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{{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 = [[Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#Delaware|First]]
| website = {{URL|https://ltgov.delaware.gov/|Official website}}
| insignia = Seal of Delaware.svg
| insigniasize = 110px
| insigniacaption = [[Seal of Delaware|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 legislature (United States)|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.<ref name="DSU">{{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}}</ref><ref name="ballotpedia">{{Cite web |title=Kyle Evans Gay |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Kyle_Evans_Gay |accessdate=2025-01-29 |website=Ballotpedia}}</ref>

The offices of the lieutenant governor are at the state capital of [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]].

== List ==

; Parties

{{legend2|B0CEFF|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] (14)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|#FFB6B6|[[Republican Party (United States)|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
|[[File:Philip Leonidas Cannon (1850–1929), first Lieutenant Governor of Delaware.png|60px]]
|[[Philip L. Cannon]]
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|January 15, 1901
|January 17, 1905
|[[John Hunn (governor)|John Hunn]] (R)
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|2
|
|[[Isaac T. Parker]]
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|January 17, 1905
|January 19, 1909
|[[Preston Lea]] (R)
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|3
|
|[[John M. Mendinhall]]
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|January 19, 1909
|January 21, 1913
|[[Simeon S. Pennewill]] (R)
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|4
|
|[[Colen Ferguson]]
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|January 21, 1913
|January 16, 1917
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Charles R. Miller (politician)|Charles R. Miller]] (R) 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|5
|[[File:Lewis E. Eliason.png|60px]]
|[[Lewis E. Eliason]]
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|January 16, 1917
|May 2, 1919
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[John G. Townsend Jr.]] (R)
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|6
|
|[[J. Danforth Bush]]
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|January 18, 1921
|January 20, 1925
|[[William D. Denney]]  (R)
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|7
|
|[[James H. Anderson (politician)|James H. Anderson]]
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|January 20, 1925
|January 15, 1929
|[[Robert P. Robinson (Delaware politician)|Robert P. Robinson]] (R)
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|8
|
|[[James H. Hazel]]
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|January 15, 1929
|January 17, 1933
|rowspan=2|[[C. Douglass Buck]] (R)
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|9
|
|[[Roy F. Corley]]
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|January 17, 1933
|January 19, 1937
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|10
|
|[[Edward W. Cooch]]
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|January 19, 1937
|January 21, 1941
|[[Richard McMullen]] (D)
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|11
|
|[[Isaac J. MacCollum]]
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|January 21, 1941
|January 16, 1945
|rowspan=2|[[Walter W. Bacon]] (D)
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|12
|[[File:Elbert N. Carvel (DE 2).png|60px]]
|[[Elbert N. Carvel]]
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|January 16, 1945
|January 18, 1949
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|13
|[[File:Alexis I. du Pont Bayard (1918–1985), Lieutenant Governor of Delaware.jpg|60px]]
|[[Alexis I. du Pont Bayard]]
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|January 18, 1949
|January 20, 1953
|[[Elbert N. Carvel]] (D)
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|14
|[[File:John W. Rollins (1916–2000), Lieutenant Governor of Delaware.jpg|60px]]
|[[John W. Rollins]]
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|January 20, 1953
|January 15, 1957
|rowspan=2|[[J. Caleb Boggs]] (R)
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|15
|[[File:David Buckson (DE).png|60px]]
|[[David P. Buckson]]
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|January 15, 1957
|December 30, 1960
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|16
|[[File:Eugene Lammot.jpg|60px]]
|[[Eugene Lammot]]
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|January 17, 1961
|January 19, 1965
|[[Elbert N. Carvel]] (D)
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|17
|[[File:Sherman W. Tribbett (1922–2010), Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Delaware.jpg|60px]]
|[[Sherman W. Tribbitt]]
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|January 19, 1965
|January 21, 1969
|[[Charles L. Terry Jr.]] (D)
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|rowspan=2|18
|rowspan=2|[[File:Eugene Bookhammer (1918–2013), Lieutenant Governor of Delaware.jpg|60px]]
|rowspan=2|[[Eugene Bookhammer]]
|rowspan=2|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|rowspan=2|January 21, 1969
|rowspan=2|January 18, 1977
|[[Russell W. Peterson]]
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|[[Sherman W. Tribbitt]] (D)
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|19
|
|[[James D. McGinnis]]
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|January 18, 1977
|January 20, 1981
|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Pete du Pont]] (R)
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|20
|[[File:Mike Castle 1982.jpg|60px]]
|[[Mike Castle]]
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|January 20, 1981
|January 15, 1985
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|21
|[[File:S. B. Woo, 1988.jpg|60px]]
|[[S. B. Woo]]
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|January 15, 1985
|January 20, 1989
|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Mike Castle]] (R)
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|22
|[[File:Dale E. Wolf.jpg|60px]]
|[[Dale E. Wolf]]
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|January 20, 1989
|December 31, 1992
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|23
|[[File:Ruth Ann Minner (2008) (cropped).jpg |60px]]
|[[Ruth Ann Minner]]
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|January 19, 1993
|January 3, 2001
|[[Tom Carper]] (D)
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|24
|[[File:John c carney (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|[[John Carney (Delaware politician)|John Carney]]
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|January 16, 2001
|January 20, 2009
|[[Ruth Ann Minner]] (D)
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|25
|[[File:DennM (cropped).JPG|60px]]
|[[Matthew Denn]]
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|January 20, 2009
|January 6, 2015
|[[Jack Markell]] (D)
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|26
|[[File:Bethany Hall-Long.jpg|60px]]
|[[Bethany Hall-Long]]
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|January 17, 2017
|January 7, 2025
|[[John Carney (Delaware politician)|John Carney]] (D)
|-
|
|
|Vacant
|
|January 7, 2025
|January 21, 2025
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[Bethany Hall-Long]] (D)
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|27
|[[File:(02-19-2025) Kyle Evans Gay.jpg|60px]]
|[[Kyle Evans Gay]]
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]''
|January 21, 2025
|Incumbent
|[[Matt Meyer]] (D)
{{s-end}}

==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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