39th Delaware General Assembly explained

Body:	Delaware General Assembly
Before:	38th
After:	40th

The 39th Delaware General Assembly was a meeting of the legislative branch of the state government, consisting of the Delaware Senate and the Delaware House of Representatives. Elections were held the first Tuesday of October and terms began on the first Tuesday in January. It met in Dover, convening January 3, 1815, two weeks before the beginning of the second year of the administration of Governor Daniel Rodney.

The apportionment of seats was permanently assigned to three senators and seven representatives for each of the three counties. Population of the county did not effect the number of delegates. Both chambers had a Federalist majority.

Leadership

Senate

• Jesse Green, Sussex County

House of Representatives

• Cornelius P. Comegys, Kent County

Members

Senate

Senators were elected by the public for a three-year term, one third posted each year.

New Castle County Samuel H. Black Caesar A. Rodney Abraham Staats

Kent County George Cummins Henry Molleston James Morris

Sussex County Benjamin Burton Thomas Fisher Jesse Green

House of Representatives

Representatives were elected by the public for a one-year term.

New Castle County Jim Crow Victor du Pont Joseph England George R. Massey Alrichs Ryland John P. Sutton Nicholas G. Williamson

Kent County John Clarke Cornelius P. Comegys Jonathan Jenkins Isaac Lockwood John Mitchell John Pleasanton Spencer Williams

Sussex County Charles M. Cullen Robert Hill Charles Polk Jr. Thomas Townsend Nathan Vickers Ebe Walter Robert Wiltbank

References

• Book: Martin, Roger A. . Memoirs of the Senate . Roger A. Martin . Newark, Delaware . 1995 .

Places with more information

• Delaware Historical Society

website; 505 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801; [phone].

• University of Delaware

Library website; 181 South College Avenue, Newark, Delaware 19717; [phone].