List of Delaware General Assembly Sessions - Constitution of 1831

Constitution of 1831

Under the Delaware Constitution of 1831 the General Assembly consisted of the Senate and the House of Representatives. There were nine members of the Senate, three from each county, and twenty-one members of the House of Representatives, seven from each county. All members were elected "at-large" from a multi-member district that included their entire county. Elections were held the first Tuesday after November 1 and terms began on the first Tuesday in January, lasting four years for the Senate and two years for the House. Approximately half of the Senate was elected every two years. Sessions were generally held once every two years, in the odd numbered year.


Delaware General Assembly 1832-1898
Year Assembly Governor Senate Majority Speaker House Majority Speaker
1833–1834 57th Caleb Bennett Whig Joshua Burton Whig John Raymond
1835–1836 58th Caleb Bennett
Charles Polk, Jr.		 Whig Charles Polk, Jr. Whig William D. Waples
1837–1838 59th Cornelius P. Comegys Whig Presley Spruance Whig William D. Waples
1839–1840 60th Cornelius P. Comegys Democratic Thomas Jacobs Democratic John P. Brinckloe
1841–1842 61st William B. Cooper Whig Charles Polk, Jr. Whig Robert Houston
1843–1844 62nd William B. Cooper Whig Presley Spruance Whig William O. Redden
1845–1846 63rd Thomas Stockton
Joseph Maull
William Temple		 Whig Joseph Maull Whig William Temple
William O. Redden
1847–1848 64th William Tharp Whig William W. Morris Whig Lewis Thompson
1849–1850 65th William Tharp Whig William W. Morris Whig Daniel Cummins
1851–1852 66th William H. H. Ross Democratic John M. Phillips Democratic Samuel Jefferson
1853–1854 67th William H. H. Ross Democratic John M. Phillips Democratic John R. McFee
1855–1856 68th Peter F. Causey Know-nothing Daniel Curry Know-nothing Samuel Biddle
1857–1858 69th Peter F. Causey Democratic Abraham Boyce Democratic George W. Cummins
1859–1860 70th William Burton Democratic Manlove Carlisle Democratic John W. F. Jackson
1861–1862 71st William Burton Democratic John Green Republican John F. Williamson
1863–1864 72nd William Cannon Democratic John R. Tatum Democratic John Sorden
1865–1866 73rd William Cannon
Gove Saulsbury		 Democratic Gove Saulsbury
William Hitch		 Democratic Shephard P. Houston
1867–1868 74th Gove Saulsbury Democratic James Ponder Democratic William A. Polk
1869–1870 75th Gove Saulsbury Democratic James W. Minors Democratic John Hickman
1871–1872 76th James Ponder Democratic Charles Gooding Democratic Sewell C. Biggs
1873–1874 77th James Ponder Democratic Allen V. Leslie Democratic Joseph Burchenal
1875–1876 78th John P. Cochran Democratic Charles C. Stockley Democratic Thomas Holcomb
1877–1878 79th John P. Cochran Democratic John T. Moore Democratic Hugh Martin
1879–1880 80th John W. Hall Democratic Charles J. Harrington Democratic Swithin Chandler
1881–1882 81st John W. Hall Democratic Cateby F. Rust Democratic Reynear Williams
1883–1884 82nd Charles C. Stockley Democratic Samuel B. Cooper Democratic George H. Bates
1885–1886 83rd Charles C. Stockley Democratic Alexander B. Cooper Democratic William A. Comegys
1887–1888 84th Benjamin T. Biggs Democratic John E. Collins Democratic William R. McCabe
1889–1890 85th Benjamin T. Biggs Democratic Beniah L. Lewis Republican John H. Hoffecker
1891–1892 86th Robert J. Reynolds Democratic John P. Donohoe Democratic William L. Sirman
1893–1894 87th Robert J. Reynolds Democratic Charles B. Houston Democratic J. Harvey Whiteman
1895–1896 88th Joshua H. Marvil
William T. Watson		 Democratic William T. Watson Republican Henry H. McMullen
1897–1898 89th Ebe W. Tunnell Democratic Hezekiah Harrington Democratic Emory B. Riggin

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