Almanac
Delaware elections were held October 1 and members of the General Assembly took office on October 20 or the following weekday. The State Legislative Council was created in 1776 and its Legislative Councilmen had a three-year term. Beginning in 1792 it was renamed the State Senate. State Assemblymen had a one-year term. The whole General Assembly chose the State President for a three-year term.
Pennsylvania elections were held in October as well. Assemblymen had a one-year term. The Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council was created in 1776, and counsellors were popularly elected for three-year terms. A joint ballot of the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the Council chose the President from among the twelve Counsellors for a one-year term. Both Assemblies chose the Continental Congressmen for a one-year term as well as the delegates to the U.S. Constitution Convention.
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| Office | State | Type | Location | Began office | Ended office | notes | |
| Assemblyman | Lower Counties | Legislature | New Castle | October 20, 1759 | October 20, 1760 | ||
| Assemblyman | Lower Counties | Legislature | New Castle | October 20, 1760 | October 20, 1761 | ||
| Assemblyman | Pennsylvania | Legislature | Philadelphia | October 1762 | October 1763 | ||
| Assemblyman | Pennsylvania | Legislature | Philadelphia | October 1763 | October 1764 | ||
| Delegate | Pennsylvania | Legislature | New York | October 7, 1765 | October 19, 1765 | Stamp Act Congress | |
| Delegate | Pennsylvania | Legislature | Philadelphia | August 2, 1774 | October 26, 1774 | Continental Congress | |
| Delegate | Pennsylvania | Legislature | Philadelphia | March 16, 1775 | October 21, 1775 | Continental Congress | |
| Delegate | Pennsylvania | Legislature | Philadelphia | October 21, 1775 | November 7, 1776 | Continental Congress | |
| Delegate | Delaware | Legislature | Philadelphia | January 18, 1779 | December 22, 1779 | Continental Congress | |
| Delegate | Delaware | Legislature | Philadelphia | December 22, 1779 | February 10, 1781 | Continental Congress | |
| Councilman | Delaware | Legislature | Dover | October 20, 1781 | November 13, 1781 | ||
| State President | Delaware | Executive | Dover | November 13, 1781 | November 7, 1782 | Executive Council | |
| State President | Pennsylvania | Executive | Philadelphia | November 4, 1782 | October 18, 1785 | ||
| Delegate | Delaware | Convention | Philadelphia | May 14, 1787 | September 17, 1787 | U.S. Constitution | |
| Delegate | Delaware | Convention | Dover | November 29, 1791 | June 12, 1792 | State Constitution | |
| State Senator | Delaware | Legislature | Dover | January 6, 1793 | January 6, 1794 | ||
| Delaware General Assembly service | ||||||
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| Dates | Assembly | Chamber | Majority | Governor | Committees | District |
| 1781/82 | 6th | State House | non-partisan | Caesar Rodney | Kent at-large | |
| 1793 | 17th | State Senate | Republican | Joshua Clayton | New Castle at-large | |
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