The Political Graveyard: Sussex County, Del.

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Sussex County
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Politicians who lived in Sussex County

Sussex County (no city given):

	Sussex County, 1770-1779: John Clowes — William Conwell — Daniel Dingee — John Jones — William Polk — Samuel S. Sloss — John Wiltbank
	Sussex County, 1780-1789: John Clowes — John Collins — William Conwell — John Polk — Joshua Polk — William Polk
	Sussex County, 1790-1799: Nathaniel Hayes — Thomas Laws — George Mitchell — David Owens — Daniel Polk — Daniel Rogers — Rhodes Shankland — Woodman Stockley
	Sussex County, 1800-1809: Charles Draper — Nathaniel Hayes — David Owens — Peter Robinson — Daniel Rogers
	Sussex County, 1820-1829: Joshua Burton — George Howard — Spencer Phillips — William N. Polk — John Robinson — Peter Robinson — Purnal Tindall
	Sussex County, 1880-1889: Robert W. Dasey — McKendree Downham — George W. Magee — William R. McCabe — Henry H. Morgan — William T. Perry — William C. Rust — Charles H. Sackett — David Short — Thomas R. Wilson
	Sussex County, 1890-1899: Newell Ball — Isaiah J. Brasure — Horace Brown — George A. Bryan — George S. Buell — Edward S. Burton — William H. Chapman — James C. Conaway — Levin T. Cooper — Thomas E. Cottingham — Robert W. Dasey — McKendree Downham — Rufus E. Elliott — Joseph C. Ellis — Elisha H. F. Farlow — Charles W. Fisher — David Hazard II — Horace J. Hickman — Hiram B. Hitch — William J. Hopkins — Joseph W. Hunter — John T. Jacobs — Samuel L. Kenney — William W. Kinder — William F. King — Randall M. Lynch — George H. McGee — David O. Moore — John M. C. Moore — William T. Moore — Henry H. Morgan — Elihu J. Morris — Robert R. Morris — Jonathan T. Noble — George F. Pierce — John O. Pierce — John H. Prettyman — William T. Records — John M. Robbins — William M. Ross — Charles H. Sackett — David Short — William L. Sirman — William M. Spicer — John A. Tindall — George H. Townsend — Timothy E. Townsend — William W. Vincent — John T. Wagamon — George H. West — John H. West — John W. West
	Sussex County, 1900-1909: Charles D. Abbott — Frank Allen — Edgar W. Baylis — John W. Bennett — Henry O. Bennum, Jr. — David H. Boyce — Isaiah J. Brasure — Weightman W. Bryan — George S. Buell — George B. Clendaniel — James C. Conaway — Thomas E. Cottingham — Louis A. Dexler — Walter Donoho — James S. Donovan — James E. Dutton — William H. Elliot — Daniel W. Ellis — Edward P. Ellis — Elisha H. F. Farlow — David Hazard II — Walter M. Hearn — Joseph W. Hunter — Joseph Iliffe — Noah H. James — Thomas W. Jefferson — Harry W. Jester — William F. King — Joseph L. Lambden — Frank W. Lawson — Robert R. Layton — Robert F. Ledenham — Archie B. Lingo — Rufus D. Lingo, Jr. — Daniel J. Long — Samuel J. Lowe — Joseph W. Marsh — Henry Marshall — Charles W. Messick — John W. Messick — David O. Moore — William T. Moore — Oliver A. Newton — James C. Palmer — Eli P. Pepper — George F. Pierce — Harry S. Prettyman — Thomas R. Purnell — Richard W. Ralph — William W. Rawlins — Samuel E. Reed — William H. Richardson — Henry C. Riggin — John M. Robbins — James Rowland, Jr. — Shadrack Short — Joseph D. Thompson — Timothy E. Townsend — Bartemus C. Truitt — John T. Vandenburg — John T. Wagamon — Newton E. Ward — Ebenezer W. Warren — George H. West — William J. West — William G. Williams — Charles Wright
