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132nd Delaware General Assembly
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The 132nd 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 3, 1983, which was two weeks before the beginning of the seventh administrative year of Republican Governor Pete du Pont from New Castle County and the third year for Republican Lieutenant Governor Mike Castle, also from New Castle County.
October 2024
Currently the distribution of seats for both houses was based on the interpretation of the federal 1980 census. It resulted in a large numbers of membership numbers in the New Castle County area and ruling that the election districts would abandonment of county lines for their boundaries, but would design whatever district boundaries that would accomplish such population equals.October 2024
In the 132nd Delaware General Assembly session both chambers had a Democratic majority.
Leadership
Senate
Richard S. Cordrey, Sussex County, DemocraticHouse of Representatives
Orlando J. George Jr., New Castle County, Democratic
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. Harris McDowell III
2. Herman M. Holloway Sr.
3. Robert I. Marshall
4. Robert J. Berndt
5. Myrna L. Bair
6. Andrew G. Knox
7. Angelo T. Citro
New Castle County
8. John H. Arnold
9. Thomas B. Sharp
10. James P. Neal
11. Roger A. Martin
12. Robert T. Connor
13. David B. McBride
14. James T. VaughnKent County
15. Nancy W. Cook
16. William C. Torbert
17. Jacob W. Zimmerman
18. Ruth Ann Minner
Sussex County
19. Thurman G. Adams Jr.
20. Richard S. Cordrey
21. W. Lee Littleton
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. Orlando J. George Jr.
2. Al O. Plant Sr.
3. Herman M. Holloway Jr.
James H. Sills Jr.
4. Kevin Free
5. Casimir S. Jonkiert
6. David H. Ennis
7. Gwynne P. Smith
8. David D. Brady
9. Charles L. Hebner Sr.
10. Jane P. Maroney
11. Marybeth T. Boykin
12. Philip J. Corrozi
13. John F. Van Sant III
14. John A. Campanelli
New Castle County
15. Rodney Dixon
16. William I. Houghton
17. Jeffrey G. Mack
18. Terry R. Spence
19. Robert F. Gilligan
20. Roger P. Roy
21. Vincent P. Meconi
22. Joseph R. Petrilli
23. Ada Leigh Soles
24. William A. Oberle Jr.*
25. Marian P. Anderson
26. Richard Myers
Richard F. Davis
27. Katherine M. JesterKent County
28: Bruce C. Ennis
29. Donald M. Clark
30. George R. Quillen
31. E. Stuart Outten Jr.
32. Edward J. Bennett
33. Harry K. F. Terry
34. Gerald A. Buckworth
Sussex County
35. B. Bradford Barnes
36. Howard A. Clendaniel
37. Jay D. Wingate
38. George H. Bunting Jr.
39. Evelyn K. Fallon
40. Carroll B. Cordrey
41. Charles P. West
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.
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