List of United States senators from Delaware
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Multiple image". Below is a chronological listing of the United States senators from Delaware. U.S. senators were originally elected by the Delaware General Assembly for designated six-year terms beginning March 4. Frequently portions of the term would remain only upon a U.S. senator's death or resignation. From 1914 and the enforcement of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, adopted in 1913 but rejected by the General Assembly that year and not ratified until July 1, 2010, officeholders were popularly elected on the first Tuesday after November 1; starting 1935, the beginning of their term is January 3.
Delaware's current U.S. senators are Democrats Chris Coons (serving since November 15, 2010) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (serving since January 3, 2025). Joe Biden is Delaware's longest serving senator (1973–2009).
List of senators
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George Read
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Sep 18, 1793
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| rowspan=2 | Elected in 1788.
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Mar 3, 1793
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Richard Bassett
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| rowspan=5 | Elected in 1793.Template:PbResigned.
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Jan 19, 1798
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John Vining
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Feb 7, 1795
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Henry Latimer
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Feb 28, 1801
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Aug 11, 1798
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Joshua Clayton
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Jan 17, 1799
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Nov 6, 1804
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William H. Wells
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Samuel White
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Nov 4, 1809
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Nov 13, 1804
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Mar 3, 1813
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James A. Bayard
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Jan 12, 1810
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Mar 3, 1821
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May 21, 1813
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Mar 3, 1817
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William H. Wells
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Mar 3, 1823
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Jan 23, 1822
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Caesar A. Rodney
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Jan 29, 1823
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| rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 29, 1823 –
Jan 8, 1824
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Jan 8, 1824
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May 21, 1826
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Nicholas Van Dyke
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Thomas Clayton
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| rowspan=5 nowrap | Jan 8, 1824 –
Mar 3, 1827
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Nov 8, 1826
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Jan 12, 1827
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Daniel Rodney
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Mar 3, 1829
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Henry M. Ridgely
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Louis McLane
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Apr 16, 1829
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| rowspan=5 | Elected in 1829.
| rowspan=7 nowrap | Mar 4, 1829 –
Dec 29, 1836
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John M. Clayton
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Jan 7, 1830
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Arnold Naudain
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| rowspan=4 nowrap | Jan 7, 1830 –
Jun 16, 1836
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Richard H. Bayard
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| rowspan=5 nowrap | Jun 17, 1836 –
Sep 19, 1839
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Jan 9, 1837
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|- style="height:2em"
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| rowspan=8 nowrap | Jan 9, 1837 –
Mar 3, 1847
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Thomas Clayton
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|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected during the 1838/39 cycle.Template:PbResigned to become Chief Justice of Delaware. | rowspan=5 | 10 | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress
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Jan 11, 1841
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Richard H. Bayard
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Mar 3, 1845
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John M. Clayton
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| rowspan=2 nowrap | Mar 4, 1845 –
Feb 23, 1849
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| rowspan=4 | Elected in 1846 or 1847.Template:PbRetired.
| rowspan=4 nowrap | Mar 4, 1847 –
Mar 3, 1853
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Presley Spruance
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John Wales
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| rowspan=2 nowrap | Feb 23, 1849 –
Mar 3, 1851
| rowspan=2 | Elected in 1849 to finish Clayton's term.Template:PbLost re-election.
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James A. Bayard Jr.
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| rowspan=10 nowrap | Mar 4, 1851 –
Jan 29, 1864
| rowspan=6 | Elected in 1851.
| rowspan=6 | 12
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| rowspan=2 | Elected in 1853.Template:PbDied.
| rowspan=2 nowrap | Mar 4, 1853 –
Nov 9, 1856
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John M. Clayton
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| nowrap | Nov 9, 1856 –
Nov 19, 1856
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|- style="height:2em"
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| nowrap | Nov 19, 1856 –
Jan 14, 1857
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Joseph P. Comegys
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| rowspan=2 | Elected in 1857 to finish Clayton's term.Template:PbLost re-election.
| rowspan=2 nowrap | Jan 14, 1857 –
Mar 3, 1859
| rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic
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Martin W. Bates
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| rowspan=4 | Elected in 1858.
| rowspan=9 nowrap | Mar 4, 1859 –
Mar 3, 1871
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Willard Saulsbury Sr.
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George R. Riddle
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| rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic
| rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 29, 1864 –
Mar 28, 1867
| rowspan=3 | Elected in 1864 to finish Bayard's term.Template:PbDied.
