Eugene Bookhammer

Eugene Bookhammer (June 14, 1918 – February 23, 2013) was an American politician who served as the 18th Lieutenant Governor of Delaware, as a Republican, from January 21, 1969 until January 18, 1977. He served under Governors Russell W. Peterson and Sherman W. Tribbitt.^[1] Mr. Bookhammer served in the U. S. Army during World War II. He was in the lumber mill business. Mr. Bookhammer also served in the Delaware State Senate. With author Richard Carter, Mr. Bookhammer wrote a book in 2009: "Gene Bookhammer and His World." He died at his home in Lewes in February 2013. He was 94.^[2]

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• Delaware's Lieutenant Governors

Governors and Lieutenant Governors of Delaware
Governors	McKinly McKean Read Caesar Rodney Dickinson Cook Van Dyke T. Collins Davis Clayton Bedford Rogers Bassett Sykes D. Hall Mitchell Truitt Haslet D. Rodney Clark Molleston Stout J. Collins Caleb Rodney Haslet Thomas Paynter Polk Hazzard Bennett Polk Comegys Cooper Stockton Maull Temple Tharp Ross Causey Burton Cannon Saulsbury Ponder Cochran J. Hall Stockley Biggs Reynolds Marvil Watson Tunnell Hunn Lea Pennewill Miller Townsend Denney Robinson Buck McMullen Bacon Carvel Boggs Buckson Carvel Terry Peterson Tribbitt du Pont Castle Wolf Carper Minner Markell Carney (elect)
Lieutenant Governors	Cannon Parker Mendinhall Ferguson Eliason Bush Anderson Hazel Corley Cooch MacCollum Carvel Bayard Rollins Buckson Lammot Tribbitt Bookhammer McGinnis Castle Woo Wolf Minner Carney Denn Hall-Long (elect)