Almanac
Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1st. U.S. Senators are popularly elected and took office March 4th for a six year term.
| Public Offices | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office | Type | Location | Began office | Ended office | notes |
| Attorney General | Executive | Dover | January 21, 1913 | January 16, 1917 | Delaware |
| U.S. Senator | Legislative | Washington | March 4, 1917 | July 2, 1921 | resigned |
| Chancellor | Judiciary | Dover | July 2, 1921 | November 11, 1938 | State Chancery Court |
| United States Congressional service | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | Congress | Chamber | Majority | President | Committees | Class/District |
| 1917–1919 | 65th | U.S. Senate | Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | class 1 | |
| 1919–1921 | 66th | U.S. Senate | Republican | Woodrow Wilson | class 1 | |
| 1921–1923 | 67th | U.S. Senate | Republican | Warren G. Harding | class 1 | |
| Election results | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Office | Subject | Party | Votes | % | Opponent | Party | Votes | % | ||
| 1916 | U.S. Senator | Josiah O. Wolcott | Democratic | 25,434 | 50% | Henry A. du Pont Hiram R. Burton |
Republican Independent |
22,925 2,361 |
46% 5% |
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