110th Delaware General Assembly

American legislative session March 2020 February 2026 January 2025 Seal of Delaware.svg Delaware General Assembly 1939 1 3 1941 1 7 109th 111th The 110th 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, 1939, which was two weeks before the beginning of the third administrative year of Governor Richard McMullen and Edward W. Cooch 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 110th Delaware General Assembly session both chambers had a Republican majority. Leadership Senate David W. Steele, Sussex County, Republican House of Representatives Frank R. Zebley, 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. Paul R. Rinard 2. Edward Abrahams Jr. 3. Burton S. Heal 4. Hector W. Hannem 5. George R. Clark 6. Frank Moody 7. Robert A. DerricksonKent County 1. George L. Gooden 2. William J Poore 3. Benjamin F. Simmons 4. Earl Sylvester 5. John B. HendricksSussex County 1. Charles E. Brown 2. Jennings H. Moore 3. Alden P. Short 4. David W. Steele 5. Harold W. T. Purnell 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. Ellwood S. Leach 2. Frank R. Zebley 3. Henry M. Canby 4. Fred Brown 5. James C. McGuigan 6. Thomas A. Kellum 7. Abner Woodward 8. Frank H. Buckingham 9. George W. Rhodes 10. Richard E. Pinder 11. George T. Bierlin 12. William K. Pennington 13. Harvey E. Moore 14. Randolph P. Reynolds 15. Herman H. StaatsKent County 1. Joseph S. Newnam 2. Isaac M. Burris 3. John W. Rambo 4. Edward S. Knight 5. Elmer E. Benson 6. John A. Hartman 7. Charles F. Fifer 8. Allen G. Smith 9. Fred S. Bailey 10. William BiggsSussex County 1. George Manlove 2. Norman A. Draper 3. Samuel J. Stein 4. Frank H. Thawley 5. Resse O. Gordy 6. Manford Penuel 7. Fred Pepper 8. Vernon P. Burton 9. John L. Barr 10. Frederick W. Pepper 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:1939 in Delaware Category:1940 in Delaware Category:1939 U.S. legislative sessions Category:1940 U.S. legislative sessions