A table of the members of the Delaware General Assembly from New Castle County and the Governors.
During this period the Upper House of the Delaware General Assembly was known as the Legislative Council and its members were Legislative Councillors. The terms "Senate" and "Senator" came into use with the adoption of the U.S. Constitution of 1787. Legislative Councillors were not the same as and should not be confused with Privy Councillors, the persons serving on the Delaware Privy Council.
From 1776 to 1792 elections were held on the first day of October of the year noted. Terms for members of the General Assembly began on the twentieth day of October in the same year. If either date fell on a Sunday, the following day was prescribed. They met three times each year, generally in October, February and May. Members of the House of Assembly had a term of one year and members of the Legislative Council had a term of three years. Three State Councilmen and seven State Assemblymen were elected, at large, from each county.
The alternating grey and white boxes indicate the duration of the actual three year Council terms.
| Presidents | Session | 1 | Class 1 councillors | 2 | Class 2 councillors | 3 | Class 3 councillors | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John McKinly Thomas McKean | 1st (1776/1777) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="1" | - | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="3" | - | Richard Cantwell | ||
| George Read Caesar Rodney | 2nd (1777/1778) | rowspan="3" | - | Peter Hyatt | ||||||
| Caesar Rodney | 3rd (1778/1779) | Samuel Patterson | rowspan="3" | - | ||||||
| 4th (1779/1780) | Richard Cantwell | rowspan="3" | - | |||||||
| 5th (1780/1781) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="3" | - | Thomas McDonough Sr. | |||||||
| John Dickinson | 6th (1781/1782) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="3" | - | Isaac Grantham | ||||||
| John Cook | 7th (1782/1783) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="3" | - | |||||||
| Nicholas Van Dyke | 8th (1783/1784) | rowspan="3" | - | |||||||
| 9th (1784/1785) | rowspan="3" | - | George Craighead | |||||||
| 10th (1785/1786) | rowspan="3" | - | ||||||||
| 11th (1786/1787) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="3" | - | Nicholas Van Dyke | |||||||
| 12th (1787/1788) | Thomas McDonough Sr. | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="3" | - | George Read Jr. | ||||||
| Jehu Davis | 13th (1788/1789) | Nicholas Van Dyke | Thomas Kean | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="3" | - | |||||
| Joshua Clayton | 14th (1789/1790) | rowspan="3" | - | Alexander Porter Jr. | ||||||
| 15th (1790/1791) | rowspan="3" | - | ||||||||
| 16th (1791/1792) | Nehemiah Tilton | rowspan="1" | - | |||||||
The State Senate had a term of three years. Three state senators were elected, at large, from each county.
The alternating grey and white boxes indicate the duration of the actual three year Senate terms.
| Governors | Session | 1 | Class 1 senators | 2 | Class 2 senators | 3 | Class 3 senators | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joshua Clayton | 17th (1793) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="1" | - | Robert Haughey | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="3" | - | Archibald Alexander | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | |
| 18th (1794) | rowspan="3" | - | Isaac Grantham | Thomas Kean | ||||||
| 19th (1795) | John Stockton | rowspan="3" | - | |||||||
| 20th (1796) | Alexander Porter Jr. | rowspan="3" | - | John James | ||||||
| 21st (1797) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="3" | - | Archibald Alexander | |||||||
| Daniel Rogers | 22nd (1798) | Edward Roche | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="3" | - | ||||||
| Richard Bassett | 23rd (1799) | Isaac Grantham | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="3" | - | ||||||
| 24th (1800) | rowspan="3" | - | Peter Brynberg | |||||||
| James Sykes Jr. | 25th (1801) | John Bird | rowspan="3" | - | Thomas Fitzgerald | |||||
| David Hall | 26th (1802) | Robert Maxwell | rowspan="3" | - | ||||||
| 27th (1803) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="3" | - | John Way | |||||||
| 28th (1804) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="3" | - | ||||||||
| Nathaniel Mitchell | 29th (1805) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="3" | - | William Cooch | ||||||
| 30th (1806) | rowspan="3" | - | George Clark Jr. | |||||||
