U.S. Senators from Delaware, 1789-2018(May beincomplete!)
RichardBassett 1789-93GeorgeRead 1789-93JohnVining 1793-98HenryLatimer 1795-1801JoshuaClayton 1798WilliamHill Wells 1799-1804SamuelWhite 1801-09JamesAsheton Bayard, Sr. 1804-13OuterbridgeHorsey 1810-21WilliamHill Wells 1813-17NicholasVan Dyke 1817-26CaesarA. Rodney 1822-23ThomasClayton 1824-27DanielRodney 1826-27HenryM. Ridgely 1827-29LouisMcLane 1827-29JohnM. Clayton 1829-36ArnoldNaudain 1830-36RichardH. Bayard 1836-39ThomasClayton 1837-47RichardH. Bayard 1841-45JohnM. Clayton 1845-49PresleySpruance 1847-53JohnWales 1849-51JamesA. Bayard 1851-64JohnM. Clayton 1853-56JosephP. Comegys 1856-57MartinWaltham Bates 1857-59WillardSaulsbury, Sr. 1859-71GeorgeR. Riddle 1864-67JamesA. Bayard 1867-69ThomasF. Bayard, Sr. 1869-85EliSaulsbury 1871-89GeorgeGray 1885-99AnthonyHiggins 1889-95RichardR. Kenney 1897-1901J.Frank Allee 1903-07L.Heisler Ball 1903-05HenryA. du Pont 1906-17HarryA. Richardson 1907-13WillardSaulsbury, Jr. 1913-19JosiahO. Wolcott 1917-21L.Heisler Ball 1919-25T.Coleman du Pont 1921-22ThomasF. Bayard 1922-29T.Coleman du Pont 1925-28DanielO. Hastings 1928-37JohnG. Townsend, Jr. 1929-41JamesH. Hughes 1937-43JamesM. Tunnell 1941-47C.Douglass Buck 1943-49JohnJ. Williams 1947-70J.Allen Frear, Jr. 1949-61J.Caleb Boggs 1961-73WilliamV. Roth, Jr. 1971-2001JosephR. Biden, Jr. 1973-2009ThomasR. Carper 2001-EdwardE. Kaufman 2009-10ChristopherA. Coons 2010- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1798 Aug 11:JoshuaClayton, died in office. 1809 Nov 4:SamuelWhite, died in office. 1826 May 21:NicholasVan Dyke, died in office. 1836 Jun 16:ArnoldNaudain, resigned. 1836 Dec 29:JohnM. Clayton, resigned. 1849 Feb 23:JohnM. Clayton, resigned. 1856 Nov 9:JohnM. Clayton, died in office. 1867 Mar 29:GeorgeR. Riddle, died in office. 1916 Nov 7:JosiahO. Wolcott (Dem), elected;HenryA. du Pont (Rep), defeated;HiramA. Burton (Progressive), defeated;WilliamC. Ferris (Socialist), defeated. 1918 Nov 5:L.Heisler Ball (Rep), elected;WillardSaulsbury, Jr. (Dem), defeated;WilliamH. Conner (Socialist), defeated. 1921 Jul 2:JosiahO. Wolcott, resigned. 1921 Jul 7:T.Coleman du Pont, appointed. 1922 Nov 7:ThomasF. Bayard (Dem), elected;T.Coleman du Pont (Rep), defeated;FrankStephens (Forward), defeated. 1924 Nov 4:T.Coleman du Pont (Rep), elected;JamesM. Tunnell (Dem), defeated. 1928 Nov 6:JohnG. Townsend, Jr. (Rep), elected;ThomasF. Bayard (Dem), defeated. 1928 Dec 9:T.Coleman du Pont, resigned. 1928 Dec 10:DanielO. Hastings, appointed. 1930 Nov 4:DanielO. Hastings (Rep), elected;ThomasF. Bayard (Dem & Liberal Republican), defeated;NicholasMinutella (Communist), defeated. 1934 Nov 6:JohnG. Townsend, Jr. (Rep), elected;WilburL. Adams (Dem), defeated;FredW. Whiteside (Socialist), defeated;JohnT. Wladkoski (Communist), defeated. 1936 Nov 3:JamesH. Hughes (Dem), elected;DanielO. Hastings (Rep), defeated;RobertG. Houston (Independent Republican), defeated;CharlesW. Perry (Socialist), defeated;WilliamV. P. Davidatis (Communist), defeated. 1940 Nov 5:JamesM. Tunnell (Dem), elected;JohnG. Townsend, Jr. (Rep), defeated;WilliamF. Allen (Liberal Democratic), defeated. 1942 Nov 3:C.Douglass Buck (Rep), elected;E.Ennalls Berl (Dem), defeated;ThomasJ. Sard (Prohibition), defeated. 1946 Nov 5:JohnJ. Williams (Rep), elected;JamesM. Tunnell (Dem), defeated. 1948 Nov 2:J.Allen Frear, Jr. (Dem), elected;C.Douglass Buck (Rep), defeated;HamiltonD. Ware (Progressive), defeated;ThomasJ. Sard (Prohibition), defeated;WalterB. Pollard (Socialist), defeated. 1954:HerbertB. Warburton, defeated. 1958 Nov 4:JohnJ. Williams (Rep), elected;ElbertN. Carvel (Dem), defeated. 1964 Nov 3:JohnJ. Williams (Rep), elected;ElbertN. Carvel (Dem), defeated;JosephP. Hollon (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1966 Nov 8:J.Caleb Boggs (Rep), elected;JamesM. Tunnell (Dem), defeated. 