89th Delaware General Assembly
# 89th Delaware General Assembly

The 89th 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 5, 1897, which was two weeks before the beginning of the first administrative year of Governor Ebe W. Tunnell.

Currently the distribution of the Senate Assembly seats was made to three senators for each of the three counties. Likewise the current distribution of the House Assembly seats was made to seven representatives for each of the three counties. The actual population changes of the county did not directly affect the number of senators or representatives at this time.

In the 89th Delaware General Assembly session both chambers had a Democratic majority. It was the last Constitution directed by the 1831 Delaware Constitution.

## Leadership

### Senate

* Hezekiah Harrington, Kent County, Democratic

### House of Representatives

* Emory B. Riggin, Sussex County, Democratic

## Members

### Senate

Senators were normally elected by the public for a four-year term; although many were selected to fill the remainder of a vacant position.

| New Castle County Samuel Alrichs Robert J. Hanby John C. Pyle | Kent County John W. Fennimore Hezekiah Harrington Samuel K. Meredith | Sussex County John M.C. Moore William T. Moore George F. Pierce |
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### House of Representatives

Representatives were elected by the public for a two-year term.

| New Castle County Woodard W. Cheairs Charles G. Dempsey Donald K. Donaldson John F. Eliason William B. McCoy Robert McCullough James B. Taylor | Kent County Charles M. Adams William R. Davis Benjamin A. Hazell Joseph H. Hopkins Leander L. Hopkins James A. Martin Robert H. Wilson | Sussex County Elisha C. Dukes Thomas Johnson Emory B. Riggin Matt F. Short Asbury Smith John C. Thompson Isaac N. Whitney |
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