title: 58th Delaware General Assembly
text: # 58th Delaware General Assembly
  
  The 58th Delaware General Assembly (1835–1837) 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 6, 1835, two weeks before the beginning of the third and fourth year of the administration of Governor Caleb P. Bennett. He died July 11, 1836, and replaced the remainder of the fourth year by Governor Charles Polk, Jr.
  
  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 Whig majority.
  
  ## Leadership
  
  ### Senate
  
  * Charles Polk, Jr., Sussex County
  
  ### House of Representatives
  
  * William D. Waples, Sussex County
  
  ## Members
  
  ### Senate
  
  Senators were elected by the public for a four-year term, some elected each two year.
  
  | New Castle County John D. Dilworth Archibald Hamilton Thomas W. Handy | Kent County Charles Polk, Jr. Joseph Smithers Presley Spruance, Jr. | Sussex County Joshua Burton David Hazzard Henry F. Rodney |
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  ### House of Representatives
  
  Representatives were elected by the public for a term, every two years.
  
  | New Castle County Alexander M. Biddle William Booth Thomas Deakyne John W. Evans John Harlan William Herdman George Lodge | Kent County Jacob Boone Joel Clements Philip Fiddeman Robert Frame Benjamin Harrington Charles Marin John Raymond | Sussex County William B. Cooper Thomas Davis Thomas Jacobs Joshua Johnson, Sr. Kendall M. Lewis James Parker William D. Waples |
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