of Assembly became the State House of Representatives. The State President became the governor and was popularly elected. He takes office the third Tuesday in January and had a three-year term. References External links Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Biography by Russell Pickett Delaware's Governors The Political Graveyard 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 1742 births 1797 deaths People from New Castle, Delaware 18th-century American Episcopalians American people of English descent Delaware Federalists Continental Army officers from Delaware Delaware lawyers Members of the Delaware House of Representatives Delaware state senators Governors of Delaware Federalist Party state governors of the United States People of colonial Delaware Burials in New Castle County, Delaware 18th-century American politicians