Francis J. McNulty

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Francis J. McNulty was a Delaware state legislator at the turn of the 19th century. McNulty was elected to the Delaware General Assembly from New Castle County, Delaware in 1898. [1] He served in the Delaware House of Representatives in the 90th Delaware General Assembly session, as well as the Delaware State Senate in the 91st Delaware General Assembly and 92nd Delaware General Assembly sessions.

Delaware State of the United States of America

Delaware is one of the 50 states of the United States, in the South-Atlantic or Southern region. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, north by Pennsylvania, and east by New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean. The state takes its name from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, an English nobleman and Virginia's first colonial governor.

Delaware General Assembly

The Delaware General Assembly is the legislature of the U.S. state of Delaware. It is a bicameral legislature composed of the Delaware Senate with 21 senators and the Delaware House of Representatives with 41 representatives. It meets at Legislative Hall in Dover, Delaware, convening on the second Tuesday of January of odd-numbered years, with a second session of the same Assembly convening likewise in even-numbered years. Normally the sessions are required to adjourn by the last day of June of the same calendar year. However the Governor can call a special session of the legislature at any time.

New Castle County, Delaware County in the United States

New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware. As of the 2010 census, the population was 538,479, making it the most populous county in Delaware, with just under 60% of the state's population of 897,936 in the same census. The county seat is Wilmington.

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References

  1. Henry C. Conrad History of the State of Delaware from the Earliest Settlements to the Year 1907, in Three Volumes, Vol. I, Wilmington: Published by the Author © 1908 Henry C. Conrad, printer and binder WICKERSHAM COMPANY, Lancaster, Pa., under title appearing at p. 272 "Members of the State House of Representatives from New Castle County", p 275