138th Delaware General Assembly

The 138th 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, 1995, which was two weeks before the beginning of the third administrative year of Democratic Governor Thomas R. Carper from New Castle County and Democratic Lieutenant Governor Ruth Ann Minner from Kent County.

Governor Thomas R. Carper
138th General Assembly
In office January 3, 1995 – January 7, 1997
Preceded by	137th Assembly
Succeeded by	139th Assembly

Currently the distribution of seats for both houses was based on the interpretation of the federal 1990 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 138th Delaware General Assembly session the Senate had a Democratic majority and the House had a Republican majority.

Leadership

Senate Richard S. Cordrey, Sussex County, Democratic

House of Representatives Terry R. Spence, New Castle County, Republican

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. Margaret R. Henry 3. Robert I. Marshall 4. Richard A. Hauge 5. Myrna L. Bair 6. Liane Sorenson 7. Patricia M. Blevins

New Castle County 8. David P. Sokola 9. Thomas B. Sharp 10. Steven H. Amick 11. Donna Reed 12. Robert T. Connor 13. David B. McBride 14. James T. Vaughn

Kent County 15. Nancy W. Cook 16. Colin R.J. Bonini 17. John C. Still, III 18. Robert J. Voshell Sussex County 19. Thurman G. Adams, Jr. 20. Richard S. Cordrey 21. Robert L. Venables, Sr.

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. Dennis P. Williams 2. Al O. Plant, Sr. 3. Arthur Scott 4. Joseph G. DiPinto 5. Casimir S. Jonkiert 6. David H. Ennis 7. Wayne A. Smith 8. David D. Brady 9. Oakley M. Banning, Jr. 10. Jane P. Maroney 11. Philip D. Cloutier 12. Deborah H. Capano 13. John F. Van Sant, III 14. Richard A. DiLiberto

New Castle County 15. Bruce C. Reynolds 16. William I. Houghton 17. Jeffrey G. Mack 18. Terry R. Spence 19. Robert F. Gilligan 20. Roger P. Roy 21. Pamela Maier 22. Joseph R. Petrilli 23. Timothy U. Boulden 24. William A. Oberle, Jr. 25. Stephanie A. Ulbrich 26. Richard F. Davis 27. Vincent A. Lofink

Kent County 28: Bruce C. Ennis 29. Charles W. Welch 30. C. Robert Quillen 31. Nancy Wagner 32. Donna D. Stone 33. G. Wallace Caulk, Jr. 34. Gerald A. Buckworth Sussex County 35. J. Benjamin Ewing 36. V. George Carey 37. John R. Schroeder 38. George H. Bunting, Jr. 39. Evelyn K. Fallon 40. Clifford G. Lee 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]