In this post we will looking at Delaware and its territories, Its present and past governors and House of representative’s members.
INTRODUCTION.
Delaware occupies the northeastern portion of the Delmarva Peninsula and some islands and territory within the Delaware River. It is the second-smallest and sixth-least populous state, but also the sixth-most densely populated. Delaware’s largest city is Wilmington, while the state capital is Dover, the second-largest city in the state. The state is divided into three counties, having the lowest number of any state (unless one counts Louisiana and Alaska, which do not have counties, but parishes and boroughs respectively); from north to south, they are New Castle County, Kent County, and Sussex County. While the southern two counties have historically been predominantly agricultural, New Castle is more urbanized, being part of the Delaware Valley Metropolitan Statistical Area centered on Philadelphia. Delaware’s geography, culture, and history combine elements of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the country. Before its coastline was explored by Europeans in the 16th century, Delaware was inhabited by several groups of Native Americans, including the Lenape in the north and Nanticoke in the south. It was initially colonized by Dutch traders at Zwaanendael, near the present town of Lewes, in 1631. Delaware was one of the Thirteen Colonies that took part in the American Revolution. On December 7, 1787, Delaware became the first state to ratify the Constitution of the United States, and has since been known as The First State. Since the turn of the 20th century, Delaware is also a de facto onshore corporate haven, in which by virtue of its corporate laws, the state is the domicile of over half of all NYSE-listed business and over three-fifths of the Fortune 500. The Dutch were the first Europeans to settle in present-day Delaware in the middle region by establishing a trading post at Zwaanendael, near the site of Lewes in 1631. Within a year all the settlers were killed in a dispute with area Native American tribes. In 1638 New Sweden, a Swedish trading post and colony, was established at Fort. Christina (now in Wilmington) by Peter Minuit at the head of a group of Swedes, Finns and Dutch. The colony of New Sweden lasted 17 years. In 1651 the Dutch, reinvigorated by the leadership of Peter Stuyvesant, established a fort at present-day New Castle, and in 1655 they conquered the New Sweden colony, annexing it into the Dutch New Netherland. Only nine years later, in 1664, the Dutch were conquered by a fleet of English ships by Sir Robert Carr under the direction of James, the Duke of York. Fighting off a prior claim by Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, Proprietor of Maryland, the Duke passed his somewhat dubious ownership on to William Penn in 1682. Penn strongly desired access to the sea for his Pennsylvania province and leased what then came to be known as the “Lower Counties on the Delaware.
DELAWARE TERRITORIES.
Delaware is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the nearby Delaware River, in turn named after Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, an English nobleman and Virginia’s first colonial governor. Delaware occupies the northeastern portion of the Delmarva Peninsula and some islands and territory within the Delaware River. It is the second-smallest and sixth-least populous state, but also the sixth-most densely populated. Delaware’s largest city is Wilmington, while the state capital is Dover, the second-largest city in the state. The state is divided into three counties, having the lowest number of any state (unless one counts Louisiana and Alaska, which do not have counties, but parishes and boroughs respectively); from north to south, they are New Castle County, Kent County, and Sussex County. While the southern two counties have historically been predominantly agricultural, New Castle is more urbanized, being part of the Delaware Valley Metropolitan Statistical Area centered on Philadelphia. Delaware’s geography, culture, and history combine elements of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the country. Before its coastline was explored by Europeans in the 16th century, Delaware was inhabited by several groups of Native Americans, including the Lenape in the north and Nanticoke in the south. It was initially colonized by Dutch traders at Zwaanendael, near the present town of Lewes, in 1631. Delaware was one of the Thirteen Colonies that took part in the American Revolution. On December 7, 1787, Delaware became the first state to ratify the Constitution of the United States, and has since been known as The First State. Since the turn of the 20th century, Delaware is also a de facto onshore corporate haven, in which by virtue of its corporate laws, the state is the domicile of over half of all NYSE-listed business and over three-fifths of the Fortune 500.).
LIST OF GOVERNORS AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE’S MEMBERS.
