23rd Delaware General Assembly
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The 23rd Delaware General Assembly was a meeting of the legislative branch of the state government, consisting of the Delaware Senate
Delaware Senate
The Delaware Senate is the upper house of the Delaware General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. State of Delaware. It is composed of 21 Senators, each of whom is elected to a four-year term, except when reapportionment occurs, at which time Senators may be elected to a two-year term....

 and the Delaware House of Representatives
Delaware House of Representatives
The Delaware House of Representatives is the lower house of the Delaware General Assembly; the state legislature of the U.S. State of Delaware. It is composed of 41 Representatives from an equal amount of constituencies, each of whom is elected to a two year term. The Delaware General Assembly...

. Elections were held the first Tuesday of October and terms began on the first Tuesday in January. It met in Dover, Delaware, convening January 1, 1799, two weeks before the beginning of the firstyear of the administration of Governor Richard Bassett
Richard Bassett
Richard Bassett was an American lawyer and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a veteran of the American Revolution, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787, and a member of the Federalist Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly, as Governor of Delaware,...

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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.

Senate

Senators were elected by the public for a three year term, one third posted each year.
New Castle County
  • Archibald Alexander
  • Isaac Grantham
  • John James
Kent County
  • George Cummins
  • Isaac Davis
  • James Sykes, Jr.
Sussex County
  • unknown
  • Nathaniel Hayes
  • David Owens

House of Representative

Representatives were elected by the public for a one year term.
New Castle County
  • John Clark
    John Clark (governor)
    John Clark was an American farmer and politician from Blackbird Hundred in New Castle County, Delaware, near Smyrna...

  • Richard C. Dale
  • George Gillespie
  • Thomas Kean
  • Caesar A. Rodney
    Caesar A. Rodney
    Caesar Augustus Rodney was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly, as well as a U.S. Representative from Delaware, U.S. Senator from Delaware, U.S. Attorney...

  • Joseph Tatnall
  • Nicholas Van Dyke, Jr.
Kent County
  • Joseph Barker
  • William Collins, Jr.
  • Manlove Emerson
  • Stephen Lewis
  • William Sorden
  • John Vining
  • William Warner
Sussex County
  • Isaac Beauchamp
  • Joshua Burton
  • Samuel Paynter
    Samuel Paynter
    Samuel Paynter was an American merchant and politician from Drawbridge, in Broadkill Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware...

    , Jr.
  • Thomas Robertson
  • Thomas Sorden
  • Stephen Styer
  • William H. Wells

Places with more information

  • Delaware Historical Society
    Delaware Historical Society
    The Delaware Historical Society began in 1864 as an effort to preserve documents from the Civil War. Since then, it has expanded into a state-wide historical institution with several venues and a major museum in Wilmington and the historic Read House & Gardens in New Castle.The society...

    ; website; 505 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801; (302) 655-7161
  • University of Delaware
    University of Delaware
    The university is organized into seven colleges:* College of Agriculture and Natural Resources* College of Arts and Sciences* Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics* College of Earth, Ocean and Environment* College of Education and Human Development...

    ; Library website; 181 South College Avenue, Newark, Delaware 19717; (302) 831-2965



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