Almanac
Elections were held the first Tuesday of October. Members of the State House took office on the first Tuesday of January 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.
| Public Offices | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office | Type | Location | Began office | Ended office | notes | ||
| State Representative | Legislature | Dover | January 1, 1808 | January 7, 1809 | |||
| State Representative | Legislature | Dover | January 1, 1809 | January 7, 1810 | |||
| State Representative | Legislature | Dover | January 1, 1810 | January 7, 1811 | |||
| U.S. Representative | Legislature | Washington | March 4, 1811 | March 3, 1813 | |||
| U.S. Representative | Legislature | Washington | March 4, 1813 | March 3, 1815 | |||
| Secretary of State | Executive | Dover | 1817 | 1827 | |||
| State Representative | Legislature | Dover | January 1, 1816 | January 7, 1817 | |||
| State Representative | Legislature | Dover | January 1, 1822 | January 7, 1823 | |||
| State Representative | Legislature | Dover | January 1, 1827 | January 7, 1828 | |||
| U.S. Senator | Legislature | Washington | January 12, 1827 | March 3, 1829 | |||
| Delaware General Assembly service | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | Assembly | Chamber | Majority | Governor | Committees | District |
| 1808 | 32nd | State House | Federalist | George Truitt | Kent at-large | |
| 1809 | 33rd | State House | Federalist | George Truitt | Kent at-large | |
| 1810 | 34th | State House | Federalist | George Truitt | Kent at-large | |
| 1816 | 40th | State House | Federalist | Daniel Rodney | Kent at-large | |
| 1822 | 46th | State House | Federalist | John Collins | Kent at-large | |
| 1827 | 51st | State House | Federalist | Charles Polk, Jr. | Kent at-large | |
| United States Congressional service | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | Congress | Chamber | Majority | President | Committees | Class/District |
| 1811–1813 | 12th | U.S. House | Republican | James Madison | at-large | |
| 1813–1815 | 13th | U.S. House | Republican | James Madison | 1st at-large | |
| 1825–1827 | 19th | U.S. Senate | Democratic | John Quincy Adams | class 2 | |
| 1827–1829 | 20th | U.S. Senate | Democratic | John Quincy Adams | class 2 | |
| Election results | ||||||||||||
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| Year | Office | Subject | Party | Votes | % | Opponent | Party | Votes | % | |||
| 1810 | U.S. Representative | Henry M. Ridgely | Federalist | 3,634 | 50% | Richard C. Dale | Republican | 6,229 | 51% | |||
| 1812 | U.S. Representative | Henry M. Ridgely Thomas Cooper |
Federalist | 4,193 4,182 |
29% 29% |
David Hall Richard C. Dale |
Republican | 3,221 3,210 |
22% 22% |
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