59th Illinois General Assembly

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59th Illinois General Assembly
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The Illinois State Capitol
Overview
Meeting place Springfield, Illinois
Term1935 – 1937
Election1934
Illinois Senate
President Thomas Donovan, Democratic
President pro tempore Richey V. Graham, Democratic
Illinois House of Representatives
Speaker John P. Devine, Democratic

The 59th Illinois General Assembly met from 1935 to 1937. Thomas Donovan of Joliet was the Lieutenant Governor of Illinois and thus ex officio President of the Senate. [a] Richey V. Graham of Chicago was President pro tempore of the Senate. John P. Devine of Dixon 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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