117th Delaware General Assembly

American legislative session February 2025 January 2025 Seal of Delaware.svg Delaware General Assembly 1953 1 6 1955 1 4 116th 118th The 117th 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, 1953, which was two weeks before the beginning of the first administrative year of Governor J. Caleb Boggs and John W. Rollins 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 117th Delaware General Assembly session both chambers had a Republican majority. Leadership Senate Thomas L. Johnson, Sussex County, Republican House of Representatives Frank A. Jones, New Castle 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, with the number of districts determined by the state constitution, not the size of the population. New Castle County 1. Thomas Peeney 2. John B. Reilly Sr. 3. Ernest B Benger 4. Wilmer F. Williams 5. George E. Pedrick 6. John R. Butler 7. J. Fred DobyKent County 1. Walter A. Hansberry 2. Charles G. Moore 3. Ezekiel C. Barnard 4. Jehu H. Camper 5. John M. LongbothamSussex County 1. John W. Burris 2. William O. Covey Jr. 3. Curtis W. Steen 4. Robert E. Wilgus 5. Thomas L. Johnson 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. James B. Tucker Jr. 3. Stephen E. Hamilton 4. Paul E. Shockley 5. Walter J. Scott 6. Frank A. Jones 7. Robert P. Maclary 8. Benjamin E. Hicks 9. Norman E. Battersby 10. James R. Quigley 11. William L. Press 12. William E. Lester 13. Harvey E. Moore 14. John L. Dickinson 15. Thomas C. RowanKent County 1. Ernest V. Blendt 2. George J. Pyott 3. Carlton Davis 4. Roger A. Davis 5. Vera G. Davis 6. S. Tilden Hughes 7. John D. Keller 8. Charles W. Bostick 9. Leon E. Donovan 10. Clarence L. HudsonSussex County 1. Walter J. Hoey 2. David C. Speicher 3. Dale E. Wheatley 4. Glen W. Lowe 5. William S. Marvel III 6. Raymond V. West 7. George W. Mitchell 8. Joseph W. Prettyman 9. Carey D. Sapp 10. James A. Campbell 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:1953 in Delaware Category:1954 in Delaware Delaware Delaware