List of Governors of Delaware

List of Delaware Governors

Governors of New Sweden, 1639–1655

• Peter Minuit 1639–1640
• Peter Hollandaer Ridder 1640–1643
• Johan Björnsson Printz 1643–1653
• Johan Papegoya 1653–1654
• Johan Classon Rising 1654–1655

Part of New Netherland, 1655–1664
Part of New York, 1664–1682
Part of Pennsylvania, 1682–1704
Shares Governor with Pennsylvania, 1704–1776

Presidents of Delaware, 1776–1793

• John McKinly & George Read 1776–1777
• John McKinly 1777–1778
• Caesar Rodney 1778–1781
• John Dickinson 1781–1783
• John Cook (acting) 1783
• Nicholas Van Dyke 1783–1786
• Thomas Collins 1786–1789
• Jehu Davis (acting) 1789
• Joshua Clayton (Federalist) 1789–1793

Governors of Delaware, 1793-present

• Joshua Clayton (Federalist) 1793–1796
• Gunning Bedford (Federalist) 1796–1797
• Daniel Rogers (Federalist, acting) 1797–1799
• Richard Bassett (Federalist) 1799–1801
• James Sykes (Federalist, acting) 1801–1802
• David Hall (Democratic-Republican) 1802–1805
• Nathaniel Mitchell (Federalist) 1805–1808
• George Truitt (Federalist) 1808–1811
• Joseph Haslet (Democratic-Republican) 1811–1814
• Daniel Rodney (Federalist) 1814–1817
• John Clark (Federalist) 1817–1820
• Jacob Stout (Federalist, acting) 1820–1821
• John Collins (Democratic-Republican) 1821–1822
• Caleb Rodney (Federalist) 1822–1823
• Joseph Haslet (Democratic-Republican) 1823
• Charles Thomas (Democratic-Republican) 1823–1824
• Samuel Paynter (Federalist) 1824–1827
• Charles Polk (Federalist) 1827–1830
• David Hazzard (National Republican) 1830–1833
• Caleb P. Bennett (Democrat) 1833–1836
• Charles Polk (Whig, acting) 1836–1837
• Cornelius P. Comegys (Whig) 1837–1841
• William B. Cooper (Whig) 1841–1845
• Thomas Stockton (Whig) 1845–1846
• Joseph Maull (Whig, acting) 1846–1846
• William Temple (Whig, acting) 1846–1847
• William Tharp (Democrat) 1847–1851
• William H. Ross (Democrat) 1851–1855
• Peter Causey (American) 1855–1859
• William Burton (Democrat) 1859–1863
• William Cannon (Unionist) 1863–1865
• Gove Saulsbury (Democrat) 1865–1871
• James Ponder (Democrat) 1871–1875
• John P. Cochran (Democrat) 1875–1879
• John W. Hall (Democrat) 1879–1883
• Charles C. Stockley (Democrat) 1883–1887
• Benjamin T. Biggs (Democrat) 1887–1891
• Robert J. Reynolds (Democrat) 1891–1895
• Joshua H. Marvil (Republican) 1895
• William T. Watson (Democrat, acting) 1895–1897
• Ebe W. Tunnell (Democrat) 1897–1901
• John Hunn (Republican) 1901–1905
• Preston Lea (Republican) 1905–1909
• Simeon S. Pennewill (Republican) 1909–1913
• Charles R. Miller (Republican) 1913–1917
• John G. Townsend, Jr. (Republican) 1917–1921
• William D. Denney (Republican) 1921–1925
• Robert P. Robinson (Republican) 1925–1929
• C. Douglass Buck (Republican) 1929–1937
• R.C. McMullen (Democrat) 1937–1941
• Walter W. Bacon (Republican) 1941–1949
• Elbert N. Carvel (Democrat) 1949–1953
• James Caleb Boggs (Republican) 1953–1960
• David P. Buckson (Republican, acting) 1960–1961
• Elbert N. Carvel (Democrat) 1961–1965
• Charles L. Terry, Jr. (Democrat) 1965–1969
• Russell W. Peterson (Republican) 1969–1973
• Sherman W. Tribbitt (Democrat) 1973–1977
• Pierre S. du Pont IV (Republican) 1977–1985
• Michael N. Castle (Republican) 1985–1992
• Dale E. Wolf (Republican) 1992–1993
• Thomas Carper (Democrat) 1993–2001
• Ruth Ann Minner (Democrat) 2001-

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