The Political Graveyard: Delaware: U.S. Representatives

Delaware: U.S. Representatives

U.S. Representatives from Delaware, 1789-2008 (May be incomplete!)

At-Large: John Vining 1789-93 John Patten 1793-94 Henry Latimer 1794-95 John Patten 1795-97 James Asheton Bayard, Sr. 1797-1803 Caesar A. Rodney 1803-05 James Madison Broom 1805-07 Nicholas Van Dyke 1807-11 Henry M. Ridgely 1811-15 Thomas Cooper 1813-17 Thomas Clayton 1815-17 Willard Hall 1817-21 Louis McLane 1817-27 Caesar A. Rodney 1821-22 Daniel Rodney 1822-23 Kensey Johns, Jr. 1827-31 John J. Milligan 1831-39 Thomas Robinson, Jr. 1839-41 George Brydges Rodney 1841-45 John W. Houston 1845-51 George R. Riddle 1851-55 Elisha Dickerson Cullen 1855-57 William G. Whiteley 1857-61 George P. Fisher 1861-63 William Temple 1863 Nathaniel B. Smithers 1863-65 John A. Nicholson 1865-69 Benjamin Thomas Biggs 1869-73 James R. Lofland 1873-75 James Williams 1875-79 Edward L. Martin 1879-83 Charles Brown Lore 1883-87 John B. Penington 1887-91 John W. Causey 1891-95 Jonathan S. Willis 1895-97 L. Irving Handy 1897-99 John H. Hoffecker 1899-1900 Walter O. Hoffecker 1900-01 L. Heisler Ball 1901-03 Henry A. Houston 1903-05 Hiram R. Burton 1905-09 William Henry Heald 1909-13 Franklin Brockson 1913-15 Thomas W. Miller 1915-17 Albert Fawcett Polk 1917-19 Caleb R. Layton 1919-23 William H. Boyce 1923-25 Robert G. Houston 1925-33 Wilbur L. Adams 1933-35 J. George Stewart 1935-37 William F. Allen 1937-39 George S. Williams 1939-41 Philip A. Traynor 1941-43 Earle D. Willey 1943-45 Philip A. Traynor 1945-47 J. Caleb Boggs 1947-53 Herbert Birchby Warburton 1953-55 Harris B. McDowell, Jr. 1955-57 Harry G. Haskell, Jr. 1957-59 Harris B. McDowell, Jr. 1959-67 William V. Roth, Jr. 1967-70 Pierre S. du Pont IV 1971-77 Thomas B. Evans, Jr. 1977-83 Thomas R. Carper 1983-93 Michael N. Castle 1993-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1821 Jan 22: Willard Hall, resigned.

1854: George R. Riddle, defeated.

1862: George P. Fisher, defeated.

1863 May 28: William Temple, died in office.

1870: Joshua T. Heald, defeated.

1874: James R. Lofland, defeated.

1884: Anthony Higgins (Rep), defeated.

1900 Jun 16: John H. Hoffecker, died in office.

1902 Nov 4: Henry A. Houston (Dem), elected; William A. Byrne (Union Republican), defeated; L. Heisler Ball (Rep), defeated; George W. Todd (Prohibition), defeated; James A. Ward (Labor), defeated.

1914 Nov 3: Franklin Brockson (Dem), defeated.

1916: Thomas W. Miller, defeated.

1920 Nov 2: Caleb R. Layton (Rep), elected; James R. Clements (Dem), defeated; Robert A. Walker (Socialist), defeated; Howard T. Ennis (Ind), defeated.

1922 Nov 7: William H. Boyce (Dem), elected; Caleb R. Layton (Rep), defeated; Frank A. Houck (Forward), defeated.

1924 Nov 4: Robert G. Houston (Rep), elected; William H. Boyce (Dem), defeated; Florence Garvin, defeated.

1926 Nov 2: Robert G. Houston (Rep), elected; Merrill H. Tilghman (Dem), defeated.

1928 Nov 6: Robert G. Houston (Rep), elected; John M. Richardson (Dem), defeated.

1930 Nov 4: Robert G. Houston (Rep), elected; John P. Le Fevre (Dem), defeated; Arnold Williams, defeated.

1936: J. George Stewart, defeated.

1942 Nov 3: Earle D. Willey (Rep), elected; Philip A. Traynor (Dem), defeated; Charles A. Kirk (Prohibition), defeated.

1944 Nov 7: Philip A. Traynor (Dem), elected; Earle D. Willey (Rep), defeated; Harold H. Vigneulle (Prohibition), defeated.

1946 Nov 5: J. Caleb Boggs (Rep), elected; Philip A. Traynor (Dem), defeated.

1948 Nov 2: J. Caleb Boggs (Rep), elected; J. Carl McGuigan (Dem), defeated; Edward C. Graham (Prohibition), defeated; Le Roy B. Jones (Socialist), defeated.

1950 Nov 7: J. Caleb Boggs (Rep), elected; Henry M. Winchester (Dem), defeated.

1970 Nov 3: Pierre S. du Pont IV (Rep), elected; John D. Daniello (Dem), defeated; Walter Hoey (American), defeated.

1986 Nov 4: Thomas R. Carper (Dem), elected; Thomas S. Neuberger (Rep), defeated; Patrick F. Harrison (American), defeated.

1988 Nov 8: Thomas R. Carper (Dem), elected; James P. Krapf (Rep), defeated.

1990 Nov 6: Thomas R. Carper (Dem), elected; Ralph O. Williams (Rep), defeated; Richard A. Cohen (Libertarian), defeated.

1992 Nov 3: Michael N. Castle (Rep), elected; S. B. Woo (Dem), defeated; Peggy Schmitt (Libertarian), defeated.

1994 Nov 8: Michael N. Castle (Rep), elected; Carol Ann DeSantis (Dem), defeated; Danny Ray Beaver (Libertarian), defeated; Donald M. Hockmuth (A Delaware Party), defeated.

1996 Nov 5: Michael N. Castle (Rep), elected; Dennis E. Williams (Dem), defeated; George A. Jurgensen (Libertarian), defeated; Felicia B. Johnson (U.S. Taxpayers), defeated; Robert E. Mattson (Natural Law), defeated.

1998 Nov 3: Michael N. Castle (Rep), elected; Dennis E. Williams (Dem), defeated; James P. Webster (U.S. Taxpayers), defeated; Kim Stanley Bemis (Natural Law), defeated.

2000 Nov 7: Michael N. Castle (Rep), elected; Micheal C. Miller (Dem), defeated; James P. Webster (Constitution), defeated; Brad C. Thomas (Libertarian), defeated.

2002 Nov 5: Michael N. Castle (Rep), elected; Micheal C. Miller (Dem), defeated; Brad C. Thomas (Libertarian), defeated.

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