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{{short description|American politician (1921–2003)}}
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{{redirect|Senator Roth}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image               =Bill Roth (cropped).png
| caption             = Official portrait, {{circa|1971}}
| jr/sr               = United States Senator
| state               = [[Delaware]]
| term_start          = January 1, 1971
| term_end            = January 3, 2001
| predecessor         = [[John J. Williams (politician)|John J. Williams]]
| successor           = [[Tom Carper]]
| office1             = Chair of the [[United States Senate Committee on Finance|Senate Finance Committee]]
| term_start1         = October 1, 1995
| term_end1           = January 3, 2001
| predecessor1        = [[Bob Packwood]]
| successor1          = [[Max Baucus]]
| office2             = Chair of the [[United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs|Senate Governmental Affairs Committee]]
| term_start2         = January 3, 1995
| term_end2           = October 1, 1995
| predecessor2        = [[John Glenn]]
| successor2          = [[Ted Stevens]]
| term_start3         = January 3, 1981
| term_end3           = January 3, 1987
| predecessor3        = [[Abraham Ribicoff]]
| successor3          = [[John Glenn]]
| state4              = [[Delaware]]
| district4           = {{ushr|DE|AL|at-large}}
| term_start4         = January 3, 1967
| term_end4           = December 31, 1970
| predecessor4        = [[Harris McDowell]]
| successor4          = [[Pete du Pont]]
| office5             = Chair of the [[Republican State Committee of Delaware|Delaware Republican Party]] 
| term_start5         = April 10, 1961  
| term_end5           = May 13, 1964
| predecessor5        = Ellwood S. Leach  
| successor5          = Clayton S. Harrison Jr. 
| birth_name          = William Victor Roth Jr.
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1921|7|22}}
| birth_place         = [[Great Falls, Montana]], U.S.
| death_date          = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|2003|12|13|1921|7|22}}}}
| death_place         = Washington, D.C., U.S.
| spouse              = {{marriage|[[Jane Richards Roth|Jane Richards]]|1965}}
| children            = 2
| party               = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| alma_mater          = [[University of Oregon]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br/>[[Harvard University]] ([[Master of Business Administration|MBA]], [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])
| signature           = Signature of William Roth.gif
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| allegiance          = {{flag|United States|1912}}
| branch              = {{flag|United States Army}}
| serviceyears        = 1943–1946
| battles             = [[World War II]]
| unit                = Intelligence 
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'''William Victor Roth Jr.''' (July 22, 1921 – December 13, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician from [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]], Delaware. He was a veteran of [[World War II]] and a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. He served from 1967 to 1970 as the lone [[List of United States Representatives from Delaware|U.S. Representative from Delaware]] and from 1971 to 2001 as a [[List of United States senators from Delaware|U.S. Senator from Delaware]].<ref name=rothbio>{{cite web|title=Roth, William Victor Jr. (1921 - 2003)|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000460|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=July 23, 2011}}</ref> He is the last Republican to serve as and/or be elected a U.S. Senator from Delaware.

Roth was a sponsor of legislation creating the [[Roth IRA]], an individual retirement plan that can be set up with post-tax dollars, offering tax-free withdrawals.

==Early life and family==
Roth was born in [[Great Falls, Montana|Great Falls]], Montana, the son of Clara (''née'' Nelson) and William Victor Roth, who ran a brewery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dehistory.org/research-collections/senator-william-v-roth-collection/roth-biography|title=Roth Biography|work=dehistory.org|publisher=[[Delaware Historical Society]]|access-date=August 8, 2016|archive-date=September 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925120048/http://dehistory.org/research-collections/senator-william-v-roth-collection/roth-biography|url-status=dead}}</ref> His paternal grandparents were German and his maternal grandparents were Swedish.<ref>
{{citation |url= https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCM5-9SG |title= United States Census, 1930 |website= [[FamilySearch]] |access-date=April 26, 2018 }}</ref> He attended public schools in [[Helena, Montana]], graduating from [[Helena High School]]. Roth started college at [[Montana State University]] before moving on to graduate from the [[University of Oregon]] in 1943, [[Harvard Business School]] in 1947, and [[Harvard Law School]] in 1949. During [[World War II]] he served in a [[United States Army]] intelligence unit from 1943 until 1946.

