The lieutenant governor of Delaware is the second ranking executive officer of the

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. 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. As in many other U.S. state legislatures, the lieutenant governor also serves as the President of the

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, though they can only cast a vote in the event of a tie. The Office of Lieutenant Governor was created by the

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, and the first election took place in 1900. Although in practice the candidate for lieutenant governor is nominated as a ticket with the candidate for governor, the offices of governor and lieutenant governor are voted on separately in Delaware. In 1972, 1976, and 1984, the governor and lieutenant governor were elected from different parties.

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is the current lieutenant governor, having taken office January 21, 2025. The offices of the lieutenant governor are at the state capital of

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; 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 Preston Lea (November 12, 1841 – December 4, 1916) was an American businessman and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party who served as Governor of Delaware. Early life and family ...

(R) , - , 3 , , John M. Mendinhall , Republican , January 19, 1909 , January 21, 1913 , Simeon S. Pennewill (R) , - , 4 , ,

Colen Ferguson Colen Ferguson (died August 6, 1917) was an American politician who served as the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Delaware, from January 21, 1913, to January 16, 1917, under Governor Charles R. Miller. Ferguson was a member of the Delaware Sen ...

, Democratic , January 21, 1913 , January 16, 1917 , , Charles R. Miller (R) , - , 5 , Lewis E

, 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 Richard Cann McMullen (January 2, 1868 – February 18, 1944) was an American manufacturer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served as Governor of Delaware. McMullen w ...

(D) , - , 11 , , Isaac J. MacCollum , Democratic , January 21, 1941 , January 16, 1945 , rowspan=2,

Walter W. Bacon Walter Wolfkiel Bacon (January 20, 1880 – March 18, 1962) was an American politician and accountant from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party who served three terms as Mayor of Wilmington and two ...

(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 Pierre Samuel "Pete" du Pont IV (January 22, 1935 – May 8, 2021) was an American attorney, businessman, and politician who served as the 68th governor of Delaware from 1977 to 1985. A member of the Republican Party, he was the United State ...

(R) , - , 20 , Mike Castle 1982

Mike Castle Michael Newbold Castle (born July 2, 1939) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 69th governor of Delaware from 1985 to 1992 and as the U.S. representative from from 1993 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. Th ...

, Republican , January 20, 1981 , January 15, 1985 , - , 21 , , S. B. Woo , Democratic , January 15, 1985 , January 20, 1989 , rowspan=2 ,

(R) , - , 22 , Dale E

, Dale E. Wolf , Republican , January 20, 1989 , December 31, 1992 , - , 23 , ,

Ruth Ann Minner Ruth Ann Minner ( Coverdale; January 17, 1935 – November 4, 2021) was an American politician and businesswoman who served as the 72nd List of governors of Delaware, governor of Delaware from 2001 to 2009. She previously served in the Delaware G ...

, Democratic , January 19, 1993 , January 3, 2001 ,

Tom Carper Thomas Richard Carper (born January 23, 1947) is an American politician and former military officer who served from 2001 to 2025 as a United States Senate, United States senator from Delaware. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), D ...

(D) , - , 24 , , John Carney , Democratic , January 16, 2001 , January 20, 2009 ,

(D) , - , 25 , ,

Matthew Denn Matthew P. Denn (born February 9, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician from New Castle County, Delaware. He served as the 45th attorney general of Delaware from 2015 until 2019. Denn previously served as the 25th lieutenant governor of Del ...

, Democratic , January 20, 2009 , January 6, 2015 ,

Jack Markell Jack Alan Markell (born November 26, 1960) is an American politician and diplomat. He had served the United States ambassador both to Italy and to San Marino. He had served as the United States ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-oper ...

(D) , - , 26 ,

Bethany Hall-Long Bethany A. Hall-Long (born November 12, 1963) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Hall-Long served as the 75th governor of Delaware for two weeks in January 2025, after having served as the 26th lieutenant governor of D ...

, Democratic , January 17, 2017 , January 7, 2025 , John Carney (D) , - , , , Vacant , , January 7, 2025 , January 21, 2025 , ,

(D) , - , 27 , ,

, Democratic'' , January 21, 2025 , Incumbent ,

Matt Meyer Matthew S. Meyer (born September 29, 1971) is an American politician and attorney. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served as the 76th governor of Delaware since 2025. He was previously the New Castle County executive from 2017 to 2025 ...

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References

* * * Pickett, Russell S. (2006)
Delaware and U.S.History
Retrieved January 1, 2006. * Kestenbaum, Lawrence (2006)

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