Before 1776, Delaware was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain, administered by colonial governors in Pennsylvania as the “Lower Counties on Delaware”. In 1776, soon after Delaware and the other Thirteen Colonies declared independence from Britain, the state adopted its first state constitution. It created the office of President of Delaware, a chief executive to be chosen by the legislature to serve a term of three years. The office of President was renamed Governor by the constitution of 1792, which set the commencement date of the term to the third Tuesday in the January following an election, and limited governors to serving only three out of any six years. The term was lengthened to four years by the 1831 constitution, but governors were limited to a single term. The current constitution of 1897 allows governors to serve two terms. The 1776 constitution stated that if the presidency were vacant, the speaker of the legislative council would be a vice-president. The 1792 constitution has the speaker of the senate exercising the office when it is vacant, and the 1897 constitution created the office of lieutenant governor, upon whom the office devolves in case of vacancy. The offices of governor and lieutenant governor are elected at the same time but not on the same ticket.
Governors of the State of Delaware[a] | |||||||||
No.[b] | Governor[c] | Term in office | Party | Election | Lt. Governor[d][e] | ||||
1 | John McKinly February 21, 1721 – August 31, 1796 (aged 75) |
February 12, 1777 – September 12, 1777[f] (arrested and removed)[g] |
No parties | 1777 | Office did not exist | ||||
— | Vacant | September 12, 1777 – September 22, 1777 |
Office vacant due to war[g] |
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2 | Thomas McKean March 19, 1734 – June 24, 1817 (aged 83) |
September 22, 1777 – October 20, 1777 (successor took office) |
Speaker of the Assembly acting as Vice-President[h] |
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3 | George Read September 18, 1733 – September 21, 1798 (aged 65) |
October 20, 1777 – March 31, 1778 (not candidate for election) |
Speaker of the Legislative Council serving as Vice-President[h] |
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4 | Caesar Rodney October 7, 1728 – June 26, 1784 (aged 55) |
March 31, 1778 – November 6, 1781 (not candidate for election) |
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5 | John Dickinson November 13, 1732 – February 14, 1808 (aged 75) |
November 13, 1781 – January 12, 1783 (resigned)[i] |
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6 | John Cook 1730 – October 27, 1789 (aged 58 or 59) |
November 4, 1782 – February 1, 1783 (not candidate for election) |
Speaker of the Legislative Council serving as Vice-President |
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7 | Nicholas Van Dyke September 25, 1738 – February 19, 1789 (aged 50) |
February 1, 1783 – October 28, 1786 (not candidate for election) |
1783 (special) |
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8 | Thomas Collins 1732 – March 29, 1789 (aged 56 or 57) |
October 28, 1786 – March 29, 1789 (died in office) |
1786 | ||||||
9 | Jehu Davis 1738 – May 11, 1802 (aged 63 or 64) |
March 29, 1789 – June 2, 1789 (not candidate for election) |
Speaker of the Legislative Council serving as Vice-President |
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10 | Joshua Clayton July 20, 1744 – August 11, 1798 (aged 54) |
June 2, 1789 – January 19, 1796 (not candidate for election) |
Federalist | 1789 | |||||
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11 | Gunning Bedford Sr. April 7, 1742 – September 30, 1797 (aged 55) |
January 19, 1796 – September 30, 1797 (died in office) |
Federalist | 1795 | |||||
12 | Daniel Rogers January 3, 1754 – February 2, 1806 (aged 52) |
September 30, 1797 – January 9, 1799 (not candidate for election) |
Federalist | Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor |
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13 | Richard Bassett April 2, 1745 – September 15, 1815 (aged 70) |
January 9, 1799[j] – March 3, 1801 (resigned)[k] |
Federalist | 1798 | |||||
14 | James Sykes March 27, 1761 – October 18, 1822 (aged 61) |
March 3, 1801 – January 19, 1802 (not candidate for election) |
Federalist | Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor |
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15 | David Hall January 4, 1752 – September 18, 1817 (aged 65) |
January 19, 1802 – January 15, 1805 (term limited) |
Democratic-Republican | 1801 | |||||
16 | Nathaniel Mitchell 1753 – February 21, 1814 (aged 60 or 61) |
January 15, 1805 – January 19, 1808 (term limited) |
Federalist | 1804 | |||||
17 | George Truitt 1756 – October 8, 1818 (aged 61 or 62) |
January 19, 1808 – January 15, 1811 (term limited) |
Federalist | 1807 | |||||
18 | Joseph Haslet 1769 – June 20, 1823 (aged 53 or 54) |
January 15, 1811 – January 18, 1814 (term limited) |
Democratic-Republican | 1810 | |||||
19 | Daniel Rodney September 10, 1764 – September 2, 1846 (aged 81) |
