132nd Delaware General Assembly

The 132nd Delaware General Assembly 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 after November 1st and terms began in Dover on the first Tuesday in January. This date was January 3, 1983, which was two weeks before the beginning of the seventh administrative year of Republican Governor Pierre S. du Pont, IV from New Castle County and the third year for Republican Lieutenant Governor Michael N. Castle, also from New Castle County.

Governor Pierre S. du Pont, IV
132nd General Assembly
In office January 4, 1983 – January 8, 1985
Preceded by	131st Assembly
Succeeded by	133rd Assembly

Currently the distribution of seats for both houses was based on the interpretation of the federal 1980 census. It resulted in a large numbers of membership numbers in the New Castle County area and ruling that the election districts would abandonment of county lines for their boundaries, but would design whatever district boundaries that would accomplish such population equals.

In the 132nd Delaware General Assembly session both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Leadership

Senate Richard S. Cordrey, Sussex County, Democratic

House of Representatives Orlando J. George, Jr., New Castle County, Democratic

Members

Senate

About half the State Senators were elected every two years for a four-year term, except the decade district redesign year, when all served two years. They were designed for equal populations from all districts and its accomplishment occasionally included some territory from two counties.

New Castle County 1. Harris B. McDowell, III 2. Herman M. Holloway, Sr. 3. Robert I. Marshall 4. Robert J. Berndt 5. Myrna L. Bair 6. Andrew G. Knox 7. Angelo T. Citro

New Castle County 8. John H. Arnold 9. Thomas B. Sharp 10. James P. Neal 11. Roger A. Martin 12. Robert T. Connor 13. David B. McBride 14. James T. Vaughn

Kent County 15. Nancy W. Cook 16. William C. Torbert 17. Jacob W. Zimmerman 18. Ruth Ann Minner Sussex County 19. Thurman G. Adams, Jr. 20. Richard S. Cordrey 21. W. Lee Littleton

House of Representative

All the State Representatives were elected every two years for a two-year term. They were designed for equal populations from all districts and its accomplishment occasionally included some territory from two counties.

New Castle County 1. Orlando J. George, Jr. 2. Al O. Plant, Sr. 3. Herman M. Holloway, Jr. James H. Sills, Jr. 4. Kevin Free 5. Casimir S. Jonkiert 6. David H. Ennis 7. Gwynne P. Smith 8. David D. Brady 9. Charles L. Hebner, Sr. 10. Jane P. Maroney 11. Marybeth T. Boykin 12. Philip J. Corrozi 13. John F. Van Sant, III 14. John A. Campanelli

New Castle County 15. Rodney Dixon 16. William I. Houghton 17. Jeffrey G. Mack 18. Terry R. Spence 19. Robert F. Gilligan 20. Roger P. Roy 21. Vincent P. Meconi 22. Joseph R. Petrilli 23. Ada Leigh Soles 24. William A. Oberle, Jr.* 25. Marian P. Anderson 26. Richard Myers Richard F. Davis 27. Katherine M. Jester

Kent County 28: Bruce C. Ennis 29. Donald M. Clark 30. George R. Quillen 31. E. Stuart Outten, Jr. 32. Edward J. Bennett 33. Harry K.F. Terry 34. Gerald A. Buckworth Sussex County 35. B. Bradford Barnes 36. Howard A. Clendaniel 37. Jay D. Wingate 38. George H. Bunting, Jr. 39. Evelyn K. Fallon 40. Carroll B. Cordrey 41. Charles P. West

References

• Hoffecker, Carol E. (2004). Democracy in Delaware. Wilmington, Delaware: Cedar Tree Books. ISBN 1-892142-23-6.
• Martin, Roger A. (1995). Memoirs of the Senate. Newark, Delaware: Roger A. Martin.

Places with more information

• Delaware Historical Society; website; 505 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801; [phone]
• University of Delaware; Library website; 181 South College Avenue, Newark, Delaware 19717; [phone]