title: 54th Delaware General Assembly
text: # 54th Delaware General Assembly
  
  The 54th Delaware General Assembly (1830–1831) 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 5, 1830, two weeks before the beginning of the first year of the administration of Governor David Hazzard
  
  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 National Republican majority.
  
  ## Leadership
  
  ### Senate
  
  * Presley Spruance, Jr., Kent County
  
  ### House of Representatives
  
  * Joshua Burton, Sussex County
  
  ## Members
  
  ### Senate
  
  Senators were elected by the public for a three-year term, one third posted each year.
  
  | New Castle County John Caulk Thomas Deakyne William T. Read | Kent County William Johnson James P. Lofland Presley Spruance, Jr. | Sussex County Purnal Tindall George Truitt unknown |
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  ### House of Representatives
  
  Representatives were elected by the public for a one-year term.
  
  | New Castle County Benjamin Chandler Charles H. Haughey Samuel Murphy William T. Read John Sutton Harman Talley Benjamin Whitely Thomas W. Handy | Kent County Joel F. Clements Cornelius P. Comegys Charles Marim Benjamin Potter William Roe Thomas W. Simpson Isaac Harrington Simon Spearman | Sussex County Joshua Burton Isaac W. Copes Thomas Davis Caleb S. Layton Kendall M. Lewis Henry F. Rodney John Tennent |
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