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title="United States Senate">United States Senator</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 19, 1798 – August 11, 1798</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Vining" title="John Vining">John Vining</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_H._Wells" title="William H. Wells">William H. Wells</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">1st <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Delaware" title="List of governors of Delaware">Governor of Delaware</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 15, 1793 – January 19, 1796</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">President of Delaware</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gunning_Bedford_Sr." title="Gunning Bedford Sr.">Gunning Bedford Sr.</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Delaware" title="List of governors of Delaware">President of Delaware</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />May 30, 1789 – January 15, 1793</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jehu_Davis" title="Jehu Davis">Jehu Davis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Governor of Delaware</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1744-07-20</span>)</span>July 20, 1744<br /><a href="/wiki/Wyoming,_Delaware" title="Wyoming, Delaware">Wyoming</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Colony" title="Delaware Colony">Delaware Colony</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_America" title="British America">British America</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">August 11, 1798<span style="display:none">(1798-08-11)</span> (aged 54)<br /><a href="/wiki/New_Castle_County,_Delaware" title="New Castle County, Delaware">New Castle County, Delaware</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federalist Party (United States)">Federalist</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Rachel McCleary</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3, including <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Clayton" title="Thomas Clayton">Thomas</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_Castle_County,_Delaware" title="New Castle County, Delaware">New Castle County, Delaware</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Perelman_School_of_Medicine_at_the_University_of_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania">University of Pennsylvania</a> (<a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Medicine" title="Doctor of Medicine">M.D.</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Physician</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data">Militia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Major_(rank)" title="Major (rank)">Major</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Dr. <b>Joshua Clayton</b> (July 20, 1744 – August 11, 1798) was an American physician and politician from <a href="/wiki/Mount_Pleasant,_Delaware" title="Mount Pleasant, Delaware">Mount Pleasant</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pencader_Hundred" title="Pencader Hundred">Pencader Hundred</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Castle_County,_Delaware" title="New Castle County, Delaware">New Castle County, Delaware</a>. He was an officer of the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a> in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a>, and a member of the <a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party" title="Federalist Party">Federalist Party</a>, who served in the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Assembly" title="Delaware General Assembly">Delaware General Assembly</a>, as <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Delaware" title="List of governors of Delaware">Governor of Delaware</a> and as <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senator</a> from Delaware. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joshua_Clayton&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Clayton_family" title="Clayton family">Clayton family</a></div> <p>Clayton was born near <a href="/wiki/Wyoming,_Delaware" title="Wyoming, Delaware">Wyoming, Delaware</a>, son of John Clayton and Eleanor Edinfield. John Clayton was a miller and the grandson of another Joshua Clayton, a <a href="/wiki/Quakers" title="Quakers">Quaker</a> who came from <a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire" title="Lincolnshire">Lincolnshire</a>, England, in the late 17th century. </p><p>The younger Joshua Clayton attended medical school at what is now the <a href="/wiki/Perelman_School_of_Medicine_at_the_University_of_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania">University of Pennsylvania</a> in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, from 1757 until 1762, and then began a medical practice in <a href="/wiki/Middletown,_Delaware" title="Middletown, Delaware">Middletown, Delaware</a>. He became close friends with <a href="/wiki/Richard_Bassett_(Delaware_politician)" title="Richard Bassett (Delaware politician)">Richard Bassett</a>, and in 1765, married his adopted daughter, Rachael McCleary. </p><p>Clayton acquired a portion of Bassett's Bohemia Manor estate, and in 1773 built their home, called Locust Grove. It is now known as the Dickey Farm, and is on the Choptank Road, two miles west of <a href="/wiki/Mount_Pleasant,_Delaware" title="Mount Pleasant, Delaware">Mount Pleasant</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pencader_Hundred" title="Pencader Hundred">Pencader Hundred</a>, to the northwest of Middletown. There they had three children who lived to adulthood, Richard, James Lawson and <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Clayton" title="Thomas Clayton">Thomas</a>. Their religious affiliation is unclear, but they were almost certainly members of the Bethel Methodist Church by the time of their deaths. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joshua_Clayton&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_Revolutionary_War">American Revolutionary War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joshua_Clayton&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: American Revolutionary War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a>, Clayton served in the Bohemia Manor militia, where he had been commissioned a major. He was also an aide and surgeon to General <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Brandywine" title="Battle of Brandywine">Battle of Brandywine</a> and at <a href="/wiki/Valley_Forge" title="Valley Forge">Valley Forge</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Delaware_General_Assembly">Delaware General Assembly</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joshua_Clayton&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Delaware General Assembly"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following this Clayton served in the House of Assembly in the 1778–79 session, and again from the 