Political party strength in Delaware

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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Delaware:

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The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

1777–1900

YearExecutive offices General Assembly United States Congress Electoral votes
Governor Attorney General TreasurerAuditor State Senate State House U.S. Senator (Class I) U.S. Senator (Class II) U.S. House
1777 John McKinly (NP/F) [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2] no electoral votes
Thomas McKean (NP/DR) [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 3]
George Read (NP/F) [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 4]
1778 Gunning Bedford Jr.
Caesar Rodney (NP/DR) [lower-alpha 1]
1779
1780
1781
John Dickinson (NP/F) [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 5]
1782
John Cook (NP/F) [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 4]
1783
Nicholas Van Dyke (NP/DR) [lower-alpha 1]
1784
1785
1786 Joshua Clayton (NP/F)
Thomas Collins (NP/F) [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 6]
1787
1788
1789 George Read (PA) [lower-alpha 7] Richard Bassett (AA) John Vining (PA) Washington/
Adams (I)Green check.svg
Jehu Davis (NP/F) [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 8]
Joshua Clayton (NP/F) [lower-alpha 1]
1790 Nicholas Ridgely
1791 Richard Bassett (PA)
1792
1793 Joshua Clayton (F) John Vining (PA) [lower-alpha 7] John Patten (AA)
1794vacant Henry Latimer (PA) [lower-alpha 9]
1795 Henry Latimer (PA)
Henry Latimer (F) [lower-alpha 7] John Vining (F)John Patten (DR)
1796 Gunning Bedford Sr. (F) [lower-alpha 6] Adams/
Pinckney (F)Green check.svg
1797F majority14F, 7DR James A. Bayard (F)
Daniel Rogers (F) [lower-alpha 8]
1798F majorityF majority Joshua Clayton (F) [lower-alpha 6]
1799 Richard Bassett (F) [lower-alpha 10] F majorityF majority William H. Wells (F) [lower-alpha 7]
1800F majority14F, 7DR Adams/
Pinckney (F)Red x.svg
1801 Nicholas Van Dyke (F)6F, 3DR Samuel White (F) [lower-alpha 6]
James Sykes (F) [lower-alpha 4]
1802 David Hall (DR)
1803 Caesar Augustus Rodney (DR)
1804 Pinckney/
King (F)Red x.svg
1805 Nathaniel Mitchell (F) James A. Bayard (F) [lower-alpha 7] James M. Broom (F) [lower-alpha 7]
1806 Outerbridge Horsey (F)
1807vacant
1808 George Truitt (F) Henry Molleston (F) Nicholas Van Dyke (F)
1809
1810 Thomas Clayton (F) Outerbridge Horsey (F)
1811 Joseph Haslet (DR) Henry M. Ridgely (F)
1812 Clinton/
Ingersoll (DR)Red x.svg
1813 William H. Wells (F)2F
1814 Daniel Rodney (F)
1815 James Rogers
18167F, 2DR King/
Howard (F)Red x.svg
1817 John Clark (F) Nicholas Van Dyke (F)1F, 1DR
18186F, 3DR
1819
1820 Henry Molleston (F) [lower-alpha 11] Monroe/
Tompkins (DR)Green check.svg
Jacob Stout (F) [lower-alpha 12]
1821 John Collins (DR) [lower-alpha 6] vacant [lower-alpha 13]
18225DR, 4F11DR, 10F Cesar Augustus Rodney (DR) [lower-alpha 7] 2F
Caleb Rodney (F) [lower-alpha 8]
1823 Joseph Haslet (DR) [lower-alpha 6] 5DR, 4F13DR, 8Fvacantvacant [lower-alpha 13] Louis McLane (F)
Charles Thomas (DR) [lower-alpha 8]
1824 Samuel Paynter (F)5F, 4DR14F, 7DR Thomas Clayton (F) Nicholas Van Dyke (F) Jackson/
Calhoun (DR)Red x.svg
