Almanac
Elections were held October 1. Members of the General Assembly took office on October 20 or the following weekday. The State Councilmen were elected for a three year term and the State Assemblymen 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 took office March 4 for a six year term.
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 Legislative Council was renamed the State Senate and the House of Assembly was renamed the State House of Representatives.
| Public Offices | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office | Type | Location | Began office | Ended office | notes | ||
| Continental Congressman | Legislature | Annapolis | April 8, 1784 | June 3, 1784 | never served | ||
| Continental Congressman | Legislature | Trenton | November 1, 1784 | December 24, 1784 | |||
| Continental Congressman | Legislature | New York | January 11, 1785 | November 4, 1785 | |||
| Continental Congressman | Legislature | New York | November 7, 1785 | October 27, 1786 | |||
| State Assemblymen | Legislature | Dover | October 20, 1787 | October 20, 1788 | |||
| State Assemblymen | Legislature | Dover | October 20, 1788 | October 20, 1789 | |||
| U.S. Representative | Legislature | New York | March 4, 1789 | March 3, 1791 | |||
| U.S. Representative | Legislature | Philadelphia | March 4, 1791 | March 3, 1793 | |||
| State Senator | Legislature | Dover | January 1, 1793 | January 7, 1794 | |||
| U.S. Senator | Legislature | Philadelphia | March 4, 1793 | January 19, 1798 | |||
| State Representative | Legislature | Dover | January 3, 1799 | January 3, 1800 | |||
| State Senator | Legislature | Dover | January 3, 1800 | February 1802 | died in office | ||
| Delaware General Assembly service | ||||||
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| Dates | Assembly | Chamber | Majority | Governor | Committees | District |
| 1787/88 | 12th | State House | non-partisan | Thomas Collins | Kent at-large | |
| 1788/89 | 13th | State House | non-partisan | Thomas Collins | Kent at-large | |
| 1793 | 17th | State Senate | Federalist | Joshua Clayton | Kent at-large | |
| 1799 | 23rd | State House | Federalist | Richard Bassett | Kent at-large | |
| 1800 | 24th | State Senate | Federalist | Richard Bassett | Kent at-large | |
| 1801 | 25th | State Senate | Federalist | Richard Bassett | Kent at-large | |
| 1802 | 26th | State Senate | Federalist | David Hall | Kent at-large | |
| United States Congressional service | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | Congress | Chamber | Majority | President | Committees | Class/District | Notes |
| 1789–1791 | 1st | U.S. House | Pro-Administration | George Washington | at-large | ||
| 1791–1793 | 2nd | U.S. House | Pro-Administration | George Washington | at-large | ||
| 1793–1795 | 3rd | U.S. Senate | Pro-Administration | George Washington | class 2 | ||
| 1795–1797 | 4th | U.S. Senate | Federalist | George Washington | class 2 | ||
| 1797–1799 | 5th | U.S. Senate | Federalist | John Adams | class 2 | ||
| Election results | ||||||||||||
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| Year | Office | Subject | Party | Votes | % | Opponent | Party | Votes | % | notes | ||
| 1788 | U.S. Representative | John Vining | non-partisan | 898 | 44% | Rhoads Shankland | non-partisan | 491 | 24% | |||
| 1790 | U.S. Representative | John Vining | non-partisan | 252 | 50% | Joshua Clayton | non-partisan | 145 | 29% | |||
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