Lieutenant Governor of Delaware

Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
Great Seal of the State of Delaware
Incumbent Kyle Evans Gay since January 21, 2025
Government of Delaware
Style	Madam Lieutenant Governor
Term length	Four years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Philip L. Cannon
Website	Official website

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 Constitution of Delaware, 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.

Kyle Evans Gay is the current lieutenant governor, having taken office January 21, 2025. ^{[1] [2]}

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

List

Parties

   Democratic (14)   Republican (12)

No.	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 (R)
3		John M. Mendinhall	Republican	January 19, 1909	January 21, 1913	Simeon S. Pennewill (R)
4		Colen Ferguson	Democratic	January 21, 1913	January 16, 1917	Charles R. Miller (R)
5		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	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 (D)
11		Isaac J. MacCollum	Democratic	January 21, 1941	January 16, 1945	Walter W. Bacon (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	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)
18		Eugene Bookhammer	Republican	January 21, 1969	January 18, 1977	Russell W. Peterson
						Sherman W. Tribbitt (D)
19		James D. McGinnis	Democratic	January 18, 1977	January 20, 1981	Pete du Pont (R)
20		Mike Castle	Republican	January 20, 1981	January 15, 1985
21		S. B. Woo	Democratic	January 15, 1985	January 20, 1989	Mike Castle (R)
22		Dale E. Wolf	Republican	January 20, 1989	December 31, 1992
23		Ruth Ann Minner	Democratic	January 19, 1993	January 3, 2001	Tom Carper (D)
24		John Carney	Democratic	January 16, 2001	January 20, 2009	Ruth Ann Minner (D)
25		Matthew Denn	Democratic	January 20, 2009	January 6, 2015	Jack Markell (D)
26		Bethany Hall-Long	Democratic	January 17, 2017	January 7, 2025	John Carney (D)
		Vacant		January 7, 2025	January 21, 2025	Bethany Hall-Long (D)
27		Kyle Evans Gay	Democratic	January 21, 2025	Incumbent	Matt Meyer (D)

References

1. "DSU Hosts the Governor and Lt Governor's Inauguration Ceremony". DSU. 2025-01-21. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
2. "Kyle Evans Gay". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2025-01-29.

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• 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.