title: 72nd Delaware General Assembly
text: # 72nd Delaware General Assembly
  
  The 72nd 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 1, 1861, two weeks before the beginning of the first and second year of the administration of Governor William Cannon.
  
  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 Democratic majority.
  
  ## Leadership
  
  ### Senate
  
  * John R. Tatum, New Castle County
  
  ### House of Representatives
  
  * John Sorden, Sussex County
  
  ## Members
  
  ### Senate
  
  Senators were elected by the public for a four-year term, some elected each two year.
  
  | New Castle County John P. Belville John R. Tatum John F. Williamson | Kent County Thomas Cahall John Green Gove Saulsbury | Sussex County Henry Hickman William Hitch Hicks D. Hooper |
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  ### House of Representatives
  
  Representatives were elected by the public for a term, every two years.
  
  | New Castle County Solomon M. Curtis John A. Duncan David W. Gemmill John Hayes Levi W. Lattomus Merritt H. Paxson John Whitby | Kent County John H. Bewley Benjamin S. Goote Robert Raughley John Slay William B. Stubbs Curtis S. Watson James Williams | Sussex County Major W. Allen Isaac H. Bailey Luther W. Fisher George W. Horsey William A. Scribner John Sorden William D. Waples |
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