Milford chronicle., 1956-11-09
Democrats Hold House
I9 10 rs; Control State
Senate I3 To 4 In Final
Count

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tured two seats in New Castle
County. Both seats won by the
Democrats in Sussex were form
erly in Republican hands, and the
outcome means that four Sussex
County senators will be Demo-
Gratis. Kent County Democrats had
five in the last session and will
have five again in the next one.
Nineteen of the members of the
1856 General Assembly were
candidates. OF these. 18 ran Tor
reelection and one House member
ran for the Senate.
OF those running for reelection
13 were SUCCESSFUL.
Legislative results ny districts:
In the First Representative Dis
trict in Wilmington, Rcp. Pslu' p.
Livingston (D} was retmae.i by. a
plurality Of S35 votes. He polled
2.2S5 to 1,450 for Alvin L. Board
ley, Jr. (R).
In the Second Representative
District, Wilmington, Rep. James
~. Snowden (R) had a margin of
60 votes out of about 1900. The
count was 1884 to S,465 over Leon
Bacon, Democrat.
Rep. Harry G. Lawson (R) was
reelected in Wilmington's Third
Representative District He got g.
036 votes, while Francis X. Shoe
maker CD received 4,142. which
was 1884 less.
Rep. Paul r. Shockley I'D was
reelected by 536 votes in the Fourth
District, in Wilmington. ne won
1874 votes while Republican Codn-
Gilman Joseph A. Bruno, Sr., re-
ceived 1,27S.
In the Fifth Representative Dis
trict, in Wilmington, Edward j.
Hussey, Jr., Democrat, won by the
comfortable margin of 5,104 votes.
He got 9,700 while the Republican,
Albert j. Conner, was given 1865.
Brandywine Hundred, the Repub-
lican powerhouse, gave a plurality
of 8,546 to the Republican candi-
date. r.. Lees Bartleson. He polled
1916 votes to 1926 for the Demo-
cratic contender, James G. Hark-
ins.
-Christiana Hundred again sent a
Republican to the Legislature. Har-
nv H. Lambert defeated Thomas t.
Bayard. III, by $500 votes, 1l.I47
for Lambert and S,557 for Bayard.
In Mill Greek Hundred, the
Eighth District, MARGARET r. Man
ming (Rl defeated Thomas NJ. Ev-
ans 1915 to 2,543. The victory
edge was 1872.
In White Clay Greek Hundred,
the Ninth District, Republican Ren.
Henry H. Wolf was reelected, with
a plurality of 1892 votes, receiving
3.367 to 2.O75 for Democrat Row
land G. Walker.
Speaker James r. Quigley won
the lseat in New Castle Hundred,
the Tenth District, by 1.240 votes,
1927 to 5.987 for Russell w. Car
ter. Republican.
The Republicans took over the
seat from Pencader Hundred,
Eleventh District, with the victory
Of William H. Carpenter over Rep.
r. Walter Johnson by 500 votes.
The count was 1916 to 1926.
ia Red Lion Hundred, the
Twelfth District. Henry e. Snede-
kert (Rl defeated Richard A. Bright
(D). STA to 500 In the last General
Assembly, this seat was also held
by a Republican, Rep. William E.
Lester of st. Georges.
In st. Georges Hundred, the
Thirteenth District, Sherman w
Tribbitt CD defeated Harry Kirl.
Schlninkev (R) bv 1898 to 1852.
Mr.. Tribbitt's lead was 81 votes.
The seat was last held by Earl
DEPUTY (D-Middletown).
Jn Appoquinimink Hundred. Rem
Edgar Alexander CD won by 1a7
votes over Francis A. Lawson, 65i
to 503 Earlier. this district had
been listed in the Republican col
umn but check of the tabulation
disclosed an error.
In Blackbird Hundred, the Fif-
teenth District, Charles r. Pryor