54th Delaware General Assembly explained

Body:	Delaware General Assembly
Before:	53rd
After:	55th

The 54th Delaware General Assembly (1830–1831) 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 5, 1830, two weeks before the beginning of the first year of the administration of Governor David Hazzard

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 National Republican majority.

Leadership

Senate

• Presley Spruance, Jr., Kent 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 Caulk Thomas Deakyne William T. Read

Kent County William Johnson James P. Lofland Presley Spruance, Jr.

Sussex County Purnal Tindall George Truitt unknown

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 Thomas W. Handy

Kent County Joel F. Clements Cornelius P. Comegys Charles Marim Benjamin Potter William Roe Thomas W. Simpson Isaac Harrington Simon Spearman

Sussex County Joshua Burton Isaac W. Copes Thomas Davis Caleb S. Layton Kendall M. Lewis Henry F. Rodney John Tennent

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]