The 62nd 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, convening January 3, 1843, two weeks before the beginning of the third and fourth year of the administration of Governor William B. Cooper.
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 Presley Spruance Jr., Kent County
House of Representatives William O. Redden, Sussex County
Members
Senate Senators were elected by the public for a four-year term, some elected each two year.
New Castle County Charles I. du Pont David McAllister Robert OcheltreeKent County Willam Roe Joseph Smithers Presley Spruance Jr.Sussex County George P. Fisher Stansbury Jacobs Joseph Maull
House of Representatives Representatives were elected by the public for a term, every two years.
New Castle County William Booth Harland Cloud John Harlan William Kennedy Andrew Kerr Samuel Townsend Jr. David C. WilsonKent County Lewis H. Adams Paris T. Carlisle Joseph P. Compegys John Gruwell Robert Jones James Knight William Shaw Sussex County Benjamin Burton William Hill Richard Jefferson William O. Redden Charles G. Ridgely John D. Rodney Robert Walpes
References
Places with more information Delaware Historical Society; website; 505 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801; (302) 655-7161. University of Delaware; Library website; 181 South College Avenue, Newark, Delaware 19717; (302) 831-2965.