| 31st (1807) | rowspan="3" | - | Thomas Perkins | |||||||
| George Truitt | 32nd (1808) | rowspan="3" | - | John Merritt | ||||||
| 33rd (1809) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="3" | - | ||||||||
| 34th (1810) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="3" | - | Andrew Reynolds | |||||||
| Joseph Haslet | 35th (1811) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="3" | - | Francis H. Haughey | ||||||
| 36th (1812) | rowspan="3" | - | ||||||||
| 37th (1813) | rowspan="3" | - | Samuel H. Black | |||||||
| Daniel Rodney | 38th (1814) | rowspan="3" | - | Abraham Staats | ||||||
| 39th (1815) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="3" | - | Caesar A. Rodney | |||||||
| 40th (1816) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="3" | - | Nicholas Van Dyke Jr. | |||||||
| John Clark | 41st (1817) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="3" | - | George Clark Jr. | ||||||
| 42nd (1818) | rowspan="3" | - | Andrew Gray | Samuel H. Black | ||||||
| 43rd (1819) | rowspan="3" | - | ||||||||
| Jacob Stout | 44th (1820) | rowspan="3" | - | Jacob Vandergrift | ||||||
| John Collins | 45th (1821) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="3" | - | Victor du Pont | ||||||
| Caleb Rodney | 46th (1822) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="3" | - | Charles Thomas Jr. | ||||||
| Joseph Haslet Charles Thomas Jr. | 47th (1823) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="3" | - | William Weldon, II | ||||||
| Samuel Paynter | 48th (1824) | rowspan="3" | - | John Erwin | ||||||
| 49th (1825) | rowspan="3" | - | Henry Whiteley | |||||||
| 50th (1826) | rowspan="3" | - | Christopher Vandergrift | |||||||
| Charles Polk Jr. | 51st (1827) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="3" | - | Joseph England | ||||||
| 52nd (1828) | John Harlan | Levi Boulden | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="3" | - | Thomas Deakyne | |||||
| 53rd (1829) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="3" | - | ||||||||
| David Hazzard | 54th (1830) | rowspan="3" | - | William T. Read | John Caulk | |||||
| 55th (1831) | rowspan="3" | - | Jacob Alrichs | |||||||
| 56th (1832) | James Booth | rowspan="3" | - | John Sutton | ||||||
The State Senate had a term of four years. Three state senators were elected, at large, from each county.
The alternating grey and white boxes indicate the duration of the actual four year Senate terms.
| Governors | Session | 1 | Class 1 senators | 2 | Class 2 senators | 3 | Class 3 senators | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caleb P. Bennett | 57th (1833/1834) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="1" | - | James Booth | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | John Sutton | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="1" | - | Richard H. Bayard |
| Charles Polk Jr. | 58th (1835/1836) | rowspan="2" | - | John D. Dilworth | Thomas W. Handy | rowspan="2" | - | Archibald Hamilton | ||
| Cornelius P. Comegys | 59th (1837/1838) | rowspan="2" | - | William Herdman | Christopher Brooks | |||||
| 60th (1839/1840) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | Abraham Boyce | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | Thomas Deaknye | ||||
| William B. Cooper | 61st (1841/1842) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | Charles I. du Pont | Andrew S. Naudain | |||||
| 62nd (1843/1844) | rowspan="2" | - | David McAllister | rowspan="2" | - | Robert Ocheltree | ||||
| 63rd (1845/1846) | rowspan="2" | - | Mahlon Betts | |||||||
| William Tharp | 64th (1847/1848) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | Samuel Burnham | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | John D. Turner | |||
| 65th (1849/1850) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | James H. Hoffecker | |||||||
| William H. H. Ross | 66th (1851/1852) | rowspan="2" | - | Bassett Ferguson | rowspan="2" | - | William Smith | |||
| 67th (1853/1854) | rowspan="2" | - | Charles I. du Pont | |||||||
| 68th (1855/1856) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | Archibald Armstrong | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | Sewell C. Biggs | ||||
| 69th (1857/1858) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | Abraham Boyce | |||||||
| 70th (1859/1860) | rowspan="2" | - | David W. Gemmell | rowspan="2" | - | Charles T. Polk | ||||
| 71st (1861/1862) | rowspan="2" | - | John R. Tatum | |||||||
