A table of the members of the Delaware General Assembly from New Castle County and the Governors.
Delaware senators under the Constitution of 1776 During this period the Upper House of the Delaware General Assembly was known as the Legislative Council and its members were Legislative Councillors. The terms "Senate" and "Senator" came into use with the adoption of the U.S. Constitution of 1787. Legislative Councillors were not the same as and should not be confused with Privy Councillors, the persons serving on the Delaware Privy Council.
From 1776 to 1792 elections were held on the first day of October of the year noted. Terms for members of the General Assembly began on the twentieth day of October in the same year. If either date fell on a Sunday, the following day was prescribed. They met three times each year, generally in October, February and May. Members of the House of Assembly had a term of one year and members of the Legislative Council had a term of three years. Three State Councilmen and seven State Assemblymen were elected, at large, from each county.
The alternating grey and white boxes indicate the duration of the actual three year Council terms.
PresidentsSession1Class 1 councillors2Class 2 councillors3Class 3 councillorsJohn McKinlyThomas McKean1st(1776/1777)-Nicholas Van Dyke -George Read -Richard CantwellGeorge ReadCaesar Rodney2nd(1777/1778)-Peter HyattCaesar Rodney3rd(1778/1779)Samuel Patterson -4th(1779/1780)Richard Cantwell-5th(1780/1781)-Thomas McDonough Sr.John Dickinson6th(1781/1782)-Isaac GranthamJohn Cook7th(1782/1783)-George Read Nicholas Van Dyke8th(1783/1784)-9th(1784/1785)-George Craighead10th(1785/1786)-Thomas Collins 11th(1786/1787)-Nicholas Van Dyke12th(1787/1788)Thomas McDonough Sr.-George Read Jr.Jehu Davis13th(1788/1789)Nicholas Van DykeThomas Kean-Gunning Bedford Sr. Joshua Clayton14th(1789/1790)-Alexander Porter Jr.15th(1790/1791)-16th(1791/1792)Nehemiah Tilton-Archibald Alexander
Delaware senators under the Constitution of 1792 The State Senate had a term of three years. Three state senators were elected, at large, from each county.
The alternating grey and white boxes indicate the duration of the actual three year Senate terms.
GovernorsSession1Class 1 senators2Class 2 senators3Class 3 senatorsJoshua Clayton17th(1793)-Robert Haughey-Archibald Alexander-John Dickinson 18th(1794)-Isaac GranthamThomas Kean19th(1795)John Stockton-Gunning Bedford Sr. 20th(1796)Alexander Porter Jr.-John James21st(1797)-Archibald AlexanderDaniel Rogers22nd(1798)Edward Roche-Richard Bassett23rd(1799)Isaac Grantham-24th(1800)-Peter BrynbergJames Sykes Jr.25th(1801)John Bird-Thomas FitzgeraldDavid Hall26th(1802)Robert Maxwell-27th(1803)-John Way28th(1804)-Nathaniel Mitchell29th(1805)-William Cooch30th(1806)-George Clark Jr.31st(1807)-Thomas PerkinsGeorge Truitt32nd(1808)-John Merritt33rd(1809)-34th(1810)-Andrew ReynoldsJoseph Haslet35th(1811)-Francis H. Haughey36th(1812)-37th(1813)-Samuel H. BlackDaniel Rodney38th(1814)-Abraham Staats39th(1815)-Caesar A. Rodney40th(1816)-Nicholas Van Dyke Jr.John Clark41st(1817)-George Clark Jr.42nd(1818)-Andrew GraySamuel H. Black43rd(1819)-Jacob Stout44th(1820)-Jacob VandergriftJohn Collins45th(1821)-Victor du PontCaleb Rodney46th(1822)-Charles Thomas Jr.Joseph HasletCharles Thomas Jr.47th(1823)-William Weldon, IISamuel Paynter48th(1824)-John Erwin49th(1825)-Henry Whiteley50th(1826)-Christopher VandergriftCharles Polk Jr.51st(1827)-Joseph England52nd(1828)John HarlanLevi Boulden-Thomas Deakyne53rd(1829)-David Hazzard54th(1830)-William T. ReadJohn Caulk55th(1831)-Jacob Alrichs56th(1832)James Booth-John Sutton
Delaware senators under the Constitution of 1831 The State Senate had a term of four years. Three state senators were elected, at large, from each county.
