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Governor of Delaware
Great Seal of the State of Delaware
Incumbent John Carney since January 17, 2017
Style	The Honorable
Residence	Delaware Governor's Mansion Dover, Delaware
Term length	Four years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Joshua Clayton
Formation	February 12, 1777
Deputy	Bethany Hall-Long
Salary	$171,000 (2013)
Website	governor.delaware.gov

The governor of Delaware (president of Delaware from 1776 to 1792) is the head of government of Delaware and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Delaware Legislature, to convene the legislature, and to grant pardons, except in cases of impeachment, and only with the recommendation of the Board of Pardons.

There have been 71 people who have served as governor, over 74 distinct terms. Three (Joseph Haslet, Charles Polk Jr. and Elbert N. Carvel) served non-consecutive terms. Additionally, Henry Molleston was elected, but died before he could take office. Only four governors have been elected to two consecutive terms, with the longest-serving being Ruth Ann Minner, who was elected twice after succeeding to the office, serving a total of just over eight years. The shortest term is that of Dale E. Wolf, who served 18 days following his predecessor's resignation; David P. Buckson served 19 days under similar circumstances. The current governor is Democrat John Carney, who took office on January 17, 2017.

Governors and Presidents

Before 1776, Delaware was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain, administered by colonial governors in Pennsylvania as the "Lower Counties on Delaware".

In 1776, soon after Delaware and the other Thirteen Colonies declared independence from Britain, the state adopted its first state constitution. It created the office of President of Delaware, a chief executive to be chosen by the legislature to serve a term of three years.

The office of President was renamed Governor by the constitution of 1792, which set the commencement date of the term to the third Tuesday in the January following an election, and limited governors to serving only three out of any six years. The term was lengthened to four years by the 1831 constitution, but governors were limited to a single term. The current constitution of 1897 allows governors to serve two terms.

The 1776 constitution stated that if the presidency were vacant, the speaker of the legislative council would be a vice-president. The 1792 constitution has the speaker of the senate exercising the office when it is vacant, and the 1897 constitution created the office of lieutenant governor, upon whom the office devolves in case of vacancy. The offices of governor and lieutenant governor are elected at the same time but not on the same ticket.

