 It consisted of a Senate, which had one member from each of 37 counties (regardless of population) and Washington District (became part of Tennessee in 1796), and a House of Commons, which had two members representing each county, plus one each from six districts or boroughs (Edenton, Halifax, Hillsborough, New Bern, Salisbury, and Wilmington).Only land-owning (100 acres for the House of Commons, for the Senate), Protestant men could serve.The first legislature elected the Governor, Richard Caswell.