The 93rd 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 1 and terms began in Dover on the first Tuesday in January. This date was January 3, 1905, which was two weeks before the beginning of the first administrative year of Governor Preston Lea and Isaac T. Parker as Lieutenant Governor.
Currently the distribution of the Senate Assembly seats was made to seven senators for New Castle County and to five senators each for Kent and Sussex counties. Likewise the current distribution of the House Assembly seats was made to fifteen representatives for New Castle County and to ten representatives each for Kent and Sussex counties. The actual population changes of the county did not directly affect the number of senators or representatives at this time.
In the 93rd Delaware General Assembly both chambers had a Republican majority.
Leadership
Senate Alvin B. Conner, Kent County, Republican
House of Representatives William D. Denney, Kent County, Republican
Members
Senate About half of the State Senators were elected every two years for a four-year term. They were from a district in a specific county, with the number of districts determined by the state constitution, not the size of the population.
New Castle County 1. George W. Sparks 2. Thomas M. Monaghan 3. Thomas J. Stirling 4. John M. Mendinhall 5. Artemus Smith 6. David C. Rose Jr. 7. John A. LattaKent County 1. Thomas C. Moore 2. John W. Houston 3. Remsen C. Barnard Sr. 4. James T. Reed 5. Alvin B. ConnerSussex County 1. Simeon S. Pennewill 2. David H. Boyce 3. David O. Moore 4. Archie B. Lingo 5. Thomas W. Jefferson
House of Representatives All the State Representatives were elected every two years for a two-year term. They were from a district in a specific county, with the number of districts determined by the state constitution, not the size of the population.
New Castle County 1. Henry Stafford 2. Willard S. Meredith 3. M. Howard Jester 4. Thomas O. Cooper 5. Frank M. Sevier 6. Jacob K. Hanby 7. William H. Miller 8. William M. Eastburn 9. John P. Armstrong 10. Elwood L. Wilson 11. John B. Mahoney 12. Willard L. Smith 13. Frank J. Pennington 14. Edward H. Hart 15. Andrew J. WrightKent County 1. William H. Baggs 2. William D. Denney 3. Gamaliel Garrison 4. Thomas C. McGinnis 5. Alden R. Benson 6. John G. Meredith 7. Daniel B. Murray 8. Robert C. Stevenson 9. Frank J. Prettyman 10. Frank W. DavisSussex County 1. Charles D. Abbott 2. John T. Vandenburg 3. Daniel W. Ellis 4. Charles W. Messick 5. Edward P. Ellis 6. Rufus D. Lingo Jr. 7. Timothy E. Townsend 8. Henry O. Bennum Jr. 9. Henry Marshall 10. Harry V. Lyons
References
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.