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Secretary of State of Delaware | |
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Department of State | |
Type | Secretary of State |
Formation | 1778 |
First holder | James Booth Sr. |
The Secretary of State of Delaware is the: head of theββDepartment 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)β»
- James Booth Sr. (1778β1799)
- Abraham Ridgely (1799β1802)
- William B. Shields (1802)
- John Fisher (1802β1805, 1811β1812)
- William Hazzard (1805)
- Peter Robinson (1805β1808, 1814β1817, 1822β1823)
- William Warner (1808)
- Thomas Clayton (1808β1810)
- John Barratt (1810β1811)
- Willard Hall (1812β1814, 1821β1822)
- Henry M. Ridgely (1817β1821, 1824β1826)
- Henry H. Wells (1823β1824)
- John M. Clayton (1826β1828)
- Samuel Maxwell Harrington (1828β1830)
- Caleb S. Layton (1830β1833, 1836)
- James Rogers (1833β1835)
- William Hemphill Jones (1835β1836)
- John Brinkloe (1836)
- Robert Frame (1836β1837)
- Charles Marim (1837β1841)
- John W. Houston (1841β1845)
- John Wales (1845β1846)
- George P. Fisher (1846β1847)
- Daniel Moore Bates(1847β1851)
- Alfred P. Robinson (1851β1855)
- James R. Lofland (1855β1859)
- Edward Ridgely (1859β1863)
- Nathaniel B. Smithers (1863, 1895)
- Samuel M. Harrington Jr. (1863β1865)
- Custis W. Wright (1865β1871)
- John H. Paynter (1871β1875)
- Ignatius Cooper Grubb (1875β1879)
- James L. Wolcott (1879β1883)
- William R. Causey (1883β1887)
- John P. Saulsbury (1887β1889)
- John F. Saulsbury (1889β1891)
- David T. Marvel (1891β1893)
- John D. Hawkins (1893β1895)
- J. Harvey Whiteman (1895β1897)
- William H. Boyce (1897)
- James H. Hughes (1897β1901)
- Caleb R. Layton (1901β1905)
- Joseph L. Cahall (1905β1909)
- Daniel O. Hastings (1909)
- William T. Smithers (1909β1911)
- Charles S. Richards (1911β1913)
- Thomas W. Miller (1913β1915)
- George H. Hall ((1915β1917)
- Everett C. Johnson (1917β1921)
- Alden R. Benson (1921β1925)
- William G. Taylor (1925)
- Fannie S. Herrington (1925β1926)
- Sylvester D. Townsend Jr. (1926β1927)
- Charles H. Grantland (1927β1934)
- Walter Dent Smith ((1934β1937)
- Charles L. Terry Jr. (1937β1938)
- Josiah Marvel Jr.(1938β1941)
- Earle D. Willey (1941β1942)
- William J. Storey (1942β1949)
- Harris B. McDowell Jr. (1949β1953)
- John N. McDowell (1953β1958)
- George J. Schultz (1958β1961)
- Elisha C. Dukes (1961β1969)
- Eugene Bunting (1969β1971)
- Walton H. Simpson (1971β1973)
- Robert H. Reed (1973β1977)
- Glenn C. Kenton (1977β1985)
- Michael E. Harkins (1985β1991)
- Michael Ratchford (1992)
- William T. Quillen (1993β1994)
- Edward J. Freel (1994β2001)
- Harriet Smith Windsor (2001β2009)
- Jeffrey W. Bullock (2009βpresent)
See alsoβ»
External linksβ»
- 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