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Parker">Isaac T. Parker</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Hunn_(governor)" title="John Hunn (governor)">John Hunn</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Simeon_S._Pennewill" title="Simeon S. Pennewill">Simeon S. Pennewill</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1841-11-12</span>)</span>November 12, 1841<br /><a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware" title="Wilmington, Delaware">Wilmington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">December 4, 1916<span style="display:none">(1916-12-04)</span> (aged 75)<br /><a href="/wiki/New_Castle,_Delaware" title="New Castle, Delaware">New Castle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Adelaide Moore <br />Eliza Naudain Corbit</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware" title="Wilmington, Delaware">Wilmington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Businessman</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Preston Lea</b> (November 12, 1841 – December 4, 1916) was an American businessman and politician from Wilmington, in <a href="/wiki/New_Castle_County,_Delaware" title="New Castle County, Delaware">New Castle County, Delaware</a>. He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a> who served as <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Delaware" title="List of governors of Delaware">Governor of Delaware</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_family">Early life and family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Preston_Lea&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lea was born at <a href="/wiki/Brandywine_Village" title="Brandywine Village">Brandywine Village</a>, now a part of <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware" title="Wilmington, Delaware">Wilmington, Delaware</a>, son of William and Jane Scott Lovett Lea. His ancestors came to Pennsylvania with <a href="/wiki/William_Penn" title="William Penn">William Penn</a>. His grandfather, Thomas Lea, built a flour mill on the <a href="/wiki/Brandywine_Creek_(Christina_River)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brandywine Creek (Christina River)">Brandywine Creek</a> in 1811. </p><p>In 1870, he married Adelaide Moore; they had three children: Claudia Wright, Alice Moore, and Ethel Mildred. In 1897, he married again, to Eliza Naudain Corbit, with whom he had one child, Louise Corbit. Their home for many years was at 2315 17th Street in Wilmington. They were members of the Wilmington Friends Meeting of the <a href="/wiki/Religious_Society_of_Friends" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious Society of Friends">Religious Society of Friends</a>, or Quakers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_and_political_career">Professional and political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Preston_Lea&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Professional and political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wilmington, Delaware, is really a combination of two towns. Wilmington proper rises from the banks of the navigable <a href="/wiki/Christina_River" title="Christina River">Christina River</a> and prospered as a convenient place to collect farm products from the interior of Delaware and central Pennsylvania. At its back, though, is a tributary of the Christina River, known as <a href="/wiki/Brandywine_Creek_(Christina_River)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brandywine Creek (Christina River)">Brandywine Creek</a>. Navigable for only a short distance, the creek quickly rises into the Piedmont and through a series of small falls, provides a dependable source of power for mills. Small boats, or shallops, sailed up to the base of these falls, unloaded their grain, and loaded back up with what became known as "Superfine" flour, some of the best flour produced in America. These mills were known as the Brandywine Mills and the town around them, Brandywine Village. </p><p>Lea's grandfather, Thomas Lea, built a flour mill in Brandywine Village on the Brandywine Creek in 1811. His father, William Lea, ran the mill until his death in 1873. After receiving an education at <a href="/wiki/Lawrenceville,_New_Jersey" title="Lawrenceville, New Jersey">Lawrenceville</a>, New Jersey, Preston Lea went to work for his father at the age of eighteen. When William Lea died, the firm was incorporated as William Lea & Sons. Preston Lea became its vice president and then its president in 1876. </p><p>In addition, he became president of the Wilmington Board of Trade in 1873 and in 1888 was elected president of the <a href="/wiki/Union_Bank_of_Delaware" title="Union Bank of Delaware">Union National Bank</a>. Still holding these positions, he was also vice-president of Farmers Mutual Insurance Co., a director of <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad" title="Pennsylvania Railroad">Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad</a>, president of the Equitable Guarantee Bank, and president of the Wilmington City Railway Co. </p><p>During the 30 years following the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a> the Republican Party was largely the party of New Castle County industrialists and the <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">African-American</a> population. Politically opposed by large majorities of the rural population of <a href="/wiki/Kent_County,_Delaware" title="Kent County, Delaware">Kent</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sussex_County,_Delaware" title="Sussex County, Delaware">Sussex</a> Counties, as well as much of the large Irish immigrant population in Wilmington, statewide they were a decided minority. Some years they didn't even field a ticket. However, as gas company millionaire and <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> native <a href="/wiki/J._Edward_Addicks" title="J. Edward Addicks">J. Edward "Gas" Addicks</a> poured campaign money into the Republican Party organization, young businessmen and politicians, tired of the long dominance of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrats</a>, responded and joined up. </p><p>Another reason behind the success of the Addicks effort was the resentment many had for the established Republican leaders in New Castle County. Their control of the party seemed to others to be more important than beating Democrats and correcting widely acknowledged problems. The established party leaders could not abide the thought of supporting the "<a href="/wiki/Carpetbagger" title="Carpetbagger">carpetbagger</a>" Addicks, and rebuffed him and the newcomers he brought into the party with him. So, with a mostly progressive agenda, and styling themselves "Union Republicans," they frequently ran their own candidates and rapidly built a large following. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governor_of_Delaware">Governor of Delaware</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Preston_Lea&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Governor of Delaware"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While Lea was certainly an old time Republican industrialist of New Castle County, he was different in that he saw the positive side of Addicks' efforts, formed close friendships with rising young politicians from lower Delaware such as <a href="/wiki/John_G._Townsend_Jr." title="John G. Townsend Jr.">John G. Townsend Jr.