Political party strength in Delaware

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

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.

The parties are as follows:       American (A),       Democratic (D),       Democratic-Republican (DR),       Federalist (F),       no party (N),       National Republican (NR),       Republican (R), and       Whig (W).

YearExecutive officesGeneral AssemblyUnited States CongressElectoral College votes
GovernorLieutenant GovernorAttorney GeneralTreasurerAuditorComm. of Ins.State SenateState HouseU.S. Senator (Class I)U.S. Senator (Class II)U.S. House
1777 John McKinly (N/F)[1][2] [3] no electoral votes
Thomas McKean (N/DR)[1][4]
George Read (N/F)[1][5]
1778 Gunning Bedford, Jr.
Caesar Rodney (N/DR)[1]
1779
1780
1781
John Dickinson (N/F)[1][6]
1782
John Cook (N/F)[1][5]
1783
Nicholas Van Dyke (N/DR)[1]
1784
1785
1786 Joshua Clayton (N/F)
Thomas Collins (N/F)[1][7]
1787
1788
1789 George Washington and John Adams (I) Green tick
Jehu Davis (N/F)[1][8]
Joshua Clayton (N/F)[1]
1790 Nicholas Ridgely
1791
1792
1793 Joshua Clayton (F)
1794
1795
1796 Gunning Bedford, Sr. (F)[7] John Adams and Charles C. Pinckney (F) Green tick
1797
Daniel Rogers (F)[8]
1798
1799 Richard Bassett (F)[9]
1800 John Adams and Charles C. Pinckney (F) Red X
1801 Nicholas Van Dyke (F)
James Sykes (F)[5]
1802 David Hall (DR)
1803
1804 Charles C. Pinckney and Rufus King (F) Red X
1805 Nathaniel Mitchell (F)
1806 Outerbridge Horsey (F)
1807
1808 George Truitt (F) Henry Molleston (F)
1809
1810 Thomas Clayton (F)
1811 Joseph Haslet (DR)
1812 DeWitt Clinton and Jared Ingersoll (DR) Red X
1813
1814 Daniel Rodney (F)
1815 James Rogers
1816 Rufus King and John E. Howard (F) Red X
1817 John Clark (F)
1818
1819
1820 Henry Molleston (F)[10] James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins (DR) Green tick
Jacob Stout (F)[11]
1821 John Collins (DR)[7]
1822
Caleb Rodney (F)[8]
1823 Joseph Haslet (DR)[7]
Charles Thomas (DR)[8]
1824 Samuel Paynter (F) Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun (DR) Red X
1825
1826
1827 Charles Polk, Jr. (F)
1828 John Quincy Adams and Richard Rush (NR) Red X
1829
1830 David Hazzard (NR) Robert Frame
1831
1832 Henry Clay and John Sergeant (NR) Red X
1833 Caleb P. Bennett (D)[7]
1834
1835 James Rogers
1836 William Henry Harrison and Francis Granger (W) Red X
Charles Polk, Jr. (W)[8]
1837 Cornelius P. Comegys (W)
1838
1839
1840 Edward W. Gilpin William Henry Harrison and John Tyler (W) Green tick
1841 William B. Cooper (W)
1842
1843
1844 Henry Clay and Theodore Frelinghuysen (W) Red X
1845 Thomas Stockton (W)[7]
1846
Joseph Maull (W)[8][7]
William Temple (W)[8]
1847 William Tharp (D)
1848 Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore (W) Green tick
1849
1850 Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (D)
1851 William H. H. Ross (D) James A. Bayard, Jr. (D)
1852 Franklin Pierce and William R. King (D) Green tick
1853
1854
1855 Peter F. Causey (A) George P. Fisher (R)
1856 James Buchanan and John C. Breckenridge (D) Green tick
1857
1858
1859 William Burton (D) Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (D)
1860 Alfred Wooten John C. Breckenridge and Joseph Lane (Southern Democratic) Red X
1861 5D, 4R 11R, 10D
