List of Governors of Delaware

This is a list of the Presidents and Governors of the State of Delaware.

The Governor serves as head of the executive branch of the state's government, and was called "President" under the Delaware Constitution of 1776. With the Delaware Constitution of 1792 the name was changed to conform to usage in the rest of the U.S. states.Fact|date=March 2008 The Presidents were particularly weak executive officials, being elected by the Delaware General Assembly, having no legislative veto, ineligible for immediate reelection, and whose actions required the approval of an executive "Privy Council".Fact|date=March 2008 Starting in 1792 the Governor was popularly elected and the "Privy Council" was abolished,Fact|date=March 2008 but it wasn't until 1897 that a legislative veto or election to a second term was possible.Fact|date=March 2008 As a result, the office was part time and largely ceremonial until the mid twentieth century.Fact|date=March 2008

List of Governors

Presidents under the Constitution of 1776

The General Assembly chose the State President for a term of three years. Fact|date=March 2008

Governors under the Constitution of 1897

Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. The Governor takes office the third Tuesday in January, for a term of four years. If the governor does not complete the term, the lieutenant governor succeeds to the office.

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Colonial Governors

seealso |List of Directors-General of New Netherlands for Dutch Directors-General 1624-1664.seealso |New Sweden for Swedish Directors 1638-1655.seealso |List of colonial governors of New York for New York Proprietary Governors 1664-1682.seealso |List of colonial governors of Pennsylvania for the Penn family Proprietors and the Penn Proprietary Lieutenant Governors 1682-1776.

Notes

References

*cite book |last = Martin |first = Roger A. |authorlink = |coauthors = |year = 1984 |title = A History of Delaware Through its Governors |publisher = McClafferty Press |location = Wilmington, Delaware |id =
*cite web | url=http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.8fd3d12ab65b304f8a278110501010a0?submit=Submit&State=DE | title=Governors of Delaware | publisher=National Governors Association |

External links

* [http://www.russpickett.com/history/intrgovs.htm Delaware's Governors]
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html Political Graveyard ]