DELAWARE GOVERNOR BIOGRAPHIES

DELAWARE GENEALOGIES BY FILE NAME

Delaware Governor Biographies

Carper, Thomas Richard

Dickinson, John

Read, George

Delaware Other Biographies

Delaware Governor Genealogies by Surname

Colonial Delaware Governors with Dates:

SAME AS PENNSYLVANIA, 1682-1776

State of Delaware Governors with Dates:

McKinly, John (President) 1777

McKean, Thomas (President) 1777

Read I, George (President) 1777-1778

Rodney II, Caesar (President) 1778-1781

Dickinson, John (President) 1781-1782

Cook, John (President) 1782-1783

Van Dyke I, Nicholas (President) 1783-1786

Collins, Thomas (President) 1786-1789

Davis, Jehu/John (President) 1789

Clayton, Joshua (President) 1789-1792 (Governor (1793-1796)

Bedford I, Gunning 1796-1797

Rogers, Daniel 1797-1799

Bassett, Richard 1799-1801

Sykes, James 1801-1802

Hall II, David 1802-1805

Mitchell, Nathaniel 1805-1808

Truitt, George 1808-1811

Haslet, Joseph 1811-1814, 1823

Rodney, Daniel 1814-1817

Clark, John 1817-1820

Molleston III, Henry (elected 1819 but died)

Stout, Jacob 1820-1821

Collins II, John 1821-1822

Rodney, Caleb 1822-1823

Thomas II, Charles 1823-1824

Paynter III, Samuel 1824-1827

Polk III, Charles 1827-1830, 1836-1837

Hazzard, David 1830-1833

Bennett, Caleb Prew 1833-1836

Comegys III, Cornelius Parsons 1837-1841

Cooper, William Barkley 1841-1845

Stockton, Thomas 1845-1846

Maull, Joseph 1846

Temple, William 1846-1847

Tharp, William 1847-1851

Ross, William Henry Harrison 1851-1855

Causey, Peter F. 1855-1859

Burton II, William 1859-1863

Cannon, William 1863-1865

Saulsbury, Gove 1865-1871

Ponder, James 1871-1875

Cochran, John Price 1875-1879

Hall II, John Wood 1879-1883

Stockley, Charles Clark 1883-1887

Biggs, Benjamin Thomas 1887-1891

Reynolds II, Robert John 1891-1895

Marvil, Joshua Hopkins 1895

Watson, William Tharp 1895-1897

Tunnell, Ebe Walter 1897-1901

Hunn II, John 1901-1905

Lea, Preston 1905-1909

Pennewill II, Simeon Selby 1909-1913

Miller, Charles Robert 1913-1917

Townsend II, John Gillis 1917-1921

Denney III, William Du Hamel 1921-1925

Robinson VI, Robert Pyle 1925-1929

Buck I, Clayton Douglass 1929-1937

McMullen, Richard Cann 1937-1941

Bacon, Walter Wolfkiel 1941-1949

Carvel, Elbert Norstrand 1949-1953, 1961-1965

Boggs, James Caleb 1953-1960

Buckson, David Penrose 1960-1961

Terry II, Charles Laymen 1965-1969

Peterson, Russell Wilbur 1969-1973

Tribbitt II, Sherman Willard 1973-1977

du Pont IV, Pierre S. 1977-1985

Castle, Michael Newbold 1985-1992

Wolf, Dale Edward 1992-1993

Carper, Thomas Richard 1993-2001

Coverdale (Ingram) (Minner), Ruth Ann 2001-2009

Markell, Jack A. 2009-at least 2011

U.S. Senators from Delaware, Genealogies by Surname, With Dates of Service:

