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Capital: Dover
State Nickname: First State
State Bird: Ruffed Grouse
State Flower: Peach Blossom
Admitted to the Union: December 7, 1787
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| Governors |
June 2, 1789 to January 13, 1796:
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Joshua Clayton
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January 13, 1796 to September 28, 1797:
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Gunning Bedford. Sr.
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September 28, 1797 to January 9, 1799:
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Daniel Rogers
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January, 1799 to March, 1801
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Richard Bassett
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March 1801 to January 1802:
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James Sykes
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January 1802 to January 1805:
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David Hall
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January 1805 to January 1808:
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Nathaniel Mitchell
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January 1808 to January 1811:
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George Truitt
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January 1811 to January 1814:
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Jospeh Haslet
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January 1814 to January 1817:
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Daniel Rodney
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January 1817 to January 1820:
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John Clark
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1820 (Died before taking office)
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Henry Melleston
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January 1820 to January 1821:
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Jacob Stout
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January 1821 to April 1822:
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John Collins
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April 1822 to January 1823:
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Caleb Rodney
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January 1823 to June 20, 1823:
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Joseph Haslet
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June 20, 1823 to January 1824:
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Charles Thomas
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January 1824 to January 1827:
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Samuel Paynter
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January 1827 to January 1830:
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Charles Polk
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January 1830 to January 1833:
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David Hazzard
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January 1833 to April 9 1836:
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Caleb P. Bennett
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April 9, 1836 to January 1837:
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Clarles Polk
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January 1837 to January 1841:
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Cornelius P. Comeguys
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January 1841 to January 1845:
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William B. Cooper
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January 1845 to March 2, 1846:
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Thomas Stockton
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March 2, 1846 to May 1, 1846:
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Joseph Maull
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May 1, 1846 to January 1847:
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William Temple
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January 1847 to January 1851:
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William Tharp
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January 1851 to January 1855:
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William H. Ross
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January 1855 to January 1859:
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Peter F. Causey
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January 1859 to January 1863:
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William Burton
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January 1863 to March 1, 1865:
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William Cannon
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March 1, 1865 to January 1871:
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Gove Saulsbury
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January 1871 to January 1875:
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Jomes Ponder
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January 1875 to January 1879:
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John P. Cochran
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January 1879 to January 1883:
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John W. Hall
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January 1883 to January 1887:
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Charles C. Stockley
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January 1887 to January 1891:
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Benjamin T. Biggs
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January 1891 to January 1895:
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Robert J. Reynolds
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January 1885 to April 8, 1895:
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Joshua H. Marvel
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April 8, 1895 to January 19, 1897:
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William T. Watson
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January 19, 1897 to January 15, 1901:
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Ebe W. Tunnell
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January 15, 1901 to January 17, 1905:
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John Hunn
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January 17, 1905 to January 19, 1909:
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Preston Lea
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January 19 1909 to January 21, 1913:
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Simeon S. Pennewill
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January 21, 1913 to January 17, 1917:
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Charles R. Miller
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January 17, 1917 to January 18, 1921:
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John G. Townsend
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January 18, 1921 to January 20, 1925:
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William D. Denney
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January 20, 1925 to January 15, 1929:
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Robert P. Robinson
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January 15, 1929 to January 19, 1937:
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C. Douglass Buck
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January 19, 1937 to January 21, 1941:
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Richard C. McMullen
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January 21, 1941 to January 18, 1945:
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Walter W. Bacon
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January 18, 1949 to January 20, 1953:
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Elbert N. Carvel
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January 20, 1953 to December 30, 1960:
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J. Caleb Boggs
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December 30, 1960 to January 17, 1961:
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David P. Buckson
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January 17, 1961 to January 19, 1965:
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Elbert N. Carvel
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January 19, 1965 to January 16, 1969:
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Charles L. Terry, Jr.
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January 21, 1969 to January 16, 1973:
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Russell W. Peterson
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January 16, 1973 to January 18, 1977:
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Sherman W. Tribbitt
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January 18, 1977 to January 15, 1985:
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Pierre duPont
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January 15, 1985 to December 31, 1992:
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Michael N. Castle
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January 1, 1993 to January 19, 1993:
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Dale E. Wolf
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January 19, 1993 to January 3, 2001:
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Thomas R. Carper
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January 3, 2001 to January 3, 2009
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Ruth Ann Minner
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January 3, 2009
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Jack A. Markell
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| Senators - Class I |
March 4, 1789 September 18, 1793
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George Read
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September 18, 1793 February 7, 1795
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Vacant
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February 7, 1795 February 28, 1801
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Dr. Henry Latimer
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February 28, 1801 November 4, 1809
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Samuel White
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January 12, 1810 March 3, 1821
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Outerbridge Horsey
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March 4, 1821 January 23, 1822
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Vacant
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January 10, 1822 January 29, 1823
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Caesar Augustus Rodney
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January 29, 1823 January 8, 1824
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Vacant
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January 9, 1837 March 3, 1847
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Thomas Clayton
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March 4, 1827 April 16, 1829
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Louis McLane
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January 7, 1830 June 16, 1836
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Dr. Arnold Snow Naudain
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September 19, 1839 January 11, 1841
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Vacant
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January 12, 1841 March 3, 1845
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Richard Henry Bayard
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March 4, 1845 February 23, 1849
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John Middleton Clayton
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February 23, 1849 March 3, 1851
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John Wales
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March 4, 1851 January 29, 1864
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James Asheton Bayard, Jr.
