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Revision as of 01:57, February 9, 2009
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 |
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