Delaware General Assembly delegations from New Castle County

A table of the members of the Delaware General Assembly from New Castle County and the Governors.

Delaware senators under the Constitution of 1776

During this period the Upper House of the Delaware General Assembly was known as the Legislative Council and its members were Legislative Councillors. The terms "Senate" and "Senator" came into use with the adoption of the U.S. Constitution of 1787. Legislative Councillors were not the same as and should not be confused with Privy Councillors, the persons serving on the Delaware Privy Council.

From 1776 to 1792 elections were held on the first day of October of the year noted. Terms for members of the General Assembly began on the twentieth day of October in the same year. If either date fell on a Sunday, the following day was prescribed. They met three times each year, generally in October, February and May. Members of the House of Assembly had a term of one year and members of the Legislative Council had a term of three years. Three State Councilmen and seven State Assemblymen were elected, at large, from each county.

The alternating grey and white boxes indicate the duration of the actual three year Council terms.

Presidents	Session	1	Class 1 councillors	2	Class 2 councillors	3	Class 3 councillors
John McKinly Thomas McKean	1st (1776/1777)	-	Nicholas Van Dyke	-	George Read	-	Richard Cantwell
George Read Caesar Rodney	2nd (1777/1778)	-					Peter Hyatt
Caesar Rodney	3rd (1778/1779)		Samuel Patterson	-
	4th (1779/1780)				Richard Cantwell	-
	5th (1780/1781)	-	Thomas McDonough Sr.
John Dickinson	6th (1781/1782)			-	Isaac Grantham
John Cook	7th (1782/1783)					-	George Read
Nicholas Van Dyke	8th (1783/1784)	-
	9th (1784/1785)			-	George Craighead
	10th (1785/1786)					-
Thomas Collins	11th (1786/1787)	-	Nicholas Van Dyke
	12th (1787/1788)		Thomas McDonough Sr.	-	George Read Jr.
Jehu Davis	13th (1788/1789)		Nicholas Van Dyke		Thomas Kean	-	Gunning Bedford Sr.
Joshua Clayton	14th (1789/1790)	-	Alexander Porter Jr.
	15th (1790/1791)			-
	16th (1791/1792)		Nehemiah Tilton			-	Archibald Alexander

Delaware senators under the Constitution of 1792

The State Senate had a term of three years. Three state senators were elected, at large, from each county.

The alternating grey and white boxes indicate the duration of the actual three year Senate terms.

Governors	Session	1	Class 1 senators	2	Class 2 senators	3	Class 3 senators
Joshua Clayton	17th (1793)	-	Robert Haughey	-	Archibald Alexander	-	John Dickinson
	18th (1794)	-	Isaac Grantham				Thomas Kean
	19th (1795)				John Stockton	-
Gunning Bedford Sr.	20th (1796)		Alexander Porter Jr.	-	John James
	21st (1797)	-					Archibald Alexander
Daniel Rogers	22nd (1798)		Edward Roche			-
Richard Bassett	23rd (1799)		Isaac Grantham	-
	24th (1800)	-			Peter Brynberg
James Sykes Jr.	25th (1801)				John Bird	-	Thomas Fitzgerald
David Hall	26th (1802)		Robert Maxwell	-
	27th (1803)	-	John Way
	28th (1804)					-
Nathaniel Mitchell	29th (1805)			-	William Cooch
	30th (1806)	-			George Clark Jr.
	31st (1807)					-	Thomas Perkins
George Truitt	32nd (1808)			-	John Merritt
	33rd (1809)	-
	34th (1810)					-	Andrew Reynolds
Joseph Haslet	35th (1811)			-	Francis H. Haughey
	36th (1812)	-
	37th (1813)					-	Samuel H. Black
Daniel Rodney	38th (1814)			-	Abraham Staats
	39th (1815)	-	Caesar A. Rodney
	40th (1816)					-	Nicholas Van Dyke Jr.
John Clark	41st (1817)			-	George Clark Jr.
	42nd (1818)	-	Andrew Gray				Samuel H. Black
	43rd (1819)					-
Jacob Stout	44th (1820)			-	Jacob Vandergrift
John Collins	45th (1821)	-	Victor du Pont
Caleb Rodney	46th (1822)					-	Charles Thomas Jr.
Joseph Haslet Charles Thomas Jr.	47th (1823)			-	William Weldon, II
Samuel Paynter	48th (1824)	-	John Erwin
	49th (1825)					-	Henry Whiteley
	50th (1826)			-	Christopher Vandergrift
Charles Polk Jr.	51st (1827)	-	Joseph England
	52nd (1828)		John Harlan		Levi Boulden	-	Thomas Deakyne
	53rd (1829)			-
David Hazzard	54th (1830)	-	William T. Read		John Caulk
	55th (1831)					-	Jacob Alrichs
	56th (1832)		James Booth	-	John Sutton

Delaware senators under the Constitution of 1831

The State Senate had a term of four years. Three state senators were elected, at large, from each county.

