94th Delaware General Assembly

Governor Preston Lea
94th General Assembly
In office January 8, 1907 – January 5, 1909
Preceded by	93rd Assembly
Succeeded by	95th Assembly

The 94th 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 1, 1907, which was two weeks before the beginning of the third administrative year of Governor Preston Lea and Isaac Parker 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 94th Delaware General Assembly both chambers had a Republican majority.

Leadership

Senate

• George W. Sparks, New Castle County, Republican

House of Representatives

• Richard Hodgson, 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. George W. Sparks 2. Thomas M. Monaghan 3. William H. Miller 4. John M. Mendinhall 5. John W. Morrison 6. David C. Rose, Jr. 7. Edward H. Hart

Kent County 1. Thomas C. Moore 2. John W. Houston 3. Remsen C. Barnard, Sr. 4. Willard S. Jester 5. Alvin B. Conner

Sussex County 1. Samuel E. Reed 2. David H. Boyce 3. Joseph Iliffe 4. Archie B. Lingo 5. James Rowland, Jr.

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. Benjamin B. Allen 2. Frank R. Paradee 3. Robert Keenan 4. Thomas O. Cooper 5. Joseph McCafferty 6. Jeremiah B. Harvey 7. Darlington Flinn 8. Isaac Richards 9. John P. Wilson 10. Chauncey P. Holcomb 11. William H. Evans 12. Richard T. Cann, Jr. 13. Alexander P. Corbit 14. Richard Hodgson 15. Wilmer C. Staats

Kent County 1. William H. Baggs 2. Herman C. Taylor 3. Gamaliel Garrison 4. Howard Rash 5. James A. Hirons 6. Thomas L. Cooper 7. Charles S. Conwell 8. Edward R. Knotts 9. Albert Harrington 10. Luther Cubbage

Sussex County 1. William H. Richardson 2. Oliver A. Newton 3. Joseph L. Lambden 4. Noah H. James 5. William H. Elliot 6. James S. Donovan 7. William G. Williams 8. Henry O. Bennum, Jr. 9. John W. Messick 10. James C. Palmer

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