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| colspan=3 | Vacant
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Apr 5, 1867
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James A. Bayard Jr.
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| nowrap | Apr 5, 1867 –
Mar 3, 1869
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Thomas F. Bayard
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| rowspan=9 nowrap | Mar 4, 1869 –
Mar 6, 1885
| rowspan=3 | Elected in 1869.
| rowspan=3 | 15
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| rowspan=3 | Elected in 1870.
| rowspan=11 nowrap | Mar 4, 1871 –
Mar 3, 1889
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Eli Saulsbury
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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 16 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1876.
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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1881.Template:PbResigned to become U.S. Secretary of State. | rowspan=5 | 17 | Template:List of United States senators Congress
|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 17 | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 1883.Template:PbLost re-election.
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| colspan=3 | Vacant
| nowrap | Mar 6, 1885 –
Mar 18, 1885
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George Gray
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| rowspan=8 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic
| rowspan=8 nowrap | Mar 18, 1885 –
Mar 3, 1899
| Elected in 1885 to finish Bayard's term.
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| rowspan=3 | Election year unknown.Template:PbLost re-election.
| rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1889 –
Mar 3, 1895
| rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican
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Anthony Higgins
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! rowspan=3 | 18
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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 | Re-elected in 1893.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=4 | 19 | Template:List of United States senators Congress
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| rowspan=4 | 19
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| nowrap | Mar 4, 1895 –
Jan 19, 1897
| colspan=3 | Vacant
|- style="height:2em"
| rowspan=3 | Elected in 1897 to finish vacant term.Template:PbLost re-election.
| rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 19, 1897 –
Mar 3, 1901
| rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic
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Richard R. Kenney
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! rowspan=3 | 19
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| rowspan=2 colspan=3 | Vacant
| rowspan=2 nowrap | Mar 4, 1899 –
Mar 1, 1903
| rowspan=2 | Legislature failed to elect.
| rowspan=4 | 20
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| nowrap | Mar 4, 1901 –
Mar 2, 1903
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|- style="height:2em"
! rowspan=2 | 17
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L. Heisler Ball
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| rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican
| rowspan=2 nowrap | Mar 2, 1903 –
Mar 3, 1905
| rowspan=2 | Elected in 1903 to finish vacant term.
| rowspan=4 | Elected in 1903 to finish vacant term.Template:PbRetired.
| rowspan=4 nowrap | Mar 2, 1903 –
Mar 3, 1907
| rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican
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J. Frank Allee
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| colspan=3 | Vacant
| nowrap | Mar 4, 1905 –
Jun 12, 1906
| Legislature failed to elect.
| rowspan=4 | 21
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Henry A. du Pont
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| rowspan=6 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican
| rowspan=6 nowrap | Jun 13, 1906 –
Mar 3, 1917
| rowspan=3 | Elected in 1906 to finish vacant term.
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| rowspan=3 | 21
| rowspan=3 | Elected in 1907.[5]Template:PbRetired.
| rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1907 –
Mar 3, 1913
| rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican
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Harry A. Richardson
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! rowspan=3 | 21
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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1911.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 22 | Template:List of United States senators Congress
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| rowspan=3 | 22
| rowspan=3 | Elected in 1913.Template:PbLost re-election.
| rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1913 –
Mar 3, 1919
| rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic
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Willard Saulsbury Jr.
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Josiah O. Wolcott
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| rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic
| rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1917 –
Jul 2, 1921
| rowspan=3 | Elected in 1916.
Resigned to become Chancellor of Delaware.
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| rowspan=5 | Elected in 1918.Template:PbLost renomination.
| rowspan=5 nowrap | Mar 4, 1919 –
Mar 3, 1925
| rowspan=5 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican
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L. Heisler Ball
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T. Coleman du Pont
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| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican
| nowrap | Jul 7, 1921 –
Nov 6, 1922
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Thomas F. Bayard Jr.
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| rowspan=6 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic
| rowspan=6 nowrap | Nov 7, 1922 –
Mar 3, 1929
| Elected in 1922 to finish Wolcott's term.
