42nd Delaware General Assembly explained

Body:	Delaware General Assembly
Before:	41st
After:	43rd

The 42nd 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, Delaware, convening January 6, 1818, two weeks before the beginning of the second year of the administration of Governor John Clark.

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

• Henry Molleston, 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 Samuel H. Black George Clark Jr. Andrew Gray

Kent County George Cummins Henry Molleston Jacob Stout

Sussex County Benjamin Burton Joseph Maull Caleb Rodney

House of Representatives

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

New Castle County Jesse Chandler John T. Cochran Isaac S. Henderson Arnold Naudain John Pierce Charles Thomas Jr. Henry G. Whitely

Kent County John Booth Thomas Condy John Cummins Charles Kimmey Charles Polk Jr. Joseph G. Rowland Spencer Williams

Sussex County Isaiah Burton Solomon Evans William W. Green William N. Polk Peter Robinson David Smith Nathan Vickers

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].