Sherman W. Tribbitt

Sherman Willard Tribbitt (born November 9, 1922 in Easton , Maryland , † August 14, 2010 in Milford , Delaware ) was an American politician . He was governor of the state of Delaware from 1973 to 1977 .

Early years and political advancement

Sherman Tribbitt attended Beacom College until 1941 , where he studied accounting. He then worked briefly for a security company before joining the US Navy during World War II . After the war, he and his father-in-law ran the Odessa Supply Company in Odessa , which specialized in hardware and spare parts.

Tribbitt became a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1957 and 1964 and again from 1971 to 1972 he was a member of the House of Representatives of Delaware , where he was its president from 1958 to 1964. In 1964 he was elected as his party's candidate for the new lieutenant governor of his state. So he was between 1965 and 1969 Deputy Governor Charles L. Terry . In 1968 he ran unsuccessfully for re-election. Four years later, he was his party's candidate for gubernatorial elections that year. In the following elections he was able to beat incumbent Russell W. Peterson with 51% of the vote.

Delaware Governor

Sherman Tribbitt took up his new post on January 16, 1973. During his reign, the badly ailing Farmer's Bank was saved from collapse. A collapse of the bank would also have dragged the state of Delaware into the financial abyss, especially since the state itself had deposited its own money with this bank. Separately, Delaware suffered a general economic crisis in those years .

During Tribbitt's reign, the public buildings in Delaware were also converted to accommodate the disabled. In addition, the governor tried to lure new investors to Delaware with the help of a specially established ministry. In 1976 he failed in the next gubernatorial election against Pierre S. du Pont , the candidate of the Republican Party . So he had to resign on January 18, 1977 from his office.

Another résumé

In 1984, Tribbitt ran again for his party's nomination for gubernatorial elections. But he could not prevail in the primaries. He then worked for a commission dealing with the Delaware River Basin (Delaware River Bassin Commission) and for a consulting firm. Since 1943 Sherman Tribbitt was married to Jeanne Webb. The couple had three children.

Web links

• Sherman Tribbitt in the National Governors Association (English)
• The governors of Delaware (English)

• Sherman W. Tribbitt in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sherman W. Tribbitt. Obituary notice on legacy.com from August 18, 2010 (accessed November 14, 2014).