17th Illinois General Assembly

Meeting of the Illinois state legislature from 1842 to 1844 February 2025 January 2025 The 17th Illinois General Assembly, consisting of the Illinois Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives, met from January 6, 1851, to February 17, 1851 (1st session); and from June 7, 1852, to June 23, 1852 (2nd session).Illinois Blue Book 1919 537-538 The 17th General Assembly was preceded by the 16th Illinois General Assembly, and was succeeded by the 18th Illinois General Assembly. The Constitution of 1848, fixed the Senate at twenty-five members and the House at seventy-five members.Moses, p. 1155 The Constitution of 1848 also divided the state into 25 Senate districts and 54 House districts.Moses, p. 1156 House DistrictCounties representedMoses, p. 1156ImageRepresentativeRemarks1Alexander · Pulaski · Union Cyrus G. Simons2Hardin · Massac · Pope Wesley Sloan3Gallatin · SalineA. C. CaldwellDied in officeOrville SextonReplaced Caldwell4Johnson · WilliamsonWilfred Ferrell5Franklin · Jackson Thomas M. Sams6Hamilton · Jefferson · Marion · Wayne100pxZadok Casey100pxIsham N. HaynieWilliam L. Gash7WhiteSamuel H. Martin8 Edwards · WabashWilliam Pickering William Pickering (politician)9Lawrence · Richland100pxAaron Shaw Aaron Shaw (representative) 10 Crawford · Jasper100pxJames C. Allen11ColesUsher F. Linder12ClarkT. C. Moore13Clay · Cumberland · EffinghamWilliam H. Blakely14FayetteAkins Evans 15Bond · Clinton · Montgomery100pxSidney BreeseWilliam Brewer William Brewer (Illinois politician)16 Perry · WashingtonRichard G. Murphy17RandolphJohn E. Detrick18MonroeThomas Quick Thomas Quick (Illinois politician)19St.ClairWilliam H. SnyderHarbart PattersonResignedPhilip B. FoukeReplace Patterson20MadisonAndrew Miller Andrew Miller (Illinois politician)Nelson G. EdwardsResignedSamuel A. BuckmasterReplace Edwards21MacoupinBeatty T. Burke22Greene · Jersey100pxCharles D. HodgesJ. C. Winters23ScottNathan N. Knapp24MorganWilliam Thomas William Thomas (Illinois politician)Benjamin F. Bristow25Cass · MenardWilliam T. Beekman26SangamonNinian W. Edwards ResignedPreston BreckenridgeJames C. Conkling Replaced Edwards27Logan · MasonJohn Pemberton John Pemberton (Illinois politician)28TazewellRobert W. Briggs Robert W. Briggs (Illinois politician)29DeWitt · McLeanRobert F. Barnett30VermillionOliver L. Davis31EdgarOzias Bailey32Champaign · Macon · Moultrie· PiattCharles Emmerson Charles Emmerson (Illinois politician)33Christian · Shelby100pxAnthony Thornton Anthony Thornton (politician)34Calhoun · Pike William D. Hamilton William D. Hamilton (Illinois politician)100pxOzias M. Hatch 35Adams · Brown 100pxJames W. SingletonJ. R. HobbsJ. M. Pittman36SchuylerAlex Persinger37HancockJoseph Sibley Joseph Sibley (Illinois politician)John Carlin John Carlin (Illinois politician)38McDonoughJohn Huston John Huston (Illinois politician)39FultonThomas J. LittleIsaac Linley40PeoriaDavid Sanborn David Sanborn (Illinois politician)41KnoxHenry Arms42Henderson · Mercer · WarrenAzro PattersonThomas Willits43Henry · Rock Island · StarkJames M. Allen44Lee · WhitesideVan J. Adams45Carroll · OgleWilliam T. Miller William T. Miller (Illinois politician)46Jo Daviess · StephensonD. WilsonBushrod B. Howard47WinnebagoHorace Miller Horace Miller (Illinois politician)48Marshall · Putnam · WoodfordE. B. Ames49Bureau · Grundy · LaSalle · LivingstonAbraham L. Phillips Abraham L. PhillipsJohn Hise50Dupage · Iroquois · Kendall · Will S. W. Randal100pxJesse O. NortonW. F. JonesResignedJulius M. WarrenReplaced Jones51DeKalb · KaneAugustus AdamsBenjamin F. Hall Benjamin F. Hall (Illinois politician)52Boone · McHenryA. H. NixonGeorge Gage George Gage (politician)53LakeHurlburt Swan54Cook100pxPhilip Maxwell100pxThomas Dyer Works cited Illinois, historical and statistical 1892 https://books.google.com/books?id=pRcVAAAAYAAJ John Moses Blue Book of the State of Illinois https://books.google.com/books?id=XL4GAQAAIAAJ 1919 Illinois Blue Book 1919 Blue Book of the State of Illinois - Illinois Legislative Roster — 1818-2024 https://www.ilsos.gov/content/dam/publications/illinois-bluebook/legroster.pdf 2024 Illinois Blue Book 2024 References Category:Illinois legislative sessions Illinois General Assembly Illinois General Assembly Illinois General Assembly Illinois Illinois Illinois