67th Delaware General Assembly explained

Body:	Delaware General Assembly
Before:	66th
After:	68th

The 67th 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 4, 1853, two weeks before the beginning of the third and fourth year of the administration of Governor William H.H. Ross.

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

• John M. Phillips, Sussex County

House of Representatives

• John R. McFee, Sussex County

Members

Senate

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

New Castle County Charles I. du Pont Bassett Ferguson William Smith

Kent County Daniel Currey Isaac Jump William Temple

Sussex County John M. Phillips John Ponder John Sorden

House of Representatives

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

New Castle County Ephraim Beaston Alexander M. Biddle James Delaplaine Jesher H. Dixon Charles Goodling John A. Reynolds Joshua S. Valentine

Kent County Paris T. Carlisle John G. Chambers Benjamin L. Collins Manlove Hayes Eli Saulsbury Merritt Scotton William Thompson

Sussex County Benjamin Burton James F. Burtin John Day James F. Martin John R. McFee William W. Morgan Alfred Short

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]