90th Delaware General Assembly

The 90th 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 3, 1899, which was two weeks before the beginning of the third administrative year of Ebe W. Tunnell.

Governor
Ebe W. Tunnell
90th General Assembly
In office
January 3, 1899 – January 8, 1901
Preceded by89th Assembly
Succeeded by91st Assembly

Currently the distribution of the Senate Assembly seats was made to seven senators for New Castle County and for five senators to each Kent and Sussex counties. Likewise the current distribution of the House Assembly seats was made to fifteen representatives for New Castle County and for ten representatives each to 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 90th Delaware General Assembly session the Senate had a Democratic majority and the House had a Republican majority. It was the first Constitution directed by the 1897 Delaware Constitution.

Leadership
Senate
  • Charles M. Salmon, Democratic of New Castle County.
House of Representatives
  • Theodore F. Clark, Republican of New Castle County.

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. Samuel M. Knox
  • 2. John C. Pyle
  • 3. Webster Blakely
  • 4. James M. Shakespeare
  • 5. Robert F. McFarlin
  • 6. Charles M. Salmon
  • 7. George M.D. Hart
Kent County
  • 1. James F. Allee, Sr.
  • 2. Stephen Slaughter
  • 3. Robert H. Lewis
  • 4. Samuel R. Meredith
  • 5. S. John Abbott
Sussex County
  • 1. Simeon S. Pennewill
  • 2. William T. Moore
  • 3. Elisha H.F. Farlow
  • 4. Isaiah J. Brasure
  • 5. Franklin C. Maull

House of Representative

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. James Hitchens
  • 2. Robert M. Burns
  • 3. James W. Robertson
  • 4. John P. Donahoe
  • 5. Francis J. McNulty
  • 6. Frank P. Ewing
  • 7. George Frizzell
  • 8. John W. Dennison
  • 9. John Pilling
  • 10. David C. Rose, Jr.
  • 11. Harry W. Hushebeck
  • 12. Theodore F. Clark
  • 13. James T. Shallross
  • 14. Francis H. Lattomus
  • 15. George R. Donovan
Kent County
  • 1. William A. Faries
  • 2. Edward F. O’Day
  • 3. Samuel M. Taylor
  • 4. James B. Clark
  • 5. John Satterfield
  • 6. William T. Lester
  • 7. Jabez Jenkins
  • 8. George C. Hering
  • 9. William Tharp
  • 10. Davis H. Frazier
Sussex County
  • 1. Mark L. Davis
  • 2. George S. Buell
  • 3. Thomas E. Cottingham
  • 4. James C. Conaway
  • 5. William F. King
  • 6. William P. Short
  • 7. George H. West
  • 8. Joseph W. Hunter
  • 9. John T. Wagamon
  • 10. David Hazard, II

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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