133rd Delaware General Assembly

The 133rd 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 8, 1985, which was two weeks before the beginning of the first administrative year of Republican Governor Michael N. Castle from New Castle County and the first year for Democratic Lieutenant Governor Shien Biau Woo, also from New Castle County.

Governor
Michael N. Castle
133rd General Assembly
In office
January 8, 1985  January 5, 1987
Preceded by132nd Assembly
Succeeded by134th Assembly

Currently the distribution of seats for both houses was based on the interpretation of the federal 1980 census. It resulted in a large numbers of membership numbers in the New Castle County area and ruling that the election districts would abandonment of county lines for their boundaries, but would design whatever district boundaries that would accomplish such population equals.

In the 133rd Delaware General Assembly session the Senate had a Democratic majority and the House had a Republican majority.

Leadership

Senate

House of Representatives

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.

New Castle County
  • 1. Harris B. McDowell, III
  • 2. Herman M. Holloway, Sr.
  • 3. Robert I. Marshall
  • 4. Robert J. Berndt
  • 5. Myrna L. Bair
  • 6. Andrew G. Knox
  • 7. Angelo T. Citro
New Castle County
  • 8. John H. Arnold
    • Margo E. Bane
  • 9. Thomas B. Sharp
  • 10. James P. Neal
  • 11. Roger A. Martin
  • 12. Robert T. Connor
  • 13. David B. McBride
  • 14. James T. Vaughn
Kent County
  • 15. Nancy W. Cook
  • 16. William C. Torbert
  • 17. Jacob W. Zimmerman
  • 18. Ruth Ann Minner
Sussex County
  • 19. Thurman G. Adams, Jr.
  • 20. Richard S. Cordrey
  • 21. William A. Slatcher

House of Representative

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.

New Castle County
  • 1. Orlando J. George, Jr.
  • 2. Al O. Plant, Sr.
  • 3. James H. Sills, Jr.
  • 4. Kevin Free
  • 5. Casimir S. Jonkiert
  • 6. David H. Ennis
  • 7. Gwynne P. Smith
  • 8. David D. Brady
  • 9. Charles L. Hebner, Sr.
  • 10. Jane P. Maroney
  • 11. Marybeth T. Boykin
  • 12. Philip J. Corrozi
  • 13. John F. Van Sant, III
  • 14. John A. Campanelli
New Castle County
  • 15. Bruce C. Reynolds
  • 16. William I. Houghton
  • 17. Jeffrey G. Mack
  • 18. Terry R. Spence
  • 19. Robert F. Gilligan
  • 20. Roger P. Roy
  • 21. Steven C. Taylor
  • 22. Joseph R. Petrilli
  • 23. Ada Leigh Soles
  • 24. William A. Oberle, Jr.
  • 25. Marian P. Anderson
  • 26. Richard F. Davis
  • 27. Katherine M. Jester
Kent County
  • 28: Bruce C. Ennis
  • 29. Donald M. Clark
  • 30. George R. Quillen
  • 31. E. Stuart Outten, Jr.
  • 32. Edward J. Bennett
  • 33. G. Wallace Caulk, Jr.
  • 34. Gerald A. Buckworth
Sussex County
  • 35. B. Bradford Barnes
  • 36. V. George Carey
  • 37. Jay D. Wingate
  • 38. Charles W. Steele
  • 39. Evelyn K. Fallon
  • 40. Carroll B. Cordrey
  • 41. Charles P. West

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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