title: 68th Delaware General Assembly
text: # 68th Delaware General Assembly
  
  The 68th 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 on the first Tuesday in January. It met in Dover, Delaware, convening January 2, 1855, two weeks before the beginning of the first and second year of the administration of Governor Peter F. Causey.
  
  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 effect the number of delegates. Both chambers had a Know Nothing majority.
  
  ## Leadership
  
  ### Senate
  
  * Daniel Curry, Kent County
  
  ### House of Representatives
  
  * Samuel Biddle, New Castle County
  
  ## Members
  
  ### Senate
  
  Senators were elected by the public for a four-year term, some elected each two year.
  
  | New Castle County Archibald Armstrong Sewell C. Biggs Charles I. du Pont | Kent County William Collins Daniel Currey Moses Harrington | Sussex County John A. Hazzard John Ponder Elihu J. Pusey |
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  ### House of Representatives
  
  Representatives were elected by the public for a term, every two years.
  
  | New Castle County Samuel Biddle Jonathan Groves John J. Henry David McKee James V. Moore Edward Sheppard David C. Wilson | Kent County John W. Cullen Thomas Draper James B.R. Powell John W. Smith James W. Spruance William Tomlinson John Woodall, Jr. | Sussex County Woolsey Burton Robert G. Ellegood Asbury C. Pepper Burton C. Prettyman Charles Rickards Joseph P.H. Shipley John S. Waples |
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