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Governor of Delaware | |
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Style | The Honorable |
Residence | Delaware Governor's Mansion Dover, Delaware |
Term length | Four years, renewable once |
Inaugural holder | John McKinly |
Formation | February 12, 1777 |
Deputy | Bethany Hall-Long |
Salary | $171,000 (2013)[1] |
Website | governor.delaware.gov |
The Governor of Delaware (President of Delaware from 1776 to 1792) is the head of the executive branch of Delaware's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.
The current governor is Democrat John Carney, who took office on January 17, 2017.
List of Governors
[change | change source]No.[b] | Governor[c] | Term in office | Party | Election | Lt. Governor[d][e] | |||
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1 | John McKinly | February 12, 1777 – September 12, 1777[f] (arrested and removed)[g] | No parties | 1777 | Office did not exist | |||
— | Vacant | September 12, 1777 – September 22, 1777 | Office vacant due to war[g] | |||||
2 | ![]() | Thomas McKean | September 22, 1777 – October 20, 1777 (successor took office) | Speaker of the Assembly acting as Vice-President[h] | ||||
3 | ![]() | George Read | October 20, 1777 – March 31, 1778 (not candidate for election) | Speaker of the Legislative Council serving as Vice-President[h] | ||||
4 | ![]() | Caesar Rodney | March 31, 1778 – November 6, 1781 (not candidate for election) | 1778 | ||||
5 | ![]() | John Dickinson | November 13, 1781 – January 12, 1783 (resigned)[i] | 1781 | ||||
6 | John Cook | November 4, 1782 – February 1, 1783 (not candidate for election) | Speaker of the Legislative Council serving as Vice-President | |||||
7 | Nicholas Van Dyke | February 1, 1783 – October 28, 1786 (not candidate for election) | 1783 (special) | |||||
8 | Thomas Collins | October 28, 1786 – March 29, 1789 (died in office) | 1786 | |||||
9 | Jehu Davis | March 29, 1789 – June 2, 1789 (not candidate for election) | Speaker of the Legislative Council serving as Vice-President | |||||
10 | ![]() | Joshua Clayton | June 2, 1789 – January 19, 1796 (not candidate for election) | Federalist | 1789 | |||
1792 | ||||||||
11 | Gunning Bedford Sr. | January 19, 1796 – September 30, 1797 (died in office) | Federalist | 1795 | ||||
12 | Daniel Rogers | September 30, 1797 – January 9, 1799 (not candidate for election) | Federalist | Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor | ||||
13 | ![]() | Richard Bassett | January 9, 1799[j] – March 3, 1801 (resigned)[k] | Federalist | 1798 | |||
14 | James Sykes | March 3, 1801 – January 19, 1802 (not candidate for election) | Federalist | Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor | ||||
15 | David Hall | January 19, 1802 – January 15, 1805 (term limited) | Democratic-Republican | 1801 | ||||
16 | Nathaniel Mitchell | January 15, 1805 – January 19, 1808 (term limited) | Federalist | 1804 | ||||
17 | George Truitt | January 19, 1808 – January 15, 1811 (term limited) | Federalist | 1807 | ||||
18 | Joseph Haslet | January 15, 1811 – January 18, 1814 (term limited) | Democratic-Republican | 1810 | ||||
19 | ![]() | Daniel Rodney | January 18, 1814 – January 21, 1817 (term limited) | Federalist | 1813 | |||
20 | John Clark | January 21, 1817 – January 18, 1820 (term limited) | Federalist | 1816 | ||||
— | Henry Molleston | Died before taking office[l] | Federalist | 1819 | ||||
21 | Jacob Stout | January 18, 1820 – January 16, 1821 (not candidate for election) | Federalist | Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor | ||||
22 | John Collins | January 16, 1821 – April 16, 1822 (died in office) | Democratic-Republican | 1820 (special)[m] | ||||
