# 39th Delaware General Assembly

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The **39th Delaware General Assembly** was a meeting of the legislative branch of the state government, consisting of the [Delaware Senate](/source/Delaware_Senate) and the [Delaware House of Representatives](/source/Delaware_House_of_Representatives). Elections were held the first Tuesday of October and terms began on the first Tuesday in January. It met in [Dover](/source/Dover,_Delaware), convening January 3, 1815, two weeks before the beginning of the second year of the administration of Governor [Daniel Rodney](/source/Daniel_Rodney).

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 [Federalist](/source/Federalist_Party) majority.

## Leadership

### Senate

- Jesse Green, Sussex County

### House of Representatives

- [Cornelius P. Comegys](/source/Cornelius_P._Comegys), Kent County

## Members

### Senate

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

New Castle County Samuel H. Black Caesar A. Rodney Abraham Staats Kent County George Cummins Henry Molleston James Morris Sussex County Benjamin Burton Thomas Fisher Jesse Green

### House of Representatives

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

New Castle County Jim Crow Victor du Pont Joseph England George R. Massey Alrichs Ryland John P. Sutton Nicholas G. Williamson Kent County John Clarke Cornelius P. Comegys Jonathan Jenkins Isaac Lockwood John Mitchell John Pleasanton Spencer Williams Sussex County Charles M. Cullen Robert Hill Charles Polk Jr. Thomas Townsend Nathan Vickers Ebe Walter Robert Wiltbank

## References

- Martin, Roger A. (1995). *Memoirs of the Senate*. Newark, Delaware: Roger A. Martin.

## Places with more information

- [Delaware Historical Society](/source/Delaware_Historical_Society); [website](https://web.archive.org/web/19961231010053/http://hsd.org/); 505 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801; (302) 655-7161.
- [University of Delaware](/source/University_of_Delaware); [Library website](http://www.lib.udel.edu/); 181 South College Avenue, Newark, Delaware 19717; (302) 831-2965.

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