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] | no electoral votes | |||||||||
| 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 | George Washington and John Adams (I)  | |||||||||||
| 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] | John Adams and Charles C. Pinckney (F) | ||||||||||
| 1797 | F Majority | 14F, 7DR | ||||||||||
| Daniel Rogers (F)[8] | ||||||||||||
| 1798 | F Majority | F Majority | ||||||||||
| 1799 | Richard Bassett (F)[9] | F Majority | F Majority | |||||||||
| 1800 | F Majority | 14F, 7DR | John Adams and Charles C. Pinckney (F)  | |||||||||
| 1801 | Nicholas Van Dyke (F) | 6F, 3DR | ||||||||||
| James Sykes (F)[5] | ||||||||||||
| 1802 | David Hall (DR) | |||||||||||
| 1803 | ||||||||||||
| 1804 | Charles C. Pinckney and Rufus King (F) | |||||||||||
| 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 | DeWitt Clinton and Jared Ingersoll (DR) | |||||||||||
| 1813 | ||||||||||||
| 1814 | Daniel Rodney (F) | |||||||||||
| 1815 | James Rogers | |||||||||||
| 1816 | 7F, 2DR | Rufus King and John E. Howard (F) | ||||||||||
| 1817 | John Clark (F) | |||||||||||
| 1818 | 6F, 3DR | |||||||||||
| 1819 | ||||||||||||
| 1820 | Henry Molleston (F)[10] | James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins (DR) | ||||||||||
| Jacob Stout (F)[11] | ||||||||||||
| 1821 | John Collins (DR)[7] | |||||||||||
| 1822 | 5DR, 4F | 11DR, 10F | ||||||||||
| Caleb Rodney (F)[8] | ||||||||||||
| 1823 | Joseph Haslet (DR)[7] | 5DR, 4F | 13DR, 8F | |||||||||
| Charles Thomas (DR)[8] | ||||||||||||
| 1824 | Samuel Paynter (F) | 5F, 4DR | 14F, 7DR | Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun (DR) | ||||||||
| 1825 | 13F, 8DR | |||||||||||
| 1826 | 14DR, 7F | |||||||||||
| 1827 | Charles Polk, Jr. (F) | 5DR, 4F | 13F, 8DR | |||||||||
| 1828 | 5A-J, 3J, 1? | 11A-J, 10J | John Quincy Adams and Richard Rush (NR) | |||||||||
| 1829 | 5NR, 4D | 14NR, 7D | ||||||||||
| 1830 | David Hazzard (NR) | Robert Frame | ||||||||||
| 1831 | 7NR, 2D | 16NR, 5D | ||||||||||
| 1832 | 14NR, 7D | Henry Clay and John Sergeant (NR) | ||||||||||
| 1833 | Caleb P. Bennett (D)[7] | |||||||||||
| 1834 | ||||||||||||
| 1835 | James Rogers | 6W, 3D | 14W, 7D | |||||||||
| 1836 | William Henry Harrison and Francis Granger (W) | |||||||||||
| Charles Polk, Jr. (W)[8] | ||||||||||||
| 1837 | Cornelius P. Comegys (W) | |||||||||||
| 1838 | ||||||||||||
| 1839 | 6D, 3W | 13D, 8W | ||||||||||
| 1840 | Edward W. Gilpin | William Henry Harrison and John Tyler (W) | ||||||||||
| 1841 | William B. Cooper (W) | 5D, 4W | 21W | |||||||||
| 1842 | ||||||||||||
| 1843 | 7W, 2D | 14W, 7D | ||||||||||
| 1844 | Henry Clay and Theodore Frelinghuysen (W) | |||||||||||
| 1845 | Thomas Stockton (W)[7] | 6W, 3D | ||||||||||
| 1846 | ||||||||||||
| Joseph Maull (W)[7][8] | ||||||||||||
| William Temple (W)[8] | ||||||||||||
| 1847 | William Tharp (D) | 5W, 4D | 11W, 10D | |||||||||
| 1848 | Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore (W) | |||||||||||
| 1849 | 6W, 3D | 13W, 7D, 1? | ||||||||||
| 1850 | Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (D) | |||||||||||
| 1851 | William H. H. Ross (D) | 5D, 4W | 14D, 7W | James A. Bayard, Jr. (D) | ||||||||
| 1852 | Franklin Pierce and William R. King (D) | |||||||||||
| 1853 | 13W, 8D | |||||||||||
| 1854 | ||||||||||||
