List of United States Representatives from Delaware
//This is a Complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives from Delaware.
Elections are by a popular vote originally elected on the first Tuesday of October, but after 1831 on the first Tuesday after November 1.
Terms began on the subsequent March 4 until 1935, from when they began on January 3.
Delaware has had only one U.S. Representative, except for 10 years between 1813 and 1823, when there was a second U.S. Representative. This person was elected statewide, at-large, on the same ballot as the first U.S. Representative. The two candidates with the highest number of votes were elected.
Contents
Current representative
- John Carney (D) Website 2011-present
List of representatives
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# | Representative | Years | Party | Congress | Electoral history |
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1 | John M. Vining | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1793 |
Pro- Administration |
1 2 |
Elected in 1789 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
2 | John Patten | March 4, 1793 – February 14, 1794 |
Anti- Administration |
3 | Elected in 1792 Lost election contest |
3 | Henry Latimer | February 14, 1794 – February 7, 1795 |
Pro- Administration |
Successfully contested the election of John Patten Resigned to become U.S. Senator |
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Vacant | February 7, 1795 – March 4, 1795 |
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4 | John Patten | March 4, 1795 – March 4, 1797 |
Democratic- Republican |
4 | Elected in 1794 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
5 | James A. Bayard, Sr. | March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1803 |
Federalist | 5 6 7 |
Elected in 1796 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
6 | Caesar A. Rodney | March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1805 |
Democratic- Republican |
8 | Elected in 1802 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
7 | James M. Broom | March 4, 1805 – October 6, 1807 |
Federalist | 9 10 |
Elected in 1804 Resigned |
8 | 100px Nicholas Van Dyke | October 6, 1807 – March 4, 1811 |
Federalist | 10 11 |
First elected to finish Broom's term [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
9 | Henry M. Ridgely | March 4, 1811 – March 4, 1815 |
Federalist | 12 13 |
Elected in 1810 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
10 | Thomas Clayton | March 4, 1815 – March 4, 1817 |
Federalist | 14 | Elected in 1814 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
11 | Louis McLane | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1827 |
Federalist | 15 16 17 |
Elected in 1816 Resigned to become U.S. Senator |
Crawford Federalist | 18 | ||||
Jacksonian | 19 | ||||
Vacant | March 3, 1827 – October 2, 1827 |
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12 | Kensey Johns, Jr. | October 2, 1827 – March 4, 1831 |
Adams | 20 | First elected to finish McLane's term [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Anti- Jacksonian |
21 | ||||
13 | John J. Milligan | March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1839 |
Anti- Jacksonian |
22 23 24 |
Elected in 1830 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Whig | 25 | ||||
14 | Thomas Robinson, Jr. | March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1841 |
Democratic | 26 | Elected in 1838 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
15 | George B. Rodney | March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845 |
Whig | 27 28 |
Elected in 1840 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
16 | John W. Houston | March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1851 |
Whig | 29 30 31 |
Elected in 1844 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
17 | George R. Riddle | March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1855 |
Democratic | 32 33 |
Elected in 1850 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
18 | Elisha D. Cullen | March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857 |
Know Nothing |
34 | Elected in 1854 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
19 | William G. Whiteley | March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861 |
Democratic | 35 36 |
Elected in 1856 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
20 | George P. Fisher | March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1863 |
Republican | 37 | Elected in 1860 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
21 | 100px William Temple | March 4, 1863 – May 28, 1863 |
Democratic | 38 | Elected in 1862 Died |
Vacant | May 28, 1863 – December 7, 1863 |
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22 | Nathaniel B. Smithers | December 7, 1863 – March 4, 1865 |
Republican | Elected to finish Temple's term [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
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23 | John A. Nicholson | March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1869 |
Democratic | 39 40 |
Elected in 1864 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
24 | 100px Benjamin T. Biggs | March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1873 |
Democratic | 41 42 |
Elected in 1868 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
25 | James R. Lofland | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 |
Republican | 43 | Elected in 1872 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
26 | James Williams | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1879 |
Democratic | 44 45 |
Elected in 1874 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
27 | Edward L. Martin | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1883 |
Democratic | 46 47 |
Elected in 1878 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
28 | Charles B. Lore | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1887 |
Democratic | 48 49 |
Elected in 1882 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
29 | John B. Penington | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1891 |
Democratic | 50 51 |
Elected in 1886 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
30 | John W. Causey | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1895 |
Democratic | 52 53 |
Elected in 1890 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
31 | Jonathan S. Willis | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 |
Republican | 54 | Elected in 1894 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
32 | L. Irving Handy | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899 |
Democratic | 55 | Elected in 1896 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
33 | John H. Hoffecker | March 4, 1899 – June 16, 1900 |
Republican | 56 | Elected in 1898 Died |
Vacant | June 16, 1900 – November 6, 1900 |
