Almanac
Elections were held the first Tuesday of October. Members of the General Assembly took office on the first Tuesday of January. State Representatives were elected for one year. U.S. Representatives took office March 4 and have a two year term. The General Assembly chose the U.S. Senators, who also took office March 4, but for a six year term. In this case the General Assembly failed to fill the position for nearly a year.
| Public Offices | |||||||
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| Office | Type | Location | Began office | Ended office | notes | ||
| State Representative | Legislature | Dover | January 3, 1797 | January 2, 1798 | |||
| State Representative | Legislature | Dover | January 2, 1798 | January 1, 1799 | |||
| State Representative | Legislature | Dover | January 1, 1799 | January 7, 1800 | |||
| State Representative | Legislature | Dover | January 7, 1800 | January 6, 1801 | |||
| State Representative | Legislature | Dover | January 6, 1801 | January 5, 1802 | |||
| State Representative | Legislature | Dover | January 5, 1802 | January 4, 1803 | |||
| U.S. Representative | Legislature | Washington, D.C. | March 4, 1803 | March 3, 1805 | |||
| U.S. Attorney General | Executive | Washington, D.C. | January 20, 1807 | December 5, 1811 | |||
| State Senate | Legislature | Dover | January 3, 1815 | January 6, 1818 | |||
| U.S. Representative | Legislature | Washington, D.C. | March 4, 1821 | January 22, 1822 | |||
| U.S. Senator | Legislature | Washington, D.C. | January 10, 1822 | January 29, 1823 | |||
| Resident Minister | Executive | Buenos Aires | January 29, 1823 | June 10, 1824 | Argentina | ||
| Delaware General Assembly service | ||||||
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| Dates | Assembly | Chamber | Majority | Governor | Committees | District |
| 1797 | 21st | State House | Federalist | Gunning Bedford, Sr. | New Castle at-large | |
| 1798 | 22nd | State House | Federalist | Daniel Rogers | New Castle at-large | |
| 1799 | 23rd | State House | Federalist | Richard Bassett | New Castle at-large | |
| 1800 | 24th | State House | Federalist | Richard Bassett | New Castle at-large | |
| 1801 | 25th | State House | Federalist | James Sykes | New Castle at-large | |
| 1802 | 26th | State House | Federalist | David Hall | New Castle at-large | |
| 1815 | 39th | State Senate | Federalist | Daniel Rodney | New Castle at-large | |
| 1816 | 40th | State Senate | Federalist | Daniel Rodney | New Castle at-large | |
| 1817 | 41st | State Senate | Federalist | John Clark | New Castle at-large | |
| United States Congressional service | ||||||
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| Dates | Congress | Chamber | Majority | President | Committees | Class/District |
| 1803–1805 | 8th | U.S. House | Republican | Thomas Jefferson | at-large | |
| 1821–1823 | 17th | U.S. House | Republican | James Monroe | 2nd at-large | |
| 1821–1823 | 17th | U.S. Senate | Republican | James Monroe | class 1 | |
| Election results | |||||||||||
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| Year | Office | Subject | Party | Votes | % | Opponent | Party | Votes | % | ||
| 1802 | U.S. Representative | Caesar A. Rodney | Republican | 3,421 | 50% | James A. Bayard | Federalist | 3,406 | 50% | ||
| 1804 | U.S. Representative | Caesar A. Rodney | Republican | 4,038 | 48% | James A. Bayard | Federalist | 4,398 | 52% | ||
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