January 2, 1945 (1945-01-02) – January 7, 1947 (1947-01-07)
The 113th 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 2, 1945, which was two weeks before the beginning of the fifth administrative year of Governor Walter W. Bacon and the first administrative year of Elbert N. Carvel 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 113th Delaware General Assembly session both chambers had a Republican majority.
Chester V. Townsend Jr., Sussex County, Republican
Members
Senate
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.
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. John B. Reilly Sr.
2. Charles A. Allegretto
3. Ralph S. Keenen
4. Francis Q. Lemon
5. Thomas J. Hanlon
6. Raymond B. Phillips
7. Samuel B. Bird
8. Benjamin E. Hicks
9. Clarence E. McVey
10. James R. Quigley
11. John B. McDaniel
12. Tyson F. Sartin
13. Harvey E. Moore
14. Parris Hutchinson
15. Charles V. Buckson
Kent County
1. H. Lloyd Jones
2. John H. Conrad
3. Andrew L. Everett
4. Howard F. Schweitzer
5. Benjamin F. Johnson
6. Ellwood B. Gruwell
7. Charles F. Fifer
8. Thomas E. Moore
9. Harry E. Legates
10. George A. Swain
Sussex County
1. Arthur Webb
2. Norman H. Scott
3. Roy A. Cannon
4. Dale S. Holt
5. Fred L. Ward
6. William J. Rose
7. Chester V. Townsend Jr.
8. Lester V. Burton
9. Clarence L. McIlvaine
10. John H. Wilson
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.
