Secretary of State of Delaware

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Secretary of State of Delaware

Incumbent
Jeffrey W. Bullock

since 2009

Department of State
Type| Secretary of State
Formation| 1778
First holder| James Booth Sr.

The Secretary of State of Delaware is the head of the Department of State of the U.S. state of Delaware. The Department is in charge of a wide variety of public and governmental services, and is divided into the following divisions:

* Delaware Division of Libraries
* Delaware Division of the Arts
* Delaware Public Archives
* Delaware State Banking Commissioner
* Conference Centers(Buena Vista/Belmont Hall)
* Division of Corporations(handles business records, including lien statements under the Uniform Commercial Code)
* Government Information Center
* Delaware Heritage Commission
* Historical & Cultural Affairs
* Human Relations
* Merit Employee Relations Board
* Notaries Public
* Delaware Board of Pardons
* Professional Regulation
* Delaware Public Advocate
* Public Employment Relations Board
* Delaware Public Integrity Commission
* Delaware Public Service Commission
* Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs
* Delaware Veterans Home
* Delaware Commission for Women

Some of the most important responsibilities of the Secretary of State involve registry of businesses and corporations, monitoring banks, and other commercial activities. However, unlike many other U.S. Secretaries of State, the Delaware Secretary of State is not in charge of administering elections in Delaware. The Delaware Department of Elections is a separate agency from the Department of State.

## Secretaries of state (years served in office)

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* James Booth Sr. (1778–1799)
* Abraham Ridgely (1799–1802)
* William B. Shields (1802)
* John Fisher (1802–1805, 1811–1812)
* William Hazzard (1805)
* Peter Robinson (1805–1808, 1814–1817, 1822–1823)
* William Warner (1808)
* Thomas Clayton (1808–1810)
* John Barratt (1810–1811)
* Willard Hall (1812–1814, 1821–1822)
* Henry M. Ridgely (1817–1821, 1824–1826)
* Henry H. Wells (1823–1824)
* John M. Clayton (1826–1828)
* Samuel Maxwell Harrington (1828–1830)
* Caleb S. Layton (1830–1833, 1836)
* James Rogers (1833–1835)
* William Hemphill Jones (1835–1836)
* John Brinkloe (1836)
* Robert Frame (1836–1837)
* Charles Marim (1837–1841)
* John W. Houston (1841–1845)
* John Wales (1845–1846)
* George P. Fisher (1846–1847)
* Daniel Moore Bates(1847–1851)
* Alfred P. Robinson (1851–1855)
* James R. Lofland (1855–1859)
* Edward Ridgely (1859–1863)
* Nathaniel B. Smithers (1863, 1895)
* Samuel M. Harrington Jr. (1863–1865)
* Custis W. Wright (1865–1871)
* John H. Paynter (1871–1875)
* Ignatius Cooper Grubb (1875–1879)
* James L. Wolcott (1879–1883)
* William R. Causey (1883–1887)
* John P. Saulsbury (1887–1889)
* John F. Saulsbury (1889–1891)
* David T. Marvel (1891–1893)
* John D. Hawkins (1893–1895)
* J. Harvey Whiteman (1895–1897)
* William H. Boyce (1897)
* James H. Hughes (1897–1901)
* Caleb R. Layton (1901–1905)
* Joseph L. Cahall (1905–1909)
* Daniel O. Hastings (1909)
* William T. Smithers (1909–1911)
* Charles S. Richards (1911–1913)
* Thomas W. Miller (1913–1915)
* George H. Hall ((1915–1917)
* Everett C. Johnson (1917–1921)
* Alden R. Benson (1921–1925)
* William G. Taylor (1925)
* Fannie S. Herrington (1925–1926)
* Sylvester D. Townsend Jr. (1926–1927)
* Charles H. Grantland (1927–1934)
* Walter Dent Smith ((1934–1937)
* Charles L. Terry Jr. (1937–1938)
* Josiah Marvel Jr.(1938–1941)
* Earle D. Willey (1941–1942)
* William J. Storey (1942–1949)
* Harris B. McDowell Jr. (1949–1953)
* John N. McDowell (1953–1958)
* George J. Schultz (1958–1961)
* Elisha C. Dukes (1961–1969)
* Eugene Bunting (1969–1971)
* Walton H. Simpson (1971–1973)
* Robert H. Reed (1973–1977)
* Glenn C. Kenton (1977–1985)
* Michael E. Harkins (1985–1991)
* Michael Ratchford (1992)
* William T. Quillen (1993–1994)
* Edward J. Freel (1994–2001)
* Harriet Smith Windsor (2001–2009)
* Jeffrey W. Bullock (2009–present)

