Governors of Delaware, 1792-2016(May beincomplete!) JoshuaClayton 1793-96GunningBedford 1796-97DanielRogers 1797-99RichardBassett 1799-1801JamesSykes 1801-02DavidHall 1802-05NathanielMitchell 1805-08GeorgeTruitt 1808-11JosephHaslet 1811-14DanielRodney 1814-17JohnClark 1817-20JacobStout 1820-21JohnCollins 1821-22CalebRodney 1822-23JosephHaslet 1823CharlesThomas 1823-24SamuelPaynter 1824-27CharlesPolk 1827-30DavidHazzard 1830-33CalebPrew Bennett 1833-36CharlesPolk 1836-37CorneliusP. Comegys 1837-41WilliamB. Cooper 1841-45ThomasStockton 1845-46JosephMaull 1846WilliamTemple 1846-47WilliamTharp 1847-51WilliamH. H. Ross 1851-55PeterF. Causey 1855-59WilliamBurton 1859-63WilliamCannon 1863-65GoveSaulsbury 1865-71JamesPonder 1871-75JohnP. Cochran 1875-79JohnW. Hall 1879-83CharlesC. Stockley 1883-87BenjaminT. Biggs 1887-91RobertJ. Reynolds 1891-95JoshuaHopkins Marvil 1895WilliamT. Watson 1895-97EbeW. Tunnell 1897-1901JohnHunn 1901-05PrestonLea 1905-09SimeonS. Pennewill 1909-13CharlesMiller 1913-17JohnG. Townsend, Jr. 1917-21WilliamD. Denney 1921-25RobertP. Robinson 1925-29C.Douglass Buck 1929-37RichardC. McMullen 1937-41WalterW. Bacon 1941-49ElbertN. Carvel 1949-53J.Caleb Boggs 1953-60DavidP. Buckson 1960-61ElbertN. Carvel 1961-65CharlesL. Terry, Jr. 1965-69RussellW. Peterson 1969-73ShermanW. Tribbitt 1973-77Petedu Pont 1977-85MichaelN. Castle 1985-92DaleE. Wolf 1992-93ThomasR. Carper 1993-2001RuthAnn Minner 2001-09JackMarkell 2009- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1792 Oct 2:JoshuaClayton, elected. 1795:ArchibaldAlexander, defeated. 1797 Sep 30:GunningBedford, died in office. 1819 Oct 5:HenryMolleston (Federalist), elected, but died before taking office. 1822 Apr 16:JohnCollins, died in office. 1823:DanielHazzard, defeated. 1823 Jun 20:JosephHaslet, died in office. 1832:ArnoldNaudain, defeated. 1836:NehemiahClark, defeated. 1836 May 9:CalebPrew Bennett, died in office. 1840:WarrenJefferson, defeated. 1844:WilliamTharp, defeated. 1846:PeterF. Causey, defeated. 1846 Mar 1:ThomasStockton, died in office. 1846 May 3:JosephMaull, died in office. 1850:PeterF. Causey, defeated. 1854:WilliamBurton (Dem), defeated. 1858:Buckmaster,defeated. 1862 Nov 4:WilliamCannon (Union), elected;SamuelJefferson (Dem), defeated. 1865 Mar 1:WilliamCannon, died in office. 1866 Nov 6:GoveSaulsbury (Dem), elected;JamesRiddle (Rep), defeated. 1870 Nov 8:JamesPonder (Dem), elected;ThomasB. Coursey (Rep), defeated. 1874 Nov 3:JohnP. Cochran (Dem), elected;IsaacJump (Rep), defeated. 1878 Nov 5:JohnW. Hall (Dem), elected;KenseyJ. Stewart (Greenback Labor), defeated. 1882 Nov 7:CharlesC. Stockley (Dem), elected;AlbertCurry (Rep), defeated. 1886 Nov 2:BenjaminT. Biggs (Dem), elected;JamesR. Hoffecker (Temperance Reform), defeated;JosephPyle (Independent Republican), defeated. 1890 Nov 4:RobertJ. Reynolds (Dem), elected;HarryA. Richardson (Rep), defeated;WilliamT. Kellum (Prohibition), defeated. 1894 Nov 6:JoshuaHopkins Marvil (Rep), elected;EbeW. Tunnell (Dem), defeated;ThomasJ. Perry (Prohibition), defeated. 1895 Apr 8:JoshuaHopkins Marvil, died in office. 1896 Nov 3:EbeW. Tunnell (Dem), elected;JohnH. Hoffecker (Union Republican), defeated;JohnC. Higgins (Rep), defeated;LouisN. Slaughter (Single Tax), defeated;DanielGreen (Prohibition), defeated. 1900 Nov 6:JohnHunn (Rep), elected;PeterJ. Ford (Dem), defeated;RichardM. Cooper (Prohibition), defeated;G.E. Reinicke (Social Democratic), defeated. 