Almanac
Elections were held the first Tuesday of October. Members of the General Assembly took office on the first Tuesday of January. State Representatives had a one year term. The General Assembly chose the U.S. Senators, who took office March 4 for a six year term. In this case he was initially completing the existing term, the vacancy caused by the resignation of Louis McLane. However, the General Assembly failed to fill the position for nearly a year.
| Public Offices | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office | Type | Location | Began office | Ended office | notes | |
| State Representative | Legislature | Dover | January 4, 1817 | January 3, 1818 | ||
| State Representative | Legislature | Dover | January 4, 1818 | January 3, 1819 | ||
| State Representative | Legislature | Dover | January 4, 1826 | January 3, 1827 | Speaker | |
| U.S. Senator | Legislative | Washington | January 13, 1830 | March 3, 1833 | ||
| U.S. Senator | Legislative | Washington | March 4, 1833 | June 16, 1836 | ||
| Delaware General Assembly service | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | Assembly | Chamber | Majority | Governor | Committees | District |
| 1817 | 41st | State House | Federalist | John Clark | New Castle at-large | |
| 1818 | 42nd | State House | Federalist | John Clark | New Castle at-large | |
| 1826 | 50th | State House | Federalist | Samuel Paynter | New Castle at-large | |
| United States Congressional service | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | Congress | Chamber | Majority | President | Committees | Class/District |
| 1829–1831 | 21st | U.S. Senate | Democratic | Andrew Jackson | class 1 | |
| 1831–1833 | 22nd | U.S. Senate | Democratic | Andrew Jackson | class 1 | |
| 1833–1835 | 23rd | U.S. Senate | Democratic | Andrew Jackson | class 1 | |
| 1835–1836 | 24th | U.S. Senate | Democratic | Andrew Jackson | Claims | class 1 |
| Election results | |||||||||||
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| Year | Office | Subject | Party | Votes | % | Opponent | Party | Votes | % | ||
| 1832 | Governor | Arnold Naudain | Whig | 4,166 | 50% | Caleb P. Bennett | Democratic | 4,220 | 50% | ||
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