List of lieutenant governors of Delaware
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.

List of lieutenant governors of Delaware

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Table Section Text: 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.

#	Lt. Governor	Took Office	Left Office	Governor(s) served under	Party

1	Philip L. Cannon	January 15, 1901	January 17, 1905	John Hunn	Republican

2	Isaac T. Parker	January 17, 1905	January 19, 1909	Preston Lea	Republican

3	John M. Mendinhall	January 19, 1909	January 21, 1913	Simeon S. Pennewill	Republican

4	Colen Ferguson	January 21, 1913	January 16, 1917	Charles R. Miller (Republican)	Democratic

5	Lewis T. Eliason	January 16, 1917	January 18, 1921	John G. Townsend, Jr. (Republican)	Democratic

6	J. Danforth Bush	January 18, 1921	January 20, 1925	William D. Denney	Republican

7	James H. Anderson	January 20, 1925	January 15, 1929	Robert P. Robinson	Republican

8	James H. Hazel	January 15, 1929	January 17, 1933	C. Douglass Buck	Republican

9	Roy F. Corley	January 17, 1933	January 19, 1937	C. Douglass Buck	Republican

10	Edward W. Cooch	January 19, 1937	January 21, 1941	Richard C. McMullen	Democratic

11	Isaac J. MacCollum	January 21, 1941	January 16, 1945	Walter W. Bacon	Democratic

12	Elbert N. Carvel	January 16, 1945	January 18, 1949	Walter W. Bacon	Democratic

13	Alexis I. du Pont Bayard	January 18, 1949	January 20, 1953	Elbert N. Carvel	Democratic

14	John W. Rollins	January 20, 1953	January 15, 1957	J. Caleb Boggs	Republican

15	David P. Buckson	January 15, 1957	December 30, 1960	J. Caleb Boggs	Republican

16	Eugene Lammot	January 17, 1961	January 19, 1965	Elbert N. Carvel	Democratic

17	Sherman W. Tribbitt	January 19, 1965	January 21, 1969	Charles L. Terry, Jr.	Democratic

18	Eugene Bookhammer	January 21, 1969	January 18, 1977	Russell W. Peterson (Republican) Sherman W. Tribbitt (Democratic)	Republican

19	James D. McGinnis	January 18, 1977	January 20, 1981	Pierre S. du Pont IV (Republican)	Democratic

20	Michael N. Castle	January 20, 1981	January 15, 1985	Pierre S. du Pont IV	Republican

21	Shien Biau Woo	January 15, 1985	January 20, 1989	Michael N. Castle	Democratic

22	Dale E. Wolf	January 20, 1989	December 31, 1992	Michael N. Castle	Republican

23	Ruth Ann Minner	January 19, 1993	January 3, 2001	Thomas Carper	Democratic

24	John Carney	January 16, 2001	January 20, 2009	Ruth Ann Minner	Democratic

25	Matthew Denn	January 20, 2009	January 6, 2015	Jack Markell	Democratic

26	Bethany Hall-Long	January 17, 2017	present	John Carney	Democratic

Sentence(s)

Carney was the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Delaware from 2001 to 2009.

final_sentence: Carney was the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Delaware from 2001 to 2009.