## See also

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* List of company registers

## External links

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* Delaware Department of State Official Homepage
* Explanation of the duties of each of the Department's divisions
* History of the Delaware Department of State
* Delaware Division of Libraries
* Delaware Division of the Arts
* Delaware Public Archives
* Delaware State Banking Commissioner
* Conference Centers Buena Vista, Belmont Hall
* Division of Corporations (handles business records, including lien statements under the Uniform Commercial Code)
* Government Information Center
* Delaware Heritage Commission
* Historical & Cultural Affairs
* Human Relations
* Merit Employee Relations Board
* Notaries Public
* Delaware Board of Pardons
* Professional Regulation
* Delaware Public Advocate
* Public Employment Relations Board
* Delaware Public Integrity Commission
* Delaware Public Service Commission
* Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs
* Delaware Veterans Home
* Delaware Commission for Women

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Delaware statewide elected officials

* Governor
* Lieutenant Governor
* Attorney General
* Secretary of State
* Treasurer
* Auditor
* Insurance Commissioner

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Secretaries of state in the United States

▌Wes Allen (R)

▌Nancy Dahlstrom (R)

▌Adrian Fontes (D)

▌John Thurston (R)

▌Shirley Weber (D)

▌Jena Griswold (D)

▌Stephanie Thomas (D)

▌Jeffrey W. Bullock (D)

▌Cord Byrd (R)

▌Brad Raffensperger (R)

▌Sylvia Luke (D)

▌Phil McGrane (R)

▌Alexi Giannoulias (D)

▌Diego Morales (R)

▌Paul Pate (R)

▌Scott Schwab (R)

▌Michael Adams (R)

▌Nancy Landry (R)

▌Shenna Bellows (D)

▌Susan C. Lee (D)

▌William F. Galvin (D)

▌Jocelyn Benson (D)

▌Steve Simon (DFL)

▌Michael Watson (R)

▌Jay Ashcroft (R)

▌Christi Jacobsen (R)

▌Bob Evnen (R)

▌Cisco Aguilar (D)

▌David Scanlan (R)

▌Tahesha Way (D)

▌Maggie Toulouse Oliver (D)

▌Walter T. Mosley (D)

▌Elaine Marshall (D)

▌Michael Howe (R)

▌Frank LaRose (R)

▌Josh Cockroft (R)

▌LaVonne Griffin-Valade (D)

▌Al Schmidt (R)

▌Gregg Amore (D)

▌Mark Hammond (R)

▌Monae Johnson (R)

▌Tre Hargett (R)

▌Jane Nelson (R)

▌Deidre Henderson (R)

▌Sarah Copeland Hanzas (D)

▌Kelly Gee* (R)

▌Steve Hobbs (D)

▌Mac Warner (R)

▌Sarah Godlewski (D)

▌Chuck Gray (R)

Federal districts:

▌Kimberly A. Bassett (D)

Territories:

▌Eleasalo Ale (D)

▌Josh Tenorio (D)

▌David M. Apatang (I)

▌Omar J. Marrero (PNP)

▌Tregenza Roach (D)

Political party affiliations
28 ▌Republican (28 states)
26 ▌Democratic (22 states, 3 territories, 1 district)
1 ▌Independent (1 territory)
1 ▌New Progressive (1 territory)
Italics indicate no secretary of state in this state, closest equivalent listed
An asterisk (*) indicates that the officeholder is serving in an acting capacity.

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