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unusual facts about Delaware General Assembly


Delaware General Assembly

Significant actions of the General Assembly include the calling of the constitutional convention which became the first to ratify the United States Constitution in 1787 (which led to Delaware's state nickname, "the First State"), and its rejection of secession from the Union on January 3, 1861, even though Delaware was a slave state.


Caleb Merrill Wright

He was in private practice in Georgetown, Delaware from 1933 to 1955, also serving as a deputy state attorney general of Delaware from 1935 to 1939 and an attorney to the Delaware State Senate from 1938 to 1939, and to the Delaware General Assembly from 1940 to 1941.

Gumboro, Delaware

In 2006, legislation to establish Gumboro as an incorporated town was passed by the Delaware General Assembly, but was vetoed by Governor Ruth Ann Minner.

John Haslet

In response to the request of the Continental Congress, the Lower Counties Assembly raised the 1st Delaware Regiment, placeding Haslet at its command on January 19, 1776, with the rank of Colonel.


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