53rd Delaware General Assembly explained

Body:	Delaware General Assembly
Before:	52nd
After:	54th

The 53rd Delaware General Assembly (1829–1830) 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, 1829, two weeks before the beginning of the third year of the administration of Governor Charles Polk Jr.

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

• Presley Spruance Jr., Kent County

House of Representatives

• William W. Morris, Kent County
• John Raymond, Kent County

Members

Senate

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

New Castle County Levi Boulden Thomas Deakyne John Harlan

Kent County Elias Naudain Jr. Joseph G. Oliver Presley Spruance Jr.

Sussex County Joseph Maull Peter Robinson Purnal Tindall

House of Representatives

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

New Castle County Benjamin Chandler Charles H. Haughey Samuel Murphy William T. Read John Sutton Harman Talley Benjamin Whitely

Kent County John Booth Peter L. Cooper Sr. Mathias Day James P. Lofland William W. Morris John Raymond Samuel Virden

Sussex County Thomas Davis William Dunning Caleb S. Layton Kendall M. Lewis John Tennent George Truitt John White

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].