4th Illinois General Assembly | |
|---|---|
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Houses | Senate House of Representatives |
| Leadership | |
President of the Senate | |
Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
| Seats | 18 Senators 36 Representatives[1] |
| Meeting place | |
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| Vandalia, Illinois | |
The 4th Illinois General Assembly, consisting of the Illinois Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives, met from November 15, 1824, to January 18, 1825, and again from January 2, 1826, to January 18, 1826,[2] at The Vandalia State House. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the provisions of the First Illinois Constitution. Political parties were not established in the State at the time.
The 4th General Assembly was preceded by the 3rd Illinois General Assembly, and was succeeded by the 5th Illinois General Assembly.
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by county. Senators and Representatives were both allotted to counties roughly by population and elected at-large within their districts.
Four new counties were added in 1823: Edgar, Marion, Fulton, and Morgan; and three in 1824: Clay, Clinton, and Wabash.[3]
Senate
| County Represented[4] | Image | Senator | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bond • Fayette • Montgomery | Francis Kirkpatrick | ||
| Clark • Crawford |  |
Daniel Parker | |
| Edwards | Stephen Bliss | ||
| Gallatin | Michael Jones | ||
| Greene • Pike | .png) |
Thomas Carlin | elected in special election December 13, 1824 |
| Jefferson • Hamilton | Thomas Sloo | ||
| Jackson | .png) |
Joseph Duncan | |
| Franklin • Johnson | John Ewing | ||
| Lawrence | William Kinkade | ||
| Madison |  |
Theophilus W. Smith | resigned after first session[5] |
| Joseph Conway | replaced Smith for the second session[5] | ||
| Monroe | Joseph A. Beaird | ||
| Pope | Lewis Barker | ||
| Randolph | Raphael Widen | ||
| Sangamon | Stephen Stillman | ||
| St. Clair | James Lemen Jr. | ||
| Alexander • Union | John Grammer | ||
| Washington | Andrew Bankson | ||
| Wayne | James Bird | ||
| White | Daniel Hay |
House of Representatives
| Seats in County | Counties represented[4] | Image | Representative | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander | Henry L. Webb | ||
| 1 | Bond | John Russell | ||
| 1 | Clark | William B. Archer | ||
| 2 | Crawford | David Stewart | ||
| David McGahey | ||||
| 1 | Edwards | Henry Utter | ||
| 1 | Fayette |  |
John A. Wakefield | |
| 1 | Franklin | Thomas M. Dorris | ||
| 1 | Gallatin | Timothy Guard | ||
| 1 | Jackson | Conrad Will | ||
| 1 | Jefferson |  |
Zadok Casey | |
| 1 | Johnson | John Bridges | ||
| 1 | Lawrence | Asa Norton | ||
| 3 | Madison | Curtis Blakeman | ||
| George Churchill | ||||
| William Otwell | ||||
| 2 | Monroe | George Forquer | ||
| Thomas James | ||||
| 2 | Pike | Nicholas Hansen | ||
| Levi Roberts | ||||
| 2 | Pope | William Sims | ||
| James A. Whiteside | ||||
| 4 | Randolph | Gabriel Jones | 2nd session, replaced Elias K. Kane | |
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Elias K. Kane | served the 1st session, resigned to become U.S. Senator, replaced by Gabriel Jones in the 2nd session | ||
| Thomas Mather | ||||
| Samuel Smith | ||||
| Samuel Walker | ||||
| 1 | Sangamon |  |
William S. Hamilton | |
| 3 | St. Clair | David Blackwell | ||
| Risdon Moore | [6][7] | |||
| Abraham Eyman | ||||
| 2 | Union | John Whiteaker | ||
| John Hacker | ||||
| 1 | Washington | Philo Beers | ||
| 1 | Wayne | Rigdon B. Slocum | ||
| 3 | White | William McHenry | ||
| George R. Logan | ||||
| Alexander Phillips |
Employees
Senate
- Secretary: Emanuel J. West
- Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk: Albert G. Sloo
- Sergeant at Arms: Benjamin Ogle (second session: Thomas Higgins)
House of Representatives
- Clerk: Charles Dunn
- Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk: R.P. Allen
- Doorkeeper: James S. Smith (second session: Thomas Redman)
See also
Notes
- Illinois Blue Book 1919, pp. 525–526.
- Illinois Blue Book 1919, p. 525.
- Origin and Evolution of Illinois Counties (PDF). State of Illinois. March 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2026.
- Laws Passed by the Second Illinois General Assembly at their First Session (1820-1821). 1821. pp. 154–155.
- Centennial History of Madison County, Illinois and Its People 1812 to 1912. Lewis Publishing Company. 1912. p. 204.
- Early sources conflate Risdon Moore with his cousin Risdon Moore Jr. In actuality, Risdon Moore defeated his cousin in the 1824 election to the 4th Illinois General Assembly
- Adam W. Snyder And His Period In Illinois History, 1817-1842. 1906. p. 51.
References
- Moses, John (1892). Illinois, historical and statistical.
- Blue Book of the State of Illinois. 1919.
- Pease, Theodore Calvin (1923). Statistical Series: Illinois Election Returns (1818-1848) (PDF). Vol. 1. Illinois State Historical Library.