The alternating grey and white boxes indicate the duration of the actual four year Senate terms.

Governors	Session	1	Class 1 senators	2	Class 2 senators	3	Class 3 senators
Caleb P. Bennett	57th (1833/1834)	-	James Booth	-	John Sutton	-	Richard H. Bayard
Charles Polk Jr.	58th (1835/1836)	-	John D. Dilworth		Thomas W. Handy	-	Archibald Hamilton
Cornelius P. Comegys	59th (1837/1838)			-	William Herdman		Christopher Brooks
	60th (1839/1840)	-	Abraham Boyce			-	Thomas Deaknye
William B. Cooper	61st (1841/1842)			-	Charles I. du Pont		Andrew S. Naudain
	62nd (1843/1844)	-	David McAllister			-	Robert Ocheltree
Thomas Stockton Joseph Maull William Temple	63rd (1845/1846)			-	Mahlon Betts
William Tharp	64th (1847/1848)	-	Samuel Burnham			-	John D. Turner
	65th (1849/1850)			-	James H. Hoffecker
William H. H. Ross	66th (1851/1852)	-	Bassett Ferguson			-	William Smith
	67th (1853/1854)			-	Charles I. du Pont
Peter F. Causey	68th (1855/1856)	-	Archibald Armstrong			-	Sewell C. Biggs
	69th (1857/1858)			-	Abraham Boyce
William Burton	70th (1859/1860)	-	David W. Gemmell			-	Charles T. Polk
	71st (1861/1862)			-	John R. Tatum
William Cannon	72nd (1863/1864)	-	John P. Belville			-	John F. Williamson
Gove Saulsbury	73rd (1865/1866)			-	Isaac S. Elliott
	74th (1867/1868)	-	Curtis B. Ellison			-	John G. Jackson
	75th (1869/1870)			-	Charles Gooding
James Ponder	76th (1871/1872)	-	Allen V. Lesley			-	Leonard G. Vandegrift
	77th (1873/1874)			-	Leander F. Riddle
John P. Cochran	78th (1875/1876)	-	Henry Davis			-	James H. Ray
	79th (1877/1878)			-	Harry Sharpley
John W. Hall	80th (1879/1880)	-	Joseph W. Cooch			-	Charles H. McWhorter
	81st (1881/1882)			-	Edward Betts
Charles C. Stockley	82nd (1883/1884)	-	Swithin Chandler			-	Alexander B. Cooper
	83rd (1885/1886)			-	Charles H. McWhorter
Benjamin T. Biggs	84th (1887/1888)	-	Calvin W. Crossan			-	Colen Ferguson
	85th (1889/1890)			-	John P. Donohoe
Robert J. Reynolds	86th (1891/1892)	-	James McMullin			-	John Pilling
	87th (1893/1894)			-	John C. Pyle
Joshua H. Marvil William T. Watson	88th (1895/1896)	-	Samuel Alrichs			-	Robert J. Hanby
Ebe W. Tunnell	89th (1897/1898)			-

Delaware senators under the Constitution of 1897 before the 1965 reapportionment

The alternating grey and white boxes indicate the duration of the actual four year Senate terms.

Governors	Session	1	Class 1 senators	2	Class 2 senators	3	Class 3 senators	4	Class 4 senators	5	Class 5 senators	6	Class 6 senators	7	Class 7 senators
Ebe W. Tunnell	90th (1899/1900)	-
John Hunn	91st (1901/1902)
	92nd (1903/1904)	-
Preston Lea	93rd (1905/1906)
	94th (1907/1908)	-
Simeon S. Pennewill	95th (1909/1910)
	96th (1911/1912)	-
Charles R. Miller	97th (1913/1914)
	98th (1915/1916)	-
John G. Townsend Jr.	99th (1917/1918)
	100th (1919/1920)	-
William D. Denney	101st (1921/1922)
	102nd (1923/1924)	-
Robert P. Robinson	103rdh (1925/1926)
	104th (1927/1928)	-
C. Douglass Buck	105th (1929/1930)
	106th (1931/1932)	-
	107th (1933/1934)
	108th (1935/1936)	-
Richard C. McMullen	109th (1937/1938)
	110th (1939/1940)	-
Walter W. Bacon	111th (1941/1942)
	112th (1943/1944)	-
	113th (1945/1946)
	114th (1947/1948)	-
Elbert N. Carvel	115th (1949/1950)
	116th (1951/1952)	-
J. Caleb Boggs David P. Buckson	117th (1953/1954)
	118th (1955/1956)	-
	119th (1957/1958)
	120th (1959/1960)	-
Elbert N. Carvel	121st (1961/1962)
	122nd (1963/1964)	-

References

• Martin, Roger A. (1995). Memoirs of the Senate.