117th Delaware General Assembly

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117th Delaware General Assembly
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Legislative body Delaware General Assembly
TermJanuary 6, 1953 (1953-01-06) – January 4, 1955 (1955-01-04)

The 117th 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 in Dover on the first Tuesday in January. This date was January 6, 1953, which was two weeks before the beginning of the first administrative year of Governor J. Caleb Boggs and John W. Rollins as Lieutenant Governor.

Contents

Currently the distribution of the Senate Assembly seats was made to seven senators for New Castle County and for five senators to each Kent and Sussex counties. Likewise the current distribution of the House Assembly seats was made to fifteen representatives for New Castle County and for ten representatives each to Kent and Sussex counties. The actual population changes of the county did not directly affect the number of senators or representatives at this time.

In the 117th Delaware General Assembly session both chambers had a Republican majority.

Leadership

Senate

House of Representatives

Members

Senate

About half of the State Senators were elected every two years for a four-year term. They were from a district in a specific county, with the number of districts determined by the state constitution, not the size of the population.

New Castle County
  • 1. Thomas Peeney
  • 2. John B. Reilly Sr.
  • 3. Ernest B Benger
  • 4. Wilmer F. Williams
  • 5. George E. Pedrick
  • 6. John R. Butler
  • 7. J. Fred Doby
Kent County
  • 1. Walter A. Hansberry
  • 2. Charles G. Moore
  • 3. Ezekiel C. Barnard
  • 4. Jehu H. Camper
  • 5. John M. Longbotham
Sussex County
  • 1. John W. Burris
  • 2. William O. Covey Jr.
  • 3. Curtis W. Steen
  • 4. Robert E. Wilgus
  • 5. Thomas L. Johnson

House of Representatives

All the State Representatives were elected every two years for a two-year term. They were from a district in a specific county, with the number of districts determined by the state constitution, not the size of the population.

New Castle County
  • 1. Paul F. Livingston
  • 2. James B. Tucker Jr.
  • 3. Stephen E. Hamilton
  • 4. Paul E. Shockley
  • 5. Walter J. Scott
  • 6. Frank A. Jones
  • 7. Robert P. Maclary
  • 8. Benjamin E. Hicks
  • 9. Norman E. Battersby
  • 10. James R. Quigley
  • 11. William L. Press
  • 12. William E. Lester
  • 13. Harvey E. Moore
  • 14. John L. Dickinson
  • 15. Thomas C. Rowan
Kent County
  • 1. Ernest V. Blendt
  • 2. George J. Pyott
  • 3. Carlton Davis
  • 4. Roger A. Davis
  • 5. Vera G. Davis
  • 6. S. Tilden Hughes
  • 7. John D. Keller
  • 8. Charles W. Bostick
  • 9. Leon E. Donovan
  • 10. Clarence L. Hudson
Sussex County
  • 1. Walter J. Hoey
  • 2. David C. Speicher
  • 3. Dale E. Wheatley
  • 4. Glen W. Lowe
  • 5. William S. Marvel III
  • 6. Raymond V. West
  • 7. George W. Mitchell
  • 8. Joseph W. Prettyman
  • 9. Carey D. Sapp
  • 10. James A. Campbell

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