1862
1863 William Cannon (R)[7] 14D, 7R William Temple (D)[7]
1864 Jacob Moore George R. Riddle (D) Nathaniel B. Smithers (R) George B. McClellan and George H. Pendleton (D) Red X
1865 6D, 3R John A. Nicholson (D)
Gove Saulsbury (D)[12]
1866
1867 15D, 6R James A. Bayard, Jr. (D)
1868 Horatio Seymour and Francis P. Blair, Jr. (D) Red X
1869 Charles B. Lore (D) 9D 21D Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. (D)[13] Benjamin T. Biggs (D)
1870
1871 James Ponder (D) Eli M. Saulsbury (D)
1872 Ulysses S. Grant and Henry Wilson (R) Green tick
1873 8D, 1R James R. Lofland (R)
1874 John B. Penington (D)
1875 John P. Cochran (D) James Williams (D)
1876 Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks (D) Red X
1877 9D
1878
1879 John W. Hall (D) George Gray (D) Edward L. Martin (D)
1880 Winfield S. Hancock and William H. English (D) Red X
1881 8D, 1R 14D, 7R
1882
1883 Charles C. Stockley (D) 7D, 2R 21D Charles B. Lore (D)
1884 Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks (D) Green tick
1885 John H. Paynter 9D George Gray (D)
1886
1887 Benjamin T. Biggs (D) John Biggs John B. Penington (D)
1888 Grover Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman (D) Red X
1889 5R, 4D 14R, 7D Anthony Higgins (R)
1890
1891 Robert J. Reynolds (D) 7D, 2R John W. Causey (D)
1892 John R. Nicholson Grover Cleveland and Adlai E. Stevenson (D) Green tick
1893 5D, 4R 21D
1894
1895 Joshua H. Marvil (R)[7] Robert C. White 15R, 6D Vacant[14] Jonathan S. Willis (R)
William T. Watson (D)[8]
1896 William McKinley and Garret Hobart (R) Green tick
1897 Ebe W. Tunnell (D) 20D, 1R Richard R. Kenney (D) L. Irving Handy (D)
1898
1899 L. Heisler Ball (R) John A. Lingo 9D, 8R 22R, 13D Vacant[14] John H. Hoffecker (R)[7]
1900 William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt (R) Green tick
Walter O. Hoffecker
1901 John Hunn (R) Philip L. Cannon (R) Herbert H. Ward 9R, 8D 20R, 15D Vacant[14] L. Heisler Ball (R)
1902
1903 10R, 7D L. Heisler Ball (R) J. Frank Allee (R) Henry A. Houston (D)
1904 Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks (R) Green tick
1905 Preston Lea (R) Isaac T. Parker (R) Robert H. Richards 21R, 14D Vacant[14] Hiram R. Burton (R)
1906
1907 11R, 6D 25R, 10D Henry A. du Pont (R) Harry A. Richardson (R)
1908 William Howard Taft and James S. Sherman (R) Green tick
1909 Simeon S. Pennewill (R) John M. Mendinhall (R) Andrew C. Gray 18D, 17R William H. Heald (R)
1910
1911 9R, 8D 22R, 13D
1912 Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall (D) Green tick
1913 Charles R. Miller (R) Colen Ferguson (D) Josiah O. Wolcott (D) 21D, 14R Willard Saulsbury, Jr. (D) Franklin Brockson (D)
1914
1915 19R, 16D Thomas W. Miller (R)
1916 Charles E. Hughes and Charles W. Fairbanks (R) Red X
1917 John G. Townsend, Jr. (R) Lewis T. Eliason (D) David J. Reinhardt 10R, 7D 19D, 16R Josiah O. Wolcott (D)[15] Albert F. Polk (D)
1918
1919 23R, 12D L. Heisler Ball (R) Caleb R. Layton (R)
1920 Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge (R) Green tick
1921 William D. Denney (R) J. Danforth Bush (R) Sylvester D. Townsend, Jr. 12R, 5D 18D, 17R T. Coleman du Pont (R)[16]
1922
1923 11R, 6D Thomas F. Bayard, Jr. (D) William H. Boyce (D)
1924 Calvin Coolidge and Charles G. Dawes (R) Green tick