1780–81 session through the 1783–84 session. He was back again in the 1785–86 session, and the 1787–88 session. He was chosen <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Delaware" title="List of governors of Delaware">President of Delaware</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Assembly" title="Delaware General Assembly">Delaware General Assembly</a> on May 30, 1789, and served as President until January 15, 1793. Under the provisions of the new <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Constitution_of_1792" title="Delaware Constitution of 1792">Delaware Constitution of 1792</a> he became the first popularly elected <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Delaware" title="List of governors of Delaware">Governor of Delaware</a> and continued to serve in that capacity until his term ended, January 19, 1796. </p><p>This new state Constitution was the major political development of these years. With the new <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_States" title="Constitution of the United States">U.S. Constitution</a> in place, it was necessary to revise the somewhat experimental <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Constitution_of_1776" title="Delaware Constitution of 1776">Delaware Constitution of 1776</a>. Under the initial leadership of <a href="/wiki/John_Dickinson" title="John Dickinson">John Dickinson</a>, delegates provided for a real Governor, elected by popular vote and no longer sharing executive authority with the Privy Council. The other major change was to expand the voting franchise by eliminating the property ownership requirement. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="A_New_State_House">A New State House</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joshua_Clayton&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: A New State House"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During Clayton's tenure it was determined that a new courthouse was needed in <a href="/wiki/Kent_County,_Delaware" title="Kent County, Delaware">Kent County</a>. Since the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Assembly" title="Delaware General Assembly">General Assembly</a> had moved from <a href="/wiki/New_Castle,_Delaware" title="New Castle, Delaware">New Castle</a> in 1777 it had shared the county courthouse with the county officials. They wished to continue to do so in the new building. The county commissioners responsible for erecting the building agreed, but asked for "an appropriation for the completion of the building." In response, on June 2, 1788, a committee of the General Assembly reported that "in their opinion such is the situation of the treasury, together with loud complaints of public creditors and their duty to constituents, that the prayer of the memorial cannot be complied with at this time." </p><p>A few days later, though, "all moneys arising from marriage and tavern licenses were appropriated to completing the court-house," and "on July 29, 1791, a bill introduced by <a href="/wiki/Kensey_Johns_(judge)" title="Kensey Johns (judge)">Kensey Johns</a> was passed providing for a lottery to raise one thousand pounds for furnishing the court-house." </p><p>However, when the building was nearly complete and being occupied by the General Assembly: </p> <blockquote><p>on May 3, 1792, it is said that Sheriff John Clayton, by order of the Levy Court, entered the Assembly rooms with drawn sword, and demanded their use for the workmen. The General Assembly there-upon adjourned to the tavern of Thomas Hale, at <a href="/wiki/Smyrna,_Delaware" title="Smyrna, Delaware">Duck Creek Cross-Roads</a> and continued their session.</p></blockquote> <p>The next day, the State House adopted the following resolution: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Whereas, John Clayton, who declared he spoke the sentiments of the people of Kent County hath, as one of the Commissioners for completing the Court-House in Dover, insulted the Legislature of this State by denying them the use of the chambers heretofore occupied by the General Assembly for holding their sessions, requiring them to be delivered up for the use of workmen employed about the building, in consequences of which both houses have adjourned the sessions to Duck Creek Cross-Roads; therefore, "Resolved unanimously, That in the opinion of this General Assembly the Legislature of the State ought not to be subject to the caprice of any individual in the State, and that it will not be proper for them to hold their sessions in the town of Dover until the Levy Court of Kent County, or some other proper authority shall, by an explicit act, appropriate to their use the Chambers in the said Court-House agreeable to the intention heretofore expressed. The State Senate failed to concur in the resolution, and pending further action the difficulty was reconciled, and beginning with the next session, November 1792, the General Assembly occupied the State-House, and have continued to the present time (1888).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States_Senate">United States Senate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joshua_Clayton&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: United States Senate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two years after his term ended, Clayton was chosen by the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Assembly" title="Delaware General Assembly">Delaware General Assembly</a> to fill the vacant seat in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> caused by the resignation of U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/John_Vining" title="John Vining">John Vining</a>. He began his term January 19, 1798, and served until his death on August 11, 1798, while still in office. During this term, he served in the <a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party" title="Federalist Party">Federalist</a> majority in the <a href="/wiki/5th_United_States_Congress" title="5th United States Congress">5th Congress</a>, during the administration of <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">U.S. President</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Adams" title="John Adams">John Adams</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" align="center"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#cccccc"> <th colspan="12" style="background: #ccccff;"><b><a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Assembly" title="Delaware General Assembly">Delaware General Assembly</a></b> <br /> <small> <i>(sessions while President/Governor)</i></small> </th></tr> <tr> <th><b>Year</b> </th> <th><b>Assembly</b> </th> <th> </th> <th><b>Senate majority</b> </th> <th><b>Speaker</b> </th> <th> </th> <th><b>House majority</b> </th> <th><b>Speaker</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1788/89 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Assembly" title="Delaware General