</a>, and was counted among the Union Republicans. In 1904 he was the Union Republican candidate for governor. Popular in New Castle County Republicans circles and benefiting from the well-funded Addicks machine elsewhere, Lea won nearly all the growing number of Republicans voters, easily defeating both Joseph Chandler, the regular Republican Party candidate and Caleb S. Pennewill, the Democratic Party candidate. </p><p>Within a year after the election, Addicks suffered major personal and business setbacks and completely withdrew from Delaware politics. With no further reason to disagree, the two Republican factions came together under the political leadership of <a href="/wiki/T._Coleman_du_Pont" title="T. Coleman du Pont">T. Coleman du Pont</a>. Thus formed the durable majority coalition of upstate industrialists and downstate small businessmen that governed Delaware for 60 years and is still the basis of the Republican Party. </p><p>Among its actions, the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Assembly" title="Delaware General Assembly">Delaware General Assembly</a> finally outlawed the state pillory, although the whipping post remained. The long-disputed boundary with New Jersey in the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_River" title="Delaware River">Delaware River</a> was also resolved and the now antiquated <a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_%26_Delaware_Canal" title="Chesapeake & Delaware Canal">Chesapeake and Delaware Canal</a> was sold to the <a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States">Federal Government</a> in order to provide for major improvement. Laws were also passed requiring at least three months of school attendance by children and local option legislation allowed Kent and Sussex counties to prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages. <a href="/wiki/T._Coleman_du_Pont" title="T. Coleman du Pont">T. Coleman du Pont</a> announced his plans for a new highway, to be built the length of Delaware, in 1908. </p><p><br /> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" align="center"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#cccccc"> <th colspan="12" style="background: #ccccff;"><b><a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Assembly" title="Delaware General Assembly">Delaware General Assembly</a></b> <br /> <small> <i>(sessions while Governor)</i></small> </th></tr> <tr> <th><b>Year</b> </th> <th><b>Assembly</b> </th> <th> </th> <th><b>Senate Majority</b> </th> <th><b>President<br /><i><small>pro tempore</small></i></b> </th> <th> </th> <th><b>House Majority</b> </th> <th><b>Speaker</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1905-1906 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Assembly" title="Delaware General Assembly">93rd</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Alvin B. Conner </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/William_D._Denney" title="William D. Denney">William D. Denney</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1907-1908 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Assembly" title="Delaware General Assembly">94th</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">George W. Sparks </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Richard Hodgsdon </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death_and_legacy">Death and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Preston_Lea&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Death and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In his later years Lea spent much of his time at his summer home "the Orchards," thought to be in the area of the refinery near <a href="/wiki/Delaware_City,_Delaware" title="Delaware City, Delaware">Delaware City</a>. He died at New Castle and is buried in the <a href="/wiki/Wilmington_and_Brandywine_Cemetery" title="Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery">Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery</a> at Wilmington. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Almanac">Almanac</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Preston_Lea&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Almanac"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. The governor takes office the third Tuesday of January, and has a four-year term. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" align="center"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#cccccc"> <th colspan="7" style="background: #ccccff;">Public Offices </th></tr> <tr> <th><b>Office</b> </th> <th><b>Type</b> </th> <th><b>Location</b> </th> <th><b>Began office</b> </th> <th><b>Ended office</b> </th> <th><b>notes</b> </th></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFE6B0"> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Delaware" title="List of governors of Delaware">Governor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Executive_(government)" title="Executive (government)">Executive</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dover,_Delaware" title="Dover, Delaware">Dover</a> </td> <td>January 17, 1905 </td> <td>January 19, 1909 </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" align="center"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#cccccc"> <th colspan="12" style="background: #ccccff;">Election results </th></tr> <tr> <th><b>Year</b> </th> <th><b>Office</b> </th> <th> </th> <th><b>Subject</b> </th> <th><b>Party</b> </th> <th><b>Votes</b> </th> <th><b>%</b> </th> <th> </th> <th><b>Opponent</b> </th> <th><b>Party</b> </th> <th><b>Votes</b> </th> <th><b>%</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1904 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Delaware" title="List of governors of Delaware">Governor</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Preston Lea </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">22,532 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">46% </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Caleb S. Pennewill<br /> Joseph H. Chandler </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">19,780<br />802 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">41%<br />2% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Preston_Lea&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFCarter2001" class="citation book cs1">Carter, Richard B. (2001). <i>Clearing New Ground, The Life of John G. Townsend, Jr</i>. Wilmington, Delaware: The Delaware Heritage Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-924117-20-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-924117-20-6"><bdi>0-924117-20-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Clearing+New+Ground%2C+The+Life+of+John+G.+Townsend%2C+Jr.&rft.place=Wilmington%2C+Delaware&rft.pub=The+Delaware+Heritage+Press&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=0-924117-20-6&rft.aulast=Carter&rft.aufirst=Richard+B.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APreston+Lea" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFConrad1908" class="citation book cs1">Conrad, Henry C. (1908). <i>History of the State of Delaware</i>. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Wickersham Company.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=History+of+the+State+of+Delaware&rft.place=Lancaster%2C+Pennsylvania&rft.pub=Wickersham+Company&rft.date=1908&rft.aulast=Conrad&rft.aufirst=Henry+C.