# 69th Delaware General Assembly

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The **69th 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 after November 1 and terms began on the first Tuesday in January. It met in [Dover](/source/Dover,_Delaware), convening January 6, 1857, two weeks before the beginning of the third and fourth year of the administration of Governor [Peter F. Causey](/source/Peter_F._Causey).

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 [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) majority.

## Leadership

### Senate

- Abraham Boyce, New Castle County

### House of Representatives

- George W. Cummins, Kent County

## Members

### Senate

Senators were elected by the public for a four-year term, some elected each two year.

New Castle County Archibald Armstrong Sewell C. Biggs Abraham Boyce Kent County William Collins Moses Harrington Thomas J. Moore Sussex County Manlove R. Carlisle John A. Hazzard Elihu J. Pusey

### House of Representatives

Representatives were elected by the public for a term, every two years.

New Castle County Harlan Cloud Bayman Deakyne Francis Dunlap Richard Ferguson Thomas J. Foard Charles Gooding William C. Lodge Kent County William A. Atkinson George W. Cummins William Meredith Joseph Moore John B. Penington Bethuel Watson James Williams Sussex County Thomas J. Cannon Payton Frame John Marshall Hugh Martin Thomas J. Phillips James Ponder Ebe Walter

## 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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