Delaware's at-large congressional district

Delaware's At-large congressional district
Current Representative		John C. Carney, Jr. (D–Wilmington)
Area	2,489 mi²
Distribution	80.0% urban, 20.0% rural
Population (2010)	897,934
Median income	$57,357
Ethnicity	68.9% White, 21.4% Black, 8.2% Hispanic, 1.5% other
Cook PVI	D+7

Delaware's at-large congressional district is a congressional district that includes the entire U.S. state of Delaware.

It is currently represented by Democrat John C. Carney, Jr., the former Lieutenant Governor of Delaware.

See also: List of United States Representatives from Delaware

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Clinton 44 - 35%
1996	President	Clinton 52 - 37%
2000	President	Gore 55 - 42%
2004	President	Kerry 53 - 45%
2008	President	Obama 61 - 36%
2012	President	Obama 59 - 40%

History

See also: General ticket

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

Former U.S. Representative Michael N. Castle, a Republican and former Governor of Delaware, had held this seat easily from January 1993 until his retirement in January 2011 after his unsuccessful bid for the Republican nomination to run for the U.S. Senate.

List of Representatives

See also: List of United States Representatives from Delaware, United States House of Representatives elections in Delaware, and U.S. House of Representatives Delegations from Delaware

#	Representative	Years	Party	Congress(es)	Electoral history
1	John M. Vining	March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1793	Pro- Administration	1 2	Elected in 1789 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
2	John Patten	March 4, 1793 – February 14, 1794	Anti- Administration	3	Elected in 1792 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
3	Henry Latimer	February 14, 1794 – February 7, 1795	Pro- Administration	3	Elected in 1794 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
4	John Patten	March 4, 1795 – March 4, 1797	Democratic- Republican	4	Elected in 1794 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
5	James A. Bayard, Sr.	March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1803	Federalist	5 6 7	Elected in 1796 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
6	Caesar A. Rodney	March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1805	Democratic- Republican	8 17	Elected in 1802 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
7	James M. Broom	March 4, 1805 – October 6, 1807	Federalist	9 10	Elected in 1804 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
8	Nicholas Van Dyke	October 6, 1807 – March 4, 1811	Federalist	10 11	Elected in 1807 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
9	Henry M. Ridgely	March 4, 1811 – March 4, 1815	Federalist	12 13	Elected in 1810 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
10	Thomas Clayton	March 4, 1815 – March 4, 1817	Federalist	14	Elected in 1814 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
11	Louis McLane	March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1827	Federalist	15 16 17	Elected in 1816 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
			Crawford Federalist	18
			Jacksonian	19
12	Kensey Johns, Jr.	October 2, 1827 – March 4, 1831	Adams	20	Elected in 1827 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
			Anti- Jacksonian	21
13	John J. Milligan	March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1839	Anti- Jacksonian	22 23 24	Elected in 1830 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
			Whig	25
14	Thomas Robinson, Jr.	March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1841	Democratic	26	Elected in 1838 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
15	George B. Rodney	March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845	Whig	27 28	Elected in 1840 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
16	John W. Houston	March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1851	Whig	29 30 31	Elected in 1844 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
17	George R. Riddle	March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1855	Democratic	32 33	Elected in 1850 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
18	Elisha D. Cullen	March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857	Know Nothing	34	Elected in 1854 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
19	William G. Whiteley	March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861	Democratic	35 36	Elected in 1856 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
20	George P. Fisher	March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1863	Republican	37	Elected in 1860 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
21	William Temple	March 4, 1863 – May 28, 1863	Democratic	38	Elected in 1862 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
22	Nathaniel B. Smithers	December 7, 1863 – March 4, 1865	Republican	38	Elected in 1863 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
23	John A. Nicholson	March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1869	Democratic	39 40	Elected in 1864 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
24	Benjamin T. Biggs	March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1873	Democratic	41 42	Elected in 1868 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
25	James R. Lofland	March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875	Republican	43	Elected in 1872 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
26	James Williams	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1879	Democratic	44 45	Elected in 1874 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
27	Edward L. Martin	March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1883	Democratic	46 47	Elected in 1878 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
28	Charles B. Lore	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1887	Democratic	48 49	Elected in 1882 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
29	John B. Penington	March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1891	Democratic	50 51	Elected in 1886 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
30	John W. Causey	March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1895	Democratic	52 53	Elected in 1890 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
31	Jonathan S. Willis	March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897	Republican	54	Elected in 1894 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
32	L. Irving Handy	March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899	Democratic	55	Elected in 1896 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
33	John H. Hoffecker	March 4, 1899 – June 16, 1900	Republican	56	Elected in 1898 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
34	Walter O. Hoffecker	November 6, 1900 – March 4, 1901	Republican	56	Elected in 1900 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
35	L. Heisler Ball	March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903	Republican	57	Elected in 1900 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
36	Henry A. Houston	March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905	Democratic	58	Elected in 1902 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
37	Hiram R. Burton	March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1909	Republican	59 60	Elected in 1904 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
38	William H. Heald	March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913	Republican	61 62	Elected in 1908 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
39	Franklin Brockson	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915	Democratic	63	Elected in 1912 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
40	Thomas W. Miller	March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917	Republican	64	Elected in 1914 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
41	Albert F. Polk	March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919	Democratic	65	Elected in 1916 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
42	Caleb R. Layton	March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1923	Republican	66 67	Elected in 1918 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
43	William H. Boyce	March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925	Democratic	68	Elected in 1922 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
44	Robert G. Houston	March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1933	Republican	69 70 71 72	Elected in 1924 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
45	Wilbur L. Adams	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	Democratic	73	Elected in 1932 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
46	J. George Stewart	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937	Republican	74	Elected in 1934 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
47	William F. Allen	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939	Democratic	75	Elected in 1936 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
48	George S. Williams	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941	Republican	76	Elected in 1938 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
49	Philip A. Traynor	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943	Democratic	77	Elected in 1940 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
50	Earle D. Willey	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	Republican	78	Elected in 1942 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
51	Philip A. Traynor	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947	Democratic	79	Elected in 1944 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
52	J. Caleb Boggs	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953	Republican	80 81 82	Elected in 1946 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
53	Herbert B. Warburton	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955	Republican	83	Elected in 1952 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
54	Harris B. McDowell, Jr.	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957	Democratic	84	Elected in 1954 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
55	Harry G. Haskell, Jr.	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959	Republican	85	Elected in 1956 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
56	Harris B. McDowell, Jr.	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1967	Democratic	86 87 88 89	Elected in 1958 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
57	Bill Roth	January 3, 1967 – December 31, 1970	Republican	90 91	Elected in 1966 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
58	Pierre S. du Pont IV	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977	Republican	92 93 94	Elected in 1970 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
59	Thomas B. Evans, Jr.	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983	Republican	95 96 97	Elected in 1976 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
60	Tom Carper	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	Democratic	98 99 100 101 102	Elected in 1982 Retired to run for Governor of Delaware
61	Michael Castle	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2011	Republican	103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111	Elected in 1992 Retired to run for U.S. Senate
62	John C. Carney, Jr.	January 3, 2011 — Present	Democratic	112 113	Elected in 2010 Re-elected in 2012

