126th Delaware General Assembly

American legislative session February 2025 January 2025 Seal of Delaware.svg Delaware General Assembly 1971 1 5 1973 1 2 125th 127th The 126th 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 5, 1971, which was two weeks before the beginning of the third administrative year of Governor Russell W. Peterson and Eugene Bookhammer as Lieutenant Governor. October 2024 Currently the distribution of seats for both houses was based on a court interpreted interpretation of the federal 1960 census. It resulted in a large shift in membership numbers to the New Castle County area and ruling that the election districts would abandonment of county lines for their boundaries, but could design whatever district boundaries that would accomplish such population equals. Subsequent census were adjusted such boundaries to continue such adjectives, the next being in 1972.October 2024 In the 126th Delaware General Assembly session both chambers had a Republican majority. Leadership Senate Reynolds du Pont, New Castle County, Republican House of Representatives William L. Frederick, New Castle County, Republican Members Senate About half the State Senators were elected every two years for a four-year term, except the decade district redesign year, when all served two years. They were designed for equal populations from all districts and its accomplishment occasionally included some territory from two counties. New Castle County 1. Mike Castle 2. Herman Holloway 3. George F. Schlor 4. Dean C. Steele 5. Louise Conner 6. Reynolds du Pont 7. Margaret R. Manning New Castle County 8. Anthony J. Cicione 9. William F. Hart 10. Melvin A. Slawik 11. Calvin R. McCullough 12. Everette Hale 13. J. Donald IsaacsKent County 14. Allen J. Cook 15. Andrew Foltz 16. George A. Robbins Sussex County 17. Frank R. Grier 18. Thomas E. Hickman Jr. 19. David H. Elliott House of Representatives All the State Representatives were elected every two years for a two-year term. They were designed for equal populations from all districts and its accomplishment occasionally included some territory from two counties. New Castle County 1. Kermit H. Justice 2. Clifford B. Hearn Jr. 3. Henrietta R. Johnson 4. Charles S. Miller 5. Casimir S. Jonklert 6. George C. Hering III 7. Robert J. Berndt 8. Herbert A. Lesher 9. Clarice U. Heckert 10. Daniel E. Weiss 11. Thomas L. Little 12. William T. Poulterer III 13. Andrew G. Knox 14. Joan C. Wright New Castle County 15. William L. Frederick 16. Michael F. Harkins 17. Philip W. Orth 18. John A. Dillman Jr. 19. John Matushefske 20. Kenneth W. Boulden Sr. 21. Robert T. Connor 22. John F. Kirk Jr. 23. George Jarvis 24. Joseph R. Murphy Jr. 25. John G. S. Billingsley 26. Marion I. Seibel 27. Sherman W. TribbittKent County 28. Robert W. Riddagh 29. Arthur W. Dobberstein 30. Hudson E. Gruwell 31. W. Neal Moerschel 32. Ralph R. Smith 33. G. Robert Quillen Sussex County 34. Lewis B. Harrington 35. Howard A. Clendaniel 36. R. Glen Mears Sr. 37. William J. Gordy 38. Richard S. Cordrey 39. Harry E. Derrickson References Democracy in Delaware Hoffecker Carol E. Cedar Tree Books Wilmington, Delaware 2004 1-892142-23-6 Memoirs of the Senate Martin Roger A. Roger A. Martin Newark, Delaware 1995 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. Category:Delaware legislative sessions Category:1971 in Delaware Category:1972 in Delaware Delaware Delaware