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Members of the U.S. Senate from Delaware

Class 1 | Class 2.


U.S. Senators from Delaware

Member of the United States Senate (Class 1) from Delaware
Caesar Augustus Rodney

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 4 1772; d. June 10 1824.

Democratic-Republican Party

1822 – 1823

Louis McLane

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1786; d. October 7 1857.

Democratic Party

1827 – 1829

John Middleton Clayton

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 24 1796; d. November 9 1856.

Whig Party

1845 – 1849

Thomas Francis Bayard

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 29 1828; d. September 28 1898.

Democratic Party

1869 – 1885

William Victor Roth, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 22 1921; d. December 13 2003.

Republican Party

1971 – 2001

Thomas Richard “Tom” Carper

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 23 1947.

Democratic Party

2001 – 2025

Lisa LaTrelle Blunt Rochester

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 10 1962.

Democratic Party

2025 – present


Member of the United States Senate (Class 2) from Delaware
James Asheton Bayard, Sr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 28 1767; d. August 6 1815.

Federalist Party

1804 – 1813

John Middleton Clayton

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 24 1796; d. November 9 1856.

National Republican Party (1829 – 1833); Whig Party (1833 – 1836)

1829 – 1836

John Middleton Clayton

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 24 1796; d. November 9 1856.

Whig Party (1853 – 1854); American Party (1854 – 1856)

1853 – 1856

James Caleb Boggs

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1909; d. March 26 1993

Republican Party

1961 – 1973

Joseph Robinette “Joe” Biden, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 20 1942.

Democratic Party

1973 – 2009

Edward Emmett “Ted” Kaufman

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1939.

Democratic Party

2009 – 2010

Christopher Andrew “Chris” Coons

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 9 1963.

Democratic Party

2010 – present