Assembly">13th</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9"><i>non-partisan</i> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">George Mitchell </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9"><i>non-partisan</i> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9"><a href="/wiki/Jehu_Davis" title="Jehu Davis">Jehu Davis</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1789/90 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Assembly" title="Delaware General Assembly">14th</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9"><i>non-partisan</i> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">George Mitchell </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9"><i>non-partisan</i> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9"><a href="/wiki/Jehu_Davis" title="Jehu Davis">Jehu Davis</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1790/91 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Assembly" title="Delaware General Assembly">15th</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9"><i>non-partisan</i> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">George Mitchell </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9"><i>non-partisan</i> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Latimer_(senator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Latimer (senator)">Henry Latimer</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1791/92 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Assembly" title="Delaware General Assembly">16th</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9"><i>non-partisan</i> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">George Mitchell </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9"><i>non-partisan</i> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">Allan McLane </td></tr> <tr> <td>1793 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Assembly" title="Delaware General Assembly">17th</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9"><a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federalist Party (United States)">Federalist</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Rogers_(politician)" title="Daniel Rogers (politician)">Daniel Rogers</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9"><a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federalist Party (United States)">Federalist</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">Stephen Lewis </td></tr> <tr> <td>1794 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Assembly" title="Delaware General Assembly">18th</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9"><a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federalist Party (United States)">Federalist</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Rogers_(politician)" title="Daniel Rogers (politician)">Daniel Rogers</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9"><a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federalist Party (United States)">Federalist</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">Stephen Lewis </td></tr> <tr> <td>1795 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Assembly" title="Delaware General Assembly">19th</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9"><a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federalist Party (United States)">Federalist</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Rogers_(politician)" title="Daniel Rogers (politician)">Daniel Rogers</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9"><a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federalist Party (United States)">Federalist</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">Peter Lowber </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death_and_legacy">Death and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joshua_Clayton&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Death and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Clayton died at <a href="/wiki/Mount_Pleasant,_Delaware" title="Mount Pleasant, Delaware">Mount Pleasant</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Castle_County,_Delaware" title="New Castle County, Delaware">New Castle County</a> after being stricken with <a href="/wiki/Yellow_fever" title="Yellow fever">yellow fever</a> while at the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a> in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>. He was first buried at the Locust Grove Cemetery in <a href="/wiki/Pencader_Hundred" title="Pencader Hundred">Pencader Hundred</a>, New Castle County. Later his remains were moved into the Bethel Church Cemetery at <a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_City,_Maryland" title="Chesapeake City, Maryland">Chesapeake City, Maryland</a>. They were moved again to another location in the Bethel Church Cemetery in 1965 upon a widening of the nearby <a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_and_Delaware_Canal" class="mw-redirect" title="Chesapeake and Delaware Canal">Chesapeake and Delaware Canal</a>. </p><p>Clayton's son, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Clayton" title="Thomas Clayton">Thomas Clayton</a>, was a U.S. Senator, and his nephew, <a href="/wiki/John_M._Clayton" title="John M. Clayton">John M. Clayton</a> was also a U.S. Senator as well as <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">U.S. Secretary of State</a>. His great-grandson Henry Clayton built <a href="/wiki/Woodside_(Mt._Pleasant,_Delaware)" title="Woodside (Mt. Pleasant, Delaware)">Woodside</a>; listed on the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a> in 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Almanac">Almanac</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joshua_Clayton&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Almanac"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Elections were held October 1 and members of the General Assembly took office on October 20 or the following weekday. State Assemblymen had a one-year term. The whole General Assembly chose the State President for a three-year term. The General Assembly also chose the U.S. Senators who took office March 4 for a six-year term. In this case he was completing the existing term, the vacancy caused by the resignation of <a href="/wiki/John_Vining" title="John Vining">John Vining</a>. </p><p>Beginning in 1792 elections were held on the first Tuesday of October and members of the General Assembly took office on the first Tuesday of January. Also in 1792 the State Legislative Council was renamed the State Senate and the State House of Assembly became the State House of Representatives. The State President became the Governor and was popularly elected. He takes office the third Tuesday in January and had a three-year term. