Class 2
Senators belonging to this electoral class were first elected in 1788 to four-year terms that expired at the end of the 2nd United States Congress, and had to stand for re-election to a full six-year term in 1792. The seats were most recently contested in 2008, and the next full election will be in 2014.
| # | Senator | Party | Years | Congress | Term | Electoral history |
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| 1 | Richard Bassett | Anti- Administration Pro- Administration |
March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793 |
1 | 1 | Elected in 1789 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
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| 2 | John M. Vining | Pro- Administration Federalist |
March 4, 1793 – January 19, 1798 |
3 | 2 | Elected in 1793 Resigned |
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| 3 | Joshua Clayton | Federalist | January 19, 1798 – August 11, 1798 |
Elected to finish Vining's term Died |
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| Vacant | August 11, 1798 – January 17, 1799 |
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| 4 | William H. Wells | Federalist | January 17, 1799 – November 6, 1804 |
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Elected to finish Clayton's term | |
| 6 | 3 | Elected to full term in 1799 Resigned |
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| 5 | James A. Bayard | Federalist | November 13, 1804 – March 3, 1813 |
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Elected to finish Wells's term | |
| 9 | 4 | Re-elected in 1805 | ||||
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| 12 | 5 | Re-elected in 1811 Resigned |
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| Vacant | March 3, 1813 – May 21, 1813 |
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| 6 | William H. Wells | Federalist | May 21, 1813 – March 3, 1817 |
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Elected to finish Bayard's term Retired |
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| 7 | Nicholas Van Dyke | Federalist | March 4, 1817 – May 21, 1826 |
15 | 6 | Elected in 1817 |
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| 18 | 7 | Re-elected in 1823 Died |
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| Vacant | May 21, 1826 – November 8, 1826 |
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| 8 | Daniel Rodney | Anti- Jacksonian |
November 8, 1826 – January 12, 1827 |
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Appointed to continue Van Dyke's term Retired |
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| 9 | Henry M. Ridgely | Jacksonian | January 12, 1827 – March 3, 1829 |
19 | Elected to finish Van Dyke's term Retired |
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| 10 | John M. Clayton | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1829 – December 29, 1836 |
21 | 8 | Elected in 1829 |
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| 24 | 9 | Re-elected in 1835 Resigned |
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| Vacant | December 29, 1836 – January 9, 1837 |
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| 11 | Thomas Clayton | Anti-Jacksonian Whig |
January 9, 1837 – March 3, 1847 |
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Elected to finish his cousin's term | |
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| 27 | 10 | Re-elected in 1841 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
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| 12 | Presley Spruance | Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853 |
30 | 11 | Elected in 1846 Retired |
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| 13 | John M. Clayton | Whig | March 4, 1853 – November 9, 1856 |
33 | 12 | Elected in 1853 Died |
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| Vacant | November 9, 1856 – November 19, 1856 |
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| 14 | Joseph P. Comegys | Whig | November 19, 1856 – January 14, 1857 |
Appointed to continue Clayton's term Declined nomination to finish Clayton's term |
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| 15 | Martin W. Bates | Democratic | January 14, 1857 – March 3, 1859 |
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Elected to finish Clayton's term Lost re-election |
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| 16 | Willard Saulsbury, Sr. | Democratic | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1871 |
36 | 13 | Elected in 1858 |
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| 39 | 14 | Re-elected in 1864 Lost re-election |
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| 17 | Eli M. Saulsbury | Democratic | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1889 |
42 | 15 | Elected in 1871 |
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| 45 | 16 | Re-elected in 1876 | ||||
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| 48 | 17 | Re-elected in 1883 Lost re-election |
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| 18 | Anthony C. Higgins | Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895 |
51 | 18 | Elected in 1888 Lost re-election |
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| Vacant | March 4, 1895 – January 19, 1897 |
54 | 19 | Legislature failed to elect in 1895 | ||
| 19 | Richard R. Kenney | Democratic | January 19, 1897 – March 3, 1901 |
54 | Elected to finish vacant term Lost re-election |
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| Vacant | March 4, 1901 – March 2, 1903 |
57 | 20 | Legislature failed to elect in 1901 | ||
| 20 | J. Frank Allee | Republican | March 2, 1903 – March 3, 1907 |
57 | Elected to finish vacant term Retired |
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| 21 | Harry A. Richardson | Republican | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913 |
60 | 21 | Elected in 1907 Retired |
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| 22 | Willard Saulsbury, Jr. | Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919 |
63 | 22 | Elected in 1913 Lost re-election |
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| 23 | L. Heisler Ball | Republican | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1925 |
66 | 23 | Elected in 1919 Lost renomination |
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| 24 | T. Coleman du Pont | Republican | March 4, 1925 – December 8, 1928 |
69 | 24 | Elected in 1924 Resigned |
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| Vacant | December 8, 1928 – December 10, 1928 |
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| 25 | Daniel O. Hastings | Republican | December 10, 1928 – January 3, 1937 |
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25 | Appointed to continue du Pont's term Elected to finish du Pont's term |
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| 72 | 25 | Elected to full term in 1930 Lost re-election |
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| 26 | James H. Hughes | Democratic | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943 |
75 | 26 | Elected in 1936 Lost renomination |
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| 27 | C. Douglass Buck | Republican | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949 |
78 | 27 | Elected in 1942 Lost re-election |
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| 28 | J. Allen Frear, Jr. | Democratic | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1961 |
81 | 28 | Elected in 1948 |
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| 84 | 29 | Re-elected in 1954 Lost re-election |
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| 29 | J. Caleb Boggs | Republican | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1973 |
87 | 30 | Elected in 1960 |
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| 90 | 31 | Re-elected in 1966 Lost re-election |
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| 30 | Joe Biden | Democratic | January 3, 1973 – January 15, 2009 |
93 | 32 | Elected in 1972 |
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| 96 | 33 | Re-elected in 1978 | ||||
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| 99 | 34 | Re-elected in 1984 | ||||
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| 102 | 35 | Re-elected in 1990 | ||||
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| 105 | 36 | Re-elected in 1996 | ||||
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| 108 | 37 | Re-elected in 2002 | ||||
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| 111 | 38 | Re-elected in 2008 Resigned to become U.S. Vice President |
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| 31 | Ted Kaufman | Democratic | January 16, 2009 – November 15, 2010 |
Appointed to continue Biden's term Retired |
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| 32 | Chris Coons | Democratic | November 15, 2010 – Present |
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Elected to finish Biden's term | |
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