were held the first Tuesday of October, and members of the General Assembly took office the first Tuesday of January. State senators had a three-year term. The governor took office the third Tuesday of January and had a three-year term. However, Sykes served as State President, only filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of Richard Bassett. Places with more information Delaware Historical Society; website; 505 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801; (302) 655-7161 University of Delaware; Library website; 181 South College Avenue, Newark, Delaware 19717; (302) 831–2965 References External links Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States Delaware’s Governors The Political Graveyard 1761 births 1822 deaths People from Dover, Delaware American surgeons Delaware Federalists Delaware state senators Governors of Delaware Federalist Party state governors of the United States Physicians from Delaware People of colonial Delaware Burials in Dover, Delaware 19th-century American Episcopalians