182513F, 8DR Thomas Clayton (NR) Nicholas Van Dyke (NR) [lower-alpha 6] Louis McLane (J) [lower-alpha 7]
182614DR, 7F Daniel Rodney (NR) [lower-alpha 7]
1827 Charles Polk Jr. (F)5DR, 4F13F, 8DR Louis McLane (J) [lower-alpha 7] Henry M. Ridgely (J)vacant
18285A-J, 3J, 1?11A-J, 10J Kensey Johns Jr. (NR) Adams/
Rush (NR)Red x.svg
18295NR, 4D14NR, 7Dvacant John M. Clayton (NR) [lower-alpha 7]
1830 David Hazzard (NR) Robert Frame Arnold Naudain (NR) [lower-alpha 7]
18317NR, 2D16NR, 5D John J. Milligan (NR)
183214NR, 7D Clay/
Sergeant (NR)Red x.svg
1833 Caleb P. Bennett (D) [lower-alpha 6]
1834
1835 James Rogers 6W, 3D14W, 7D
1836 Harrison/
Granger (W)Red x.svg
Charles Polk Jr. (W) [lower-alpha 8] Richard H. Bayard (NR) Thomas Clayton (NR)
1837 Cornelius P. Comegys (W) Richard H. Bayard (W) [lower-alpha 7] Thomas Clayton (W) John J. Milligan (W)
1838
18396D, 3W13D, 8W Thomas Robinson Jr. (D)
1840 Edward W. Gilpin vacant Harrison/
Tyler (W)Green check.svg
1841 William B. Cooper (W)5D, 4W21W Richard H. Bayard (W) George B. Rodney (W)
1842
18437W, 2D14W, 7D
1844 Clay/
Frelinghuysen (W)Red x.svg
1845 Thomas Stockton (W) [lower-alpha 6] 6W, 3D John M. Clayton (W) [lower-alpha 14] John W. Houston (W)
1846
Joseph Maull (W) [lower-alpha 6] [lower-alpha 8]
William Temple (W) [lower-alpha 8]
1847 William Tharp (D)5W, 4D11W, 10D Presley Spruance (W)
1848 Taylor/
Fillmore (W)Green check.svg
18496W, 3D13W, 7D, 1? John Wales (W)
1850 Willard Saulsbury Sr. (D)
1851 William H. H. Ross (D)5D, 4W14D, 7W James A. Bayard Jr. (D) George R. Riddle (D)
1852 Pierce/
King (D)Green check.svg
185313W, 8D John M. Clayton (W)
1854
1855 Peter F. Causey (KN) George P. Fisher (R)6KN, 2D, 1W19KN, 2D Elisha D. Cullen (KN)
1856 Buchanan/
Breckinridge (D)Green check.svg
18575D, 4O21D Joseph P. Comegys (W) William G. Whiteley (D)
1858
1859 William Burton (D)7D, 2O14D, 7O Willard Saulsbury Sr. (D)
1860 Alfred Wooten Breckinridge/
Lane (SD)Red x.svg
18615D, 4R11R, 10D George P. Fisher (U)
1862
1863 William Cannon (R) [lower-alpha 6] 14D, 7R William Temple (D) [lower-alpha 6]
1864 Jacob Moore (R) George R. Riddle (D) Nathaniel B. Smithers (R) McClellan/
Pendleton (D)Red x.svg
18656D, 3R John A. Nicholson (D)
Gove Saulsbury (D) [lower-alpha 15]
1866
186715D, 6R James A. Bayard Jr. (D)
1868 Seymour/
Blair (D)Red x.svg
1869 Charles B. Lore (D)9D21D Thomas F. Bayard (D) [lower-alpha 14] Benjamin T. Biggs (D)
1870
1871 James Ponder (D) Eli Saulsbury (D)
1872 Grant/
Wilson (R)Green check.svg
18738D, 1R James R. Lofland (R)
1874 John B. Penington (D)
1875 John P. Cochran (D) James Williams (D)
1876 Tilden/
Hendricks (D)Red x.svg
18779D
1878
1879 John W. Hall (D) George Gray (D) Edward L. Martin (D)
1880 Hancock/
English (D)Red x.svg
18818D, 1R14D, 7R
1882
1883 Charles C. Stockley (D)7D, 2R21D Charles B. Lore (D)
1884 Cleveland/
Hendricks (D)Green check.svg
1885 John H. Paynter 9D George Gray (D)
1886
1887 Benjamin T. Biggs (D) John Biggs John B. Penington (D)
1888 Cleveland/
Thurman (D)Red x.svg
18895R, 4D14R, 7D Anthony Higgins (R)
1890
1891 Robert J. Reynolds (D)7D, 2R John W. Causey (D)
1892 John R. Nicholson Cleveland/
Stevenson (D)Green check.svg
18935D, 4R21D
1894
1895 Joshua H. Marvil (R) [lower-alpha 6] Robert C. White Beniah L. Lewis15R, 6Dvacant [lower-alpha 13] Jonathan S. Willis (R)
