List of United States Senators from Delaware
The List of United States Senators from Delaware lists all the people who ever for this state of the United States Senate have listened to the Senate classes sorted. One class shows when this senator will be re-elected. The elections for the class 1 senators took place in 2018; the class 2 senators were last re-elected in November 2014.
class 1
Delaware has been a US state since December 7, 1787 and to date has had 25 class 1 senators , one of whom, James Bayard Jr., served two non-consecutive terms, and another senator, Richard H. Bayard, had two terms that were separated from each other by a two-year vacancy .
Surname | Term of office | Political party | Life dates |
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George Read | 1789-1793 | federalist | September 18, 1733-21. September 1798 |
Henry Latimer | 1795-1801 | federalist | April 24, 1752-19. December 1819 |
Samuel White | 1801-1809 | federalist | December 1770–4. November 1809 |
Outerbridge Horsey | 1810-1821 | federalist | March 5, 1777-9. June 1842 |
Caesar Augustus Rodney | 1822-1823 | Democratic Republican | January 4, 1772-10. June 1824 |
Thomas Clayton | 1824-1827 | federalist | July 1777-21. August 1854 |
Louis McLane | 1827-1829 | Democratic Republican | May 28, 1786-7. October 1857 |
Arnold Snow Naudain | 1830-1836 | Whig | January 6, 1790–4. January 1872 |
Richard Henry Bayard | 1836-1839 | Whig | September 26, 1796-4. March 1868 |
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Richard Henry Bayard | 1841-1845 | Whig | September 26, 1796-4. March 1868 |
John Middleton Clayton | 1845-1849 | Whig | July 24, 1796-9. November 1856 |
John Wales | 1849-1851 | Whig | July 31, 1783–3. December 1863 |
James Asheton Bayard Jr. | 1851-1864 | democrat | November 15, 1799-13. June 1888 |
George Read Riddle | 1864-1867 | democrat | 1817-29. March 1867 |
James Asheton Bayard Jr. | 1867-1869 | democrat | November 15, 1799-13. June 1888 |
Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. | 1869-1885 | democrat | October 29, 1828-29. September 1898 |
George Gray | 1885-1899 | democrat | May 4, 1840-7. August 1925 |
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Lewis Heisler Ball | 1903-1905 | republican | September 21, 1861-18. October 1932 |
Henry Algernon du Pont | 1906-1917 | republican | July 30, 1838-31. December 1926 |
Josiah Oliver Wolcott | 1917-1921 | democrat | October 31, 1877–11. November 1938 |
Thomas Coleman du Pont | 1921 | republican | December 11, 1863-11. November 1930 |
Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. | 1921-1929 | democrat | June 4, 1868-12. July 1942 |
John Gillis Townsend | 1929-1941 | republican | May 31, 1871-10. April 1964 |
James Miller Tunnell | 1941-1947 | democrat | August 2, 1879-14. November 1957 |
John James Williams | 1947-1970 | republican | May 17, 1904-11. January 1988 |
William Victor Roth | 1971-2001 | republican | July 22, 1921-13. December 2003 |
Thomas Richard Carper | since 2001 | democrat | * January 23, 1947 |
2nd grade
To date, Delaware has 28 class 2 senators , two of whom, William Wells and John Clayton, held two non-consecutive terms.
Surname | Term of office | Political party | Life dates |
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Richard Bassett | 1789-1793 | federalist | April 2, 1745-15. August 1815 |
John Middleton Vining | 1793-1798 | federalist | December 23, 1758 – February 1802 |
Joshua Clayton | 1798 | federalist | July 20, 1744-11. August 1798 |
William Hill Wells | 1799-1804 | federalist | January 7, 1769–11. March 1829 |
James Asheton Bayard Sr. | 1805-1813 | federalist | July 28, 1767–6. August 1815 |
William Hill Wells | 1813-1817 | federalist | January 7, 1769–11. March 1829 |
Nicholas Van Dyke | 1817-1826 | federalist | December 8, 1770-21. May 1826 |
Daniel Rodney | 1826-1827 | federalist | September 10, 1764–2. September 1846 |
Henry Moore Ridgely | 1827-1829 | federalist | August 6, 1779–6. August 1847 |
John Middleton Clayton | 1829-1836 | Whig | July 24, 1796-9. November 1856 |
Thomas Clayton | 1836-1847 | Whig | July 1777-21. August 1854 |
Presley Spruance | 1847-1853 | Whig | September 11, 1785-13. February 1863 |
John Middleton Clayton | 1853-1856 | Whig | July 24, 1796-9. November 1856 |
Joseph Parsons Comegys | 1856-1857 | Whig | December 29, 1813–1. February 1893 |
Martin Waltham Bates | 1857-1859 | democrat | February 24, 1786–1. January 1869 |
Willard Saulsbury Sr. | 1859-1871 | democrat | June 2, 1820–6. April 1892 |
Eli May Saulsbury | 1871-1889 | democrat | December 29, 1817-22. March 1893 |
Anthony C. Higgins | 1889-1895 | republican | October 1, 1840-26. June 1912 |
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Richard Rolland Kenney | 1897-1901 | democrat | September 9, 1856-14. August 1931 |
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James Frank Avenue | 1903-1907 | republican | December 2, 1857-12. October 1938 |
Harry Alden Richardson | 1907-1913 | republican | January 1, 1853–16. June 1928 |
Willard Saulsbury Jr. | 1913-1919 | democrat | April 17, 1861-20. February 1927 |
Lewis Heisler Ball | 1919-1925 | republican | September 21, 1861-18. October 1932 |
Thomas Coleman du Pont | 1925-1928 | republican | December 11, 1863-11. November 1930 |
Daniel Oren Hastings | 1928-1937 | republican | March 5, 1874-9. May 1966 |
James Hurd Hughes | 1937-1943 | democrat | January 14, 1867-29. August 1953 |
Clayton Douglass Buck | 1943-1949 | republican | March 21, 1890-27. January 1965 |
Joseph Allen Frear | 1949-1961 | democrat | March 7, 1903-15. January 1993 |
James Caleb Boggs | 1961-1973 | republican | May 15, 1909-26. March 1993 |
Joseph Robinette Biden | 1973-2009 | democrat | * November 20, 1942 |
Edward E. Kaufman | 2009-2010 | democrat | * March 15, 1939 |
Christopher Andrew Coons | since 2010 | democrat | * September 9, 1963 |