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and is not in any way to be considered an
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" Last Governor To Pass Away "


   Portrait of Gov. Minner   

" Ruth Ann Minner "


( January 17, 1935   ~   November 4, 2021 )



Caleb P. Bennett        ~ 1st Governor elected to a 4 year term .....
Caleb P. Bennett        ~ Oldest Governor to be inaugurated ~ Age 74 .....
Elbert N. Carvel        ~ Oldest Governor when passing away - 94 years old .....
Joshua Clayton        ~ 1st Governor elected by popular vote .....
John Collins        ~ 1st Governor that held no previous political office .....
Thomas Collins        ~ 1st Governor to pass away while in office .....
Cornelius P. Comegys        ~ 1st Governor to serve a full 4 year term .....
John Davis        ~ 1st Governor to assume the Governor's office after a death .....
Joseph Haslet        ~ Only individual to run for Governor four times .....
Joseph Haslet        ~ 1st Governor to serve a non-consecutive 2nd term .....
John Hunn        ~ 1st Governor to have a Lt. Governor .....
Joshua H. Marvil        ~ Last Governor to pass away while in office .....
Thomas McKean        ~ 1st Speaker of the Delaware State House to assume Governor's Office .....
John McKinly        ~ Only Governor born in a Foreign Country .....
John McKinly        ~ 1st Governor from New Castle County .....
Charles R. Miller        ~ 1st Governor to have a Lt. Governor of a different party .....
Ruth Ann Minner        ~ 1st female Governor .....
Henry Molleston        ~ Only Governor to die before taking oath of office .....
George Read, Sr.        ~ 1st Speaker of the Delaware State Senate to assume Governor's Office .....
Caesar Rodney        ~ 1st Governor from Kent County .....
Caesar Rodney        ~ 1st Governor to serve longer than 7 months ~ served a full " 3 " year term .....
Caesar Rodney        ~ 1st Governor to be born in Delaware .....
Daniel Rogers        ~ 1st Governor from Sussex County .....
William Ross        ~ Youngest Governor " elected " to office - Age 36 .....
William Temple        ~ Youngest Governor " to serve " in office - Age 31 .....
Charles L. Terry, Jr.        ~ 1st Governor to use " Woodburn " for meetings .....
Sherman W. Tribbitt        ~ 1st Governor to reside in " Woodburn " fulltime while Governor .....


Thomas Collins        ~ " 1st "    ~    Passed away on March 29, 1789 .....
Gunning Bedford, Sr.        ~ " 2nd "    ~    Passed away on September 28, 1797 .....
John Collins        ~ " 3rd "    ~    Passed away on April 16, 1822 .....
Joseph Haslet        ~ " 4th "    ~    Passed away on June 20, 1823 .....
Caleb P. Bennett        ~ " 5th "    ~    Passed away on July 11, 1836 .....
Thomas Stockton        ~ " 6th "    ~    Passed away on March 2, 1846 .....
Joseph Maull        ~ " 7th "    ~    Passed away on May 3, 1846 .....
William Cannon
        ~ " 8th "    ~    Passed away on March 1, 1865 .....
Joshua H. Marvil        ~ " 9th "    ~    Passed away on April 8, 1895 .....


Joshua Clayton        ~ Served as the 10th Governor    ~    June 2, 1789 " thru " January 19, 1796 .....
Gove Saulsbury        ~ Served as the 41st Governor    ~    March 1, 1865 to January 17, 1871 - Assumed 1st term .....
C. Douglass Buck        ~ Served as the 58th Governor    ~    January 15, 1929 to January 19, 1937 .....
Walter W. Bacon        ~ Served as the 60th Governor    ~    January 21, 1941 to January 18, 1949 .....
J. Caleb Boggs        ~ Served as the 62nd Governor    ~    January 20, 1953 to December 30, 1960 .....
Pierre S. du Pont, IV        ~ Served as the 68th Governor    ~    January 18, 1977 to January 15, 1985 .....
Michael N. Castle        ~ Served as the 69th Governor    ~    January 15, 1985 to December 31, 1992 .....
Thomas R. Carper        ~ Served as the 71st Governor    ~    January 19, 1993 to January 3, 2001 .....
Ruth Ann Minner        ~ Served as the 72nd Governor    ~    January 3, 2001 to January 20, 2009 .....
Jack A. Markell        ~ Served as the 73rd Governor    ~    January 20, 2009 to January 17, 2017 .....
John C. Carney        ~ Served as the 74th Governor    ~    January 17, 2017 to Present .....


