59th Delaware General Assembly

59th Delaware General Assembly
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Overview
Legislative body	Delaware General Assembly
Term	January 3, 1837 (1837-01-03) – January 1, 1839 (1839-01-01)

The 59th Delaware General Assembly (1837–1839) 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 3, 1837, two weeks before the beginning of the first and second year of the administration of Governor Cornelius P. Comegys.

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 Whig majority.

Leadership

Senate

• Presley Spruance Jr., Sussex County

House of Representatives

• William D. Waples, Sussex County

Members

Senate

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

New Castle County Christopher Brooks John D. Dilworth William Herdman Ahmad Mohsen

Kent County Elias Naudain Jr. Charles Polk Jr. Presley Spruance Jr.

Sussex County Joshua Burton David Hazzard Henry F. Rodney

House of Representatives

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

New Castle County Alexander M. Biddle William Booth Abraham Boyce Thomas Deakyne John W. Evans Archibald Hamilton George Lodge

Kent County James S. Buckmaster Peter L. Cooper Charles T. Fleming William Johnson Charles Martin William Nickerson Thomas A. Rees

Sussex County John P. Brinckloe Thomas Davis William S. Hall Robert Houston Stansbury Jacobs Jonathan Waller William D. Waples

References

• Martin, Roger A. (1995). Memoirs of the Senate. Newark, Delaware: Roger A. Martin.

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].