54th Delaware General Assembly

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54th Delaware General Assembly
53rd 55th
Overview
Legislative bodyDelaware General Assembly
TermJanuary 5, 1830 (1830-01-05) – January 4, 1831 (1831-01-04)

The 54th Delaware General Assembly (1830–1831) 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 on the first Tuesday of October, and terms began on the first Tuesday in January. It met in Dover, convening on January 5, 1830, two weeks before the beginning of the first year of Governor David Hazzard's administration.

Seats were permanently assigned to three senators and seven representatives for each of the three counties. The county's population did not affect the number of delegates. Both chambers had a National Republican majority.

Leadership

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Senate

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  • Presley Spruance Jr., Kent County

House of Representatives

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  • Joshua Burton, Sussex County

Members

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Senate

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The public elected senators for a three-year term, one-third posted each year.

New Castle County
  • John Caulk
  • Thomas Deakyne
  • William T. Read
Kent County
  • William Johnson
  • James P. Lofland
  • Presley Spruance Jr.
Sussex County
  • Purnal Tindall
  • George Truitt
  • unknown

House of Representatives

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The public elected representatives for a one-year term.

New Castle County
  • Benjamin Chandler
  • Charles H. Haughey
  • Samuel Murphy
  • William T. Read
  • John Sutton
  • Harman Talley
  • Benjamin Whitely
    • Thomas W. Handy
Kent County
  • Joel F. Clements
  • Cornelius P. Comegys
  • Charles Marim
  • Benjamin Potter
  • William Roe
  • Thomas W. Simpson
    • Isaac Harrington
  • Simon Spearman
Sussex County
  • Joshua Burton
  • Isaac W. Copes
  • Thomas Davis
  • Caleb S. Layton
  • Kendall M. Lewis
  • Henry F. Rodney
  • John Tennent

References

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