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" align="center"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#cccccc"> <th colspan="8" style="background: #ccccff;">Public offices </th></tr> <tr> <th><b>Office</b> </th> <th><b>Type</b> </th> <th><b>Location</b> </th> <th><b>Began office</b> </th> <th><b>Ended office</b> </th> <th><b>Notes</b> </th></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFE6B0"> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_House_of_Representatives" title="Delaware House of Representatives">Assemblyman</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">Legislature</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dover,_Delaware" title="Dover, Delaware">Dover</a> </td> <td>October 20, 1778 </td> <td>October 20, 1779 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFE6B0"> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_House_of_Representatives" title="Delaware House of Representatives">Assemblyman</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">Legislature</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dover,_Delaware" title="Dover, Delaware">Dover</a> </td> <td>October 20, 1780 </td> <td>October 20, 1781 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFE6B0"> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_House_of_Representatives" title="Delaware House of Representatives">Assemblyman</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">Legislature</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dover,_Delaware" title="Dover, Delaware">Dover</a> </td> <td>October 20, 1781 </td> <td>October 21, 1782 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFE6B0"> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_House_of_Representatives" title="Delaware House of Representatives">Assemblyman</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">Legislature</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dover,_Delaware" title="Dover, Delaware">Dover</a> </td> <td>October 21, 1782 </td> <td>October 20, 1783 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFE6B0"> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_House_of_Representatives" title="Delaware House of Representatives">Assemblyman</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">Legislature</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dover,_Delaware" title="Dover, Delaware">Dover</a> </td> <td>October 20, 1783 </td> <td>October 20, 1784 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFE6B0"> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_House_of_Representatives" title="Delaware House of Representatives">Assemblyman</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">Legislature</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dover,_Delaware" title="Dover, Delaware">Dover</a> </td> <td>October 20, 1785 </td> <td>October 20, 1786 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFE6B0"> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_House_of_Representatives" title="Delaware House of Representatives">Assemblyman</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">Legislature</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dover,_Delaware" title="Dover, Delaware">Dover</a> </td> <td>October 20, 1786 </td> <td>October 20, 1787 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFE6B0"> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_House_of_Representatives" title="Delaware House of Representatives">Assemblyman</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">Legislature</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dover,_Delaware" title="Dover, Delaware">Dover</a> </td> <td>October 20, 1787 </td> <td>October 20, 1788 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFE6B0"> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Delaware" title="List of governors of Delaware">State President</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Executive_(government)" title="Executive (government)">Executive</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dover,_Delaware" title="Dover, Delaware">Dover</a> </td> <td>May 30, 1789 </td> <td>January 15, 1793 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFE6B0"> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Delaware" title="List of governors of Delaware">Governor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Executive_(government)" title="Executive (government)">Executive</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dover,_Delaware" title="Dover, Delaware">Dover</a> </td> <td>January 15, 1793 </td> <td>January 13, 1796 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFF99"> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senator</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">Legislature</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia</a> </td> <td>January 19, 1798 </td> <td>August 11, 1798 </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" align="center"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#cccccc"> <th colspan="7" style="background: #ccccff;">Delaware General Assembly service </th></tr> <tr> <th><b>Dates</b> </th> <th><b>Assembly</b> </th> <th><b>Chamber</b> </th> <th><b>Majority</b> </th> <th><b>Governor</b> </th> <th><b>Committees</b> </th> <th><b>District</b> </th></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6D6C9"> <td>1778/79 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Assembly" title="Delaware General Assembly">3rd</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_House_of_Representatives" title="Delaware House of Representatives">State House</a> </td> <td><i>non-partisan</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caesar_Rodney" title="Caesar Rodney">Caesar Rodney</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Castle_County,_Delaware" title="New Castle County, Delaware"><i>New Castle at-large</i></a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6D6C9"> <td>1780/81 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Assembly" title="Delaware General Assembly">5th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_House_of_Representatives" title="Delaware House of Representatives">State House</a> </td> <td><i>non-partisan</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caesar_Rodney" title="Caesar Rodney">Caesar Rodney</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Castle_County,_Delaware" title="New Castle County, Delaware"><i>New Castle at-large</i></a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6D6C9"> <td>1781/82 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Assembly" title="Delaware General Assembly">6th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_House_of_Representatives" title="Delaware House of Representatives">State House</a> </td> <td><i>non-partisan</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Dickinson" title="John Dickinson">John Dickinson</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Castle_County,_Delaware" title="New Castle County, Delaware"><i>New Castle at-large</i></a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6D6C9"> <td>1782/83 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Assembly" title="Delaware General Assembly">7th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_House_of_Representatives" title="Delaware House of Representatives">State