109th Delaware General Assembly

American legislative session February 2026 January 2025 Seal of Delaware.svg Delaware General Assembly 1937 1 5 1939 1 3 108th 110th The 109th 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, 1937, which was two weeks before the beginning of the first administrative year of Governor Richard McMullen and Edward W. Cooch 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 109th Delaware General Assembly session the Senate had a Republican majority and the House had a Democratic majority. Leadership Senate William A. Simonton, New Castle County, Republican House of Representatives John R. Fader, New Castle 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. William A. Simonton 2. Daniel E. Kelley 3. Donald P. Ross 4. Hector W. Hannem 5. Norris N. Wright 6. Frank Moody 7. Levi G. MaloneyKent County 1. William E. Matthews Jr. 2. William J Poore 3. Alfred B. Thomas 4. Earl Sylvester 5. James L. DavisSussex County 1. Samuel M. D. Marshall 2. Jennings H. Moore 3. Ebe H. Chandler 4. David W. Steele 5. Fred A. Walls 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. Francis A. Burke 2. Frank R. Zebley 3. James S. Evans 4. John P. Welsh 5. John P. Hamill 6. Thomas M. Adamson 7. Eugene W. Scarborough 8. George W. Mullin 9. John R. Fader 10. Chauncey P. Holcomb 11. John R. Butler 12. Claude N. Lester 13. Fred A. Reynolds 14. George L. Daniels 15. Robert A. DerricksonKent County 1. Ernest S. Mattiford 2. Howard M. Buckson 3. Joseph E. Swain 4. William D. Craig 5. Benjamin F. Simmons 6. Paul B. Hughes 7. Robert M. Pyott 8. J. Harold Schabinger 9. Walter J. Paskey Jr. 10. George D. SappSussex County 1. Lucius C. Webb 2. Ralph E. Willey 3. Charles E. Hastings 4. Charles D. Boyce 5. Samuel G. Ralph 6. John O. Mumford 7. William R. Ringer 8. Kendal O. Warrington 9. John A. Jones 10. Purnell N. Dodd 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 Category:Delaware legislative sessions Category:1937 in Delaware Category:1938 in Delaware Category:1937 U.S. legislative sessions Category:1938 U.S. legislative sessions