Delaware Gubernatorial Elections - Governors of Delaware

Governors of Delaware


Year Elected Party Votes % Opponent Party Votes % Notes
1792 Joshua Clayton Federalist 2,209 48% Thomas Montgomery Republican 1,902 42%
1795 Gunning Bedford, Sr. Federalist 2,352 52% Archibald Alexander Republican 2,142 48%
1798 Richard Bassett Federalist 2,490 52% David Hall Republican 2,068 44%
1801 David Hall Republican 3,475 50% Nathaniel Mitchell Federalist 3,457 50%
1804 Nathaniel Mitchell Federalist 4,391 52% Joseph Haslet Republican 4,050 48%
1807 George Truitt Federalist 3,309 52% Joseph Haslet Republican 3,062 48%
1810 Joseph Haslet Republican 3,664 50% Daniel Rodney Federalist 3,593 50%
1813 Daniel Rodney Federalist 4,643 55% James Riddle Republican 3,768 45%
1816 John Clark Federalist 4,008 53% Manaen Bull Republican 3,517 47%
1819 Henry Molleston Federalist 3,823 55% Manaen Bull Republican 3,185 45%
1820 John Collins Republican 3,970 53% Jesse Green Federalist 3,520 47%
1822 Joseph Haslet Republican 3,784 50% James Booth Federalist 3,762 50%
1823 Samuel Paynter Federalist 4,348 52% David Hazzard Republican 4,051 48%
1826 Charles Polk, Jr. Federalist 4,333 51% David Hazzard Republican 4,238 49%
1829 David Hazzard National Republican 4,215 51% Allen Thompson Democratic 4,046 49%
1832 Caleb P. Bennett Democratic 4,220 50% Arnold Naudain Whig 4,166 50%
1836 Cornelius P. Comegys Whig 4,693 52% Nehemiah Clark Democratic 4,276 48%
1840 William B. Cooper Whig 5,850 54% Warren Jefferson Democratic 5,024 46%
1844 Thomas Stockton Whig 6,140 50% William Tharp Democratic 6,095 50%
1846 William Tharp Democratic 6,148 51% Peter F. Causey Whig 6,012 49%
1850 William H. H. Ross Democratic 6,001 49% Peter F. Causey Whig 5,978 48%
1854 Peter F. Causey American 6,941 53% William Burton Democratic 6,244 47%
1858 William Burton Democratic 7,758 51% James S. Buckmaster People’s 7,554 49%
1862 William Cannon Republican 8,155 50% Samuel Jefferson Democratic 8,044 50%
1866 Gove Saulsbury Democratic 9,810 53% James Riddle Republican 8,598 47%
1870 James Ponder Democratic 11,464 56% Thomas B. Coursey Republican 9,130 44%
1874 John P. Cochran Democratic 12,488 53% Isaac Jump Republican 11,259 47%
1878 John W. Hall Democratic 10,730 79% Kensey J. Stewart Greenback 2,835 21%
1882 Charles C. Stockley Democratic 16,558 53% Albert Curry Republican 14,620 47%
1886 Benjamin T. Biggs Democratic 13,942 64% James R. Hoffecker Temperance Reform 7,835 36%
1890 Robert J. Reynolds Democratic 17,801 51% Harry A. Richardson Republican 17,258 49%
1894 Joshua H. Marvil Republican 19,880 50% Ebe W. Tunnell Democratic 18,659 47%
1896 Ebe W. Tunnell Democratic 15,507 44% James R. Hoffecker Republican 11,014 31%
1900 John Hunn Republican 22,421 53% Peter J. Ford Democratic 18,808 45%
1904 Preston Lea Republican 22,532 51% Caleb S. Pennewill Democratic 19,780 45%
1908 Simeon S. Pennewill Republican 24,905 52% Rowland G. Paynter Democratic 22,794 48%
1912 Charles R. Miller Republican 22,745 47% Thomas M. Monaghan Democratic 21,460 44%
1916 John G. Townsend, Jr. Republican 26,664 52% James H. Hughes Democratic 24,053 47%
1920 William D. Denney Republican 51,895 55% Andrew J. Lynch Democratic 41,038 44%
1924 Robert P. Robinson Republican 53,046 60% Joseph Bancroft Democratic 34,830 39%
1928 C. Douglass Buck Republican 63,716 61% Charles M. Wharton Democratic 40,346 39%
1932 C. Douglass Buck Republican 60,903 54% Landreth L. Layton Democratic 50,401 45%
1936 Richard C. McMullen Democratic 65,437 52% Harry L. Cannon Republican 52,782 42%
1940 Walter W. Bacon Republican 70,909 52% Josiah Marvel, Jr. Democratic 61,237 45%
1944 Walter W. Bacon Republican 63,829 51% Isaac J. MacCollum Democratic 62,156 49%
1948 Elbert N. Carvel Democratic 75,339 54% Hyland P. George Republican 64,996 46%
1952 J. Caleb Boggs Republican 88,977 52% Elbert N. Carvel Democratic 81,772 48%
1956 J. Caleb Boggs Republican 91,965 52% J. H.Tyler McConnell Democratic 85,047 48%
1960 Elbert N. Carvel Democratic 100,792 52% John W. Rollins Republican 94,043 48%
1964 Charles L. Terry, Jr. Democratic 102,797 51% David P. Buckson Republican 97,374 49%
1968 Russell W. Peterson Republican 104,474 51% Charles L. Terry, Jr. Democratic 102,360 49%
1972 Sherman W. Tribbitt Democratic 117,274 51% Russell W. Peterson Republican 109,583 48%
1976 Pierre S. du Pont, IV Republican 130,531 57% Sherman W. Tribbitt Democratic 97,480 42%
1980 Pierre S. du Pont, IV Republican 159,004 71% William J. Gordy Democratic 64,217 29%
1984 Michael N. Castle Republican 135,250 55% William T. Quillen Democratic 108,315 45%
1988 Michael N. Castle Republican 169,733 71% Jacob Kreshtool Democratic 70,236 29%
1992 Thomas R. Carper Democratic 179,268 66% B. Gary Scott Republican 90,747 34%
1996 Thomas R. Carper Democratic 188,300 70% Janet C. Rzewnicki Republican 82,654 30%
2000 Ruth Ann Minner Democratic 191,695 60% John M. Burris Republican 128,603 40%
2004 Ruth Ann Minner Democratic 185,687 51% William Swain Lee Republican 167,115 46%
2008 Jack Markell Democratic 266,861 68% William Swain Lee Republican 126,662 32%

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