23 | Caleb Rodney | April 23, 1822 – January 21, 1823 (not candidate for election) | Federalist | Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor | ||||
24 | Joseph Haslet | January 21, 1823 – June 20, 1823 (died in office) | Democratic-Republican | 1822 | ||||
25 | Charles Thomas | June 23, 1823[n] – January 20, 1824 (not candidate for election) | Democratic-Republican | Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor | ||||
26 | ![]() | Samuel Paynter | January 20, 1824 – January 16, 1827 (term limited) | Federalist | 1823 (special)[o] | |||
27 | ![]() | Charles Polk Jr. | January 16, 1827 – January 19, 1830 (term limited) | Federalist | 1826 | |||
28 | ![]() | David Hazzard | January 19, 1830 – January 15, 1833 (term limited) | National Republican | 1829 | |||
29 | ![]() | Caleb P. Bennett | January 15, 1833 – May 9, 1836 (died in office) | Democratic | 1832[p] | |||
30 | ![]() | Charles Polk Jr. | May 9, 1836 – January 17, 1837 (not candidate for election) | Whig | Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor | |||
31 | ![]() | Cornelius P. Comegys | January 17, 1837 – January 19, 1841 (term limited) | Whig | 1836 | |||
32 | William B. Cooper | January 19, 1841 – January 21, 1845 (term limited) | Whig | 1840 | ||||
33 | ![]() | Thomas Stockton | January 21, 1845 – March 2, 1846 (died in office) | Whig | 1844 | |||
34 | Joseph Maull | March 2, 1846 – May 3, 1846 (died in office) | Whig | Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor | ||||
35 | ![]() | William Temple | May 6, 1846 – January 19, 1847 (not candidate for election) | Whig | Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor | |||
36 | ![]() | William Tharp | January 19, 1847 – January 21, 1851 (term limited) | Democratic | 1846 (special)[q] | |||
37 | ![]() | William H. H. Ross | January 21, 1851 – January 16, 1855 (term limited) | Democratic | 1850 | |||
38 | Peter F. Causey | January 16, 1855 – January 18, 1859 (term limited) | American | 1854 | ||||
39 | ![]() | William Burton | January 18, 1859 – January 20, 1863 (term limited) | Democratic | 1858 | |||
40 | ![]() | William Cannon | January 20, 1863 – March 1, 1865 (died in office) | Republican | 1862 | |||
41 | ![]() | Gove Saulsbury | March 1, 1865 – January 17, 1871 (term limited) | Democratic | Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor | |||
1866 | ||||||||
42 | ![]() | James Ponder | January 17, 1871 – January 19, 1875 (term limited) | Democratic | 1870 | |||
43 | ![]() | John P. Cochran | January 19, 1875 – January 21, 1879 (term limited) | Democratic | 1874 | |||
44 | ![]() | John W. Hall | January 21, 1879 – January 16, 1883 (term limited) | Democratic | 1878 | |||
45 | ![]() | Charles C. Stockley | January 16, 1883 – January 18, 1887 (term limited) | Democratic | 1882 | |||
46 | ![]() | Benjamin T. Biggs | January 18, 1887 – January 20, 1891 (term limited) | Democratic | 1886 | |||
47 | ![]() | Robert J. Reynolds | January 20, 1891 – January 15, 1895 (term limited) | Democratic | 1890 | |||
48 | ![]() | Joshua H. Marvil | January 15, 1895 – April 8, 1895 (died in office) | Republican | 1894 | |||
49 | ![]() | William T. Watson | April 8, 1895 – January 19, 1897 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor | |||
50 | ![]() | Ebe W. Tunnell | January 19, 1897 – January 15, 1901 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1896[r] | |||
51 | ![]() | John Hunn | January 15, 1901 – January 17, 1905 (not candidate for election) | Republican | 1900 | Philip L. Cannon | ||
52 | ![]() | Preston Lea | January 17, 1905 – January 19, 1909 (not candidate for election) | Republican | 1904 | Isaac T. Parker | ||
