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The Legislature was called the General Assembly of Delaware and was to meet at least once every year. Only freeholders were eligible for election. [5]The upper house of the General Assembly was called The Legislative Council, and consisted of nine persons, three persons from each county, popularly elected every third year by the freeholders of the county.
Under the Delaware Constitution of 1776 the General Assembly consisted of The Legislative Council and the House of Assembly. There were nine members of the Council, three from each county, and twenty-one members of the Assembly, seven from each county. All members were elected "at-large" from a multi-member district that included their entire ...
June 15 – American Revolution: Delaware Separation Day: The Delaware General Assembly votes to suspend government under the British Crown. [1]July 4 – American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence, in which the United States officially declares independence from the British Empire, is approved by the Continental Congress and signed by its president, John Hancock ...
(1776) Richard Cantwell: George Read: Nicholas Van Dyke Sr. Richard Bassett: Thomas Collins: James Sykes Sr. & John Banning: Daniel Dingee & John Jones William Polk & Samuel S. Sloss: John Wiltbank: 1st* (1776) 2nd* (1777) Peter Hyatt: John Banning: John Jones Samuel S. Sloss & William Conwell: John Clowes: 2nd* (1777) 3rd* (1778) Samuel ...
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The Delaware General Assembly was one of the thirteen legislatures that participated in the American War of Independence.Created by the Delaware Constitution of 1776, its membership and responsibilities have been modified by the Delaware Constitution of 1792, the Delaware Constitution of 1831, the Delaware Constitution of 1897, and Supreme Court of the United States decision in Reynolds v.
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Colonial Delaware currency (1776) signed by Collins. Collins served as Sheriff of Kent County from 1764 until 1767, and was a member of the Colonial Assembly in five of the nine annual sessions during the period from the 1767/68 session through the 1775/76 session.