Political party strength in Delaware explained

The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Delaware:

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

1777–1900

YearExecutive officesGeneral AssemblyUnited States CongressElectoral votes
class=unsortable Governor!class=unsortable Attorney General!class=unsortable Treasurer!class=unsortable Auditor!class=unsortable State Senate!class=unsortable State House!class=unsortable U.S. Senator (Class I)!class=unsortable U.S. Senator (Class II)!class=unsortable U.S. House
1777John McKinly (NP/F)no electoral votes
Thomas McKean (NP/DR)
George Read (NP/F)
1778Gunning Bedford Jr.
Caesar Rodney (NP/DR)
1779
1780
1781
John Dickinson (NP/F)
1782
John Cook (NP/F)
1783
Nicholas Van Dyke (NP/DR)
1784
1785
1786Joshua Clayton (NP/F)
Thomas Collins (NP/F)
1787
1788
1789George Read (PA)Richard Bassett (AA)John Vining (PA)Washington/
Adams (I)
Jehu Davis (NP/F)
Joshua Clayton (NP/F)
1790Nicholas Ridgely
1791Richard Bassett (PA)
1792
1793Joshua Clayton (F)John Vining (PA)John Patten (AA)
1794vacantHenry Latimer (PA)
1795Henry Latimer (PA)
Henry Latimer (F)John Vining (F)John Patten (DR)
1796Gunning Bedford Sr. (F)Adams/
Pinckney (F)
1797F majority14F, 7DRJames A. Bayard (F)
Daniel Rogers (F)
1798F majorityF majorityJoshua Clayton (F)
1799Richard Bassett (F)F majorityF majorityWilliam H. Wells (F)
1800F majority14F, 7DRAdams/
Pinckney (F)
1801Nicholas Van Dyke (F)6F, 3DRSamuel White (F)
James Sykes (F)
1802David Hall (DR)
1803Caesar Augustus Rodney (DR)
1804Pinckney/
King (F)
1805Nathaniel Mitchell (F)James A. Bayard (F)James M. Broom (F)
1806Outerbridge Horsey (F)
1807vacant
1808George Truitt (F)Henry Molleston (F)Nicholas Van Dyke (F)
1809
1810Thomas Clayton (F)Outerbridge Horsey (F)
1811Joseph Haslet (DR)Henry M. Ridgely (F)
1812Clinton/
Ingersoll (DR)
1813William H. Wells (F)2F
1814Daniel Rodney (F)
1815James Rogers
18167F, 2DRKing/
Howard (F)
1817John Clark (F)Nicholas Van Dyke (F)1F, 1DR
18186F, 3DR
1819
1820Henry Molleston (F)Monroe/
Tompkins (DR)
Jacob Stout (F)
1821John Collins (DR)vacant
18225DR, 4F11DR, 10FCesar Augustus Rodney (DR)2F
Caleb Rodney (F)
1823Joseph Haslet (DR)5DR, 4F13DR, 8FvacantvacantLouis McLane (F)
Charles Thomas (DR)
1824Samuel Paynter (F)5F, 4DR14F, 7DRThomas Clayton (F)Nicholas Van Dyke (F)Jackson/
Calhoun (DR)
182513F, 8DRThomas Clayton (NR)Nicholas Van Dyke (NR)Louis McLane (J)
182614DR, 7FDaniel Rodney (NR)
1827Charles Polk Jr. (F)5DR, 4F13F, 8DRLouis McLane (J)Henry M. Ridgely (J)vacant
18285A-J, 3J, 1?11A-J, 10JKensey Johns Jr. (NR)Adams/
Rush (NR)
18295NR, 4D14NR, 7DvacantJohn M. Clayton (NR)
1830David Hazzard (NR)Robert FrameArnold Naudain (NR)
18317NR, 2D16NR, 5DJohn J. Milligan (NR)
183214NR, 7DClay/
