List of Governors of Delaware (alphabetic)

This is an alphabetical listing of the Presidents and Governors of Delaware.

The Governor serves as head of the executive branch of the state's government, and was called "President" under the Delaware Constitution of 1776. With the Delaware Constitution of 1792 the name was changed to conform to usage in the rest of the states. There have been 70 persons elected or otherwise serving in the office since independence in 1776, although one died before he took office.

*Bacon, Walter W. (1879–1962); Republican from Wilmington, in New Castle County.

*Bassett, Richard (1745–1815); Federalist from Dover in Kent County.

*Bedford, Gunning Sr. (1742–1797); Federalist from New Castle in New Castle County.

*Bennett, Caleb P. (1758–1836); Democrat from Wilmington, in New Castle County.

*Biggs, Benjamin T. (1821–1893); Democrat from Middletown, in New Castle County.

*Boggs, J. Caleb (1909–1993); Republican from Claymont, in New Castle County.

*Buck, C. Douglass (1890–1965); Republican from New Castle Hundred, in New Castle County.

*Buckson, David P. (born 1920); Republican from Camden, in Kent County.

*Burton, William (1789–1866); Democrat from Milford, in Sussex County.

*Cannon, William (1809–1865); Republican from Bridgeville, in Sussex County.

*Carper, Thomas R. (born 1947); Democrat from Wilmington, in New Castle County.

*Carvel, Elbert N. (1910–2005); Democrat from Laurel, in Sussex County.

*Castle, Michael N. (born 1939); Republican from Wilmington, in New Castle County.

*Causey, Peter F. (1801–1871); American from Milford, in Sussex County.

*Clark, John (1761–1821); Federalist from Blackbird Hundred in New Castle County, near Smyrna.

*Clayton, Joshua (1744–1798); Federalist from Mt. Pleasant in Pencader Hundred, New Castle County.
*Cochran, John P. (1809–1898); Democrat from Middletown, in New Castle County.

*Collins, John (1776–1822); Democrat-Republican from Collins Mill Pond, near Laurel, in Sussex County.

*Collins, Thomas (1732–1789); from Smyrna, in Kent County.

*Comegys, Cornelius P. (1780–1851); Whig from Dover Hundred, in Kent County.

*Cook, John (1730–1789); from Smyrna, in Kent County.

*Cooper, William B. (1771–1849); Whig from Laurel, in Sussex County.

*Davis, Jehu (1738–1801); from Milford, in Kent County.

*Denney, William D. (1873–1953); Republican from Dover, in Kent County.

*Dickinson, John (1732–1808); from Jones Neck in St. Jones Hundred, in Kent County, east of Dover.

*du Pont, Pierre S. IV "Pete" (born 1935); Republican from Rockland, in Brandywine Hundred, New Castle County, near Wilmington.

*Hall, David (1752–1817); Democrat-Republican from Lewes, in Sussex County.

*Hall, John W. (1817–1892); Democrat from Frederica, in Kent County.

*Haslet, Joseph (1769–1823); Democrat-Republican from Cedar Creek Village near Milford, in Sussex County.

*Hazzard, David (1781–1864); National Republican from Milton, in Sussex County.

*Hunn, John (1849–1926); Republican from Camden, in Kent County.

*Lea, Preston (1841–1916); Republican from Wilmington, in New Castle County.

*Marvil, Joshua H. (1825–1895); Democrat from Laurel, in Sussex County.

*Maull, Joseph (1781–1846); Whig from Lewes, in Sussex County.

*McKean, Thomas (1734–1817); from New Castle, in New Castle County.

*McKinly, John (1721–1796); from Wilmington, in New Castle County.

*McMullen, Richard C. (1868–1944); Democrat from Wilmington, in New Castle County.

*Miller, Charles R. (1857–1927); Republican, from Wilmington, in New Castle County.

*Minner, Ruth Ann (born 1935); Democrat from Milford, in Kent County.

*Mitchell, Nathaniel (1753–1815); Federalist from Laurel, in Sussex County.

*Molleston, Henry (1762–1819); Federalist from Dover, in Kent County.

*Paynter, Samuel (1768–1845); Federalist from Drawbridge, near Milton, in Sussex County.

*Pennewill, Simeon S. (1867–1935); Republican from Dover, in Kent County.

*Peterson, Russell W. (born 1916); Republican from Wilmington, in New Castle County.

*Polk, Charles Jr. (1788–1857); Federalist from Big Stone Beach, near Milford, in Kent County.

*Ponder, James (1819–1897); Democrat from Milton, in Sussex County.

*Read, George Sr. (1733–1798); from New Castle, in New Castle County.

*Reynolds, Robert J. (1838–1909); Democrat, from Petersburg near Viola, in Kent County.

*Robinson, Robert P. (1869–1949); Republican from Wilmington, in New Castle County.

*Rodney, Caesar (1728–1784); from Jones Neck, in St. Jones Hundred, Kent County, east of Dover.

*Rodney, Caleb (1767–1840); Federalist from Lewes, in Sussex County.

*Rodney, Daniel (1764–1846); Federalist from Lewes, in Sussex County.

*Rogers, Daniel (1754–1806); Federalist from Milford, in Sussex County.

*Ross, William H. H. (1814–1877); Democrat from Seaford, in Sussex County.

*Saulsbury, Gove (1815–1881); Democrat from Dover, in Kent County.

*Stockley, Charles C. (1819–1901); Democrat from Georgetown, in Sussex County.

*Stockton, Thomas (1781–1846); Whig from New Castle, in New Castle County.

*Stout, Jacob (1764–1857); Federalist from Smyrna, in Kent County.

*Sykes, James (1761–1822); Federalist from Dover, in Kent County.

*Temple, William (1789–1866); Whig from Milford, in Sussex County.

*Terry, Charles L. Jr. (1900–1970); Democrat from Dover, in Kent County.

*Tharp, William (1803–1865); Democrat from Milford, in Kent County.

*Thomas, Charles (1790–1848); Democrat-Republican, from New Castle, in New Castle County.

*Townsend, John G. Jr. (1871–1964); Republican from Selbyville, in Sussex County.

*Tribbitt, Sherman W. (born 1922); Democrat from Odessa, in New Castle County.

*Truitt, George (1756–1818); Federalist from Felton, in Kent County.

*Tunnell, Ebe W. (1844–1917); Democrat from Lewes, in Sussex County.

*Van Dyke, Nicholas Sr. (1738–1789); from New Castle, in New Castle County.

*Watson, William T. (1849–1917); Democrat from Milford, Kent County.

*Wolf, Dale E. (born 1924); Republican from Wilmington, in New Castle County.

References

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