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.

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 
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|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.