List of members of the US House of Representatives from Delaware
This list shows all politicians who since 1789 for Delaware to the United States House of Representatives have listened. Except for a short period between 1813 and 1823, in which a second seat was available, Delaware, as one of the smaller US states , only sent one MP to Washington . Both election winners were determined “at-large” during this period, i.e. in a state-wide election without electoral districts .
1st seat (At-large, since 1789)
Surname | Term of office | Political party |
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John Middleton Vining | March 4, 1789 - March 3, 1793 | federalist |
John Patten | March 4, 1793 - February 14, 1794 | Democratic Republican |
Henry Latimer | February 14, 1794 - February 7, 1795 | federalist |
John Patten | March 4, 1795 - March 3, 1797 | Democratic Republican |
James Asheton Bayard | March 4, 1797 - March 3, 1803 | federalist |
Caesar Augustus Rodney | March 4, 1803 - March 3, 1805 | Democratic Republican |
James Madison Broom | March 4, 1805 - October 6, 1807 | federalist |
Nicholas Van Dyke | October 6, 1807 - March 3, 1811 | federalist |
Henry Moore Ridgely | March 4, 1811 - March 3, 1815 | federalist |
Thomas Clayton | March 4, 1815 - March 3, 1817 | federalist |
Louis McLane | March 4, 1817 - March 3, 1827 | federalist |
Kensey Johns | October 2, 1827 - March 3, 1831 | National Republican Party |
John Jones Milligan | March 4, 1831 - March 3, 1839 | Whig |
Thomas Robinson | March 4, 1839 - March 3, 1841 | democrat |
George Brydges Rodney | March 4, 1841 - March 3, 1845 | Whig |
John Wallace Houston | March 4, 1845 - March 3, 1851 | Whig |
George Read Riddle | March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1855 | democrat |
Elisha Dickerson Cullen | March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1857 | American party |
William Gustavus Whiteley | March 4, 1857 - March 3, 1861 | democrat |
George Purnell Fisher | March 4, 1861 - March 3, 1863 | republican |
William Temple | March 4, 1863 - May 28, 1863 | republican |
Nathaniel Barratt Smithers | December 7, 1863 - March 3, 1865 | republican |
John Anthony Nicholson | March 4, 1865 - March 3, 1869 | democrat |
Benjamin Thomas Biggs | March 4, 1869 - March 3, 1873 | democrat |
James Rush Lofland | March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875 | republican |
James Williams | March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1879 | democrat |
Edward Livingston Martin | March 4, 1879 - March 3, 1883 | democrat |
Charles Brown Lore | March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1887 | democrat |
John Brown Penington | March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1891 | democrat |
John William Causey | March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1895 | democrat |
Jonathan Spencer Willis | March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1897 | republican |
Levin Irving cell phone | March 4, 1897 - March 3, 1899 | democrat |
John Henry Hoffecker | March 4, 1899 - June 16, 1900 | republican |
Walter Oakley Hoffecker | November 6, 1900 - March 3, 1901 | republican |
Lewis Heisler Ball | March 4, 1901 - March 3, 1903 | republican |
Henry Aydelotte Houston | March 4, 1903 - March 3, 1905 | democrat |
Hiram Rodney Burton | March 4, 1905 - March 3, 1909 | republican |
William Henry Heald | March 4, 1909 - March 3, 1913 | republican |
Franklin Brockson | March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1915 | democrat |
Thomas Woodnutt Miller | March 4, 1915 - March 3, 1917 | republican |
Albert Fawcett Polk | March 4, 1917 - March 3, 1919 | democrat |
Caleb Rodney Layton | March 4, 1919 - March 3, 1923 | republican |
William Henry Boyce | March 4, 1923 - March 3, 1925 | democrat |
Robert Griffith Houston | March 4, 1925 - March 3, 1933 | republican |
Wilbur Louis Adams | March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1935 | democrat |
John George Stewart | January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1937 | republican |
William Franklin Allen | January 3, 1937 - January 3, 1939 | democrat |
George Short Williams | January 3, 1939 - January 3, 1941 | republican |
Philip Andrew Traynor | January 3, 1941 - January 3, 1943 | democrat |
Earle Dukes Willey | January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1945 | republican |
Philip Andrew Traynor | January 3, 1945 - January 3, 1947 | democrat |
James Caleb Boggs | January 3, 1947 - January 3, 1953 | republican |
Herbert Birchby Warburton | Jan. 3, 1953 - January 3, 1955 | republican |
Harris Brown McDowell | Jan. 3, 1955 - January 3, 1957 | democrat |
Harry Garner Haskell | Jan. 3, 1957 - January 3, 1959 | republican |
Harris Brown McDowell | Jan. 3, 1959 - January 3, 1967 | democrat |
William Victor Roth | Jan. 3, 1967 - January 3, 1971 | republican |
Pierre Samuel du Pont | Jan. 3, 1971 - January 3, 1977 | republican |
Thomas Beverley Evans | January 3, 1977 - January 3, 1983 | republican |
Thomas Richard Carper | January 3, 1983 - January 3, 1993 | democrat |
Michael Newbold Castle | January 3, 1993 - January 3, 2011 | republican |
John C. Carney | January 3, 2011 - January 3, 2017 | democrat |
Lisa Blunt Rochester | January 3, 2017 | democrat |
2nd seat (At-large, 1813–1823)
Surname | Term of office | Political party |
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Thomas Cooper | March 4, 1813 - March 3, 1817 | federalist |
Willard Hall | March 4, 1817 - January 22, 1821 | Democratic Republican |
Caesar Augustus Rodney | March 4, 1821 - January 24, 1822 | federalist |
Daniel Rodney | December 2, 1822 - March 3, 1823 | federalist |
See also
- List of United States Senators from Delaware
- List of Delaware governors
- List of lieutenant governors of Delaware
Web links
Commons : Members of the US House of Representatives from Delaware - collection of images, videos, and audio files