	Sussex County, 1910-1919: Frank Allen — James M. Allen — Harry J. Anderson — Edgar W. Baylis — Asa Bennett — Elias T. Bennett, Jr. — William F. Blackstone — Edward B. Brown — Weightman W. Bryan — Elijah W. Bunting — Denward W. Campbell — James T. Chipman — Henry E. Clendaniel — Ferdinand S. Daisey — Joseph G. Davis — Harvey O. Derrickson — Louis A. Dexler — Walter Donoho — James E. Dutton — Frank Elliott — Daniel W. Ellis — John W. Fooks — Samuel J. Furniss — David C. Hall — John H. Hammond — Ebenezer B. Hastings — Eli R. Hastings — Harvey W. Hastings — George A. Hill — William T. Hurdle — Joseph Iliffe — Harry W. Jester — Benjamin F. Jones — Alfred R. Layton — James H. Layton — Robert F. Ledenham — Silas J. Lewis — Asher H. Lingo — James E. Lloyd — Ira L. Long — Joseph B. Lord — Joseph W. Marsh — George D. Marvel — Charles W. Messick — Coulter Messick — John W. Messick — Charles W. Mitchell — Oliver A. Newton — Charles Owens — James C. Palmer — Charles W. Parker — Harlan E. Phillips — George F. Pierce — Thomas J. Pitchett, Jr. — John Prettyman — William W. Rawlins — William H. Richardson — Walter Roach — John M. Robbins — James Rowland, Jr. — Frank M. Saulsbury — Hiram S. Smith — Charles J. Stoeckel — Edwin H. Tindall — Bartemus C. Truitt — Daniel Wagamon — Newton E. Ward — John D. Warrington — Silas J. Warrington — William H. Welch
	Sussex County, 1920-1929: Asa Bennett — Blanche R. Bennett — Edward B. Brown — Elijah W. Bunting — Clifford E. Burton — John R. Cannon — Walter T. Carey — William H. Carlisle — Henry E. Clendaniel — Thomas C. Curry — Harry M. Deputy — Harvey O. Derrickson — Robert H. Derrickson — Howard H. Dickerson — James B. Dickerson — Daniel W. Ellis — Samuel S. Gray — Ananias Hastings — Harvey W. Hastings — Marshall P. Hazzard — Charles M. Hollis — Seth H. Hudson — George B. Insley — Benjamin F. Jones — Charles H. Kinder — Silas J. Lewis — Silas W. Lewis — Carlton L. Lingo — James E. Lloyd — Ira L. Long — Joseph B. Lord — Gove S. Lynch — George H. Matthews — E. Wilson McCabe — Charles W. McCauley — Elwood F. Melson, Sr. — Charles W. Messick — John W. Messick — Charles J. Moore — Victor A. Moore — Francis F. Morgan — James C. Palmer — Charles W. Parker — William H. Parsons — Roy E. Pettyjohn — George F. Phillips — John T. Phillips — Harry Prettyman — Jacob Prettyman — William H. Richardson — Lynford O. Russell — Edward B. Shiles — George H. Short — Ward H. Short — Frank E. Smith — Hiram S. Smith — Elisha A. Steele — Thomas G. Stockley — William C. Truitt — Elmer J. Turner — Thomas W. Turner — John D. Warrington — Silas J. Warrington — John W. West — Charles T. Wheatley — Harley P. White — Elijah W. Wooten
	Sussex County, 1930-1939: Alvin O. Baker — John L. Barr — Blanche R. Bennett — William T. Bennett — Charles D. Boyce — Charles E. Brown — John W. Burris — Clifford E. Burton — Vernon P. Burton — John R. Cannon — Willis J. Carey — Bud Coy — Harry M. Deputy — Harvey O. Derrickson — Purnell N. Dodd — Norman A. Draper — Stansbury English — James J. Esham — Resse O. Gordy — Charles E. Hastings — Marshall P. Hazzard — Charles M. Hollis — Robert B. Hopkins — Leroy B. Hurley — Thomas A. Johnson — John A. Jones — Frank L. Joseph — Albert P. Lekites — Silas J. Lewis — Silas W. Lewis — Carlton L. Lingo — Gove S. Lynch — George Manlove — Samuel M. D. Marshall — James B. McCabe — Vernon W. McCabe — Charles W. McCauley — Charles W. Messick — John W. Messick — Charles J. Moore — Jennings H. Moore — Francis F. Morgan — John O. Mumford — John E. Owens — William H. Parsons — Manford Penuel — Edward C. Phillips — John W. Phillips — Harold W. T. Purnell — Samuel G. Ralph — William R. Ringer — Julian T. Robinson — Alden P. Short — Frank E. Smith — Irvin F. Smoot — William D. Steele — William V. Steen — Samuel J. Stein — Lee Stevens — Frank H. Thawley — Glen W. Thompson — John M. Tyndall — Lawrence E. Warren — Kendal O. Warrington — Lucius C. Webb — John W. West — Charles H. Wheatley — Fred M. Wright
