US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

1638	1640	Peter Minuit	(b. 1580, d. 1638)
1640		Jost van Bogardt	(acting)
1640	Feb-1643	Peter Hollandaer Ridder
Feb-1643	1653	Johan Björnsson Printz	(b. 1592, d. 1663)
1653	1654	Johan Papegoya
1654	1655	Johan Classon Rising	(b. 1617, d. 1672)
29-Oct-1776	21-Feb-1777	John McKinly	(with George Read, b. 1721, d. 1796)
21-Feb-1777	2-Apr-1778	John McKinly	(held prisoner by British 3-Sep-1777)
22-Sep-1777	20-Oct-1777	Thomas McKean	(acting, b. 1734, d. 1817)
20-Oct-1777	2-Apr-1778	George Read	(acting)
2-Apr-1778	13-Nov-1781	Caesar Rodney
13-Nov-1781	31-Jan-1783	John Dickinson	(b. 1732, d. 1808)
31-Jan-1783	8-Feb-1783	John Cook	(acting)
8-Feb-1783	27-Oct-1786	Nicholas Van Dyke	(b. 1738, d. 1789)
27-Oct-1786	29-Mar-1789	Thomas Collins	(b. 1732, d. 1789)
29-Mar-1789	2-Jun-1789	Jehu Davis	(acting, b. 1740, d. 1802)
2-Jun-1789	1793	Joshua Clayton	(b. 1744, d. 1798, Federalist)
1793	19-Jan-1796	Joshua Clayton	(Federalist)
19-Jan-1796	28-Sep-1797	Gunning Bedford	(b. 1742, d. 1797, Federalist)
28-Sep-1797	15-Jan-1799	Daniel Rogers	(acting, b. 1754, d. 1806, Federalist)
15-Jan-1799	20-Feb-1801	Richard Bassett	(b. 1745, d. 1815, Federalist)
4-Mar-1801	19-Jan-1802	James Sykes	(acting, b. 1761, d. 1822, Federalist)
19-Jan-1802	15-Jan-1805	David Hall	(b. 1752, d. 1817, Democrat-Republican)
15-Jan-1805	19-Jan-1808	Nathaniel Mitchell	(b. 1752, d. 1815, Federalist)
19-Jan-1808	15-Jan-1811	George Truitt	(b. 1756, d. 1818, Federalist)
15-Jan-1811	18-Jan-1814	Joseph Haslet	(1st time, b. 1769, d. 1823, Democrat-Republican)
18-Jan-1814	21-Jan-1817	Daniel Rodney	(b. 1764, d. 1846, Federalist)
21-Jan-1817	15-Jan-1820	John Clark	(b. 1761, d. 1821, Federalist)
18-Jan-1820	16-Jan-1821	Jacob Stout	(acting, b. 1764, d. 1855, Federalist)
16-Jan-1821	16-Apr-1822	John Collins	(b. 1776, d. 1822, Democrat-Republican)
23-Apr-1822	21-Jan-1823	Caleb Rodney	(acting, b. 1767, d. 1840, Federalist)
21-Jan-1823	20 Jun 1823	Joseph Haslet	(2nd time, Democrat-Republican)
24 Jun 1823	20-Jan-1824	Charles Thomas	(acting, b. 1790, d. 1848, Democrat-Republican)
20-Jan-1824	16-Jan-1827	Samuel Paynter	(b. 1768, d. 1845, Federalist)
16-Jan-1827	19-Jan-1830	Charles Polk	(1st time, b. 1788, d. 1857, Federalist)
19-Jan-1830	15-Jan-1833	David Hazzard	(b. 1781, d. 1864, A-R)
15-Jan-1833	11-Jul-1836	Caleb P. Bennett	(b. 1758, d. 1836, Democrat)
11-Jul-1836	17-Jan-1837	Charles Polk	(2nd time, acting, Whig)
17-Jan-1837	19-Jan-1841	Cornelius P. Comegys	(b. 1780, d. 1851, Whig)
19-Jan-1841	21-Jan-1845	William B. Cooper	(b. 1771, d. 1849, Whig)
21-Jan-1845	2-Mar-1846	Thomas Stockton	(b. 1781, d. 1846, Whig)
2-Mar-1846	3-May-1846	Joseph Maull	(acting, b. 1781, d. 1846, Whig)