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| rowspan=2 | Elected in 1924.Template:PbResigned.
| rowspan=2 nowrap | Mar 4, 1925 –
Dec 8, 1928
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican
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T. Coleman du Pont
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Dec 10, 1928
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|- style="height:2em"
| rowspan=2 | Appointed to finish du Pont's term.Template:PbElected in 1930 to finish du Pont's term.
| rowspan=5 nowrap | Dec 10, 1928 –
Jan 3, 1937
| rowspan=5 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican
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Daniel O. Hastings
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John G. Townsend Jr.
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| rowspan=6 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican
| rowspan=6 nowrap | Mar 4, 1929 –
Jan 3, 1941
| rowspan=3 | Elected in 1928.
| rowspan=3 | 25
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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 25 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1930.Template:PbLost re-election.
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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1934.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 26 | Template:List of United States senators Congress
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| rowspan=3 | 26
| rowspan=3 | Elected in 1936.Template:PbLost renomination.
| rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 3, 1937 –
Jan 3, 1943
| rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic
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James H. Hughes
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James M. Tunnell
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| rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic
| rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 3, 1941 –
Jan 3, 1947
| rowspan=3 | Elected in 1940.Template:PbLost re-election.
| rowspan=3 | 27
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| rowspan=3 | 27
| rowspan=3 | Elected in 1942.Template:PbLost re-election.
| nowrap rowspan=3 | Jan 3, 1943 –
Jan 3, 1949
| rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican
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C. Douglass Buck
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John J. Williams
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| rowspan=12 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican
| rowspan=12 nowrap | Jan 3, 1947 –
Dec 31, 1970
| rowspan=3 | Elected in 1946.
| rowspan=3 | 28
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| rowspan=3 | 28
| rowspan=3 | Elected in 1948.
| rowspan=6 nowrap | Jan 3, 1949 –
Jan 3, 1961
| rowspan=6 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic
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J. Allen Frear Jr.
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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1952. | rowspan=3 | 29 | Template:List of United States senators Congress
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| rowspan=3 | 30
| rowspan=3 | Elected in 1960.
| rowspan=7 nowrap | Jan 3, 1961 –
Jan 3, 1973
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J. Caleb Boggs
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William Roth
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| rowspan=16 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican
| rowspan=16 nowrap | Jan 1, 1971 –
Jan 3, 2001
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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1970. | rowspan=3 | 32 | Template:List of United States senators Congress
|- style="height:2em"
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| rowspan=3 | 32
| rowspan=3 | Elected in 1972.
| rowspan=19 nowrap | Jan 3, 1973 –
Jan 15, 2009
| rowspan=19 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic
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Joe Biden
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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1976. | rowspan=3 | 33 | Template:List of United States senators Congress
|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 33 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1978.
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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1982. | rowspan=3 | 34 | Template:List of United States senators Congress
|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 34 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1984.
|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1988. | rowspan=3 | 35 | Template:List of United States senators Congress
|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 35 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1990.
|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1994.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 36 | Template:List of United States senators Congress
|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 36 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1996.
|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress
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Tom Carper
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| rowspan=14 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic
| rowspan=14 nowrap | Jan 3, 2001 –
Jan 3, 2025
| rowspan=3 | Elected in 2000.
| rowspan=3 | 37
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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 2006. | rowspan=5 | 38 | Template:List of United States senators Congress
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 38 | Re-elected in 2008.Template:PbResigned to become U.S. Vice President.
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| nowrap|Jan 15, 2009[6] –
Nov 15, 2010
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic
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Ted Kaufman
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| rowspan=9 nowrap | Nov 15, 2010 –
present
| rowspan=9 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic
| rowspan=9 align=right | File:Chris Coons, official portrait, 112th Congress.jpg
Chris Coons
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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 39 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2014.
|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2018.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 | 40 | Template:List of United States senators Congress
|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 40 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2020.
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Lisa Blunt Rochester
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| rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic
| rowspan=3 | Jan 3, 2025 –
present
| rowspan=3 | Elected in 2024.
| rowspan=3 |41
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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=2 | 41 | rowspan=2 colspan=5 | To be determined in the 2026 election.
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See also
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- List of United States representatives from Delaware
- List of United States Senate elections in Delaware
- United States congressional delegations from Delaware
References
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1"., citing Journal of the Delaware State Senate, 1803. 13–14.
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1"., citing United States' Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). January 14, 1809.
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1"., citing Journal of the Delaware House of Representatives, 1815. 37.
- ↑ Byrd & Wolff, p. 90.
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External links
- Members of Congress from Delaware, govtrack.us
- U.S. Senate members from Delaware, civil.services
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