Second at-large seat: 1813–1823

From 1813 to 1823, Delaware elected two members of the United States House of Representatives. Both were elected state-wide at-large. This is a list of the four men who held that second seat during that decade.

#	Representative	Years	Party	Congress	Electoral history
1	Thomas Cooper	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817	Federalist	13 14	Elected in 1812 Re-elected in 1814 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
2	Willard Hall	March 4, 1817 – January 22, 1821	Democratic- Republican	15	Elected in 1816 Re-elected in 1818 Lost re-election and resigned early
				16
Vacant		January 22, 1821 – March 4, 1821
3	Caesar A. Rodney	March 4, 1821 – January 24, 1822	Democratic- Republican	17	Elected in 1820 Resigned when elected to the U.S. Senate
Vacant		January 24, 1822 – October 1, 1822
4	Daniel Rodney	October 1, 1822 – March 3, 1823	Federalist		Elected in 1822 to finish his cousin's term [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

Recent election results

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1920

United States House of Representatives elections, 1920
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Caleb R. Layton	52,145	55.7%
	Democratic	James R. Clements	40,206	42.9%
	Socialist	Robert A. Walker	1,063	.01%
	Independent	Howard T. Ennis	196	0.002%
Totals			93,609	100%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1922

United States House of Representatives elections, 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	William H. Boyce	39,126	53.9%
	Republican	Caleb R. Layton	32,577	44.9%
	Independent	Frank A. Houck	908	.01%
Totals			72,611	100%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

1924

United States House of Representatives elections, 1924
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Robert G. Houston	51,536	58.6%
	Democratic	William H. Boyce	35,943	40.8%
	Independent	Florence Garvin	519	0.005%
Totals			87,998	100%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1926

