Thanksgiving Day, after a stroke a month prior. He is buried in the Forest Presbyterian Cemetery there. His son, Harris McDowell III, was a member of the Delaware Senate from 1977 to 2021. Almanac Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. Members of the General Assembly take office the second Tuesday of January. State Senators have a four-year term and State Representatives have a two-year term. U.S. Representatives take office January 3 and have a two-year term. References External links Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Delaware’s Members of Congress Harris Brown McDowell Jr. entry at The Political Graveyard 1906 births 1988 deaths People from Middletown, Delaware Democratic Party members of the Delaware House of Representatives Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Delaware Democratic Party Delaware state senators Secretaries of State of Delaware Burials in New Castle County, Delaware Goldey–Beacom College alumni 20th-century American politicians