	Sussex County, 1940-1949: Harry W. Alexander — Howard F. Allen — Leon A. Bailey — John L. Barr — Norman B. Bayliss — Blanche R. Bennett — Americus Betts — Martin L. Black — John T. Blizzard — Charles E. Brown — Levi Bunting — John W. Burris — Vernon P. Burton — Zedoc F. Clark — James Collins — Richard Collins — Walter L. Conaway — Benjamin W. Conoway — John R. Davis — W. Franklin Dawson — John Harold Dobson — William B. Dorey — Norman A. Draper — Joseph E. Evans — George E. Fleetwood — Robert G. Gilbert — Andrew C. Givens — Resse O. Gordy — Everett Gray — Thomas Hansen — Charles T. Hastings — Elmer J. Hastings — Thomas E. Hickman, Jr. — Alvin J. Hudson — Willis W. Hudson — William T. James — William D. King — Joseph H. Kollock — Orville Layfield, Jr. — Silas J. Lewis — George T. Lynch, Jr. — Marvel L. Lynch — George Manlove — Alva Marion — Charles A. Marsh — Paul B. McCabe — William B. Mears — Jennings H. Moore — William B. Morgan, Jr. — Andrew J. Murray — Robert D. S. Mustard — Alfred A. O'Day — Chester L. O'Neal — William H. Parsons — Manford Penuel — Samuel U. Phillips — Harold W. T. Purnell — Thomas W. Records — Paul A. Richardson — Clarence Robinson — Eurie M. Savage — Alden P. Short — Horace G. Sirman, Jr. — Harry S. Smith — Thomas N. Stayton — Samuel J. Stein — Brown P. Thawley — Frank H. Thawley — Leon J. Tyndall — Cortland Veasey — William J. Walls — Oscar H. Warrington — William T. Webb — Ebe P. West
	Sussex County, 1950-1959: Blanche R. Bennett — William T. Best — John E. Blades — Theodore R. Bryan — John W. Burris — James A. Campbell — James W. Carmean — Edgar English — Norman A. Eskridge — Charles L. Friedel — Erma Marie Fullerton — William E. Graves — Eugene F. Hammond — James L. Hastings — Thomas E. Hickman, Jr. — William J. Hope — Manford L. Hudson — Tilghman S. Johnson — Jesse F. Jones — Lester M. Kaufman — John Keller — Paul H. Kenney — Ebe T. Layton — Glen W. Lowe — James M. Lowe — Charles L. Lynch — Vollie M. Lynch — George T. Macklin — William S. Marvel III — Harry G. McAllister — George Metz — Horace W. Mills — George W. Mitchell — Charles Moore — Jennings H. Moore — Vernon O. Murray — Chester L. O'Neal — T. Harold Palmer — J. Earl Pepper — Arthur L. Pittard — Elmer F. Quillen — Arthur R. Reed — Elwood Rickards — Elwood R. Rust — Carey D. Sapp — Charles Short — David C. Speicher — Mildred S. Tunnell — Malloy C. Vaughan — Joseph B. Walls — Charles P. West — Raymond V. West — Dale E. Wheatley — Robert E. Wilgus
	Sussex County, 1960-1969: Robert B. Atkins — Walter D. Baker — William W. Baker, Sr. — William T. Best — James W. Carmean — David H. Elliott — Edgar English — Norman A. Eskridge — William E. Graves — Thomas E. Hickman, Jr. — Wilbur E. Hocker — M. Martin Isaacs — Tilghman S. Johnson — Paul H. Kenney — Granville T. Lowe — Jennings H. Moore — William H. Phillips — Robert Snowden — Joseph B. Walls — William F. Wilgus, Jr.
	Sussex County, 1970-1979: Thurman G. Adams, Jr. — Richard S. Cordrey — David H. Elliott — Thomas E. Hickman, Jr. — W. Lee Littleton
	Sussex County, 1980-1989: Thurman G. Adams, Jr. — Richard S. Cordrey — W. Lee Littleton — William A. Slatcher — Robert L. Venables, Sr.
	Sussex County, 1990-1999: Thurman G. Adams, Jr. — Richard S. Cordrey — Robert L. Venables, Sr.
	Sussex County, 2010-2023: Robert B. Arlett