January 18, 1814 – January 21, 1817 (term limited) |
Federalist | 1813 | |||||
20 | John Clark February 1, 1761 – August 14, 1821 (aged 60) |
January 21, 1817 – January 18, 1820 (term limited) |
Federalist | 1816 | |||||
— | Henry Molleston January 1, 1762 – November 11, 1819 (aged 57) |
Died before taking office[l] |
Federalist | 1819 | |||||
21 | Jacob Stout 1764 – November 28, 1855 (aged 90 or 91) |
January 18, 1820 – January 16, 1821 (not candidate for election) |
Federalist | Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor |
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22 | John Collins March 1, 1776 – April 16, 1822 (aged 46) |
January 16, 1821 – April 16, 1822 (died in office) |
Democratic-Republican | 1820 (special)[m] |
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23 | Caleb Rodney April 29, 1767 – April 29, 1840 (aged 73) |
April 23, 1822 – January 21, 1823 (not candidate for election) |
Federalist | Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor |
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24 | Joseph Haslet 1769 – June 20, 1823 (aged 53 or 54) |
January 21, 1823 – June 20, 1823 (died in office) |
Democratic-Republican | 1822 | |||||
25 | Charles Thomas June 23, 1790 – February 8, 1848 (aged 57) |
June 23, 1823[n] – January 20, 1824 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic-Republican | Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor |
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26 | Samuel Paynter August 24, 1768 – October 2, 1845 (aged 77) |
January 20, 1824 – January 16, 1827 (term limited) |
Federalist | 1823 (special)[o] |
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27 | Charles Polk Jr. November 15, 1788 – October 27, 1857 (aged 68) |
January 16, 1827 – January 19, 1830 (term limited) |
Federalist | 1826 | |||||
28 | David Hazzard May 18, 1781 – July 8, 1864 (aged 83) |
January 19, 1830 – January 15, 1833 (term limited) |
National Republican | 1829 | |||||
29 | Caleb P. Bennett November 11, 1758 – May 9, 1836 (aged 77) |
January 15, 1833 – May 9, 1836 (died in office) |
Democratic | 1832[p] | |||||
30 | Charles Polk Jr. November 15, 1788 – October 27, 1857 (aged 68) |
May 9, 1836 – January 17, 1837 (not candidate for election) |
Whig | Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor |
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31 | Cornelius P. Comegys January 15, 1780 – January 27, 1851 (aged 71) |
January 17, 1837 – January 19, 1841 (term limited) |
Whig | 1836 | |||||
32 | William B. Cooper December 16, 1771 – April 27, 1849 (aged 77) |
January 19, 1841 – January 21, 1845 (term limited) |
Whig | 1840 | |||||
33 | Thomas Stockton April 1, 1781 – March 2, 1846 (aged 64) |
January 21, 1845 – March 2, 1846 (died in office) |
Whig | 1844 | |||||
34 | Joseph Maull September 6, 1781 – May 3, 1846 (aged 64) |
March 2, 1846 – May 3, 1846 (died in office) |
Whig | Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor |
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35 | William Temple February 28, 1814 – May 28, 1863 (aged 49) |
May 6, 1846 – January 19, 1847 (not candidate for election) |
Whig | Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor |
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36 | William Tharp November 27, 1803 – January 9, 1865 (aged 61) |
January 19, 1847 – January 21, 1851 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1846 (special)[q] |
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37 | William H. H. Ross June 2, 1814 – June 29, 1887 (aged 73) |
January 21, 1851 – January 16, 1855 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1850 | |||||
38 | Peter F. Causey January 11, 1801 – February 15, 1871 (aged 70) |
January 16, 1855 – January 18, 1859 (term limited) |
American | 1854 | |||||
39 | William Burton October 16, 1789 – August 5, 1866 (aged 76) |
January 18, 1859 – January 20, 1863 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1858 | |||||
40 | William Cannon March 15, 1809 – March 1, 1865 (aged 55) |
January 20, 1863 – March 1, 1865 (died in office) |
Republican | 1862 | |||||
41 | Gove Saulsbury May 29, 1815 – July 31, 1881 (aged 66) |
March 1, 1865 – January 17, 1871 (term limited) |
Democratic | Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor |
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42 | James Ponder October 31, 1819 – November 5, 1897 (aged 78) |
January 17, 1871 – January 19, 1875 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1870 | |||||
43 | John P. Cochran February 7, 1809 – December 27, 1898 (aged 89) |
January 19, 1875 – January 21, 1879 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1874 | |||||
44 | John W. Hall January 1, 1817 – January 23, 1892 (aged 75) |
January 21, 1879 – January 16, 1883 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1878 | |||||
45 | Charles C. Stockley November 6, 1819 – April 20, 1901 (aged 81) |
January 16, 1883 – January 18, 1887 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1882 | |||||
