U.S. Senators from Delaware, 1789-2018 (May be
incomplete!)
Richard
Bassett 1789-93
George
Read 1789-93
John
Vining 1793-98
Henry
Latimer 1795-1801
Joshua
Clayton 1798
William
Hill Wells 1799-1804
Samuel
White 1801-09
James
Asheton Bayard, Sr. 1804-13
Outerbridge
Horsey 1810-21
William
Hill Wells 1813-17
Nicholas
Van Dyke 1817-26
Caesar
A. Rodney 1822-23
Thomas
Clayton 1824-27
Daniel
Rodney 1826-27
Henry
M. Ridgely 1827-29
Louis
McLane 1827-29
John
M. Clayton 1829-36
Arnold
Naudain 1830-36
Richard
H. Bayard 1836-39
Thomas
Clayton 1837-47
Richard
H. Bayard 1841-45
John
M. Clayton 1845-49
Presley
Spruance 1847-53
John
Wales 1849-51
James
A. Bayard 1851-64
John
M. Clayton 1853-56
Joseph
P. Comegys 1856-57
Martin
Waltham Bates 1857-59
Willard
Saulsbury, Sr. 1859-71
George
R. Riddle 1864-67
James
A. Bayard 1867-69
Thomas
F. Bayard, Sr. 1869-85
Eli
Saulsbury 1871-89
George
Gray 1885-99
Anthony
Higgins 1889-95
Richard
R. Kenney 1897-1901
J.
Frank Allee 1903-07
L.
Heisler Ball 1903-05
Henry
A. du Pont 1906-17
Harry
A. Richardson 1907-13
Willard
Saulsbury, Jr. 1913-19
Josiah
O. Wolcott 1917-21
L.
Heisler Ball 1919-25
T.
Coleman du Pont 1921-22
Thomas
F. Bayard 1922-29
T.
Coleman du Pont 1925-28
Daniel
O. Hastings 1928-37
John
G. Townsend, Jr. 1929-41
James
H. Hughes 1937-43
James
M. Tunnell 1941-47
C.
Douglass Buck 1943-49
John
J. Williams 1947-70
J.
Allen Frear, Jr. 1949-61
J.
Caleb Boggs 1961-73
William
V. Roth, Jr. 1971-2001
Joseph
R. Biden, Jr. 1973-2009
Thomas
R. Carper 2001-
Edward
E. Kaufman 2009-10
Christopher
A. Coons 2010-
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1798 Aug 11:
Joshua
Clayton, died in office.
1809 Nov 4:
Samuel
White, died in office.
1826 May 21:
Nicholas
Van Dyke, died in office.
1836 Jun 16:
Arnold
Naudain, resigned.
1836 Dec 29:
John
M. Clayton, resigned.
1849 Feb 23:
John
M. Clayton, resigned.
1856 Nov 9:
John
M. Clayton, died in office.
1867 Mar 29:
George
R. Riddle, died in office.
1916 Nov 7:
Josiah
O. Wolcott (Dem), elected;
Henry
A. du Pont (Rep), defeated;
Hiram
A. Burton (Progressive), defeated;
William
C. Ferris (Socialist), defeated.
1918 Nov 5:
L.
Heisler Ball (Rep), elected;
Willard
Saulsbury, Jr. (Dem), defeated;
William
H. Conner (Socialist), defeated.
1921 Jul 2:
Josiah
O. Wolcott, resigned.
1921 Jul 7:
T.
Coleman du Pont, appointed.
1922 Nov 7:
Thomas
F. Bayard (Dem), elected;
T.
Coleman du Pont (Rep), defeated;
Frank
Stephens (Forward), defeated.
1924 Nov 4:
T.
Coleman du Pont (Rep), elected;
James
M. Tunnell (Dem), defeated.
1928 Nov 6:
John
G. Townsend, Jr. (Rep), elected;
Thomas
F. Bayard (Dem), defeated.
1928 Dec 9:
T.
Coleman du Pont, resigned.
1928 Dec 10:
Daniel
O. Hastings, appointed.
1930 Nov 4:
Daniel
O. Hastings (Rep), elected;
Thomas
F. Bayard (Dem & Liberal Republican), defeated;
Nicholas
Minutella (Communist), defeated.
1934 Nov 6:
John
G. Townsend, Jr. (Rep), elected;
Wilbur
L. Adams (Dem), defeated;
Fred
W. Whiteside (Socialist), defeated;
John
T. Wladkoski (Communist), defeated.
1936 Nov 3:
James
H. Hughes (Dem), elected;
Daniel
O. Hastings (Rep), defeated;
Robert
G. Houston (Independent Republican), defeated;
Charles
W. Perry (Socialist), defeated;
William
V. P. Davidatis (Communist), defeated.
1940 Nov 5:
James
M. Tunnell (Dem), elected;
John
G. Townsend, Jr. (Rep), defeated;
William
F. Allen (Liberal Democratic), defeated.
1942 Nov 3:
C.
Douglass Buck (Rep), elected;
E.
Ennalls Berl (Dem), defeated;
Thomas
J. Sard (Prohibition), defeated.
1946 Nov 5:
John
J. Williams (Rep), elected;
James
M. Tunnell (Dem), defeated.
1948 Nov 2:
J.
Allen Frear, Jr. (Dem), elected;
C.
Douglass Buck (Rep), defeated;
Hamilton
D. Ware (Progressive), defeated;
Thomas
J. Sard (Prohibition), defeated;
Walter
B. Pollard (Socialist), defeated.
1954:
Herbert
B. Warburton, defeated.
1958 Nov 4:
John
J. Williams (Rep), elected;
Elbert
N. Carvel (Dem), defeated.
1964 Nov 3:
John
J. Williams (Rep), elected;
Elbert
N. Carvel (Dem), defeated;
Joseph
P. Hollon (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1966 Nov 8:
J.
