111th Delaware General Assembly

The 111th 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 7, 1941, which was two weeks before the beginning of the first administrative year of Governor Walter W. Bacon and Isaac J. MacCollum 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 111th Delaware General Assembly session both chambers had a Republican majority.

Leadership

Senate

*Harold W.T. Purnell, Sussex County, Republican

House of Representatives

*George W. Rhodes, New Castle County, Republican

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 Representative

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

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Places with more information

* Delaware Historical Society
website
505 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801; [phone]
* University of Delaware
Library website
181 South College Avenue, Newark, Delaware 19717; [phone]

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Delaware legislative sessions
1940s in Delaware