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APreston+Lea" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMartin1984" class="citation book cs1">Martin, Roger A. (1984). <i>History of Delaware Through its Governors</i>. 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Newark, Delaware: University of Delaware Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87413-493-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-87413-493-5"><bdi>0-87413-493-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=History+of+Delaware&rft.place=Newark%2C+Delaware&rft.pub=University+of+Delaware+Press&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=0-87413-493-5&rft.aulast=Munroe&rft.aufirst=John+A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APreston+Lea" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSobelJ._Racino1988" class="citation book cs1">Sobel, Robert; J. Racino (1988). <i>Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States 1789-1978</i>. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-930466-00-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-930466-00-4"><bdi>0-930466-00-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Biographical+Directory+of+the+Governors+of+the+United+States+1789-1978&rft.place=Westport%2C+CT&rft.pub=Greenwood+Press&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=0-930466-00-4&rft.aulast=Sobel&rft.aufirst=Robert&rft.au=J.+Racino&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APreston+Lea" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Images">Images</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Preston_Lea&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Images"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.webmousepublications.com/itow/whoswho/lea/gal-pl.html">Family Photo Album </a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Preston_Lea&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070930041208/http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=a57b224971c81010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD">Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.russpickett.com/history/delgov4.htm#lea">Delaware’s Governors</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12512292">Preston Lea</a> at <a href="/wiki/Find_a_Grave" title="Find a Grave">Find a Grave</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.webmousepublications.com/itow/whoswho/lea/text-pl2.html">National Cyclopedia of American Biography </a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#RKD0INCDI">The Political Graveyard </a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://findingaids.hagley.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/1969_012.xml">Lea family photograph collection</a> at <a href="/wiki/Hagley_Museum_and_Library" title="Hagley Museum and Library">Hagley Museum and Library</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://findingaids.hagley.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/1970_018.xml">Morse-Lea photograph collection</a> at <a href="/wiki/Hagley_Museum_and_Library" title="Hagley Museum and Library">Hagley Museum and Library</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Places_with_more_information">Places with more information</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Preston_Lea&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Places with more information"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Historical_Society" title="Delaware Historical Society">Delaware Historical Society</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/19961231010053/http://hsd.org/">website</a>; 505 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801; (302) 655-7161</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Delaware" title="University of Delaware">University of Delaware</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lib.udel.edu/">Library website</a>; 181 South College Avenue, Newark, Delaware 19717; (302) 831-2965</li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Hunn_(governor)" title="John Hunn (governor)">John Hunn</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Delaware" title="List of governors of Delaware">Governor of Delaware</a> </b><br />1905–1909 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Simeon_S._Pennewill" title="Simeon S. 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Rodney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Clark_(Delaware_governor)" title="John Clark (Delaware governor)">Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Molleston" title="Henry Molleston">Molleston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Stout" title="Jacob Stout">Stout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Collins_(governor)" title="John Collins (governor)">J. Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caleb_Rodney" title="Caleb Rodney">Caleb Rodney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Haslet" title="Joseph Haslet">Haslet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Thomas_(Delaware_governor)" title="Charles Thomas (Delaware governor)">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Paynter" title="Samuel Paynter">Paynter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Polk_Jr." title="Charles Polk Jr.">Polk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Hazzard" title="David Hazzard">Hazzard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caleb_P._Bennett" title="Caleb P. Bennett">Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Polk_Jr." title="Charles Polk Jr.">Polk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornelius_P._Comegys" title="Cornelius P. Comegys">Comegys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_B._Cooper_(Delaware_politician)" title="William B. Cooper (Delaware politician)">Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Stockton" title="Thomas Stockton">Stockton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Maull" title="Joseph Maull">Maull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Temple_(politician)" title="William Temple (politician)">Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Tharp" title="William Tharp">Tharp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._H._Ross" title="William H. H. Ross">Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_F._Causey" title="Peter F. 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Tunnell">Tunnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hunn_(governor)" title="John Hunn (governor)">Hunn</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Lea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simeon_S._Pennewill" title="Simeon S. Pennewill">Pennewill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_R._Miller_(politician)" title="Charles R. Miller (politician)">Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_G._Townsend_Jr." title="John G. Townsend Jr.">Townsend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_D._Denney" title="William D. Denney">Denney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_P._Robinson_(Delaware_politician)" title="Robert P. Robinson (Delaware politician)">Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._Douglass_Buck" title="C. Douglass Buck">Buck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_McMullen" title="Richard McMullen">McMullen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_W._Bacon" title="Walter W. Bacon">Bacon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elbert_N._Carvel" title="Elbert N. 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