The 55th 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 4, 1831, two weeks before the beginning of the second year of the administration of Governor David Hazzard

David Hazzard

David Hazzard was an American merchant and politician from Milton, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, then the National Republican Party, and finally the Whig Party...

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 National Republican majority.

Senate

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

New Castle County Jacob Alrichs John Caulk William T. Read

Kent County William Johnson James P. Lofland Presley Spruance, Jr.

Sussex County Caleb S. Layton Caleb S. Layton Hon. Caleb Sipple Layton was at various stages of his life a lawyer, member of the Delaware House of Representatives, a Delaware State Senator, Secretary of State of Delaware, and Associate Justice of the Delaware Superior Court. He was a resident of Sussex County, Delaware.- Early life :Caleb S... John Carey John Tennett George Truitt

House of Representative

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

New Castle County John Caulk Charles H. Haughey William Kennedy William McCaulley John Sutton Benjamin Whitely Harry Williamson

Kent County John Booth William Huffington Nunn Jenkins Charles Marim John Raymond Thomas A. Rees Simuel Virden

Sussex County Nicholas W. Adams Joshua Burton Thomas Davis George Frame George Hearn Kendall M. Lewis Henry F. Rodney

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