60th Delaware General Assembly explained

Body:	Delaware General Assembly
Before:	59th
After:	61st

The 60th Delaware General Assembly (1839-1841) 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 after November 1 and terms began on the first Tuesday in January. It met in Dover, Delaware, convening January 1, 1839, two weeks before the beginning of the third and fourth years of the administration of Governor Cornelius P. Comegys.

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 Democratic majority.

Leadership

Senate

• Thomas Jacobs, Sussex County

House of Representatives

• John P. Brinckloe, Sussex County

Members

Senate

Senators were elected by the public for a four-year term, some elected each two year.

New Castle County Abraham Boyce Thomas Deakyne William Herdman

Kent County Elias Naudain Jr. Charles Polk Jr. William Tharp

Sussex County Thomas Jacobs Joseph Maull Henry F. Rodney

House of Representatives

Representatives were elected by the public for a term, every two years.

New Castle County Alexander M. Biddle Nathan T. Boulden John D. Dilworth William H. Jones Andrew Kerr William H. Rogers Henry Williamson

Kent County Samuel B. Cooper Philip Fiddeman Robert Frame John Frazier Henry Pratt Thomas A. Rees Presley Spruance Jr.

Sussex County John P. Brinckloe James Hopkins Robert Hopkins Robert Houston Richard Jefferson Aaron Marshall Jr. Joseph W. Neal

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].