The 66th 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 after November 1st and terms began on the first Tuesday in January. It met in Dover, Delaware, convening January 7, 1851, two weeks before the beginning of the first and second year of the administration of Governor William H.H. Ross

William H.H. Ross

William Henry Harrison Ross was an American farmer and politician from Seaford, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as Governor of Delaware.-Early life and family:...

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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 Democratic

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

 majority.

Senate

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

New Castle County Bassett Ferguson James H. Hoffecker William Smith

Kent County Levin H. Adams Isaac Jump William Temple William Temple (governor) William Temple was an American merchant and politician from Smyrna, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Whig Party, and later the Democratic Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly, as Governor of Delaware, and as U.S...

Sussex County Henry B. Fiddeman John M. Phillips John Sorden

House of Representative

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

New Castle County Nathan T. Boulden Abraham Boyce Aguilla Derrickson Samuel Jefferson William C. Lodge Albert O. Newtown James B. Rogers

Kent County John G. Chambers Francis B. Harper Benjamin Harrington Nathan C. Powell Caleb Smithers Elias Smithers Enoch Spruance

Sussex County John Hosea Peter Marsh John Martin Jod Pride James Satterfield John W. Scribner William D. Waples

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