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Delaware has a rich tradition of extraordinary Senators. Below you'll find the complete roster of those who have represented our great state in the Upper Chamber, grouped by their Senate class and listed in reverse chronological order.

CLASS I
Thomas R. Carper
In Office: January 3, 2001 - Present
Born: January 23, 1947
William V. Roth, Jr.            
In Office: January 1, 1971 –January 3, 2001
Born: July 22, 1921 Died: December 13, 2003
John J. Williams      
In Office: January 3, 1947 –December 3, 1970 Born: May 17, 1904 Died: January 11, 1988
James M. Tunnell   
In Office: January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1947
Born: August 2, 1879 Died: November 14, 1957
John G. Townsend, Jr.        
In Office: March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1941
Born: May 31, 1871 Died: April 10, 1964
Thomas F. Bayard, Jr.         
In Office: November 7, 1922 –March 3, 1929
Born: June 4, 1868 Died: July 12, 1942
T. Coleman DuPont            
In Office: July 7, 1921 –November 6, 1922
Born: December 11, 1863 Died: November 11, 1930
Josiah O. Wolcott    
In Office: March 4, 1917 – July 2, 1921
Born: October 31, 1877 Died: November 11, 1938
Henry A. DuPont    
In Office: June 13, 1906 – March 3, 1917
Born: July 30, 1838 Died: December 31, 1926
L. Heisler Ball
In Office: March 2, 1903 – March 3, 1905
Born: September 21, 1861 Died: October 18, 1932
George Gray            
In Office: March 18, 1885 – March 3, 1899
Born: May 4, 1840 Died: August 7, 1925
Thomas F. Bayard   
In Office: March 4, 1869 – March 6, 1885
Born: October 29, 1828 Died: September 28, 1898
George R. Riddle
In Office: January 29, 1864 –March 29, 1867
Born: 1817Died:  March 2, 1867
James A. Bayard, Jr.            
In Office: March 4, 1851 –January 29, 1864; April 5, 1867 –March 3, 1869
Born: November 15, 1799 Died: June 13, 1880
John Wales
In Office: February 23, 1849 – March 3, 1851
Born: July 31, 1783 Died: December 3, 1863
John M. Clayton
In Office: March 4, 1845 – February 23, 1849
Born: July 24, 1796 Died: November 9, 1856
Richard H. Bayard
In Office: June 17, 1836 –September 19, 1839; January 12, 1841 –March 3, 1845
Born: September 26, 1796 Died: March 4, 1868
Arnold S. Naudain
In Office: January 7, 1830 – June 16, 1836
Born: January 6, 1790 Died: January 4, 1872
Louis McClane
In Office: March 4, 1827 – April 16, 1829
Born: May 28, 1786 Died: October 7, 1857
Thomas Clayton
In Office: January 18, 1832-January 9, 1837
Born: July 1777 Died: August 2, 1854
Caesar A. Rodney
In Office: January 24, 1822 –January 29, 1823
Born: January 4, 1772  Died:  June 10, 1824
Outerbridge Horsey
In Office: January 12, 1810 – March 3, 1821
Born: March 5, 1777 Died: June 9, 1842
Samuel White
In Office: February 28, 1801 –November 4, 1809
Born: December 1770 Died:  November 4, 1809
Henry Latimer
In Office: February 7, 1795-February 28, 1801
Born: April 24, 1752 Died: December 19, 1819
George Read            
In Office: March 4, 1789 –September 18, 1793
Born: September 18, 1733 Died: September 21, 1798
CLASS II
Christopher A. “Chris” Coons
In Office: November 15, 2010 - Present
Born: September 9, 1963
Edward E. "Ted" Kaufman
In Office: January 15, 2009 – November 15, 2010
Born: March 15, 1939
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.
In Office: January 3, 1973 – January 15, 2009
Born: November 20, 1942
James Caleb "Cale" Boggs
In Office: January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1973
Born: May 15, 1909 Died: March 26, 1993
Joseph Allen Frear, Jr.
In Office:  January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1961
Born: March 7, 1903 Died: January 15, 1993
Clayton Douglass Buck
In Office: January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949
Born: March 21, 1890 Died: January 27, 1965
James Hurd Hughes
In Office: January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943
Born: January 14, 1867 Died: August 29, 1953
Daniel Oren Hastings
In Office: December 10, 1928 – January 3, 1937
Born: March 5, 1874 Died: May 9, 1966
Thomas Coleman du Pont
In Office:  March 4, 1925 – December 9, 1928
Born: December 11, 1863 Died: November 11, 1930
Dr. Lewis Heisler Ball
In Office: March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1925
Born: September 21, 1861 Died: October 18, 1932
Willard Saulsbury, Jr.
In Office: March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919
Born: April 17, 1861 Died: February 20, 1927
Salisbury was born in Georgetown, Delaware in 1861.
Harry Alden Richardson
In Office: March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913
Born: January 1, 1853 Died: June 16, 1928
James Frank Allee
In Office: March 2, 1903 – March 3, 1907
Born: December 2, 1857 Died: October 12, 1938
Richard Rolland Kenney
In Office: January 19, 1897 – March 3, 1901
 Born: September 9, 1856 Died: August 14, 1931
Anthony C. Higgins
In Office: March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895
Born: October 1, 1840 Died: June 26, 1912
Eli May Saulsbury
In Office: March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1889
Born: December 29, 1817 Died: March 22, 1893
Willard Saulsbury, Sr.
In Office: March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1871
Born: June 2, 1820 Died:  April 6, 1892
Martin Waltham Bates
In Office: February 24, 1786 – January 1, 1869
Born: February 24, 1786 Died: January 1, 1869
Joseph Parsons Comegys
In Office: November 19, 1856 – January 14, 1857
Born: December 23, 1813 Died: February 1, 1893
John Middleton Clayton
In Office: March 4, 1853 – November 9, 1856
Born: July 24, 1796 Died: November 9, 1856
Presley Spruance
In Office: March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853
Born: September 1, 1785 Died: February 13, 1863
Thomas Clayton
In Office:  January 9, 1837 – March 3, 1847
Born:  July 1777 Died:  August 21, 1854
John Middleton Clayton
In Office: March 4, 1829 – December 29, 1836
Born: July 24, 1796 Died: November 9, 1856
Henry Moore Ridgely
In Office: January 23, 1827 – March 3, 1829
Born: August 6, 1779 Died: August 6, 1847
Daniel Rodney
In Office: November 8, 1826 – January 12, 1827
Born: September 10, 1764 Died: September 2, 1846
Nicholas Van Dyke
In Office: March 4, 1817 – May 21, 1826
Born: December 20, 1770 Died: May 21, 1826
Van Dyke was born in New Castle, Delaware in 1817.
James Asheton Bayard II
In Office: November 13, 1804 – March 3, 1813
Born: July 28, 1767 Died: August 6, 1815
William Hill Wells
In Office: January 17, 1799 – November 6, 1804; May 21, 1813 – March 3, 1817
Born: January 7, 1769 Died: March 11, 1829
Dr. Joshua Clayton
In Office: January 19, 1798 – August 11, 1798
Born: July 20, 1744 Died: August 11, 1798