| 72nd (1863/1864) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | John P. Belville | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | John F. Williamson | ||||
| 73rd (1865/1866) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | Isaac S. Elliott | |||||||
| 74th (1867/1868) | rowspan="2" | - | Curtis B. Ellison | rowspan="2" | - | John G. Jackson | ||||
| 75th (1869/1870) | rowspan="2" | - | Charles Gooding | |||||||
| James Ponder | 76th (1871/1872) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | Allen V. Lesley | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | Leonard G. Vandegrift | |||
| 77th (1873/1874) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | Leander F. Riddle | |||||||
| John P. Cochran | 78th (1875/1876) | rowspan="2" | - | Henry Davis | rowspan="2" | - | James H. Ray | |||
| 79th (1877/1878) | rowspan="2" | - | Harry Sharpley | |||||||
| John W. Hall | 80th (1879/1880) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | Joseph W. Cooch | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | Charles H. McWhorter | |||
| 81st (1881/1882) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | Edward Betts | |||||||
| Charles C. Stockley | 82nd (1883/1884) | rowspan="2" | - | Swithin Chandler | rowspan="2" | - | Alexander B. Cooper | |||
| 83rd (1885/1886) | rowspan="2" | - | Charles H. McWhorter | |||||||
| Benjamin T. Biggs | 84th (1887/1888) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | Calvin W. Crossan | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | Colen Ferguson | |||
| 85th (1889/1890) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | John P. Donohoe | |||||||
| Robert J. Reynolds | 86th (1891/1892) | rowspan="2" | - | James McMullin | rowspan="2" | - | John Pilling | |||
| 87th (1893/1894) | rowspan="2" | - | John C. Pyle | |||||||
| Joshua H. Marvil William T. Watson | 88th (1895/1896) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | Samuel Alrichs | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | Robert J. Hanby | |||
| Ebe W. Tunnell | 89th (1897/1898) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="1" | - | |||||||
The alternating grey and white boxes indicate the duration of the actual four year Senate terms.
| Governors | Session | 1 | Class 1 senators | 2 | Class 2 senators | 3 | Class 3 senators | 4 | Class 4 senators | 5 | Class 5 senators | 6 | Class 6 senators | 7 | Class 7 senators |
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| Ebe W. Tunnell | 90th (1899/1900) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | ||||||||||||
| John Hunn | 91st (1901/1902) | ||||||||||||||
| 92nd (1903/1904) | rowspan="2" | - | |||||||||||||
| Preston Lea | 93rd (1905/1906) | ||||||||||||||
| 94th (1907/1908) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | |||||||||||||
| Simeon S. Pennewill | 95th (1909/1910) | ||||||||||||||
| 96th (1911/1912) | rowspan="2" | - | |||||||||||||
| Charles R. Miller | 97th (1913/1914) | ||||||||||||||
| 98th (1915/1916) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | |||||||||||||
| John G. Townsend Jr. | 99th (1917/1918) | ||||||||||||||
| 100th (1919/1920) | rowspan="2" | - | |||||||||||||
| William D. Denney | 101st (1921/1922) | ||||||||||||||
| 102nd (1923/1924) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | |||||||||||||
| Robert P. Robinson | 103rdh (1925/1926) | ||||||||||||||
| 104th (1927/1928) | rowspan="2" | - | |||||||||||||
| C. Douglass Buck | 105th (1929/1930) | ||||||||||||||
| 106th (1931/1932) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | |||||||||||||
| 107th (1933/1934) | |||||||||||||||
| 108th (1935/1936) | rowspan="2" | - | |||||||||||||
| Richard C. McMullen | 109th (1937/1938) | ||||||||||||||
| 110th (1939/1940) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | |||||||||||||
| Walter W. Bacon | 111th (1941/1942) | ||||||||||||||
| 112th (1943/1944) | rowspan="2" | - | |||||||||||||
| 113th (1945/1946) | |||||||||||||||
| 114th (1947/1948) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | |||||||||||||
| Elbert N. Carvel | 115th (1949/1950) | ||||||||||||||
| 116th (1951/1952) | rowspan="2" | - | |||||||||||||
| J. Caleb Boggs David P. Buckson | 117th (1953/1954) | ||||||||||||||
| 118th (1955/1956) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="2" | - | |||||||||||||
| 119th (1957/1958) | |||||||||||||||
| 120th (1959/1960) | rowspan="2" | - | |||||||||||||
| Elbert N. Carvel | 121st (1961/1962) | ||||||||||||||
| 122nd (1963/1964) | bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="1" | - | |||||||||||||