List of United States Senators from Delaware
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Delaware ratified the Constitution on December 7, 1787.
Class 1
| Senator | Party | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Read | Federalist | 1789 | 1793 |
| Henry Latimer | Federalist | 1795 | 1801 |
| Samuel White | Federalist | 1801 | 1809 |
| Outerbridge Horsey | Federalist | 1810 | 1821 |
| Caesar A. Rodney | Democrat | 1822 | 1823 |
| Thomas Clayton | Federalist, National Republican | 1824 | 1827 |
| Louis McLane | Democrat | 1827 | 1829 |
| Arnold Naudain | National Republican | 1830 | 1836 |
| Richard H. Bayard | Whig | 1836 | 1839 |
| Vacant | 1839 | 1841 | |
| Richard H. Bayard | Whig | 1841 | 1845 |
| John M. Clayton | Whig | 1845 | 1849 |
| John Wales | Whig | 1849 | 1851 |
| James A. Bayard, Jr. | Democrat | 1851 | 1864 |
| George R. Riddle | Democrat | 1864 | 1867 |
| James A. Bayard, Jr. | Democrat | 1867 | 1869 |
| Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. | Democrat | 1869 | 1885 |
| George Gray | Democrat | 1885 | 1899 |
| Vacant | 1899 | 1903 | |
| L. Heisler Ball | Republican | 1903 | 1905 |
| Henry A. Du Pont | Republican | 1906 | 1917 |
| Josiah O. Wolcott | Democrat | 1917 | 1921 |
| T. Coleman Du Pont | Republican | 1921 | 1922 |
| Thomas F. Bayard, Jr. | Democrat | 1922 | 1929 |
| John G. Townsend, Jr. | Republican | 1929 | 1941 |
| James M. Tunnell | Democrat | 1941 | 1947 |
| John J. Williams | Republican | 1947 | 1970 |
| William V. Roth, Jr. | Republican | 1971 | 2001 |
| Thomas R. Carper | Democrat | 2001 |
Class 2
| Senator | Party | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Bassett | Democrat, Federalist | 1789 | 1793 |
| John Vining | Federalist | 1793 | 1798 |
| Kensey Johns | Federalist | 1794 | 1794 |
| Joshua Clayton | Federalist | 1798 | 1798 |
| William H. Wells | Federalist | 1799 | 1804 |
| James A. Bayard, Sr. | Federalist | 1804 | 1813 |
| William H. Wells | Federalist | 1813 | 1817 |
| Nicholas Van Dyke | Federalist, National Republican | 1817 | 1826 |
| Daniel Rodney | National Republican | 1826 | 1827 |
| Henry M. Ridgeley | Democrat | 1827 | 1829 |
| John M. Clayton | National Republican | 1829 | 1836 |
| Thomas Clayton | Whig | 1837 | 1847 |
| Presley Spruance | Whig | 1847 | 1853 |
| John M. Clayton | Whig | 1853 | 1856 |
| Joseph P. Comegys | Whig | 1856 | 1857 |
| Martin W. Bates | Democrat | 1857 | 1859 |
| Willard Saulsbury, Sr. | Democrat | 1859 | 1871 |
| Eli Saulsbury | Democrat | 1871 | 1889 |
| Anthony Higgins | Republican | 1889 | 1895 |
| Henry A. Du Pont | Republican | 1895 | 1896 |
| Richard R. Kenney | Democrat | 1897 | 1901 |
| James F. Allee | Republican | 1903 | 1907 |
| Harry A. Richardson | Republican | 1907 | 1913 |
| Willard Saulsbury, Jr. | Democrat | 1913 | 1919 |
| L. Heisler Ball | Republican | 1919 | 1925 |
| T. Coleman Du Pont | Republican | 1925 | 1928 |
| Daniel O. Hastings | Republican | 1928 | 1937 |
| James H. Hughes | Democrat | 1937 | 1943 |
| Clayton D. Buck | Republican | 1943 | 1949 |
| J. Allen Frear, Jr. | Democrat | 1949 | 1961 |
| J. Caleb Boggs | Republican | 1961 | 1973 |
| Joseph R. Biden, Jr. | Democrat | 1973 |