The Political Graveyard: Delaware: Secretaries of State

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Delaware: Secretaries of State

Delaware Secretaries of State, 1802-2007 (May be incomplete!)
William B. Shields 1802 Thomas Clayton 1808-10 Willard Hall 1811 Henry M. Ridgely 1817-27 John M. Clayton 1826-28 John W. Houston 1841-45 John Wales 1845-49 George P. Fisher 1846 James R. Lofland 1855-59 Nathaniel B. Smithers 1863 William Frederick Causey 1884-87 John P. Saulsbury 1890 William H. Boyce 1897 James H. Hughes 1899 Caleb R. Layton 1901-05 Joseph L. Cahall 1905-09 Daniel O. Hastings 1909 William T. Smithers 1909-11 Charles S. Richards 1911-13 Thomas W. Miller 1913-15 George H. Hall 1915-17 Everett C. Johnson 1917-21 Alden R. Benson 1921-25 William G. Taylor 1925 Fannie S. Harrington 1925-27 Sylvester D. Townsend, Jr. 1927 Charles H. Grantland 1927-34 Walter Dent Smith 1934-37 Charles L. Terry, Jr. 1937-38 Josiah Marvel, Jr. 1938-41 Earle D. Willey 1941-42 William J. Storey 1942-49 Harris B. McDowell, Jr. 1949-53 John N. McDowell 1953-58 George J. Schulz 1958-61 Elisha Dukes 1961-69 Eugene Bunting 1969-71 Walton H. Simpson 1971-72 Robert H. Reed 1973-77 Glenn C. Kenton 1977-85 Michael E. Harkins 1985-91 Michael Ratchford 1992 William T. Quillen 1993-94 Edward J. Freel 1994-2000 Harriet N. Smith=Windsor 2001-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1909 Jan 19: Daniel O. Hastings, appointed.

1909 Jun 16: Daniel O. Hastings, resigned.

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