Capital: Dover

State Nickname: First State

State Bird: Ruffed Grouse

State Flower: Peach Blossom

Admitted to the Union: December 7, 1787

June 2, 1789 to January 13, 1796:

Joshua Clayton

January 13, 1796 to September 28, 1797:

Gunning Bedford. Sr.

September 28, 1797 to January 9, 1799:

Daniel Rogers

January, 1799 to March, 1801

Richard Bassett

March 1801 to January 1802:

James Sykes

January 1802 to January 1805:

David Hall

January 1805 to January 1808:

Nathaniel Mitchell

January 1808 to January 1811:

George Truitt

January 1811 to January 1814:

Jospeh Haslet

January 1814 to January 1817:

Daniel Rodney

January 1817 to January 1820:

John Clark

1820 (Died before taking office)

Henry Melleston

January 1820 to January 1821:

Jacob Stout

January 1821 to April 1822:

John Collins

April 1822 to January 1823:

Caleb Rodney

January 1823 to June 20, 1823:

Joseph Haslet

June 20, 1823 to January 1824:

Charles Thomas

January 1824 to January 1827:

Samuel Paynter

January 1827 to January 1830:

Charles Polk

January 1830 to January 1833:

David Hazzard

January 1833 to April 9 1836:

Caleb P. Bennett

April 9, 1836 to January 1837:

Clarles Polk

January 1837 to January 1841:

Cornelius P. Comeguys

January 1841 to January 1845:

William B. Cooper

January 1845 to March 2, 1846:

Thomas Stockton

March 2, 1846 to May 1, 1846:

Joseph Maull

May 1, 1846 to January 1847:

William Temple

January 1847 to January 1851:

William Tharp

January 1851 to January 1855:

William H. Ross

January 1855 to January 1859:

Peter F. Causey

January 1859 to January 1863:

William Burton

January 1863 to March 1, 1865:

William Cannon

March 1, 1865 to January 1871:

Gove Saulsbury

January 1871 to January 1875:

Jomes Ponder

January 1875 to January 1879:

John P. Cochran

January 1879 to January 1883:

John W. Hall

January 1883 to January 1887:

Charles C. Stockley

January 1887 to January 1891:

Benjamin T. Biggs

January 1891 to January 1895:

Robert J. Reynolds

January 1885 to April 8, 1895:

Joshua H. Marvel

April 8, 1895 to January 19, 1897:

William T. Watson

January 19, 1897 to January 15, 1901:

Ebe W. Tunnell

January 15, 1901 to January 17, 1905:

John Hunn

January 17, 1905 to January 19, 1909:

Preston Lea

January 19 1909 to January 21, 1913:

Simeon S. Pennewill

January 21, 1913 to January 17, 1917:

Charles R. Miller

January 17, 1917 to January 18, 1921:

John G. Townsend

January 18, 1921 to January 20, 1925:

William D. Denney

January 20, 1925 to January 15, 1929:

Robert P. Robinson

January 15, 1929 to January 19, 1937:

C. Douglass Buck

January 19, 1937 to January 21, 1941:

Richard C. McMullen

January 21, 1941 to January 18, 1945:

Walter W. Bacon

January 18, 1949 to January 20, 1953:

Elbert N. Carvel

January 20, 1953 to December 30, 1960:

J. Caleb Boggs

December 30, 1960 to January 17, 1961:

David P. Buckson

January 17, 1961 to January 19, 1965:

Elbert N. Carvel

January 19, 1965 to January 16, 1969:

Charles L. Terry, Jr.

January 21, 1969 to January 16, 1973:

Russell W. Peterson

January 16, 1973 to January 18, 1977:

Sherman W. Tribbitt

January 18, 1977 to January 15, 1985:

Pierre duPont

January 15, 1985 to December 31, 1992:

Michael N. Castle

January 1, 1993 to January 19, 1993:

Dale E. Wolf

January 19, 1993 to 2001:

Thomas R. Carper

2001 --

Ruth Ann Minner

Our Delaware

Written by George B. Hynson
Composed by M. S. Brown

Oh the hills of dear New Castle,
and the smiling vales between,
When the corn is all in tassel,
And the meadowlands are green;
Where the cattle crop the clover,
And its breath is in the air,
While the sun is shining over
Our beloved Delaware.

1790: 59,096

1800: 64,273

1810: 72,674

1820: 24,057

1830: 76,675

1840: 78,085

1850: 91,532

1860: 112,216

1870: 125,015

1880: 146,608

1890: 168,493

1900: 184,735

1910: 202,322

1920: 223,003

1930: 238,380

1940: 266,505

1950: 318,085

1960: 446,292

1970: 548,104

1980: 594,338

1990: 666,168

2000: 783,600