List of Delaware General Assembly Sessions - Constitution of 1897

Constitution of 1897

Under the original Delaware Constitution of 1897 the General Assembly consisted of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Elections were held the first Tuesday after November 1 and terms begin on the second 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 year, lasting no longer than June 30.

Prior to 1965, there were seventeen members of the Senate, seven from New Castle County and five each from Kent and Sussex County. There were thirty-five members of the House of Representatives, fifteen from New Castle County and ten each from Kent and Sussex County. All members were elected from single member districts.


Delaware General Assembly 1899-1964
Year Assembly Governor Lt. Governor Senate Majority President
 House Majority Speaker
1899–1900 90th Ebe W. Tunnell none Democratic Charles M. Salmon Republican Theodore F. Clark
1901–1902 91st John Hunn Philip L. Cannon Republican Henry C. Ellison Republican James V. McCommons
1903–1904 92nd John Hunn Philip L. Cannon Republican Henry C. Ellison Republican Henry S. Anthony
1905–1906 93rd Preston Lea Isaac T. Parker Republican Alvin B. Conner Republican William D. Denney
1907–1908 94th Preston Lea Isaac T. Parker Republican George W. Sparks Republican Richard Hodgson
1909–1910 95th Simeon S. Pennewill John M. Mendinhall Republican George W. Sparks Democratic Thomas O. Cooper
1911–1912 96th Simeon S. Pennewill John M. Mendinhall Democratic Thomas M. Monaghan Republican Denward W. Campbell
1913–1914 97th Charles R. Miller Colen Ferguson Republican George W. Marshall Republican Chauncey P. Holcomb
1915–1916 98th Charles R. Miller Colen Ferguson Republican John M. Walker Republican Charles H. Grantland
1917–1918 99th John G. Townsend, Jr. Lewis T. Eliason Republican John A. Barnard Democratic Hervey P. Hall
1919–1920 100th John G. Townsend, Jr. Lewis T. Eliason Republican Isaac D. Short Republican Alexander P. Corbit
1921–1922 101st William D. Denney J. Danforth Bush Republican Wallace S. Handy Democratic Walter J. Paskey, Sr.
1923–1924 102nd William D. Denney J. Danforth Bush Democratic Charles D. Murphy Democratic Samuel N. Culver
1925–1926 103rd Robert P. Robinson James H. Anderson Democratic William C. Truitt Republican Henry C. Downward
1927–1928 104th Robert P. Robinson James H. Anderson Democratic William F. Allen Republican William Wintrup
1929–1930 105th C. Douglass Buck James H. Hazel Republican William A. Simonton Republican Charles W. Messick
1931–1932 106th C. Douglass Buck James H. Hazel Republican William A. Simonton Republican Bud Coy
1933–1934 107th C. Douglass Buck Roy F. Corley Republican William A. Simonton Democratic Julian T. Robinson
1935–1936 108th C. Douglass Buck Roy F. Corley Republican Levi G. Maloney Republican Harry V. Lyons
1937–1938 109th Richard C. McMullen Edward W. Cooch Republican William A. Simonton Democratic John R. Fader
1939–1940 110th Richard C. McMullen Edward W. Cooch Republican David W. Steele Republican Frank R. Zebley
1941–1942 111th Walter W. Bacon Isaac J. MacCollum Republican Harold W. T. Purnell Republican George W. Rhodes
1943–1944 112th Walter W. Bacon Isaac J. MacCollum Republican Clayton A. Bunting Republican Benjamin F. Johnson
1945–1946 113th Walter W. Bacon Elbert N. Carvel Republican Harry H. Mulholland Republican Chester V. Townsend, Jr.
1947–1948 114th Walter W. Bacon Elbert N. Carvel Republican George W. Rhodes Republican William T. Chipman
1949–1950 115th Elbert N. Carvel Alexis I. du Pont Bayard Democratic Vera G. Davis Republican Harvey H. Lawson
1951–1952 116th Elbert N. Carvel Alexis I. du Pont Bayard Democratic Roy A. Cannon Republican Harvey H. Lawson
1953–1954 117th J. Caleb Boggs John W. Rollins Republican Thomas L. Johnson Republican Frank A. Jones
1955–1956 118th J. Caleb Boggs John W. Rollins Democratic Charles G. Moore Democratic James R. Quigley
1957–1958 119th J. Caleb Boggs David P. Buckson Democratic Lemuel Hickman Democratic Harry E. Mayhew
1959–1960 120th J. Caleb Boggs David P. Buckson Democratic Allen J. Cook Democratic Sherman W. Tribbitt
1961–1962 121st Elbert N. Carvel Eugene Lammot Democratic John B. Reilly Democratic Sherman W. Tribbitt
1963–1964 122nd Elbert N. Carvel Eugene Lammot Democratic Curtis W. Steen Democratic Sherman W. Tribbitt

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