46 | Benjamin T. Biggs October 1, 1821 – December 25, 1893 (aged 72) |
January 18, 1887 – January 20, 1891 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1886 | |||||
47 | Robert J. Reynolds March 17, 1838 – June 10, 1909 (aged 71) |
January 20, 1891 – January 15, 1895 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1890 | |||||
48 | Joshua H. Marvil September 3, 1825 – April 8, 1895 (aged 69) |
January 15, 1895 – April 8, 1895 (died in office) |
Republican | 1894 | |||||
49 | William T. Watson June 22, 1849 – April 14, 1917 (aged 67) |
April 8, 1895 – January 19, 1897 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | Speaker of the Senate acting as Governor |
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50 | Ebe W. Tunnell December 31, 1844 – December 18, 1917 (aged 72) |
January 19, 1897 – January 15, 1901 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1896[r] | |||||
51 | John Hunn June 23, 1849 – September 1, 1926 (aged 77) |
January 15, 1901 – January 17, 1905 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1900 | Philip L. Cannon | ||||
52 | Preston Lea November 12, 1841 – December 4, 1916 (aged 75) |
January 17, 1905 – January 19, 1909 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1904 | Isaac T. Parker | ||||
53 | Simeon S. Pennewill July 23, 1867 – September 10, 1935 (aged 68) |
January 19, 1909 – January 21, 1913 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1908 | John M. Mendinhall | ||||
54 | Charles R. Miller September 30, 1857 – September 18, 1927 (aged 69) |
January 21, 1913 – January 16, 1917 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1912 | Colen Ferguson[s] | ||||
55 | John G. Townsend Jr. May 31, 1871 – April 10, 1964 (aged 92) |
January 16, 1917 – January 18, 1921 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1916 | Lewis E. Eliason[s] | ||||
56 | William D. Denney March 31, 1873 – November 21, 1953 (aged 80) |
January 18, 1921 – January 20, 1925 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1920 | J. Danforth Bush | ||||
57 | Robert P. Robinson March 28, 1869 – March 4, 1939 (aged 69) |
January 20, 1925 – January 15, 1929 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1924 | James H. Anderson | ||||
58 | C. Douglass Buck March 21, 1890 – January 27, 1965 (aged 74) |
January 15, 1929 – January 19, 1937 (term limited) |
Republican | 1928 | James H. Hazel | ||||
1932 | Roy F. Corley | ||||||||
59 | Richard McMullen January 2, 1868 – February 18, 1944 (aged 76) |
January 19, 1937 – January 21, 1941 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1936 | Edward W. Cooch | ||||
60 | Walter W. Bacon January 20, 1880 – March 18, 1962 (aged 82) |
January 21, 1941 – January 18, 1949 (term limited) |
Republican | 1940 | Isaac J. MacCollum[s] | ||||
1944 | Elbert N. Carvel[s] | ||||||||
61 | Elbert N. Carvel February 9, 1910 – February 6, 2005 (aged 94) |
January 18, 1949 – January 20, 1953 (lost election) |
Democratic | 1948 | Alexis I. du Pont Bayard | ||||
62 | J. Caleb Boggs May 15, 1909 – March 26, 1993 (aged 83) |
January 20, 1953 – December 30, 1960 (resigned)[t] |
Republican | 1952 | John W. Rollins | ||||
1956 | David P. Buckson | ||||||||
63 | David P. Buckson July 25, 1920 – January 17, 2017 (aged 96) |
December 30, 1960 – January 17, 1961 (successor took office) |
Republican | Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor |
Vacant | ||||
64 | Elbert N. Carvel February 9, 1910 – February 6, 2005 (aged 94) |
January 17, 1961 – January 19, 1965 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1960 | Eugene Lammot | ||||
65 | Charles L. Terry Jr. September 17, 1900 – February 6, 1970 (aged 69) |
January 19, 1965 – January 21, 1969 (lost election) |
Democratic | 1964 | Sherman W. Tribbitt | ||||
66 | Russell W. Peterson October 3, 1916 – February 21, 2011 (aged 94) |
January 21, 1969 – January 16, 1973 (lost election) |
Republican | 1968 | Eugene Bookhammer[u] | ||||
67 | Sherman W. Tribbitt November 9, 1922 – August 14, 2010 (aged 87) |
January 16, 1973 – January 18, 1977 (lost election) |
Democratic | 1972 | |||||
68 | Pete du Pont January 22, 1935 – May 8, 2021 (aged 86) |
January 18, 1977 – January 15, 1985 (term limited) |
Republican | 1976 | James D. McGinnis[s] | ||||
1980 | Mike Castle | ||||||||
69 | Mike Castle July 2, 1939 (age 82) |
January 15, 1985 – December 31, 1992 (resigned)[v] |
Republican | 1984 | Shien Biau Woo[s] | ||||
1988 | Dale E. Wolf | ||||||||
70 | Dale E. Wolf September 6, 1924 – March 20, 2021 (aged 96) |
December 31, 1992 – January 19, 1993 (successor took office) |
Republican | Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor |
Vacant | ||||
71 | Tom Carper January 23, 1947 (age 75) |
January 19, 1993 – January 3, 2001 (resigned)[w] |
Democratic | 1992 | Ruth Ann Minner | ||||
1996 | |||||||||
72 | Ruth Ann Minner January 17, 1935 – November 4, 2021 (aged 86) |
January 3, 2001 – January 20, 2009 (term limited) |
Democratic | Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor |
Vacant | ||||
2000 | John Carney | ||||||||
2004 | |||||||||
