James Sykes (governor)

James Sykes
14th Governor of Delaware
In office
March 3, 1801 – January 19, 1802
Preceded byRichard Bassett
Succeeded byDavid Hall
Member of the Delaware Senate
In office
January 6, 1794 – January 6, 1797
January 6, 1798 – February 20, 1801
January 6, 1802 – January 6, 1813
Personal details
Born(1761-03-27)March 27, 1761
DiedOctober 18, 1822(1822-10-18) (aged 61)
PartyFederalist Democratic-Republican
SpouseElizabeth Goldsborough
ProfessionPhysician
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "imagesize". Replace with "image_size".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "honorific-suffix". Replace with "honorific_suffix".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "smallimage". Replace with "image".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "honorific-prefix". Replace with "honorific_prefix".

James Sykes (March 27, 1761 – October 18, 1822) was an American medical doctor and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as Governor of Delaware.