The alternating grey and white boxes indicate the duration of the actual four year Senate terms.
GovernorsSession1Class 1 senators2Class 2 senators3Class 3 senatorsCaleb P. Bennett57th(1833/1834)-James Booth-John Sutton-Richard H. BayardCharles Polk Jr.58th(1835/1836)-John D. DilworthThomas W. Handy-Archibald HamiltonCornelius P. Comegys59th(1837/1838)-William HerdmanChristopher Brooks60th(1839/1840)-Abraham Boyce-Thomas DeaknyeWilliam B. Cooper61st(1841/1842)-Charles I. du PontAndrew S. Naudain62nd(1843/1844)-David McAllister-Robert OcheltreeThomas StocktonJoseph MaullWilliam Temple 63rd(1845/1846)-Mahlon BettsWilliam Tharp64th(1847/1848)-Samuel Burnham-John D. Turner65th(1849/1850)-James H. HoffeckerWilliam H. H. Ross66th(1851/1852)-Bassett Ferguson-William Smith67th(1853/1854)-Charles I. du PontPeter F. Causey 68th(1855/1856)-Archibald Armstrong-Sewell C. Biggs69th(1857/1858)-Abraham BoyceWilliam Burton 70th(1859/1860)-David W. Gemmell-Charles T. Polk71st(1861/1862)-John R. TatumWilliam Cannon 72nd(1863/1864)-John P. Belville-John F. WilliamsonGove Saulsbury 73rd(1865/1866)-Isaac S. Elliott74th(1867/1868)-Curtis B. Ellison-John G. Jackson75th(1869/1870)-Charles GoodingJames Ponder76th(1871/1872)-Allen V. Lesley-Leonard G. Vandegrift77th(1873/1874)-Leander F. RiddleJohn P. Cochran78th(1875/1876)-Henry Davis-James H. Ray79th(1877/1878)-Harry SharpleyJohn W. Hall80th(1879/1880)-Joseph W. Cooch-Charles H. McWhorter81st(1881/1882)-Edward BettsCharles C. Stockley82nd(1883/1884)-Swithin Chandler-Alexander B. Cooper83rd(1885/1886)-Charles H. McWhorterBenjamin T. Biggs84th(1887/1888)-Calvin W. Crossan-Colen Ferguson85th(1889/1890)-John P. DonohoeRobert J. Reynolds86th(1891/1892)-James McMullin-John Pilling87th(1893/1894)-John C. PyleJoshua H. MarvilWilliam T. Watson88th(1895/1896)-Samuel Alrichs-Robert J. HanbyEbe W. Tunnell89th(1897/1898)-
Delaware senators under the Constitution of 1897 before the 1965 reapportionment The alternating grey and white boxes indicate the duration of the actual four year Senate terms.
GovernorsSession1Class 1 senators2Class 2 senators3Class 3 senators4Class 4 senators5Class 5 senators6Class 6 senators7Class 7 senatorsEbe W. Tunnell90th(1899/1900)-John Hunn91st(1901/1902)92nd(1903/1904)-Preston Lea93rd(1905/1906)94th(1907/1908)-Simeon S. Pennewill95th(1909/1910)96th(1911/1912)-Charles R. Miller97th(1913/1914)98th(1915/1916)-John G. Townsend Jr.99th(1917/1918)100th(1919/1920)-William D. Denney101st(1921/1922)102nd(1923/1924)-Robert P. Robinson103rdh(1925/1926)104th(1927/1928)-C. Douglass Buck105th(1929/1930)106th(1931/1932)-107th(1933/1934)108th(1935/1936)-Richard C. McMullen109th(1937/1938)110th(1939/1940)-Walter W. Bacon111th(1941/1942)112th(1943/1944)-113th(1945/1946)114th(1947/1948)-Elbert N. Carvel115th(1949/1950)116th(1951/1952)-J. Caleb Boggs David P. Buckson117th(1953/1954)118th(1955/1956)-119th(1957/1958)120th(1959/1960)-Elbert N. Carvel121st(1961/1962)122nd(1963/1964)-
References Martin, Roger A. (1995). Memoirs of the Senate.