48th Delaware General Assembly explained

Body:	Delaware General Assembly
Before:	47th
After:	49th

The 48th 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 of Tuesday in October and terms began on the first Tuesday in January. It met in Dover, Delaware, convening January 6, 1824, two weeks before the beginning of the first year of the administration of Governor Samuel Paynter.

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

• Joshua Burton, Sussex County

Members

Senate

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

New Castle County John Erwin Charles Thomas Jr. William Weldon II

Kent County Willard Hall John Cummins Maylove Hayes William W. Morris

Sussex County Charles M. Cullen Jesse Green Samuel Paynter Jr.

House of Representatives

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

New Castle County Levi Boulden Josiah F. Clement Richard E. Cochran Andrew Gray William F. Grubb William Vandegrift Benjamin Watson

Kent County John M. Clayton Samuel Coombe Luff Lewis Samuel Mifflin John Pleasanton Charles Polk Jr. John B. Savin

Sussex County Joshua Burton George Howard Spencer Phillips William N. Polk John Robinson Peter Robinson Purnal Tindall

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].