Almanac
Elections were held the first Tuesday of October. Members of the Delaware General Assembly took office on the first Tuesday of January, with the State Senate serving a three-year term, and the State House 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 death of Joshua Clayton, and later completing the existing term the vacancy caused by the resignation of James A. Bayard.
| Public Offices | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office | Type | Location | Began office | Ended office | notes | ||
| State Representative | Legislature | Dover | January 6, 1795 | January 5, 1796 | |||
| State Representative | Legislature | Dover | January 5, 1796 | January 3, 1797 | |||
| State Representative | Legislature | Dover | January 3, 1797 | January 2, 1798 | |||
| State Representative | Legislature | Dover | January 2, 1798 | January 1, 1799 | |||
| State Representative | Legislature | Dover | January 1, 1799 | January 7, 1800 | |||
| U.S. Senator | Legislature | Philadelphia | January 17, 1799 | March 3, 1799 | |||
| U.S. Senator | Legislature | Washington | March 4, 1799 | November 6, 1804 | |||
| State Representative | Legislature | Dover | January 1, 1811 | January 7, 1812 | |||
| State Representative | Legislature | Dover | January 7, 1812 | January 6, 1813 | |||
| State Senator | Legislature | Dover | January 6, 1813 | January 5, 1814 | |||
| U.S. Senator | Legislature | Washington | May 21, 1813 | March 3, 1817 | |||
| State Representative | Legislature | Dover | January 5, 1819 | January 4, 1820 | |||
| Delaware General Assembly service | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | Assembly | Chamber | Majority | Governor | Committees | District |
| 1795 | 19th | State House | Federalist | Joshua Clayton | Sussex at-large | |
| 1796 | 20th | State House | Federalist | Gunning Bedford, Sr. | Sussex at-large | |
| 1797 | 21st | State House | Federalist | Gunning Bedford, Sr. | Sussex at-large | |
| 1798 | 22nd | State House | Federalist | Daniel Rogers | Sussex at-large | |
| 1799 | 23rd | State House | Federalist | Richard Bassett | Sussex at-large | |
| 1811 | 35th | State House | Federalist | Joseph Haslet | Sussex at-large | |
| 1812 | 36th | State House | Federalist | Joseph Haslet | Sussex at-large | |
| 1813 | 37th | State Senate | Federalist | Joseph Haslet | Sussex at-large | |
| 1819 | 43rd | State House | Federalist | John Clark | Sussex at-large | |
| United States Congressional service | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | Congress | Chamber | Majority | President | Committees | Class/District |
| 1797–1799 | 5th | U.S. Senate | Federalist | John Adams | class 2 | |
| 1799–1801 | 6th | U.S. Senate | Federalist | John Adams | class 2 | |
| 1801–1803 | 7th | U.S. Senate | Republican | Thomas Jefferson | class 2 | |
| 1803–1805 | 8th | U.S. Senate | Republican | Thomas Jefferson | class 2 | |
| 1813–1815 | 13th | U.S. Senate | Republican | James Madison | class 2 | |
| 1815–1817 | 14th | U.S. Senate | Republican | James Madison | class 2 | |
Read more about this topic: William H. Wells
Famous quotes containing the word almanac:
“It is not the purpose of literature to purvey news. For news consult the Almanac de Gotha.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)