January 7, 1913 (1913-01-07) – January 5, 1915 (1915-01-05)
The 97th 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 7, 1913, which was two weeks before the beginning of the first administrative year of Governor Charles R. Miller and Colen Ferguson 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 97th Delaware General Assembly session both chambers had a Republican majority.
Chauncey P. Holcomb, New Castle County, Republican
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. David J. Reinhardt
2. Thomas F. Gormley
3. Frank P. Ewing
4. John M. Walker
5. Lewis F. Ellison
6. Zachary T. Harris
7. James H. David
Kent County
1. Edward G. Walls
2. Henry Williams
3. William M. Hazel
4. Edward B. Carter
5. George W. Marshall
Sussex County
1. George F. Pierce
2. Samuel J. Furniss
3. John W. Fooks
4. Harry J. Anderson
5. William F. Blackstone
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. William H. Cook
2. Charles H. Grantland
3. Smiley King
4. Thomas O. Cooper
5. Timothy J. Mooney
6. Samuel Rodmond Smith
7. Edward G. Bradford Jr.
8. Charles H. McDonald
9. Harvey Hoffecker
10. Chauncey P. Holcomb
11. Harry M. McCormick
12. Albert J. Swan
13. Clarence E. Poole
14. Winfield Lattomus
15. George H. Records
Kent County
1. Samuel J. Reynolds
2. William F. Cummins
3. John W. Arthurs
4. Robert J. Schneider
5. John M. Houston
6. Willard S. Jester
7. John A. Barnard
8. John W. Lynch
9. Charles E. Taylor
10. Lee Hirsch
Sussex County
1. Elias T. Bennett Jr.
2. Charles Owens
3. James M. Allen
4. Alfred R. Layton
5. Harlan E. Phillips
6. Charles J. Stoeckel
7. Harvey O. Derrickson
8. Asher H. Lingo
9. John H. Hammond
10. Daniel Wagamon
References
Hoffecker, Carol E. (2004). Democracy in Delaware. Wilmington, Delaware: Cedar Tree Books. ISBN1-892142-23-6.
Martin, Roger A. (1995). Memoirs of the Senate. Newark, Delaware: Roger A. Martin.
