The 59th Delaware General Assembly (1837–1839) 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 on the first Tuesday in January. It met in Dover, Delaware, convening January 3, 1837, two weeks before the beginning of the first and second year of the administration of Governor Cornelius P. Comegys.
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 Whig majority.
Leadership
Senate
- Presley Spruance Jr., Sussex County
House of Representatives
- William D. Waples, Sussex County
Members
Senate
Senators were elected by the public for a four-year term, some elected each two year.
- New Castle County
- Christopher Brooks
- John D. Dilworth
- William Herdman
- Ahmad Mohsen
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- Kent County
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- Sussex County
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House of Representatives
Representatives were elected by the public for a term, every two years.
- New Castle County
- Alexander M. Biddle
- William Booth
- Abraham Boyce
- Thomas Deakyne
- John W. Evans
- Archibald Hamilton
- George Lodge
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- Kent County
- James S. Buckmaster
- Peter L. Cooper
- Charles T. Fleming
- William Johnson
- Charles Martin
- William Nickerson
- Thomas A. Rees
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- Sussex County
- John P. Brinckloe
- Thomas Davis
- William S. Hall
- Robert Houston
- Stansbury Jacobs
- Jonathan Waller
- William D. Waples
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References
- Martin, Roger A. (1995). Memoirs of the Senate. Newark, Delaware: Roger A. Martin.
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