January. State representatives have a two-year term. The governor takes office the third Tuesday of January and has a four-year term. References Images Hall of Governors Portrait Gallery Portrait courtesy of Historical and Cultural Affairs, Dover. External links Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States Delaware’s Governors The Political Graveyard Places with more information Delaware Historical Society; website; 505 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801; (302) 655-7161 University of Delaware; Library website; 181 South College Avenue, Newark, Delaware 19717; (302) 831-2965 1844 births 1917 deaths American Presbyterians People from Lewes, Delaware Democratic Party members of the Delaware House of Representatives Democratic Party governors of Delaware Burials in Sussex County, Delaware 19th-century American politicians People from Ocean View, Delaware County officials in Delaware