title: 23rd Delaware General Assembly
text: # 23rd Delaware General Assembly
  
  The 23rd 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. The Assembly met in the state capital, Dover, convening January 1, 1799, two weeks before the beginning of the first year of the administration of Governor Richard Bassett.
  
  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
  
  * Isaac Davis, Kent County
  
  ### House of Representatives
  
  * Stephen Lewis, Kent County
  
  ## Members
  
  ### Senate
  
  Senators were elected by the public for a three-year term, one third posted each year.
  
  | New Castle County Archibald Alexander Isaac Grantham John James | Kent County George Cummins Isaac Davis James Sykes | Sussex County unknown Nathaniel Hayes David Owens |
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  ### House of Representatives
  
  Representatives were elected by the public for a one-year term.
  
  | New Castle County John Clark Richard C. Dale George Gillespie Thomas Kean Caesar Augustus Rodney Joseph Tatnall Nicholas Van Dyke, Jr. | Kent County Joseph Barker William Collins, Jr. Manlove Emerson Stephen Lewis William Sorden John Vining William Warner | Sussex County Isaac Beauchamp Joshua Burton Samuel Paynter, Jr. Thomas Robertson Thomas Sorden Stephen Styer William H. Wells |
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