Governors and Presidents of the State of Delaware

No.	Governor			Term in office	Party	Election	Lt. Governor
1st President			John McKinly     February 21, 1721 – August 31, 1796    (aged 75)	February 12, 1777 – September 12, 1777 (arrested and removed)	No parties	1777	Office did not exist
—	Vacant			September 12, 1777 – September 22, 1777		Office vacant due to war
2nd President			Thomas McKean     March 19, 1734 – June 24, 1817    (aged 83)	September 22, 1777 – October 20, 1777 (successor took office)		Speaker of the Assembly acting as Vice-President
3rd President			George Read     September 18, 1733 – September 21, 1798    (aged 65)	October 20, 1777 – March 31, 1778 (not candidate for election)		Speaker of the Legislative Council serving as Vice-President
4th President			Caesar Rodney     October 7, 1728 – June 26, 1784    (aged 55)	March 31, 1778 – November 6, 1781 (not candidate for election)		1778
5th President			John Dickinson     November 13, 1732 – February 14, 1808    (aged 75)	November 13, 1781 – January 12, 1783 (resigned)		1781
6th President			John Cook     1730 – October 27, 1789    (aged 58 or 59)	November 4, 1782 – February 1, 1783 (not candidate for election)		Speaker of the Legislative Council serving as Vice-President
7th President			Nicholas Van Dyke     September 25, 1738 – February 19, 1789    (aged 50)	February 1, 1783 – October 28, 1786 (not candidate for election)		1783 (special)
8th President			Thomas Collins     1732 – March 29, 1789    (aged 56 or 57)	October 28, 1786 – March 29, 1789 (died in office)		1786
9th President			Jehu Davis     1738 – May 11, 1802    (aged 63 or 64)	March 29, 1789 – June 2, 1789 (not candidate for election)		Speaker of the Legislative Council serving as Vice-President
1st Governor			Joshua Clayton     July 20, 1744 – August 11, 1798    (aged 54)	June 2, 1789 – January 19, 1796 (not candidate for election)	Federalist	1789
						1792
2nd Governor			Gunning Bedford Sr.     April 7, 1742 – September 30, 1797    (aged 55)	January 19, 1796 – September 30, 1797 (died in office)	Federalist	1795
3rd Governor			Daniel Rogers     January 3, 1754 – February 2, 1806    (aged 52)	September 30, 1797 – January 9, 1799 (not candidate for election)	Federalist	Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor
4th Governor			Richard Bassett     April 2, 1745 – September 15, 1815    (aged 70)	January 9, 1799 – March 3, 1801 (resigned)	Federalist	1798
5th Governor			James Sykes     March 27, 1761 – October 18, 1822    (aged 61)	March 3, 1801 – January 19, 1802 (not candidate for election)	Federalist	Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor
6th Governor			David Hall     January 4, 1752 – September 18, 1817    (aged 65)	January 19, 1802 – January 15, 1805 (term limited)	Democratic-Republican	1801
7th Governor			Nathaniel Mitchell     1753 – February 21, 1814    (aged 60 or 61)	January 15, 1805 – January 19, 1808 (term limited)	Federalist	1804
8th Governor			George Truitt     1756 – October 8, 1818    (aged 61 or 62)	January 19, 1808 – January 15, 1811 (term limited)	Federalist	1807
9th Governor			Joseph Haslet     1769 – June 20, 1823    (aged 53 or 54)	January 15, 1811 – January 18, 1814 (term limited)	Democratic-Republican	1810
10th Governor			Daniel Rodney     September 10, 1764 – September 2, 1846    (aged 81)	January 18, 1814 – January 21, 1817 (term limited)	Federalist	1813
11th Governor			John Clark     February 1, 1761 – August 14, 1821    (aged 60)	January 21, 1817 – January 18, 1820 (term limited)	Federalist	1816
—			Henry Molleston     January 1, 1762 – November 11, 1819    (aged 57)	Died before taking office	Federalist	1819
12 Governor			Jacob Stout     1764 – November 28, 1855    (aged 90 or 91)	January 18, 1820 – January 16, 1821 (not candidate for election)	Federalist	Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor
13th Governor			John Collins     March 1, 1776 – April 16, 1822    (aged 46)	January 16, 1821 – April 16, 1822 (died in office)	Democratic-Republican	1820 (special)
14th Governor			Caleb Rodney     April 29, 1767 – April 29, 1840    (aged 73)	April 23, 1822 – January 21, 1823 (not candidate for election)	Federalist	Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor
15th Governor			Joseph Haslet     1769 – June 20, 1823    (aged 53 or 54)	January 21, 1823 – June 20, 1823 (died in office)	Democratic-Republican	1822
16th Governor			Charles Thomas     June 23, 1790 – February 8, 1848    (aged 57)	June 23, 1823 – January 20, 1824 (not candidate for election)</sma	Democratic-Republican	Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor
17th Governor			Samuel Paynter     August 24, 1768 – October 2, 1845    (aged 77)	January 20, 1824 – January 16, 1827 (term limited)	Federalist	1823 (special)
18th Governor			Charles Polk Jr.     November 15, 1788 – October 27, 1857    (aged 68)	January 16, 1827 – January 19, 1830 (term limited)	Federalist	1826
19th Governor			David Hazzard     May 18, 1781 – July 8, 1864    (aged 83)	January 19, 1830 – January 15, 1833 (term limited)	National Republican	1829
20th Governor			Caleb P. Bennett     November 11, 1758 – May 9, 1836    (aged 77)	January 15, 1833 – May 9, 1836 (died in office)	Democratic	1832
21st Governor			Charles Polk Jr.     November 15, 1788 – October 27, 1857    (aged 68)	May 9, 1836 – January 17, 1837 (not candidate for election)	Whig	Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor
22nd Governor			Cornelius P. Comegys     January 15, 1780 – January 27, 1851    (aged 71)	January 17, 1837 – January 19, 1841 (term limited)	Whig	1836
23rd Governor			William B. Cooper     December 16, 1771 – April 27, 1849    (aged 77)	January 19, 1841 – January 21, 1845 (term limited)	Whig	1840
24th Governor			Thomas Stockton     April 1, 1781 – March 2, 1846    (aged 64)	January 21, 1845 – March 2, 1846 (died in office)	Whig	1844
25th Governor			Joseph Maull     September 6, 1781 – May 3, 1846    (aged 64)	March 2, 1846 – May 3, 1846 (died in office)	Whig	Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor
26th Governor			William Temple     February 28, 1814 – May 28, 1863    (aged 49)	May 6, 1846 – January 19, 1847 (not candidate for election)	Whig	Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor
27th Governor			William Tharp     November 27, 1803 – January 9, 1865    (aged 61)	January 19, 1847 – January 21, 1851 (term limited)	Democratic	1846 (special)
28th Governor			William H. H. Ross     June 2, 1814 – June 29, 1887    (aged 73)	January 21, 1851 – January 16, 1855 (term limited)	Democratic	1850