William T. Watson (D) [lower-alpha 8]
1896 McKinley/
Hobart (R)Green check.svg
1897 Ebe W. Tunnell (D)20D, 1R Richard R. Kenney (D) L. Irving Handy (D)
1898
1899 L. Heisler Ball (R)John A. Lingo9D, 8R22R, 13Dvacant [lower-alpha 13] John H. Hoffecker (R) [lower-alpha 6]
1900Isaac N. Fooks McKinley/
Roosevelt (R)Green check.svg
Walter O. Hoffecker (R)
Year Governor Attorney General TreasurerAuditor State Senate State House U.S. Senator (Class I) U.S. Senator (Class II) U.S. House Electoral votes
Executive offices General Assembly United States Congress

1901–present

YearExecutive offices General Assembly United States Congress Electoral votes
Governor Lt. Governor Attorney
General
TreasurerAuditorInsurance
Commissioner
State
Senate
State
House
U.S. Senator
(Class I)
U.S. Senator
(Class II)
U.S. House
1901 John Hunn (R) Philip L. Cannon (R) Herbert H. Ward Martin B. BurrisPrunal B. NormanGeorge W. Marshall9R, 8D20R, 15Dvacant [lower-alpha 13] vacant [lower-alpha 13] L. Heisler Ball (R)
1902
190310R, 7D L. Heisler Ball (R) J. Frank Allee (R) Henry A. Houston (D)
1904 Roosevelt/
Fairbanks (R)Green check.svg
1905 Preston Lea (R) Isaac Thomas Parker (R) Robert H. Richards 21R, 14Dvacant [lower-alpha 13] Hiram R. Burton (R)
1906
190711R, 6D25R, 10D Henry A. du Pont (R) Harry A. Richardson (R)
1908 Taft/
Sherman (R)Green check.svg
1909 Simeon S. Pennewill (R) John M. Mendinhall (R) Andrew C. Gray 18D, 17R William H. Heald (R)
1910
19119R, 8D22R, 13D
1912 Wilson/
Marshall (D)Green check.svg
1913 Charles R. Miller (R) Colen Ferguson (D) Josiah O. Wolcott (D)21D, 14R Willard Saulsbury Jr. (D) Franklin Brockson (D)
1914
191519R, 16D Thomas W. Miller (R)
1916 Hughes/
Fairbanks (R)Red x.svg
1917 John G. Townsend Jr. (R) Lewis E. Eliason (D) David J. Reinhardt 10R, 7D19D, 16R Josiah O. Wolcott (D) [lower-alpha 16] Albert F. Polk (D)
1918
191923R, 12D L. Heisler Ball (R) Caleb R. Layton (R)
1920 Harding/
Coolidge (R)Green check.svg
1921 William D. Denney (R) J. Danforth Bush (R) Sylvester D. Townsend Jr. 12R, 5D18D, 17R T. Coleman du Pont (R) [lower-alpha 17]
1922
192311R, 6D Thomas F. Bayard Jr. (D) William H. Boyce (D)
1924 Coolidge/
Dawes (R)Green check.svg
1925 Robert P. Robinson (R) James H. Anderson (R) Clarence A. Southerland 9D, 8R22R, 13D T. Coleman du Pont (R) [lower-alpha 18] Robert G. Houston (R)
1926
1927 Jesse S. Cooper Jr. (D)18R, 17D
1928 Hoover/
Curtis (R)Green check.svg
1929 C. Douglass Buck (R) James H. Hazel (R) Reuben Satterthwaite Jr. George S. Williams (R)9R, 8D26R, 9D John G. Townsend Jr. (R) Daniel O. Hastings (R) [lower-alpha 17]
1930
193112R, 5D22R, 13D
1932 Hoover/
Curtis (R)Red x.svg
1933 Roy F. Corley (R) Daniel J. Layton (R)9R, 8D22D, 13R Wilbur L. Adams (D)
P. Warren Green (R)
1934
1935Warren T. Moore (R)James H. Hazel (R)James Postles Hammond (R)10R, 7D23R, 12D J. George Stewart (R)
1936 Roosevelt/
Garner (D)Green check.svg
1937 Richard McMullen (D) Edward W. Cooch (D)Ernest C. Blackstone (D)James W. Wise (D)11R, 6D21D, 14R James H. Hughes (D) William F. Allen (D)
1938
1939 James R. Morford (R)Fagan H. Simonton (R)Benjamin I. Shaw (R)William J. Swain (R)20R, 15D George S. Williams (R)
1940 Roosevelt/
