64th Delaware General Assembly explained

Body:	Delaware General Assembly
Before:	63rd
After:	65th

The 64th 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 after November 1 and terms began on the first Tuesday in January. It met in Dover, Delaware, convening January 5, 1847, two weeks before the beginning of the first and second year of the administration of Governor William Tharp.

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 Whig majority.

Leadership

Senate

• William W. Morris, Kent County

House of Representatives

• Lewis Thompson, New Castle County

Members

Senate

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

New Castle County Mahlon Betts Samuel Burnhan John D. Turner

Kent County George Fisher William W. Morris Presley Spruance, Jr.

Sussex County Thomas Jacobs Warren Jefferson Samuel R. Paynter

House of Representatives

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

New Castle County John Allen Levi G. Cooch William M. Day John W. Evans William H. Smith Henry Swayne Lewis Thompson

Kent County William R. Cahoon Thomas Lockwood Henry W. McIlvaine William Nickerson Thomas L. Temple Thomas Wallace John Woodall, Jr.

Sussex County Jacob Bounds James F. Burton William Cannon Peter Marsh John M. Phillips John W. Scribner Purnal Tatman

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]