List of Delaware Governors
Governors of New Sweden , 1639-1655
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 1778-1781John Dickinson 1781-1783 John Cook (acting) 1783Nicholas 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 ) 1796-1797Daniel Rogers (Federalist , acting) 1797-1799 Richard Bassett (Federalist ) 1799-1801James 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) 1823-1824Samuel 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 ) 1859-1863William 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 ) 1949-1953James Caleb Boggs (Republican ) 1953-1960David P. Buckson (Republican , acting) 1960-1961 Elbert N. Carvel (Democrat ) 1961-1965Charles L. Terry, Jr. (Democrat ) 1965-1969 Russell W. Peterson (Republican ) 1969-1973Sherman W. Tribbitt (Democrat ) 1973-1977Pierre S. du Pont IV (Republican ) 1977-1985Michael N. Castle (Republican ) 1985-1992Dale E. Wolf (Republican ) 1992-1993Thomas Carper (Democrat ) 1993-2001Ruth Ann Minner (Democrat ) 2001-
External links Delaware's Governors (http://www.russpickett.com/history/intrgovs.htm )
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July 26, 2007 – Governor Minner presented the trophy to the winner of the 2007 Governor’s Cup harness race at the State Fair in Harrington. Friday, Aug. 17, 2007 - Governor Ruth Ann Minner announced today that she is creating a nine-member task force to examine opportunities for continued improvement at the Delaware Psychiatric Center. Visit the Governor's blog to read more about her positions on a variety of issues.
Governor of Delaware - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (449 words)
The Governor of Delaware is the executive officer of the U.S. state of Delaware . She is Delaware's first female governor and is serving in her second term. The offices of the Governor are at the state capital of Dover, Delaware , as is the official residence "Woodburn."
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