title: 71st Delaware General Assembly
text: # 71st Delaware General Assembly
  
  The 71st 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 third and fourth year of the administration of Governor William Burton.
  
  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. The Senate had a Democratic majority and the House had a Republican majority.
  
  ## Leadership
  
  ### Senate
  
  * Jacob Green, Kent County
  
  ### House of Representatives
  
  * John F. Williamson, New Castle County
  
  ## Members
  
  ### Senate
  
  Senators were elected by the public for a four-year term, some elected each two year.
  
  | New Castle County David W. Gemmell Charles T. Polk John R. Tatum | Kent County Wilson L. Cannon John Green Alexander Johnson | Sussex County Hards D. Hooper John Martin Joseph A. McFerran |
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  ### House of Representatives
  
  Representatives were elected by the public for a term, every two years.
  
  | New Castle County Henry H. Appleton Edward Betts Abram Chandler George W. Churchman Robert A. Cochran Anthony M. Higgins John F. Williamson | Kent County Ambrose Broadaway Thomas Clements, Jr. Henderson Collins, Jr. Thomas Davis John A. Moore William Virden Charles Williamson, III | Sussex County James H. Boyce Peter Cahoon Jonathan Moore William S. Phillips William H. Richards Peter Robinson Lemuel W. Waples |
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