
Governor of Delaware
Governor History77

Matt MeyerDemocratic • Jan 2025 – Present
Bethany Hall-LongDemocratic • Jan 2025 – Dec 2025

John C. CarneyDemocratic • Jan 2021 – Dec 2025

John C. CarneyDemocratic • Jan 2017 – Dec 2021
Jack MarkellDemocratic • Jan 2009 – Dec 2017
Ruth Ann MinnerDemocratic • Jan 2001 – Dec 2009

Thomas R. CarperDemocratic • Jan 1993 – Dec 2001
Dale Edward WolfRepublican • Jan 1992 – Dec 1993

Michael N. CastleRepublican • Jan 1985 – Dec 1992
Pierre Samuel Du PontRepublican • Jan 1977 – Dec 1985
Sherman W. TribbittDemocratic • Jan 1973 – Dec 1977
Russell W. PetersonRepublican • Jan 1969 – Dec 1973
Charles L. TerryDemocratic • Jan 1965 – Dec 1969
Elbert Nortrand CarvelDemocratic • Jan 1961 – Dec 1965
David Penrose BucksonRepublican • Jan 1960 – Dec 1961
James Caleb BoggsRepublican • Jan 1953 – Dec 1960
Elbert Nortrand CarvelDemocratic • Jan 1949 – Dec 1953
Walter Wolfkiel BaconRepublican • Jan 1941 – Dec 1949
Richard Cann McMullenDemocratic • Jan 1937 – Dec 1941
Clayton Douglass BuckRepublican • Jan 1929 – Dec 1937
Robert Pyle RobinsonRepublican • Jan 1925 – Dec 1929
William Du Hamel DenneyRepublican • Jan 1921 – Dec 1925
John Gillis TownsendRepublican • Jan 1917 – Dec 1921
Charles Robert MillerRepublican • Jan 1913 – Dec 1917
Simeon Selby PennewillRepublican • Jan 1909 – Dec 1913
Preston LeaRepublican • Jan 1905 – Dec 1909
John HunnRepublican • Jan 1901 – Dec 1905
Ebe Walter TunnellDemocratic • Jan 1897 – Dec 1901
William Tharp WatsonDemocratic • Jan 1895 – Dec 1897
Joshua Hopkins MarvilRepublican • Jan 1895 – Dec 1895
Robert John ReynoldsDemocratic • Jan 1891 – Dec 1895
Benjamin Thomas BiggsDemocratic • Jan 1887 – Dec 1891
Charles Clark StockleyDemocratic • Jan 1883 – Dec 1887

John J. HallDemocratic • Jan 1879 – Dec 1883
John Polk CochranDemocratic • Jan 1875 – Dec 1879
James PonderDemocratic • Jan 1871 – Dec 1875
Gove SaulsburyDemocratic • Jan 1865 – Dec 1871
William CannonUnion • Jan 1863 – Dec 1865
William BurtonDemocratic • Jan 1859 – Dec 1863
Peter Foster CauseyWhig • Jan 1855 – Dec 1859
William Henry Harrison RossDemocratic • Jan 1851 – Dec 1855
William TharpDemocratic • Jan 1847 – Dec 1851
Joseph MaullWhig • Jan 1846 – Dec 1846
William TempleWhig • Jan 1846 – Dec 1847
Thomas StocktonWhig • Jan 1845 – Dec 1846
William Barkley CooperWhig • Jan 1841 – Dec 1845
Cornelius Parsons ComegysWhig • Jan 1837 – Dec 1841
Charles PolkFederalist • Jan 1836 – Dec 1837
Caleb Prew BennettDemocratic • Jan 1833 – Dec 1836
David HazzardNational Republican • Jan 1830 – Dec 1833
Charles PolkFederalist • Jan 1827 – Dec 1830
Samuel PaynterFederalist • Jan 1824 – Dec 1827
Charles ThomasDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1823 – Dec 1824
Joseph HasletDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1823 – Dec 1823
Caleb RodneyFederalist • Jan 1822 – Dec 1823
John CollinsDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1821 – Dec 1822
Jacob StoutFederalist • Jan 1820 – Dec 1821
John ClarkFederalist • Jan 1817 – Dec 1820
Daniel RodneyFederalist • Jan 1814 – Dec 1817
Joseph HasletDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1811 – Dec 1814
George TruittFederalist • Jan 1808 – Dec 1811
Nathaniel MitchellFederalist • Jan 1805 – Dec 1808
David HallDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1802 – Dec 1805
James SykesFederalist • Jan 1801 – Dec 1802
Richard BassettFederalist • Jan 1799 – Dec 1801
Daniel RogersFederalist • Jan 1797 – Dec 1799
Gunning BedfordFederalist • Jan 1796 – Dec 1797
Joshua ClaytonFederalist • Jan 1793 – Dec 1796
Jehu DavisFederalist • Jan 1789 – Dec 1789
Thomas CollinsJan 1786 – Dec 1789
Nicholas Van DykeJan 1783 – Dec 1786
John CookJan 1782 – Dec 1783
John DickinsonDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1781 – Dec 1782
Caesar RodneyJan 1778 – Dec 1781
Thomas McKeanDemocratic-Republican • Jan 1777 – Dec 1777
George ReadFederalist • Jan 1777 – Dec 1778
John McKinlyFederalist • Jan 1777 – Dec 1777