Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Table of contents 1 List of Delaware Governors 2 Governors of New Sweden, 1639-1655 3 Presidents of Delaware, 1776-1793 4 Governors of Delaware, 1793-present 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 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 1778-1781 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 (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) 1823-1824 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) 1846-1846 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 Thomas Carper (Democrat) 1993-2001 Ruth Ann Minner (Democrat) 2001- This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.