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 |
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| 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 |
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| Vacant | September 18, 1793 – February 7, 1795 |
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| 2 | Henry Latimer | Federalist | February 7, 1795 – February 28, 1801 |
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Elected to finish Read's term | |
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| 5 | 3 | Re-elected in 1797 Resigned |
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| 3 | Samuel White | Federalist | February 28, 1801 – November 4, 1809 |
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Appointed to continue Latimer's term Elected to finish Latimer's term |
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| 8 | 4 | Re-elected in 1803 | ||||
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| 11 | 5 | Re-elected in 1809 Died |
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| Vacant | November 4, 1809 – January 12, 1810 |
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| 4 | Outerbridge Horsey | Federalist | January 12, 1810 – March 3, 1821 |
11 |
Elected to finish White's term | |
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| 14 | 6 | Re-elected in 1815 Retired |
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| Vacant | March 4, 1821 – January 23, 1822 |
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| 5 | Caesar A. Rodney | Democratic- Republican |
January 24, 1822 – January 29, 1823 |
Elected late to finish vacant term Resigned |
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| Vacant | January 29, 1823 – January 8, 1824 |
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| 6 | Thomas Clayton | Adams-Clay Federalist | January 8, 1824 – March 3, 1827 |
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Elected to finish Rodney's term [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
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| 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 |
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| Vacant | April 16, 1829 – January 7, 1830 |
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| 8 | Arnold S. Naudain | Anti-Jacksonian | January 7, 1830 – June 16, 1836 |
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Elected to finish McLane's term | |
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| 23 | 9 | Re-elected in 1832 Resigned |
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| 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 |
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| Vacant | September 19, 1839 – January 11, 1841 |
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| 10 | Richard H. Bayard | Whig | January 12, 1841 – March 3, 1845 |
26 |
Elected to finish his own term Retired |
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| 11 | John M. Clayton | Whig | March 4, 1845 – February 23, 1849 |
29 | 11 | Elected in 1845 Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State |
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| 12 | John Wales | Whig | February 23, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
30 |
Elected to finish Clayton's term Lost re-election |
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| 13 | James A. Bayard, Jr. | Democratic | March 4, 1851 – January 29, 1864 |
32 | 12 | Elected in 1851 |
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| 35 | 13 | Re-elected in 1857 | ||||
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| 38 | 14 | Re-elected in 1863 Resigned |
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| 14 | George R. Riddle | Democratic | January 29, 1864 – March 29, 1867 |
38 |
Elected to finish Bayard's term Died |
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| Vacant | March 29, 1867 – April 5, 1867 |
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| 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 |
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| 16 | Thomas F. Bayard | Democratic | March 4, 1869 – March 6, 1885 |
41 | 15 | Elected in 1869 |
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| 44 | 16 | Re-elected in 1875 | ||||
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| 47 | 17 | Re-elected in 1881 Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State |
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| 17 | George Gray | Democratic | March 18, 1885 – March 3, 1899 |
49 |
Elected to finish Bayard's term | |
| 50 | 18 | Re-elected in 1887 | ||||
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| 53 | 19 | Re-elected in 1893 Lost re-election |
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| Vacant | March 4, 1899 – March 1, 1903 |
56 | 20 | Legislature failed to elect | ||
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| 18 | L. Heisler Ball | Republican | March 2, 1903 – March 3, 1905 |
57 |
Elected to finish vacant term | |
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| 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 | |
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| 62 | 22 | Re-elected in 1911 Lost re-election |
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| 20 | Josiah O. Wolcott | Democratic | March 4, 1917 – July 2, 1921 |
65 | 23 | Resigned to become Chancellor of Delaware |
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| 21 | T. Coleman du Pont | Republican | July 7, 1921 – November 6, 1922 |
Appointed to finish Wolcott's term Lost election to finish Wolcott's term |
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| 22 | Thomas F. Bayard, Jr. | Democratic | November 7, 1922 – March 3, 1929 |
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Elected to finish Wolcott's term | |
| 68 | 24 | Elected in 1922 Lost re-election |
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| 23 | John G. Townsend, Jr. | Republican | March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1941 |
71 | 25 | Elected in 1928 |
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| 74 | 26 | Re-elected in 1934 Lost re-election |
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| 24 | James M. Tunnell | Democratic | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1947 |
77 | 27 | Elected in 1940 Lost re-election |
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| 25 | John J. Williams | Republican | January 3, 1947 – December 31, 1970 |
80 | 28 | Elected in 1946 |
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| 83 | 29 | Re-elected in 1952 | ||||
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| 86 | 30 | Re-elected in 1958 | ||||
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| 89 | 31 | Re-elected in 1964 Reisgned to give successor preferential seniority |
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| 26 | William V. Roth, Jr. | Republican | January 1, 1971 – January 3, 2001 |
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Appointed to finish Williams's term, having been elected to the next term | |
| 92 | 32 | Elected in 1970 | ||||
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| 95 | 33 | Re-elected in 1976 | ||||
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| 98 | 34 | Re-elected in 1982 | ||||
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| 101 | 35 | Re-elected in 1988 | ||||
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| 104 | 36 | Re-elected in 1994 Lost re-election |
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| 27 | Thomas R. Carper | Democratic | January 3, 2001 – Present |
107 | 37 | Elected in 2000 |
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| 110 | 38 | Re-elected in 2006 | ||||
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