73 | Jack Markell November 26, 1960 (age 61) |
January 20, 2009 – January 17, 2017 (term limited) |
Democratic | 2008 | Matthew Denn (resigned January 6, 2015) |
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Vacant | |||||||||
74 | John Carney May 20, 1956 (age 66) |
January 17, 2017 – Incumbent |
Democratic | 2016 | Bethany Hall-Long | ||||
2020 |
MEMBERS OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE U.S. HOUSE FROM DELAWARE.
This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives from Delaware. Elections are by a popular vote originally elected on the first Tuesday of October, but after 1831 on the first Tuesday after November 1. Terms began on the subsequent March 4 until 1935, from when they began on January 3. Delaware has had only one U.S. Representative, except for 10 years between 1813 and 1823, when there was a second U.S. Representative. This person was elected statewide, at-large, on the same ballot as the first U.S. Representative. The two candidates with the highest number of votes were elected.
List of members
Member | Party | Years | Electoral history |
John Vining | Pro-Administration | March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793 |
Elected in 1789. Retired. |
John Patten | Anti-Administration | March 4, 1793 – February 14, 1794 |
Elected in 1792. Lost election contest. |
Henry Latimer | Pro-Administration | February 14, 1794 – February 7, 1795 |
Won election contest. Lost re-election. |
John Patten | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 |
Elected in 1794. Retired. |
James A. Bayard | Federalist | March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803 |
Elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Re-elected in 1800. Lost re-election. |
Caesar A. Rodney | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 |
Elected in 1802. Lost re-election. |
James M. Broom | Federalist | October 1, 1805 – October 6, 1807 |
Elected October 1, 1805 to finish Bayard’s term and seated December 2, 1805. Re-elected in 1806, but declined the seat. |
Nicholas Van Dyke | Federalist | October 6, 1807 – March 3, 1811 |
Elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Retired. |
Henry M. Ridgely | Federalist | March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1815 |
Elected in 1810. Retired. |
Thomas Clayton | Federalist | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |
Elected in 1814. Lost re-election. |
Louis McLane | Federalist | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1825 |
Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1820. Re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826 but declined to serve having been elected U.S. senator. |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 |
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Kensey Johns Jr. | Anti-Jacksonian | October 2, 1827 – March 3, 1831 |
Elected to finish McLane’s term. Retired. |
John J. Milligan | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1837 |
Elected in 1830. Lost re-election to Robinson Jr. |
Whig | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 |
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Thomas Robinson Jr. | Democratic | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 |
Elected in 1838. Lost re-election to Rodney. |
George B. Rodney | Whig | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1845 |
Elected in 1840. Retired. |
John W. Houston | Whig | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1851 |
Elected in 1844. Retired. |
George R. Riddle | Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855 |
Elected in 1850. Lost re-election to Cullen. |
Elisha D. Cullen | Know Nothing | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
Elected in 1854. Lost re-election to Whiteley. |
William G. Whiteley | Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861 |
Elected in 1856. Retired. |
George P. Fisher | Unionist | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
Elected in 1860. Lost re-election to Temple. |
William Temple | Democratic | March 4, 1863 – May 28, 1863 |
Elected in 1862. Died. |
Nathaniel B. Smithers | Unconditional Unionist | December 7, 1863 – March 3, 1865 |
Elected to finish Temple’s term. Lost re-election to Nicholson. |
John A. Nicholson | Democratic | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869 |
Elected in 1864. Retired. |
Benjamin T. Biggs | Democratic | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873 |
Elected in 1868. Retired. |
James R. Lofland | Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
Elected in 1872. Lost re-election to J. Williams. |
James Williams | Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 |
Elected in 1874. Retired. |
Edward L. Martin | Democratic | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 |
Elected in 1878. Retired. |
Charles B. Lore | Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 |
Elected in 1882. Retired. |
John B. Penington | Democratic | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891 |
Elected in 1886. Retired. |