| 1855 | Peter F. Causey (A) | George P. Fisher (R) | 6A, 2D, 1W | 19A, 2D | ||||||||
| 1856 | James Buchanan and John C. Breckinridge (D) | |||||||||||
| 1857 | 5D, 4O | 21D | ||||||||||
| 1858 | ||||||||||||
| 1859 | William Burton (D) | 7D, 2O | 14D, 7O | Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (D) | ||||||||
| 1860 | Alfred Wooten | John C. Breckinridge and Joseph Lane (Southern Democratic) | ||||||||||
| 1861 | 5D, 4R | 11R, 10D | ||||||||||
| 1862 | ||||||||||||
| 1863 | William Cannon (R)[7] | 14D, 7R | William Temple (D)[7] | |||||||||
| 1864 | Jacob Moore | George R. Riddle (D) | Nathaniel B. Smithers (R) | George B. McClellan and George H. Pendleton (D) | ||||||||
| 1865 | 6D, 3R | John A. Nicholson (D) | ||||||||||
| Gove Saulsbury (D)[12] | ||||||||||||
| 1866 | ||||||||||||
| 1867 | 15D, 6R | James A. Bayard, Jr. (D) | ||||||||||
| 1868 | Horatio Seymour and Francis P. Blair, Jr. (D) | |||||||||||
| 1869 | Charles B. Lore (D) | 9D | 21D | Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. (D)[13] | Benjamin T. Biggs (D) | |||||||
| 1870 | ||||||||||||
| 1871 | James Ponder (D) | Eli M. Saulsbury (D) | ||||||||||
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant and Henry Wilson (R) | |||||||||||
| 1873 | 8D, 1R | James R. Lofland (R) | ||||||||||
| 1874 | John B. Penington (D) | |||||||||||
| 1875 | John P. Cochran (D) | James Williams (D) | ||||||||||
| 1876 | Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks (D) | |||||||||||
| 1877 | 9D | |||||||||||
| 1878 | ||||||||||||
| 1879 | John W. Hall (D) | George Gray (D) | Edward L. Martin (D) | |||||||||
| 1880 | Winfield S. Hancock and William H. English (D) | |||||||||||
| 1881 | 8D, 1R | 14D, 7R | ||||||||||
| 1882 | ||||||||||||
| 1883 | Charles C. Stockley (D) | 7D, 2R | 21D | Charles B. Lore (D) | ||||||||
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks (D) | |||||||||||
| 1885 | John H. Paynter | 9D | George Gray (D) | |||||||||
| 1886 | ||||||||||||
| 1887 | Benjamin T. Biggs (D) | John Biggs | John B. Penington (D) | |||||||||
| 1888 | Grover Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman (D) | |||||||||||
| 1889 | 5R, 4D | 14R, 7D | Anthony Higgins (R) | |||||||||
| 1890 | ||||||||||||
| 1891 | Robert J. Reynolds (D) | 7D, 2R | John W. Causey (D) | |||||||||
| 1892 | John R. Nicholson | Grover Cleveland and Adlai E. Stevenson (D) | ||||||||||
| 1893 | 5D, 4R | 21D | ||||||||||
| 1894 | ||||||||||||
| 1895 | Joshua H. Marvil (R)[7] | Robert C. White | 15R, 6D | Vacant[14] | Jonathan S. Willis (R) | |||||||
| William T. Watson (D)[8] | ||||||||||||
| 1896 | William McKinley and Garret Hobart (R) | |||||||||||
| 1897 | Ebe W. Tunnell (D) | 20D, 1R | Richard R. Kenney (D) | L. Irving Handy (D) | ||||||||
| 1898 | ||||||||||||
| 1899 | L. Heisler Ball (R) | John A. Lingo | 9D, 8R | 22R, 13D | Vacant[14] | John H. Hoffecker (R)[7] | ||||||
| 1900 | William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt (R) | |||||||||||
| Walter O. Hoffecker | ||||||||||||
| 1901 | John Hunn (R) | Philip L. Cannon (R) | Herbert H. Ward | 9R, 8D | 20R, 15D | Vacant[14] | L. Heisler Ball (R) | |||||
| 1902 | ||||||||||||
| 1903 | 10R, 7D | L. Heisler Ball (R) | J. Frank Allee (R) | Henry A. Houston (D) | ||||||||
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks (R) | |||||||||||
