89th Delaware General Assembly

89th Delaware General Assembly
88th 90th
Overview
Legislative bodyDelaware General Assembly
TermJanuary 5, 1897 (1897-01-05) – January 3, 1899 (1899-01-03)

The 89th 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 5, 1897, which was two weeks before the beginning of the first administrative year of Governor Ebe W. Tunnell.

Currently the distribution of the Senate Assembly seats was made to three senators for each of the three counties. Likewise the current distribution of the House Assembly seats was made to seven representatives for each of the three counties. The actual population changes of the county did not directly affect the number of senators or representatives at this time.

In the 89th Delaware General Assembly session both chambers had a Democratic majority. It was the last Constitution directed by the 1831 Delaware Constitution.

Leadership

Senate

House of Representatives

Members

Senate

Senators were normally elected by the public for a four-year term; although many were selected to fill the remainder of a vacant position.

New Castle County
  • Samuel Alrichs
  • Robert J. Hanby
  • John C. Pyle
Kent County
  • John W. Fennimore
  • Hezekiah Harrington
  • Samuel K. Meredith
Sussex County
  • John M. C. Moore
  • William T. Moore
  • George F. Pierce

House of Representatives

Representatives were elected by the public for a two-year term.

New Castle County
  • Woodard W. Cheairs
  • Charles G. Dempsey
  • Donald K. Donaldson
  • John F. Eliason
  • William B. McCoy
  • Robert McCullough
  • James B. Taylor
Kent County
  • Charles M. Adams
  • William R. Davis
  • Benjamin A. Hazell
  • Joseph H. Hopkins
  • Leander L. Hopkins
  • James A. Martin
  • Robert H. Wilson
Sussex County
  • Elisha C. Dukes
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Emory B. Riggin
  • Matt F. Short
  • Asbury Smith
  • John C. Thompson
  • Isaac N. Whitney

References

  • Hoffecker, Carol E. (2004). Democracy in Delaware. Wilmington, Delaware: Cedar Tree Books. ISBN 1-892142-23-6.
  • Martin, Roger A. (1995). Memoirs of the Senate. Newark, Delaware: Roger A. Martin.

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