76th Delaware General Assembly
# 76th Delaware General Assembly

The 76th 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, 1871, which was two weeks before the beginning of the first administrative year Governor James Ponder.

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 76th Delaware General Assembly session both chambers had a Democratic majority.

## Leadership

### Senate

* Charles Gooding, New Castle County, Democratic

### House of Representatives

* Sewell C. Biggs, New Castle County, Democratic

## Members

### Senate

Senators were elected by the public for a four-year term, some elected every two years.

| New Castle County Charles Gooding Allen V. Lesley Leonard G. Vandegrift | Kent County Thomas H. Denney John Mustard Curtis S. Watson | Sussex County Martin M. Ellis Thomas E. Records George Russell |
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### House of Representatives

Representatives were elected by the public for a term, every two years.

| New Castle County Sewell C. Biggs Benjamin Caulk J. Paulson Chandler Lot Cloud Aquilla Derrickerson Albert O. Newton Francis T. Perry | Kent County John C. Carsons Samuel B. Cooper Nimrod Harrington Henry H. Howe Samuel Hutchinson, Jr. David Needles James L. Smith | Sussex County Curtis A. Conaway Levin Hitch Shephard P. Martin William W. Morris Jesse W. Robinson John W. Short Ebe W. Tunnell |
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