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914:State House
598:State House
521:Legislative
496:Legislature
468:Legislature
443:Legislature
415:Legislature
390:Legislature
362:Legislature
337:Legislature
68:Preceded by
1697:Categories
1627:Richardson
1577:T. Clayton
1537:J. Clayton
1462:H. du Pont
1402:T. Clayton
1318:1847–1853
1222:References
1174:Democratic
1160:1851–1853
1136:Democratic
1122:1849–1851
1102:Democratic
1088:1847–1849
1077:Committees
744:Federalist
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641:Federalist
603:Republican
578:Committees
526:Washington
227:Whig Party
223:Federalist
197:Occupation
152:1785-09-11
1562:D. Rodney
1417:R. Bayard
1072:President
126:In office
101:In office
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1647:Hastings
1582:Spruance
1557:Van Dyke
1492:Williams
1482:Townsend
1067:Majority
1057:Congress
1008:1847/48
996:Speaker
973:1843/44
939:1841/42
905:1839/40
893:Speaker
870:1837/38
832:1835/36
718:Speaker
573:Governor
568:Majority
558:Congress
310:Location
200:Merchant
50:Delaware
1677:Kaufman
1612:Higgins
1592:Comegys
1567:Ridgely
1527:Bassett
1520:Class 2
1487:Tunnell
1467:Wolcott
1412:Naudain
1382:Latimer
1370:Class 1
1270:. 1900.
1187:class 2
1153:class 2
1115:class 2
1062:Chamber
563:Chamber
537:class 2
484:Speaker
431:Speaker
378:Speaker
280:Almanac
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233:and as
1652:Hughes
1617:Kenney
1532:Vining
1502:Carper
1437:Riddle
1407:McLane
1392:Horsey
300:Office
215:Smyrna
1682:Coons
1672:Biden
1667:Boggs
1662:Frear
1622:Allee
1597:Bates
1552:Wells
1542:Wells
1427:Wales
1387:White
1196:Notes
1052:Dates
798:1830
764:1829
730:1828
695:1827
661:1826
627:1825
589:1822
553:Dates
501:Dover
473:Dover
448:Dover
420:Dover
395:Dover
367:Dover
342:Dover
325:Notes
217:, in
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1637:Ball
1497:Roth
1457:Ball
1452:Gray
1377:Read
1164:32nd
1126:31st
1092:30th
1022:Whig
1012:64th
987:Whig
977:62nd
953:Whig
943:61st
919:Whig
909:60th
884:Whig
874:59th
846:Whig
836:58th
812:Whig
802:55th
778:Whig
768:54th
734:53rd
699:52nd
665:51st
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593:47th
305:Type
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165:Died
146:Born
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