John W. Causey | Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 |
Elected in 1890. Retired. |
Jonathan S. Willis | Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 |
Elected in 1894. Lost re-election to Handy. |
L. Irving Handy | Democratic | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 |
Elected in 1896. Lost re-election to Hoffecker. |
John H. Hoffecker | Republican | March 4, 1899 – June 16, 1900 |
Elected in 1898. Died. |
Walter O. Hoffecker | Republican | November 6, 1900 – March 3, 1901 |
Elected to finish his father’s term. Retired. |
L. Heisler Ball | Republican | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 |
Elected in 1900. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
Henry A. Houston | Democratic | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 |
Elected in 1902. Retired. |
Hiram R. Burton | Republican | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1909 |
Elected in 1904. Lost renomination to Heald. |
William H. Heald | Republican | March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1913 |
Elected in 1908. Retired. |
Franklin Brockson | Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 |
Elected in 1912. Lost re-election to Miller. |
Thomas W. Miller | Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917 |
Elected in 1914. Lost re-election to Polk. |
Albert F. Polk | Democratic | March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919 |
Elected in 1916. Lost re-election to Layton. |
Caleb R. Layton | Republican | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923 |
Elected in 1918. Lost re-election to Boyce. |
William H. Boyce | Democratic | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925 |
Elected in 1922. Lost re-election to Houston. |
Robert G. Houston | Republican | March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933 |
Elected in 1924. Retired. |
Wilbur L. Adams | Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
Elected in 1932. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
J. George Stewart | Republican | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 |
Elected in 1934. Lost re-election to Allen. |
William F. Allen | Democratic | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 |
Elected in 1936. Lost re-election to G. Williams. |
George S. Williams | Republican | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 |
Elected in 1938. Lost re-election to Traynor. |
Philip A. Traynor | Democratic | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
Elected in 1940. Lost re-election to Willey. |
Earle D. Willey | Republican | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 |
Elected in 1942. Lost re-election to Traynor. |
Philip A. Traynor | Democratic | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
Elected in 1944. Lost reelection to Boggs. |
J. Caleb Boggs | Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953 |
Elected in 1946. Retired to run for Governor of Delaware. |
Herbert Warburton | Republican | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 |
Elected in 1952. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
Harris McDowell | Democratic | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 |
Elected in 1954. Lost re-election to Haskell. |
Harry G. Haskell Jr. | Republican | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 |
Elected in 1956. Lost re-election to McDowell. |
Harris McDowell | Democratic | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1967 |
Elected in 1958. Lost re-election to Roth. |
William Roth | Republican | January 3, 1967 – December 31, 1970 |
Elected in 1966. Retired to run for U.S. senator and resigned after the election. |
Pete du Pont | Republican | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977 |
Elected in 1970. Retired to run for Governor of Delaware. |
Thomas B. Evans Jr. | Republican | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983 |
Elected in 1976. Lost re-election to Carper. |
Tom Carper | Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 |
Elected in 1982. Retired to run for Governor of Delaware. |
Mike Castle | Republican | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2011 |
Elected in 1992. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
John Carney | Democratic | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2017 |
Elected in 2010. Retired to run for Governor of Delaware. |
Lisa Blunt Rochester | Democratic | January 3, 2017 – Present |
Elected in 2016. Incumbent. |
Thomas Cooper | Federalist | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817 |
Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Lost re-election. |
Willard Hall | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 – January 22, 1821 |
Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Lost re-election and resigned early. |
Caesar A. Rodney | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1821 – January 24, 1822 |
Elected in 1820. Resigned when elected U.S. senator. |
Daniel Rodney | Federalist | October 1, 1822 – March 3, 1823 |
Elected to finish his cousin’s term. Retired. |