title: 44th Delaware General Assembly
text: # 44th Delaware General Assembly
  
  The 44th 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 of October and terms began on the first Tuesday in January. It met in Dover, Delaware, convening January 4, 1820, two weeks before the beginning of the year of the administration of Governor Jacob Stout.
  
  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 Federalist majority.
  
  ## Leadership
  
  ### Senate
  
  * Jacob Stout, Kings County
  
  ### House of Representatives
  
  * Nathan Vickers, Sussex County
  
  ## Members
  
  ### Senate
  
  Senators were elected by the public for a three-year term, one third posted each year.
  
  | New Castle County Samuel H. Black Andrew Gray Jacob Vandegrift | Kent County George Cummins Henry Molleston John Mitchell Jacob Stout | Sussex County Edward Dingle, Jr. Joseph Maull Caleb Rodney |
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  ### House of Representatives
  
  Representatives were elected by the public for a one-year term.
  
  | New Castle County William P. Brobson Levi Clark Alexander Crawford John Crow Joseph W. Day Henry G. Whitely Nicholas G. Williamson | Kent County Jacob Boone John Booth Joshua G. Brinckle John Cummins Edward Fisher William K. Lockwood Joshua Mifflin | Sussex County John Carlisle Charles M. Cullen John Dickerson William N. Polk David Smith Nathan Vickers William H. Wells |
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