Delaware

Delaware is one of the fifty states that makes up the United States of America. It was the first to ratify the United States Constitution on December 7, 1787. It is the second-smallest state by area and the sixth-smallest by population.
==State Facts==
Name 	Delaware
Capital City 	Dover
Population 	967, 721  (45/50)
Area 	1, 982 square miles  (49/50)
Counties 	3
Largest Cities	Wilmington, Dover, Newark. Middletown, Smyrna
==Governors==
Number	Name	Party 	Term 	Spouse
1 	
John McKinly
(1721-96)	Fed. 	1777 	Jane McKinly
2 	
Thomas McKean
(1734-1817)	Fed. 	1777 	Sarah McKean
3 	
George Read
(1733-98)	Fed. 	1777-78 	Gertrude Read
4 	
Caesar Rodney
(1728-84)	Fed. 	1778-81 	N/A
5 	
John Dickinson
(1732-1808)	Fed. 	1781-83 	Mary Dickinson
6 	
John Cook
(1730-89)	Fed. 	1783 	Elizabeth Cook
7 	
Nicholas Van Dyke
(1738-89)	Fed. 	1783-86 	Charlotte Van Dyke
8 	
Thomas Collins
(1732-89)	Fed. 	1786-89 	Sarah Collins
9 	
Jehu Davis
(1738-1802)	Fed. 	1789 	Sarah Davis
10 	
Joshua Clayton
(1744-98)	Fed. 	1789-96 	Rachel Clayton
11 	
Gunning Bedford
(1742-97)	Fed. 	1796-97 	Mary Bedford
12 	
Daniel Rogers
(1754-1806)	Fed. 	1797-99 	Nancy Rogers
13 	
Richard Bassett
(1745-1815)	Fed. 	1799-1801	Elizabeth Bassett
14 	
James Sykes
(1761-1822)	Fed. 	1801-02 	Elizabeth Sykes
15 	
David Hall
(1752-1817)	Dem-Rep.	1802-05 	Catherine Hall
16 	
Nathaniel Mitchell
(1753-1814)	Fed. 	1805-08 	Hannah Mitchell
17 	
George Truitt
(1756-1818)	Fed. 	1808-11 	Margaret Truitt
18 	
Joseph Haslet
(1769-1823)	Dem-Rep.	1811-14 	Rachel Haslet
19 	
Daniel Rodney
(1764-1846)	Fed. 	1814-17 	Sarah Rodney
20 	
John Clark
(1761-1821)	Fed. 	1817-20 	Sarah Clark
21 	
Jacob Stout
(1764-1855)	Fed. 	1820-21 	Angelica Stout
22 	
John Collins
(1776-1822)	Dem-Rep.	1821-22 	Jane Collins
23 	
Caleb Rodney
(1767-1840)	Fed. 	1822-23 	Elizabeth Rodney
24 	
Joseph Haslet
(1769-1823)	Dem-Rep.	1823 	N/A
25 	
Charles Thomas
(1790-1848)	Dem-Rep.	1823-24 	Eliza Thomas
26 	
Samuel Paynter
(1768-1845)	Fed. 	1824-27 	Elizabeth Paynter
27 	
Charles Polk Jr.
(1788-1857)	Fed. 	1827-30 	Mary Polk
28 	
David Hazzard
(1781-1864)	Dem-Rep.	1830-33 	Elizabeth Hazzard
29 	
Caleb P. Bennett
(1758-1836)	Dem. 	1833-36 	Catherine Bennett
30 	
Charles Polk Jr.
