48th Delaware General Assembly

The 48th 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 6, 1824, two weeks before the beginning of the first year of the administration of Governor Samuel Paynter.

Governor
Samuel Paynter
48th General Assembly
In office
January 6, 1824 – January 4, 1825
Preceded by47th Assembly
Succeeded by49th 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
  • Jesse Green, Sussex County

House of Representatives
  • Joshua Burton, Sussex County

Members

Senate

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

New Castle County
Kent County
Sussex County
  • Charles M. Cullen
  • Jesse Green
  • Samuel Paynter, Jr.

House of Representative

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

New Castle County
  • Levi Boulden
  • Josiah F. Clement
  • Richard E. Cochran
  • Andrew Gray
  • William F. Grubb
  • William Vandegrift
  • Benjamin Watson
Kent County
  • John M. Clayton
  • Samuel Coombe
  • Luff Lewis
  • Samuel Mifflin
  • John Pleasanton
  • Charles Polk, Jr.
  • John B. Savin
Sussex County
  • Joshua Burton
  • George Howard
  • Spencer Phillips
  • William N. Polk
  • John Robinson
  • Peter Robinson
  • Purnal Tindall
gollark: But you have to feed them and such, and that's inconvenient.
gollark: I, of course, have several gigabytes archived. Also the entire content of Wikipedia as of late last year.
gollark: The real currency will be humorous memes, when the internet is no longer accessible.
gollark: If you're worried about disasters, sure.
gollark: Yes, but you said "you could just lose a job", which is unlikely to cause that.

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

Places with more information


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.