33rd Delaware General Assembly
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The 33rd Delaware General Assembly was a meeting of the legislative branch of the state government, consisting of the Delaware Senate
Delaware Senate
The Delaware Senate is the upper house of the Delaware General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. State of Delaware. It is composed of 21 Senators, each of whom is elected to a four-year term, except when reapportionment occurs, at which time Senators may be elected to a two-year term....

 and the Delaware House of Representatives
Delaware House of Representatives
The Delaware House of Representatives is the lower house of the Delaware General Assembly; the state legislature of the U.S. State of Delaware. It is composed of 41 Representatives from an equal amount of constituencies, each of whom is elected to a two year term. The Delaware General Assembly...

. Elections were held the first Tuesday of October and terms began on the first Tuesday in January. It met in Dover, Delaware, convening January 3, 1809, two weeks before the beginning of the second year of the administration of Governor George Truitt
George Truitt
George Truitt was an American farmer and politician from Murderkill Hundred, in Kent County, Delaware, near Felton. He was a member of the Federalist Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as Governor of Delaware....

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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 Federalist majority.

Senate

Senators were elected by the public for a three year term, one third posted each year.
New Castle County
  • John Merritt
  • Thomas Perkins
  • John Way
Kent County
  • George Cummins
  • John Lockwood
  • James Sykes, Jr.
Sussex County
  • Thomas Cooper
    Thomas Cooper (representative)
    Thomas Cooper was an American lawyer and politician from Georgetown, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as U. S. Representative from Delaware....

  • Samuel Paynter
    Samuel Paynter
    Samuel Paynter was an American merchant and politician from Drawbridge, in Broadkill Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware...

    , Jr.
  • Caleb Rodney
    Caleb Rodney
    Caleb Rodney was an American merchant and politician from Lewes, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as Governor of Delaware....


House of Representative

Representatives were elected by the public for a one year term.
New Castle County
  • John Bird
  • Levi Boulden
  • Jesse Higgins
  • Thomas Phillips
  • William D. Phillips
  • Andrew Reynolds
  • Leonard Vandergrift
Kent County
  • Edward Joy
  • Stephen Lewis
  • Nicholas Loockerman
  • John Marim
  • Stephen Paradee
  • James B. Ralston
  • Henry M. Ridgely
    Henry M. Ridgely
    Henry Moore Ridgely was an American lawyer and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party, and later the Democratic Party, who served as U.S. Representative from Delaware and as U.S. Senator from Delaware.-Early life and family:Ridgely was born in...

Sussex County
  • Joshua Burton
  • William Hazzard
  • Robert Hill
  • Armwell Long
  • Nathaniel Mitchell
    Nathaniel Mitchell
    Nathaniel Mitchell was an American lawyer and politician from Laurel, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, a Continental Congressman from Delaware, and a member of the Federalist Party, who served as Governor of Delaware.-Early life...

  • Solomon Moore
  • Peter Robinson

Places with more information

  • Delaware Historical Society
    Delaware Historical Society
    The Delaware Historical Society began in 1864 as an effort to preserve documents from the Civil War. Since then, it has expanded into a state-wide historical institution with several venues and a major museum in Wilmington and the historic Read House & Gardens in New Castle.The society...

    ; website; 505 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801; (302) 655-7161
  • University of Delaware
    University of Delaware
    The university is organized into seven colleges:* College of Agriculture and Natural Resources* College of Arts and Sciences* Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics* College of Earth, Ocean and Environment* College of Education and Human Development...

    ; Library website; 181 South College Avenue, Newark, Delaware 19717; (302) 831-2965



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