January 2, 1917 (1917-01-02) – January 7, 1919 (1919-01-07)
The 99th 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, 1917, which was two weeks before the beginning of the first administrative year of Governor John G. Townsend Jr. and Lewis E. Eliason 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 99th Delaware General Assembly session the Senate had a Republican majority and the House had a Democratic 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. James B. Hickman
2. Thomas F. Gormley
3. Thomas S. Webb
4. John M. Walker
5. Harvey Hoffecker
6. Zachary T. Harris
7. Edward H. Hart
Kent County
1. Charles M. Wharton
2. Henry Williams
3. John A. Barnard
4. Edward B. Carter
5. Joseph Frazier
Sussex County
1. Oliver A. Newton
2. Samuel J. Furniss
3. Charles W. Mitchell
4. Harry J. Anderson
5. Harlan M. Joseph
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. Walter Rash
2. Andrew L. Cross
3. Henry C. Downward
4. John E. McNabb
5. William M. Connelly
6. George W. Webster
7. William S. Gregg
8. Richard G. Buckingham
9. W. Truxton Boyce
10. Harry P. Ahern
11. Thomas J. Green
12. Irving G. Ellison
13. Martin B. Burris
14. Joseph C. Hutchinson
15. William L. Collins
Kent County
1. Hervey P. Hall
2. John W. Tarburton
3. Daniel F. Loose
4. Edward C. Daley
5. Edward L. Jones
6. Cooper Gruwell
7. George B. Kersey
8. John W. Killen
9. G. W. Swain
10. Albert B. Peet
Sussex County
1. John Prettyman
2. Coulter Messick
3. Edwin H. Tindall
4. James T. Chipman
5. Samuel N. Culver
6. Silas J. Lewis
7. David C. Hall
8. George D. Marvel
9. Thomas J. Pitchett Jr.
10. William H. Welch
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.