Joseph Haslet
19th Governor    ~    January 15, 1811 to January 18, 1814 .....
25th Governor    ~    January 21, 1823 to June 20, 1823 .....
Charles Polk
28th Governor    ~    January 16, 1827 to January 19, 1830 .....
31st Governor    ~    July 11, 1836 to January 17, 1837 - Assumed Term of Gov. Caleb P. Bennett .....
Elbert N. Carvel
65th Governor    ~    January 18, 1949 to January 20, 1953 .....
69th Governor    ~    January 17, 1961 to January 19, 1965 .....


|   Caesar Rodney   |   John Cook   |   Nicholas Van Dyke, Sr.   |   Thomas Collins   |

|   Gunning Bedford, Sr.   |   James Sykes   |   David Hall   |   Nathaniel Mitchell   |

|   George Truitt   |   Joseph Haslet   |   Daniel Rodney   |   John Clark   |

|   Henry Molleston   |   Jacob Stout   |   John Collins   |   Caleb Rodney   |

|   Charles Thomas   |   Samuel Paynter   |   Charles Polk   |   William Cooper   |

|   Thomas Stockton   |   Joseph Maull   |   William Tharp   |   William Ross   |

|   Peter F. Causey   |   William Burton   |   William Cannon   |   Gove Saulsbury   |

|   James Ponder   |   John P. Cochran   |   John Hall   |   Charles C. Stockley   |

|   Robert J. Reynolds   |   Joshua H. Marvil   |   William T. Watson   |

|   Ebe W. Tunnell   |   John Hunn   |   Preston Lea   |   Simon S. Pennewill   |

|   William Denney   |   Robert P. Robinson   |   C. Douglass Buck   |

|   Richard C. McMullen   |   Walter W. Bacon   |   J. Caleb Boggs   |

|   David P. Buckson   |   Charles L. Terry, Jr.   |   Pierre S. du Pont   |

|   Michael N. Castle   |   Ruth Ann Minner   |   Jack Markell   |   John C. Carney   |


|   Caesar Rodney   |   John Cook   |   Thomas Collins   |   John Davis   |

|   Richard Bassett   |   James Sykes   |   George Truitt   |   Henry Molleston   |

|   Jacob Stout   |   Charles Polk   |   Cornelius Comegys   |   William Temple   |

|   William Tharp   |   Gove Saulsbury   |   John Hall   |   Robert J. Reynolds   |

|   William T. Watson   |   John Hunn   |   William Denney   |   David P. Buckson   |

|   Charles L. Terry, Jr.   |   Ruth Ann Minner   |


|   John McKinly   |   Thomas McKean   |   George Read, Sr.   |   John Dickinson   |

|   Nicholas Van Dyke, Sr.   |   Joshua Clayton   |   Gunning Bedford, Sr.   |

|   John Clark   |   Charles Thomas   |   Caleb P. Bennett   |   Thomas Stockton   |

|   John P. Cochran   |   Benjamin T. Biggs   |   Preston Lea   |   Charles R. Miller   |

|   Robert P. Robinson   |   C. Douglass Buck   |   Richard C. McMullen   |

|   Walter W. Bacon   |   J. Caleb Boggs   |   Russell W. Peterson   |

|   Sherman W. Tribbitt   |   Pierre S. du Pont   |   Michael N. Castle   |   Dale E. Wolf   |

|   Thomas R. Carper   |   Jack Markell   |   John C. Carney   |


|   Daniel Rogers   |   David Hall   |   Nathaniel Mitchell   |   Joseph Haslet   |

|   Daniel Rodney   |   John Collins   |   Caleb Rodney   |   Samuel Paynter   |

|   Charles Polk|   David Hazzard   |   William Cooper   |   Joseph Maull   |

|   William Ross   |    Peter F. Causey   |   William Burton   |   William Cannon   |

|   James Ponder   |    Charles C. Stockley   |   Joshua H. Marvil   |   Ebe W. Tunnell   |

|   Simon S. Pennewill   |   John G. Townsend, Jr.   |   Elbert N. Carvel   |



            

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