The 107th Delaware General Assembly was a meeting of the legislative branch of the state government, consisting of the

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and the

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. Elections were held the first Tuesday after November 1 and terms began in

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on the first Tuesday in January. This date was January 3, 1933, which was two weeks before the beginning of the fifth administrative year of Governor C. Douglass Buck and the first administrative year of Roy F. Corley as Lieutenant Governor. Currently the distribution of the Senate Assembly seats was made to seven senators for

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and for five senators to each

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and

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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 107th Delaware General Assembly session the Senate had a Republican majority and the House had a Democratic majority.

Leadership

Senate

* William A. Simonton, New Castle County, Republican

House of Representatives

*Julian T. Robinson, Sussex 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.

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.

References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Assembly, 107th Delaware General Delaware legislative sessions 1933 in Delaware 1934 in Delaware 1933 U.S. legislative sessions 1934 U.S. legislative sessions