Read I, George 1789-1793

Bassett, Richard 1789-1793

Vining II, John Middleton 1793-1798

Latimer, Henry 1795-1801

Clayton, Joshua 1798-1798

Wells, William Hill 1799-1804, 1813-1817

White, Samuel 1801-1809

Bayard III, James Ashton 1805-1813

Horsey I, Outerbridge 1810-1821

Van Dyke IV, Nicholas 1817-1826

Rodney, Caesar Augustus 1822-1823

Clayton, Thomas 1824-1827, 1837-1847

Rodney, Daniel 1826-1827

McLane, Louis 1827-1829

Ridgely, Henry Middleton 1827-1829

Clayton, John Middleton 1829-1836, 1845-1849, 1853-1856

Naudain, Arnold 1830-1836

Bayard, Richard Henry 1836-1839, 1841-1845

Spruance II, Presley 1847-1853

Wales, John 1849-1851

Bayard IV, James Ashton 1851-1864, 1867-1869

Comegys, Joseph Parsons 1856-1857

Bates II, Martin Waltham 1857-1859

Saulsbury I, Willard 1859-1871

Riddle, George Read 1864-1867

Bayard I, Thomas Francis 1869-1885

Saulsbury, Eli 1871-1889

Gray, George 1885-1889

Higgins III, Anthony Clark 1889-1895

Kenney, Richard Rolland 1897-1901

Ball, Lewis Heisler 1903-1905, 1919-1925

Allee II, James Francis 1903-1907

du Pont II, Henry Algernon 1906-1917

Richardson, Harry Alden 1907-1913

Saulsbury II, Willard 1913-1919

Wolcott, Josiah Oliver 1917-1921

du Pont, Thomas Coleman 1921, 1925-1928

Bayard II, Thomas Francis 1921-1929

Hastings II, Daniel Oren 1928-1937

Townsend II, John Gillis 1929-1941

Hughes, James Hurd 1937-1943

Tunnell, James Miller 1941-1947

Buck, Clayton Douglass 1943-1949

Williams, John James 1947-1970

Frear II, Joseph Allen 1949-1961

Boggs, James Caleb 1961-1973

Roth II, William Victor 1971-2001

Biden III, Joseph Robinette 1973-2009

Carper, Thomas Richard 2001-at least 2009

Kaufman, Edward E. "Ted" 2009-

Delaware Other Genealogies by Surname

Broom, Jacob

Delaware Genealogies by File Name

Allee-DE-1

Bacon-DE-1

Bassett-DE-1

Bates-DE-1

Bayard-DE-1

Bedford-DE-1

Bennett-DE-1

Biden-DE-1

Biggs-DE-1

Boggs-DE-1

Broom-DE-1

Buck-DE-1

Buckson-DE-1

Burton-DE-1

Cannon-DE-1

Carper-DE-1

Carvel-DE-1

Castle-DE-1

Causey-DE-1

Clark-DE-1

Clayton-DE-1

Cochran-DE-1

Collins-DE-1

Comegys-DE-1

Cook-DE-1

Cooper-DE-2

Coverdale-DE-1

Davis-DE-1

Denney-DE-1

Dickinson-DE-1

Du Pont-DE-2

Du Pont-DE-3

Frear-DE-1

Gray-DE-1

Hall-DE-1

Hall-DE-2

Haslet-DE-1

Hastings-DE-1

Hazzard-DE-1

Higgins-DE-1

Horsey-DE-1

Hughes-DE-1

Hunn-DE-1

Kaufman-DE-1

Kenney-DE-1

Latimer-DE-1

Lea-DE-1

Markell-DE-1

Marvil-DE-1

Maull-DE-1

McKinly-DE-1

McLane-DE-1

McMullen-DE-1

Miller-DE-1

Mitchell-DE-1

Molleston-DE-1

Naudain-DE-1

Paynter-DE-1

Pennewill-DE-1

Peterson-DE-1

Polk-DE-1

Ponder-DE-1

Read-DE-1

Reynolds-DE-1

Richardson-DE-1

Ridgely-DE-1

Robinson-DE-1

Rodney-DE-1

Rogers-DE-1

Ross-DE-1

Roth-DE-1

Saulsbury-DE-1

Spruance-DE-1

Stockley-DE-1

Stockton-DE-1

Stout-DE-1

Sykes-DE-1

Taylor-Tribbitt-DE-1

Temple-DE-1

Terry-DE-1

Tharp-DE-1

Thomas-DE-1

Townsend-DE-1

Truitt-DE-1

Tunnell-DE-1

Van Dyke-DE-1

Vining-DE-1

Wales-DE-1

Watson-DE-1

Wells-DE-1

White-DE-1

Williams-DE-1

Wolcott-DE-1

Wolf-DE-1