January 3, 1939 (1939-01-03) – January 7, 1941 (1941-01-07)
The 110th 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 in Dover on the first Tuesday in January. This date was January 3, 1939, which was two weeks before the beginning of the third administrative year of Governor Richard McMullen and Edward W. Cooch as Lieutenant Governor.
Currently the distribution of the Senate Assembly seats was made to seven senators for New Castle County and for five senators to each Kent and Sussex counties. Likewise the current distribution of the House Assembly seats was made to fifteen representatives for New Castle County and for ten representatives each to Kent and Sussex counties. The actual population changes of the county did not directly affect the number of senators or representatives at this time.
In the 110th Delaware General Assembly session both chambers had a Republican majority.
About half of the State Senators were elected every two years for a four-year term. They were from a district in a specific county, with the number of districts determined by the state constitution, not the size of the population.
New Castle County
1. Paul R. Rinard
2. Edward Abrahams Jr.
3. Burton S. Heal
4. Hector W. Hannem
5. George R. Clark
6. Frank Moody
7. Robert A. Derrickson
Kent County
1. George L. Gooden
2. William J Poore
3. Benjamin F. Simmons
4. Earl Sylvester
5. John B. Hendricks
Sussex County
1. Charles E. Brown
2. Jennings H. Moore
3. Alden P. Short
4. David W. Steele
5. Harold W. T. Purnell
House of Representatives
All the State Representatives were elected every two years for a two-year term. They were from a district in a specific county, with the number of districts determined by the state constitution, not the size of the population.
New Castle County
1. Ellwood S. Leach
2. Frank R. Zebley
3. Henry M. Canby
4. Fred Brown
5. James C. McGuigan
6. Thomas A. Kellum
7. Abner Woodward
8. Frank H. Buckingham
9. George W. Rhodes
10. Richard E. Pinder
11. George T. Bierlin
12. William K. Pennington
13. Harvey E. Moore
14. Randolph P. Reynolds
15. Herman H. Staats
Kent County
1. Joseph S. Newnam
2. Isaac M. Burris
3. John W. Rambo
4. Edward S. Knight
5. Elmer E. Benson
6. John A. Hartman
7. Charles F. Fifer
8. Allen G. Smith
9. Fred S. Bailey
10. William Biggs
Sussex County
1. George Manlove
2. Norman A. Draper
3. Samuel J. Stein
4. Frank H. Thawley
5. Resse O. Gordy
6. Manford Penuel
7. Fred Pepper
8. Vernon P. Burton
9. John L. Barr
10. Frederick W. Pepper
References
Hoffecker, Carol E. (2004). Democracy in Delaware. Wilmington, Delaware: Cedar Tree Books. ISBN1-892142-23-6.
Martin, Roger A. (1995). Memoirs of the Senate. Newark, Delaware: Roger A. Martin.