| 1905 | Preston Lea (R) | Isaac T. Parker (R) | Robert H. Richards | 21R, 14D | Vacant[14] | Hiram R. Burton (R) | ||||||
| 1906 | ||||||||||||
| 1907 | 11R, 6D | 25R, 10D | Henry A. du Pont (R) | Harry A. Richardson (R) | ||||||||
| 1908 | William Howard Taft and James S. Sherman (R) | |||||||||||
| 1909 | Simeon S. Pennewill (R) | John M. Mendinhall (R) | Andrew C. Gray | 18D, 17R | William H. Heald (R) | |||||||
| 1910 | ||||||||||||
| 1911 | 9R, 8D | 22R, 13D | ||||||||||
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall (D) | |||||||||||
| 1913 | Charles R. Miller (R) | Colen Ferguson (D) | Josiah O. Wolcott (D) | 21D, 14R | Willard Saulsbury, Jr. (D) | Franklin Brockson (D) | ||||||
| 1914 | ||||||||||||
| 1915 | 19R, 16D | Thomas W. Miller (R) | ||||||||||
| 1916 | Charles E. Hughes and Charles W. Fairbanks (R) | |||||||||||
| 1917 | John G. Townsend, Jr. (R) | Lewis T. Eliason (D) | David J. Reinhardt | 10R, 7D | 19D, 16R | Josiah O. Wolcott (D)[15] | Albert F. Polk (D) | |||||
| 1918 | ||||||||||||
| 1919 | 23R, 12D | L. Heisler Ball (R) | Caleb R. Layton (R) | |||||||||
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge (R) | |||||||||||
| 1921 | William D. Denney (R) | J. Danforth Bush (R) | Sylvester D. Townsend, Jr. | 12R, 5D | 18D, 17R | T. Coleman du Pont (R)[16] | ||||||
| 1922 | ||||||||||||
| 1923 | 11R, 6D | Thomas F. Bayard, Jr. (D) | William H. Boyce (D) | |||||||||
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge and Charles G. Dawes (R) | |||||||||||
| 1925 | Robert P. Robinson (R) | James H. Anderson (R) | Clarence A. Southerland | 9D, 8R | 22R, 13D | T. Coleman du Pont (R)[17] | Robert G. Houston (R) | |||||
| 1926 | ||||||||||||
| 1927 | Jesse S. Cooper, Jr. (D) | 18R, 17D | ||||||||||
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis (R) | |||||||||||
| 1929 | C. Douglass Buck (R) | James H. Hazel (R) | Reuben Satterthwaite, Jr. | George S. Williams (R) | 9R, 8D | 26R, 9D | John G. Townsend, Jr. (R) | Daniel O. Hastings (R)[16] | ||||
| 1930 | ||||||||||||
| 1931 | 12R, 5D | 22R, 13D | ||||||||||
| 1932 | Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis (R) | |||||||||||
| 1933 | Roy F. Corley (R) | Daniel J. Layton (R) | 9R, 8D | 22D, 13R | Wilbur L. Adams (D) | |||||||
| P. Warren Green (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1934 | ||||||||||||
| 1935 | Warren T. Moore (R) | James H. Hazel (R) | James Postles Hammond (R) | 10R, 7D | 23R, 12D | J. George Stewart (R) | ||||||
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner (D) | |||||||||||
| 1937 | Richard C. McMullen (D) | Edward W. Cooch (D) | Ernest C. Blackstone (D) | James W. Wise (D) | 11R, 6D | 21D, 14R | James H. Hughes (D) | William F. Allen (D) | ||||
| 1938 | ||||||||||||
| 1939 | James R. Morford (R) | Fagan H. Simonton (R) | Benjamin I. Shaw (R) | William J. Swain (R) | 20R, 15D | George S. Williams (R) | ||||||
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace (D) | |||||||||||
| 1941 | Walter W. Bacon (R) | Isaac J. MacCollum (D) | Peter S. Collins (D) | Harrison M. Manning (D) | 10R, 7D | James M. Tunnell (D) | Philip A. Traynor (D) | |||||
| 1942 | ||||||||||||
| 1943 | Clair J. Killoran (R) | John S. Isaacs (R) | Joseph M. Harrington (R) | 24R, 11D | C. Douglass Buck (R) | Earle D. Willey (R) | ||||||
