60th Illinois General Assembly

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60th Illinois General Assembly
59th 61st
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Overview
Meeting place Springfield, Illinois
Term1937 – 1939
Election1936
Illinois Senate
President John H. Stelle, Democratic
President pro tempore George M. Maypole, Democratic
Illinois House of Representatives
Speaker Louie E. Lewis, Democratic

The 60th Illinois General Assembly met from 1937 to 1939. John H. Stelle was the Lieutenant Governor of Illinois and thus ex officio President of the Senate. [a] George M. Maypole of Chicago was President pro tempore of the Senate. Louie E. Lewis 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]

See also

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. 821822

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