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March 4, 1869 March 6, 1885
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Thomas Francis Bayard
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March 18, 1885 March 4, 1899
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George Gray
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March 4, 1899 March 2, 1903
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Vacant
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March 2, 1903 March 3, 1905
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Dr. Lewis Heisler Ball
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March 4, 1905 June 12, 1906
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Vacant
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June 13, 1906 March 3, 1917
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Henry Algernon du Pont
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March 4, 1917 July 2, 1921
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Josiah Oliver Wolcott
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November 7, 1923 March 3, 1929
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Thomas Francis Bayard, Jr.
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March 4, 1929 January 3, 1941
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John Gillis Townsend, Jr.
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January 3, 1941 January 3, 1947
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James Miller Tunnell
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January 3, 1947 December 31, 1970
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John James Williams
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January 1, 1971 January 3, 2001
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William Victor Roth, Jr.
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January 3, 2001
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Thomas Richard Carper
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| Senators - Class II |
March 4, 1789 March 3, 1793
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Richard Bassett
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March 4, 1793 January 19, 1798
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John Middleton Vining
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January 19, 1798 August 11, 1798
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Dr. Joshua Clayton
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January 17, 1799 November 6, 1804
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William Hill Wells
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November 13, 1804 March 3, 1813
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James Asheton Bayard
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May 28, 1813, to March 3, 1817
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William Hill Wells
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March 4, 1817 May 21, 1826
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Nicholas Van Dyke
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December 4, 1826 January 23, 1827
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Daniel Rodney
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January 23, 1827 March 3, 1829
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Henry Moore Ridgely
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March 4, 1829 December 29, 1836
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John Middleton Clayton
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January 9, 1837 March 3, 1847
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Thomas Clayton
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March 4, 1847 March 3, 1853
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Presley Spruance
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March 4, 1853 November 9, 1856
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John Middleton Clayton
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November 19, 1856 January 14, 1857
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Joseph Parsons Comegys
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January 14, 1857 March 3, 1859
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Martin Waltham Bates
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March 4, 1859 March 3, 1871
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Willard Saulsbury, Sr.
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January 14, 1857 March 3, 1859
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Martin Waltham Bates
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November 14, 1873 April 6, 1892
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Willard Saulsbury, Sr.
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March 4, 1871 March 3, 1889
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Eli May Saulsbury
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March 4, 1889 March 3, 1895
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Anthony C. Higgins
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March 4, 1895January 18, 1897
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Vacant
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January 19, 1897 March 3, 1901
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Richard Rolland Kenney
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March 4, 1901March 1, 1903
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Vacant
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March 2, 1903 March 3, 1907
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James Frank Allee
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March 4, 1907 March 3, 1913
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Harry Alden Richardson
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March 4, 1913 March 3, 1919
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Willard Saulsbury, Jr.
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March 4, 1919 March 3, 1925
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Dr. Lewis Heisler Ball
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March 4, 1925 December 9, 1928
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Thomas Coleman du Pont
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December 10, 1928 January 3, 1937
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Daniel Oren Hastings
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January 3, 1937 January 3, 1943
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James Hurd Hughes
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January 3, 1943 January 3, 1949
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Clayton Douglass Buck
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January 3, 1949 January 3, 1961
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Joseph Allen Frear, Jr.
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January 3, 1961 January 3, 1973
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James Caleb Boggs
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January 3, 1973 January 3, 2009
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Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.
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January 3, 2009
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Edward E. Kaufman
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| State Song |
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Our Delaware
Written by George B. Hynson
Composed by M. S. Brown
Oh the hills of dear New Castle,
and the smiling vales between,
When the corn is all in tassel,
And the meadowlands are green;
Where the cattle crop the clover,
And its breath is in the air,
While the sun is shining over
Our beloved Delaware.
Chorus
Where the wheat fields break and billow,
In the peaceful land of Kent,
Where the toiler seeks his pillow,
With the blessings of content;
Where the bloom that tints the peaches,
Cheeks of merry maidens share,
And the woodland chorus preaches
A rejoicing Delaware.
Chorus
Dear old Sussex visions linger,
Of the holly and the pine,
Of Henlopens Jeweled finger,
Flashing out across the brine;
Of the gardens and the hedges,
And the welcome waiting there,
For the loyal son that pledges
Faith to good old Delaware.
Chorus
From New Castle's rolling meadows,
Through the fair rich fields of Kent,
To the Sussex shores hear echoes,
Of the pledge we now present;
Liberty and Independence,
We will guard with loyal care,
And hold fast to freedom's presence,
In our home state Delaware.
Chorus
Oh our Delaware! Our beloved Delaware!
For the sun is shining over our beloved Delaware,
Oh our Delaware! Our beloved Delaware!
Heres the loyal son that pledges,
Faith to good old Delaware.
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Oh Deleware was adopted as the official state song in 1925.
The verses recognize each of Delaware's three counties. |
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State Population
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1790: 59,096 |
1800: 64,273 |
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1810: 72,674 |
1820: 24,057 |
1830: 76,675 |
1840: 78,085 |
1850: 91,532 |
1860: 112,216 |
1870: 125,015 |
1880: 146,608 |
1890: 168,493 |
1900: 184,735 |
1910: 202,322 |
1920: 223,003 |
1930: 238,380 |
1940: 266,505 |
1950: 318,085 |
1960: 446,292 |
1970: 548,104 |
1980: 594,338 |
1990: 666,168 |
2000: 783,600 |
State Capitol Building 1907
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