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.

As in many other U.S. state legislatures, the lieutenant governor also serves as the President of the Delaware Senate, though they can only cast a vote in the event of a tie.

The Office of Lieutenant Governor was created by the Delaware Constitution of 1897, 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.

Bethany Hall-Long is the current lieutenant governor, having taken office January 17, 2017.

The offices of the lieutenant governor are at the state capital of Dover.

List

 * Parties

!bgcolor=#CCCCCC |No. !bgcolor=#CCCCCC |Image !bgcolor=#CCCCCC |Lt. Governor !bgcolor=#CCCCCC |Took office !bgcolor=#CCCCCC |Left office !bgcolor=#CCCCCC |Governor(s) served under !bgcolor=#CCCCCC |Party
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |1
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Philip Leonidas Cannon (1850–1929), first Lieutenant Governor of Delaware.png
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Philip L. Cannon
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 15, 1901
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 17, 1905
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |John Hunn
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Republican
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |2
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Isaac T. Parker
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 17, 1905
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 19, 1909
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Preston Lea
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Republican
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |3
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |John M. Mendinhall
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 19, 1909
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 21, 1913
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Simeon S. Pennewill
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Republican
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |4
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Colen Ferguson
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 21, 1913
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 16, 1917
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Charles R. Miller (Republican)
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |5
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Lewis E. Eliason.png
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Lewis E. Eliason
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 16, 1917
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |May 2, 1919
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |John G. Townsend, Jr. (Republican)
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |6
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |J. Danforth Bush
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 18, 1921
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 20, 1925
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |William D. Denney
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Republican
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |7
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |James H. Anderson
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 20, 1925
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 15, 1929
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Robert P. Robinson
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Republican
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |8
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |James H. Hazel
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 15, 1929
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 17, 1933
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |C. Douglass Buck
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Republican
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |9
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Roy F. Corley
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 17, 1933
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 19, 1937
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |C. Douglass Buck
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Republican
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |10
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Edward W. Cooch
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 19, 1937
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 21, 1941
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Richard C. McMullen
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |11
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Isaac J. MacCollum
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 21, 1941
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 16, 1945
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Walter W. Bacon
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |12
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Elbert N. Carvel (DE 2).png
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Elbert N. Carvel
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 16, 1945
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 18, 1949
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Walter W. Bacon
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |13
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Alexis I. du Pont Bayard (1918–1985), Lieutenant Governor of Delaware.jpg
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Alexis I. du Pont Bayard
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 18, 1949
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 20, 1953
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Elbert N. Carvel
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |14
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |John W. Rollins (1916–2000), Lieutenant Governor of Delaware.jpg
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |John W. Rollins
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 20, 1953
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 15, 1957
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |J. Caleb Boggs
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Republican
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |15
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |David Buckson (DE).png
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |David P. Buckson
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 15, 1957
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |December 30, 1960
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |J. Caleb Boggs
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Republican
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |16
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Eugene Lammot.jpg
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Eugene Lammot
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 17, 1961
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 19, 1965
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Elbert N. Carvel
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |17
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |[[File:Sherman W. Tribbett (1922–2010), Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Delaware.jpg|60px]]
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Sherman W. Tribbitt
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 19, 1965
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 21, 1969
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Charles L. Terry, Jr.
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |18
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Eugene Bookhammer (1918–2013), Lieutenant Governor of Delaware.jpg
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Eugene Bookhammer
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 21, 1969
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 18, 1977
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Russell W. Peterson (Republican) Sherman W. Tribbitt (Democratic)
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Republican
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |19
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |James D. McGinnis
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 18, 1977
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 20, 1981
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Pete du Pont (Republican)
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |20
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Mike Castle 1982.jpg
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Mike Castle
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 20, 1981
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 15, 1985
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Pete du Pont
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Republican
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |21
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |S.B. Woo at the USDA in 2015 (cropped 3x4).jpg
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |S. B. Woo
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 15, 1985
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 20, 1989
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Michael N. Castle
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |22
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Dale E. Wolf.jpg
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Dale E. Wolf
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |January 20, 1989
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |December 31, 1992
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Mike Castle
 * bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |Republican
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |23
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Ruth Ann Minner.jpg
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Ruth Ann Minner
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 19, 1993
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 3, 2001
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Tom Carper
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |24
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |John c carney (cropped).jpg
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |John Carney
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 16, 2001
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 20, 2009
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Ruth Ann Minner
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |25
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |DennM (cropped).JPG
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Matthew Denn
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 20, 2009
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 6, 2015
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Jack Markell
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |26
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Bethany Hall-Long.jpg
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Bethany Hall-Long
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 17, 2017
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |present
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |John Carney
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Tom Carper
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |24
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |John c carney (cropped).jpg
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |John Carney
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 16, 2001
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 20, 2009
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Ruth Ann Minner
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |25
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |DennM (cropped).JPG
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Matthew Denn
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 20, 2009
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 6, 2015
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Jack Markell
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |26
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Bethany Hall-Long.jpg
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Bethany Hall-Long
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |January 17, 2017
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |present
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |John Carney
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |present
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |John Carney
 * bgcolor=#DDEEFF |Democratic