The 57th Delaware General Assembly (1833–1835) was a meeting of the legislative branch of the state government, consisting of the
Delaware Senate
The Delaware State Senate is the upper house of the Delaware General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Delaware. It is composed of 21 Senators, each of whom is elected to a four-year term, except when reapportionment occur ...
and the
Delaware House of Representatives
The Delaware State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Delaware General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Delaware. It is composed of 41 Representatives from an equal number of constituencies, each of whom is ...
. Elections were held the first Tuesday of after November 1 and terms began on the first Tuesday in January. It met in
Dover
Dover ( ) is a town and major ferry port in Kent, southeast England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies southeast of Canterbury and east of Maidstone. ...
, convening January 1, 1833, two weeks before the beginning of the first and second year of the administration of Governor
Caleb P. Bennett.
The apportionment of seats was permanently assigned to three senators and seven representatives for each of the three counties. Population of the county did not effect the number of delegates. Both chambers had a
Whig majority.
Leadership
Senate
*Joshua Burton, Sussex County
House of Representatives
*John Raymond, Kent County
Members
Senate
Senators were elected by the public for a four-year term, some elected each two year.
House of Representatives
Representatives were elected by the public for a term, every two years.
References
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Places with more information
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Delaware Historical Society
The Delaware Historical Society began in 1864 as an effort to preserve documents from the Civil War. Since then, it has expanded into a statewide historical institution with several buildings, including Old Town Hall and the Delaware History M ...
website 505 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801; (302) 655-7161.
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University of Delaware
The University of Delaware (colloquially known as UD, UDel, or Delaware) is a Statutory college#Delaware, privately governed, state-assisted Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Newark, Delaware, United States. UD offers f ...
Library website 181 South College Avenue, Newark, Delaware 19717; (302) 831-2965.
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1833 establishments
1835 disestablishments
1883 U.S. legislative sessions
1833 in Delaware
1834 in Delaware