(1788-1857)	Whig 	1836-37 	Mary Polk
31 	
Cornelius P. Comegys
(1780-1851)	Whig 	1837-41 	Ruhamah Comegys
32 	
William B. Cooper
(1771-1849)	Whig 	1841-45 	Jane Cooper
33 	
Thomas Stockton
(1781-1846)	Whig 	1845-46 	Fidelia Stockton
34 	
Joseph Maull
(1781-1846)	Whig 	1846 	Sarah Maull
35 	
William Temple
(1814-63)	Whig 	1846-47 	Sarah Temple
36 	
William Tharp
(1803-65)	Dem. 	1847-51 	Mary Tharp
37 	
William H.H. Ross
(1814-87)	Dem. 	1851-55 	Emeline Ross
38 	
Peter F. Causey
(1801-71)	Dem. 	1855-59 	Maria Causey
39 	
William Burton
(1789-1866)	Dem. 	1859-63 	Ann Burton
40 	
William Cannon
(1809-65)	Rep. 	1863-65 	Margaret Cannon
41 	
Gove Saulsberry
(1815-81)	Dem. 	1865-71 	Rosina Saulsberry
42 	
James Ponder
(1819-97)	Dem. 	1871-75 	Sallie Ponder
43 	
John P. Cochran
(1809-98)	Dem. 	1875-79 	Mary Cochran
44 	
John W. Hall
(1817-92)	Dem. 	1879-83 	Caroline Hall
45 	
Charles C. Stockley
(1819-1901)	Dem. 	1883-87 	Ellen Stockley
46 	
Benjamin T. Biggs
(1821-93)	Dem. 	1887-91 	Mary Biggs
47 	
Robert J. Reynolds
(1838-1909)	Dem. 	1891-95 	Hester Reynolds
48 	
Joshua H. Marvil
(1825-95)	Rep. 	1895 	Sarah Marvil
49 	
William T. Watson
(1849-1917)	Dem. 	1895-97 	Harriet Watson
50 	
Ebe W. Tunnell
(1844-1917)	Dem. 	1897-1901	N/A
51 	
John Hunn
(1849-1926)	Rep. 	1901-05 	Sarah Hunn
52 	
Preston Lea
(1841-1916)	Rep. 	1905-09 	Eliza Lea
53 	
Simon S. Pennewill
(1867-1935)	Rep. 	1909-13 	Elizabeth Pennewill
54 	
Charles R. Miller
(1857-1927)	Rep. 	1913-17 	Abigail Miller
55 	
John G. Townsend Jr.
(1871-1964)	Rep. 	1917-21 	Jennie Townsend
56 	
William D. Denney
(1873-1953)	Rep. 	1921-25 	Alice Denney
57 	
Robert P. Robinson
(1869-1939)	Rep. 	1925-29 	Margaret Robinson
58 	
C. Douglass Buck
(1890-1965)	Rep. 	1929-37 	Alice Buck
59 	
Richard McMullen
(1868-1944)	Dem. 	1937-41 	Florence McMullen
60 	
Walter W. Bacon
(1880-1962)	Rep. 	1941-49 	Mabel Bacon
61 	
Elbert N. Carvel
(1910-2005)	Dem. 	1949-53 	Ann Carvel
62 	
J. Caleb Boggs
(1909-93)	Rep. 	1953-60 	Elizabeth Boggs
63 	
David P. Buckson
(1920-2017)	Rep. 	1960-61 	Betty Buckson
64 	
Elbert N. Carvel
(1910-2005)	Dem. 	1961-65 	Ann Carvel
65 	
Charles L. Terry Jr.
(1900-70)	Dem. 	1965-69 	Jessica Terry
66 	
Russell W. Peterson
(1916-2011)	Rep. 	1969-73 	Lillian Peterson
67 	
Sherman W. Tribbitt
(1922-2010)	Dem. 	1973-77 	Jeanne Tribbitt
68 	
Pete du Pont
(1935-)	Rep. 	1977-85 	Elise du Pont
69 	
Mike Castle
(1939-)	Rep. 	1985-92 	Jane Castle
70 	
Dale E. Wolf
(1924-)	Rep. 	1992-93 	Clarice Wolf
71 	
Tom Carper
(1947-)	Dem. 	1993-2001	Martha Carper
72 	
Ruth Ann Minner
(1935-)	Dem. 	2001-09 	N/A
73 	
Jack Markell
(1960-)	Dem. 	2009-17 	Carla Markell
74 	
John Carney
(1956-)	Dem. 	2017-Pr. 	Tracey Carney
==United States Senators (Class 1 and Class 2)==
Class 1 (Next Election in 2024)
Number	Name	Political Party 	Term
1. 	George Read
(1733-98)	Pro-Administration 	1789-93
(4 years)
2. 	Henry Latimer
(1752-1819)	Federalist 	1795-1801
(6 years)
3. 	Samuel White
(1770-1809)	Federalist 	1801-09
(8 years)
4. 	Outerbridge Horsey
(1777-1842)	Federalist 	1810-21
(11 years)
5. 	Caesar Augustus Rodney
(1772-1824)	Democratic-Republican	1822-23
(1 year)
6. 	Thomas Clayton
(1777-1854)	National Republican 	1824-27
(3 years)
7. 	Louis McLane
(1786-1857)	Democratic 	1827-29
(2 years)
8. 	Arnold Naudain
(1790-1872)	National Republican 	1830-36
(6 years)
9. 	Richard H. Bayard
(1796-1868)	Whig 	1836-39
(3 years)
10. 	Richard H. Bayard
(1796-1868)	Whig 	1841-45
(4 years)
11. 	John M. Clayton
(1796-1856)	Whig 	1845-49
(4 years)
12. 	John Wales
(1783-1863)	Whig 	1849-51
(2 years)
