49th Delaware General Assembly explained

Body:	Delaware General Assembly
Before:	48th
After:	50th

The 49th 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, 1825, two weeks before the beginning of the second 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 William Weldon II Henry Whiteley

Kent County George Cummins William W. Morris Charles Polk Jr.,

Sussex County Charles M. Cullen Jesse Green William N. Polk

House of Representatives

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

New Castle County Samuel H. Black Josiah F. Clement John Crow Joseph England John Exton David Penny Christopher Vandegrift

Kent County John Booth Samuel Coombe William Johnson James Kimmey Samuel Mifflin John Raymond Spencer Williams

Sussex County Joshua Burton Spencer Phillips John Robinson Peter Robinson Whiting Sanford Purnal Tindall Spencer Williams

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].