60th Delaware General Assembly

The 60th 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 1st and terms began on the first Tuesday in January. It met in Dover, Delaware, convening January 1, 1839, two weeks before the beginning of the third and fourth year of the administration of Governor Cornelius P. Comegys.

Governor
Cornelius P. Comegys
60th General Assembly
In office
January 1, 1839 – January 5, 1841
Preceded by59th Assembly
Succeeded by61st Assembly

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 Democratic majority.

Leadership

Senate
  • Thomas Jacobs, Sussex County

House of Representatives
  • John P. Brinckloe, Sussex County

Members

Senate

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

New Castle County
  • Abraham Boyce
  • Thomas Deakyne
  • William Herdman
Kent County
Sussex County
  • Thomas Jacobs
  • Joseph Maull
  • Henry F. Rodney

House of Representative

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

New Castle County
  • Alexander M. Biddle
  • Nathan T. Boulden
  • John D. Dilworth
  • William H. Jones
  • Andrew Kerr
  • William H. Rogers
  • Henry Williamson
Kent County
  • Samuel B. Cooper
  • Philip Fiddeman
  • Robert Frame
  • John Frazier
  • Henry Pratt
  • Thomas A. Rees
  • Presley Spruance, Jr.
Sussex County
  • John P. Brinckloe
  • James Hopkins
  • Robert Hopkins
  • Robert Houston
  • Richard Jefferson
  • Aaron Marshall, Jr.
  • Joseph W. Neal

References
  • Martin, Roger A. (1995). Memoirs of the Senate. Newark, Delaware: Roger A. Martin.

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