62nd Delaware General Assembly

Governor
William B. Cooper
62nd General Assembly
In office
January 3, 1843  January 7, 1845
Preceded by 61st Assembly
Succeeded by 63rd Assembly

The 62nd 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 on the first Tuesday in January. It met in Dover, Delaware, convening January 3, 1843, two weeks before the beginning of the third and fourth year of the administration of Governor William B. Cooper.

The apportionment of seats was permanently assigned to three senators and seven representatives for each of the three counties. Population of the county did not effect the number of delegates. Both chambers had a Whig majority.

Leadership

Senate

House of Representatives

Members

Senate

Senators were elected by the public for a four-year term, some elected each two year.

New Castle County
Kent County
  • Willam Roe
  • Joseph Smithers
  • Presley Spruance, Jr.
Sussex County
  • George P. Fisher
  • Stansbury Jacobs
  • Joseph Maull

House of Representative

Representatives were elected by the public for a term, every two years.

New Castle County
  • William Booth
  • Harland Cloud
  • John Harlan
  • William Kennedy
  • Andrew Kerr
  • Samuel Townsend, Jr.
  • David C. Wilson
Kent County
  • Lewis H. Adams
  • Paris T. Carlisle
  • Joseph P. Compegys
  • John Gruwell
  • Robert Jones
  • James Knight
  • William Shaw
Sussex County
  • Benjamin Burton
  • William Hill
  • Richard Jefferson
  • William O. Redden
  • Charles G. Ridgely
  • John D. Rodney
  • Robert Walpes

References

Places with more information


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