After being admitted to the California Bar in 1950, he moved permanently to Delaware in 1954, and began his work as an attorney for the [[Hercules Corporation]]. He married Jane Richards in 1965 and they had two children, William III and Katharine. [[Jane Richards Roth]] was [[United States district court|U.S. District Court]] judge for the District of Delaware from 1985 until 1991 and then a judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit|U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit]]. They were members of the [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal Church]].

Roth became active in politics as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], and served as secretary of the [[Delaware Republican Party]] and a vice president of the Active Young Republicans of [[New Castle County, Delaware|New Castle County]].<ref name="Morning">{{cite news |date=September 1, 1960 |title=The Candidates .... Their backgrounds: William V. Roth, Jr. for Lieutenant Governor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-news-roth/126212214/ |work=[[Wilmington Morning News]] |location=Wilmington, DE |page=3 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> In addition, Roth served as a member of Delaware's "Little [[Hoover Commission]]", which studied state government and made recommendations for modernizing and reforming it.<ref name="Morning"/>

==Professional and political career==
[[File:Bush Contact Sheet P15377 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Roth with President [[George H. W. Bush]] in 1990]]
[[Image:William V. Roth, Jr 2000.JPG|thumb|Roth speaks on the floor of the Senate, {{circa}} 2000|left]]
After losing the election for Lieutenant Governor of Delaware in 1960, Roth was named chair of the Delaware Republican Party on April 10, 1961.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://dehistory.org/collections/about-our-collections/senator-william-v-roth-collection/biography/ | title=Biography – Senator William V Roth }}</ref> He replaced incumbent Ellwood S. Leach.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/155524938/ | title=The Morning News 11 Apr 1961, page Page 1 }}</ref> He served until May 13, 1964, when he lost his reelection bid to Clayton S. Harrison Jr. by a 32–24 vote.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/155752115/ | title=The Morning News 13 May 1964, page Page 1 }}</ref><ref name="Roth remembered">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031217111353/http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2003/12/15rothrememberedf.html|archive-date=December 17, 2003|title=Roth remembered for 'pure heart'|url=http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2003/12/15rothrememberedf.html|author=Miller, Beth|work=The News Journal|date=December 15, 2003|access-date=July 29, 2017}}</ref> In 1966, he defeated incumbent U.S. Representative [[Harris McDowell]], and went on to serve two terms in the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 1967, until December 31, 1970. Roth voted in favor of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1968]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1967/h113|title=TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR INTERFERENCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS. INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON ENGAGED IN ONE OF THE 8 ACTIVITIES PROTECTED UNDER THIS BILL MUST BE RACIALLY MOTIVATED TO INCUR THE BILL'S PENALTIES.}}</ref>

He then began his five terms in the [[United States Senate]], succeeding the retiring incumbent senator [[John J. Williams (senator)|John J. Williams]]. He served in the U.S. Senate from January 1, 1971, having been appointed when Williams left office two days early, until January 3, 2001, having been defeated in the 2000 election by the Democratic candidate, Governor [[Tom Carper]]. Many consider Roth's defeat due to his age and health, as he collapsed twice during the campaign, once in the middle of a television interview and once during a campaign event.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://inq.philly.com/content/inquirer/2000/11/08/national/DELA08.htm|title=In Delaware, Gov. Carper ousts 5-term Sen. Roth|author=Gorenstein, Nathan|work=Philadelphia Inquirer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010712164305/http://inq.philly.com/content/inquirer/2000/11/08/national/DELA08.htm|archive-date=July 12, 2001|access-date=July 29, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sussexcountyonline.com/campaign2000/results/ussenate.html|title=Delaware U.S. Race, 2000 -- Sussex County Online, Delaware|work=sussexcountyonline.com|access-date=December 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cache.boston.com/news/politics/campaign2000/news/In_tight_race_health_issues_dog_Delaware_s_Roth+.shtml|title= In tight race, health issues dog Delaware's Roth |author=Wilkie, Curtis|work=Boston Globe|date=October 26, 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010212054705/http://www.boston.com/news/politics/campaign2000/news/In_tight_race_health_issues_dog_Delaware_s_Roth+.shtml|archive-date=February 12, 2001}}</ref>

