The 116th 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 2, 1951, which was two weeks before the beginning of the third administrative year of Governor Elbert N. Carvel and Alexis I. du Pont Bayard 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 116th Delaware General Assembly session the Senate had a Democratic majority and the House had a Republican majority.
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. Thomas Peeney
2. John B. Reilly, Sr.
3. Ernest B Benger
4. Frederick Klair
5. George E. Pedrick
6. E. Sherman Webb
7. J. Fred Doby
Kent County
1. Walter A. Hansberry
2. Dudley Crossley
3. Ezekiel C. Barnard
4. William O. Cubbage
5. John M. Longbotham
Sussex County
1. John W. Burris
2. Roy A. Cannon
3. Curtis W. Steen
4. Edwin R. Powell
5. Thomas L. Johnson
House of RepresentativesEdit
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. William J. Winchester
2. James B. Tucker, Jr.
3. Stephen E. Hamilton
4. Joseph A. Bruno, Sr.
5. Joseph F. Givens
6. Frank A. Jones
7. Wilmer F. Williams
8. Calvin H. Ball
9. Norman E. Battersby
10. James R. Quigley
11. John B. McDaniel
12. Francis E. Holliday
13. G. Lester Cleaver
14. John L. Dickinson
15. Howard C. Deakyne
Kent County
1. Clarence Collins
2. Howard W. Jones
3. Allen J. Cook
4. Donald G. Carey
5. Herman H. Hanson
6. John H. Cahall
7. John C. Harris
8. William C. Paradee
9. Walter J. Hanson
10. Wilbur H. Jump
Sussex County
1. Walter J. Hoey
2. Leon F. Trivitts
3. Warren L. Allen
4. Charles Moore
5. Fred L. Ward
6. Fred J. Brittingham
7. Charles L. Lynch
8. Harvey H. Lawson
9. Charles Short
10. T. Harold Palmer
ReferencesEdit
Hoffecker, Carol E. (2004). Democracy in Delaware. Wilmington, Delaware: Cedar Tree Books. ISBN1-892142-23-6.
Martin, Roger A. (1995). Memoirs of the Senate. Newark, Delaware: Roger A. Martin.
University of Delaware; Library website; 181 South College Avenue, Newark, Delaware 19717; (302) 831-2965
August 26, 2023
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