democratic Republican
| 1821-1822
|
| Caleb Rodney
| Federalist
| 1822-1823
|
| Charles Thomas
| Democratic Republican
| 1823-1824
|
| Samuel Paynter
| Federalist
| 1824-1827
|
| Charles Polk
| Federalist
| 1827-1830, 1836-1837
|
| David Hazzard
| Democratic Republican
| 1830-1833
|
| Caleb Prew Bennett
| Democrat
| 1833-1836
|
| Cornelius Parsons Comegys
| Whig
| 1837-1841
|
| William Barkley Cooper
| Whig
| 1841-1845
|
| Thomas Stockton
| Whig
| 1845-1846
|
| Joseph Maull
| Whig
| 1846
|
| William Temple
| Whig
| 1846-1847
|
| William Tharp
| Democrat
| 1847-1851
|
| William Henry Harrison Ross
| Democrat
| 1851-1855
|
| Peter Foster Causey
| Whig
| 1855-1859
|
| William Burton
| Democrat
| 1859-1863
|
| William Cannon
| Union
| 1863-1865
|
| Gove Saulsbury
| Democrat
| 1865-1871
|
| James Ponder
| Democrat
| 1871-1875
|
| John Polk Cochran
| Democrat
| 1875-1879
|
| John Wood Hall
| Democrat
| 1879-1883
|
| Charles Clark Stockley
| Democrat
| 1883-1887
|
| Benjamin Thomas Biggs
| Democrat
| 1887-1891
|
| Robert John Reynolds
| Democrat
| 1891-1895
|
| Joshua Hopkins Marvil
| Republican
| 1895
|
| William Tharp Watson
| Democrat
| 1895-1897
|
| Ebe Walter Tunnell
| Democrat
| 1897-1901
|
| John Hunn
| Republican
| 1901-1905
|
| Preston Lea
| Republican
| 1905-1909
|
| Simeon Selby Pennewill
| Republican
| 1909-1913
|
| Charles Robert Miller
| Republican
| 1913-1917
|
| John Gillis Townshend, Jr.
| Republican
| 1917-1921
|
| William Du Hamel Denney
| Republican
| 1921-1925
|
| Robert Pyle Robinson
| Republican
| 1925-1929
|
| Clayton Douglass Buck, Sr.
| Republican
| 1929-1937
|
| Richard Cann McMullen
| Democrat
| 1937-1941
|
| Walter Wolfkiel Bacon
| Republican
| 1941-1949
|
| Elbert Nortrand Carvel
| Democrat
| 1949-1953, 1961-1965
|
| James Caleb Boggs
| Republican
| 1953-1960
|
| David Penrose Buckson
| Republican
| 1960-1961
|
| Charles L. Terry, Jr.
| Democrat
| 1965-1969
|
| Russell W. Peterson
| Republican
| 1969-1973
|
| Sherman W. Tribbitt
| Democrat
| 1973-1977
|
| Pierre Samuel DuPont
| Republican
| 1977-1985
|
| Michael Newbold Castle
| Republican
| 1985-1992
|
| Dale Edward Wolf
| Republican
| 1992-1993
|
| Thomas R. Carper
| Democrat
| 1993-2001
|
| Ruth Ann Minner
| Democrat
| 2001-2009
|
| Jack Markell
| Democrat
| 2009-present
|
Notes
- ↑ http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.8fd3d12ab65b304f8a278110501010a0?submit=Submit&State=DE
- ↑ http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/List-of-colonial-governors-of-Pennsylvania