Roth was known for [[fiscal conservatism]]. Critics blamed him for national deficits during the [[presidency of Ronald Reagan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Sen. William Roth, 82; Created Popular Retirement Account|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-dec-15-me-roth15-story.html|access-date=October 4, 2014|newspaper=LA Times|date=December 15, 2003}}</ref> He was a longtime member of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs and the Senate Committee on Finance, serving as chairman from September 12, 1995, through January 3, 2001. He was best remembered as a strong advocate of tax cuts, and he co-authored the [[Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981]], also known as the Kemp-Roth Tax Cut with [[Jack Kemp]]. Roth was also the legislative sponsor of the [[individual retirement account]] plan that bears his name, the [[Roth IRA]]. It is a popular individual retirement account that has existed since 1998.{{citation needed|date=October 2012}}<!--<ref name="google">{{cite web | title=Google Answers: IRA Question | url=http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=781413 }}</ref>--> The [[Roth 401(k)]], which did not become available until 2006, is also named after Roth.<ref name=Woodard>{{cite web | last = Dustin | first = Woodard | title = About: Mutual Funds: The Roth 401k | url = http://mutualfunds.about.com/od/roth401k/a/roth401k.htm | access-date = May 10, 2007 | archive-date = April 27, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070427110739/http://mutualfunds.about.com/od/roth401k/a/roth401k.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref> He was also one of the few Republicans to vote for the [[Brady Bill]] and the ban on semi-automatic weapons. Roth strongly supported environmental protections.  Roth was also very engaged in international affairs and policy.  He served as the president of NATO's parliament, the North Atlantic Assembly, from 1996 to 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nato-pa.int/Default.asp?SHORTCUT=2880|title=NATO PA - PRESIDENTS FROM 1955 TO 2014|last=|access-date=August 8, 2016}}</ref>

In 1977, Roth was one of nine senators to vote against the Senate adopting a stringent code of ethics intended to assist with the restoration of public confidence in Congress.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/04/02/archives/long-island-opinion-senate-869-adopts-a-strict-ethics-code-to-build.html|title=SENATE, 86-9, ADOPTS A STRICT ETHICS CODE TO BUILD CONFIDENCE|date=April 2, 1977|work=New York Times}}</ref>

On December 2, 1981, Roth was one of four senators to vote against<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/12/03/The-90-4-vote-by-which-the-Senate-approved-the/2840376203600/|title=The 90-4 vote by which the Senate approved the...|date=December 3, 1981|publisher=UPI}}</ref> an amendment to President Reagan's MX missiles proposal that would divert the silo system by $334 million as well as earmark further research for other methods that would allow giant missiles to be based. The vote was seen as a rebuff of the Reagan administration.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/03/us/senators-reject-plan-for-placing-mx-missile-in-silos.html|title=SENATORS REJECT PLAN FOR PLACING MX MISSILE IN SILOS|first=Steven V.|last=Roberts|date=December 3, 1981|work=New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1981/1204/120455.html|title=Reagan scorns Senate rejection of silo-based MX missile plan|first=Stephen|last=Webbe|publisher=The Christian Science Monitor|date=December 4, 1981}}</ref>

Roth voted in favor of the [[Passage of Martin Luther King Jr. Day|bill]] establishing [[Martin Luther King Jr. Day]] as a [[Federal holidays in the United States|federal holiday]] and the [[Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987]] (as well to override [[Ronald Reagan|President Reagan]]'s veto).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/98-1983/s293|title=TO PASS H.R. 3706. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 19.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/100-1988/s432|title=TO PASS S 557, CIVIL RIGHTS RESTORATION ACT, A BILL TO RESTORE THE BROAD COVERAGE AND CLARIFY FOUR CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS BY PROVIDING THAT IF ONE PART OF AN INSTITUTION IS FEDERALLY FUNDED, THEN THE ENTIRE INSTITUTION MUST NOT DISCRIMINATE.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/100-1988/s487|title=TO ADOPT, OVER THE PRESIDENT'S VETO OF S 557, CIVIL RIGHTS RESTORATION ACT, A BILL TO RESTORE BROAD COVERAGE OF FOUR CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS BY DECLARING THAT IF ONE PART OF AN INSTITUTION RECEIVES FEDERAL FUNDS, THEN THE ENTIRE INSTITUTION MUST NOT DISCRIMINATE. TWO-THIRDS OF THE SENATE, HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, OVERRODE THE PRESIDENTIAL VETO.}}</ref> Roth voted in favor of the nominations of [[Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination|Robert Bork]] and [[Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination|Clarence Thomas]] to the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]].

