69th Delaware General Assembly explained

Body:	Delaware General Assembly
Before:	68th
After:	70th

The 69th 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 6, 1857, two weeks before the beginning of the third and fourth year of the administration of Governor Peter F. Causey.

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

• Abraham Boyce, New Castle County

House of Representatives

• George W. Cummins, Kent County

Members

Senate

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

New Castle County Archibald Armstrong Sewell C. Biggs Abraham Boyce

Kent County William Collins Moses Harrington Thomas J. Moore

Sussex County Manlove R. Carlisle John A. Hazzard Elihu J. Pusey

House of Representatives

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

New Castle County Harlan Cloud Bayman Deakyne Francis Dunlap Richard Ferguson Thomas J. Foard Charles Gooding William C. Lodge

Kent County William A. Atkinson George W. Cummins William Meredith Joseph Moore John B. Penington Bethuel Watson James Williams

Sussex County Thomas J. Cannon Payton Frame John Marshall Hugh Martin Thomas J. Phillips James Ponder Ebe Walter

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]