17th Illinois General Assembly

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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). [1]

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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. [2] The Constitution of 1848 also divided the state into 25 Senate districts and 54 House districts. [3]

House

DistrictCounties represented [4]
Image
Representative
Remarks
1 Alexander · Pulaski · Union Cyrus G. Simons
2 Hardin · Massac · Pope Wesley Sloan
3 Gallatin · Saline A. C. Caldwell Died in office
Orville Sexton Replaced Caldwell
4 Johnson · Williamson Wilfred Ferrell
5 Franklin · Jackson Thomas M. Sams
6 Hamilton · Jefferson · Marion · Wayne ZadokCasey.jpg Zadok Casey
Brig. Gen. Isham N. Haynie, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing straight LCCN91794294 (cropped).jpg Isham N. Haynie
William L. Gash
7 White Samuel H. Martin
8 Edwards · Wabash William Pickering
9 Lawrence · Richland AaronShaw.jpg Aaron Shaw
10 Crawford · Jasper James C. Allen.jpg James C. Allen
11 Coles Usher F. Linder
12 Clark T. C. Moore
13 Clay · Cumberland · Effingham William H. Blakely
14 Fayette Akins Evans
15 Bond · Clinton · Montgomery SBreese.jpg Sidney Breese
William Brewer
16 Perry · Washington Richard G. Murphy
17 Randolph John E. Detrick
18 Monroe Thomas Quick
19 St.Clair William H. Snyder
Harbart Patterson Resigned
Philip B. Fouke Replace Patterson
20 Madison Andrew Miller
Nelson G. Edwards Resigned
Samuel A. Buckmaster Replace Edwards
21 Macoupin B. T. Burke
22 Greene · Jersey Charles D. Hodges
J. C. Winters
23 Scott Nathan N. Knapp
24 Morgan William Thomas
B. F. Bristow
25 Cass · Menard William T. Beekman
26 Sangamon Ninian W. Edwards Resigned
Preston Breckenridge
James C. Conkling Replaced Edwards
27 Logan · Mason John Pemberton
28 Tazewell Robert W. Briggs
29 DeWitt · McLean Robert F. Barnett
30 Vermillion Oliver L. Davis
31 Edgar Ozias Bailey
32 Champaign · Macon · Moultrie· Piatt Charles Emmerson
33 Christian · Shelby Anthony Thornton (1).jpg Anthony Thornton
34 Calhoun · Pike William D. Hamilton
Ozias M. Hatch
35 Adams · Brown James W. Singleton (Illinois Congressman).jpg James W. Singleton
J. R. Hobbs
J. M. Pittman
36 Schuyler Alex Persinger
37 Hancock Joseph Sibley
John Carlin
38 McDonough John Huston
39 Fulton Thomas J. Little
Isaac Linley
40 Peoria David Sanborn
41 Knox Henry Arms
42 Henderson · Mercer · Warren Azro Patterson
Thomas Willits
43 Henry · Rock Island · Stark James M. Allen
44 Lee · Whiteside Van J. Adams
45 Carroll · Ogle William T. Miller
46 Jo Daviess · Stephenson D. Wilson
B. B. Howard
47 Winnebago Horace Miller
48 Marshall · Putnam · Woodford E. P. Ames
49 Bureau · Grundy · LaSalle · Livingston Abraham L. Phillips
John Hise
50 Dupage · Iroquois · Kendall · Will S. W. Randal
JesseONorton (3x4a).jpg Jesse O. Norton
W. F. Jones Resigned
Julius M. Warren Replaced Jones
51 DeKalb · Kane Augustus Adams
Banjamin F. Hall
52 Boone · McHenry A. H. Nixon
George Gage
53 Lake Hurlburt Swan
54 Cook Philip Maxwell (1799-1859).png Philip Maxwell
Thomas-dyer (1).jpg Thomas Dyer

Works cited

References

  1. ↑ Illinois Blue Book 1919, p. 537-538.
  2. ↑ Moses, p. 1155
  3. ↑ Moses, p. 1156
  4. ↑ Moses, p. 1156
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