During the 1999 [[impeachment of Bill Clinton]] Roth voted to convict the President on both charges of impeachment. However Clinton was acquitted on both charges.

Roth was a witty man but not a natural campaigner. To help himself, he would ease himself into public appearances by bringing along a [[St. Bernard (dog)|Saint Bernard dog]]. His succession of St. Bernards through his 34-year political career became a trademark of sorts.<ref>{{cite web | title=ONLY IN DELAWARE: WILLIAM V. ROTH JR. | url=http://www.delawaregrapevine.com/dec03stories/12-03%20roth%20text.htm }}</ref>

==Death==
On December 12, 2003, Roth fell ill while visiting his daughter in Washington, and was admitted to [[George Washington University Hospital]], where he died from heart failure the following day.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/15/us/william-v-roth-jr-veteran-of-us-senate-dies-at-82.html|title = William V. Roth Jr., Veteran of U.S. Senate, Dies at 82|last = Wald|first = Matthew L.|date = December 15, 2003|accessdate = December 9, 2023|newspaper = [[The New York Times]]|page = B10|url-access = limited}}</ref> The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Bridge carrying [[Delaware Route 1]] was dedicated as the [[Senator William V. Roth Jr. Bridge]], and a celebration was held on July 9, 2007. The bridge is a cable-stayed bridge and notable landmark in northern Delaware. Roth helped secure its funding.

==Electoral history==
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|-bgcolor=#cccccc
!colspan=7 style="background: #ccccff;" |Public offices
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! Office
! Type
! Location
! Began office
! Ended office
! Notes 
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| rowspan=2 |[[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]]
| rowspan=7 |Legislature
| rowspan=7 |[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]
|January 3, 1967
|January 3, 1969
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|-
|January 3, 1969
|December 31, 1970
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| rowspan=5 |[[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]]
|January 1, 1971 
|January 3, 1977
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|-
|January 3, 1977
|January 3, 1983
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|-
|January 3, 1983
|January 3, 1989
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|-
|January 3, 1989
|January 3, 1995
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|-
|January 3, 1995 
|January 3, 2001
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!colspan=7 style="background: #ccccff;" |United States Congressional service
|-
! Dates
! Congress
! Chamber
! Majority
! President
! Committees
! Class/District
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|1967–1969
|[[90th United States Congress|90th]]
| rowspan=2 |[[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House]]
| rowspan=2 |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|[[Lyndon B. Johnson]]
|
| rowspan=2 style="background:white" |[[Delaware's At-large congressional district|''at-large'']]
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|1969–1971
|[[91st United States Congress|91st]]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[Richard Nixon]]
|
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|1971–1973
|[[92nd United States Congress|92nd]]
| rowspan=5 |[[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]]
| rowspan=5 |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]

