Delaware: Presidents of the State: 1777-1793

President and Commander-in-Chief of the Delaware State [1]
21 Feb 1777 - 12/13 Sep 1777	John McKinly [2]
Speaker of the Assembly, President, Captain-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Delaware State
22 Sep 1777 - 15 Oct 1777	Thomas McKean [3]
Vice-President and Commander-in-Chief of the Delaware State
15 Oct 1777 - 2 Apr 1778	George Read
President and Commander-in-Chief of the Delaware State [1]
2 Apr 1778 - 14 Nov 1781	Cæsar Rodney
14 Nov 1781 - 31 Jan 1783	John Dickinson [4]
Vice-President and Commander-in-Chief of the Delaware State
31 Jan 1783 - 8 Feb 1783	John Cook [5]
President and Commander-in-Chief of the Delaware State [1]
8 Feb 1783 - 28 Oct 1786	Nicholas Van Dyke
28 Oct 1786 - 29 Mar 1789	Thomas Collins
Vice President and Commander-in-Chief of the Delaware State
29 Mar 1789 - 4 Jun 1789	Jehu Davis
President and Commander-in-Chief of the Delaware State [1]
4 Jun 1789 - 12 Jun 1792	Joshua Clayton
President of the State of Delaware
12 Jun 1792 - 14 Jan 1793	Joshua Clayton

Also in official use: President, Captain General and Commander-in-Chief of the Delaware State.
President McKinly was captured by the armed forces of Great Britain during the night of 12/13 Sep 1777. In accordance with the constitutional order of succession, executive functions devolved upon George Read, Speaker of the Legislative Council; however, Read was absent from Delaware at the time. Consequently, Thomas McKean, as Speaker of the House of Assembly, assumed executive authority on 22 Sep 1777, pending Read's arrival on 15 Oct 1777.
Also in the United States.
Also in Pennsylvania.
Acting on the instructions from President Dickinson, the Speaker of the Legislative Council John Cook assumed the functions of President on or after 4 Nov 1782. The resignation of Dickinson was accepted by the House of Assembly on 31 Jan 1783.