HALL OF GOVERNORS
| Thomas McKean | September 22, 1777 to October 20, 1777 |
| George Read, Sr. | October 20, 1777 to March 31, 1778 |
| John Dickinson | November 13, 1781 to November 4, 1782 |
| Thomas Collins | October 28, 1786 to March 29, 1789 |
| Joshua Clayton | June 2, 1789 to January 19, 1796 |
| Gunning Bedford, Sr. | January 19, 1796 to September 28, 1797 |
| David Hall | January 19, 1802 to January 15, 1805 |
| Samuel Paynter | January 20, 1824 to January 16, 1827 |
| Charles Polk | January 16, 1827 to January 19, 1830 |
| David Hazzard | January 19, 1830 to January 15, 1833 |
| Caleb Bennett | January 15, 1833 to July 11, 1836 |
| Cornelius Parsons Comegys | January 17, 1837 to January 19, 1841 |
| Thomas Stockton | January 21, 1845 to March 2, 1846 |
| Joseph Maull | March 2, 1846 to May 3, 1846 - Acting |
| William Temple | May 6, 1846 to January 19, 1847 - Acting |
| William Tharp | January 19, 1847 to January 21, 1851 |
| William Henry Harrison Ross | January 21,1851 to January 16, 1855 |
| Peter Foster Causey | January 16, 1855 to January 18, 1859 |
| William Cannon | January 20, 1863 to March 1, 1865 |
| Gove Saulsbury | March 1, 1865 to January 15, 1867 - Acting |
| James Ponder | January 17, 1871 to January 19, 1875 |
| John Polk Cochran | January 19, 1875 to January 21, 1879 |
| John Wood Hall | January 21, 1879 to January 16, 1883 |
| Charles Clark Stockley | January 16, 1883 to January 18, 1887 |
| Benjamin Thomas Biggs | January 18, 1887 to January 20, 1891 |
| Robert John Reynolds | January 20, 1891 to January 15, 1895 |
| Joshua Hopkins Marvil | January 15, 1895 to April 8, 1895 |
| William Tharp Watson | April 8, 1895 to January 19, 1897 |
| Ebe Walters Tunnell | January 19, 1897 to January 15, 1901 |
| John Hunn | January 15,1901 to January 17, 1905 |
| Preston Lea | January 17, 1905 to January 19, 1909 |
| Simeon Selby Pennewill | January 19, 1909 to January 21, 1913 |
| Charles Robert Miller | January 21, 1913 to January 16, 1917 |
| John Gillis Townsend, Jr. | January 16, 1917 to January 18, 1921 |
| William duHammel Denney | January 18, 1921 to January 20, 1925 |
| Robert Pyle Robinson | January 20, 1925 to January 15, 1929 |
| Richard Cann McMullen | January 19, 1937 to January 21, 1941 |
| Walter Wolfkiel Bacon | January 21, 1941 to January 18, 1949 |
| Elbert Nortrand Carvel | January 18, 1949 to January 20, 1953 - 1st Term January 17, 1961 to January 19, 1965 - 2nd Term |
| James Caleb Boggs | January 20, 1953 to December 18, 1960 |
| David Penrose Buckson | December 30, 1960 to January 17, 1961 - Acting |
| Charles Layman Terry, Jr. | January 19, 1965 to January 21, 1969 |
| Sherman Willard Tribbitt | January 16, 1973 to January 18, 1977 |
| Pierre Samuel du Pont, IV | January 18, 1977 to January 15, 1985 |
| Michael Newbold Castle | January 15, 1985 to December 31, 1992 |
| Dale E. Wolf | December 31, 1992 to January 19, 1993 |
| Thomas R. Carper | January 19, 1993 to January 3, 2001 |
