Political party strength in Delaware
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Political party strength in Delaware
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Delaware:
- Governor
- Lieutenant Governor
- Attorney General
- State Treasurer
- State Auditor
- State Insurance Commissioner
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of Representatives
- State delegation to the U.S. Senate
- State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
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).
| Year | Executive offices | General Assembly | United States Congress | Electoral College votes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Attorney General | Treasurer | Auditor | Comm. of Ins. | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. House | ||
| 1777 | John McKinly (N/F)[1][2] | [3] | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| 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] | |||||||||||
| 1797 | ||||||||||||
| Daniel Rogers (F)[8] | ||||||||||||
| 1798 | ||||||||||||
| 1799 | Richard Bassett (F)[9] | |||||||||||
| 1800 | ||||||||||||
| 1801 | Nicholas Van Dyke (F) | |||||||||||
| James Sykes (F)[5] | ||||||||||||
| 1802 | David Hall (DR) | |||||||||||
| 1803 | ||||||||||||
| 1804 | ||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| 1813 | ||||||||||||
| 1814 | Daniel Rodney (F) | |||||||||||
| 1815 | James Rogers | |||||||||||
| 1816 | ||||||||||||
| 1817 | John Clark (F) | |||||||||||
| 1818 | ||||||||||||
| 1819 | ||||||||||||
| 1820 | Henry Molleston (F)[10] | |||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||
| 1825 | ||||||||||||
| 1826 | ||||||||||||
| 1827 | Charles Polk, Jr. (F) | |||||||||||
| 1828 | ||||||||||||
| 1829 | ||||||||||||
| 1830 | David Hazzard (NR) | Robert Frame | ||||||||||
| 1831 | ||||||||||||
| 1832 | ||||||||||||
| 1833 | Caleb P. Bennett (D)[7] | |||||||||||
| 1834 | ||||||||||||
| 1835 | James Rogers | |||||||||||
| 1836 | ||||||||||||
| Charles Polk, Jr. (W)[8] | ||||||||||||
| 1837 | Cornelius P. Comegys (W) | |||||||||||
| 1838 | ||||||||||||
| 1839 | ||||||||||||
| 1840 | Edward W. Gilpin | |||||||||||
| 1841 | William B. Cooper (W) | |||||||||||
| 1842 | ||||||||||||
| 1843 | ||||||||||||
| 1844 | ||||||||||||
| 1845 | Thomas Stockton (W)[7] | |||||||||||
| 1846 | ||||||||||||
| Joseph Maull (W)[8][7] | ||||||||||||
| William Temple (W)[8] | ||||||||||||
| 1847 | William Tharp (D) | |||||||||||
| 1848 | ||||||||||||
| 1849 | ||||||||||||
| 1850 | Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (D) | |||||||||||
| 1851 | William H. H. Ross (D) | |||||||||||
| 1852 | ||||||||||||
| 1853 | ||||||||||||
| 1854 | ||||||||||||
| 1855 | Peter F. Causey (A) | George P. Fisher (R) | ||||||||||
| 1856 | ||||||||||||
| 1857 | ||||||||||||
| 1858 | ||||||||||||
| 1859 | William Burton (D) | |||||||||||
| 1860 | Alfred Wooten | |||||||||||
| 1861 | ||||||||||||
| 1862 | ||||||||||||
| 1863 | William Cannon (R)[7] | |||||||||||
| 1864 | Jacob Moore | |||||||||||
| 1865 | ||||||||||||
| Gove Saulsbury (D)[12] | ||||||||||||
| 1866 | ||||||||||||
| 1867 | ||||||||||||
| 1868 | ||||||||||||
| 1869 | Charles B. Lore (D) | |||||||||||
| 1870 | ||||||||||||
| 1871 | James Ponder (D) | |||||||||||
| 1872 | ||||||||||||
| 1873 | ||||||||||||
| 1874 | John B. Penington (D) | |||||||||||
| 1875 | John P. Cochran (D) | |||||||||||
| 1876 | ||||||||||||
| 1877 | ||||||||||||
| 1878 | ||||||||||||
| 1879 | John W. Hall (D) | George Gray (D) | ||||||||||
| 1880 | ||||||||||||
| 1881 | ||||||||||||
| 1882 | ||||||||||||
| 1883 | Charles C. Stockley (D) | |||||||||||
| 1884 | ||||||||||||
| 1885 | John H. Paynter | |||||||||||
| 1886 | ||||||||||||
| 1887 | Benjamin T. Biggs (D) | John Biggs | ||||||||||
| 1888 | ||||||||||||
| 1889 | ||||||||||||
| 1890 | ||||||||||||
| 1891 | Robert J. Reynolds (D) | |||||||||||
