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.

## List

- Parties

!
!Image
!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
|rowspan=2|C. Douglass Buck (R)
|-
|9
|
|Roy F. Corley
|Republican
|January 17, 1933
|January 19, 1937
|-
|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
|rowspan=2|Walter W. Bacon (D)
|-
|12
|
|Elbert N. Carvel
|Democratic
|January 16, 1945
|January 18, 1949
|-
|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
|rowspan=2|J. Caleb Boggs (R)
|-
|15
|
|David P. Buckson
|Republican
|January 15, 1957
|December 30, 1960
|-
|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)
|-
|rowspan=2|18
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|Eugene Bookhammer
|rowspan=2|Republican
|rowspan=2|January 21, 1969
|rowspan=2|January 18, 1977
|Russell W. Peterson
|-
|Sherman W. Tribbitt (D)
|-
|19
|
|James D. McGinnis
|Democratic
|January 18, 1977
|January 20, 1981
|rowspan=2 |Pete du Pont (R)
|-
|20
|
|Mike Castle
|Republican
|January 20, 1981
|January 15, 1985
|-
|21
|
|S. B. Woo
|Democratic
|January 15, 1985
|January 20, 1989
|rowspan=2 |Mike Castle (R)
|-
|22
|
|Dale E. Wolf
|Republican
|January 20, 1989
|December 31, 1992
|-
|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)
|-
|27
|
|Kyle Evans Gay
|Democratic
|January 21, 2025
|
|Matt Meyer (D)

## Living former lieutenant governors of Delaware

|Lt. Governor|Lt. gubernatorial term|Date of birth (and age)||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Michael N. Castle|align="center"|1981–1985||
|Shien Biau Woo|align="center"|1985–1989||
|John Carney|align="center"|2001–2009||
|Matthew Denn|align="center"|2009–2015||
|Bethany Hall-Long|align="center"|2017–2025||

## 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.

## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: Lieutenant Governor
- **body**: Delaware
- **incumbent**: Kyle Evans Gay
- **incumbentsince**: January 21, 2025
- **style**: Madam Lieutenant Governor
- **department**: Government of Delaware
- **termlength**: Four years, renewable once
- **inaugural**: Philip L. Cannon