House</a> </td> <td><i>non-partisan</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Cook_(governor)" title="John Cook (governor)">John Cook</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Castle_County,_Delaware" title="New Castle County, Delaware"><i>New Castle at-large</i></a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6D6C9"> <td>1783/84 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Assembly" title="Delaware General Assembly">8th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_House_of_Representatives" title="Delaware House of Representatives">State House</a> </td> <td><i>non-partisan</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Van_Dyke_(politician,_born_1738)" title="Nicholas Van Dyke (politician, born 1738)">Nicholas Van Dyke</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Castle_County,_Delaware" title="New Castle County, Delaware"><i>New Castle at-large</i></a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6D6C9"> <td>1785/86 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Assembly" title="Delaware General Assembly">10th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_House_of_Representatives" title="Delaware House of Representatives">State House</a> </td> <td><i>non-partisan</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Van_Dyke_(politician,_born_1738)" title="Nicholas Van Dyke (politician, born 1738)">Nicholas Van Dyke</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Castle_County,_Delaware" title="New Castle County, Delaware"><i>New Castle at-large</i></a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6D6C9"> <td>1786/87 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Assembly" title="Delaware General Assembly">11th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_House_of_Representatives" title="Delaware House of Representatives">State House</a> </td> <td><i>non-partisan</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Collins_(governor)" title="Thomas Collins (governor)">Thomas Collins</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Castle_County,_Delaware" title="New Castle County, Delaware"><i>New Castle at-large</i></a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6D6C9"> <td>1787/88 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Assembly" title="Delaware General Assembly">12th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_House_of_Representatives" title="Delaware House of Representatives">State House</a> </td> <td><i>non-partisan</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Collins_(governor)" title="Thomas Collins (governor)">Thomas Collins</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Castle_County,_Delaware" title="New Castle County, Delaware"><i>New Castle at-large</i></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" align="center"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#cccccc"> <th colspan="7" style="background: #ccccff;">United States congressional service </th></tr> <tr> <th><b>Dates</b> </th> <th><b>Congress</b> </th> <th><b>Chamber</b> </th> <th><b>Majority</b> </th> <th><b>President</b> </th> <th><b>Committees</b> </th> <th><b>Class/District</b> </th></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6D6C9"> <td>1797–1799 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/5th_United_States_Congress" title="5th United States Congress">5th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federalist Party (United States)">Federalist</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Adams" title="John Adams">John Adams</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators" class="mw-redirect" title="Classes of United States Senators"><i>class 2</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" align="center"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#cccccc"> <th colspan="12" style="background: #ccccff;">Election results </th></tr> <tr> <th><b>Year</b> </th> <th><b>Office</b> </th> <th> </th> <th><b>Subject</b> </th> <th><b>Party</b> </th> <th><b>Votes</b> </th> <th><b>%</b> </th> <th> </th> <th><b>Opponent</b> </th> <th><b>Party</b> </th> <th><b>Votes</b> </th> <th><b>%</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1792 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Delaware" title="List of governors of Delaware">Governor</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">Joshua Clayton </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9"><a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federalist Party (United States)">Federalist</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">2,209 </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">48% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">Thomas Montgomery<br />George Mitchell </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99"><a href="/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic-Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federalist Party (United States)">Independent Federalist</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">1,902<br />458 </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">42%<br />10% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joshua_Clayton&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Congress_members_who_died_in_office_(1790%E2%80%931899)" title="List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)">List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joshua_Clayton&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Gunning_Bedford_Sr." title="Gunning Bedford Sr.">Gunning Bedford Sr.</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><i>Office created</i></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Delaware" title="List of governors of Delaware">Governor of Delaware</a> </b><br />1793–1796 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Gunning_Bedford_Sr." title="Gunning Bedford Sr.">Gunning Bedford Sr.</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Vining" title="John Vining">John Vining</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; 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Bennett">Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Polk_Jr." title="Charles Polk Jr.">Polk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornelius_P._Comegys" title="Cornelius P. Comegys">Comegys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_B._Cooper_(Delaware_politician)" title="William B. Cooper (Delaware politician)">Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Stockton" title="Thomas Stockton">Stockton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Maull" title="Joseph Maull">Maull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Temple_(politician)" title="William Temple (politician)">Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Tharp" title="William Tharp">Tharp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._H._Ross" title="William H. H. Ross">Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_F._Causey" title="Peter F. 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