92nd Delaware General Assembly

The 92nd 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 6, 1903, which was two weeks before the beginning of the third administrative year of Governor John Hunn and Philip Cannon as Lieutenant Governor.

Governor
John Hunn
92nd General Assembly
In office
January 6, 1903 – January 3, 1905
Preceded by91st Assembly
Succeeded by93rd Assembly

The distribution of the Senate seats was seven senators for New Castle County and five senators each for Kent and Sussex counties. Likewise the distribution of the Assembly seats was fifteen representatives for New Castle County and ten representatives each for 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 92nd Delaware General Assembly both chambers had a Republican majority.

Leadership
Senate
  • Henry C. Ellison, Republican of New Castle County.
House of Representatives

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.

New Castle County
  • 1. George W. Sparks
  • 2. Francis J. McNulty
  • 3. Thomas J. Stirling
  • 4. Benjamin A. Groves
  • 5. Artemus Smith
  • 6. Henry C. Ellison
  • 7. John A. Latta
Kent County
  • 1. Thomas C. Moore
  • 2. James R. Clements
  • 3. James F. Allee, Sr.
  • 4. George D. Harrington
  • 5. Alvin B. Conner
Sussex County
  • 1. Simeon S. Pennewill
  • 2. Isaiah J. Brasure
  • 3. David O. Moore
  • 4. Charles Wright
  • 5. Thomas W. Jefferson

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.

New Castle County
  • 1. Henry G. Buckmaster
  • 2. James P. Jones
  • 3. John Bancroft
  • 4. Thomas M. Monaghan
  • 5. William M. Connelly
  • 6. Abraham L. Tyre
  • 7. William R. Flinn
  • 8. William M. Eastburn
  • 9. John W. Morrison
  • 10. Chauncey P. Holcomb
  • 11. David C. Rose, Jr.
  • 12. William A. Price
  • 13. Leonard V. Aspril, Jr.
  • 14. Edward H. Hart
  • 15. Samuel C. Derrickson
Kent County
  • 1. Henry S. Anthony
  • 2. Charles H. Paradee
  • 3. George Cook
  • 4. William H. Gehman
  • 5. Thomas M. Gooden
  • 6. Samuel Carl Hughes
  • 7. Thomas E. Warren
  • 8. Joseph Frazier
  • 9. James W. Powell
  • 10. Lavinus Austin
Sussex County
  • 1. John W. Bennett
  • 2. Oliver A. Newton
  • 3. Frank Allen
  • 4. Henry C. Riggin
  • 5. Samuel J. Lowe
  • 6. Rufus D. Lingo, Jr.
  • 7. John G. Townsend, Jr.
  • 8. Frank W. Lawson
  • 9. Thomas R. Purnell
  • 10. Joseph D. Thompson

References
  • Hoffecker, Carol E. (2004). Democracy in Delaware. Wilmington, Delaware: Cedar Tree Books. ISBN 1-892142-23-6.
  • Martin, Roger A. (1995). Memoirs of the Senate. Newark, Delaware: Roger A. Martin.

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