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

House of Representatives

Members

Senate

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

New Castle County

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

Places with more information

website; 505 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801; (302) 655-7161
Library website; 181 South College Avenue, Newark, Delaware 19717; (302) 831-2965