101st Delaware General Assembly

American legislative session February 2026 January 2025 Seal of Delaware.svg Delaware General Assembly 1921 1 4 1923 1 2 100th 102nd The 101st 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 4, 1921, which was two weeks before the beginning of the first administrative year of Governor William D. Denney and J. Danforth Bush as Lieutenant Governor. The distribution of the Senate Assembly was made to seven senators for New Castle County and for five senators each to Kent and Sussex counties. Likewise, the distribution of the House Assembly was made to fifteen representatives for New Castle County and ten representatives each to Kent and Sussex County. The actual population changes of the county did not directly affect the number of senators or representatives at this time. In the 101st Delaware General Assembly session, the Senate had a Republican majority and the House had a Democratic majority. Leadership Senate Wallace S. Handy, Kent County, Republican House of Representatives Walter J. Paskey Sr., Kent County, Democratic 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. James W. Robertson 2. William J. Lutz 3. George W. Webster John G. Highfield Jr. 4. John M. Walker 5. John F. Richards 6. James McIntire 7. John E. LattaKent County 1. Lewis M. Price 2. Charles C. Hopkins 3. James F. Allee Jr. 4. Charles D. Murphy 5. Wallace S. HandySussex County 1. Isaac D. Short 2. George B. Insley 3. Asa Bennett 4. Harry Prettyman 5. James C. Palmer House of Representatives 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. Harry W. Marr 2. Robert W. Kramer 3. Henry Wilson 4. William E. Virden 5. Samuel J. White 6. Frank C. Miller 7. William Lord 8. Richard G. Buckingham 9. Charles L. Medill 10. Edward S. Megginson 11. William J. Crompton 12. Edward Lester Jr. 13. Alexander P. Corbit 14. Walter Lee 15. Jefferson A. StaatsKent County 1. John E. Wilson Sr. 2. William B. Harrington 3. Harry B. Clark 4. Robert J. Schneider 5. Frank H. Davis 6. Walter J. Paskey Sr. 7. Willard S. Brown 8. Edward Dill 9. P. H. Noble 10. B. F. DavisSussex County 1. Henry E. Clendaniel 2. Charles H. Kinder 3. Samuel S. Gray 4. John T. Phillips 5. George H. Otwell 6. Seth H. Hudson 7. Elmer J. Turner 8. John D. Warrington 9. Hiram S. Smith 10. Thomas W. Turner 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:1921 in Delaware Category:1922 in Delaware Category:1921 U.S. legislative sessions Category:1922 U.S. legislative sessions