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (D) | |||||||||||
| 1945 | Elbert N. Carvel (D) | Jesse S. Cooper, Jr. (D) | Wilbur E. Jacobs (D) | 11R, 6D | 22R, 13D | Philip A. Traynor (D) | ||||||
| 1946 | ||||||||||||
| 1947 | Albert W. James (R) | Benjamin F. Johnson (R) | Benjamin I. Shaw (R) | 24R, 11D | John J. Williams (R) | J. Caleb Boggs (R) | ||||||
| 1948 | Thomas E. Dewey and Earl Warren (R) | |||||||||||
| 1949 | Elbert N. Carvel (D) | Alexis I. du Pont Bayard (D) | Willard D. Boyce (D) | James W. W. Baker (D) | 9R, 8D | 18R, 17D | J. Allen Frear, Jr. (D) | |||||
| 1950 | ||||||||||||
| 1951 | H. Albert Young (R) | Ralph W. Emerson (R) | G. Dan Enterline (R) | William R. Murphy (R) | 9D, 8R | 19R, 16D | ||||||
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon (R) | |||||||||||
| 1953 | J. Caleb Boggs (R)[18] | John W. Rollins (R) | Clarence Collins, Jr. (R) | 10R, 7D | 18R, 17D | Herbert B. Warburton (R) | ||||||
| 1954 | ||||||||||||
| 1955 | Joseph D. Craven (D) | Howard H. Dickerson (D) | Clifford E. Hall (D) | Harry S. Smith (D) | 12D, 5R | 27D, 8R | Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (D) | |||||
| 1956 | ||||||||||||
| 1957 | David P. Buckson (R) | Dale E. Wheatley (R) | 13D, 4R | 19D, 16R | Harry G. Haskell, Jr. (R) | |||||||
| 1958 | ||||||||||||
| 1959 | Januar D. Bove, Jr. (R) | Belle Everett (D) | Ernest E. Killen (D) | 11D, 6R | 26D, 9R | Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (D) | ||||||
| 1960 | ||||||||||||
| John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1961 | Elbert N. Carvel (D) | Eugene Lammot (D) | 20D, 15R | J. Caleb Boggs (R) | ||||||||
| 1962 | ||||||||||||
| 1963 | David P. Buckson (R) | Robert Short (R) | 10D, 7R | 24D, 11R | ||||||||
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey (D) | |||||||||||
| 1965 | Charles L. Terry, Jr. (D) | Sherman W. Tribbitt (D) | Charles F. Moore (D) | 13D, 5R | 30D, 5R | |||||||
| 1966 | ||||||||||||
| 1967 | Daniel Ross (R) | George W. Cripps (R) | 9R, 9D | 23R, 12D | William V. Roth, Jr. (R)[19] | |||||||
| 1968 | Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) | |||||||||||
| 1969 | Russell W. Peterson (R) | Eugene Bookhammer (R) | 13R, 6D | 26R, 13D | ||||||||
| 1970 | ||||||||||||
| 1971 | W. Laird Stabler, Jr. (R) | Emily Womach (D) | 23R, 16D | 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 | 21R, 20D | Joe Biden (D)[20] | ||||||
| 1974 | ||||||||||||
| 1975 | Richard R. Wier, Jr. (D) | Richard T. Collins (R) | 13D, 8R | 25D, 16R | ||||||||
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale (D) | |||||||||||
| 1977 | Pierre S. du Pont, IV (R) | James D. McGinnis (D) | Thomas R. Carper (D) | David H. Elliott (R) | 26D, 15R | Thomas B. Evans, Jr. (R) | ||||||
| 1978 | ||||||||||||
| 1979 | Richard S. Gebelein (R) | 21D, 20R | ||||||||||
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush (R) | |||||||||||
| 1981 | Michael N. Castle (R) | Thomas W. Spruance (R) | 12D, 9R | 25R, 16D | ||||||||
| 1982 | ||||||||||||
| 1983 | Charles M. Oberly, III (D) | Janet C. Rzewnicki (R) | Dennis E. Greenhouse (D) | 13D, 8R | 25D, 16R | Tom Carper (D) | ||||||
| 1984 | ||||||||||||
| 1985 | Michael N. Castle (R) | Shien Biau Woo (D) | David N. Levinson (D) | 22R, 19D | ||||||||
| 1986 | ||||||||||||
| 1987 | ||||||||||||
