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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-