51st Illinois General Assembly

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51st Illinois General Assembly
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The Illinois State Capitol
Overview
Meeting place Springfield, Illinois
Term1919 – 1920
Election1918
Illinois Senate
President John G. Oglesby, Republican
President pro tempore Adam C. Cliffe, Republican
Illinois House of Representatives
Speaker David Shanahan, Republican

The 51st Illinois General Assembly met from 1919 to 1921. John G. Oglesby of Decatur was the Lieutenant Governor of Illinois and thus ex officio President of the Senate. [a] Adam C. Cliffe of Sycamore was President pro tempore of the Senate. David Shanahan of Chicago was the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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Districts

Illinois was divided into 51 districts, each of which elected one Senator and three Representatives. Districts were last reapportioned in 1901 [1] and would not be reapportioned again until 1947. [2]

The counties of each district were as follows: [3]

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Notes

  1. ↑ This arrangement was discontinued with the adoption of the current Constitution of Illinois in 1970, effective 1973.

References

  1. ↑ Almanac p. 823
  2. ↑ Devine, Michael J. "State Politics". Encyclopedia of Chicago.
  3. ↑ Almanac pp. 821–822

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