The 95th 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 5, 1909, which was two weeks before the beginning of the first administrative year of Governor Simeon S. Pennewill and John M. Mendinhall as Lieutenant Governor.
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 95th Delaware General Assembly session the Senate had a Republican majority and the House had a Democratic majority.
Leadership
Senate George W. Sparks, New Castle County, Republican
House of Representatives Thomas O. Cooper, 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. George W. Sparks 2. Thomas M. Monaghan 3. William H. Miller 4. Darlington Flinn 5. John W. Morrison 6. Alexander P. Corbit 7. Edward H. HartKent County 1. Thomas C. Moore 2. Joseph H. Anderson 3. Remsen C. Barnard Sr. 4. John W. Sheldrake 5. Alvin B. ConnerSussex County 1. Samuel E. Reed 2. James E. Dutton 3. Joseph Iliffe 4. Louis A. Dexler 5. James Rowland Jr.
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. Oscar C. Welch 2. Alfred L. Ainscow 3. Arthur W. Spruance 4. Thomas O. Cooper 5. William M. Connelly 6. Newton L. Grubb 7. Edward G. Bradford Jr. 8. Charles H. McDonald 9. Robert J. Morrison 10. Francis deH. Janvier 11. Henry C. Ellison 12. Joseph N. Reeves 13. Horatio W. Pharo 14. George H. Ginn 15. William N. ArmstrongKent County 1. Hervey P. Hall 2. James F. Lafferty 3. Franklin Brockson 4. Charles C. Hopkins 5. William M. Hazel 6. William M. Minner 7. Isaac R. Jackson 8. Francis M. Soper 9. Clinton L. Williamson 10. Benjamin F. HudsonSussex County 1. Harry W. Jester 2. Robert F. Ledenham 3. Walter Donoho 4. Weightman W. Bryan 5. Newton E. Ward 6. Bartemus C. Truitt 7. Timothy E. Townsend 8. Edgar W. Baylis 9. William W. Rawlins 10. Joseph W. Marsh
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