Editing Caesar Rodney (section)

== Positions held ==
[[File:Rodney NSHC.jpg|right|upright|thumb|200px|''[[Caesar Rodney (Baker)|Caesar Rodney]]'', by [[Bryant Baker]], is exhibited in the [[National Statuary Hall Collection]]]]
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. State Assemblymen had a one-year term. The whole General Assembly chose the Continental Congressmen for a one-year term and the State President for a three-year term. The county sheriff also had a three-year term. Associate Justices of the state Supreme Court were also selected by the General Assembly for the life of the person appointed.

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|-
! '''Office'''
! '''Type'''
! '''Location'''
! '''Began office'''
! '''Ended office'''
! '''Notes'''
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Administration}}
|[[Sheriff]]
|[[Executive (government)|Executive]]
|[[Dover, Delaware|Dover]]
|October 1, 1755
|October 1, 1756
|[[Kent County, Delaware|Kent County]]
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Administration}}
|[[Sheriff]]
|[[Executive (government)|Executive]]
|[[Dover, Delaware|Dover]]
|October 1, 1756
|October 1, 1757
|[[Kent County, Delaware|Kent County]]
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Administration}}
|[[Sheriff]]
|[[Executive (government)|Executive]]
|[[Dover, Delaware|Dover]]
|October 1, 1757
|October 2, 1758
|[[Kent County, Delaware|Kent County]]
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Administration}}
|[[Justice of the Peace]]
|[[Judiciary]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|1759
|1769
|[[Delaware Court of Common Pleas|Court of Common Pleas]]
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|Assemblyman]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|October 20, 1761
|October 20, 1762
|
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|Assemblyman]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|October 20, 1762
|October 20, 1763
|
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|Assemblyman]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|October 20, 1763
|October 20, 1764
|
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|Assemblyman]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|October 20, 1764
|October 20, 1765
|
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Masonic}}
|Delegate
|[[Legislature]]
|[[New York, New York|New York]]
|October 7, 1765
|October 19, 1765
|[[Stamp Act Congress]]<ref>Members of the Delaware Assembly acted unofficially in selecting these delegates as the assembly was not in session.</ref>
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|Assemblyman]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|October 20, 1765
|October 20, 1766
|
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|Assemblyman]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|October 20, 1766
|October 20, 1767
|
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|Assemblyman]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|October 20, 1767
|October 20, 1768
|
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|Assemblyman]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|October 20, 1768
|October 20, 1769
|
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Judge|Associate Justice]]
|[[Judiciary]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|1769
|1777
|[[Delaware Supreme Court|Supreme Court]]
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|Assemblyman]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|October 20, 1769
|October 20, 1770
|[[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]]
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|Assemblyman]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|October 20, 1770
|October 20, 1771
|[[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]]
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|Assemblyman]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|October 20, 1771
|October 20, 1772
|
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|Assemblyman]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|October 20, 1772
|October 20, 1773
|
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|Assemblyman]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|October 20, 1773
|October 20, 1774
|
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Masonic}}
|Delegate
|[[Legislature]]
|[[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]]
|August 2, 1774
|March 16, 1775
|[[Continental Congress]]
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|Assemblyman]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|October 20, 1774
|October 20, 1775
|
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Masonic}}
|Delegate
|[[Legislature]]
|[[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]]
|March 16, 1775
|October 21, 1775
|[[Continental Congress]]
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delaware House of Representatives|Assemblyman]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|October 20, 1775
|June 15, 1776
|[[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]]
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Masonic}}
|Delegate
|[[Legislature]]
|[[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]]
|October 21, 1775
|November 7, 1776
|[[Continental Congress]]
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Masonic}}
|Delegate
|[[Legislature]]
|[[York, Pennsylvania|York]]
|December 17, 1777
|June 27, 1778
|[[Continental Congress]] (did not serve)
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Masonic}}
|Delegate
|[[Legislature]]
|[[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]]
|July 2, 1778
|January 18, 1779
|[[Continental Congress]] (did not serve)
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[List of governors of Delaware|State President]]
|[[Executive (government)|Executive]]
|[[Dover, Delaware|Dover]]
|March 31, 1778
|November 6, 1781
|
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Masonic}}
|Delegate
|[[Legislature]]
|[[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]]
|February 2, 1782
|February 1, 1783
|[[Continental Congress]] (did not serve)
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Masonic}}
|Delegate
|[[Legislature]]
|[[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]]
|February 1, 1783
|June 21, 1783
|[[Continental Congress]] (did not serve)
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Masonic}}
|Delegate
|[[Legislature]]
|[[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton]]
|June 30, 1783
|November 4, 1783
|[[Continental Congress]] (did not serve)
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Masonic}}
|Delegate
|[[Legislature]]
|[[Annapolis, Maryland|Annapolis]]
|November 26, 1783
|April 8, 1784
|[[Continental Congress]] (did not serve)
|-{{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}}
|[[Delaware Senate|Councilman]]
|[[Legislature]]
|[[Dover, Delaware|Dover]]
|October 20, 1783
|June 26, 1784
|
|}

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!colspan=7 style="background: #ccccff;" |Delaware General Assembly service
|-
! '''Dates'''
! '''Assembly'''
! '''Chamber'''
! '''Majority'''
! '''Governor'''
! '''Committees'''
! '''District'''
|-{{Party shading/Federalist}}
|1783/84
|[[Delaware General Assembly|8th]]
|[[Delaware Senate|State Council]]
|''Non-partisan''
|[[Nicholas Van Dyke (politician, born 1738)|Nicholas Van Dyke]]
|[[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]]
|[[Kent County, Delaware|''Kent at-large'']]
|}