1922 United States Senate election in Delaware
T. Coleman du Pont Republican Thomas F. Bayard Jr. Democratic The 1922 United States Senate election in Delaware took place on November 7, 1922.This election pitted Delaware's two most powerful families, the Republican du Ponts and the Democratic Bayards, against each other.Incumbent Democratic senator Josiah O. Wolcott resigned on July 2, 1921, to accept an appointment as Chancellor of Delaware.Governor William D. Denney appointed businessman and Republican National Committeeman T. Coleman du Pont to fill the vacancy until a successor could be duly elected.du Pont would later be elected to Delaware's other Senate seat and served alongside his counterpart Bayard from 1925 to 1928.