29th Governor			Peter F. Causey     January 11, 1801 – February 15, 1871    (aged 70)	January 16, 1855 – January 18, 1859 (term limited)	American	1854
30th Governor			William Burton     October 16, 1789 – August 5, 1866    (aged 76)	January 18, 1859 – January 20, 1863 (term limited)	Democratic	1858
31st Governor			William Cannon     March 15, 1809 – March 1, 1865    (aged 55)	January 20, 1863 – March 1, 1865 (died in office)	Republican	1862
32nd Governor			Gove Saulsbury     May 29, 1815 – July 31, 1881    (aged 66)	March 1, 1865 – January 17, 1871 (term limited)	Democratic	Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor
						1866
33rd Governor			James Ponder     October 31, 1819 – November 5, 1897    (aged 78)	January 17, 1871 – January 19, 1875 (term limited)	Democratic	1870
34th Governor			John P. Cochran     February 7, 1809 – December 27, 1898    (aged 89)	January 19, 1875 – January 21, 1879 (term limited)	Democratic	1874
35th Governor			John W. Hall     January 1, 1817 – January 23, 1892    (aged 75)	January 21, 1879 – January 16, 1883 (term limited)	Democratic	1878
36th Governor			Charles C. Stockley     November 6, 1819 – April 20, 1901    (aged 81)	January 16, 1883 – January 18, 1887 (term limited)	Democratic	1882
37th Governor			Benjamin T. Biggs     October 1, 1821 – December 25, 1893    (aged 72)	January 18, 1887 – January 20, 1891 (term limited)	Democratic	1886
38th Governor			Robert J. Reynolds     March 17, 1838 – June 10, 1909    (aged 71)	January 20, 1891 – January 15, 1895 (term limited)	Democratic	1890
39th Governor			Joshua H. Marvil     September 3, 1825 – April 8, 1895    (aged 69)	January 15, 1895 – April 8, 1895 (died in office)	Republican	1894
40th Governor			William T. Watson     June 22, 1849 – April 14, 1917    (aged 67)	April 8, 1895 – January 19, 1897 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor
41st Governor			Ebe W. Tunnell     December 31, 1844 – December 18, 1917    (aged 72)	January 19, 1897 – January 15, 1901 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1896
42nd Governor			John Hunn     June 23, 1849 – September 1, 1926    (aged 77)	January 15, 1901 – January 17, 1905 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1900		Philip L. Cannon
43rd Governor			Preston Lea     November 12, 1841 – December 4, 1916    (aged 75)	January 17, 1905 – January 19, 1909 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1904		Isaac T. Parker
44th Governor			Simeon S. Pennewill     July 23, 1867 – September 10, 1935    (aged 68)	January 19, 1909 – January 21, 1913 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1908		John M. Mendinhall
45th Governor			Charles R. Miller     September 30, 1857 – September 18, 1927    (aged 69)	January 21, 1913 – January 16, 1917 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1912		Colen Ferguson
46th Governor			John G. Townsend Jr.     May 31, 1871 – April 10, 1964    (aged 92)	January 16, 1917 – January 18, 1921 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1916		Lewis E. Eliason
47th Governor			William D. Denney     March 31, 1873 – November 21, 1953    (aged 80)	January 18, 1921 – January 20, 1925 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1920		J. Danforth Bush
48th Governor			Robert P. Robinson     March 28, 1869 – March 4, 1939    (aged 69)	January 20, 1925 – January 15, 1929 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1924		James H. Anderson
49th Governor			C. Douglass Buck     March 21, 1890 – January 27, 1965    (aged 74)	January 15, 1929 – January 19, 1937 (term limited)	Republican	1928		James H. Hazel
						1932		Roy F. Corley
50th Governor			Richard McMullen     January 2, 1868 – February 18, 1944    (aged 76)	January 19, 1937 – January 21, 1941 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1936		Edward W. Cooch
51st Governor			Walter W. Bacon     January 20, 1880 – March 18, 1962    (aged 82)	January 21, 1941 – January 18, 1949 (term limited)	Republican	1940		Isaac J. MacCollum
						1944		Elbert N. Carvel
52nd Governor			Elbert N. Carvel     February 9, 1910 – February 6, 2005    (aged 94)	January 18, 1949 – January 20, 1953 (lost election)	Democratic	1948		Alexis I. du Pont Bayard
53rd Governor			J. Caleb Boggs     May 15, 1909 – March 26, 1993    (aged 83)	January 20, 1953 – December 30, 1960 (resigned)	Republican	1952		John W. Rollins
						1956		David P. Buckson
54th Governor			David P. Buckson     July 25, 1920 – January 17, 2017    (aged 96)	December 30, 1960 – January 17, 1961 (successor took office)	Republican	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant
55th Governor			Elbert N. Carvel     February 9, 1910 – February 6, 2005    (aged 94)	January 17, 1961 – January 19, 1965 (term limited)	Democratic	1960		Eugene Lammot
56th Governor			Charles L. Terry Jr.     September 17, 1900 – February 6, 1970    (aged 69)	January 19, 1965 – January 21, 1969 (lost election)	Democratic	1964		Sherman W. Tribbitt
57th Governor			Russell W. Peterson     October 3, 1916 – February 21, 2011    (aged 94)	January 21, 1969 – January 16, 1973 (lost election)	Republican	1968		Eugene Bookhammer
58th Governor			Sherman W. Tribbitt     November 9, 1922 – August 14, 2010    (aged 87)	January 16, 1973 – January 18, 1977 (lost election)	Democratic	1972
59th Governor			Pete du Pont     January 22, 1935 – May 8, 2021    (aged 86)	January 18, 1977 – January 15, 1985 (term limited)	Republican	1976		James D. McGinnis
						1980		Mike Castle
60th Governor			Mike Castle     (1939-07-02) July 2, 1939 (age 85)	January 15, 1985 – December 31, 1992 (resigned)	Republican	1984		Shien Biau Woo
						1988		Dale E. Wolf
61st Governor			Dale E. Wolf     September 6, 1924 – March 20, 2021    (aged 96)	December 31, 1992 – January 19, 1993 (successor took office)	Republican	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant
62nd Governor			Tom Carper     (1947-01-23) January 23, 1947 (age 77)	January 19, 1993 – January 3, 2001 (resigned)	Democratic	1992		Ruth Ann Minner
						1996
63rd Governor			Ruth Ann Minner     January 17, 1935 – November 4, 2021    (aged 86)	January 3, 2001 – January 20, 2009 (term limited)	Democratic	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant
						2000		John Carney
						2004
64th Governor			Jack Markell     (1960-11-26) November 26, 1960 (age 64)	January 20, 2009 – January 17, 2017 (term limited)	Democratic	2008		Matthew Denn (resigned January 6, 2015)
						2012
							Vacant
65th Governor			John Carney     (1956-05-20) May 20, 1956 (age 68)	January 17, 2017 – present	Democratic	2016		Bethany Hall-Long
						2020