53 | ![]() | Simeon S. Pennewill | January 19, 1909 – January 21, 1913 (not candidate for election) | Republican | 1908 | John M. Mendinhall | ||
54 | ![]() | Charles R. Miller | January 21, 1913 – January 16, 1917 (not candidate for election) | Republican | 1912 | Colen Ferguson[s] | ||
55 | ![]() | John G. Townsend Jr. | January 16, 1917 – January 18, 1921 (not candidate for election) | Republican | 1916 | Lewis E. Eliason[s] | ||
56 | William D. Denney | January 18, 1921 – January 20, 1925 (not candidate for election) | Republican | 1920 | J. Danforth Bush | |||
57 | Robert P. Robinson | January 20, 1925 – January 15, 1929 (not candidate for election) | Republican | 1924 | James H. Anderson | |||
58 | ![]() | C. Douglass Buck | January 15, 1929 – January 19, 1937 (term limited) | Republican | 1928 | James H. Hazel | ||
1932 | Roy F. Corley | |||||||
59 | Richard McMullen | January 19, 1937 – January 21, 1941 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1936 | Edward W. Cooch | |||
60 | Walter W. Bacon | January 21, 1941 – January 18, 1949 (term limited) | Republican | 1940 | Isaac J. MacCollum[s] | |||
1944 | Elbert N. Carvel[s] | |||||||
61 | ![]() | Elbert N. Carvel | January 18, 1949 – January 20, 1953 (lost election) | Democratic | 1948 | Alexis I. du Pont Bayard | ||
62 | ![]() | J. Caleb Boggs | January 20, 1953 – December 30, 1960 (resigned)[t] | Republican | 1952 | John W. Rollins | ||
1956 | David P. Buckson | |||||||
63 | ![]() | David P. Buckson | December 30, 1960 – January 17, 1961 (successor took office) | Republican | Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor | Vacant | ||
64 | ![]() | Elbert N. Carvel | January 17, 1961 – January 19, 1965 (term limited) | Democratic | 1960 | Eugene Lammot | ||
65 | Charles L. Terry Jr. | January 19, 1965 – January 21, 1969 (lost election) | Democratic | 1964 | Sherman W. Tribbitt | |||
66 | Russell W. Peterson | January 21, 1969 – January 16, 1973 (lost election) | Republican | 1968 | Eugene Bookhammer[u] | |||
67 | Sherman W. Tribbitt | January 16, 1973 – January 18, 1977 (lost election) | Democratic | 1972 | ||||
68 | ![]() | Pete du Pont | January 18, 1977 – January 15, 1985 (term limited) | Republican | 1976 | James D. McGinnis[s] | ||
1980 | Mike Castle | |||||||
69 | ![]() | Mike Castle | January 15, 1985 – December 31, 1992 (resigned)[v] | Republican | 1984 | Shien Biau Woo[s] | ||
1988 | Dale E. Wolf | |||||||
70 | Dale E. Wolf | December 31, 1992 – January 19, 1993 (successor took office) | Republican | Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor | Vacant | |||
71 | ![]() | Tom Carper | January 19, 1993 – January 3, 2001 (resigned)[w] | Democratic | 1992 | Ruth Ann Minner | ||
1996 | ||||||||
72 | ![]() | Ruth Ann Minner | January 3, 2001 – January 20, 2009 (term limited) | Democratic | Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor | Vacant | ||
2000 | John Carney | |||||||
2004 | ||||||||
73 | ![]() | Jack Markell | January 20, 2009 – January 17, 2017 (term limited) | Democratic | 2008 | Matthew Denn (resigned January 6, 2015) | ||
2012 | ||||||||
Vacant | ||||||||
74 | ![]() | John Carney | January 17, 2017 – present[x] | Democratic | 2016 | Bethany Hall-Long |
Notes
[change | change source]- ↑ Data is sourced from the National Governors Association, unless supplemental references are required.
- ↑ The official website labels John Carney as the 74th governor;[2] this indicates that repeat, non-consecutive terms are numbered.
- ↑ The office was named president until 1792.
- ↑ The office of lieutenant governor was created in the 1897 constitution, with the first election taking place in 1900.
