User:MagicalPrince863/1789 in Delaware

This is a list of events in the year 1789 in Delaware.

incumbents

 * president
 * Thomas Collins (until March 29th)
 * Jehu Davis (March 29th to June 2nd)
 * Joshua Clayton (starting June 2nd)

January

 * January 7th
 * former Continental Congressman John Vining of Dover elected a member of the United States House of Representatives beating Rhoads Shankland.
 * Voters and electors George Mitchell, John Baning, and Gunning Bedford Jr. elect George Washington as the first President of the United States.

March

 * March 4th
 * John Vining of Dover is sworn in as a member of the United States House of Representatives.
 * Richard Bassett and George Read are sworn in as the first two United States senators from Delaware.
 * March 29th
 * President Thomas Collins dies in office.
 * Jehu Davis is sworn as the 9th president succeeding Thomas Collins (now governor).

June

 * June 2nd – Joshua Clayton is sworn in as the 10th and last president succeeding Jehu Davis (now to be governor in 1793).

September

 * September 24th – The United States District Court for the District of Delaware is established by the Judiciary Act of 1789 with George Washington nominated Gunning Bedford Jr. as the first judge.

October

 * October 20th – The 14th Delaware General Assembly convenes succeeding the 13th.

undated

 * Old Asbury Methodist Church is built in Wilmington.