Eugene Donald Bookhammer (June 14, 1918 – February 23, 2013) was an American politician who served as the

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Lieutenant Governor of Delaware The lieutenant governor of Delaware is the second ranking executive officer of the U.S. state of Delaware. Lieutenant governors are elected for a term of four years in the same general election as the U.S. president and take office the following ...

, as a

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, from 1969 to 1977. He served under Governors

Russell W. Peterson Russell Wilbur Peterson (October 3, 1916 – February 21, 2011) was an American scientist and politician from Wilmington, Delaware. He served as Governor of Delaware as a member of the Republican Party. An influential environmentalist, he serve ...

and

Sherman W. Tribbitt Sherman Willard Tribbitt (November 9, 1922 – August 14, 2010) was an American merchant and politician from Odessa in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a World War II veteran and a member of the Democratic Party who served in the Delaware ...

. Before his election as lieutenant governor, he had served in the

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since 1962. Born in

Lewes, Delaware Lewes ( ) is an incorporated city on the Delaware Bay in eastern Sussex County, Delaware, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population is 2,747. Along with neighboring Rehoboth Beach, Lewes is one of the principal cities of Delawar ...

, Bookhammer graduated from Lewes High School and served in the U.S. Army during World War II, receiving the

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and the

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. 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.

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