| rowspan=5 |[[U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs|Governmental Affairs]]<br/>[[U.S. Senate Committee on Finance|Finance]]
| rowspan=15 style="background:white" |[[Classes of United States senators|''class 1'']]
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|1973–1975
|[[93rd United States Congress|93rd]]
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |[[Richard Nixon]]<br/>[[Gerald R. Ford]]
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|1975–1977
|[[94th United States Congress|94th]]
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |[[Gerald Ford]]
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|1977–1979
|[[95th United States Congress|95th]]
| rowspan=2 |[[Jimmy Carter]]
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|1979–1981
|[[96th United States Congress|96th]]
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|1981–1983
|[[97th United States Congress|97th]]
| rowspan=3 |[[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]]
| rowspan=3 |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| rowspan=4 |[[Ronald Reagan]]
| rowspan=3 |[[U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs|Governmental Affairs, ''Chair'']]<br/>[[U.S. Senate Committee on Finance|Finance]]
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|1983–1985
|[[98th United States Congress|98th]]
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|1985–1987
|[[99th United States Congress|99th]]
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|1987–1989
|[[100th United States Congress|100th]]
| rowspan=4 |[[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]]
| rowspan=4 |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| rowspan=4 |[[U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs|Governmental Affairs]]<br/>[[U.S. Senate Committee on Finance|Finance]]
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|1989–1991
|[[101st United States Congress|101st]]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[George H. W. Bush]]
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|1991–1993
|[[102nd United States Congress|102nd]]
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|1993–1995
|[[103rd United States Congress|103rd]]
| rowspan=4 |[[Bill Clinton]]
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|1995–1997
|[[104th United States Congress|104th]]
| rowspan=3 |[[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]]
| rowspan=3 |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| rowspan=3 |[[U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs|Governmental Affairs, ''Chair'']]<br/>[[U.S. Senate Committee on Finance|Finance, ''Chair'']]
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|1997–1999
|[[105th United States Congress|105th]]
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|1999–2001
|[[106th United States Congress|106th]]
|}

{|class=wikitable style="width: 94%" style="text-align: center;" align="center"
|-bgcolor=#cccccc
!colspan=12 style="background: #ccccff;" |Election results
|-
!Year
!Office
!Election
!
!Republican
!Votes
!%
!
!Democrat
!Votes
!%
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|1960
|[[Lieutenant Governor of Delaware|Lt. Governor]]
| rowspan=9|[[General election|General]]
|
| rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''William V. Roth Jr.'''
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |96,671
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |50%
|
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''[[Eugene Lammot]]'''
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |97,826
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |50%
|-
|[[1966 United States House of Representatives elections|1966]]
| rowspan=2|[[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]]
|
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |90,961
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |56%
|
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Harris B. McDowell Jr.]]
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |72,142
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |44%
|-
|[[1968 United States House of Representatives elections|1968]]
|
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |117,827
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |59%
|
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |82,993
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |41%
|-
|[[1970 United States Senate election in Delaware|1970]]
| rowspan=6|[[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]]
|
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |94,979
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |59%
|
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Jacob W. Zimmerman
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |64,740
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |40%
|-
|[[1976 United States Senate election in Delaware|1976]]
|
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |125,454
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |56%
|
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Thomas C. Maloney
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |98,042
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |44%
|-
|[[1982 United States Senate election in Delaware|1982]]
|
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |105,357
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |55%
|
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[David N. Levinson]]
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |84,413
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |44%
|-
|[[1988 United States Senate election in Delaware|1988]]
|
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |151,115	
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |62%
|
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Shien Biau Woo]]
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |92,378
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |38%
|-
|[[1994 United States Senate election in Delaware|1994]]
|
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |111,074
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |56%
|
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Charles M. Oberly III]]
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |84,540
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |42%
|-
|[[2000 United States Senate election in Delaware|2000]]
|
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |142,891
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |44%
|
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''[[Tom Carper|Thomas R. Carper]]'''
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |181,566
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |56%
|}

==Works==
*{{cite book|author1=Roth, William V. Jr.|author2=Nixon, William H.|title=The Power to Destroy: How the IRS Became America|publisher=Atlantic Monthly Press|year=1999|isbn=0-87113-748-8}}

==References==
{{reflist}}
'''Other sources'''
*{{cite book |title=Almanac of American Politics |author=Barone, Michael & Richard E. Cohen |location=Washington |publisher=National Journal Group |year=2005 |isbn=0-89234-112-2 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/almanacofamerica00mich_5 }}
*{{cite book |title = Governing Delaware |author=William W. Boyer |location=Newark |publisher=University of Delaware Press |year=2000 |isbn=0-87413-721-7}}

==External links==
*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000460 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress ]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20001204185200/http://roth.senate.gov/ U.S. Senator William V. Roth, Jr.] home page (archived from December 2000)
*{{C-SPAN|4263}}

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