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34 | Walter O. Hoffecker | November 6, 1900 – March 4, 1901 |
Republican | 56 | Elected to finish his father's term [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
35 | L. Heisler Ball | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903 |
Republican | 57 | Elected in 1900 Resigned to become U.S. Senator |
36 | Henry A. Houston | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905 |
Democratic | 58 | Elected in 1902 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
37 | Hiram R. Burton | March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1909 |
Republican | 59 60 |
Elected in 1904 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
38 | William H. Heald | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913 |
Republican | 61 62 |
Elected in 1908 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
39 | Franklin Brockson | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 |
Democratic | 63 | Elected in 1912 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
40 | Thomas W. Miller | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 |
Republican | 64 | Elected in 1914 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
41 | 100px Albert F. Polk | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 |
Democratic | 65 | Elected in 1916 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
42 | Caleb R. Layton | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1923 |
Republican | 66 67 |
Elected in 1918 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
43 | William H. Boyce | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 |
Democratic | 68 | Elected in 1922 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
44 | Robert G. Houston | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1933 |
Republican | 69 70 71 72 |
Elected in 1924 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
45 | Wilbur L. Adams | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
Democratic | 73 | Elected in 1932 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
46 | J. George Stewart | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 |
Republican | 74 | Elected in 1934 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
47 | William F. Allen | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 |
Democratic | 75 | Elected in 1936 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
48 | George S. Williams | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 |
Republican | 76 | Elected in 1938 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
49 | Philip A. Traynor | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
Democratic | 77 | Elected in 1940 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
50 | Earle D. Willey | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 |
Republican | 78 | Elected in 1942 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
51 | Philip A. Traynor | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
Democratic | 79 | Elected in 1944 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
52 | 100px J. Caleb Boggs | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953 |
Republican | 80 81 82 |
Elected in 1946 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
53 | Herbert B. Warburton | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 |
Republican | 83 | Elected in 1952 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
54 | Harris B. McDowell, Jr. | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 |
Democratic | 84 | Elected in 1954 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
55 | Harry G. Haskell, Jr. | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 |
Republican | 85 | Elected in 1956 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
56 | Harris B. McDowell, Jr. | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1967 |
Democratic | 86 87 88 89 |
Elected in 1958 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
57 | Bill Roth | January 3, 1967 – December 31, 1970 |
Republican | 90 91 |
Elected in 1966 Resigned to become U.S. Senator |
Vacant | December 31, 1970 – January 3, 1971 |
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58 | 100px Pierre S. du Pont IV | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977 |
Republican | 92 93 94 |
Elected in 1970 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
59 | Thomas B. Evans, Jr. | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983 |
Republican | 95 96 97 |
Elected in 1976 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
60 | Tom Carper | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 |
Democratic | 98 99 100 101 102 |
Elected in 1982 Retired to run for Governor of Delaware |
61 | Michael Castle | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2011 |
Republican | 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 |
Elected in 1992 Retired to run for U.S. Senate |
62 | 100px John Carney | January 3, 2011 — Present |
Democratic | 112 113 114 |
First elected in 2010 Re-elected in 2012 Re-elected in 2014 |
Second at-large seat: 1813–1823
From 1813 to 1823, Delaware elected two members of the United States House of Representatives. Both were elected statewide at-large. This is a list of the four men who held that second seat during that decade.
# | Representative | Years | Party | Congress | Electoral history |
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1 | Thomas Cooper | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817 |
Federalist | 13 14 |
Elected in 1812 Re-elected in 1814 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
2 | Willard Hall | March 4, 1817 – January 22, 1821 |
Democratic- Republican |
15 | Elected in 1816 Re-elected in 1818 Lost re-election and resigned early |
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Vacant | January 22, 1821 – March 4, 1821 |
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3 | Caesar A. Rodney | March 4, 1821 – January 24, 1822 |
Democratic- Republican |
17 | Elected in 1820 Resigned when elected to the U.S. Senate |
Vacant | January 24, 1822 – October 1, 1822 |
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4 | 100px Daniel Rodney | October 1, 1822 – March 3, 1823 |
Federalist | Elected in 1822 to finish his cousin's term [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Delaware
As of April 2015[update], there are four former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from the U.S. State of Delaware that are currently living.
Representative | Term | District | Date of birth (and age) |
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Pierre S. du Pont IV | 1971–1977 | At-large | January 22, 1935 |
Thomas B. Evans, Jr. | 1977–1983 | At-large | November 5, 1931 |
Tom Carper | 1983–1993 | At-large | January 23, 1947 |
Michael Castle | 1993–2011 | At-large | July 2, 1939 |
See also
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