United States House of Representatives elections, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Robert G. Houston	38,919	52%
	Democratic	Merrill H. Tilghman	35,943	48%
Totals			74,862	100%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1928

United States House of Representatives elections, 1928
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Robert G. Houston	66,361	63.5%
	Democratic	John M. Richardson	38,045	36.4%
Totals			104,406	100%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1930

United States House of Representatives elections, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Robert G. Houston	48,493	55.7%
	Democratic	John P. Le Fevre	38,391	44.1%
	Independent	Arnold Williams	127	0.001%
Totals			87,011	100%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1932

United States House of Representatives elections, 1932
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Wilbur L. Adams	51,698	46.1%
	Republican	Reuben Satterthwaite, Jr.	48,841	43.6%
	Prohibition	Francis B. Short	10,560	9.4%
	Socialist	Edgar G. Shaeffer	887	0.008%
	Communist	Frank Rhoades	110	0.001%
Totals			112,096	100%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

1934

United States House of Representatives elections, 1934
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	J. George Stewart	52,829	53.3%
	Democratic	John C. Hazzard	45,771	46.2%
	Socialist	William A. Mayor	404	.004%
	Communist	Joseph P. Daniels	58	.0006%
Totals			99,062	100%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1936

United States House of Representatives elections, 1936
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	William F. Allen	65,485	51.7%
	Republican	J. George Stewart	55,664	43.9%
	Republican	James A. Ellison	5,338	4.2%
	Socialist	William A. Mayor	176	.001%
Totals			126,663	100%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

1938

United States House of Representatives elections, 1938
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	George S. Williams	60,661	55.9%
	Democratic	William F. Allen	46,989	43.3%
	Republican	William J. Highfield	816	.007%
	Progressive	Ralph L. Brown	105	.001%
Totals			108,571	100%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1940

United States House of Representatives elections, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Philip A. Traynor	68,205	51.1%
	Republican	George S. Williams	64,384	48.3%
	Independent	Royden C. Caulk	816	.006%
Totals			133,405	100%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

1992-2008

Election results
Year	Office	Election		Victor	Party	Votes	%		Opponent	Party	Votes	%
1992	U.S. Representative	Primary		Michael N. Castle	Republican	18,377	56%		Janet C. Rzewnicki	Republican	9,812	30%
	U.S. Representative	General		Michael N. Castle	Republican	153,037	55%		Shien Biau Woo	Democratic	117,426	43%
1994	U.S. Representative	General		Michael N. Castle	Republican	137,945	71%		Carol Ann DeSantis	Democratic	51,793	27%
1996	U.S. Representative	General		Michael N. Castle	Republican	185,577	70%		Dennis E. Williams	Democratic	73,258	27%
1998	U.S. Representative	General		Michael N. Castle	Republican	119,811	66%		Dennis E. Williams	Democratic	57,446	32%
2000	U.S. Representative	General		Michael N. Castle	Republican	211,797	68%		Michael C. Miller	Democratic	96,488	31%
2002	U.S. Representative	General		Michael N. Castle	Republican	164,605	72%		Michael C. Miller	Democratic	61,011	27%
2004	U.S. Representative	General		Michael N. Castle	Republican	245,978	69%		Paul Donnelly	Democratic	105,716	30%
2006	U.S. Representative	General		Michael N. Castle	Republican	143,897	57%		Dennis Spivack	Democratic	97,555	39%
2008	U.S. Representative	General		Michael N. Castle	Republican	235,419	61.1%		Karen Hartley-Nagle	Democratic	146,399	38.0%

2010

United States House of Representatives elections, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	John Carney	173,543	56.78%
	Republican	Glen Urquhart	125,442	41.04%
	Independent	Earl R. Lofland	3,704	1.21%
	Libertarian	Brent Wangen	1,986	0.65%
	Independent	Jeffrey Brown	961	0.31%
Totals			305,636	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

2012

United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	John C. Carney, Jr. (incumbent)	249,905	64.4%
	Republican	Tom Kovach	129,749	33.4%
	Green	Bernard August	4,273	1.1%
	Libertarian	Scott Gesty	4,096	1.1%
Totals			388,023	100.00%
	Democratic hold

References

• Barone, Michael; Richard E. Cohen (2005). The Almanac of American Politics. Washington: National Journal Group. ISBN 0-89234-112-2. 
• Martin, Roger A. (1995). Memoirs of the Senate. Newark, DE: Roger A. Martin.