Almanac
Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1st. The Governor takes office the third Tuesday of January, and has a four year term.
| Public Offices | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office | Type | Location | Began office | Ended office | notes | |
| Mayor | Executive | Wilmington | January 19, 1936 | January 15, 1938 | ||
| Mayor | Executive | Wilmington | January 19, 1938 | January 15, 1940 | ||
| Mayor | Executive | Wilmington | January 19, 1940 | January 21, 1941 | resigned | |
| Governor | Executive | Dover | January 21, 1941 | January 19, 1945 | ||
| Governor | Executive | Dover | January 19, 1945 | January 18, 1949 | ||
| Election results | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Office | Subject | Party | Votes | % | Opponent | Party | Votes | % | ||
| 1940 | Governor | Walter W. Bacon | Republican | 70,629 | 52% | Josiah Marvel, Jr. | Democratic | 61,237 | 45% | ||
| 1944 | Governor | Walter W. Bacon | Republican | 63,829 | 51% | Isaac J. MacCollum | Democratic | 62,156 | 49% | ||
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