Delaware ratified the Constitution on December 7 , 1787 .
Class 1
Senator Party From To George Read Federalist 1789 1793 Henry Latimer Federalist 1795 1801 Samuel White Federalist 1801 1809 Outerbridge Horsey Federalist 1810 1821 Caesar A. Rodney Democrat 1822 1823 Thomas Clayton Federalist, 1824 1827 Louis McLane Democrat 1827 1829 Arnold Naudain National 1830 1836 Richard H. Bayard Whig 1836 1839 Vacant 1839 1841 Richard H. Bayard Whig 1841 1845 John M. Clayton Whig 1845 1849 John Wales Whig 1849 1851 James A. Bayard, Jr. Democrat 1851 1864 George R. Riddle Democrat 1864 1867 James A. Bayard, Jr. Democrat 1867 1869 Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. Democrat 1869 1885 George Gray Democrat 1885 1899 Vacant 1899 1903 L. Heisler Ball Republican 1903 1905 Henry A. Du Pont Republican 1906 1917 Josiah O. Wolcott Democrat 1917 1921 T. Coleman Du Pont Republican 1921 1922 Thomas F. Bayard, Jr. Democrat 1922 1929 John G. Townsend, Jr. Republican 1929 1941 James M. Tunnell Democrat 1941 1947 John J. Williams Republican 1947 1970 William V. Roth, Jr. Republican 1971 2001 Thomas R. Carper Democrat 2001
Class 2
Senator Party From To Richard Bassett Democrat, 1789 1793 John Vining Federalist 1793 1798 Kensey Johns Federalist 1794 1794 Joshua Clayton Federalist 1798 1798 William H. Wells Federalist 1799 1804 James A. Bayard, Sr. Federalist 1804 1813 William H. Wells Federalist 1813 1817 Nicholas Van Dyke Federalist, 1817 1826 Daniel Rodney National 1826 1827 Henry M. Ridgeley Democrat 1827 1829 John M. Clayton National 1829 1836 Thomas Clayton Whig 1837 1847 Presley Spruance Whig 1847 1853 John M. Clayton Whig 1853 1856 Joseph P. Comegys Whig 1856 1857 Martin W. Bates Democrat 1857 1859 Willard Saulsbury, Sr. Democrat 1859 1871 Eli Saulsbury Democrat 1871 1889 Anthony Higgins Republican 1889 1895 Henry A. Du Pont Republican 1895 1896 Richard R. Kenney Democrat 1897 1901 James F. Allee Republican 1903 1907 Harry A. Richardson Republican 1907 1913 Willard Saulsbury, Jr. Democrat 1913 1919 L. Heisler Ball Republican 1919 1925 T. Coleman Du Pont Republican 1925 1928 Daniel O. Hastings Republican 1928 1937 James H. Hughes Democrat 1937 1943 Clayton D. Buck Republican 1943 1949 J. Allen Frear, Jr. Democrat 1949 1961 J. Caleb Boggs Republican 1961 1973 Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Democrat 1973
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List of United States Senators from Delaware - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (493 words)
Before 1914 United States Senators were chosen by the Delaware General Assembly and before 1935 all Congressional terms began March 4. Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for one session of the U.S. Congress in the first election of 1788 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for two sessions of the U.S. Congress in the first election of 1788 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014.
Category:United States Senators from Delaware - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (117 words)
This category contains a listing of all articles and subcategories that have articles relating to the persons who were United States Senators from Delaware . See also: United States Senate for a description of the office. List of United States Senators from Delaware (alphabetic)
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