1970 Nov 3:WilliamV. Roth, Jr. (Rep), elected;JacobW. Zimmerman (Dem), defeated;DonaldG. Gies (American Independent), defeated. 1970 Dec 31:WilliamV. Roth, Jr., resigned. 1972 Nov 7:JosephR. Biden, Jr. (Dem), elected;J.Caleb Boggs (Rep), defeated;HenryM. Majka (American), defeated;HerbertB. Wood (Prohibition), defeated. 1976 Nov 2:WilliamV. Roth, Jr. (Rep), elected;ThomasC. Maloney (Dem), defeated;DonaldG. Gies (American), defeated;JosephF. McInerney (Nonpartisan), defeated;JohnA. Massimilla (Prohibition), defeated. 1978 Nov 7:JosephR. Biden, Jr. (Dem), elected;JamesH. Baxter, Jr. (Rep), defeated;DonaldG. Gies (American), defeated. 1982 Nov 2:WilliamV. Roth, Jr. (Rep), elected;DavidN. Levinson (Dem), defeated;LawrenceD. Sullivan (Libertarian), defeated;CharlesA. Baker (American), defeated. 1984 Nov 6:JosephR. Biden, Jr. (Dem), elected;JohnM. Burris (Rep), defeated. 1988 Nov 8:WilliamV. Roth, Jr. (Rep), elected;S.B. Woo (Dem), defeated. 1990 Nov 6:JosephR. Biden, Jr. (Dem), elected;M.Jane Brady (Rep), defeated;LeeRosenbaum (Libertarian), defeated. 1994 Nov 8:WilliamV. Roth, Jr. (Rep), elected;CharlesM. Oberly III (Dem), defeated;JohnC. Dierickx (Libertarian), defeated. 1996 Sep 7:JosephR. Biden, Jr. (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1996 Sep 7:RaymondJ. Clatworthy (Rep), nominated;VanceC. Phillips (Rep), defeated in primary;WilfredPlomis (Rep), defeated in primary. 1996 Nov 5:JosephR. Biden, Jr. (Dem), elected;RaymondJ. Clatworthy (Rep), defeated;MarkJones (Libertarian), defeated;JacquelineKossoff (Natural Law), defeated. 2000 Nov 7:ThomasR. Carper (Dem), elected;WilliamV. Roth, Jr. (Rep), defeated;J.Burke Morrison (Libertarian), defeated;MarkE. Dankof (Constitution), defeated;RobertE. Mattson (Natural Law), defeated. 2002 Nov 5:JosephR. Biden, Jr. (Dem), elected;RaymondJ. Clatworthy (Rep), defeated;MauriceBarros (Ind), defeated;RaymondT. Buranello (Libertarian), defeated;RobertE. Mattson (Natural Law), defeated. 2006 Sep 12:ThomasR. Carper (Dem), nominated unopposed. 2006 Sep 12:JanC. Ting (Rep), nominated;MichaelD. Protack (Rep), defeated in primary;ChristineO'Donnell (Rep), defeated in primary. 2006 Nov 7:ThomasR. Carper (Dem), elected;JanC. Ting (Rep), defeated;WilliamE. Morris (Libertarian), defeated. 2008 Nov 4:JosephR. Biden, Jr. (Dem), elected;ChristineO'Donnell (Rep), defeated. 2009 Jan 15:JosephR. Biden, Jr., resigned;EdwardE. Kaufman, appointed. 2010 Sep 14:ChristopherA. Coons (Dem), nominated unopposed. 2010 Sep 14:ChristineO'Donnell (Rep), nominated;MichaelN. Castle (Rep), defeated in primary. 2010 Nov 2:ChristopherA. Coons (Dem), elected;ChristineO'Donnell (Rep), defeated;GlennA. Miller (Ind), defeated;JamesW. Rash (Libertarian), defeated;MauriceF. Bourgeois, defeated;SamtraDevard, defeated. 2012 Sep 11:ThomasR. Carper (Dem), nominated;KeithSpanarelli (Dem), defeated in primary. 2012 Sep 11:KevinWade (Rep), nominated unopposed. 2012 Nov 6:ThomasR. Carper (Dem), elected;KevinWade (Rep), defeated;AlexanderPires (Ind), defeated;AndrewGroff (Green), defeated. 2014 Sep 9:ChristopherA. Coons (Dem), nominated unopposed. 2014 Sep 9:KevinWade (Rep), nominated;CarlSmink (Rep), defeated in primary. 2014 Nov 4:ChristopherA. Coons (Dem), elected;KevinWade (Rep), defeated;AndrewGroff (Green), defeated. 2018 Sep 6:ThomasR. Carper (Dem), nominated;KerriEvelyn Harris (Dem), defeated in primary. 2018 Sep 6:RobertB. Arlett (Rep), nominated;EugeneJ. Truono, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary;Rockyde la Fuente (Rep), defeated in primary. 2018 Nov 6:ThomasR. Carper (Dem), elected;RobertB. Arlett (Rep), defeated;DemitriG. Theodoropoulos (Green), defeated;NadineM. Frost (Libertarian), defeated. | |
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