17th Delaware General Assembly
The 17th 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 of October and terms began on the first Tuesday in January. It met in Dover, Delaware, convening January 1, 1793, two weeks before the beginning of the first year of the administration of Governor Joshua Clayton. This was the first application of the Delaware Constitution of 1792, Delaware 1792 Constitution. The apportionment of seats was permanently assigned to three senators and seven representatives for each of the three counties. Population of the county did not effect the number of delegates. Both chambers had a Federalist Party, Federalist majority. Leadership Senate *Daniel Rogers (politician), Daniel Rogers, Sussex County House of Representatives *George Wilson, Kent County *Stephen Lewis, Kent County Members Senate Senators were elected by the public for a t ...
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Edward Roche (politician)
Edward Roche (April 10, 1754 – April 6, 1821) was an American merchant who served in both houses of the Delaware General Assembly, as a delegate to the Delaware state Constitutional convention (political meeting), constitutional convention, and in the American Revolutionary War. Biography Roche was born in County Cork, County Cork, Ireland on 10 April 1754 to Lawrence Roche and Mary Manning. He left Ireland at age 14 and arrived in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he reportedly became an apprentice with a local merchant. On April 1, 1782, he married Eliza Brinckle in Red Lion Hundred, Red Lion Hundred, Delaware; the couple would go on to have nine children. Following his apprenticeship, Roche launched his own business in New Castle, Delaware at the age of 21. Shortly afterwards, the Revolutionary War broke out. Roche, inspired by the writings of the Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Fathers and other early Americans calling for independence, joined ...
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