54th Delaware General Assembly
Introduction The '''54th Delaware General Assembly''' (1830–1831) 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 of October and terms began on the first Tuesday in January. It met in Dover, Delaware, convening January 5, 1830, two weeks before the beginning of the first year of the administration of Governor David HazzardThe 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. Both chambers had a National Republican majority.
Leadership ===Senate===*Presley Spruance, Jr., Kent County===House of Representatives===*Joshua Burton, Sussex County
Members ===Senate===Senators were elected by the public for a three-year term, one third posted each year. :'''New Castle County'''  *John Caulk*Thomas Deakyne*William T. Read:'''Kent County'''*William Johnson*James P. Lofland*Presley Spruance, Jr.:'''Sussex County'''*Purnal Tindall*George Truitt*''unknown''===House of Representatives===Representatives were elected by the public for a one-year term. :'''New Castle County'''  *Benjamin Chandler*Charles H. Haughey*Samuel Murphy*William T. Read*John Sutton*Harman Talley*Benjamin Whitely**Thomas W. Handy:'''Kent County'''*Joel F. Clements*Cornelius P. Comegys*Charles Marim*Benjamin Potter*William Roe*Thomas W. Simpson**Isaac Harrington*Simon Spearman:'''Sussex County'''*Joshua Burton*Isaac W. Copes*Thomas Davis*Caleb S. Layton*Kendall M. Lewis*Henry F. Rodney*John Tennent
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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