title: 11th Delaware General Assembly
text: # 11th Delaware General Assembly
  
  The 11th Delaware General Assembly was a meeting of the legislative branch of the state government, consisting of the Delaware Legislative Council and the Delaware House of Assembly. Elections were held the first day of October and terms began on the twentieth day of October. The Assembly met in the state capital, Dover, convening October 20, 1786, in the first year of the administration of Delaware President Thomas Collins.
  
  The apportionment of seats was permanently assigned to three councilors and seven assemblymen for each of the three counties. Population of the county did not effect the number of delegates.
  
  ## Leadership
  
  ### Legislative Council
  
  * George Craighead, New Castle County
  
  ### House of Assembly
  
  * John Cook, Kent County
  
  ## Members
  
  ### Legislative Council
  
  Councilors were elected by the public for a three-year term, one third posted each year.
  
  | New Castle County George Craighead George Read Nicholas Van Dyke, Sr. | Kent County John Banning Silas Snow James Tilton | Sussex County Alexander Laws Henry Neill Daniel Polk |
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  ### House of Assembly
  
  Assemblymen were elected by the public for a one-year term.
  
  | New Castle County Gunning Bedford, Sr. Jacob Broom Thomas Duff Thomas Evans Isaac Grantham Peter Hyatt Alexander Porter, Jr. | Kent County Richard Bassett Joshua Clayton John Cook Jehu Davis John Gordon Mark McCall Thomas Rodney | Sussex County Jeremiah Cannon Edward Dingle Nathaniel Hayes George Mitchell William Moore Charles Polk, Sr. Rhodes Shankland |
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