List of United States Senators From Delaware - Class 1

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
2 Henry Latimer Federalist February 7, 1795 –
February 28, 1801
3
Elected to finish Read's term
4
5 3 Re-elected in 1797
Resigned
6
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
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
Elected late to finish vacant term

Resigned
Vacant January 29, 1823 –
January 8, 1824
17
18
6 Thomas Clayton Adams-Clay Federalist January 8, 1824 –
March 3, 1827
18
Elected to finish Rodney's term

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Adams 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
21
Vacant April 16, 1829 –
January 7, 1830
8 Arnold S. Naudain Anti-Jacksonian January 7, 1830 –
June 16, 1836
21
Elected to finish McLane's term
22
23 9 Re-elected in 1832

Resigned
24
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
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
30
12 John Wales Whig February 23, 1849 –
March 3, 1851
30
Elected to finish Clayton's term

Lost re-election
31
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
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
57
18 L. Heisler Ball Republican March 2, 1903 –
March 3, 1905
57
Elected to finish vacant term
58
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
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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