120th Delaware General Assembly

American legislative session February 2025 January 2025 Seal of Delaware.svg Delaware General Assembly 1959 1 6 1961 1 3 119th 121st The 120th 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 6, 1959, which was two weeks before the beginning of the seventh administrative year of Governor J. Caleb Boggs and the third administrative year of David P. Buckson 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 120th Delaware General Assembly session, both chambers had a Democratic majority. Leadership Senate Allen J. Cook, Kent County, Democratic House of Representatives Sherman W. Tribbitt, 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. James H. Snowden 2. John B. Reilly Sr. 3. Reynolds du Pont 4. Wilmer F. Williams 5. Calvin R. McCullough 6. Jacob A. Correll 7. Jesse F. WatsonKent County 1. Henry T. Price Sr. 2. Allen J. Cook 3. Walter Simpson 4. Peter Nechay 5. Harry E. MayhewSussex County 1. Walter J. Hoey 2. Earle M. Tull 3. Curtis W. Steen 4. Lemuel Hickman 5. Harvey B. Spicer 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. Paul F. Livingston 2. Russell D. F. Dineen 3. Harry G. Lawson 4. Paul E. Shockley 5. Joseph S. Latina 6. T. Lees Bartleson 7. F. Earl McGinnes Jr. 8. Margaret R. Manning 9. Charles S. Kleinbach 10. James R. Quigley 11. Robert E. Pawson 12. Robert C. Davidson 13. Sherman W. Tribbitt 14. Charles Gove Jr. 15. Charles R. PryorKent County 1. Charles C. King 2. Edward J. Long Jr. 3. Edward F. Wright 4. William W. Opdyke Jr. 5. Charles F. Richards Sr. 6. Elmer L. Betts 7. Harvey P. Fifer 8. William J. Paskey Jr. 9. George W. Cain 10. George A. RobbinsSussex County 1. W. Carlton Clifton 2. Edgar English 3. Norman A. Eskridge 4. Roy A. Cannon 5. Paul H. Kenney 6. James W. Carmean 7. Tilghman S. Johnson 8. Joseph B. Walls 9. William E. Graves 10. William T. Best 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:1959 in Delaware Category:1960 in Delaware Delaware Delaware