43rd Delaware General Assembly

The 43rd 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 of October and terms began on the first Tuesday in January. It met in Dover, Delaware, convening January 5, 1819, two weeks before the beginning of the third year of the administration of Governor John Clark.

Governor
John Clark
43rd General Assembly
In office
January 5, 1819 – January 4, 1820
Preceded by42nd Assembly
Succeeded by44th Assembly

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 Federalist majority.

Leadership

Senate

House of Representatives
  • Nathan Vickers, Sussex County

Members

Senate

Senators were elected by the public for a three-year term, one third posted each year.

New Castle County
  • Samuel H. Black
  • George Clark, Jr.
  • Andrew Gray
Kent County
Sussex County

House of Representative

Representatives were elected by the public for a one-year term.

New Castle County
  • Jesse Chandler
  • John T. Cochran
  • John Crawford
    • Peter B. Delany
  • John Crow
  • Joseph W. Day
  • Isaac S. Hendrickson
  • Henry G. Whitely
Kent County
  • Martin W. Bates
  • Jacob Boone
  • John Booth
  • Joshua G. Brinckle
  • John Cummins
  • Jonathan Jenkins
  • John Mitchell
Sussex County
  • Isaiah Burton
  • John Carlisle
  • Charles M. Cullen
  • John Dickerson
  • William N. Polk
  • David Smith
  • Nathan Vickers
gollark: Okay, even if you don't need ATM-stolen levels of security, it still needs to be ridiculously secure.
gollark: Also, can you not, say, invisibly read from an RFID card someone had and take all their money?
gollark: That answer to 4.
gollark: Sorry. What?!
gollark: I can see a few problems:1. how are you planning to make secure bank cards?2. how will people trust the system?3. how is it actually more convenient than holding [CURRENCY] in your inventory?4. you will need it to be really secure - so secure that even if an ATM is stolen it won't be possible to meddle with the backend.

References
  • Martin, Roger A. (1995). Memoirs of the Senate. Newark, Delaware: Roger A. Martin.

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