93rd Delaware General Assembly

Governor Preston Lea
93rd General Assembly
In office January 3, 1905 – January 8, 1907
Preceded by	92nd Assembly
Succeeded by	94th 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

• Alvin B. Conner, Kent County, Republican

House of Representatives

• William D. Denney, Kent 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. 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.

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