Almanac
Elections were held October 1. Members of the General Assembly took office on October 20 or the following weekday. The State Assemblymen were elected for a one-year term. They chose the Continental Congressmen for a one-year term. U.S. Representatives took office March 4 and have a two-year term.
The General Assembly chose the U.S. Senators, who also took office March 4, but for a six-year term. In this case he was initially completing the existing term, the vacancy caused by the resignation of George Read. However, the General Assembly failed to fill the position for nearly a year and a half.
After 1792 elections were moved to the first Tuesday of October and members of the General Assembly took office on the first Tuesday of January. The State Legislative Council was renamed the State Senate and the State House of Assembly was renamed the State House of Representatives.
| Public Offices | ||||||
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| Office | Type | Location | Began office | Ended office | notes | |
| Continental Congress | Legislature | Annapolis | April 8, 1784 | June 3, 1784 | never attended | |
| State Representative | Legislature | Dover | October 20, 1787 | October 20, 1788 | ||
| State Representative | Legislature | Dover | October 20, 1788 | October 20, 1789 | ||
| State Representative | Legislature | Dover | October 20, 1789 | October 20, 1790 | ||
| State Representative | Legislature | Dover | October 20, 1790 | October 20, 1791 | Speaker | |
| U.S. Representative | Legislature | Washington | February 14, 1794 | February 7, 1795 | ||
| U.S. Senator | Legislature | Washington | February 7, 1795 | March 3, 1797 | ||
| U.S. Senator | Legislature | Washington | March 4, 1797 | February 28, 1801 | ||
| Delaware General Assembly service | ||||||
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| Dates | Assembly | Chamber | Majority | Governor | Committees | District |
| 1787/88 | 12th | State House | non-partisan | Thomas Collins | New Castle at-large | |
| 1788/89 | 13th | State House | non-partisan | Thomas Collins Jehu Davis Joshua Clayton |
New Castle at-large | |
| 1789/90 | 14th | State House | non-partisan | Joshua Clayton | New Castle at-large | |
| 1790/91 | 15th | State House | non-partisan | Joshua Clayton | New Castle at-large | |
| United States Congressional service | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | Congress | Chamber | Majority | President | Committees | Class/District |
| 1793–1795 | 3rd | U.S. House | Anti- Administration | George Washington | at-large | |
| 1793–1795 | 3rd | U.S. Senate | Pro-Administration | George Washington | class 1 | |
| 1795–1797 | 4th | U.S. Senate | Federalist | George Washington | class 1 | |
| 1797–1799 | 5th | U.S. Senate | Federalist | John Adams | class 1 | |
| 1799–1801 | 6th | U.S. Senate | Federalist | John Adams | class 1 | |
| Election results | |||||||||||
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| Year | Office | Subject | Party | Votes | % | Opponent | Party | Votes | % | ||
| 1792 | U.S. Representative | Henry Latimer | Federalist | 2,243 | 50% | John Patten | Republican | 2,273 | 50% | ||
| 1794 | U.S. Representative | Henry Latimer | Federalist | 2,285 | 49% | John Patten | Republican | 2,409 | 51% | ||
Read more about this topic: Henry Latimer (senator)
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