1925 Robert P. Robinson (R) James H. Anderson (R) Clarence A. Southerland 9D, 8R 22R, 13D T. Coleman du Pont (R)[17] Robert G. Houston (R)
1926
1927 Jesse Sherwood Cooper, Jr. (D) 18R, 17D
1928 Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis (R) Green tick
1929 C. Douglass Buck (R) James H. Hazel (R) Reuben Satterthwaite, Jr. George S. Williams (R) 9R, 8D 26R, 9D John G. Townsend, Jr. (R) Daniel O. Hastings (R)[16]
1930
1931 12R, 5D 22R, 13D
1932 Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis (R) Red X
1933 Roy F. Corley (R) Daniel J. Layton (R) 9R, 8D 22D, 13R Wilbur L. Adams (D)
P. Warren Green
1934
1935 10R, 7D 23R, 12D J. George Stewart (R)
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner (D) Green tick
1937 Richard C. McMullen (D) Edward W. Cooch (D) 11R, 6D 21D, 14R James H. Hughes (D) William F. Allen (D)
1938
1939 James R. Morford 20R, 15D George S. Williams (R)
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace (D) Green tick
1941 Walter W. Bacon (R) Isaac J. MacCollum (D) 10R, 7D James M. Tunnell (D) Philip A. Traynor (D)
1942
1943 Clair J. Killoran 24R, 11D C. Douglass Buck (R) Earle D. Willey (R)
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (D) Green tick
1945 Elbert N. Carvel (D) Jesse Sherwood Cooper, Jr. (D) 11R, 6D 22R, 13D Philip A. Traynor (D)
1946
1947 Albert W. James 24R, 11D John J. Williams (R) J. Caleb Boggs (R)
1948 Thomas E. Dewey and Earl Warren (R) Red X
1949 Elbert N. Carvel (D) Alexis I. du Pont Bayard (D) 9R, 8D 18R, 17D J. Allen Frear, Jr. (D)
1950
1951 H. Albert Young 9D, 8R 19R, 16D
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon (R) Green tick
1953 J. Caleb Boggs (R)[18] John W. Rollins (R) 10R, 7D 18R, 17D Herbert B. Warburton (R)
1954
1955 Joseph D. Craven Clifford E. Hall (D) 12D, 5R 27D, 8R Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (D)
1956
1957 David P. Buckson (R) 13D, 4R 19D, 16R Harry G. Haskell, Jr. (R)
1958
1959 Januar D. Bove, Jr. 11D, 6R 26D, 9R Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (D)
1960
David P. Buckson (R)[5] vacant John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson (D) Green tick
1961 Elbert N. Carvel (D) Eugene Lammot (D) 20D, 15R J. Caleb Boggs (R)
1962
1963 David P. Buckson (R) 10D, 7R 24D, 11R
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey (D) Green tick
1965 Charles L. Terry, Jr. (D) Sherman W. Tribbitt (D) 13D, 5R 30D, 5R
1966
1967 Daniel Ross (R) George W. Cripps (R) 9R, 9D 23R, 12D William V. Roth, Jr. (R)[19]
1968 Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) Green tick
1969 Russell W. Peterson (R) Eugene Bookhammer (R) 13R, 6D 26R, 13D
1970
1971 W. Laird Stabler, Jr. (R) Emily Womach (D) Robert Short (R) 23R, 16D William V. Roth, Jr. (R) Pierre S. du Pont IV (R)
1972
1973 Sherman W. Tribbitt (D) Mary Jornlin (R) F. Earl McGinnes (D) 11R, 10D 21R, 20D Joe Biden (D)[20]
1974
1975 Richard R. Wier, Jr. (D) Richard T. Collins (R) 13D, 8R 25D, 16R
1976 Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale (D) Green tick
1977 Pierre S. du Pont, IV (R) James D. McGinnis (D) Thomas R. Carper (D)[21] David H. Elliott (R) 26D, 15R Thomas B. Evans, Jr. (R)
1978
1979 Richard S. Gebelein (R) 21D, 20R