Succession

See also

• Delaware gubernatorial elections

Notes

1. Data is sourced from the National Governors Association, unless supplemental references are required.
2. The official website labels John Carney as the 74th governor; this indicates that repeat, non-consecutive terms are numbered.
3. The office was named president until 1792.
4. The office of lieutenant governor was created in the 1897 constitution, with the first election taking place in 1900.
5. Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
6. Most sources do not specify the day McKinly was captured; at least one specifies that McKinly and the city of Wilmington were captured the day after the Battle of Brandywine, which was on September 11, 1777.
7. ^ McKinly was captured and taken prisoner by British forces. He was exchanged for loyalist Governor William Franklin of New Jersey in August 1778.
8. ^ Speaker of the Assembly McKean acted as chief executive until the return of Speaker of the Legislative Council Read from the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, who then served as vice-president for the remainder of the term.
9. Dickinson was elected President of Pennsylvania and took office November 7, 1782, holding both presidencies simultaneously. Criticism of this caused him to turn administration of the state over to Speaker of the Legislative Council Cook, but Dickinson didn't formally resign until January 12, 1783.
10. The constitutional start date for the term in 1799 was January 15; multiple sources say Bassett took office January 9, but it is not known why it was off schedule. A few sources do say he took office January 15.
11. Bassett resigned to take a seat on the United States Third Circuit Court.
12. Governor-elect Molleston died on November 11, 1819, before taking office. The newly elected state senate chose a speaker, Stout, who would act as governor for one year of Molleston's term before a special election was held to pick a governor for the remaining two years.
13. Special election to serve out the last two years of Henry Molleston's term
14. There is disagreement over when Haslet died and Thomas became acting governor. Most modern sources say Haslet died on June 20, and Thomas became acting governor on June 23; however, some sources say Thomas became acting governor on June 20, and others say Haslet died on June 23, both situations meaning there was no gap in power.
15. Because of the death of Haslet so early in his term, an early election was called. Unlike when Henry Molleston died, where the election was only for the final two years of his term, in this case the new election was for a new three-year term, causing the election schedule to shift.
16. First term under the 1831 constitution, which lengthened terms to four years.
17. Special election called due to the deaths of Stockton and Maull
18. Because Marvil died so early in his term, the General Assembly decided to conduct an election for a full term in 1896, changing the election schedule.
19. ^ Represented the Democratic Party
20. Boggs, who was term-limited, resigned early to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
21. Represented the Republican Party
22. Castle, who was term-limited, resigned early to take an elected seat in the United States House of Representatives.
23. Carper, who was term-limited, resigned early to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
24. Carney's second term will expire on January 2025; He will be term limited.

