List of United States Senators From Delaware

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
1	Richard Bassett	Anti- Administration Pro- Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793	1	1	Elected in 1789 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
1	Richard Bassett	Anti- Administration Pro- Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793	2	1	Elected in 1789 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
2	John M. Vining	Pro- Administration Federalist	March 4, 1793 – January 19, 1798	3	2	Elected in 1793 Resigned
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				5
3	Joshua Clayton	Federalist	January 19, 1798 – August 11, 1798			Elected to finish Vining's term Died
Vacant			August 11, 1798 – January 17, 1799
4	William H. Wells	Federalist	January 17, 1799 – November 6, 1804	5		Elected to finish Clayton's term
				6	3	Elected to full term in 1799 Resigned
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				8
5	James A. Bayard	Federalist	November 13, 1804 – March 3, 1813	8		Elected to finish Wells's term
				9	4	Re-elected in 1805
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				11
				12	5	Re-elected in 1811 Resigned
Vacant			March 3, 1813 – May 21, 1813	13
6	William H. Wells	Federalist	May 21, 1813 – March 3, 1817	13		Elected to finish Bayard's term Retired
6	William H. Wells	Federalist	May 21, 1813 – March 3, 1817	14		Elected to finish Bayard's term Retired
7	Nicholas Van Dyke	Federalist	March 4, 1817 – May 21, 1826	15	6	Elected in 1817
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				17
				18	7	Re-elected in 1823 Died
				19		Re-elected in 1823 Died
Vacant			May 21, 1826 – November 8, 1826	19
8	Daniel Rodney	Anti- Jacksonian	November 8, 1826 – January 12, 1827	19		Appointed to continue Van Dyke's term Retired
9	Henry M. Ridgely	Jacksonian	January 12, 1827 – March 3, 1829	19		Elected to finish Van Dyke's term Retired
9	Henry M. Ridgely	Jacksonian	January 12, 1827 – March 3, 1829	20		Elected to finish Van Dyke's term Retired
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
Vacant			December 29, 1836 – January 9, 1837	24
11	Thomas Clayton	Anti-Jacksonian Whig	January 9, 1837 – March 3, 1847	24		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
13	John M. Clayton	Whig	March 4, 1853 – November 9, 1856	34		Elected in 1853 Died
Vacant			November 9, 1856 – November 19, 1856
14	Joseph P. Comegys	Whig	November 19, 1856 – January 14, 1857			Appointed to continue Clayton's term Declined nomination to finish Clayton's term
15	Martin W. Bates	Democratic	January 14, 1857 – March 3, 1859	34		Elected to finish Clayton's term Lost re-election
15	Martin W. Bates	Democratic	January 14, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35		Elected to finish Clayton's term Lost re-election
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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				53
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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				56
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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				65
23	L. Heisler Ball	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1925	66	23	Elected in 1919 Lost renomination
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				68
24	T. Coleman du Pont	Republican	March 4, 1925 – December 8, 1928	69	24	Elected in 1924 Resigned
24	T. Coleman du Pont	Republican	March 4, 1925 – December 8, 1928	70	24	Elected in 1924 Resigned
Vacant			December 8, 1928 – December 10, 1928	70
25	Daniel O. Hastings	Republican	December 10, 1928 – January 3, 1937	70	25	Appointed to continue du Pont's term Elected to finish du Pont's term
				71	25
				72	25	Elected to full term in 1930 Lost re-election
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				74
26	James H. Hughes	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943	75	26	Elected in 1936 Lost renomination
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				77
27	C. Douglass Buck	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949	78	27	Elected in 1942 Lost re-election
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				80
28	J. Allen Frear, Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1961	81	28	Elected in 1948
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				83
				84	29	Re-elected in 1954 Lost re-election
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				86
29	J. Caleb Boggs	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1973	87	30	Elected in 1960
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				89
				90	31	Re-elected in 1966 Lost re-election
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				92
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
31	Ted Kaufman	Democratic	January 16, 2009 – November 15, 2010	111		Appointed to continue Biden's term Retired
32	Chris Coons	Democratic	November 15, 2010 – Present	111		Elected to finish Biden's term
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