lieutenant birth_date residence term_end alma_mater order term_start spouse image name occupation predecessor birth_place party office governor successor religion article_title birth_name
john carney 17 january 1935 milford , delaware january 20 , 2009 january 3 , 2001 delaware technical and community college 72nd january 3 , 2001 january 19 , 1993 frank ingram roger minner ruth ann minner.jpg ruth ann minner business owner , political aide tom carper dale e. wolf sussex county , delaware democratic governor of delaware 23rd lieutenant governor of delaware tom carper jack markell john carney methodist ruth ann minner
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ruth ann minner

ruth ann minner -lrb- born january 17 , 1935 -rrb- is an american politician and businesswoman from milford , in kent county , delaware .
she is a member of the democratic party who served in the delaware general assembly , as the 23rd lieutenant governor of delaware , and the 72nd -lrb- and first female -rrb- governor of delaware from 2001 to 2009 .