1980 Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush (R) Green tick
1981 Michael N. Castle (R) Thomas W. Spruance (R) 12D, 9R 25R, 16D
1982
1983 Charles M. Oberly, III (D) Janet C. Rzewnicki (R) Dennis E. Greenhouse (D) 13D, 8R 25D, 16R Tom Carper (D)
1984
1985 Michael N. Castle[21] Shien Biau Woo (D) David N. Levinson (D) 22R, 19D
1986
1987
1988 George H.W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) Green tick
1989 Dale E. Wolf (R)
Tom Wagner (R)
1990
1991 15D, 6R 24R, 17D
1992
Dale E. Wolf (R)[5] vacant Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D) Green tick
1993 Tom Carper (D)[18] Ruth Ann Minner (D) Donna Lee Williams (R) 22R, 19D Michael N. Castle (R)
1994
1995 M. Jane Brady (R) 12D, 9R 27R, 14D
1996
1997 12D, 9R 23R, 18D
1998
1999 Jack Markell (D)[22] 13D, 8R 26R, 15D
2000 Al Gore and Joe Lieberman (D) Red X
2001 Ruth Ann Minner (D) John Carney (D) Tom Carper (D)
2002
2003 29R, 12D
2004 John Kerry and John Edwards (D) Red X
2005 Carl Danberg (D) Matthew P. Denn (D) 26R, 15D
2006
2007 Beau Biden (D) 23R, 18D
2008 Barack Obama and Joe Biden (D) Green tick
2009 Jack Markell (D) Matthew P. Denn (D) Velda Jones-Potter (D)[16] Karen Weldin Stewart (D) 16D, 5R 24D, 17R Ted Kaufman (D)[16]
2010 Chris Coons (D)
2011 Chip Flowers (D) 14D, 7R 26D, 15R John Carney (D)
2012
2013 13D, 8R 27D, 14R
2014
2015 vacant Matthew P. Denn (D) Ken Simpler (R) 12D, 9R 25D, 16R
2016
YearGovernorLieutenant GovernorAttorney GeneralTreasurerAuditorComm. of Ins.State SenateState HouseU.S. Senator (Class I)U.S. Senator (Class II)U.S. HouseElectoral College votes
Executive officesGeneral AssemblyUnited States Congress

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 President of Delaware.
  2. Was captured and taken prisoner by the British.
  3. Office was created by the Delaware Constitution of 1897, and the first election was conducted in 1900.
  4. Succeeded to office upon the capture of McKinly and resigned upon the return of George Read, the righful successor to McKinly.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Succeeded to office upon the resignation of his predecessor.
  6. Resigned to accept election as president of Pennsylvania.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Died in office.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Succeeded to office upon the death of his predecessor.
  9. Resigned to accept appointment to U.S. District Court.
  10. Died before taking office; never served as governor.
  11. Succeeded to office upon the death of Governor-elect Molleston.
  12. Succeeded to office upon the death of Cannon, then was elected to office in his own right.
  13. Resigned to become United States Secretary of State
  14. 1 2 3 4 Legislature failed to elect a Senator.
  15. Resigned to become Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery.
  16. 1 2 3 4 Appointed to fill vacancy.
  17. Resigned due to poor health.
  18. 1 2 Resigned office to begin term in the U.S. Senate
  19. Resigned December 31, 1970 to become 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. 1 2 Resigned office to begin term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
  22. Elected governor in 2008.

See also

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