List of Governors of Delaware
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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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