5th Illinois General Assembly

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5th Illinois General Assembly
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Type
Type
HousesState Senate and House of Representatives
History
Preceded by4th Illinois General Assembly
Succeeded by6th Illinois General Assembly
Leadership
President of the Senate
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Seats18 Senators 36 Representatives[1]
Meeting place
Vandalia, Illinois

The 5th Illinois General Assembly, consisting of the Illinois Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives, met from December 4, 1826, to February 19, 1827,[1] 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 Illinois at the time.

The 5th General Assembly was preceded by the 4th Illinois General Assembly, and was succeeded by the 6th Illinois General Assembly.

Members

Senators and Representatives were both allotted to counties roughly by population and elected at-large within their districts. Bond and Montgomery counties shared a single senator.

Legislation passed on January 12, 1826 in the 4th Illinois General Assembly fixed the Senate at 18 members and the House at 36 members;[2][3] and fixed apportionment by county.[4]

Ten new counties were added in 1825: Calhoun, Adams, Hancock, Henry, Knox, Mercer, Putnam, Schuyler, Warren, and Peoria; and two were added in 1826: Vermillion and McDonough.[5]

Map of Illinois county boundaries in 1825
Map of Illinois county boundaries in 1826

Senate

County (-ies) represented[4][6]Image
Senator
Term
Remarks
Bond · Montgomery Francis Kirkpatrick 1824[7]
Clark · Crawford · Edgar · Lawrence · Vermilion William B. Archer 1826–1830 Apportionment in 1826 provided that Clark and Edgar counties should unite with Lawrence and Crawford counties to elect a senator in 1826.
After 1828, Archer was to only represent the district in which he resided (Clark County) while the other district was to elect a new senator.[8]
Edwards • Wabash • Wayne Stephen Bliss 1824[9]
Gallatin Timothy Guard 1826–1830
Calhoun • Greene Thomas Carlin 1824[10]
Franklin • Jackson Joseph Duncan 1824[11] Resigned February 19, 1827[1]
Clay • Hamilton • Jefferson • Marion Zadok Casey 1826[10]
Johnson John Ewing 1824[12]
Madison Joseph Conway 1824[10]
Clinton • Monroe • Washington Joseph A. Beaird† 1822[9]
Adams • Fulton • Morgan • Pike • Peoria • Schuyler Archibald Job 1826[13]
Pope Samuel Alexander 1820[14]
Randolph Raphael Widen 1824[15]
Sangamon Elijah Iles 1826[13]
St. Clair James Lemen Jr. 1822[16]
Alexander • Johnson • Union George Hunsacker 1826[13]
Wayne · Lawrence James Bird 1824–1828
White Daniel Hay 1824[17]

House of Representatives

Seats in County Counties represented[1] Image Representative Remarks
2 Clark • Edgar John Alexander
Charles Ives
1 Crawford John C. Alexander
1 Edwards Henry I. Mills
2 Bond • Fayette • Montgomery William Berry
Robert K. McLaughlin
1 Franklin Thomas M. Dorris
2 Gallatin John McLean
Francis Prince
2 Calhoun • Greene John Allen
Alfred W. Cavarly
1 Hamilton James Hall
1 Jackson Conrad Will
1 Clay • Jefferson • Marion Nicholas Wren
1 Lawrence Samuel H. Clubb
2 Madison George Churchill
David Prickett
1 Monroe Thomas James
2 Morgan John Leeper
John Lieb
1 Adams • Fulton • Peoria • Pike • Schuyler Henry J. Ross
1 Pope William Sims
2 Randolph John Lacy
Thomas Reynolds
3 Sangamon Job Fletcher
Mordecai Mobley
Jonathan H. Pugh
2 St. Clair David Blackwell
John Reynolds
2 Alexander • Johnson • Union Benjamin W. Brooks
Alexander P. Field
1 Wabash Henry Utter
1 Clinton • Washington Charles Slade
1 Wayne William B. Davis
2 White William McHenry
John Ridgway

Employees

Senate

  • Secretary: Emanuel J. West
  • Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk: A.F. Grant
  • Sergeant at Arms: Joseph Chance

House of Representatives

See also

Works cited

References

  1. Illinois Blue Book 1919, p. 526.
  2. Moses 1892.
  3. Illinois Legislative Directory. H. W. Rokker. 1881. p. 70.
  4. Illinois (1826). Laws Passed by the Fourth General Assembly of the State of Illinois at their Second Session. pp. 45–48.
  5. Origin and Evolution of Illinois Counties (PDF). State of Illinois. March 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2026.
  6. Blue Book, 1919
  7. Moses 1892, p. 1175.
  8. Pease, p. 219, footnote p. 221
  9. Moses 1892, p. 1164.
  10. Moses 1892, p. 1166.
  11. Moses 1892, p. 1169.
  12. Moses 1892, p. 1170.
  13. Moses 1892, p. 1174.
  14. Moses 1892, p. 1163.
  15. Moses 1892, p. 1188.
  16. Moses 1892, p. 1176.
  17. Moses 1892, p. 1173.