120th Delaware General Assembly

The 120th 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 6, 1959, which was two weeks before the beginning of the seventh administrative year of Governor J. Caleb Boggs and the third administrative year of David P. Buckson as Lieutenant Governor.

120th Delaware General Assembly
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Overview
Legislative body	Delaware General Assembly
Term	January 6, 1959 (1959-01-06) – January 3, 1961 (1961-01-03)

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 120th Delaware General Assembly session, both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Leadership

Senate

• Allen J. Cook, Kent County, Democratic

House of Representatives

• Sherman W. Tribbitt, New Castle County, Democratic

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 H. Snowden 2. John B. Reilly Sr. 3. Reynolds du Pont 4. Wilmer F. Williams 5. Calvin R. McCullough 6. Jacob A. Correll 7. Jesse F. Watson

Kent County 1. Henry T. Price Sr. 2. Allen J. Cook 3. Walter Simpson 4. Peter Nechay 5. Harry E. Mayhew

Sussex County 1. Walter J. Hoey 2. Earle M. Tull 3. Curtis W. Steen 4. Lemuel Hickman 5. Harvey B. Spicer

House of Representatives

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. Paul F. Livingston 2. Russell D. F. Dineen 3. Harry G. Lawson 4. Paul E. Shockley 5. Joseph S. Latina 6. T. Lees Bartleson 7. F. Earl McGinnes Jr. 8. Margaret R. Manning 9. Charles S. Kleinbach 10. James R. Quigley 11. Robert E. Pawson 12. Robert C. Davidson 13. Sherman W. Tribbitt 14. Charles Gove Jr. 15. Charles R. Pryor

Kent County 1. Charles C. King 2. Edward J. Long Jr. 3. Edward F. Wright 4. William W. Opdyke Jr. 5. Charles F. Richards Sr. 6. Elmer L. Betts 7. Harvey P. Fifer 8. William J. Paskey Jr. 9. George W. Cain 10. George A. Robbins

Sussex County 1. W. Carlton Clifton 2. Edgar English 3. Norman A. Eskridge 4. Roy A. Cannon 5. Paul H. Kenney 6. James W. Carmean 7. Tilghman S. Johnson 8. Joseph B. Walls 9. William E. Graves 10. William T. Best

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; (302) 655-7161.
• University of Delaware; Library website; 181 South College Avenue, Newark, Delaware 19717; (302) 831-2965.