Angola: Roland J. S. Marsh

Bethany Beach: Lauretta Alberti

Bethel: W. E. Cordery — Irvin T. Hastings

Blades: Dale S. Holt

Bridgeville: Thurman G. Adams — Blaine Breeding — Leon C. Bulow — Henry P. Cannon II — William Cannon — Norman Collison — Ralph M. Collison — Etta Gray Jones — Lena N. Messick — Norman H. Scott — Cornelius P. Swain — William J. Swain — Harry W. Viven — Isaac N. Whitney

Cool Spring: Thomas Johnson

Dagsboro: Myrtha Calhoun — Ebe H. Chandler — Edward C. Graham — Curtis W. Steen — Chester V. Townsend, Jr. — William D. Waples

Delmar: Samuel N. Culver — E. Frank LeCates — Sallie Blon West — Jonathan E. Wheatley

Ellendale: Lena Reed Anderson — Earl L. Isaacs — Arthur Webb

Frankford: Lemuel H. Hickman — John H. Long — Mary K. Ryan

Georgetown:

	Georgetown, year not specified: Howard Wellington Bramhall — William Swain Lee
	Georgetown, 1800-1899: Joshua G. Baker — William H. Boyce — Benjamin Burton — John W. Houston — Daniel I. Laybod — Daniel J. Layton — Jacob Moore — Charles F. Richards — Charles H. Richards — Thomas Robinson, Jr. — Willard Saulsbury, Sr. — Matt Ford Short — Charles H. Trent
	Georgetown, 1900-1999: Howard S. Abbott — Benjamin Ableman — Bertha Ableman — Wilbur L. Adams — Wilson Baker — Henry G. Graves — John R. Hitchens — Robert G. Houston — Caleb R. Layton — Andrew J. Lynch — Nutter D. Marvel — Clarence Linden McIlvaine — Charles L. Moore — Harry Smith — Harvey B. Spicer — Robert D. Thompson, Jr. — James M. Tunnell — Fred A. Walls — Charles E. Wilkins — Houston Wilson

Near Georgetown: Charles C. Stockley

Greenwood: Albert Curry — Earl M. Keel — Simeon Pennewill — Simeon S. Pennewill — Isaac Leroy Smith — Martin Uhler — Ralph E. Willey

Gumboro: Fred J. Brittingham

Harbeson: John C. Thompson

Laurel: Elbert N. Carvel — Frank F. Davis — Howard H. Dickerson — William E. Easom — Sallie H. Fooks — William Gordy — Charles A. Hastings — Lelah Hastings — Martin Johnson — Martin W. Johnson, Jr. — Henry Koester — E. Frank LeCates — Joshua Hopkins Marvil — Sirman B. Marvil — David W. Moore — George H. Otwell — Columbus Phillips — Vance Phillips — William B. Records — Emory B. Riggin — Paul G. Spear — William E. Valient — Fred L. Ward — Elizabeth R. West

Lewes: Robert Arnell — Eugene D. Bookhammer — Hiram R. Burton — Phyllis Byrne — Kenneth D. Givan — Harry V. Lyons — Charles H. Maull — Franklin C. Maull — G. Clifton Maull — H. Edward Maull, Sr. — William P. Orr — Joseph W. Prettyman — Caleb Rodney — John W. Rollins, Sr. — James W. Smith — Harriet N. Smith=Windsor — Mary Spicer — Ebe Walter Tunnell — Tim Willard

