108th Delaware General Assembly

Governor C. Douglass Buck
108th General Assembly
In office January 8, 1935 – January 5, 1937
Preceded by	107th Assembly
Succeeded by	109th Assembly

The 108th 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 8, 1935, which was two weeks before the beginning of the seventh administrative year of Governor C. Douglass Buck and third administrative year of Roy F. Corley 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 108th Delaware General Assembly session both chambers had a Republican majority.

Leadership

Senate

• Levi G. Maloney, New Castle County, Republican

House of Representatives

• Harry V. Lyons, 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. Edward I. Glenn 3. Donald P. Ross 4. Carl R. Vansant 5. Norris N. Wright 6. W. Maily Davis 7. Levi G. Maloney

Kent County 1. William E. Matthews, Jr. 2. Charles A. Neugebauer 3. Frank C. Bancroft 4. Milton T. Frasher 5. James L. Davis

Sussex County 1. Samuel M.D. Marshall 2. John R. Cannon 3. Ebe H. Chandler 4. James B. McCabe 5. Fred A. Walls

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. Leo J. Dugan 2. Frank R. Zebley 3. James S. Evans 4. Sigmund Schorr 5. Joseph M. Brogan 6. Burton S. Heal 7. Henry C. White 8. Robert B. Kelton 9. George I. Durnall 10. James G. Shaw 11. Archie L. Peel 12. George R. Clark 13. Frank R. Pool 14. Joseph C. Hutchinson 15. William T. Hobson

Kent County 1. William G. Roe 2. Howard M. Buckson 3. Carroll B. Brown 4. Randolph Hughes 5. Morris Simon 6. Harry J. Dill 7. Leon A. Bailey 8. F. Leslie Rentz 9. Walter J. Paskey, Jr. 10. Willard R. Pierce

Sussex County 1. Lawrence E. Warren 2. Alvin O. Baker 3. Leroy B. Hurley 4. John M. Tyndall 5. Fred M. Wright 6. James J. Esham 7. Albert P. Lekites 8. William D. Steele 9. Frank L. Joseph 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.