Sergeant (NR)
1833Caleb P. Bennett (D)
1834
1835James Rogers6W, 3D14W, 7D
1836Harrison/
Granger (W)
Charles Polk Jr. (W)Richard H. Bayard (NR)Thomas Clayton (NR)
1837Cornelius P. Comegys (W)Richard H. Bayard (W)Thomas Clayton (W)John J. Milligan (W)
1838
18396D, 3W13D, 8WThomas Robinson Jr. (D)
1840Edward W. GilpinvacantHarrison/
Tyler (W)
1841William B. Cooper (W)5D, 4W21WRichard H. Bayard (W)George B. Rodney (W)
1842
18437W, 2D14W, 7D
1844Clay/
Frelinghuysen (W)
1845Thomas Stockton (W)6W, 3DJohn M. Clayton (W)John W. Houston (W)
1846
Joseph Maull (W)
William Temple (W)
1847William Tharp (D)5W, 4D11W, 10DPresley Spruance (W)
1848Taylor/
Fillmore (W)
18496W, 3D13W, 7D, 1?John Wales (W)
1850Willard Saulsbury Sr. (D)
1851William H. H. Ross (D)5D, 4W14D, 7WJames A. Bayard Jr. (D)George R. Riddle (D)
1852Pierce/
King (D)
185313W, 8DJohn M. Clayton (W)
1854
1855Peter F. Causey (KN)George P. Fisher (R)6KN, 2D, 1W19KN, 2DElisha D. Cullen (KN)
1856Buchanan/
Breckinridge (D)
18575D, 4O21DJoseph P. Comegys (W)William G. Whiteley (D)
1858
1859William Burton (D)7D, 2O14D, 7OWillard Saulsbury Sr. (D)
1860Alfred WootenBreckinridge/
Lane
18615D, 4R11R, 10DGeorge P. Fisher (U)
1862
1863William Cannon (R)14D, 7RWilliam Temple (D)
1864Jacob Moore (R)George R. Riddle (D)Nathaniel B. Smithers (R)McClellan/
Pendleton (D)
18656D, 3RJohn A. Nicholson (D)
Gove Saulsbury (D)
1866
186715D, 6RJames A. Bayard Jr. (D)
1868Seymour/
Blair (D)
1869Charles B. Lore (D)9D21DThomas F. Bayard (D)Benjamin T. Biggs (D)
1870
1871James Ponder (D)Eli Saulsbury (D)
1872Grant/
Wilson (R)
18738D, 1RJames R. Lofland (R)
1874John B. Penington (D)
1875John P. Cochran (D)James Williams (D)
1876Tilden/
Hendricks (D)
18779D
1878
1879John W. Hall (D)George Gray (D)Edward L. Martin (D)
1880Hancock/
English (D)
18818D, 1R14D, 7R
1882
1883Charles C. Stockley (D)7D, 2R21DCharles B. Lore (D)
1884Cleveland/
Hendricks (D)
1885John H. Paynter9DGeorge Gray (D)
1886
1887Benjamin T. Biggs (D)John BiggsJohn B. Penington (D)
1888Cleveland/
Thurman (D)
18895R, 4D14R, 7DAnthony Higgins (R)
1890
1891Robert J. Reynolds (D)7D, 2RJohn W. Causey (D)
1892John R. NicholsonCleveland/
Stevenson (D)
18935D, 4R21D
1894
1895Joshua H. Marvil (R)Robert C. WhiteBeniah L. Lewis15R, 6DvacantJonathan S. Willis (R)
William T. Watson (D)
1896McKinley/
Hobart (R)
1897Ebe W. Tunnell (D)20D, 1RRichard R. Kenney (D)L. Irving Handy (D)
1898
1899L. Heisler Ball (R)John A. Lingo9D, 8R22R, 13DvacantJohn H. Hoffecker (R)
1900Isaac N. FooksMcKinley/
Roosevelt (R)
Walter O. Hoffecker (R)
YearGovernorAttorney GeneralTreasurerAuditorState SenateState HouseU.S. Senator (Class I)U.S. Senator (Class II)U.S. HouseElectoral votes
Executive officesGeneral AssemblyUnited States Congress

