Professional and Political Career
Mitchell served as Delaware's delegate to the Continental Congress during its last two years from his election on October 27, 1786 until the Congress was replaced by the new government under the United States Constitution of 1787. Following that he was Prothonotary for Sussex County. In 1801 he ran for Governor of Delaware, losing to David Hall, the emocratic-Republican candidate. Hall was another veteran of the American Revolution who ran a campaign critical of Mitchell's alleged deistic Anglicanism. Mitchell lost heavily Presbyterian New Castle County by just enough votes to overcome his wide margins elsewhere. Three years later, in 1804 he was successful, beating Joseph Haslet, the Democratic-Republican candidate. Mitchell served as Governor of Delaware from January 15, 1805 until January 19, 1808.
| Delaware General Assembly |
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| Year | Assembly | Senate Majority | Speaker | House Majority | Speaker | ||||||
| 1805 | 29th | Federalist | James Sykes | Federalist | Thomas Laws | ||||||
| 1806 | 30th | Federalist | James Sykes | Federalist | Jesse Green | ||||||
| 1807 | 31st | Federalist | James Sykes | Federalist | William Warner | ||||||
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