# Lieutenant Governor of Delaware

The lieutenant governor of Delaware is the second ranking executive officer of the U.S. state of Delaware. Lieutenant governors are elected for a term of four years in the same general election as the U.S. president and take office the following January.
As in many other U.S. state legislatures, the lieutenant governor also serves as the President of the Delaware Senate, though they can only cast a vote in the event of a tie.
The Office of Lieutenant Governor was created by the Constitution of Delaware, and the first election took place in 1900.
Although in practice the candidate for lieutenant governor is nominated as a ticket with the candidate for governor, the offices of governor and lieutenant governor are voted on separately in Delaware. In 1972, 1976, and 1984, the governor and lieutenant governor were elected from different parties.
Kyle Evans Gay is the current lieutenant governor, having taken office January 21, 2025.
The offices of the lieutenant governor are at the state capital of Dover.

## List
### Parties

Democratic (14) Republican (12)
| No. | Lt. Governor | Party | Took office | Left office | Governor(s) served under |
| 1 | Philip L. Cannon | Republican | January 15, 1901 | January 17, 1905 | John Hunn (R) |
| 2 | Isaac T. Parker | Republican | January 17, 1905 | January 19, 1909 | Preston Lea (R) |
| 3 | John M. Mendinhall | Republican | January 19, 1909 | January 21, 1913 | Simeon S. Pennewill (R) |
| 4 | Colen Ferguson | Democratic | January 21, 1913 | January 16, 1917 | Charles R. Miller (R) |
| 5 | Lewis E. Eliason | Democratic | January 16, 1917 | May 2, 1919 | John G. Townsend Jr. (R) |
| 6 | J. Danforth Bush | Republican | January 18, 1921 | January 20, 1925 | William D. Denney (R) |
| 7 | James H. Anderson | Republican | January 20, 1925 | January 15, 1929 | Robert P. Robinson (R) |
| 8 | James H. Hazel | Republican | January 15, 1929 | January 17, 1933 | C. Douglass Buck (R) |
| 9 | Roy F. Corley | Republican | January 17, 1933 | January 19, 1937 | C. Douglass Buck (R) |
| 10 | Edward W. Cooch | Democratic | January 19, 1937 | January 21, 1941 | Richard McMullen (D) |
| 11 | Isaac J. MacCollum | Democratic | January 21, 1941 | January 16, 1945 | Walter W. Bacon (D) |
| 12 | Elbert N. Carvel | Democratic | January 16, 1945 | January 18, 1949 | Walter W. Bacon (D) |
| 13 | Alexis I. du Pont Bayard | Democratic | January 18, 1949 | January 20, 1953 | Elbert N. Carvel (D) |
| 14 | John W. Rollins | Republican | January 20, 1953 | January 15, 1957 | J. Caleb Boggs (R) |
| 15 | David P. Buckson | Republican | January 15, 1957 | December 30, 1960 | J. Caleb Boggs (R) |
| 16 | Eugene Lammot | Democratic | January 17, 1961 | January 19, 1965 | Elbert N. Carvel (D) |
| 17 | Sherman W. Tribbitt | Democratic | January 19, 1965 | January 21, 1969 | Charles L. Terry Jr. (D) |
| 18 | Eugene Bookhammer | Republican | January 21, 1969 | January 18, 1977 | Russell W. Peterson |
| 18 | Eugene Bookhammer | Republican | January 21, 1969 | January 18, 1977 | Sherman W. Tribbitt (D) |
| 19 | James D. McGinnis | Democratic | January 18, 1977 | January 20, 1981 | Pete du Pont (R) |
| 20 | Mike Castle | Republican | January 20, 1981 | January 15, 1985 | Pete du Pont (R) |
| 21 | S. B. Woo | Democratic | January 15, 1985 | January 20, 1989 | Mike Castle (R) |
| 22 | Dale E. Wolf | Republican | January 20, 1989 | December 31, 1992 | Mike Castle (R) |
| 23 | Ruth Ann Minner | Democratic | January 19, 1993 | January 3, 2001 | Tom Carper (D) |
| 24 | John Carney | Democratic | January 16, 2001 | January 20, 2009 | Ruth Ann Minner (D) |
| 25 | Matthew Denn | Democratic | January 20, 2009 | January 6, 2015 | Jack Markell (D) |
| 26 | Bethany Hall-Long | Democratic | January 17, 2017 | January 7, 2025 | John Carney (D) |
| | Vacant | | January 7, 2025 | January 21, 2025 | Bethany Hall-Long (D) |
| 27 | Kyle Evans Gay | Democratic | January 21, 2025 | Incumbent | Matt Meyer (D) |