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 Netherlands, 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 (Republican) 1802-1805
• Nathaniel Mitchell (Federalist) 1805-1808
• George Truitt (Federalist) 1808-1811
• Joseph Haslet (Republican) 1811-1814
• Daniel Rodney (Federalist) 1814-1817
• John Clark (Federalist) 1817-1820
• Jacob Stout (Federalist, acting) 1820-1821
• John Collins (Republican) 1821-1822
• Caleb Rodney (Federalist) 1822-1823
• Joseph Haslet (Republican) 1823
• Charles Thomas (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
• 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
• Tom Carper (Democrat) 1993-2001
• Ruth Ann Minner (Democrat) 2001-