109th Delaware General Assembly

109th Delaware General Assembly
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Overview
Legislative body	Delaware General Assembly
Term	January 5, 1937 (1937-01-05) – January 3, 1939 (1939-01-03)

The 109th 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 in Dover on the first Tuesday in January. This date was January 5, 1937, which was two weeks before the beginning of the first administrative year of Governor Richard McMullen and Edward W. Cooch as Lieutenant Governor.

Currently the distribution of the Senate Assembly seats was made to seven senators for New Castle County and for five senators to each Kent and Sussex counties. Likewise the current distribution of the House Assembly seats was made to fifteen representatives for New Castle County and for ten representatives each to Kent and Sussex counties. The actual population changes of the county did not directly affect the number of senators or representatives at this time.

In the 109th Delaware General Assembly session the Senate had a Republican majority and the House had a Democratic majority.

Leadership

Senate

• William A. Simonton, New Castle County, Republican

House of Representatives

• John R. Fader, New Castle County, Democratic

Members

Senate

About half of the State Senators were elected every two years for a four-year term. They were from a district in a specific county, with the number of districts determined by the state constitution, not the size of the population.

New Castle County 1. William A. Simonton 2. Daniel E. Kelley 3. Donald P. Ross 4. Hector W. Hannem 5. Norris N. Wright 6. Frank Moody 7. Levi G. Maloney

Kent County 1. William E. Matthews Jr. 2. William J Poore 3. Alfred B. Thomas 4. Earl Sylvester 5. James L. Davis

Sussex County 1. Samuel M. D. Marshall 2. Jennings H. Moore 3. Ebe H. Chandler 4. David W. Steele 5. Fred A. Walls

House of Representatives

All the State Representatives were elected every two years for a two-year term. They were from a district in a specific county, with the number of districts determined by the state constitution, not the size of the population.

New Castle County 1. Francis A. Burke 2. Frank R. Zebley 3. James S. Evans 4. John P. Welsh 5. John P. Hamill 6. Thomas M. Adamson 7. Eugene W. Scarborough 8. George W. Mullin 9. John R. Fader 10. Chauncey P. Holcomb 11. John R. Butler 12. Claude N. Lester 13. Fred A. Reynolds 14. George L. Daniels 15. Robert A. Derrickson

Kent County 1. Ernest S. Mattiford 2. Howard M. Buckson 3. Joseph E. Swain 4. William D. Craig 5. Benjamin F. Simmons 6. Paul B. Hughes 7. Robert M. Pyott 8. J. Harold Schabinger 9. Walter J. Paskey Jr. 10. George D. Sapp

Sussex County 1. Lucius C. Webb 2. Ralph E. Willey 3. Charles E. Hastings 4. Charles D. Boyce 5. Samuel G. Ralph 6. John O. Mumford 7. William R. Ringer 8. Kendal O. Warrington 9. John A. Jones 10. Purnell N. Dodd

References

• Hoffecker, Carol E. (2004). Democracy in Delaware. Wilmington, Delaware: Cedar Tree Books. ISBN 1-892142-23-6.
• Martin, Roger A. (1995). Memoirs of the Senate. Newark, Delaware: Roger A. Martin.