title: 50th Delaware General Assembly
text: # 50th Delaware General Assembly
  
  The 50th Delaware General Assembly (1826–1827) 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 3, 1826, two weeks before the beginning of the third year of the administration of Governor Samuel Paynter.
  
  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
  
  * Charles Polk, Jr., Kent County
  
  ### House of Representatives
  
  * Arnold S. Naudain, Sussex County
  
  ## Members
  
  ### Senate
  
  Senators were elected by the public for a three-year term, one third posted each year.
  
  | New Castle County John Erwin Christopher Vandegrift Henry Whiteley | Kent County William W. Morris Charles Polk, Jr., Presley Spruance, Jr. | Sussex County Charles M. Cullen Jesse Green William N. Polk |
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  ### House of Representatives
  
  Representatives were elected by the public for a one-year term.
  
  | New Castle County James R. Black Samuel H. Black William P. Brobson Joseph W. Day Andrew Gray John Higgins Arnold S. Naudain | Kent County Martin W. Bates John Brinkle Joel Clements Elias Naudain, Jr. William Saulsbury Thomas M. Stout Samuel Warren, Jr. | Sussex County Francis Brown Joshua Burton Spencer Phillips John Robinson Whiting Sanford Caleb S. Layton Purnal Tindall George Truitt |
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