116th Delaware General Assembly

Governor Elbert N. Carvel
116th General Assembly
In office January 2, 1951 – January 6, 1953
Preceded by	115th Assembly
Succeeded by	117th Assembly

The 116th 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, 1951, which was two weeks before the beginning of the third administrative year of Governor Elbert N. Carvel and Alexis I. du Pont Bayard 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 116th Delaware General Assembly session the Senate had a Democratic majority and the House had a Republican majority.

Leadership

Senate

• Roy A. Cannon, Sussex County, Democratic

House of Representatives

• Harvey H. Lawson, 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. Thomas Peeney 2. John B. Reilly, Sr. 3. Ernest B Benger 4. Frederick Klair 5. George E. Pedrick 6. E. Sherman Webb 7. J. Fred Doby

Kent County 1. Walter A. Hansberry 2. Dudley Crossley 3. Ezekiel C. Barnard 4. William O. Cubbage 5. John M. Longbotham

Sussex County 1. John W. Burris 2. Roy A. Cannon 3. Curtis W. Steen 4. Edwin R. Powell 5. Thomas L. Johnson

House of Representative

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. William J. Winchester 2. James B. Tucker, Jr. 3. Stephen E. Hamilton 4. Joseph A. Bruno, Sr. 5. Joseph F. Givens 6. Frank A. Jones 7. Wilmer F. Williams 8. Calvin H. Ball 9. Norman E. Battersby 10. James R. Quigley 11. John B. McDaniel 12. Francis E. Holliday 13. G. Lester Cleaver 14. John L. Dickinson 15. Howard C. Deakyne

Kent County 1. Clarence Collins 2. Howard W. Jones 3. Allen J. Cook 4. Donald G. Carey 5. Herman H. Hanson 6. John H. Cahall 7. John C. Harris 8. William C. Paradee 9. Walter J. Hanson 10. Wilbur H. Jump

Sussex County 1. Walter J. Hoey 2. Leon F. Trivitts 3. Warren L. Allen 4. Charles Moore 5. Fred L. Ward 6. Fred J. Brittingham 7. Charles L. Lynch 8. Harvey H. Lawson 9. Charles Short 10. T. Harold 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