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State of Delaware
Governors
List of Delaware State Governors
| Name | Held Office | Political Party |
| John McKinly | Feb 12, 1777
Sep 22, 1777 | none |
| Thomas McKean | Sep 22, 1777
Oct 20, 1777 | none |
| George Read | Oct 20, 1777
Mar 31, 1778 | none |
| Caesar Rodney | Mar 31, 1778
Nov 6, 1781 | none |
| John Dickinson | Nov 13, 1781
Nov 4, 1782 | none |
| John Cook | Nov 4, 1782
Feb 1, 1783 | none |
| Nicholas Van Dyke | Feb 1, 1783
Oct 27, 1786 | none |
| Thomas Collins | Oct 27, 1786
Mar 29, 1789 | none |
| Jehu Davis | Mar 29, 1789
Jun 2, 1789 | none |
| Joshua Clayton | Jan 15, 1793
Jan 19, 1796 | Federalist |
| Gunning Bedford, Sr. | Jan 19, 1796
Sep 28, 1797 | Federalist |
| Daniel Rogers | Sep 28, 1797
Jan 15, 1799 | Federalist |
| Richard Bassett | Jan 15, 1799
Feb 20, 1801 | Federalist |
| James Sykes, Jr. | Mar 4, 1801
Jan 19, 1802 | Federalist |
| David Hall | Jan 19, 1802
Jan 15, 1805 | Democratic Republican |
| Nathaniel Mitchell | Jan 15, 1805
Jan 19, 1808 | Federalist |
| George Truitt | Jan 19, 1808
Jan 15, 1811 | Federalist |
| Joseph Haslet | Jan 21, 1823
Jun 20, 1823 | Democratic Republican |
| Daniel Rodney | Jan 18, 1814
Jan 21, 1817 | Federalist |
| John Clark | Jan 21, 1817
Jan 15, 1820 | Federalist |
| Jacob Stout | Jan 18, 1820
Jan 16, 1821 | Federalist |
| John Collins | Jan 16, 1821
Apr 16, 1822 | Democratic Republican |
| Caleb Rodney | Apr 23, 1822
Jan 21, 1823 | Federalist |
| Charles Thomas | Jun 24, 1823
Jan 20, 1824 | Democratic Republican |
| Samuel Paynter | Jan 20, 1824
Jan 16, 1827 | Federalist |
| Charles Polk, Jr. | Jul 11, 1836
Jan 17, 1837 | Whig |
| David Hazzard | Jan 19, 1830
Jan 15, 1833 | National Republican |
| Caleb P. Bennett | Jan 15, 1833
Jul 11, 1836 | Democratic |
| Cornelius P. Comegys | Jan 17, 1837
Jan 19, 1841 | Whig |
| William B. Cooper | Jan 19, 1841
Jan 21, 1845 | Whig |
| Thomas Stockton | Jan 21, 1845
Mar 2, 1846 | Whig |
| Joseph Maull | Mar 2, 1846
May 3, 1846 | Whig |
| William Temple | May 6, 1846
Jan 19, 1847 | Whig |
| William Tharp | Jan 19, 1847
Jan 21, 1851 | Democratic |
| William H. H. Ross | Jan 21, 1851
Jan 14, 1855 | Democratic |
| Peter F. Causey | Jan 14, 1855
Jan 18, 1859 | American |
| William Burton | Jan 18, 1859
Jan 20, 1863 | Democratic |
| William Cannon | Jan 20, 1863
Mar 1, 1865 | Republican |
| Gove Saulsbury | Mar 1, 1865
Jan 17, 1871 | Democratic |
| James Ponder | Jan 17, 1871
Jan 19, 1875 | Democratic |
| John P. Cochran | Jan 19, 1875
Jan 21, 1879 | Democratic |
| John W. Hall | Jan 21, 1879
Jan 16, 1883 | Democratic |
| Charles C. Stockley | Jan 16, 1883
Jan 18, 1887 | Democratic |
| Benjamin T. Biggs | Jan 18, 1887
Jan 20, 1891 | Democratic |
| Robert J. Reynolds | Jan 20, 1891
Jan 15, 1895 | Democratic |
| Joshua H. Marvil | Jan 15, 1895
Apr 8, 1895 | Republican |
| William T. Watson | Apr 8, 1895
Jan 19, 1897 | Democratic |
| Ebe W. Tunnell | Jan 19, 1897
Jan 15, 1901 | Democratic |
| John Hunn | Jan 15, 1901
Jan 17, 1905 | Republican |
| Preston Lea | Jan 17, 1905
Jan 19, 1909 | Republican |
| Simeon S. Pennewill | Jan 19, 1909
Jan 21, 1913 | Republican |
| Charles R. Miller | Jan 21, 1913
Jan 16, 1917 | Republican |
| John G. Townsend, Jr. | Jan 16, 1917
Jan 18, 1921 | Republican |
| William D. Denney | Jan 18, 1921
Jan 20, 1925 | Republican |
| Robert P. Robinson | Jan 20, 1925
Jan 15, 1929 | Republican |
| C. Douglass Buck | Jan 15, 1929
Jan 19, 1937 | Republican |
| Richard C. McMullen | Jan 19, 1937
Jan 21, 1941 | Democratic |
| Walter W. Bacon | Jan 21, 1941
Jan 18, 1949 | Republican |
| Elbert N. Carvel | Jan 17, 1961
Jan 19, 1965 | Democratic |
| J. Caleb Boggs | Jan 20, 1953
Dec 30, 1960 | Republican |
| David P. Buckson | Dec 30, 1960
Jan 17, 1961 | Republican |
| Charles L. Terry, Jr. | Jan 19, 1965
Jan 21, 1969 | Democratic |
| Russell W. Peterson | Jan 21, 1969
Jan 16, 1973 | Republican |
| Sherman W. Tribbitt | Jan 16, 1973
Jan 18, 1977 | Democratic |
| Pierre S. du Pont, IV | Jan 18, 1977
Jan 15, 1985 | Republican |
| Michael N. Castle | Jan 15, 1985
Dec 31, 1992 | Republican |
| Dale E. Wolf | Dec 31, 1992
Jan 19, 1993 | Republican |
| Thomas R. Carper | Jan 19, 1993
Jan 3, 2001 | Democratic |
| Ruth Ann Minner | Jan 3, 2001
Jan 20, 2009 | Democratic |
| Jack A. Markell | Jan 20, 2009
Incumbant | Democratic |
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