Title: Lieutenant Governor of Delaware Content: 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. Bethany Hall-Long is the current lieutenant governor, having taken office January 17, 2017. ==List== !bgcolor=#cccccc |# !bgcolor=#cccccc |Lt. Governor !bgcolor=#cccccc |Took office !bgcolor=#cccccc |Left office !bgcolor=#cccccc |Governor(s) served under !bgcolor=#cccccc |Party |- |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |1 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Philip L. Cannon |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 15, 1901 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 17, 1905 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |John Hunn |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Republican |- |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |2 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Isaac T. Parker |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 17, 1905 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 19, 1909 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Preston Lea |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Republican |- |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |3 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |John M. Mendinhall |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 19, 1909 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 21, 1913 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Simeon S. Pennewill |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Republican |- |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |4 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Colen Ferguson |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 21, 1913 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 16, 1917 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Charles R. Miller (Republican) |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic |- |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |5 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Lewis E. Eliason |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 16, 1917 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |May 2, 1919 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |John G. Townsend, Jr. (Republican) |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic |- |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |6 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |J. Danforth Bush |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 18, 1921 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 20, 1925 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |William D. Denney |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Republican |- |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |7 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |James H. Anderson |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 20, 1925 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 15, 1929 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Robert P. Robinson |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Republican |- |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |8 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |James H. Hazel |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 15, 1929 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 17, 1933 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |C. Douglass Buck |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Republican |- |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |9 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Roy F. Corley |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 17, 1933 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 19, 1937 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |C. Douglass Buck |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Republican |- |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |10 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Edward W. Cooch |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 19, 1937 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 21, 1941 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Richard C. McMullen |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic |- |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |11 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Isaac J. MacCollum |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 21, 1941 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 16, 1945 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Walter W. Bacon |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic |- |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |12 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Elbert N. Carvel |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 16, 1945 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 18, 1949 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Walter W. Bacon |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic |- |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |13 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Alexis I. du Pont Bayard |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 18, 1949 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 20, 1953 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Elbert N. Carvel |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic |- |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |14 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |John W. Rollins |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 20, 1953 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 15, 1957 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |J. Caleb Boggs |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Republican |- |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |15 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |David P. Buckson |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 15, 1957 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |December 30, 1960 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |J. Caleb Boggs |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Republican |- |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |16 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Eugene Lammot |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 17, 1961 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 19, 1965 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Elbert N. Carvel |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic |- |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |17 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Sherman W. Tribbitt |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 19, 1965 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 21, 1969 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Charles L. Terry, Jr. |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic |- |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |18 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Eugene Bookhammer |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 21, 1969 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 18, 1977 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Russell W. Peterson (Republican) Sherman W. Tribbitt (Democratic) |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Republican |- |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |19 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |James D. McGinnis |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 18, 1977 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 20, 1981 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Pete du Pont (Republican) |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic |- |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |20 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Mike Castle |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 20, 1981 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 15, 1985 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Pete du Pont |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Republican |- |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |21 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |S. B. Woo |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 15, 1985 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 20, 1989 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Michael N. Castle |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic |- |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |22 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Dale E. Wolf |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 20, 1989 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |December 31, 1992 |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Mike Castle |bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Republican |- |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |23 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Ruth Ann Minner |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 19, 1993 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 3, 2001 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Tom Carper |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic |- |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |24 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |John Carney |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 16, 2001 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 20, 2009 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Ruth Ann Minner |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic |- |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |25 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Matthew Denn |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 20, 2009 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 6, 2015 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Jack Markell |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic |- |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |26 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Bethany Hall-Long |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 17, 2017 |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |present |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |John Carney |bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic ==Living former lieutenant governors of Delaware==  ==More readings== * *Pickett, Russell S. (2006). Delaware and U.S.History. Retrieved January 1, 2006. *Kestenbaum, Lawrence (2006). The Political Graveyard. Retrieved January 1, 2006.