List of Lieutenant Governors of Delaware

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A listing of the Lieutenant Governors of the State of Delaware. The Office of Lieutenant Governor was created by the Delaware Constitution of 1897, and the first election took place in 1900.

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Residence	County	Occupation
1	Philip L. Canon	January 15, 1901	January 17, 1905	Republican
2	Isaac T. Parker	January 17, 1905	January 19, 1909	Republican
3	John M. Mendinhall	January 19, 1909	January 21, 1913	Republican	Newport	New Castle
4	Colen Ferguson	January 21, 1913	January 16, 1917	Democratic	Blackbird Hundred	New Castle
5	Lewis T. Eliason	January 16, 1917	January 18, 1921	Democratic
6	J. Danforth Bush	January 18, 1921	January 20, 1925	Republican
7	James H. Anderson	January 20, 1925	January 15, 1929	Republican
8	James H. Hazel	January 15, 1929	January 17, 1933	Republican
9	Roy F. Corley	January 17, 1933	January 19, 1937	Republican	Smyrna	Kent	Dentist
10	Edward W. Cooch	January 19, 1937	January 21, 1941	Democratic
11	Isaac J. MacCollum	January 21, 1941	January 16, 1945	Democratic			Physician
12	Elbert N. Carvel	January 16, 1945	January 18, 1949	Democratic	Laurel	Sussex	Businessman
13	Alexis I. du Pont Bayard	January 18, 1949	January 20, 1953	Democratic	Wilmington	New Castle	Lawyer
14	John W. Rollins	January 20, 1953	January 15, 1957	Republican	Greenville	New Castle	Businessman
15	David P. Buckson	January 15, 1957	December 30, 1960	Republican	Camden	Kent	Lawyer
16	Eugene Lammot	January 17, 1961	January 19, 1965	Democratic
17	Sherman W. Tribbitt	January 19, 1965	January 21, 1969	Democratic	Odessa	New Castle	Merchant
18	Eugene Bookhammer	January 21, 1969	January 18, 1977	Republican
19	James D. McGinnis	January 18, 1977	January 20, 1981	Democratic	Dover	Kent	Realtor
20	Michael N. Castle	January 20, 1981	January 15, 1985	Republican	Wilmington	New Castle	Lawyer
21	Shien Biau Woo	January 15, 1985	January 20, 1989	Democratic	Newark	New Castle	Professor
22	Dale E. Wolf	January 20, 1989	December 31, 1992	Republican	Wilmington	New Castle	Executive
23	Ruth Ann Minner	January 19, 1993	January 3, 2001	Democratic	Milford	Kent
24	John C. Carney, Jr.	January 16, 2001	January 2009	Democratic	Claymont	New Castle

[edit] References

• Martin, Roger A. (1984). A History of Delaware Through its Governors. McClafferty Press, Wilmington. 
• Pickett, Russell S. (2006). Delaware and U.S.History. Retrieved January 1, 2006.
• Kestenbaum, Lawrence (2006). The Political Graveyard. Retrieved January 1, 2006.

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