119th Delaware General Assembly

Governor J. Caleb Boggs
119th General Assembly
In office January 8, 1957 – January 6, 1959
Preceded by	118th Assembly
Succeeded by	120th Assembly

The 119th 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 8, 1957, which was two weeks before the beginning of the fifth administrative year of Governor J. Caleb Boggs and the first administrative year of David P. Buckson of 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 119th Delaware General Assembly session both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Leadership

Senate

• Lemuel Hickman, Sussex County, Democratic

House of Representatives

• Harry E. Mayhew, Kent 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. Eugene Lammot 2. John B. Reilly, Sr. 3. Elwood F. Melson, Jr. 4. Wilmer F. Williams 5. Calvin R. McCullough 6. Jacob E. Correll 7. Clifford Pryor

Kent County 1. William B. Behen 2. Allen J. Cook 3. S. Warthman Harrison 4. Peter Nechay 5. William C. Paradee Jester A. Gray

Sussex County 1. Walter J. Hoey 2. Earle M. Tull 3. Curtis W. Steen 4. Lemuel Hickman 5. Thomas L. Johnson

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. James H. Snowden 3. Harry G. Lawson 4. Paul E. Shockley 5. Edward J. Hussey, Jr. 6. T. Lees Bartleson 7. Harry H. Lambert 8. Margaret R. Manning 9. Henry H. Wolf 10. James R. Quigley 11. William H. Carpenter 12. Henry E. Snedeker 13. Sherman W. Tribbitt 14. Edgar Alexander 15. Charles R. Pryor

Kent County 1. Charles C. King 2. George Ehinger 3. H. Clifford Clark 4. Nelson Massey 5. Charles F. Richards, Sr. 6. Elmer L. Betts 7. Henry B. Appleford 8. Clifford M. Simpler 9. George W. Cain 10. Harry E. Mayhew

Sussex County 1. John Keller 2. Edgar English 3. Norman A. Eskridge 4. Horace W. Mills 5. Harry G. McAllister 6. Charles P. West 7. Lester M. Kaufman 8. Joseph B. Walls 9. Harvey B. Spicer 10. Arthur R. Reed

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