January 7, 1941 (1941-01-07) – January 5, 1943 (1943-01-05)
The 111th 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 7, 1941, which was two weeks before the beginning of the first administrative year of Governor Walter W. Bacon with Isaac J. MacCollum 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 111th 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. James C. McGuigan
3. Burton S. Heal
4. George W. Mullin
5. George R. Clark
6. Paul B. Messick
7. Robert A. Derrickson
Kent County
1. George L. Gooden
2. Frank Attix
3. Benjamin F. Simmons
4. Charles L. Sipple
5. John B. Hendricks
Sussex County
1. Charles E. Brown
2. William B. Huston
3. Alden P. Short
4. Clayton A. Bunting Sr.
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. Charles A. Patterson
2. Frank Hainworth
3. Robert H. Richards Jr.
4. Francis Q. Lemon
5. John M. Conway
6. Thomas A. Kellum
7. Abner Woodward
8. Frank H. Buckingham
9. George W. Rhodes
10. James R. Quigley
11. Richard W. Willis
12. William K. Pennington
13. Clinton W. Jolls
14. Harris B. McDowell Jr.
15. Albert S. Boyer
Kent County
1. Ernest V. Blent
2. William D. Johnston
3. Homer W. Pratt
4. Isaac Thomas
5. Frank S. Pritchett
6. William J. Paskey Sr.
7. Harry H. Jones
8. John H. Van Hoy
9. Harlan R. Blades
10. Jonathan S. Willis
Sussex County
1. Thomas N. Stayton
2. Alfred A. O’Day
3. William B. Mears
4. Horace G. Sirman Jr.
5. Samuel U. Phillips
6. Levi Bunting
7. Thomas E. Hickman Jr.
8. William B. Dorey
9. John L. Barr
10. Norman B. Bayliss
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.
