The Political Graveyard: Delaware: U.S. Senators (original) (raw)

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Delaware: U.S. Senators

U.S. Senators from Delaware, 1789-2018 (May be incomplete!)
Richard Bassett 1789-93George Read 1789-93John Vining 1793-98Henry Latimer 1795-1801Joshua Clayton 1798William Hill Wells 1799-1804Samuel White 1801-09James Asheton Bayard, Sr. 1804-13Outerbridge Horsey 1810-21William Hill Wells 1813-17Nicholas Van Dyke 1817-26Caesar A. Rodney 1822-23Thomas Clayton 1824-27Daniel Rodney 1826-27Henry M. Ridgely 1827-29Louis McLane 1827-29John M. Clayton 1829-36Arnold Naudain 1830-36Richard H. Bayard 1836-39Thomas Clayton 1837-47Richard H. Bayard 1841-45John M. Clayton 1845-49Presley Spruance 1847-53John Wales 1849-51James A. Bayard 1851-64John M. Clayton 1853-56Joseph P. Comegys 1856-57Martin Waltham Bates 1857-59Willard Saulsbury, Sr. 1859-71George R. Riddle 1864-67James A. Bayard 1867-69Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. 1869-85Eli Saulsbury 1871-89George Gray 1885-99Anthony Higgins 1889-95Richard R. Kenney 1897-1901J. Frank Allee 1903-07L. Heisler Ball 1903-05Henry A. du Pont 1906-17Harry A. Richardson 1907-13Willard Saulsbury, Jr. 1913-19Josiah O. Wolcott 1917-21L. Heisler Ball 1919-25T. Coleman du Pont 1921-22Thomas F. Bayard 1922-29T. Coleman du Pont 1925-28Daniel O. Hastings 1928-37John G. Townsend, Jr. 1929-41James H. Hughes 1937-43James M. Tunnell 1941-47C. Douglass Buck 1943-49John J. Williams 1947-70J. Allen Frear, Jr. 1949-61J. Caleb Boggs 1961-73William V. Roth, Jr. 1971-2001Joseph R. Biden, Jr. 1973-2009Thomas R. Carper 2001-Edward E. Kaufman 2009-10Christopher 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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