21st Delaware General Assembly

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21st Delaware General Assembly
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Legislative body Delaware General Assembly
TermJanuary 3, 1797 (1797-01-03) – January 2, 1798 (1798-01-02)

The 21st 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 of October and terms began on the first Tuesday in January. It met in Dover, Delaware, convening January 3, 1797, two weeks before the beginning of the second year of the administration of Governor Gunning Bedford, Sr. After his death on September 18, 1797, Daniel Rogers inherited the position.

Contents

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 Federalist majority.

Leadership

Senate

House of Representatives

Members

Senate

Senators were elected by the public for a three-year term, one third posted each year.

New Castle County
Kent County
  • George Cummins
  • Isaac Davis
  • Joseph Miller
Sussex County

House of Representatives

Representatives were elected by the public for a one-year term.

New Castle County
  • Robert Armstrong
  • Joel Lewis
  • Robert Maxwell
  • Elias Naudain, Sr.
  • Caesar A. Rodney
  • James Stroud
  • Nehemiah Tilton
Kent County
  • Manlove Emerson
  • Stephen Lewis
  • William Morris
  • James Raymond
  • Nicholas Ridgely
  • William Sorden
  • William Warner
Sussex County
  • Robert Burton
  • David Owens
  • Samuel Paynter, Jr.
  • Thomas Sorden
  • Woodman Stockley
  • William H. Wells
  • John Williams

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