Wallace (D)Green check.svg
1941 Walter W. Bacon (R) Isaac J. MacCollum (D)Peter S. Collins (D)Harrison M. Manning (D)10R, 7D James M. Tunnell (D) Philip A. Traynor (D)
1942
1943 Clair J. Killoran (R)John S. Isaacs (R)Joseph M. Harrington (R)24R, 11D C. Douglass Buck (R) Earle D. Willey (R)
1944 Roosevelt/
Truman (D)Green check.svg
1945 Elbert N. Carvel (D)Jesse S. Cooper Jr. (D)Wilbur E. Jacobs (D)11R, 6D22R, 13DPhilip A. Traynor (D)
1946
1947 Albert W. James (R)Benjamin F. Johnson (R)Benjamin I. Shaw (R)24R, 11D John J. Williams (R) J. Caleb Boggs (R)
1948 Dewey/
Warren (R)Red x.svg
1949Elbert N. Carvel (D) Alexis I. du Pont Bayard (D)Willard D. Boyce (D)James W. W. Baker (D)9R, 8D18R, 17D J. Allen Frear Jr. (D)
1950
1951 H. Albert Young (R)Ralph W. Emerson (R)G. Dan Enterline (R)William R. Murphy (R)9D, 8R19R, 16D
1952 Eisenhower/
Nixon (R)Green check.svg
1953J. Caleb Boggs (R) John W. Rollins (R)Clarence Collins Jr. (R)10R, 7D18R, 17D Herbert Warburton (R)
1954
1955 Joseph D. Craven (D) Howard H. Dickerson (D) Clifford E. Hall (D) Harry S. Smith (D)12D, 5R27D, 8R Harris McDowell (D)
1956
1957 David P. Buckson (R) Vera Davis (R)Dale E. Wheatley (R)13D, 4R19D, 16R Hal Haskell (R)
1958
1959 Januar D. Bove, Jr. (R)Belle Everett (D)Ernest E. Killen (D)11D, 6R26D, 9R Harris McDowell (D)
1960
Kennedy/
Johnson (D)Green check.svg
1961 Elbert N. Carvel (D) Eugene Lammot (D)20D, 15R J. Caleb Boggs (R)
1962
1963 David P. Buckson (R) Robert Short (R)10D, 7R24D, 11R
1964 Johnson/
Humphrey (D)Green check.svg
1965 Charles L. Terry Jr. (D) Sherman W. Tribbitt (D)Charles F. Moore (D)13D, 5R30D, 5R
1966
1967Daniel Ross (R) George W. Cripps (R)9R, 9D23R, 12D William Roth (R) [lower-alpha 19]
1968 Nixon/
Agnew (R)Green check.svg
1969 Russell W. Peterson (R) Eugene Bookhammer (R)13R, 6D26R, 13D
1970
1971 W. Laird Stabler Jr. (R) Emily Womach (D)23R, 16D William Roth (R) Pete du Pont (R)
1972
1973 Sherman W. Tribbitt (D) Mary Jornlin (R) F. Earl McGinnes (D)11R, 10D21R, 20D Joe Biden (D) [lower-alpha 20]
1974
1975 Richard R. Wier, Jr. (D) Richard T. Collins (R)13D, 8R25D, 16R
1976 Carter/
Mondale (D)Green check.svg
1977 Pete du Pont (R) James D. McGinnis (D) Tom Carper (D) David H. Elliott (R)26D, 15R Thomas B. Evans Jr. (R)
1978
1979 Richard S. Gebelein (R)21D, 20R
1980 Reagan/
Bush (R)Green check.svg
1981 Mike Castle (R) Thomas W. Spruance (R)12D, 9R25R, 16D
1982
1983 Charles Oberly (D) Janet Rzewnicki (R) Dennis E. Greenhouse (D)13D, 8R25D, 16R Tom Carper (D)
1984
1985 Mike Castle (R) S. B. Woo (D) David N. Levinson (D)22R, 19D
1986
1987
1988 Bush/
Quayle (R)Green check.svg
1989 Dale E. Wolf (R)
Tom Wagner (R)
1990
199115D, 6R24R, 17D
1992
Clinton/
Gore (D)Green check.svg
1993 Tom Carper (D) [lower-alpha 21] Ruth Ann Minner (D) Donna Lee Williams (R)22R, 19D Mike Castle (R)
1994
1995 M. Jane Brady (R)12D, 9R27R, 14D
1996
199712D, 9R23R, 18D
1998
1999 Jack Markell (D)13D, 8R26R, 15D
2000 Gore/
Lieberman (D)Red x.svg
2001 Ruth Ann Minner (D) John Carney (D) Tom Carper (D)
2002
200329R, 12D
2004 Kerry/
Edwards (D)Red x.svg
2005 Matthew Denn (D)26R, 15D
2006 Carl Danberg (D)
2007 Beau Biden (D)23R, 18D
2008 Obama/
Biden (D)Green check.svg
