37th Delaware General Assembly
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The 37th 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 5, 1813, two weeks before the beginning of the third year of the administration of Governor Joseph Haslet
Joseph Haslet
Joseph Haslet was an American planter and politician from Cedar Creek Village in Cedar Creek Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, who served twice 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
  • Samuel H. Black
  • Francis H. Haughey
  • John Way
Kent County
  • Andrew Barratt
  • George Cummins
  • James Morris
Sussex County
  • Jesse Green
  • Samuel Paynter, Jr.
  • William H. Wells

House of Representative

Representatives were elected by the public for a one year term.
New Castle County
  • George Clarke, Jr.
  • John Harlan
  • George R. Massey
  • George Read, Jr.
  • Abraham Staats
  • Peter Vandever
  • Nicholas G. Williamson
Kent County
  • Thomas Clayton
    Thomas Clayton
    Thomas Clayton was an American lawyer and politician from Dover in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party and later the Whig Party. He served in the Delaware General Assembly, as Attorney General of Delaware, as Secretary of State of Delaware, as Chief Justice of the...

  • Cornelius P. Comegys
    Cornelius P. Comegys
    Cornelius Parsons Comegys was an American farmer and politician from Dover Hundred, in Kent County, Delaware, near Little Creek...

  • Luff Lewis
  • Henry Molleston
    Henry Molleston
    Dr. Henry Molleston, III was an American physician and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist, who served in the Delaware General Assembly, and was elected Governor of Delaware, but died before taking office.-Early life and family:Molleston was born in...

  • Jacob Stout
    Jacob Stout
    Jacob Stout was an American manufacturer and politician from Little Creek Hundred, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as Governor of Delaware....

  • Samuel White
  • John Williams
Sussex County
  • Joshua Burton
  • Charles M. Cullen
  • Robert Hill
  • Solomon Moore
  • Caleb Rodney
    Caleb Rodney
    Caleb Rodney was an American merchant and politician from Lewes, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as Governor of Delaware....

  • Nathan Vickers
  • Ebe Walter

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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