70th Delaware General Assembly

Governor
William Burton
70th General Assembly
In office
January 4, 1859  January 1, 1861
Preceded by 69th Assembly
Succeeded by 71st Assembly

The 70th 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 1st and terms began on the first Tuesday in January. It met in Dover, Delaware, convening January 4, 1859, two weeks before the beginning of the first and second year of the administration of Governor William Burton.

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 Democratic 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
  • Abraham Boyce
  • David W. Gemmell
  • Charles T. Polk
Kent County
  • Wilson L. Cannon
  • Alexander Johnson
  • Thomas J. Moore
Sussex County
  • Manlove R. Carlisle
  • John Martin
  • Joseph A. McFerran

House of Representative

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

New Castle County
  • Thomas W. Belville
  • George W. Churchman
  • Jonathan L. Ellison
  • Franklin Q. Flinn
  • John M. Naudain
  • Charles H. Oldham
  • Lewis Thompson
Kent County
  • Jonathan Brown
  • John Harrington
  • John W.F. Jackson
  • Caleb S. Pennewill
  • Isaac Short
  • William Slaughter
  • Curtis S. Watson
Sussex County
  • Loxley R. Jacobs
  • Thomas A. Jones
  • Bushrod L. May
  • Alfred McIlvaine
  • William H. Moore
  • John W. Walker
  • Benjamin White

References

Places with more information


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/8/2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.