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.
Current representative
- Delaware's at-large district: Lisa Blunt Rochester (D): (since 2017)
List of members
| Member | Party | Years | Electoral history |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Vining | Pro-Administration | March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793 |
Elected in 1789. Retired. |
| John Patten | Anti-Administration | March 4, 1793 – February 14, 1794 |
Elected in 1792. Lost election contest. |
| Henry Latimer | Pro-Administration | February 14, 1794 – February 7, 1795 |
Won election contest. Lost re-election. |
| John Patten | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 |
Elected in 1794. Retired. |
| James A. Bayard | Federalist | March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803 |
Elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Re-elected in 1800. Lost re-election. |
| Caesar A. Rodney | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 |
Elected in 1802. Lost re-election. |
| James M. Broom | Federalist | October 1, 1805 – October 6, 1807 |
Elected October 1, 1805 to finish Bayard's term and seated December 2, 1805. Re-elected in 1806, but declined the seat. |
| Nicholas Van Dyke | Federalist | October 6, 1807 – March 3, 1811 |
Elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Retired. |
| Henry M. Ridgely | Federalist | March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1815 |
Elected in 1810. Retired. |
| Thomas Clayton | Federalist | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |
Elected in 1814. Lost re-election. |
| Louis McLane | Federalist | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823 |
Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1820. Re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826 but declined to serve having been elected U.S. Senator. |
| Crawford Federalist | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | ||
| Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | ||
| Kensey Johns Jr. | Anti-Jacksonian | October 2, 1827 – March 3, 1831 |
Elected October 2, 1827 to finish McLane's term and seated December 3, 1827. Re-elected in 1828. [data unknown/missing] |
| John J. Milligan | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1837 |
Elected in 1830. [data unknown/missing] |
| Whig | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | ||
| Thomas Robinson Jr. | Democratic | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 |
Elected in 1838. [data unknown/missing] |
| George B. Rodney | Whig | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1845 |
Elected in 1840. [data unknown/missing] |
| John W. Houston | Whig | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1851 |
Elected in 1844. [data unknown/missing] |
| George R. Riddle | Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855 |
Elected in 1850. [data unknown/missing] |
| Elisha D. Cullen | Know Nothing | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
Elected in 1854. [data unknown/missing] |
| William G. Whiteley | Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861 |
Elected in 1856. [data unknown/missing] |
| George P. Fisher | Unionist | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
Elected in 1860. [data unknown/missing] |
| William Temple | Democratic | March 4, 1863 – May 28, 1863 |
Elected in 1862. Died. |
| Nathaniel B. Smithers | Unconditional Unionist | December 7, 1863 – March 3, 1865 |
Elected to finish Temple's term. Lost re-election. |
| John A. Nicholson | Democratic | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869 |
Elected in 1864. [data unknown/missing] |
| Benjamin T. Biggs | Democratic | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873 |
Elected in 1868. [data unknown/missing] |
| James R. Lofland | Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
Elected in 1872. [data unknown/missing] |
| James Williams | Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 |
Elected in 1874. [data unknown/missing] |
| Edward L. Martin | Democratic | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 |
Elected in 1878. [data unknown/missing] |
| Charles B. Lore | Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 |
Elected in 1882. [data unknown/missing] |
| John B. Penington | Democratic | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891 |
Elected in 1886. [data unknown/missing] |
| John W. Causey | Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 |
Elected in 1890. [data unknown/missing] |
| Jonathan S. Willis | Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 |
Elected in 1894. [data unknown/missing] |
| L. Irving Handy | Democratic | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 |
Elected in 1896. [data unknown/missing] |
| John H. Hoffecker | Republican | March 4, 1899 – June 16, 1900 |
Elected in 1898. [data unknown/missing] |
| Walter O. Hoffecker | Republican | November 6, 1900 – March 3, 1901 |
Elected in 1900. [data unknown/missing] |
| L. Heisler Ball | Republican | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 |
Elected in 1900. [data unknown/missing] |
| Henry A. Houston | Democratic | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 |
Elected in 1902. [data unknown/missing] |
| Hiram R. Burton | Republican | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1909 |
Elected in 1904. [data unknown/missing] |
| William H. Heald | Republican | March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1913 |
Elected in 1908. [data unknown/missing] |
| Franklin Brockson | Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 |
Elected in 1912. [data unknown/missing] |
| Thomas W. Miller | Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917 |
Elected in 1914. [data unknown/missing] |
| Albert F. Polk | Democratic | March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919 |
Elected in 1916. [data unknown/missing] |
| Caleb R. Layton | Republican | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923 |
Elected in 1918. [data unknown/missing] |
| William H. Boyce | Democratic | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925 |
Elected in 1922. [data unknown/missing] |
| Robert G. Houston | Republican | March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933 |
Elected in 1924. [data unknown/missing] |
| Wilbur L. Adams | Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
Elected in 1932. [data unknown/missing] |
| J. George Stewart | Republican | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 |
Elected in 1934. [data unknown/missing] |
| William F. Allen | Democratic | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 |
Elected in 1936. [data unknown/missing] |
| George S. Williams | Republican | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 |
Elected in 1938. [data unknown/missing] |
| Philip A. Traynor | Democratic | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
Elected in 1940. [data unknown/missing] |
| Earle D. Willey | Republican | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 |
Elected in 1942. [data unknown/missing] |
| Philip A. Traynor | Democratic | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
Elected in 1944. Lost reelection. |
| J. Caleb Boggs | Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953 |
Elected in 1946. Retired to run for Governor of Delaware. |
| Herbert Warburton | Republican | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 |
Elected in 1952. Retired to run for us senate. |
| Harris McDowell | Democratic | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 |
Elected in 1954. Lost re-election. |
| Harry G. Haskell Jr. | Republican | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 |
Elected in 1956. Lost re-election. |
| Harris McDowell | Democratic | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1967 |
Elected in 1958. Lost re-election. |
| William Roth | Republican | January 3, 1967 – December 31, 1970 |
Elected in 1966. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
| Pete du Pont | Republican | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977 |
Elected in 1970. Retired to run for Governor of Delaware . |
| Thomas B. Evans Jr. | Republican | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983 |
Elected in 1976. Lost re-election. |
| Tom Carper | Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 |
Elected in 1982. Retired to run for Governor of Delaware. |
| Mike Castle | Republican | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2011 |
Elected in 1992. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
| John Carney | Democratic | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2017 |
Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired to run for Governor of Delaware. |
| Lisa Blunt Rochester | Democratic | January 3, 2017 – Present |
Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. |
| Thomas Cooper | Federalist | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817 |
Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Lost re-election. |
| Willard Hall | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 – January 22, 1821 |
Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Lost re-election and resigned early. |
| Caesar A. Rodney | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1821 – January 24, 1822 |
Elected in 1820. Resigned when elected U.S. Senator. |
| Daniel Rodney | Federalist | October 1, 1822 – March 3, 1823 |
Elected to finish his cousin's term. Retired. |
Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Delaware
As of January 2020, there are six former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from the U.S. State of Delaware that are currently living. The most recent representative to die was Harry G. Haskell Jr. (served 1957–1959) on January 16, 2020. The most recently serving representative to die was William V. Roth Jr. (served 1967–1970) on December 13, 2003.
| Representative | Term | District | Date of birth (and age) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pete du Pont | 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 |
| Mike Castle | 1993–2011 | At-large | July 2, 1939 |
| John Carney | 2011–2017 | At-large | May 20, 1956 |
Footnotes
References
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
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