134th Delaware General Assembly

The 134th 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 5, 1987, which was two weeks before the beginning of the third administrative year of Republican Governor Michael N. Castle from New Castle County and the third year for Democratic Lieutenant Governor Shien Biau Woo, also from New Castle County.

Governor Michael N. Castle
134th General Assembly
In office January 5, 1987 – January 3, 1989
Preceded by	133rd Assembly
Succeeded by	135th 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 134th 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

• B. Bradford Barnes, Sussex County, Republican
• 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. Herman M. Holloway, Sr. 3. Robert I. Marshall 4. Robert J. Berndt 5. Myrna L. Bair 6. Andrew G. Knox 7. Robert T. Still

New Castle County 8. Margo E. Bane 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. William A. Slatcher

House of Representatives

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. James H. Sills, Jr. 4. Joseph G. DiPinto 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. Steven C. Taylor 22. Joseph R. Petrilli 23. Ada Leigh Soles 24. William A. Oberle, Jr. 25. Steven H. Amick 26. 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. G. Wallace Caulk, Jr. 34. Gerald A. Buckworth Sussex County 35. B. Bradford Barnes J. Benjamin Ewing 36. V. George Carey 37. Jay D. Wingate 38. George H. Bunting, Jr. 39. Evelyn K. Fallon 40. Clifford F. 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; (302) 655-7161
• University of Delaware; Library website; 181 South College Avenue, Newark, Delaware 19717; (302) 831-2965