130th Delaware General Assembly

American legislative session February 2025 January 2025 Seal of Delaware.svg Delaware General Assembly 1979 1 2 1981 1 6 129th 131st The 130th 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 2, 1979, which was two weeks before the beginning of the third administrative year of Republican Governor Pete du Pont from New Castle County and the third year for Republican Lieutenant Governor James D. McGinnis from Kent County. October 2024 Currently the distribution of seats for both houses was based on the interpretation of the federal 1970 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 130th Delaware General Assembly session the Senate had a Democratic majority and the House had a Republican majority. Leadership Senate Richard S. Cordrey, Sussex County, DemocraticHouse of Representatives Robert W. Riddagh, Kent County, Republican 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. Charles E. Hughes 6. Daniel E. Weiss 7. Andrew G. Knox 8. John H. Arnold New Castle County 9. Thomas B. Sharp 10. Everette Hale 11. Anthony J. Cicione 12. Calvin R. McCullough 13. Francis J. Kearns 14. Roger A. Martin 15. Winifred SpenceKent County 16. Nancy W. Cook 17. Jacob W. Zimmerman 18. William M. Murphy Jr. 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. 4. Kevin Free 5. Casimir S. Jonkiert 6. Thomas E. Brady Jr. 7. Joseph P. Ambrosino Jr. 8. Joseph Loughney 9. Charles L. Hebner Sr. 10. Gwynne P. Smith 11. Richard Sincock 12. Jane P. Maroney 13. John P. McKay 14. Robert Maxwell 15. Robert Byrd New Castle County 16. Daniel J. Kelly Donald Van Sciver 17. John Matushefske 18. Richard Cathcart 19. Robert T. Connor 20. John P. Ferguson 21. Robert F. Gilligan 22. Roger P. Roy 23. Robert S. Powell 24. William A. Oberle Jr. 25. James P. Neal 26. Marian P. Anderson 27. Joseph R. Petrilli 28. Gerard A. Cain 29. William H. Brady IIKent County 30. Robert W. Riddagh 31. Michael J. Harrington Jr. 32. Edward J. Bennett 33. Ruth Ann Minner 34. John E. Morris 35. Robert L. Darling Sussex County 36. John M. Burris 37. William H. Vernon 38. Howard A. Clendaniel 39. Evelyn K. Fallon 40. William J. Gordy 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. Category:Delaware legislative sessions Category:1979 in Delaware Category:1980 in Delaware Delaware Delaware