106th Delaware General Assembly

Governor C. Douglass Buck
106th General Assembly
In office January 6, 1931 – January 3, 1933
Preceded by	105th Assembly
Succeeded by	107th Assembly

The 106th 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 6, 1931, which was two weeks before the beginning of the third administrative year of Governor C. Douglass Buck and James H. Hazel 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 106th Delaware General Assembly session both chambers had a Republican majority.

Leadership

Senate

• William A. Simonton, New Castle County, Republican

House of Representatives

• Bud Coy, 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. William A. Simonton 2. Joseph B. Green 3. Elwood B. Griffenberg 4. Carl R. Vansant 5. George McIntire 6. Frederick D. Downs 7. Edward H. Hart

Kent County 1. Ernest V. Keith 2. Charles C. Hopkins 3. Joshua B. Wharton 4. Wilburn E. Jacobs 5. James H. Latchum, Jr.

Sussex County 1. Charles W. McCauley 2. Charles M. Hollis 3. William V. Steen 4. Clifford E. Burton 5. George C. Maull

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. Joseph Scheifele 2. Harry B. Van Sciver 3. Walter G. Tatnall, Jr. 4. William E. Virden 5. Maurice A. Flynn, Jr. 6. John T. Talley 7. William C. Clark 8. William F. Seal 9. William F. Rupp 10. Robert A. Barnes 11. Herbert W. Price 12. Harry C. Nickle 13. E. Sherman Webb 14. George C. Burge 15. Walter E. Donovan

Kent County 1. Estelle W. Tschudy 2. William F. Cummins 3. William T. Hollett 4. Roger A. Davis 5. Elmer E. Benson 6. Elwood Cooper 7. Frank B. Webb 8. William M. Stevenson 9. James H. Raughley 10. George H. Davis

Sussex County 1. Willis J. Carey 2. Thomas A. Johnson 3. Irvin F. Smoot 4. Irvin T. Hastings 5. Charles A. Hastings 6. John W. Messick 7. Lee Stevens 8. Carlton L. Lingo 9. Bud Coy 10. Edward C. Phillips

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.