| 1988 | George H.W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) | |||||||||||
| 1989 | Dale E. Wolf (R) | |||||||||||
| Tom Wagner (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1990 | ||||||||||||
| 1991 | 15D, 6R | 24R, 17D | ||||||||||
| 1992 | ||||||||||||
| Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1993 | Tom Carper (D) | Ruth Ann Minner (D) | Donna Lee Williams (R) | 22R, 19D | Michael N. Castle (R) | |||||||
| 1994 | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | M. Jane Brady (R) | 12D, 9R | 27R, 14D | |||||||||
| 1996 | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | 12D, 9R | 23R, 18D | ||||||||||
| 1998 | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | Jack Markell (D)[21] | 13D, 8R | 26R, 15D | |||||||||
| 2000 | Al Gore and Joe Lieberman (D) | |||||||||||
| 2001 | Ruth Ann Minner (D) | John Carney (D) | Tom Carper (D) | |||||||||
| 2002 | ||||||||||||
| 2003 | 29R, 12D | |||||||||||
| 2004 | John Kerry and John Edwards (D) | |||||||||||
| 2005 | Matthew Denn (D) | 26R, 15D | ||||||||||
| 2006 | Carl Danberg (D) | |||||||||||
| 2007 | Beau Biden (D) | 23R, 18D | ||||||||||
| 2008 | Barack Obama and Joe Biden (D) | |||||||||||
| 2009 | Jack Markell (D) | Matthew Denn (D) | Velda Jones-Potter (D)[16] | Karen Weldin Stewart (D) | 16D, 5R | 24D, 17R | Ted Kaufman (D)[16] | |||||
| 2010 | 15D, 6R[22] | Chris Coons (D) | ||||||||||
| 2011 | Chip Flowers (D) | 14D, 7R | 26D, 15R | John Carney (D) | ||||||||
| 2012 | ||||||||||||
| 2013 | 13D, 8R | 27D, 14R | ||||||||||
| 2014 | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | vacant | Matthew Denn (D) | Ken Simpler (R) | 12D, 9R | 25D, 16R | |||||||
| 2016 | Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine (D) | |||||||||||
| 2017 | John Carney (D) | Bethany Hall-Long (D) | Trinidad Navarro (D) | 11D, 10R | Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) | |||||||
| 2018 | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | Kathy Jennings (D) | Colleen Davis (D) | Kathy McGuiness (D) | 12D, 9R | 26D, 15R | |||||||
| 2020 | Joe Biden and Kamala Harris (D) | |||||||||||
| 2021 | 14D, 7R | |||||||||||
| 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
- 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.
- Succeeded to office upon the resignation of his predecessor.
- Resigned to accept election as president of Pennsylvania.
- Died in office.
- 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.
- Resigned to become United States Secretary of State
- Legislature failed to elect a Senator.
- Resigned to become Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery.
- Appointed to fill vacancy.
- Resigned due to poor health.
- Resigned office on January 3, 2001, to begin term in the U.S. Senate, and was succeeded as governor by Ruth Ann Minner for the remaining 17 days of his term.
- Resigned December 31, 1970 to become U.S. Senator.
- In 2008, simultaneously re-elected and elected vice president of the United States; resigned as senator to take the latter office.
- Elected governor in 2008.
- A special election occurred after the death of Sen. Thurman Adams Jr. (D), who was succeeded by Joseph W. Booth (R) after the 2009 session, flipping the seat from Democrat to Republican.
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