2009 Jack Markell (D) Matthew Denn (D) Velda Jones-Potter (D) [lower-alpha 17] Karen Weldin Stewart (D)16D, 5R24D, 17R Ted Kaufman (D) [lower-alpha 17]
201015D, 6R [lower-alpha 22] Chris Coons (D)
2011 Chipman Flowers Jr. (D)14D, 7R26D, 15R John Carney (D)
2012
201313D, 8R27D, 14R
2014
2015vacant Matthew Denn (D) Ken Simpler (R)12D, 9R25D, 16R
2016 Clinton/
Kaine (D)Red x.svg
2017 John Carney (D) Bethany Hall-Long (D) Trinidad Navarro (D)11D, 10R Lisa Blunt Rochester (D)
2018
2019 Kathy Jennings (D) Colleen Davis (D) Kathy McGuiness (D)12D, 9R26D, 15R
2020 Biden/
Harris (D)Green check.svg
202114D, 7R
2022
2023 Lydia York (D)15D, 6R
2024[ to be determined ]
Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials
Alaskan Independence (AKIP)
American (Know Nothing) (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Covenant (Cov)
Democratic (D)
Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' Rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Pro-Administration (PA)
Free Soil (FS)
Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Independent Democrat (ID)
Independent Republican (IR)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)
Libertarian (L)
National Union (NU)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Democratic–Nonpartisan
League (D-NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Unionist (U)
Unconditional Unionist (UU)
Vermont Progressive (VP)
Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 President of Delaware.
  2. Was captured and taken prisoner by the British.
  3. Succeeded to office upon the capture of McKinly and resigned upon the return of George Read, the rightful successor to McKinly.
  4. 1 2 3 Succeeded to office upon the resignation of his predecessor.
  5. Resigned to accept election as president of Pennsylvania.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Died in office.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Resigned.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Succeeded to office upon the death of his predecessor.
  9. Successfully contested Patten's election.
  10. Resigned to accept appointment to U.S. District Court.
  11. Died before taking office; never served as governor.
  12. Assumed office upon the death of Governor-elect Molleston.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Legislature failed to elect a senator.
  14. 1 2 Resigned to become United States Secretary of State.
  15. Assumed office upon the death of Cannon, then was elected to office in his own right.
  16. Resigned to become Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery.
  17. 1 2 3 4 Appointed to fill vacancy.
  18. Resigned due to poor health.
  19. Resigned December 31, 1970 to become a U.S. Senator.
  20. In 2008, simultaneously re-elected and elected Vice President of the United States; resigned as senator to take the latter office.
  21. Resigned office on January 3, 2001 to begin term in the U.S. Senate, and was succeeded as governor by Ruth Ann Minner for the remaining 17 days of his term.
  22. A special election occurred after the death of Sen. Thurman Adams Jr. (D), who was succeeded by Joseph W. Booth (R) after the 2009 session, flipping the seat from Democratic to Republican. [1]

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