View a list of Delaware governors since 1789
Governor Jehu Davis
Term: 1789 - 1789
Party: Federalist
Governor Joshua Clayton
Term: 1793 - 1796
Party: Federalist
Governor Gunning Bedford
Term: 1796 - 1797
Party: Federalist
Governor Daniel Rogers
Term: 1797 - 1799
Party: Federalist
Governor Richard Bassett
Term: 1799 - 1801
Party: Federalist
Governor James Sykes
Term: 1801 - 1802
Party: Federalist
Governor David Hall
Term: 1802 - 1805
Party: Democratic-Republican
Governor Nathaniel Mitchell
Term: 1805 - 1808
Party: Federalist
Governor George Truitt
Term: 1808 - 1811
Party: Federalist
Governor Joseph Haslet
Term: 1811 - 1814
Party: Democratic-Republican
Governor Daniel Rodney
Term: 1814 - 1817
Party: Federalist
Governor John Clark
Term: 1817 - 1820
Party: Federalist
Governor Jacob Stout
Term: 1820 - 1821
Party: Federalist
Governor John Collins
Term: 1821 - 1822
Party: Democratic-Republican
Governor Caleb Rodney
Term: 1822 - 1823
Party: Federalist
Governor Joseph Haslet
Term: 1823 - 1823
Party: Democratic-Republican
Governor Charles Thomas
Term: 1823 - 1824
Party: Democratic-Republican
Governor Samuel Paynter
Term: 1824 - 1827
Party: Federalist
Governor Charles Polk
Term: 1827 - 1830
Party: Federalist
Governor David Hazzard
Term: 1830 - 1833
Party: National Republican
Governor Caleb Prew Bennett
Term: 1833 - 1836
Party: Democratic
Governor Charles Polk
Term: 1836 - 1837
Party: Federalist
Governor Cornelius Parsons Comegys
Term: 1837 - 1841
Party: Whig
Governor William Barkley Cooper
Term: 1841 - 1845
Party: Whig
Governor Thomas Stockton
Term: 1845 - 1846
Party: Whig
Governor Joseph Maull
Term: 1846 - 1846
Party: Whig
Governor William Temple
Term: 1846 - 1847
Party: Whig
Governor William Tharp
Term: 1847 - 1851
Party: Democratic
Governor William Henry Harrison Ross
Term: 1851 - 1855
Party: Democratic
Governor Peter Foster Causey
Term: 1855 - 1859
Party: Whig
Governor William Burton
Term: 1859 - 1863
Party: Democratic
Governor William Cannon
Term: 1863 - 1865
Party: Union
Governor Gove Saulsbury
Term: 1865 - 1871
Party: Democratic
Governor James Ponder
Term: 1871 - 1875
Party: Democratic
Governor John Polk Cochran
Term: 1875 - 1879
Party: Democratic
Governor John Wood Hall
Term: 1879 - 1883
Party: Democratic
Governor Charles Clark Stockley
Term: 1883 - 1887
Party: Democratic
Governor Benjamin Thomas Biggs
Term: 1887 - 1891
Party: Democratic
Governor Robert John Reynolds
Term: 1891 - 1895
Party: Democratic
Governor Joshua Hopkins Marvil
Term: 1895 - 1895
Party: Republican
Governor William Tharp Watson
Term: 1895 - 1897
Party: Democratic
Governor Ebe Walter Tunnell
Term: 1897 - 1901
Party: Democratic
Governor John Hunn
Term: 1901 - 1905
Party: Republican
Governor Preston Lea
Term: 1905 - 1909
Party: Republican
Governor Simeon Selby Pennewill
Term: 1909 - 1913
Party: Republican
Governor Charles Robert Miller
Term: 1913 - 1917
Party: Republican
Governor John Gillis Townsend
Term: 1917 - 1921
Party: Republican
Governor William Du Hamel Denney
Term: 1921 - 1925
Party: Republican
Governor Robert Pyle Robinson
Term: 1925 - 1929
Party: Republican
Governor Clayton Douglass Buck
Term: 1929 - 1937
Party: Republican
Governor Richard Cann McMullen
Term: 1937 - 1941
Party: Democratic
Governor Walter Wolfkiel Bacon
Term: 1941 - 1949
Party: Republican
Governor Elbert Nortrand Carvel
Term: 1949 - 1953
Party: Democratic
Governor James Caleb Boggs
Term: 1953 - 1960
Party: Republican
Governor David Penrose Buckson
Term: 1960 - 1961
Party: Republican
Governor Elbert Nortrand Carvel
Term: 1961 - 1965
Party: Democratic
Governor Charles L. Terry
Term: 1965 - 1969
Party: Democratic
Governor Russell W. Peterson
Term: 1969 - 1973
Party: Republican
Governor Sherman W. Tribbitt
Term: 1973 - 1977
Party: Democratic
Governor Pierre Samuel Du Pont
Term: 1977 - 1985
Party: Republican
Governor Michael Newbold Castle
Term: 1985 - 1992
Party: Republican
Governor Dale Edward Wolf
Term: 1992 - 1993
Party: Republican
Governor Thomas R. Carper
Term: 1993 - 2001
Party: Democratic
Governor Ruth Ann Minner
Term: 2001 - 2009
Party: Democratic
Governor Jack Markell
Term: 2009 - 2017
Party: Democratic
Governor John Carney
Term: 2017 - present
Party: Democratic
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