113th Delaware General Assembly

113th Delaware General Assembly
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Overview
Legislative body	Delaware General Assembly
Term	January 2, 1945 (1945-01-02) – January 7, 1947 (1947-01-07)

The 113th 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 2, 1945, which was two weeks before the beginning of the fifth administrative year of Governor Walter W. Bacon and the first administrative year of Elbert N. Carvel 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 113th Delaware General Assembly session both chambers had a Republican majority.

Leadership

Senate

• Harry H. Mulholland, Sussex County, Republican

House of Representatives

• Chester V. Townsend Jr., Sussex 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. James S. Evans 2. James C. McGuigan 3. George P. Edmonds 4. George E. Binder 5. George W. Rhodes 6. John R. Butler 7. Harris McDowell

Kent County 1. William D. Johnson 2. Samuel Weigle Jr. 3. Harry H. Jones 4. Fred S. Bailey 5. Robert H. Yerkes

Sussex County 1. Harry H. Mulholland 2. Irvin T. Hastings 3. William H. Ayres 4. Harvey H. Lawson 5. John R. Hitchens

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. John B. Reilly Sr. 2. Charles A. Allegretto 3. Ralph S. Keenen 4. Francis Q. Lemon 5. Thomas J. Hanlon 6. Raymond B. Phillips 7. Samuel B. Bird 8. Benjamin E. Hicks 9. Clarence E. McVey 10. James R. Quigley 11. John B. McDaniel 12. Tyson F. Sartin 13. Harvey E. Moore 14. Parris Hutchinson 15. Charles V. Buckson

Kent County 1. H. Lloyd Jones 2. John H. Conrad 3. Andrew L. Everett 4. Howard F. Schweitzer 5. Benjamin F. Johnson 6. Ellwood B. Gruwell 7. Charles F. Fifer 8. Thomas E. Moore 9. Harry E. Legates 10. George A. Swain

Sussex County 1. Arthur Webb 2. Norman H. Scott 3. Roy A. Cannon 4. Dale S. Holt 5. Fred L. Ward 6. William J. Rose 7. Chester V. Townsend Jr. 8. Lester V. Burton 9. Clarence L. McIlvaine 10. John H. Wilson

References

• Hoffecker, Carol E. (2004). Democracy in Delaware. Wilmington, Delaware: Cedar Tree Books. ISBN 1-892142-23-6.
• Martin, Roger A. (1995). Memoirs of the Senate. Newark, Delaware: Roger A. Martin.

Places with more information

• Delaware Historical Society; website; 505 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801; (302) 655-7161.
• University of Delaware; Library website; 181 South College Avenue, Newark, Delaware 19717; (302) 831-2965.