44th Delaware General Assembly explained

Body:	Delaware General Assembly
Before:	43rd
After:	45th

The 44th 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 4, 1820, two weeks before the beginning of the year of the administration of Governor Jacob Stout.

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

• Jacob Stout, Kings 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 Andrew Gray Jacob Vandegrift

Kent County George Cummins Henry Molleston John Mitchell Jacob Stout

Sussex County Edward Dingle, Jr. Joseph Maull Caleb Rodney

House of Representatives

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

New Castle County William P. Brobson Levi Clark Alexander Crawford John Crow Joseph W. Day Henry G. Whitely Nicholas G. Williamson

Kent County Jacob Boone John Booth Joshua G. Brinckle John Cummins Edward Fisher William K. Lockwood Joshua Mifflin

Sussex County John Carlisle Charles M. Cullen John Dickerson William N. Polk David Smith Nathan Vickers William H. Wells

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]