13. 	James A. Bayard Jr.
(1799-1880)	Democratic 	1851-64
(13 years)
14. 	George R. Riddle
(1817-67)	Democratic 	1864-67
(3 years)
15. 	James A. Bayard Jr.
(1799-1880)	Democratic 	1867-69
(2 years)
16. 	Thomas F. Bayard
(1828-98)	Democratic 	1869-85
(16 years)
17. 	George Gray
(1840-1925)	Democratic 	1885-99
(14 years)
18. 	L. Heisler Ball
(1861-1932)	Republican 	1903-05
(2 years)
19. 	Henry A. du Pont
(1838-1926)	Republican 	1906-17
(11 years)
20. 	Josiah O. Wolcott
(1877-1938)	Democratic 	1917-21
(4 years)
21. 	T. Coleman du Pont
(1863-1930)	Republican 	1921-22
(1 year)
22. 	Thomas F. Bayard Jr.
(1868-1942)	Democratic 	1922-29
(7 years)
23. 	John G. Townsend Jr.
(1871-1964)	Republican 	1929-41
(12 years)
24. 	James M. Tunnell
(1879-1957)	Democratic 	1941-47
(6 years)
25. 	John J. WIlliams
(1904-88)	Republican 	1947-70
(23 years)
26. 	William Roth
(1921-2003)	Republican 	1971-2001
(30 years)
27. 	Tom Carper
(1947-)	Democratic 	2001-Present
(20 years)
Class 2 (Next Election in 2026)
Number	Name	Political Party 	Term
1. 	Richard Bassett
(1745-1815)	Pro-Administration 	1789-93
(4 years)
2. 	John Vining
(1758-1802)	Pro-Administration 	1793-98
(5 years)
3. 	Joshua Clayton
(1744-98)	Federalist 	1798
(6 months)
4. 	William H. Wells
(1769-1829)	Federalist 	1799-1804
(5 years)
5. 	James A. Bayard
(1767-1815)	Federalist 	1804-13
(9 years)
6. 	William H. Wells
(1769-1829)	Federalist 	1813-17
(4 years)
7. 	Nicholas Van Dyke
(1770-1826)	National Republican	1817-26
(9 years)
8. 	Daniel Rodney
(1764-1846)	National Republican	1826-27
(1 year)
9. 	Henry M. Ridgely
(1779-1847)	Democratic 	1827-29
(2 years)
10. 	John M. Clayton
(1796-1856)	National Republican	1829-36
(7 years)
11. 	Thomas Clayton
(1777-1854)	Whig 	1837-47
(10 years)
12. 	Presley Spruance
(1785-1863)	Whig 	1847-53
(6 years)
13. 	John M. Clayton
(1796-1856)	Whig 	1853-56
(3 years)
14. 	Joseph P. Comegys
(1813-93)	Whig 	1856-57
(1 year)
15. 	Martin W. Bates
(1786-1869)	Democratic 	1857-59
(2 years)
16. 	Willard Saulsbury
(1820-92)	Democratic 	1859-71
(12 years)
17. 	Eli M. Saulsbury
(1817-93)	Democratic 	1871-89
(18 years)
18. 	Anthony C. Higgins
(1840-1912)	Republican 	1889-95
(6 years)
19. 	Richard R. Kenney
(1856-1931)	Democratic 	1897-1901
(4 years)
20. 	J. Frank Ailee
(1857-1938)	Republican 	1903-07
(4 years)
21. 	Harry A. Richardson
(1853-1928)	Republican 	1907-13
(6 years)
22. 	Willard Saulsbury Jr.
(1861-1927)	Democratic 	1913-19
(6 years)
23. 	L. Heisler Ball
(1861-1932)	Republican 	1919-25
(6 years)
24. 	T. Coleman du Pont
(1863-1930)	Republican 	1925-28
(3 years)
25. 	Daniel O. Hastings
(1874-1966)	Republican 	1928-37
(9 years)
26. 	James H. Hughes
(1867-1953)	Democratic 	1937-43
(6 years)
27. 	C. Douglass Buck
(1890-1965)	Republican 	1943-49
(6 years)
28. 	J. Allen Frear Jr.
(1903-93)	Democratic 	1949-61
(12 years)
29. 	J. Caleb Boggs
(1909-93)	Republican 	1961-73
(12 years)
30. 	Joe Biden
(1942-)	Democratic 	1973-2009
(36 years)
31. 	Ted Kaufman
(1939-)	Democratic 	2009-10
(1 year)
32. 	Chris Coons
(1963-)	Democratic 	2010-Present
(11 years)