102nd Delaware General Assembly

Governor William D. Denney
102nd General Assembly
In office January 2, 1923 – January 6, 1925
Preceded by	101st Assembly
Succeeded by	103rd Assembly

The 102nd 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, 1923, which was two weeks before the beginning of the third administrative year of Governor William D. Denney and J. Danforth Bush 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 102nd Delaware General Assembly session both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Leadership

Senate

• Charles D. Murphy, Kent County, Democratic

House of Representatives

• Samuel N. Culver, Sussex County, Democratic

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. William A. Simonton 2. William J. Lutz 3. John G. Highfield, Jr. 4. John M. Walker 5. Richard T. Cann, Jr. 6. James McIntire 7. Harris B. McDowell, Sr.

Kent County 1. Charles W. Hardesty 2. Charles C. Hopkins 3. Charles du P. Ridgely 4. Charles D. Murphy 5. Isaac W. Betts

Sussex County 1. Harry W. Viven 2. Victor A. Moore 3. William C. Truitt 4. Harry Prettyman 5. Jacob Prettyman

House of Representative

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. Harry W. Marr 2. James B. McManus 3. Charles S. Lednum 4. William E. Virden 5. Joseph M. Brogan 6. Harry G. Little 7. William Lord 8. James H. Reynolds 9. Frank Collins 10. James R. Holcomb 11. William J. Crompton 12. Harry Pratt 13. Henry L. Davis 14. George T. Stant 15. Howard Jones

Kent County 1. Harry Slaughter 2. Arthur F. Dawes 3. George Pratt 4. Frank B. Webb 5. Douglas C. Allee 6. Albert Gooden 7. J.W.F. Cooper 8. Jester A. Gray 9. George W. Hanson 10. Nutter Marvel

Sussex County 1. Roy E. Pettyjohn 2. William H. Carlisle 3. Walter T. Carey 4. Charles T. Wheatley 5. Samuel N. Culver 6. Elwood F. Melson, Sr. 7. E. Wilson McCabe 8. Thomas G. Stockley 9. George H. Short 10. Ward H. Short

References

• Hoffecker, Carol E. (2004). Democracy in Delaware. Wilmington, Delaware: Cedar Tree Books. ISBN 1-892142-23-6.
• Martin, Roger A. (1995). Memoirs of the Senate. Newark, Delaware: Roger A. Martin.

Places with more information

• Delaware Historical Society; website; 505 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801; [phone]
• University of Delaware; Library website; 181 South College Avenue, Newark, Delaware 19717; [phone]