59th Illinois General Assembly | |||||
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Meeting place | Springfield, Illinois | ||||
Term | 1935 – 1937 | ||||
Election | 1934 | ||||
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. [lower-alpha 1] 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.
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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