Electoral History
Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. Members of the Delaware General Assembly take office the second Tuesday of January. The State Senate has a four year term. U.S. Representatives take office January 3 and have a two year term.
| Public Offices | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office | Type | Location | Began office | Ended office | notes | |
| State Senator | Legislature | Dover | January 13, 1925 | January 8, 1929 | ||
| U.S. Representative | Legislature | Washington | January 3, 1937 | January 3, 1939 | ||
| United States Congressional service | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | Congress | Chamber | Majority | President | Committees | Class/District |
| 1937–1939 | 75th | U.S. House | Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt | at-large | |
| Election results | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Office | Subject | Party | Votes | % | Opponent | Party | Votes | % | ||
| 1936 | U.S. Representative | William F. Allen | Democratic | 65,485 | 52% | J. George Stewart | Republican | 55,664 | 44% | ||
| 1938 | U.S. Representative | William F. Allen | Democratic | 46,989 | 43% | George S. Williams | Republican | 60,661 | 56% | ||
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