Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
{{Short description|Elected state official}}
{{More citations needed|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Lieutenant Governor
| body = Delaware
| image = (02-19-2025) Kyle Evans Gay.jpg
| incumbent = Kyle Evans Gay
| incumbentsince = January 21, 2025
| style = Madam Lieutenant Governor
| department = Government of Delaware
| termlength = Four years, renewable once
| inaugural = Philip L. Cannon
| succession = First
| website = {{URL|https://ltgov.delaware.gov/|Official website}}
| insignia = Seal of Delaware.svg
| insigniasize = 110px
| insigniacaption = Great Seal of the State 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 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.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-21 |title=DSU Hosts the Governor and Lt Governor's Inauguration Ceremony |url=https://www.desu.edu/news/2025/01/dsu-hosts-governor-lt-governors-inauguration-ceremony |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=DSU |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Kyle Evans Gay |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Kyle_Evans_Gay |accessdate=2025-01-29 |website=Ballotpedia}}
The offices of the lieutenant governor are at the state capital of Dover.
List
; Parties
{{legend2|B0CEFF|Democratic (14)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|#FFB6B6|Republican (12)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
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!{{abbr|No.|Number}}
!Image
!Lt. Governor
!Party
!Took office
!Left office
!Governor(s) served under
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|1
|60px
|January 15, 1901
|January 17, 1905
|John Hunn (R)
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|2
|
|January 17, 1905
|January 19, 1909
|Preston Lea (R)
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|3
|
|January 19, 1909
|January 21, 1913
|Simeon S. Pennewill (R)
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|4
|
|January 21, 1913
|January 16, 1917
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|Charles R. Miller (R)
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|5
|60px
|January 16, 1917
|May 2, 1919
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|John G. Townsend Jr. (R)
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|6
|
|January 18, 1921
|January 20, 1925
|William D. Denney (R)
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|7
|
|January 20, 1925
|January 15, 1929
|Robert P. Robinson (R)
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|8
|
|January 15, 1929
|January 17, 1933
|rowspan=2|C. Douglass Buck (R)
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|9
|
|January 17, 1933
|January 19, 1937
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|10
|
|January 19, 1937
|January 21, 1941
|Richard McMullen (D)
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|11
|
|January 21, 1941
|January 16, 1945
|rowspan=2|Walter W. Bacon (D)
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|12
|60px
|January 16, 1945
|January 18, 1949
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|13
|60px
|January 18, 1949
|January 20, 1953
|Elbert N. Carvel (D)
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|14
|60px
|January 20, 1953
|January 15, 1957
|rowspan=2|J. Caleb Boggs (R)
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|15
|60px
|January 15, 1957
|December 30, 1960
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|16
|60px
|January 17, 1961
|January 19, 1965
|Elbert N. Carvel (D)
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|17
|60px
|January 19, 1965
|January 21, 1969
|Charles L. Terry Jr. (D)
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|rowspan=2|18
|rowspan=2|60px
|rowspan=2|Eugene Bookhammer
|rowspan=2|Republican
|rowspan=2|January 21, 1969
|rowspan=2|January 18, 1977
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Sherman W. Tribbitt (D)
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|19
|
|January 18, 1977
|January 20, 1981
|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Pete du Pont (R)
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|20
|60px
|January 20, 1981
|January 15, 1985
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|21
|60px
|January 15, 1985
|January 20, 1989
|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Mike Castle (R)
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|22
|60px
|January 20, 1989
|December 31, 1992
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|23
|60px
|January 19, 1993
|January 3, 2001
|Tom Carper (D)
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|24
|60px
|January 16, 2001
|January 20, 2009
|Ruth Ann Minner (D)
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|25
|60px
|January 20, 2009
|January 6, 2015
|Jack Markell (D)
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|26
|60px
|January 17, 2017
|January 7, 2025
|John Carney (D)
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|
|
|Vacant
|
|January 7, 2025
|January 21, 2025
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Bethany Hall-Long (D)
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|27
|60px
|Democratic''
|January 21, 2025
|Incumbent
|Matt Meyer (D)
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References
{{Reflist}}
- {{cite book |last=Rubenstein |first=Harvey Bernard |title=The Delaware Constitution of 1897|publisher=The Delaware State Bar Association |year=1997 }}
- {{cite book|author=Martin, Roger A.|title=A History of Delaware Through its Governors|publisher=McClafferty Press, Wilmington|year=1984}}
- Pickett, Russell S. (2006). [http://www.russpickett.com/history/delltgov.htm Delaware and U.S.History]. Retrieved January 1, 2006.
- Kestenbaum, Lawrence (2006). [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ltgov.html The Political Graveyard]. Retrieved January 1, 2006.
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