112th Delaware General Assembly

The 112th 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, 1943, which was two weeks before the beginning of the third administrative year of Governor Walter W. Bacon and Isaac J. MacCollum as Lieutenant Governor.

Governor Walter W. Bacon
112th General Assembly
In office January 5, 1943 – January 2, 1945
Preceded by	111th Assembly
Succeeded by	113th Assembly

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 112th Delaware General Assembly session both chambers had a Republican majority.

Leadership

Senate

• Clayton A. Bunting, Sussex County, Republican

House of Representatives

• Benjamin F. Johnson, Kent 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. James S. Evans 2. James C. McGuigan 3. George P. Edmonds 4. George W. Mullin 5. George W. Rhodes 6. Paul B. Messick 7. Harris B. McDowell, Jr.

Kent County 1. William D. Johnson 2. Frank Attix 3. Harry H. Jones 4. Charles L. Sipple 5. Robert H. Yerkes

Sussex County 1. Harry H. Mulholland 2. William B. Huston 3. William H. Ayres 4. Clayton A. Bunting, Sr. 5. John R. Hitchens

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. Albert B. Husbands 2. W. Roy Willits 3. Ralph S. Keenen 4. Francis Q. Lemon 5. James M. Maloney 6. Raymond B. Phillips 7. Samuel B. Bird 8. Benjamin E. Hicks 9. Clarence E. McVey 10. James R. Quigley 11. Herman H. Leasure 12. George R. Clark 13. Edward L. Pleasanton 14. Frank A. Lawson 15. James C. Reynolds, Jr.

Kent County 1. Harry E. Manlove 2. Willard E. Barcus 3. Carl A. Hurd 4. Howard F. Schweitzer 5. Benjamin F. Johnson 6. Marion Frasher 7. Robert M. Pyott 8. Thomas E. Moore 9. Fred S. Bailey 10. George A. Swain

Sussex County 1. Henry D. Cook 2. Martin Uhler 3. Edward S. West 4. Martin W. Johnson, Jr. 5. William E. Easom 6. William J. Rose 7. Roland F. Scott 8. Harvey H. Lawson 9. Clarence L. McIlvaine 10. Edward Millman

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]