Almanac
Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. The Lieutenant Governor and State Attorney General take office the third Tuesday of January and both have four year terms, filling the Governor office when it was vacated.
| Delaware General Assembly |
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| Year | Assembly | Senate Majority | President |
House Majority | Speaker | ||||||
| 1961 | 120th | Democratic | Allen J. Cook | Democratic | Sherman W. Tribbitt | ||||||
| Public Offices | ||||||
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| Office | Type | Location | Began office | Ended office | notes | |
| Lt. Governor | Executive | Dover | January 15, 1957 | December 30, 1960 | Delaware | |
| Governor | Executive | Dover | December 30, 1960 | January 17, 1961 | Delaware | |
| Attorney General | Executive | Dover | January 15, 1963 | January 17, 1967 | Delaware | |
| Attorney General | Executive | Dover | January 17, 1967 | January 19, 1971 | Delaware | |
| Election results | ||||||||||||
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| Year | Office | Election | Subject | Party | Votes | % | Opponent | Party | Votes | % | ||
| 1956 | Lt. Governor | General | David P. Buckson | Republican | 92,254 | 52% | Vernon B. Derrickson | Democratic | 81,121 | 48% | ||
| 1962 | Attorney General | General | David P. Buckson | Republican | 77,666 | 51% | John Biggs, III | Democratic | 75,064 | 49% | ||
| 1964 | Governor | General | David P. Buckson | Republican | 97,374 | 49% | Charles L. Terry, Jr. | Democratic | 102,797 | 51% | ||
| 1966 | Attorney General | General | David P. Buckson | Republican | 96,595 | 59% | Sidney Balick | Democratic | 66,848 | 41% | ||
| 1972 | Governor | Primary | David P. Buckson | Republican | 20,138 | 46% | Russell W. Peterson | Republican | 23,929 | 54% | ||
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