title: 61st Delaware General Assembly
text: # 61st Delaware General Assembly
  
  The 61st 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 5, 1841, two weeks before the beginning of the first and second year of the administration of Governor William B. Cooper.
  
  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., Kent County
  
  ### House of Representatives
  
  * Robert Houston, Sussex County
  
  ## Members
  
  ### Senate
  
  Senators were elected by the public for a four-year term, some elected each two year.
  
  | New Castle County Abraham Boyce Thomas Deakyne Andrew S. Naudain Charles I. du Pont | Kent County Charles Polk, Jr. Presley Spruance, Jr. William Tharp | Sussex County Stansbury Jacobs Thomas Jacobs Joseph Maull |
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  ### House of Representatives
  
  Representatives were elected by the public for a term, every two years.
  
  | New Castle County Samuel Barr Mahlon Betts Robert M. Black Palmer Chamberlain John Dale Alfred Francis John Higgins | Kent County John Clements John A. Collins John Frazier William Huffington Alexander Johnson Samuel Virden James D. Wilds | Sussex County William Hill Robert Houston Richard Jefferson Aaron Marshall, Jr. John Sudler Robert Walpes Gardiner H. Wright |
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