108th Delaware General Assembly

American legislative session February 2026 February 2025January 2025 Seal of Delaware.svg Delaware General Assembly 1935 1 8 1937 1 5 107th 109th 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 on the first Tuesday after November 1, and terms began in Dover on the first Tuesday in January. This date was January 8, 1935, two weeks before the beginning of the seventh administrative year of Governor C. Douglass Buck and the third administrative year of Roy F. Corley as Lieutenant Governor. Currently, the distribution of the Senate Assembly seats comprises seven senators for New Castle County and five for each Kent and Sussex County. Likewise, the current distribution of the House Assembly seats comprises fifteen representatives for New Castle County and ten representatives each to the 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, and the number of districts was 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. MaloneyKent County 1. William E. Matthews Jr. 2. Charles A. Neugebauer 3. Frank C. Bancroft 4. Milton T. Frasher 5. James L. DavisSussex County 1. Samuel M. D. Marshall 2. John R. Cannon 3. Ebe H. Chandler 4. James B. McCabe 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, and the number of districts was 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. HobsonKent 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. PierceSussex 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 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:1935 in Delaware Category:1936 in Delaware Category:1935 U.S. legislative sessions Category:1936 U.S. legislative sessions