List of United States Senators From Delaware

Class 1

Senators belonging to this electoral class were first elected in 1788 to two-year terms that expired at the end of the 1st United States Congress, and had to stand for re-election to a full six-year term in 1790. The seats were most recently contested in 2006, and the next full election will be in 2012.

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	George Read	Pro- Administration	March 4, 1789 – September 18, 1793	1	1	Elected in 1789
				2	2	Re-elected in 1790 Resigned to become Chief Justice of Delaware
				3
Vacant			September 18, 1793 – February 7, 1795	3
2	Henry Latimer	Federalist	February 7, 1795 – February 28, 1801	3		Elected to finish Read's term
				4		Elected to finish Read's term
				5	3	Re-elected in 1797 Resigned
				6		Re-elected in 1797 Resigned
3	Samuel White	Federalist	February 28, 1801 – November 4, 1809	6		Appointed to continue Latimer's term Elected to finish Latimer's term
				7
				8	4	Re-elected in 1803
				9
				10
				11	5	Re-elected in 1809 Died
Vacant			November 4, 1809 – January 12, 1810	11
4	Outerbridge Horsey	Federalist	January 12, 1810 – March 3, 1821	11		Elected to finish White's term
				12
				13
				14	6	Re-elected in 1815 Retired
				15
				16
Vacant			March 4, 1821 – January 23, 1822	17	7
5	Caesar A. Rodney	Democratic- Republican	January 24, 1822 – January 29, 1823	17		Elected late to finish vacant term Resigned
Vacant			January 29, 1823 – January 8, 1824	17
Vacant			January 29, 1823 – January 8, 1824	18
6	Thomas Clayton	Adams-Clay Federalist	January 8, 1824 – March 3, 1827	18		Elected to finish Rodney's term [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
6	Thomas Clayton	Adams	January 8, 1824 – March 3, 1827	19
7	Louis McLane	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – April 16, 1829	20	8	Elected in 1827 Resigned to become Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to England
7	Louis McLane	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – April 16, 1829	21
Vacant			April 16, 1829 – January 7, 1830	21
8	Arnold S. Naudain	Anti-Jacksonian	January 7, 1830 – June 16, 1836	21		Elected to finish McLane's term
				22		Elected to finish McLane's term
				23	9	Re-elected in 1832 Resigned
				24		Re-elected in 1832 Resigned
9	Richard H. Bayard	Anti-Jacksonian Whig	June 17, 1836 – September 19, 1839	24		Elected to finish Naudain's term Resigned to become Chief Justice of Delaware
9	Richard H. Bayard	Anti-Jacksonian Whig	June 17, 1836 – September 19, 1839	25
Vacant			September 19, 1839 – January 11, 1841	26	10
10	Richard H. Bayard	Whig	January 12, 1841 – March 3, 1845	26		Elected to finish his own term Retired
				27
				28
11	John M. Clayton	Whig	March 4, 1845 – February 23, 1849	29	11	Elected in 1845 Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State
11	John M. Clayton	Whig	March 4, 1845 – February 23, 1849	30		Elected in 1845 Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State
12	John Wales	Whig	February 23, 1849 – March 3, 1851	30		Elected to finish Clayton's term Lost re-election
12	John Wales	Whig	February 23, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31		Elected to finish Clayton's term Lost re-election
13	James A. Bayard, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – January 29, 1864	32	12	Elected in 1851
				33
				34
				35	13	Re-elected in 1857
				36
				37
				38	14	Re-elected in 1863 Resigned
14	George R. Riddle	Democratic	January 29, 1864 – March 29, 1867	38		Elected to finish Bayard's term Died
				39
				40
Vacant			March 29, 1867 – April 5, 1867	40
15	James A. Bayard, Jr.	Democratic	April 5, 1867 – March 3, 1869	40		Appointed to continue Riddle's term Elected to finish Riddle's term Retired
16	Thomas F. Bayard	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 6, 1885	41	15	Elected in 1869
				42
				43
				44	16	Re-elected in 1875
				45
				46
				47	17	Re-elected in 1881 Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State
				48
				49
17	George Gray	Democratic	March 18, 1885 – March 3, 1899	49		Elected to finish Bayard's term
				50	18	Re-elected in 1887
				51
				52
				53	19	Re-elected in 1893 Lost re-election
				54
				55
Vacant			March 4, 1899 – March 1, 1903	56	20	Legislature failed to elect
Vacant			March 4, 1899 – March 1, 1903	57		Legislature failed to elect
18	L. Heisler Ball	Republican	March 2, 1903 – March 3, 1905	57		Elected to finish vacant term
18	L. Heisler Ball	Republican	March 2, 1903 – March 3, 1905	58		Elected to finish vacant term
Vacant			March 4, 1905 – June 12, 1906	59	21	Legislature failed to elect
19	Henry A. du Pont	Republican	June 13, 1906 – March 3, 1917	59		Elected to finish vacant term
				60
				61
				62	22	Re-elected in 1911 Lost re-election
				63
				64
20	Josiah O. Wolcott	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – July 2, 1921	65	23	Resigned to become Chancellor of Delaware
				66
				67
21	T. Coleman du Pont	Republican	July 7, 1921 – November 6, 1922	67		Appointed to finish Wolcott's term Lost election to finish Wolcott's term
22	Thomas F. Bayard, Jr.	Democratic	November 7, 1922 – March 3, 1929	67		Elected to finish Wolcott's term
				68	24	Elected in 1922 Lost re-election
				69
				70
23	John G. Townsend, Jr.	Republican	March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1941	71	25	Elected in 1928
				72
				73
				74	26	Re-elected in 1934 Lost re-election
				75
				76
24	James M. Tunnell	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1947	77	27	Elected in 1940 Lost re-election
				78
				79
25	John J. Williams	Republican	January 3, 1947 – December 31, 1970	80	28	Elected in 1946
				81
				82
				83	29	Re-elected in 1952
				84
				85
				86	30	Re-elected in 1958
				87
				88
				89	31	Re-elected in 1964 Reisgned to give successor preferential seniority
				90
				91
26	William V. Roth, Jr.	Republican	January 1, 1971 – January 3, 2001	91		Appointed to finish Williams's term, having been elected to the next term
				92	32	Elected in 1970
				93
				94
				95	33	Re-elected in 1976
				96
				97
				98	34	Re-elected in 1982
				99
				100
				101	35	Re-elected in 1988
				102
				103
				104	36	Re-elected in 1994 Lost re-election
				105
				106
27	Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	January 3, 2001 – Present	107	37	Elected in 2000
				108
				109
				110	38	Re-elected in 2006
				111
				112

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