List of Delaware governors

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John C. Carney Jr., the current governor of Delaware

This list includes all of the governors of the US state of Delaware .

Delaware

Surname Term of office Political party
John McKinly * 1776-1777
Thomas McKean * 1777
George Read * 1777-1778
Caesar Rodney * 1778-1781
John Dickinson * 1781-1783
John Cook * 1783
Nicholas Van Dyke * 1783-1786
Thomas Collins * 1786-1787

State of Delaware

Surname Term of office Political party
Thomas Collins * 1787-1789
Jehu Davis * 1789
Joshua Clayton * 1789-1796 Federalist Party
Gunning Bedford 1796-1797 Federalist Party
Daniel Rogers 1797-1799 Federalist Party
Richard Bassett 1799-1801 Federalist Party
James Sykes 1801-1802 Federalist Party
David Hall 1802-1805 Democratic Republican
Nathaniel Mitchell 1805-1808 Federalist Party
George Truitt 1808-1811 Federalist Party
Joseph Haslet 1811-1814 Democratic Republican
Daniel Rodney 1814-1817 Federalist Party
John Clark 1817-1820 Federalist Party
Jacob Stout 1820-1821 Federalist Party
John Collins 1821-1822 Democratic Republican
Caleb Rodney 1822-1823 Federalist Party
Joseph Haslet 1823 Democratic Republican
Charles Thomas 1823-1824 Democratic Republican
Samuel Paynter 1824-1827 Federalist Party
Charles Polk 1827-1830 Federalist Party
David Hazzard 1830-1833 National Republican Party
Caleb Prew Bennett 1833-1836 Democratic Republican
Charles Polk 1836-1837 Whig party
Cornelius Parsons Comegys 1837-1841 Whig party
William Barkley Cooper 1841-1845 Whig party
Thomas Stockton 1845-1846 Whig party
Joseph Maull 1846-1846 Whig party
William Temple 1846-1847 Whig party
William Tharp 1847-1851 Democratic Party
William Henry Harrison Ross 1851-1855 Democratic Party
Peter Foster Causey 1855-1859 Know-nothing party
William Burton 1859-1863 Democratic Party
William Cannon 1863-1865 unionist
Gove Saulsbury 1865-1871 Democratic Party
James Ponder 1871-1875 Democratic Party
John Price Cochran 1875-1879 Democratic Party
John Wood Hall 1879-1883 Democratic Party
Charles Clark Stockley 1883-1887 Democratic Party
Benjamin Thomas Biggs 1887-1891 Democratic Party
Robert John Reynolds 1891-1895 Democratic Party
Joshua Hopkins Marvil 1895 Republican Party
William Tharp Watson 1895-1897 Democratic Party
Ebe Walter Tunnell 1897-1901 Democratic Party
John Hunn 1901-1905 Republican Party
Preston Lea 1905-1909 Republican Party
Simeon Selby Pennewill 1909-1913 Republican Party
Charles Robert Miller 1913-1917 Republican Party
John Gillis Townsend 1917-1921 Republican Party
William DuHamel Denney 1921-1925 Republican Party
Robert Pyle Robinson 1925-1929 Republican Party
Clayton Douglass Buck 1929-1937 Republican Party
Richard Cann McMullen 1937-1941 Democratic Party
Walter Wolfkiel Bacon 1941-1949 Republican Party
Elbert Nostrand Carvel 1949-1953 Democratic Party
James Caleb Boggs 1953-1960 Republican Party
David Penrose Buckson 1960-1961 Republican Party
Elbert Nostrand Carvel 1961-1965 Democratic Party
Charles Layman Terry 1965-1969 Democratic Party
Russell Wilbur Peterson 1969-1973 Republican Party
Sherman Willard Tribbitt 1973-1977 Democratic Party
Pierre Samuel du Pont 1977-1985 Republican Party
Michael Newbold Castle 1985-1992 Republican Party
Dale Edward Wolf 1992-1993 Republican Party
Thomas Richard Carper 1993-2001 Democratic Party
Ruth Ann Minner 2001-2009 Democratic Party
Jack A. Markell 2009-2017 Democratic Party
John C. Carney 2017– Democratic Party

* Until 1793 the official title was President

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