References

General

• Martin, Roger A. (1984). A History of Delaware Through its Governors. Wilmington, DE: McClafferty Press.
• "Former Delaware Governors". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
• Pickett, Russell S. "Delaware Governors". Retrieved October 25, 2009.
• Sobel, Robert (1978). Biographical directory of the governors of the United States, 1789–1978, Vol. I. Meckler Books. ISBN 978-0930466015. Retrieved July 10, 2019.

Constitutions

• "Constitution of the State of Delaware". State of Delaware. 1897. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
• Constitution of the State of Delaware (1831)
• Constitution of the State of Delaware (1792)
• "Constitution of the State of Delaware". Avalon Project. Yale Law School. 1776. Retrieved June 10, 2009.

Specific

1. "CSG Releases 2013 Governor Salaries". The Council of State Governments. June 25, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
2. DE Const. art. III
3. DE Const. art. VII, § 1
4. 1776 Const. art 7
5. ^ 1792 Const. art. III, § 1
6. 1792 Const. art. III, § 3
7. ^ 1831 Const. art III, § 3
8. DE Const. art. III, § 5
9. 1776 Const. art. 7
10. ^ DE Const. art. III, § 19
11. DE Const. art. III, § 20
12. "About Governor John Carney". Governor of Delaware. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
13. Project, Delaware Federal Writers' (1938). Delaware: A Guide to the First State. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-60354-008-7. Retrieved August 4, 2010.
14. McGuire, Thomas J. (2006). The Philadelphia Campaign. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books. p. 278. ISBN 0-8117-0206-5.
15. Rowe, Gail Stuart (1978). Thomas McKean: The Shaping of an American Republicanism. p. 147. ISBN 0-87081-100-2.
16. Conrad, Henry Clay (1908). History of the State of Delaware, Volume 3. Published by the author. p. 821. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
17. Conrad, Henry Clay (1908). History of the State of Delaware, Volume 1. p. 153. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
18. ^ "Richard Bassett". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
19. Conrad, Henry Clay (1908). History of the State of Delaware, Volume 3. p. 829. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
20. Wolcott, James L. (1896). Argument in Opposition to Henry A. Du Pont's Claim to the Office of United States Senator for the State of Delaware. pp. 44–45. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
21. ^ Niles, H. (1824). Niles' Weekly Register. Vol. Volume I, Third Series. p. 121. ISBN 0-8371-3045-X. Retrieved October 25, 2009. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
22. "Delaware". The Encyclopedia Americana. Volume. Vol. VIII. 1918. p. 614. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
23. Messersmith, George S. (1908). Government of Delaware. Amer. Bk. Company. p. 283. Retrieved October 25, 2009. joseph haslet 1823.
24. Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776–1860: The Official Results by State and County. McFarland & Company. p. 28. ISBN 9780786414390. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
25. "Delaware's Change in Elections". The New York Times. April 14, 1895. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
26. "James Caleb Boggs". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
27. "Michael Newbold Castle". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
28. "About Tom Carper". United States Senate. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
29. Thorpe, Francis Newton (1906). The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws of the States, Territories, and Colonies Now or Heretofore Forming the United States of America. Government Printing Office. pp. 582–600. ISBN 0-89941-792-2. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
30. Thorpe, Francis Newton (1906). The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws of the States, Territories, and Colonies Now or Heretofore Forming the United States of America. Government Printing Office. pp. 568–582. ISBN 0-89941-792-2. Retrieved October 26, 2009.

External links

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