| 1892 | John R. Nicholson | |||||||||||
| 1893 | ||||||||||||
| 1894 | ||||||||||||
| 1895 | Joshua H. Marvil (R)[7] | Robert C. White | ||||||||||
| William T. Watson (D)[8] | ||||||||||||
| 1896 | ||||||||||||
| 1897 | Ebe W. Tunnell (D) | |||||||||||
| 1898 | ||||||||||||
| 1899 | L. Heisler Ball (R) | John A. Lingo | ||||||||||
| 1900 | ||||||||||||
| 1901 | John Hunn (R) | Philip L. Cannon (R) | Herbert H. Ward | |||||||||
| 1902 | ||||||||||||
| 1903 | ||||||||||||
| 1904 | ||||||||||||
| 1905 | Preston Lea (R) | Isaac T. Parker (R) | Robert H. Richards | |||||||||
| 1906 | ||||||||||||
| 1907 | ||||||||||||
| 1908 | ||||||||||||
| 1909 | Simeon S. Pennewill (R) | John M. Mendinhall (R) | Andrew C. Gray | |||||||||
| 1910 | ||||||||||||
| 1911 | ||||||||||||
| 1912 | ||||||||||||
| 1913 | Charles R. Miller (R) | Colen Ferguson (D) | Josiah O. Wolcott (D) | |||||||||
| 1914 | ||||||||||||
| 1915 | ||||||||||||
| 1916 | ||||||||||||
| 1917 | John G. Townsend, Jr. (R) | Lewis T. Eliason (D) | David J. Reinhardt | |||||||||
| 1918 | ||||||||||||
| 1919 | ||||||||||||
| 1920 | ||||||||||||
| 1921 | William D. Denney (R) | J. Danforth Bush (R) | Sylvester D. Townsend, Jr. | |||||||||
| 1922 | ||||||||||||
| 1923 | ||||||||||||
| 1924 | ||||||||||||
| 1925 | Robert P. Robinson (R) | James H. Anderson (R) | Clarence A. Southerland | |||||||||
| 1926 | ||||||||||||
| 1927 | Jesse Sherwood Cooper, Jr. (D) | |||||||||||
| 1928 | ||||||||||||
| 1929 | C. Douglass Buck (R) | James H. Hazel (R) | Reuben Satterthwaite, Jr. | George S. Williams (R) | ||||||||
| 1930 | ||||||||||||
| 1931 | ||||||||||||
| 1932 | ||||||||||||
| 1933 | Roy F. Corley (R) | Daniel J. Layton (R) | ||||||||||
| P. Warren Green | ||||||||||||
| 1934 | ||||||||||||
| 1935 | ||||||||||||
| 1936 | ||||||||||||
| 1937 | Richard C. McMullen (D) | Edward W. Cooch (D) | ||||||||||
| 1938 | ||||||||||||
| 1939 | James R. Morford | |||||||||||
| 1940 | ||||||||||||
| 1941 | Walter W. Bacon (R) | Isaac J. MacCollum (D) | ||||||||||
| 1942 | ||||||||||||
| 1943 | Clair J. Killoran | |||||||||||
| 1944 | ||||||||||||
| 1945 | Elbert N. Carvel (D) | Jesse Sherwood Cooper, Jr. (D) | ||||||||||
| 1946 | ||||||||||||
| 1947 | Albert W. James | |||||||||||
| 1948 | ||||||||||||
| 1949 | Elbert N. Carvel (D) | Alexis I. du Pont Bayard (D) | ||||||||||
| 1950 | ||||||||||||
| 1951 | H. Albert Young | |||||||||||
| 1952 | ||||||||||||
| 1953 | J. Caleb Boggs (R)[13] | John W. Rollins (R) | ||||||||||
| 1954 | ||||||||||||
| 1955 | Joseph D. Craven | Clifford E. Hall (D) | ||||||||||
| 1956 | ||||||||||||
| 1957 | David P. Buckson (R) | |||||||||||
| 1958 | ||||||||||||
| 1959 | Januar D. Bove, Jr. | |||||||||||
| 1960 | ||||||||||||
| David P. Buckson (R)[5] | vacant | |||||||||||
| 1961 | Elbert N. Carvel (D) | Eugene Lammot (D) | ||||||||||
| 1962 | ||||||||||||
| 1963 | David P. Buckson (R) | |||||||||||
| 1964 | ||||||||||||
| 1965 | Charles L. Terry, Jr. (D) | Sherman W. Tribbitt (D) | ||||||||||
| 1966 | ||||||||||||
| 1967 | George W. Cripps (R) | |||||||||||
| 1968 | Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R)  |
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| 1969 | Russell W. Peterson (R) | Eugene Bookhammer (R) | ||||||||||
| 1970 | ||||||||||||
| 1971 | W. Laird Stabler, Jr. (R) | Emily Womach (D) | Robert Short (R) | 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 | Joe Biden (D)[14] | |||||||
| 1974 | ||||||||||||
| 1975 | Richard R. Wier, Jr. (D) | Richard T. Collins (R) | 11D, 10R | |||||||||
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale (D) |
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| 1977 | Pierre S. du Pont, IV (R) | James D. McGinnis (D) | Thomas R. Carper (D)[15] | David H. Elliott (R) | 13D, 8R | Thomas B. Evans, Jr. (R) | ||||||
| 1978 | ||||||||||||
