List of United States representatives from Delaware

This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives from Delaware.

Elections are by a popular vote originally elected on the first Tuesday of October, but after 1831 on the first Tuesday after November 1.

Terms began on the subsequent March 4 until 1935, from when they began on January 3.

Delaware has had only one U.S. representative, except for 10 years between 1813 and 1823, when there was a second U.S. representative. This person was elected statewide, at-large, on the same ballot as the first U.S. representative. The two candidates with the highest number of votes were elected.

Current representative

• Delaware's at-large district: Lisa Blunt Rochester (D): (since 2017)

List of members

See also: Delaware's at-large congressional district and United States House of Representatives elections in Delaware

Member	Party	Years	Electoral history
John Vining	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793	Elected in 1789. Retired.
John Patten	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 – February 14, 1794	Elected in 1792. Lost election contest.
Henry Latimer	Pro-Administration	February 14, 1794 – February 7, 1795	Won election contest. Lost re-election.
John Patten	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797	Elected in 1794. Retired.
James A. Bayard	Federalist	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803	Elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Re-elected in 1800. Lost re-election.
Caesar A. Rodney	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	Elected in 1802. Lost re-election.
James M. Broom	Federalist	October 1, 1805 – October 6, 1807	Elected October 1, 1805 to finish Bayard's term and seated December 2, 1805. Re-elected in 1806, but declined the seat.
Nicholas Van Dyke	Federalist	October 6, 1807 – March 3, 1811	Elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Retired.
Henry M. Ridgely	Federalist	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1815	Elected in 1810. Retired.
Thomas Clayton	Federalist	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	Elected in 1814. Lost re-election.
Louis McLane	Federalist	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1825	Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1820. Re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826 but declined to serve having been elected U.S. senator.
	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
Kensey Johns Jr.	Anti-Jacksonian	October 2, 1827 – March 3, 1831	Elected to finish McLane's term. Retired.
John J. Milligan	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1837	Elected in 1830. Lost re-election to Robinson Jr.
	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
Thomas Robinson Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	Elected in 1838. Lost re-election to Rodney.
George B. Rodney	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1845	Elected in 1840. Retired.
John W. Houston	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1851	Elected in 1844. Retired.
George R. Riddle	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855	Elected in 1850. Lost re-election to Cullen.
Elisha D. Cullen	Know Nothing	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	Elected in 1854. Lost re-election to Whiteley.
William G. Whiteley	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	Elected in 1856. Retired.
George P. Fisher	Unionist	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	Elected in 1860. Lost re-election to Temple.
William Temple	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – May 28, 1863	Elected in 1862. Died.
Nathaniel B. Smithers	style="background-color:Template:Unconditional Unionist Party/meta/color;" width=10px | " | Unconditional Unionist	December 7, 1863 – March 3, 1865	Elected to finish Temple's term. Lost re-election to Nicholson.
John A. Nicholson	Democratic	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869	Elected in 1864. Retired.
Benjamin T. Biggs	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	Elected in 1868. Retired.
James R. Lofland	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	Elected in 1872. Lost re-election to J. Williams.
James Williams	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	Elected in 1874. Retired.
Edward L. Martin	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	Elected in 1878. Retired.
Charles B. Lore	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	Elected in 1882. Retired.
John B. Penington	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	Elected in 1886. Retired.
John W. Causey	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	Elected in 1890. Retired.
Jonathan S. Willis	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	Elected in 1894. Lost re-election to Handy.
L. Irving Handy	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899	Elected in 1896. Lost re-election to Hoffecker.
John H. Hoffecker	Republican	March 4, 1899 – June 16, 1900	Elected in 1898. Died.
Walter O. Hoffecker	Republican	November 6, 1900 – March 3, 1901	Elected to finish his father's term. Retired.
L. Heisler Ball	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	Elected in 1900. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Henry A. Houston	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	Elected in 1902. Retired.
Hiram R. Burton	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1909	Elected in 1904. Lost renomination to Heald.
William H. Heald	Republican	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1913	Elected in 1908. Retired.
Franklin Brockson	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	Elected in 1912. Lost re-election to Miller.
Thomas W. Miller	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917	Elected in 1914. Lost re-election to Polk.
Albert F. Polk	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919	Elected in 1916. Lost re-election to Layton.
Caleb R. Layton	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923	Elected in 1918. Lost re-election to Boyce.
William H. Boyce	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925	Elected in 1922. Lost re-election to Houston.
Robert G. Houston	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933	Elected in 1924. Retired.
Wilbur L. Adams	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	Elected in 1932. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
J. George Stewart	Republican	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937	Elected in 1934. Lost re-election to Allen.
William F. Allen	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939	Elected in 1936. Lost re-election to G. Williams.
George S. Williams	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941	Elected in 1938. Lost re-election to Traynor.
Philip A. Traynor	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943	Elected in 1940. Lost re-election to Willey.
Earle D. Willey	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	Elected in 1942. Lost re-election to Traynor.
Philip A. Traynor	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947	Elected in 1944. Lost reelection to Boggs.
J. Caleb Boggs	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953	Elected in 1946. Retired to run for Governor of Delaware.
Herbert Warburton	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955	Elected in 1952. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Harris McDowell	Democratic	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957	Elected in 1954. Lost re-election to Haskell.
Harry G. Haskell Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959	Elected in 1956. Lost re-election to McDowell.
Harris McDowell	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1967	Elected in 1958. Lost re-election to Roth.
William Roth	Republican	January 3, 1967 – December 31, 1970	Elected in 1966. Retired to run for U.S. senator and resigned after the election.
Pete du Pont	Republican	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977	Elected in 1970. Retired to run for Governor of Delaware.
Thomas B. Evans Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983	Elected in 1976. Lost re-election to Carper.
Tom Carper	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	Elected in 1982. Retired to run for Governor of Delaware.
Mike Castle	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2011	Elected in 1992. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
John Carney	Democratic	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2017	Elected in 2010. Retired to run for Governor of Delaware.
Lisa Blunt Rochester	Democratic	January 3, 2017 – present	Elected in 2016. Incumbent.
Thomas Cooper	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817	Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Lost re-election.
Willard Hall	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – January 22, 1821	Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Lost re-election and resigned early.
Caesar A. Rodney	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1821 – January 24, 1822	Elected in 1820. Resigned when elected U.S. senator.
Daniel Rodney	Federalist	October 1, 1822 – March 3, 1823	Elected to finish his cousin's term. Retired.

Living former members

As of December 2024, there are four living former members of House from Delaware. The most recent and most recently serving member to die was Pete du Pont (served 1971–1977) on May 8, 2021.

Representative	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
Thomas B. Evans Jr.	1977–1983	(1931-11-05) November 5, 1931
Tom Carper	1983–1993	(1947-01-23) January 23, 1947
Mike Castle	1993–2011	(1939-07-02) July 2, 1939
John Carney	2011–2017	(1956-05-20) May 20, 1956

Superlative representatives

Longest serving representatives

Representative	First served	Last served	Length of service
Mike Castle	January 3, 1993	January 3, 2011	18 years
Tom Carper	January 3, 1983	January 3, 1993	10 years
Harris McDowell	January 3, 1955 January 3, 1959	January 3, 1957 January 3, 1967	10 years
Louis McLane	March 4, 1817	March 3, 1827	10 years
Robert G. Houston	March 4, 1925	March 3, 1933	8 years

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References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. Search this book on
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