Delaware Governors

View a list of Delaware governors since 1789

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Governor Jehu Davis      

Term: 1789 - 1789          

Party: Federalist

Governor Joshua Clayton             

Term: 1793 - 1796          

Party: Federalist

Governor Gunning Bedford         

Term: 1796 - 1797          

Party: Federalist

Governor Daniel Rogers 

Term: 1797 - 1799          

Party: Federalist

Governor Richard Bassett            

Term: 1799 - 1801          

Party: Federalist

Governor James Sykes   

Term: 1801 - 1802          

Party: Federalist

Governor David Hall       

Term: 1802 - 1805          

Party: Democratic-Republican

Governor Nathaniel Mitchell       

Term: 1805 - 1808          

Party: Federalist

Governor George Truitt 

Term: 1808 - 1811          

Party: Federalist

Governor Joseph Haslet 

Term: 1811 - 1814          

Party: Democratic-Republican

Governor Daniel Rodney              

Term: 1814 - 1817          

Party: Federalist

Governor John Clark       

Term: 1817 - 1820          

Party: Federalist

Governor Jacob Stout

Term: 1820 - 1821          

Party: Federalist

Governor John Collins    

Term: 1821 - 1822          

Party: Democratic-Republican

Governor Caleb Rodney 

Term: 1822 - 1823          

Party: Federalist

Governor Joseph Haslet 

Term: 1823 - 1823          

Party: Democratic-Republican

Governor Charles Thomas           

Term: 1823 - 1824          

Party: Democratic-Republican

Governor Samuel Paynter            

Term: 1824 - 1827          

Party: Federalist

Governor Charles Polk   

Term: 1827 - 1830          

Party: Federalist

Governor David Hazzard 

Term: 1830 - 1833          

Party: National Republican

Governor Caleb Prew Bennett    

Term: 1833 - 1836          

Party: Democratic

Governor Charles Polk   

Term: 1836 - 1837          

Party: Federalist

Governor Cornelius Parsons Comegys     

Term: 1837 - 1841          

Party: Whig

Governor William Barkley Cooper            

Term: 1841 - 1845          

Party: Whig

Governor Thomas Stockton        

Term: 1845 - 1846          

Party: Whig

Governor Joseph Maull 

Term: 1846 - 1846          

Party: Whig

Governor William Temple             

Term: 1846 - 1847          

Party: Whig

Governor William Tharp 

Term: 1847 - 1851          

Party: Democratic

Governor William Henry Harrison Ross  

Term: 1851 - 1855          

Party: Democratic

Governor Peter Foster Causey    

Term: 1855 - 1859          

Party: Whig

Governor William Burton             

Term: 1859 - 1863          

Party: Democratic

Governor William Cannon           

Term: 1863 - 1865          

Party: Union

Governor Gove Saulsbury            

Term: 1865 - 1871          

Party: Democratic

Governor James Ponder 

Term: 1871 - 1875          

Party: Democratic

Governor John Polk Cochran       

Term: 1875 - 1879          

Party: Democratic

Governor John Wood Hall            

Term: 1879 - 1883          

Party: Democratic

Governor Charles Clark Stockley 

Term: 1883 - 1887          

Party: Democratic

Governor Benjamin Thomas Biggs            

Term: 1887 - 1891          

Party: Democratic

Governor Robert John Reynolds 

Term: 1891 - 1895          

Party: Democratic

Governor Joshua Hopkins Marvil               

Term: 1895 - 1895          

Party: Republican

Governor William Tharp Watson

Term: 1895 - 1897          

Party: Democratic

Governor Ebe Walter Tunnell      

Term: 1897 - 1901          

Party: Democratic

Governor John Hunn      

Term: 1901 - 1905          

Party: Republican

Governor Preston Lea    

Term: 1905 - 1909          

Party: Republican

Governor Simeon Selby Pennewill            

Term: 1909 - 1913          

Party: Republican

Governor Charles Robert Miller 

Term: 1913 - 1917          

Party: Republican

Governor John Gillis Townsend 

Term: 1917 - 1921          

Party: Republican

Governor William Du Hamel Denney

Term: 1921 - 1925          

Party: Republican

Governor Robert Pyle Robinson 

Term: 1925 - 1929          

Party: Republican

Governor Clayton Douglass Buck               

Term: 1929 - 1937          

Party: Republican

Governor Richard Cann McMullen           

Term: 1937 - 1941          

Party: Democratic

Governor Walter Wolfkiel Bacon 

Term: 1941 - 1949          

Party: Republican

Governor Elbert Nortrand Carvel              

Term: 1949 - 1953          

Party: Democratic

Governor James Caleb Boggs      

Term: 1953 - 1960          

Party: Republican

Governor David Penrose Buckson             

Term: 1960 - 1961          

Party: Republican

Governor Elbert Nortrand Carvel              

Term: 1961 - 1965          

Party: Democratic

Governor Charles L. Terry             

Term: 1965 - 1969          

Party: Democratic

Governor Russell W. Peterson    

Term: 1969 - 1973          

Party: Republican

Governor Sherman W. Tribbitt    

Term: 1973 - 1977          

Party: Democratic

Governor Pierre Samuel Du Pont              

Term: 1977 - 1985          

Party: Republican

Governor Michael Newbold Castle           

Term: 1985 - 1992          

Party: Republican

Governor Dale Edward Wolf       

Term: 1992 - 1993          

Party: Republican

Governor Thomas R. Carper        

Term: 1993 - 2001          

Party: Democratic

Governor Ruth Ann Minner         

Term: 2001 - 2009          

Party: Democratic

Governor Jack Markell   

Term: 2009 - 2017          

Party: Democratic

Governor John Carney   

Term: 2017 - present      

Party: Democratic