40th Delaware General Assembly explained

Body:	Delaware General Assembly
Before:	39th
After:	41st

The 40th 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 2, 1816, two weeks before the beginning of the third 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

• Nathan Vickers, Sussex County

Members

Senate

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

New Castle County Caesar Augustus Rodney Abraham Staats Nicholas Van Dyke Jr.

Kent County George Cummins Henry Molleston Jacob Stout

Sussex County Benjamin Burton Jesse Green Caleb Rodney

Delaware House of Representative

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

New Castle County Samuel H. Black John T. Cochran John Crow Victor du Pont Andrew Reynolds John P. Sutton Nicholas G. Williamson

Kent County John Clarke James Battell Cornelius P. Comegys John Cummins John Mitchell Henry M. Ridgely Joseph G. Rowland Spencer Williams

Sussex County Isaiah Burton John Carlisle William B. Cooper Charles M. Cullen Robert Hill Louder Layton Nathan Vickers Ebe Walter

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].