Jersey in the Delaware River was also resolved and the now antiquated Chesapeake and Delaware Canal was sold to the Federal Government in order to provide for major improvement. Laws were also passed requiring at least three months of school attendance by children and local option legislation allowed Kent and Sussex counties to prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages. T. Coleman du Pont announced his plans for a new highway, to be built the length of Delaware, in 1908. Death and legacy In his later years Lea spent much of his time at his summer home "the Orchards," thought to be in the area of the refinery near Delaware City. He died at New Castle and is buried in the Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery at Wilmington. Almanac Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. The governor takes office the third Tuesday of January, and has a four-year term. References Images Family Photo Album External links Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States Delaware’s Governors National Cyclopedia of American Biography The Political Graveyard Lea family photograph collection at Hagley Museum and Library Morse-Lea photograph collection at Hagley Museum and Library 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 1841 births 1916 deaths American Quakers Burials at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery People from Wilmington, Delaware Businesspeople from Delaware Republican Party governors of Delaware Lawrenceville School alumni 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American businesspeople