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A table of the members of the Delaware State Senate.

State Senate under the Delaware Constitution of 1776

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There were three senators elected at-large from each county for a one-year term. Elections were held in October.

Session District Session
New Castle County Kent County Sussex County
1st at-large 2nd at-large 3rd at-large 1st at-large 2nd at-large 3rd at-large 1st at-large 2nd at-large 3rd at-large
1st*
(1776) 		Richard Cantwell George Read Nicholas Van Dyke Sr. Richard Bassett Thomas Collins James Sykes Sr. & John Banning Daniel Dingee & John Jones William Polk & Samuel S. Sloss John Wiltbank 1st*
(1776)
2nd*
(1777) 		Peter Hyatt John Banning John Jones Samuel S. Sloss & William Conwell John Clowes 2nd*
(1777)
3rd*
(1778) 		Samuel Patterson William Polk William Conwell 3rd*
(1778)
4th*
(1779) 		Richard Cantwell 4th*
(1779)
5th*
(1780) 		Thomas McDonough John Cook 5th*
(1780)
6th*
(1781) 		John Dickinson & Isaac Grantham John Polk 6th*
(1781)
7th*
(1782) 		George Read Isaac Grantham Richard Bassett John Collins Joshua Polk 7th*
(1782)
8th*
(1783) 		Caesar Rodney 8th*
(1783)
9th*
(1784) 		George Craighead Vincent Loockerman Silas Snow Henry Neill 9th*
(1784)
10th*
(1785) 		John Banning James Tilton Daniel Polk 10th*
(1785)
11th*
(1786) 		Nicholas Van Dyke Sr. 11th*
(1786)
12th*
(1787) 		George Read Jr. Thomas McDonough John Cook 12th*
(1787)
13th*
(1788) 		George Craighead Nicholas Ridgely 13th*
(1788)
14th*
(1789) 		Gunning Bedford Sr. Thomas Kean Alexander Porter John Gordon 14th*
(1789)
15th*
(1790) 		James Tilton 15th*
(1790)
16th*
(1791) 		Archibald Alexander Nehemiah Tilton Silas Snow 16th*
(1791)

State Senate under the Delaware Constitution of 1792

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There were three senators elected at-large from each County for a one-year term. Elections were held in November.

Session District Session
New Castle County Kent County Sussex County
1st at-large 2nd at-large 3rd at-large 1st at-large 2nd at large 3rd at-large 1st at-large 2nd at-large 3rd at-large
17th*
(1792) 		Archibald Alexander Robert Haughey John Dickinson John Morris John M. Vining Edward White Daniel Polk Daniel Rogers Rhodes Shankland 17th*
(1792)
18th*
(1793) 		Isaac Grantham Thomas Kean Isaac Davis James Sykes Jr. George Wilson George Mitchell 18th*
(1793)
19th*
(1794) 		John Stockton Joseph Miller 19th*
(1794)
20th*
(1795) 		John James Alexander Porter 20th*
(1795)
21st*
(1796) 		Archibald Alexander George Cummins 21st*
(1796)
22nd*
(1797) 		Edward Roche James Sykes Jr. 22nd*
(1797)
23rd*
(1798) 		Isaac Grantham 23rd*
(1798)
24th*
(1799) 		Peter Brynberg James Raymond John M. Vining 24th*
(1799)
25th*
(1800) 		John Bird Thomas Fitzgerald 25th*
(1800)
26th*
(1801) 		Robert Maxwell George Cummins 26th*
(1801)
27th*
(1802) 		John Way George Truitt 27th*
(1802)
28th*
(1803) 		28th*
(1803)
29th*
(1804) 		William Cooch 29th*
(1804)
30th*
(1805) 		George Clark Jr. 30th*
(1805)
31st*
(1806) 		Thomas Perkins 31st*
(1806)
32nd*
(1807) 		John Merritt Thomas Clayton 32nd*
(1807)
33rd*
(1808) 		John Lockwood 33rd*
(1808)
34th*
(1809) 		Andrew Reynolds 34th*
(1809)
35th*
(1810) 		Francis H. Haughey 35th*
(1810)
36th*
(1811) 		Andrew Barratt 36th*
(1811)
37th*
(1812) 		Samuel H. Black James Morris 37th*
(1812)
38th*
(1813) 		Abraham Staats 38th*
(1813)
39th*
(1814) 		Caesar A. Rodney Henry Molleston 39th*
(1814)
40th*
(1815) 		Nicholas Van Dyke Jr. Jacob Stout 40th*
(1815)
41st*
(1816) 		George Clark Jr. 41st*
(1816)
42nd*
(1817) 		Samuel H. Black Andrew Gray 42nd*
(1817)
43rd*
(1818) 		43rd*
(1818)
44th*
(1819) 		Jacob Vandegrift Henry Molleston
John Mitchell 		44th*
(1819)
45th*
(1820) 		Victor du Pont Enoch Joyce
Thomas Clayton 		45th*
(1820)
46th*
(1821) 		Charles Thomas Jr. Thomas Clayton Manlove Hayes 46th*
(1821)
47th*
(1822) 		William Weldon, II Willard Hall 47th*
(1822)
48th*
(1823) 		John Erwin Willard Hall
John Cummins 		William W. Morris 48th*
(1823)
49th*
(1824) 		Henry Whiteley George Cummins Charles Polk Jr. 49th*
(1824)
50th*
(1825) 		Christopher Vandegrift Presley Spruance Jr. 50th*
(1825)
51st*
(1826) 		Joseph England John Brinckle 51st*
(1826)
52nd*
(1827) 		Levi Boulden Thomas Deakyne John Harlan Elais Naudain Jr. Joseph G. Oliver 52nd*
(1827)
53rd*
(1828) 		53rd*
(1828)
54th*
(1829) 		John Caulk William T. Read William Johnson James P. Lofland 54th*
(1829)
55th*
(1830) 		Jacob Alrichs 55th*
(1830)
56th*
(1831) 		James Booth John Sutton Thomas Wainwright 56th*
(1831)

References

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  • Martin, Roger A. (1995). Memoirs of the Senate.
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