1904 Nov 8:PrestonLea (Rep), elected;CalebS. Pennewill (Dem), defeated;JosephH. Chandler (Regular Republican), defeated;JohnR. Price (Prohibition), defeated;GustaveReinicke (Socialist), defeated. 1908 Nov 3:SimeonS. Pennewill (Rep), elected;RowlandG. Painter (Dem), defeated;J.Frank Smith (Prohibition), defeated. 1912 Nov 5:CharlesMiller (Rep & Progressive), elected;ThomasM. Monaghan (Dem), defeated;GeorgeB. Hynson (Progressive), defeated;JohnHeyd (Prohibition), defeated;NormanL. Rearick (Socialist), defeated. 1916 Nov 7:JohnG. Townsend, Jr. (Rep), elected;JamesH. Hughes (Dem), defeated;FrankA. Houck, defeated. 1920 Nov 2:WilliamD. Denney (Rep), elected;AndrewJ. Lynch (Dem), defeated;WilliamH. Conner (Socialist), defeated. 1924 Nov 4:RobertP. Robinson (Rep), elected;JosephBancroft (Dem), defeated;KennethA. Horner, defeated;FrankA. Houck (Progressive), defeated. 1928 Nov 6:C.Douglass Buck (Rep), elected;CharlesM. Wharton (Dem), defeated. 1932 Nov 8:C.Douglass Buck (Rep), elected;LandrethL. Layton (Dem), defeated;FredW. Whiteside (Socialist), defeated;HaroldC. Thomas (Communist), defeated. 1936 Nov 3:RichardC. McMullen (Dem), elected;HarryL. Cannon (Rep), defeated;IsaacD. Short (Independent Republican), defeated;FredW. Whiteside (Socialist), defeated;JohnT. Wladkoski (Liberal Democratic), defeated. 1940 Nov 5:WalterW. Bacon (Rep), elected;JosiahH. Marvel (Dem), defeated;IvanCulbertson (Liberal Democratic), defeated. 1944 Nov 7:WalterW. Bacon (Rep), elected;IsaacJ. MacCollum (Dem), defeated;ThomasW. Jakes (Prohibition), defeated. 1948 Nov 2:ElbertN. Carvel (Dem), elected;HylandP. George (Rep), defeated;HaroldH. Vigneulle (Prohibition), defeated;SarahG. France (Socialist), defeated. 1952 Nov 4:J.Caleb Boggs (Rep), elected;ElbertN. Carvel (Dem), defeated. 1956 Nov 6:J.Caleb Boggs (Rep), elected;TylerMcConnell (Dem), defeated. 1960 Nov 8:ElbertN. Carvel (Dem), elected;JohnW. Rollins, Sr. (Rep), defeated. 1964 Nov 3:CharlesL. Terry, Jr. (Dem), elected;DavidP. Buckson (Rep), defeated. 1968 Nov 5:RussellW. Peterson (Rep), elected;CharlesL. Terry, Jr. (Dem), defeated. 1972 Nov 7:ShermanW. Tribbitt (Dem), elected;RussellW. Peterson (Rep), defeated;VirginiaM. Lyndall (American), defeated;HarryH. Conner (Prohibition), defeated. 1984 Nov 6:MichaelN. Castle (Rep), elected;WilliamT. Quillen (Dem), defeated. 1996 Nov 5:ThomasR. Carper (Dem), elected;JanetC. Rzewnicki (Rep), defeated. 2000 Sep 9:RuthAnn Minner (Dem), nominated unopposed. 2000 Sep 9:JohnM. Burris (Rep), nominated;WilliamSwain Lee (Rep), defeated in primary. 2000 Nov 7:RuthAnn Minner (Dem), elected;JohnM. Burris (Rep), defeated;FloydE. McDowell, Sr. (Ind), defeated. 2004 Sep 11:RuthAnn Minner (Dem), nominated unopposed. 2004 Sep 11:WilliamSwain Lee (Rep), nominated;MichaelD. Protack (Rep), defeated in primary;DavidC. Graham (Rep), defeated in primary. 2004 Nov 2:RuthAnn Minner (Dem), elected;WilliamSwain Lee (Rep), defeated;FrankInfante (Ind), defeated. 2008 Sep 9:JackMarkell (Dem), nominated;JohnC. Carney (Dem), defeated in primary. 2008 Sep 9:WilliamSwain Lee (Rep), nominated;MichaelD. Protack (Rep), defeated in primary. 2008 Nov 4:JackMarkell (Dem), elected;WilliamSwain Lee (Rep), defeated;JeffreyBrown (Blue Enigma), defeated. 2012 Sep 11:JeffreyCragg (Rep), nominated unopposed. 2012 Sep 12:JackMarkell (Dem), nominated unopposed. 2012 Nov 6:JackMarkell (Dem), elected;JeffreyCragg (Rep), defeated;MarkPerri (Green), defeated;JesseMcVay (Libertarian), defeated;DavidC. Graham, defeated. | |