Historical Record
Previous Governors of Delaware
Governors who previously held office in Delaware, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesMatt MeyerDemocrat2025–2029
Bethany Hall-LongDemocrat2025–2025
John CarneyDemocrat2017–2025
Jack MarkellDemocrat2009–2017
Ruth Ann MinnerDemocrat2001–2009
Tom CarperDemocrat1993–2001
Mike CastleDemocrat1985–1993
Dale E. WolfRepublican1993–1993
Pete du PontDemocrat1977–1985
Sherman W. TribbittDemocrat1973–1977
Russell W. PetersonRepublican1969–1973
Charles L. Terry Jr.Democrat1965–1969
Elbert N. CarvelDemocrat1961–1965
David P. BucksonRepublican1960–1961
J. Caleb BoggsRepublican1953–1960
Elbert N. CarvelDemocrat1949–1953
Walter W. BaconRepublican1941–1949
Richard McMullenDemocrat1937–1941
C. Douglass BuckRepublican1929–1937
Robert P. RobinsonRepublican1925–1929
William D. DenneyRepublican1921–1925
John G. Townsend Jr.Republican1917–1921
Charles R. MillerDemocrat1913–1917
Simeon S. PennewillRepublican1909–1913
Preston LeaRepublican1905–1909
John HunnRepublican1901–1905
Ebe W. TunnellDemocrat1897–1901
William T. WatsonDemocrat1895–1897
Robert J. ReynoldsDemocrat1891–1895
Joshua H. MarvilRepublican1895–1895
Benjamin T. BiggsDemocrat1887–1891
Charles C. StockleyDemocrat1883–1887
John W. HallDemocrat1879–1883
John P. CochranDemocrat1875–1879
James PonderDemocrat1871–1875
Gove SaulsburyDemocrat1865–1871
William CannonIndependent1863–1865
William BurtonDemocrat1859–1863
Peter F. CauseyIndependent1855–1859
William H. H. RossDemocrat1851–1855
William TharpDemocrat1847–1851
William TempleIndependent1846–1847
Thomas StocktonIndependent1845–1846
Joseph MaullIndependent1846–1846
William B. CooperIndependent1841–1845
Cornelius P. ComegysIndependent1837–1841
Charles Polk Jr.Independent1836–1837
Caleb P. BennettDemocrat1833–1836
David HazzardIndependent1830–1833
Charles Polk Jr.Independent1827–1830
Samuel PaynterIndependent1824–1827
Charles ThomasIndependent1823–1824
Joseph HasletIndependent1823–1823
Caleb RodneyIndependent1822–1823
John CollinsIndependent1821–1822
Jacob StoutIndependent1820–1821
John ClarkIndependent1817–1820
Daniel RodneyIndependent1814–1817
Joseph HasletIndependent1811–1814
George TruittIndependent1808–1811
Nathaniel MitchellIndependent1805–1808
David HallIndependent1802–1805
James SykesIndependent1801–1802
Richard BassettIndependent1799–1801
Daniel RogersIndependent1797–1799
Gunning Bedford Sr.Independent1796–1797
Joshua ClaytonIndependent1789–1796
Jehu DavisIndependent1789–1789
Thomas CollinsIndependent1786–1789
Nicholas Van DykeIndependent1783–1786
John CookIndependent1783–1783
John DickinsonIndependent1781–1783
Caesar RodneyIndependent1778–1781
George ReadIndependent1777–1778
Thomas McKeanIndependent1777–1777
John McKinlyIndependent1777–1777