Delaware Senators
Delaware has a rich tradition of extraordinary Senators. Below you'll find the complete roster of those who have represented our great state in the Upper Chamber, grouped by their Senate class and listed in reverse chronological order.
CLASS I |
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Thomas R. Carper In Office: January 3, 2001 - Present Born: January 23, 1947 |
William V. Roth, Jr. In Office: January 1, 1971 –January 3, 2001 Born: July 22, 1921 Died: December 13, 2003 |
John J. Williams In Office: January 3, 1947 –December 3, 1970 Born: May 17, 1904 Died: January 11, 1988 |
James M. Tunnell In Office: January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1947 Born: August 2, 1879 Died: November 14, 1957 |
John G. Townsend, Jr. In Office: March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1941 Born: May 31, 1871 Died: April 10, 1964 |
Thomas F. Bayard, Jr. In Office: November 7, 1922 –March 3, 1929 Born: June 4, 1868 Died: July 12, 1942 |
T. Coleman DuPont In Office: July 7, 1921 –November 6, 1922 Born: December 11, 1863 Died: November 11, 1930 |
Josiah O. Wolcott In Office: March 4, 1917 – July 2, 1921 Born: October 31, 1877 Died: November 11, 1938 |
Henry A. DuPont In Office: June 13, 1906 – March 3, 1917 Born: July 30, 1838 Died: December 31, 1926 |
L. Heisler Ball In Office: March 2, 1903 – March 3, 1905 Born: September 21, 1861 Died: October 18, 1932 |
George Gray In Office: March 18, 1885 – March 3, 1899 Born: May 4, 1840 Died: August 7, 1925 |
Thomas F. Bayard In Office: March 4, 1869 – March 6, 1885 Born: October 29, 1828 Died: September 28, 1898 |
George R. Riddle In Office: January 29, 1864 –March 29, 1867 Born: 1817Died: March 2, 1867 |
James A. Bayard, Jr. In Office: March 4, 1851 –January 29, 1864; April 5, 1867 –March 3, 1869 Born: November 15, 1799 Died: June 13, 1880 |
John Wales In Office: February 23, 1849 – March 3, 1851 Born: July 31, 1783 Died: December 3, 1863 |
John M. Clayton In Office: March 4, 1845 – February 23, 1849 Born: July 24, 1796 Died: November 9, 1856 |
Richard H. Bayard In Office: June 17, 1836 –September 19, 1839; January 12, 1841 –March 3, 1845 Born: September 26, 1796 Died: March 4, 1868 |
Arnold S. Naudain In Office: January 7, 1830 – June 16, 1836 Born: January 6, 1790 Died: January 4, 1872 |
Louis McClane In Office: March 4, 1827 – April 16, 1829 Born: May 28, 1786 Died: October 7, 1857 |
Thomas Clayton In Office: January 18, 1832-January 9, 1837 Born: July 1777 Died: August 2, 1854 |
Caesar A. Rodney In Office: January 24, 1822 –January 29, 1823 Born: January 4, 1772 Died: June 10, 1824 |
Outerbridge Horsey In Office: January 12, 1810 – March 3, 1821 Born: March 5, 1777 Died: June 9, 1842 |
Samuel White In Office: February 28, 1801 –November 4, 1809 Born: December 1770 Died: November 4, 1809 |
Henry Latimer In Office: February 7, 1795-February 28, 1801 Born: April 24, 1752 Died: December 19, 1819 |
George Read In Office: March 4, 1789 –September 18, 1793 Born: September 18, 1733 Died: September 21, 1798 |
CLASS II |
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Christopher A. “Chris” Coons In Office: November 15, 2010 - Present Born: September 9, 1963 |
Edward E. "Ted" Kaufman In Office: January 15, 2009 – November 15, 2010 Born: March 15, 1939 |
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. In Office: January 3, 1973 – January 15, 2009 Born: November 20, 1942 |
James Caleb "Cale" Boggs In Office: January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1973 Born: May 15, 1909 Died: March 26, 1993 |
Joseph Allen Frear, Jr. In Office: January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1961 Born: March 7, 1903 Died: January 15, 1993 |
Clayton Douglass Buck In Office: January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949 Born: March 21, 1890 Died: January 27, 1965 |
James Hurd Hughes In Office: January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943 Born: January 14, 1867 Died: August 29, 1953 |
Daniel Oren Hastings In Office: December 10, 1928 – January 3, 1937 Born: March 5, 1874 Died: May 9, 1966 |
Thomas Coleman du Pont In Office: March 4, 1925 – December 9, 1928 Born: December 11, 1863 Died: November 11, 1930 |
Dr. Lewis Heisler Ball In Office: March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1925 Born: September 21, 1861 Died: October 18, 1932 |
Willard Saulsbury, Jr. In Office: March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919 Born: April 17, 1861 Died: February 20, 1927 Salisbury was born in Georgetown, Delaware in 1861. |
Harry Alden Richardson In Office: March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913 Born: January 1, 1853 Died: June 16, 1928 |
James Frank Allee In Office: March 2, 1903 – March 3, 1907 Born: December 2, 1857 Died: October 12, 1938 |
Richard Rolland Kenney In Office: January 19, 1897 – March 3, 1901 Born: September 9, 1856 Died: August 14, 1931 |
Anthony C. Higgins In Office: March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895 Born: October 1, 1840 Died: June 26, 1912 |
Eli May Saulsbury In Office: March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1889 Born: December 29, 1817 Died: March 22, 1893 |
Willard Saulsbury, Sr. In Office: March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1871 Born: June 2, 1820 Died: April 6, 1892 |
Martin Waltham Bates In Office: February 24, 1786 – January 1, 1869 Born: February 24, 1786 Died: January 1, 1869 |
Joseph Parsons Comegys In Office: November 19, 1856 – January 14, 1857 Born: December 23, 1813 Died: February 1, 1893 |
John Middleton Clayton In Office: March 4, 1853 – November 9, 1856 Born: July 24, 1796 Died: November 9, 1856 |
Presley Spruance In Office: March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853 Born: September 1, 1785 Died: February 13, 1863 |
Thomas Clayton In Office: January 9, 1837 – March 3, 1847 Born: July 1777 Died: August 21, 1854 |
John Middleton Clayton In Office: March 4, 1829 – December 29, 1836 Born: July 24, 1796 Died: November 9, 1856 |
Henry Moore Ridgely In Office: January 23, 1827 – March 3, 1829 Born: August 6, 1779 Died: August 6, 1847 |
Daniel Rodney In Office: November 8, 1826 – January 12, 1827 Born: September 10, 1764 Died: September 2, 1846 |
Nicholas Van Dyke In Office: March 4, 1817 – May 21, 1826 Born: December 20, 1770 Died: May 21, 1826 Van Dyke was born in New Castle, Delaware in 1817. |
James Asheton Bayard II In Office: November 13, 1804 – March 3, 1813 Born: July 28, 1767 Died: August 6, 1815 |
William Hill Wells In Office: January 17, 1799 – November 6, 1804; May 21, 1813 – March 3, 1817 Born: January 7, 1769 Died: March 11, 1829 |
Dr. Joshua Clayton In Office: January 19, 1798 – August 11, 1798 Born: July 20, 1744 Died: August 11, 1798 |