Lincoln: Clifford J. Donovan — Abel S. Small — Lee Ann Walling

Lincoln City (now Lincoln): Henry D. Cook

Midway: Harlan M. Joseph

Milford:

	Milford, year not specified: William Burton — William T. Watson
	Milford, 1800-1899: Peter F. Causey — William Frederick Causey — William Frederick Causey — Henry L. Hynson — John H. Johnson — Hiram W. McColley — William Reynolds — Alfred Short — Asbury Smith — Andrew Thomas — Joseph S. Truitt — Robert Y. Watson — Jonathan S. Willis
	Milford, 1900-1999: William Frederick Causey — W. Carlton Clifton — James J. Cloney — Mark L. Davis — Robert P. Davis — Thomas Davis — Virginia Dickerson — Frank L. Grier — Frank R. Grier — G. Layton Grier — Charles H. Heisler — John W. Herring — Walter J. Hoey — John S. Isaacs — E. Frank LeCates — Rosanna B. Marshall — Mrs. John Mayhew — John E. Mayhew — Harry H. Mulholland — Joseph J. Pearce, Jr. — William G. Powders — William H. Robinson — I. Dolphus Short — Isaac D. Short — William V. Sipple — John P. Steward — Ruby R. Vale — Robert Y. Watson

Millsboro: William H. Ayres — Ernest Blackstone — Fred J. Brittingham — Lester V. Burton — Alton B. Cordrey — Charles B. Houston — Henry A. Houston — Harvey H. Lawson — John A. Lingo — William J. Rose — Ronald Sams — Suzanne Sams — Harriet N. Smith=Windsor — Carlos E. Street — J. Reese White — William J. P. White — George S. Williams — John J. Williams

Millville: Elisha C. Dukes — William P. Short

Milton: Virginia T. Akins — Leah Betts — Edna Brasure — David Hazzard — Raymond M. Lank — Edward Millman — Frederick W. Pepper — James Ponder — George Strick — Margaret P. Waples

Ocean View: Norman C. Calhoun, Jr. — Edwin R. Powell — David W. Steele — Chester V. Townsend, Jr.

Rehoboth: Howard Ennis — John A. Lingo — John H. Wilson

Rehoboth Beach: Frank I. Chase — Bernadette D. Farley — Carl Hostetter — Thomas L. Johnson — Nancy Sedmak-Weiss — Myrtle Shockley

Seaford:

Seaford, 1800-1899: Francis Brown — John K. Brown — Severn A. Brown — David Conwell — James Darbee — Robert Hopkins — Charles H. G. Horsey — Edward L. Martin — Jeremiah McNeilly — Jacob P. Obier — Henry L. Phillips — John W. Phillips — Asbury W. Prettyman — William F. Robinson — Edward M. Scott — James Scott — Eli R. Sharp — W. J. Stewart — Aaron Swiggett — Lewis E. Wallace

Seaford, 1900-1999: Warren L. Allen — William F. Allen — Mark T. Berryman — Roy Allen Cannon — Irwin M. Chipman — William O. Covey, Jr. — Joseph H. Cox — Robert Elliott — Mrs. John R. Eskridge — J. Kenneth Fleetwood — Mae Fleetwood — Isaac S. Giles — Frank C. Hurley — William B. Huston — Claude E. Lester, Jr. — Harrison M. Manning — Glenn Mears — Edward F. Prettyman — Edward M. Scott — Jesse T. Sharpe — Orlando W. Short — William H. Stevens — Leon F. Trivits — Earle M. Tull — Edward S. West — James E. Willey — Rowland Wollaston

Selbyville: Clayton A. Bunting — Eugene Bunting — Louis A. Drexler — Elisha Dukes — Clifford E. Hall — Fred Pepper — Roland F. Scott — John G. Townsend, Jr. — Inga K. Tubbs

Staytonville: John Annett

West Seaford: William H. H. Ross

See also Delaware areas not assigned to counties.

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