A table of the members of the Delaware State Senate.
State Senate under the Delaware Constitution of 1776
There were three senators elected at-large from each county for a one-year term. Elections were held in October.
SessionDistrictSessionNew Castle CountyKent CountySussex County1st at-large2nd at-large3rd at-large1st at-large2nd at-large3rd at-large1st at-large2nd at-large3rd at-large1st*(1776)Richard CantwellGeorge ReadNicholas Van Dyke Sr.Richard BassettThomas CollinsJames Sykes Sr. & John BanningDaniel Dingee & John JonesWilliam Polk & Samuel S. SlossJohn Wiltbank1st*(1776)2nd*(1777)Peter HyattJohn BanningJohn JonesSamuel S. Sloss & William ConwellJohn Clowes2nd*(1777)3rd*(1778)Samuel PattersonWilliam PolkWilliam Conwell3rd*(1778)4th*(1779)Richard Cantwell4th*(1779)5th*(1780)Thomas McDonoughJohn Cook5th*(1780)6th*(1781)John Dickinson & Isaac GranthamJohn Polk6th*(1781)7th*(1782)George ReadIsaac GranthamRichard BassettJohn CollinsJoshua Polk7th*(1782)8th*(1783)Caesar Rodney8th*(1783)9th*(1784)George CraigheadVincent LoockermanSilas SnowHenry Neill9th*(1784)10th*(1785)John BanningJames TiltonDaniel Polk10th*(1785)11th*(1786)Nicholas Van Dyke Sr.11th*(1786)12th*(1787)George Read Jr.Thomas McDonoughJohn Cook12th*(1787)13th*(1788)George CraigheadNicholas Ridgely13th*(1788)14th*(1789)Gunning Bedford Sr.Thomas KeanAlexander PorterJohn Gordon14th*(1789)15th*(1790)James Tilton15th*(1790)16th*(1791)Archibald AlexanderNehemiah TiltonSilas Snow16th*(1791)
State Senate under the Delaware Constitution of 1792
There were three senators elected at-large from each County for a one-year term. Elections were held in November.
SessionDistrictSessionNew Castle CountyKent CountySussex County1st at-large2nd at-large3rd at-large1st at-large2nd at large3rd at-large1st at-large2nd at-large3rd at-large17th*(1792)Archibald AlexanderRobert HaugheyJohn DickinsonJohn MorrisJohn M. ViningEdward WhiteDaniel PolkDaniel RogersRhodes Shankland17th*(1792)18th*(1793)Isaac GranthamThomas KeanIsaac DavisJames Sykes Jr.George WilsonGeorge Mitchell18th*(1793)19th*(1794)John StocktonJoseph Miller19th*(1794)20th*(1795)John JamesAlexander Porter20th*(1795)21st*(1796)Archibald AlexanderGeorge Cummins21st*(1796)22nd*(1797)Edward RocheJames Sykes Jr.22nd*(1797)23rd*(1798)Isaac Grantham23rd*(1798)24th*(1799)Peter BrynbergJames RaymondJohn M. Vining24th*(1799)25th*(1800)John BirdThomas Fitzgerald25th*(1800)26th*(1801)Robert MaxwellGeorge Cummins26th*(1801)27th*(1802)John WayGeorge Truitt27th*(1802)28th*(1803)28th*(1803)29th*(1804)William Cooch29th*(1804)30th*(1805)George Clark Jr.30th*(1805)31st*(1806)Thomas Perkins31st*(1806)32nd*(1807)John MerrittThomas Clayton32nd*(1807)33rd*(1808)John Lockwood33rd*(1808)34th*(1809)Andrew Reynolds34th*(1809)35th*(1810)Francis H. Haughey35th*(1810)36th*(1811)Andrew Barratt36th*(1811)37th*(1812)Samuel H. BlackJames Morris37th*(1812)38th*(1813)Abraham Staats38th*(1813)39th*(1814)Caesar A. RodneyHenry Molleston39th*(1814)40th*(1815)Nicholas Van Dyke Jr.Jacob Stout40th*(1815)41st*(1816)George Clark Jr.41st*(1816)42nd*(1817)Samuel H. BlackAndrew Gray42nd*(1817)43rd*(1818)43rd*(1818)44th*(1819)Jacob VandegriftHenry MollestonJohn Mitchell44th*(1819)45th*(1820)Victor du PontEnoch JoyceThomas Clayton45th*(1820)46th*(1821)Charles Thomas Jr.Thomas ClaytonManlove Hayes46th*(1821)47th*(1822)William Weldon, IIWillard Hall47th*(1822)48th*(1823)John ErwinWillard HallJohn CumminsWilliam W. Morris48th*(1823)49th*(1824)Henry WhiteleyGeorge CumminsCharles Polk Jr.49th*(1824)50th*(1825)Christopher VandegriftPresley Spruance Jr.50th*(1825)51st*(1826)Joseph EnglandJohn Brinckle51st*(1826)52nd*(1827)Levi BouldenThomas DeakyneJohn HarlanElais Naudain Jr.Joseph G. Oliver52nd*(1827)53rd*(1828)53rd*(1828)54th*(1829)John CaulkWilliam T. ReadWilliam JohnsonJames P. Lofland54th*(1829)55th*(1830)Jacob Alrichs55th*(1830)56th*(1831)James BoothJohn SuttonThomas Wainwright56th*(1831)
References
Martin, Roger A. (1995). Memoirs of the Senate.