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 |
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1 | Philip L. Cannon | 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 20, 2009 | Democratic | Claymont | New Castle | |
25 | Matthew P. Denn | January 20, 2009 | Democratic |
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