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62nd Delaware General Assembly

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62nd Delaware General Assembly
61st 63rd
Overview
Legislative bodyDelaware General Assembly
TermJanuary 3, 1843 (1843-01-03) – January 7, 1845 (1845-01-07)

The 62nd Delaware General Assembly was a meeting of the legislative branch of the state government, consisting of the Delaware Senate and the Delaware House of Representatives. Elections were held the first Tuesday after November 1 and terms began on the first Tuesday in January. It met in Dover, convening January 3, 1843, two weeks before the beginning of the third and fourth year of the administration of Governor William B. Cooper.

The apportionment of seats was permanently assigned to three senators and seven representatives for each of the three counties. Population of the county did not effect the number of delegates. Both chambers had a Whig majority.

Leadership

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Senate

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  • Presley Spruance Jr., Kent County

House of Representatives

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  • William O. Redden, Sussex County

Members

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Senate

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Senators were elected by the public for a four-year term, some elected each two year.

New Castle County
Kent County
  • Willam Roe
  • Joseph Smithers
  • Presley Spruance Jr.
Sussex County
  • George P. Fisher
  • Stansbury Jacobs
  • Joseph Maull

House of Representatives

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Representatives were elected by the public for a term, every two years.

New Castle County
  • William Booth
  • Harland Cloud
  • John Harlan
  • William Kennedy
  • Andrew Kerr
  • Samuel Townsend Jr.
  • David C. Wilson
Kent County
  • Lewis H. Adams
  • Paris T. Carlisle
  • Joseph P. Compegys
  • John Gruwell
  • Robert Jones
  • James Knight
  • William Shaw
Sussex County
  • Benjamin Burton
  • William Hill
  • Richard Jefferson
  • William O. Redden
  • Charles G. Ridgely
  • John D. Rodney
  • Robert Walpes

References

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  • Martin, Roger A. (1995). Memoirs of the Senate. Newark, Delaware: Roger A. Martin.

Places with more information

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