WebClient restful Delete

I have a simple Restful service being called from a console app so am using WebClient. I am wondering if this call for Delete is correct.

The url looks like localhost/RestService1/Person/1

using (var client = new WebClient()) 
{
    client.UploadString(url, "DELETE", "");
}

I don't like that UploadString does not have an overload without a data parameter. The passing of an empty parameter is not sitting well with me. Is there a better method to use for a DELETE?

I could use WebRequest but I want to just use WebClient to keep it consistent.

Here is the WebRequest block

var request = WebRequest.Create(url);
request.Method = "DELETE";
var response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();

Both blocks work fine but what is best? Or is there a better way?