59th Delaware General Assembly

The 59th 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 on the first Tuesday in January. It met in Dover, Delaware, convening January 3, 1837, two weeks before the beginning of the first and second year of the administration of Governor Cornelius P. Comegys.

Governor
Cornelius P. Comegys
59th General Assembly
In office
January 3, 1837 – January 1, 1839
Preceded by58th Assembly
Succeeded by60th 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 Whig majority.

Leadership

Senate
  • Presley Spruance, Jr., Sussex County

House of Representatives
  • William D. Waples, Sussex County

Members

Senate

Senators were elected by the public for a four-year term, some elected each two year.

New Castle County
  • Christopher Brooks
  • John D. Dilworth
  • William Herdman
  • Ahmad Mohsen
Kent County
  • Elias Naudain, Jr.
  • Charles Polk, Jr.
  • Presley Spruance, Jr.
Sussex County

House of Representative

Representatives were elected by the public for a term, every two years.

New Castle County
  • Alexander M. Biddle
  • William Booth
  • Abraham Boyce
  • Thomas Deakyne
  • John W. Evans
  • Archibald Hamilton
  • George Lodge
Kent County
  • James S. Buckmaster
  • Peter L. Cooper
  • Charles T. Fleming
  • William Johnson
  • Charles Martin
  • William Nickerson
  • Thomas A. Rees
Sussex County
  • John P. Brinckloe
  • Thomas Davis
  • William S. Hall
  • Robert Houston
  • Stansbury Jacobs
  • Jonathan Waller
  • William D. Waples
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References
  • Martin, Roger A. (1995). Memoirs of the Senate. Newark, Delaware: Roger A. Martin.

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