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93rd Delaware General Assembly

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Governor
Preston Lea
93rd General Assembly
In office
January 3, 1905 – January 8, 1907
Preceded by92nd Assembly
Succeeded by94th Assembly

The 93rd 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 1st and terms began in Dover on the first Tuesday in January. This date was January 3, 1905, which was two weeks before the beginning of the first 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 93rd Delaware General Assembly both chambers had a Republican majority.

Leadership

Senate

House of Representatives

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. Thomas J. Stirling
  • 4. John M. Mendinhall
  • 5. Artemus Smith
  • 6. David C. Rose, Jr.
  • 7. John A. Latta
Kent County
  • 1. Thomas C. Moore
  • 2. John W. Houston
  • 3. Remsen C. Barnard, Sr.
  • 4. James T. Reed
  • 5. Alvin B. Conner
Sussex County
  • 1. Simeon S. Pennewill
  • 2. David H. Boyce
  • 3. David O. Moore
  • 4. Archie B. Lingo
  • 5. Thomas W. Jefferson

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. Henry Stafford
  • 2. Willard S. Meredith
  • 3. M. Howard Jester
  • 4. Thomas O. Cooper
  • 5. Frank M. Sevier
  • 6. Jacob K. Hanby
  • 7. William H. Miller
  • 8. William M. Eastburn
  • 9. John P. Armstrong
  • 10. Elwood L. Wilson
  • 11. John B. Mahoney
  • 12. Willard L. Smith
  • 13. Frank J. Pennington
  • 14. Edward H. Hart
  • 15. Andrew J. Wright
Kent County
  • 1. William H. Baggs
  • 2. William D. Denney
  • 3. Gamaliel Garrison
  • 4. Thomas C. McGinnis
  • 5. Alden R. Benson
  • 6. John G. Meredith
  • 7. Daniel B. Murray
  • 8. Robert C. Stevenson
  • 9. Frank J. Prettyman
  • 10. Frank W. Davis
Sussex County
  • 1. Charles D. Abbott
  • 2. John T. Vandenburg
  • 3. Daniel W. Ellis
  • 4. Charles W. Messick
  • 5. Edward P. Ellis
  • 6. Rufus D. Lingo, Jr.
  • 7. Timothy E. Townsend
  • 8. Henry O. Bennum, Jr.
  • 9. Henry Marshall
  • 10. Harry V. Lyons

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.

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