List of members of the US House of Representatives from Delaware

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Lisa Blunt Rochester, the current Delaware congresswoman

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
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
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

Web links

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