The 123rd 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 Dover on the first Tuesday in January. This date was January 5, 1965, which was two weeks before the beginning of the first administrative year of Governor

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and

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as Lieutenant Governor. Currently the distribution of seats for both houses was based on a court interpretation of the federal 1960 census. It resulted in a large shift in membership numbers to the New Castle County area and ruling that the election districts would abandonment of county lines for their boundaries, but could design whatever district boundaries that would accomplish such population equals. Subsequent census were adjusted such boundaries to continue such adjectives, the next being in 1972. In the 123rd Delaware General Assembly session both chambers had a

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majority.

Leadership

Senate

*Curtis W. Steen, Sussex County,

House of Representatives

*Harold T. Bockman, New Castle County,

Members

Senate

About half the State Senators were elected every two years for a four-year term, except the decade district redesign year, when all served two years. They were designed for equal populations from all districts and its accomplishment occasionally included some territory from two counties.

House of Representatives

All the State Representatives were elected every two years for a two-year term. They were designed for equal populations from all districts and its accomplishment occasionally included some territory from two counties.

References

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Places with more information

* Delaware Historical Society
website
505 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801; (302) 655-7161 *

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Library website
181 South College Avenue, Newark, Delaware 19717; (302) 831-2965
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