1st Illinois General Assembly

Term of state legislature in Illinois, US February 2025 January 2025 1st Illinois General Assembly Seal of Illinois.svg Kaskaskia state house Making of Illinois Skinner House.jpg Bicameral Senate House of Representatives President of the Senate Pierre Menard Independent Speaker of the House of Representatives John Messinger Independent 14 Senators 28 Representatives Kaskaskia, Illinois The 1st Illinois General Assembly, consisting of the Illinois State Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives, met from October 4, 1818, to March 31, 1819, during the 1st two years of Shadrach Bond's governorship, at The Kaskaskia 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. It was succeeded by the 2nd Illinois General Assembly. Members thumb|Map of Illinois Territory county boundaries in 1818 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. Senate In accordance with the Constitution of 1818, the senators were divided by lot into two classes to retire in two and four years.https://www.google.com/books/edition/Illinois_Election_Returns/nNgBh3ECzl8C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq= Statistical Series: Illinois Election Returns 1818-1848 1 188 Illinois State Historical Library 1923 The two-year group would therefore hold elections in 1820 (consisting of senators from Bond, St. Clair, Randolph, Jackson, Johnson/Franklin, White/Jefferson, and Edwards/Wayne counties). County(ies) RepresentedIllinois, historical and statistical comprising the essential facts of its planting and growth as a province, county, territory and state 1892 https://books.google.com/books?id=pRcVAAAAYAAJ John Moses IIhttps://www.google.com/books/edition/Illinois_Legislative_Directory/2ZA_AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 Illinois Legislative Directory 70 H. W. Rokker 1881 Image Senator Remarks Bond Martin Jones Two-year term expiring 1820 Crawford Joseph Kitchell Edwards Guy W. Smith Two-year term expiring 1820. Gallatin Michael Jones Jackson Conrad Will Two-year term expiring 1820. Johnson • Franklin Thomas Roberts Two-year term expiring 1820. Madison 100px George Cadwell Monroe Alexander Jamison Pope Lewis Barker St. Clair William Kinney Two-year term expiring 1820 Randolph John McFerron Two-year term expiring 1820. Resigned July 8, 1819 Union Thomas Cox Washington Zariah Maddux White Willis Hargrave Two-year term expiring 1820. House of Representatives Seats in County Counties represented Image Representative Remarks 1 Bond Francis Kirkpatrick 2Crawford David Porter David Porter (Illinois politician) Scott Riggs Scott Riggs (politician) 2Edwards Levi Compton Henry Utter 1 Franklin Elijah Ewing 3Gallatin John G. Daimwood succeeded John MarshallTheodore Calvin Pease https://ia801306.us.archive.org/34/items/illinoiselection18peas/illinoiselection18peas.pdf Statistical Series: Illinois Election Returns (1918-1948) 185 1 Illinois State Historical Library 1923 Samuel McClintock Adolphus F. Hubbard John Marshall John Marshall (Illinois politician) resigned, succeeded by John G. Daimwood 1 Jackson Jesse Griggs 1 Johnson Isaac D. Wilcox 3Madison John Howard John Howard (Illinois politician) Abraham Prickett 100px Samuel Whiteside 1 Monroe William Alexander William Alexander (Illinois politician) 2Pope Green B. Field Robert Hamilton Robert Hamilton (Illinois politician) 3St. Clair John Messinger Risdon Moore James D. Thomas 2Randolph Edward Humphreys Edward Humphreys (politician) Samuel Walker Samuel Walker (Illinois politician) 2Union Jesse Echols Samuel Whiteacre Samuel Whiteacre (Illinois politician) 1 Washington Daniel S. Swearengen 3White William McHenry William Nash William Nash (Illinois politician) Alexander Phillips Alexander Phillips (politician) Employees Senate Secretary: William C. Greenup Doorkeeper: Ezra Owen House of Representatives Clerk: Thomas Reynolds Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk: Timothy Davis Assistant Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk: Milton Ladd Doorkeeper: Charles McNabb See also List of Illinois state legislatures References Category:Illinois legislative sessions Category:Randolph County, Illinois Illinois Illinois Category:1818 in Illinois Category:1819 in Illinois