61st Delaware General Assembly

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61st Delaware General Assembly
60th 62nd
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Legislative body Delaware General Assembly
TermJanuary 5, 1841 (1841-01-05) – January 3, 1843 (1843-01-03)

The 61st 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, Delaware, convening January 5, 1841, two weeks before the beginning of the first and second year of the administration of Governor William B. Cooper.

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 Whig majority.

Leadership

Senate

House of Representatives

Members

Senate

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

New Castle County
Kent County
Sussex County
  • Stansbury Jacobs
  • Thomas Jacobs
  • Joseph Maull

House of Representatives

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

New Castle County
  • Samuel Barr
  • Mahlon Betts
  • Robert M. Black
  • Palmer Chamberlain
  • John Dale
  • Alfred Francis
  • John Higgins
Kent County
  • John Clements
  • John A. Collins
  • John Frazier
  • William Huffington
  • Alexander Johnson
  • Samuel Virden
  • James D. Wilds
Sussex County
  • William Hill
  • Robert Houston
  • Richard Jefferson
  • Aaron Marshall Jr.
  • John Sudler
  • Robert Walpes
  • Gardiner H. Wright

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