| 1979 | Richard S. Gebelein (R) | |||||||||||
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush (R) |
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| 1981 | Michael N. Castle (R) | Thomas W. Spruance (R) | ||||||||||
| 1982 | ||||||||||||
| 1983 | Charles M. Oberly, III (D) | Janet C. Rzewnicki (R) | Dennis E. Greenhouse (D) | Tom Carper (D) | ||||||||
| 1984 | ||||||||||||
| 1985 | Michael N. Castle[15] | Shien Biau Woo (D) | David N. Levinson (D) | |||||||||
| 1986 | ||||||||||||
| 1987 | ||||||||||||
| 1988 | George H.W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) |
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| 1989 | Dale E. Wolf (R) | |||||||||||
| Tom Wagner (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1990 | ||||||||||||
| 1991 | 15D, 6R | |||||||||||
| 1992 | ||||||||||||
| Dale E. Wolf (R)[5] | vacant | Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D) |
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| 1993 | Tom Carper (D)[13] | Ruth Ann Minner (D) | Donna Lee Williams (R) | Michael N. Castle (R) | ||||||||
| 1994 | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | M. Jane Brady (R) | 12D, 9R | ||||||||||
| 1996 | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | ||||||||||||
| 1998 | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | Jack Markell (D)[16] | 13D, 8R | ||||||||||
| 2000 | Al Gore and Joe Lieberman (D)  |
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| 2001 | Ruth Ann Minner (D) | John Carney (D) | Tom Carper (D) | |||||||||
| 2002 | ||||||||||||
| 2003 | ||||||||||||
| 2004 | John Kerry and John Edwards (D) |
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| 2005 | Carl Danberg (D) | Matthew P. Denn (D) | ||||||||||
| 2006 | ||||||||||||
| 2007 | Beau Biden (D) | |||||||||||
| 2008 | 13D, 8R | 22R, 19D | Barack Obama and Joe Biden (D) |
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| 2009 | Jack Markell (D) | Matthew P. Denn (D) | Velda Jones-Potter (D)[17] | Karen Weldin Stewart (D) | 16D, 5R | 24D, 17R | Ted Kaufman (D)[17] | |||||
| 2010 | Chris Coons (D) | |||||||||||
| 2011 | Chip Flowers (D) | 14D, 7R | 26D, 15R | John Carney (D) | ||||||||
| 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Year | Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Attorney General | Treasurer | Auditor | Comm. of Ins. | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. House | Electoral College votes |
| Executive offices | General Assembly | United States Congress | ||||||||||
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j President of Delaware.
- ^ Was captured and taken prisoner by the British.
- ^ Office was created by the Delaware Constitution of 1897, and the first election was conducted in 1900.
- ^ Succeeded to office upon the capture of McKinly and resigned upon the return of George Read, the righful successor to McKinly.
- ^ a b c d e Succeeded to office upon the resignation of his predecessor.
- ^ Resigned to accept election as president of Pennsylvania.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Died in office.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Succeeded to office upon the death of his predecessor.
- ^ Resigned to accept appointment to U.S. District Court.
- ^ Died before taking office; never served as governor.
- ^ Succeeded to office upon the death of Governor-elect Molleston.
- ^ Succeeded to office upon the death of Cannon, then was elected to office in his own right.
- ^ a b Resigned office to begin term in the U.S. Senate
- ^ In 2008, simultaneously re-elected and elected vice president of the United States; resigned as senator to take the latter office.
- ^ a b Resigned office to begin term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
- ^ Elected governor in 2008.
- ^ a b Appointed to fill vacancy.
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