Lieutenant Governor of Delaware

Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
Incumbent Bethany Hall-Long since January 17, 2017
Style	Madam Lieutenant Governor
Term length	Four years, 2 Terms.
Inaugural holder	Philip L. Cannon
Website	ltgov.delaware.gov

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

  Democratic (14)   Republican (12)

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

Living former lieutenant governors of Delaware

Lt. Governor	Lt. gubernatorial term	Date of birth (and age)
Michael N. Castle	1981–1985	(1939-07-02) July 2, 1939
Shien Biau Woo	1985–1989	(1937-08-13) August 13, 1937
Ruth Ann Minner	1993–2001	(1935-01-17) January 17, 1935
John Carney	2001–2009	(1956-05-20) May 20, 1956
Matthew Denn	2009–2015	(1966-02-09) February 9, 1966

More readings

• Martin, Roger A. (1984). A History of Delaware Through its Governors. McClafferty Press, Wilmington.
• Pickett, Russell S. (2006). Delaware and U.S.History. Retrieved January 1, 2006.
• Kestenbaum, Lawrence (2006). The Political Graveyard. Retrieved January 1, 2006.