Eugene Bookhammer

Eugene D. Bookhammer
Eugene D. Bookhammer
18th Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
	In office; January 21, 1969 – January 18, 1977
Governor	Russell W. Peterson; Sherman W. Tribbitt
Preceded by	Sherman W. Tribbitt
Succeeded by	James D. McGinnis
Personal details
Born	June 14, 1918; Lewes, Delaware, U.S.
Died	February 23, 2013 (aged 94); Lewes, Delaware, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Profession	Businessman, politician
Awards	Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Military service
Branch/service	United States Army

Eugene Donald Bookhammer (June 14, 1918 – February 23, 2013) was an American politician who served as the 18th Lieutenant Governor of Delaware, as a Republican, from 1969 to 1977. He served under Governors Russell W. Peterson and Sherman W. Tribbitt. Before his election as lieutenant governor, he had served in the Delaware State Senate since 1962.^[1]

Born in Lewes, Delaware, Bookhammer graduated from Lewes High School and served in the U.S. Army during World War II, receiving the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. He was in the lumber mill business. With author Richard Carter, in 2009 he wrote his biography, Gene Bookhammer and His World. He died at his home in Lewes in February 2013 at the age of 94.^[2]

References

^ Biographical Sketches and Portraits. National Conference of Lieutenant Governors. 1973.
^ "Obituary of Eugene D. Bookhammer, former lieutenant governor". Cape Gazette. 2013-02-27. Retrieved 2022-10-27.

External links

Delaware's Lieutenant Governors Archived 2009-12-12 at the Wayback Machine

Party political offices
Preceded by William T. Best	Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Delaware 1968, 1972	Succeeded by Andrew Foltz
Political offices
Preceded by Sherman W. Tribbitt	Lieutenant Governor of Delaware 1969–1977	Succeeded by James D. McGinnis

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[1] Biographical Sketches and Portraits. National Conference of Lieutenant Governors. 1973.

[2] "Obituary of Eugene D. Bookhammer, former lieutenant governor". Cape Gazette. 2013-02-27. Retrieved 2022-10-27.

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v t e 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 Meyer (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 Gay (elect)