6-May-1846	19-Jan-1847	William Temple	(acting, b. 1814, d. 1863, Whig)
19-Jan-1847	21-Jan-1851	William Tharp	(b. 1803, d. 1865, Democrat)
21-Jan-1851	16-Jan-1855	William H. Ross	(b. 1814, d. 1877, Democrat)
16-Jan-1855	18-Jan-1859	Peter Causey	(b. 1801, d. 1871, Know-Nothing)
18-Jan-1859	20-Jan-1863	William Burton	(b. 1789, d. 1866, Democrat)
20-Jan-1863	1-Mar-1865	William Cannon	(b. 1809, d. 1865, Uni)
1-Mar-1865	17-Jan-1871	Gove Saulsbury	(b. 1815, d. 1881, Democrat)
17-Jan-1871	19-Jan-1875	James Ponder	(b. 1819, d. 1897, Democrat)
19-Jan-1875	21-Jan-1879	John Polk Cochran	(b. 1809, d. 1898, Democrat)
21-Jan-1879	16-Jan-1883	John W. Hall	(b. 1817, d. 1892, Democrat)
16-Jan-1883	18-Jan-1887	Charles C. Stockley	(b. 1819, d. 1901, Democrat)
18-Jan-1887	20-Jan-1891	Benjamin T. Biggs	(b. 1821, d. 1893, Democrat)
20-Jan-1891	15-Jan-1895	Robert J. Reynolds	(b. 1838, d. 1909, Democrat)
15-Jan-1895	8-Apr-1895	Joshua H. Marvil	(b. 1825, d. 1895, Republican)
8-Apr-1895	19-Jan-1897	William T. Watson	(acting, b. 1849, d. 1917, Democrat)
19-Jan-1897	15-Jan-1901	Ebe W. Tunnell	(b. 1844, d. 1917, Democrat)
15-Jan-1901	17-Jan-1905	John Hunn	(b. 1849, d. 1926, Republican)
17-Jan-1905	19-Jan-1909	Preston Lea	(b. 1841, d. 1916, Republican)
19-Jan-1909	21-Jan-1913	Simeon S. Pennewill	(b. 1867, d. 1935, Republican)
21-Jan-1913	16-Jan-1917	Charles Robert Miller	(b. 1857, d. 1927, Republican)
16-Jan-1917	18-Jan-1921	John G. Townsend, Jr.	(b. 1871, d. 1964, Republican)
18-Jan-1921	20-Jan-1925	William D. Denney	(b. 1873, d. 1953, Republican)
20-Jan-1925	15-Jan-1929	Robert Pyle Robinson	(b. 1869, d. 1939, Republican)
15-Jan-1929	19-Jan-1937	C. Douglass Buck	(b. 1890, d. 1965, Republican)
19-Jan-1937	21-Jan-1941	R.C. McMullen	(b. 1868, d. 1944, Democrat)
21-Jan-1941	18-Jan-1949	Walter Wolfkiel Bacon	(b. 1880, d. 1962, Republican)
18-Jan-1949	20-Jan-1953	Elbert N. Carvel	(1st time, b. 1910, d. 2005, Democrat)
20-Jan-1953	18 Dec 1960	J. Caleb Boggs	(b. 1909, d. 1993, Republican)
30 Dec 1960	17-Jan-1961	David P. Buckson	(acting, b. 1920, Republican)
17-Jan-1961	19-Jan-1965	Elbert N. Carvel	(2nd time, Democrat)
19-Jan-1965	21-Jan-1969	Charles L. Terry, Jr.	(b. 1900, d. 1970, Democrat)
21-Jan-1969	16-Jan-1973	Russell W. Peterson	(b. 1916, d. 2011, Republican)
16-Jan-1973	18-Jan-1977	Sherman W. Tribbitt	(b. 1922, d. 2010, Democrat)
18-Jan-1977	15-Jan-1985	Pete du Pont	(b. 1935, Republican)
15-Jan-1985	31 Dec 1992	Mike Castle	(b. 1939, Republican)
31 Dec 1992	19-Jan-1993	Dale E. Wolf	(b. 1924, Republican)
19-Jan-1993	3-Jan-2001	Thomas Carper	(b. 1947, Democrat)
3-Jan-2001	20-Jan-2009	Ruth Ann Minner	(b. 1935, Democrat)
20-Jan-2009	--	Jack A. Markell	(b. 1960, Democrat)

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