The 64th Delaware General Assembly 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 after November 1 and terms began on the first Tuesday in January. It met in

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, convening January 5, 1847, two weeks before the beginning of the first and second year of the administration of Governor

William Tharp William Tharp (November 27, 1803 – January 9, 1865) was an American politician from Milford, Delaware, Milford in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, who served in the Delaware Ge ...

. 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

*William W. Morris, Kent County

House of Representatives

*Lewis Thompson, New Castle 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

Places with more information

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. *

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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Assembly, 064th Delaware General 6 064 1847 in Delaware 1848 in Delaware 1847 U.S. legislative sessions 1848 U.S. legislative sessions