Almanac
Elections were held October 1 and members of the General Assembly took office on October 20 or the following weekday. State Assemblymen had a one year term. The whole General Assembly chose the State President for a three year term. The General Assembly also chose the U.S. Senators who took office March 4 for a six year term. In this case he was completing the existing term, the vacancy caused by the resignation of John M. Vining.
Beginning in 1792 elections were held on the first Tuesday of October and members of the General Assembly took office on the first Tuesday of January. Also in 1792 the State Legislative Council was renamed the State Senate and the State House of Assembly became the State House of Representatives. The State President became the Governor and was popularly elected. He takes office the third Tuesday in January and had a three year term.
| Public Offices | |||||||
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| Office | Type | Location | Began office | Ended office | notes | ||
| Assemblyman | Legislature | Dover | October 20, 1778 | October 20, 1779 | |||
| Assemblyman | Legislature | Dover | October 20, 1780 | October 20, 1781 | |||
| Assemblyman | Legislature | Dover | October 20, 1781 | October 21, 1782 | |||
| Assemblyman | Legislature | Dover | October 21, 1782 | October 20, 1783 | |||
| Assemblyman | Legislature | Dover | October 20, 1783 | October 20, 1784 | |||
| Assemblyman | Legislature | Dover | October 20, 1785 | October 20, 1786 | |||
| Assemblyman | Legislature | Dover | October 20, 1786 | October 20, 1787 | |||
| Assemblyman | Legislature | Dover | October 20, 1787 | October 20, 1788 | |||
| State President | Executive | Dover | May 30, 1789 | January 15, 1793 | |||
| Governor | Executive | Dover | January 15, 1793 | January 13, 1796 | |||
| U.S. Senator | Legislature | Philadelphia | January 19, 1798 | August 11, 1798 | |||
| Delaware General Assembly service | ||||||
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| Dates | Assembly | Chamber | Majority | Governor | Committees | District |
| 1778/79 | 3rd | State House | non-partisan | Caesar Rodney | New Castle at-large | |
| 1780/81 | 5th | State House | non-partisan | Caesar Rodney | New Castle at-large | |
| 1781/82 | 6th | State House | non-partisan | John Dickinson | New Castle at-large | |
| 1782/83 | 7th | State House | non-partisan | John Cook | New Castle at-large | |
| 1783/84 | 8th | State House | non-partisan | Nicholas Van Dyke | New Castle at-large | |
| 1785/86 | 10th | State House | non-partisan | Nicholas Van Dyke | New Castle at-large | |
| 1786/87 | 11th | State House | non-partisan | Thomas Collins | New Castle at-large | |
| 1787/88 | 12th | State House | non-partisan | Thomas Collins | New Castle at-large | |
| United States Congressional service | ||||||
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| Dates | Congress | Chamber | Majority | President | Committees | Class/District |
| 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 | % | ||
| 1792 | Governor | Joshua Clayton | Federalist | 2,209 | 48% | Thomas Montgomery George Mitchell |
Republican Independent Federalist |
1,902 458 |
42% 10% |
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