- ↑ Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
- ↑ Most sources do not specify the day McKinly was captured; at least one specifies that McKinly and the city of Wilmington were captured the day after the Battle of Brandywine, which was on September 11, 1777.[3]
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 McKinly was captured and taken prisoner by British forces.[4] He was exchanged for loyalist Governor William Franklin of New Jersey in August 1778.[5]
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Speaker of the Assembly McKean acted as chief executive until the return of Speaker of the Legislative Council Read from the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, who then served as vice-president for the remainder of the term.[6]
- ↑ Dickinson was elected President of Pennsylvania and took office November 7, 1782, holding both presidencies simultaneously. Criticism of this caused him to turn administration of the state over to Speaker of the Legislative Council Cook, but Dickinson didn't formally resign until January 12, 1783.[7]
- ↑ The constitutional start date for the term in 1799 was January 15; multiple sources say Bassett took office January 9, but it is not known why it was off schedule.[8][9] A few sources do say he took office January 15.[10]
- ↑ Bassett resigned to take a seat on the United States Third Circuit Court.[8]
- ↑ Governor-elect Molleston died on November 11, 1819, before taking office. The newly elected state senate chose a speaker, Stout, who would act as governor for one year of Molleston's term before a special election was held to pick a governor for the remaining two years.[11]
- ↑ Special election to serve out the last two years of Henry Molleston's term[11]
- ↑ There is disagreement over when Haslet died and Thomas became acting governor. Most modern sources say Haslet died on June 20, and Thomas became acting governor on June 23; however, some sources say Thomas became acting governor on June 20,[12] and others say Haslet died on June 23,[13] both situations meaning there was no gap in power.
- ↑ Because of the death of Haslet so early in his term, an early election was called. Unlike when Henry Molleston died, where the election was only for the final two years of his term, in this case the new election was for a new three-year term, causing the election schedule to shift.[11]
- ↑ First term under the 1831 constitution, which lengthened terms to four years.[14]
- ↑ Special election called due to the deaths of Stockton and Maull[15]
- ↑ Because Marvil died so early in his term, the General Assembly decided to conduct an election for a full term in 1896, changing the election schedule.[16]
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 Represented the Democratic Party
- ↑ Boggs resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.[17]
- ↑ Represented the Republican Party
- ↑ Castle resigned to take an elected seat in the United States House of Representatives.[18]
- ↑ Carper resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.[19]
- ↑ Carney's first term expires on January 19, 2021.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "CSG Releases 2013 Governor Salaries". The Council of State Governments. June 25, 2013. Archived from the original on October 22, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
- ↑ "About Governor John Carney". Governor of Delaware. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
- ↑ Delaware Federal Writers' Project (1938). Delaware: A Guide to the First State. US History Publishers. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-60354-008-7. Retrieved August 4, 2010.
- ↑ McGuire, Thomas J. (2006). The Philadelphia Campaign. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books. p. 278. ISBN 978-0-8117-0206-5.
- ↑ Rowe, Gail Stuart (1978). Thomas McKean: The Shaping of an American Republicanism. Olympic Marketing Corporation. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-87081-100-5.
- ↑ Conrad, Henry Clay (1908). History of the State of Delaware, Volume 3. The author. p. 821. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
- ↑ Conrad, Henry Clay (1908). History of the State of Delaware, Volume 1. The author. p. 153. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Richard Bassett". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- ↑ Conrad, Henry Clay (1908). History of the State of Delaware, Volume 3. The author. p. 829. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ↑ Wolcott, James L. (1896). Argument in Opposition to Henry A. Du Pont's Claim to the Office of United States Senator for the State of Delaware. B.H. Tyrrel. pp. 44–45. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Luxon, Norval Neil (1824). Niles' Weekly Register. Vol. I, Third Series. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-8371-3045-3. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
- ↑ The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge. Encyclopedia Americana Corporation. 1918. p. 614.
- ↑ Messersmith, G.S. (1908). Government of Delaware. Amer. Bk. Company. p. 283. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
- ↑ 1831 Const. art III, § 3
- ↑ Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776–1860: The Official Results by State and County. McFarland & Company. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
- ↑ "Delaware's Change in Elections". The New York Times. April 14, 1895. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
- ↑ "James Caleb Boggs". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- ↑ "Michael Newbold Castle". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- ↑ "About Tom Carper". United States Senate. Archived from the original on April 14, 2019. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
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