The 118th 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 in Dover on the first Tuesday in January. This date was January 4, 1955, which was two weeks before the beginning of the third administrative year of Governor J. Caleb Boggs and John W. Rollins as Lieutenant Governor.
Currently the distribution of the Senate Assembly seats was made to seven senators for New Castle County and for five senators to each Kent and Sussex counties. Likewise the current distribution of the House Assembly seats was made to fifteen representatives for New Castle County and for ten representatives each to Kent and Sussex counties. The actual population changes of the county did not directly affect the number of senators or representatives at this time.
In the 118th Delaware General Assembly session both chambers had a Democratic majority.
Leadership
Senate Charles G. Moore, Kent County, Democratic
House of Representatives James R. Quigley, New Castle County, Democratic
Members
Senate About half of the State Senators were elected every two years for a four-year term. They were from a district in a specific county, with the number of districts determined by the state constitution, not the size of the population.
New Castle County 1. Eugene Lammot 2. John B. Reilly Sr. 3. Elwood F. Melson Jr. 4. Wilmer F. Williams 5. Calvin R. McCullough 6. John R. Butler 7. Clifford PryorKent County 1. William B. Behen 2. Charles G. Moore 3. S. Warthman Harrison 4. Jehu H. Camper 5. William C. ParadeeSussex County 1. Walter J. Hoey 2. William O. Covey Jr. 3. Curtis W. Steen 4. Robert E. Wilgus 5. Thomas L. Johnson
House of Representatives All the State Representatives were elected every two years for a two-year term. They were from a district in a specific county, with the number of districts determined by the state constitution, not the size of the population.
New Castle County 1. Paul F. Livingston 2.William J. Thornton James H. Snowden 3. Harry G. Lawson 4. Paul E. Shockley 5. John J. Brogan 6. Robert R. Wood 7. Robert P. Maclary 8. Benjamin E. Hicks 9. Henry H. Wolf 10. James R. Quigley 11. B. Walter Johnson 12. William E. Lester 13. Earl Deputy 14. Edgar Alexander 15. Thomas C. RowanKent County 1. Ernest S. Mattiford 2. Daniel J. Queen 3. H. Clifford Clark 4. Nelson Massey 5. Irving H. Garton 6. Peter Nechay 7. Roland Wilkinson 8. Charles W. Bostick 9. Leon E. Donovan 10. Harry E. MayhewSussex County 1. George T. Macklin 2. Earl N. Keel 3. Norman A. Eskridge 4. Ebe T. Layton 5. James L. Hastings 6. J. Earl Pepper 7. Tilghman S. Johnson 8. Joseph B. Walls 9. Mildred S. Tunnell 10. Raymond M. Lank
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.