1901–present

YearExecutive officesGeneral AssemblyUnited States CongressElectoral votes
class=unsortable Governorclass=unsortable Lt. Governorclass=unsortable Attorney
General		class=unsortable Treasurerclass=unsortable Auditorclass=unsortable Insurance
Commissioner		class=unsortable State
Senate		class=unsortable State
House		class=unsortable U.S. Senator
(Class I)		class=unsortable U.S. Senator
(Class II)		class=unsortable U.S. House
1901Herbert H. WardMartin B. BurrisPrunal B. NormanGeorge W. Marshall9R, 8D20R, 15Dvacantvacant
1902
190310R, 7D
1904
1905Robert H. Richards21R, 14Dvacant
1906
190711R, 6D25R, 10D
1908
1909Andrew C. Gray18D, 17R
1910
19119R, 8D22R, 13D
1912
191321D, 14R
1914
191519R, 16D
1916
1917David J. Reinhardt10R, 7D19D, 16R
1918
191923R, 12D
1920
1921Sylvester D. Townsend Jr.12R, 5D18D, 17R
1922
192311R, 6D
1924
1925Clarence A. Southerland9D, 8R22R, 13D
1926
192718R, 17D
1928
1929Reuben Satterthwaite Jr.9R, 8D26R, 9D
1930
193112R, 5D22R, 13D
1932
19339R, 8D22D, 13R
1934
1935Warren T. Moore James H. Hazel James Postles Hammond 10R, 7D23R, 12D
1936
1937Ernest C. Blackstone James W. Wise 11R, 6D21D, 14R
1938
1939Fagan H. Simonton Benjamin I. Shaw William J. Swain 20R, 15D
1940
1941Peter S. Collins Harrison M. Manning 10R, 7D
1942
1943John S. Isaacs Joseph M. Harrington 24R, 11D
1944
1945Jesse S. Cooper Jr. Wilbur E. Jacobs 11R, 6D22R, 13DPhilip A. Traynor
1946
1947Benjamin F. Johnson Benjamin I. Shaw 24R, 11D
1948
1949Elbert N. Carvel Willard D. Boyce James W. W. Baker 9R, 8D18R, 17D
1950
1951Ralph W. Emerson G. Dan Enterline William R. Murphy 9D, 8R19R, 16D
1952
1953J. Caleb Boggs Clarence Collins Jr. 10R, 7D18R, 17D
1954
195512D, 5R27D, 8R
1956
1957Dale E. Wheatley 13D, 4R19D, 16R
1958
1959Belle Everett Ernest E. Killen 11D, 6R26D, 9R
1960
196120D, 15R
1962
196310D, 7R24D, 11R
1964
1965Charles F. Moore 13D, 5R30D, 5R
1966
1967Daniel Ross 9R, 9D23R, 12D
1968
196913R, 6D26R, 13D
1970
197123R, 16D
1972
197311R, 10D21R, 20D
1974
197513D, 8R25D, 16R
1976
197726D, 15R
1978
197921D, 20R
1980
198112D, 9R25R, 16D
1982
198313D, 8R25D, 16R
1984
198522R, 19D
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
199115D, 6R24R, 17D
1992
199322R, 19D
1994
199512D, 9R27R, 14D
1996
199712D, 9R23R, 18D
1998
199913D, 8R26R, 15D
2000
2001
2002
200329R, 12D
2004
200526R, 15D
2006
200723R, 18D
2008
200916D, 5R24D, 17R
201015D, 6R
201114D, 7R26D, 15R
2012
201313D, 8R27D, 14R
2014
2015vacant12D, 9R25D, 16R
2016
201711D, 10R
2018
201912D, 9R26D, 15R
2020
202114D, 7R
2022
202315D, 6R
2024
202527D, 14R

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