title: 52nd Delaware General Assembly
text: # 52nd Delaware General Assembly
  
  The 52nd Delaware General Assembly (1828–1829) 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 of October and terms began on the first Tuesday in January. It met in Dover, Delaware, convening January 1, 1828, two weeks before the beginning of the second year of the administration of Governor Charles Polk, Jr.
  
  The apportionment of seats was permanently assigned to three senators and seven representatives for each of the three counties. Population of the county did not affect the number of delegates. Both chambers had a Federalist majority.
  
  ## Leadership
  
  ### Senate
  
  * Presley Spruance, Jr., Kent County
  
  ### House of Representatives
  
  * William W. Morris, Kent County
  
  ## Members
  
  ### Senate
  
  Senators were elected by the public for a three-year term, one third posted each year.
  
  | New Castle County Levi Boulden Thomas Deakyne John Harlan | Kent County Elias Naudain, Jr. Joseph G. Oliver Presley Spruance, Jr. | Sussex County Joseph Maull Peter Robinson Purnal Tindall |
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  ### House of Representatives
  
  Representatives were elected by the public for a one-year term.
  
  | New Castle County James Delaplane Daniel Newbold William T. Read William Seal Harman Talley Christopher Vandegrift Benjamin Whitely | Kent County John Booth Peter L. Cooper, Sr. Mathias Day James P. Lofland William W. Morris John Raymond Samuel Virden | Sussex County Thomas Davis William Dunning Caleb S. Layton Kendall M. Lewis John Tennent George Truitt John White |
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