Caleb Boggs (Rep), elected;
James
M. Tunnell (Dem), defeated.
1970 Nov 3:
William
V. Roth, Jr. (Rep), elected;
Jacob
W. Zimmerman (Dem), defeated;
Donald
G. Gies (American Independent), defeated.
1970 Dec 31:
William
V. Roth, Jr., resigned.
1972 Nov 7:
Joseph
R. Biden, Jr. (Dem), elected;
J.
Caleb Boggs (Rep), defeated;
Henry
M. Majka (American), defeated;
Herbert
B. Wood (Prohibition), defeated.
1976 Nov 2:
William
V. Roth, Jr. (Rep), elected;
Thomas
C. Maloney (Dem), defeated;
Donald
G. Gies (American), defeated;
Joseph
F. McInerney (Nonpartisan), defeated;
John
A. Massimilla (Prohibition), defeated.
1978 Nov 7:
Joseph
R. Biden, Jr. (Dem), elected;
James
H. Baxter, Jr. (Rep), defeated;
Donald
G. Gies (American), defeated.
1982 Nov 2:
William
V. Roth, Jr. (Rep), elected;
David
N. Levinson (Dem), defeated;
Lawrence
D. Sullivan (Libertarian), defeated;
Charles
A. Baker (American), defeated.
1984 Nov 6:
Joseph
R. Biden, Jr. (Dem), elected;
John
M. Burris (Rep), defeated.
1988 Nov 8:
William
V. Roth, Jr. (Rep), elected;
S.
B. Woo (Dem), defeated.
1990 Nov 6:
Joseph
R. Biden, Jr. (Dem), elected;
M.
Jane Brady (Rep), defeated;
Lee
Rosenbaum (Libertarian), defeated.
1994 Nov 8:
William
V. Roth, Jr. (Rep), elected;
Charles
M. Oberly III (Dem), defeated;
John
C. Dierickx (Libertarian), defeated.
1996 Sep 7:
Joseph
R. Biden, Jr. (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1996 Sep 7:
Raymond
J. Clatworthy (Rep), nominated;
Vance
Phillips (Rep), defeated in primary;
Wilfred
Plomis (Rep), defeated in primary.
1996 Nov 5:
Joseph
R. Biden, Jr. (Dem), elected;
Raymond
J. Clatworthy (Rep), defeated;
Mark
Jones (Libertarian), defeated;
Jacqueline
Kossoff (Natural Law), defeated.
2000 Nov 7:
Thomas
R. Carper (Dem), elected;
William
V. Roth, Jr. (Rep), defeated;
J.
Burke Morrison (Libertarian), defeated;
Mark
E. Dankof (Constitution), defeated;
Robert
E. Mattson (Natural Law), defeated.
2002 Nov 5:
Joseph
R. Biden, Jr. (Dem), elected;
Raymond
J. Clatworthy (Rep), defeated;
Maurice
Barros (Ind), defeated;
Raymond
T. Buranello (Libertarian), defeated;
Robert
E. Mattson (Natural Law), defeated.
2006 Sep 12:
Thomas
R. Carper (Dem), nominated unopposed.
2006 Sep 12:
Jan
C. Ting (Rep), nominated;
Michael
D. Protack (Rep), defeated in primary;
Christine
O'Donnell (Rep), defeated in primary.
2006 Nov 7:
Thomas
R. Carper (Dem), elected;
Jan
C. Ting (Rep), defeated;
William
E. Morris (Libertarian), defeated.
2008 Nov 4:
Joseph
R. Biden, Jr. (Dem), elected;
Christine
O'Donnell (Rep), defeated.
2009 Jan 15:
Joseph
R. Biden, Jr., resigned;
Edward
E. Kaufman, appointed.
2010 Sep 14:
Christopher
A. Coons (Dem), nominated unopposed.
2010 Sep 14:
Christine
O'Donnell (Rep), nominated;
Michael
N. Castle (Rep), defeated in primary.
2010 Nov 2:
Christopher
A. Coons (Dem), elected;
Christine
O'Donnell (Rep), defeated;
Glenn
A. Miller (Ind), defeated;
James
W. Rash (Libertarian), defeated;
Maurice
F. Bourgeois, defeated;
Samtra
Devard, defeated.
2012 Sep 11:
Thomas
R. Carper (Dem), nominated;
Keith
Spanarelli (Dem), defeated in primary.
2012 Sep 11:
Kevin
Wade (Rep), nominated unopposed.
2012 Nov 6:
Thomas
R. Carper (Dem), elected;
Kevin
Wade (Rep), defeated;
Alexander
Pires (Ind), defeated;
Andrew
Groff (Green), defeated.
2014 Sep 9:
Christopher
A. Coons (Dem), nominated unopposed.
2014 Sep 9:
Kevin
Wade (Rep), nominated;
Carl
Smink (Rep), defeated in primary.
2014 Nov 4:
Christopher
A. Coons (Dem), elected;
Kevin
Wade (Rep), defeated;
Andrew
Groff (Green), defeated.
2018 Sep 6:
Thomas
R. Carper (Dem), nominated;
Kerri
Evelyn Harris (Dem), defeated in primary.
2018 Sep 6:
Robert
B. Arlett (Rep), nominated;
Eugene
J. Truono, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary;
Rocky
de la Fuente (Rep), defeated in primary.
2018 Nov 6:
Thomas
R. Carper (Dem), elected;
Robert
B. Arlett (Rep), defeated;
Demitri
G. Theodoropoulos (Green), defeated;
Nadine
M. Frost (Libertarian), defeated.
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