title: 60th Delaware General Assembly
text: # 60th Delaware General Assembly
  
  The 60th Delaware General Assembly (1839-1841) 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, 1839, two weeks before the beginning of the third and fourth year of the administration of Governor Cornelius P. Comegys.
  
  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
  
  * Thomas Jacobs, Sussex County
  
  ### House of Representatives
  
  * John P. Brinckloe, 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 William Herdman | Kent County Elias Naudain, Jr. Charles Polk, Jr. William Tharp | Sussex County Thomas Jacobs Joseph Maull 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 Nathan T. Boulden John D. Dilworth William H. Jones Andrew Kerr William H. Rogers Henry Williamson | Kent County Samuel B. Cooper Philip Fiddeman Robert Frame John Frazier Henry Pratt Thomas A. Rees Presley Spruance, Jr. | Sussex County John P. Brinckloe James Hopkins Robert Hopkins Robert Houston Richard Jefferson Aaron Marshall, Jr. Joseph W. Neal |
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