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 state-wide, at-large, on the same ballot as the first U.S. Representative. The two candidates with the highest number of votes were elected.

List of Representatives

See also: Delaware's At-large congressional district, United States House of Representatives elections in Delaware, and U.S. House of Representatives Delegations from Delaware

#	Representative	Years	Party	Congress	Electoral history
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
Vacant		February 7, 1795 – March 4, 1795
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	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
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	William Temple	March 4, 1863 – May 28, 1863	Democratic	38	Elected in 1862 Died
Vacant		May 28, 1863 – December 7, 1863
22	Nathaniel B. Smithers	December 7, 1863 – March 4, 1865	Republican		Elected to finish Temple's term [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
23	John A. Nicholson	March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1869	Democratic	39 40	Elected in 1864 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
24	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
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	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	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
58	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	John C. Carney, Jr.	January 3, 2011 — Present	Democratic	112 113	First elected in 2010 Re-elected in 2012

Second at-large seat: 1813–1823

From 1813 to 1823, Delaware elected two members of the United States House of Representatives. Both were elected state-wide at-large. This is a list of the four men who held that second seat during that decade.

#	Representative	Years	Party	Congress	Electoral history
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
				16
Vacant		January 22, 1821 – March 4, 1821
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
4	Daniel Rodney	October 1, 1822 – March 3, 1823	Federalist		Elected in 1822 to finish his cousin's term [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

See also

• United States congressional delegations from Delaware

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.