List of Illinois state legislatures

The Illinois General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Illinois, has convened many times since statehood became effective on December 3, 1818.

Legislatures

Number	Name	Convened	Adjourned	Last election
Illinois Constitution of 1818
1	1st Illinois General Assembly	October 4, 1818	March 31, 1819
2	2nd Illinois General Assembly	December 4, 1820	February 15, 1821
3	3rd Illinois General Assembly	December 2, 1822	February 18, 1823
4	4th Illinois General Assembly	November 15, 1824	January 15, 1825
5	5th Illinois General Assembly	December 4, 1826	February 19, 1827
6	6th Illinois General Assembly	December 1, 1828	January 23, 1829 [1]
7	7th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	December 6, 1830	February 14, 1831
8	8th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	December 3, 1832	March 2, 1833
9	9th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	December 1, 1834 (?)	February 17, 1835 (?)
10	10th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	December 5, 1836	March 6, 1837 (?)
11	11th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	December 3, 1838	March 14, 1839
12	12th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	December 7, 1840 (?)	April 20, 1841
13	13th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	December 5, 1842	May 1, 1843
14	14th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	December 2, 1844	May 5, 1845
15	15th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	December 7, 1846	April 19, 1847
Illinois Constitution of 1848
16	16th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	January 1, 1849	June 14, 1849
17	17th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	January 6, 1851	April 22, 1851
18	18th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	January 3, 1853	April 16, 1853
19	19th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	January 1, 1855	September 20, 1855
20	20th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	January 5, 1857	(?), 1857
21	21st Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	January 3, 1859	July 1, 1859
22	22nd Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	January 7, 1861	March 14, 1861
23	23rd Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	January 5, 1863	July 15, 1863
24	24th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	January 2, 1865	March 17, 1865
25	25th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	January 7, 1867	April 17, 1867
26	26th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	January 4, 1869	September 10, 1869
Illinois Constitution of 1870
27	27th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	January 4, 1871	May 8, 1872 [2]
28	28th Illinois General Assembly	January 8, 1873	March 31, 1874
29	29th Illinois General Assembly	January 6, 1875	April 15, 1875
30	30th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	January (?), 1877	June 29, 1877
31	31st Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	January 8, 1879	May 31, 1879
32	32nd Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	January 5, 1881	May 30, 1881
33	33rd Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	January 3, 1883	June 18, 1883
34	34th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	January 7, 1885	June 26, 1885
35	35th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	January 5, 1887	June 15, 1887
36	36th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	January 9, 1889	July 1890 [3]
37	37th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	January 7, 1891	June 12, 1891
38	38th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	January 4, 1893	June 16, 1893
39	39th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	January 9, 1895	June 14, 1895
40	40th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	January 6, 1897	June 4, 1897
41	41st Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	January 4, 1899	April 14, 1899
42	42nd Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	January 9, 1901	May 4, 1901
43	43rd Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	January 7, 1903	May 7, 1903
44	44th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	January 4, 1905	May 6, 1905
45	45th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	January 9, 1907	October 8, 1907
46	46th Illinois General Assembly	January 6, 1909	June 4, 1909
47	47th Illinois General Assembly	January 4, 1911	June 1, 1911
48	48th Illinois General Assembly	January 8, 1913	June 13, 1913
49	49th Illinois General Assembly	January 6, 1915	June 30, 1915
50	50th Illinois General Assembly	January 3, 1917	June 29, 1917
51	51st Illinois General Assembly	January 8, 1919	June 30, 1919
52	52nd Illinois General Assembly	1921	1922
53	53rd Illinois General Assembly	1923	1924
54	54th Illinois General Assembly	1925	1926
55	55th Illinois General Assembly	1927	1928
56	56th Illinois General Assembly	1929	1930
57	57th Illinois General Assembly	1931	1932
58	58th Illinois General Assembly	1933	1934
59	59th Illinois General Assembly	1935	1936
60	60th Illinois General Assembly	1937	1938
61	61st Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	1939	1940
62	62nd Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	1941	1942
63	63rd Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	1943	1944
64	64th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	1945	1946
65	65th Illinois General Assembly	1947	1948
66	66th Illinois General Assembly	1949	1950
67	67th Illinois General Assembly	1951	1952
68	68th Illinois General Assembly	1953	1954
69	69th Illinois General Assembly	1955	1956
70	70th Illinois General Assembly	1957	1958
71	71st Illinois General Assembly	1959	1960
72	72nd Illinois General Assembly	1961	1962
73	73rd Illinois General Assembly	1963	1964
74	74th Illinois General Assembly	1965	1966
75	75th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	1967	1968
76	76th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	1969	1970
Illinois Constitution of 1970
77	77th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	1971	1972 [4]
78	78th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	1973	1974
79	79th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	1975	1976
80	80th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	1977	1978
81	81st Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	1979	1980
82	82nd Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	1981	1982
83	83rd Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	1983	1984
84	84th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	1985	1986
85	85th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	1987	1988
86	86th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	1989	1990
87	87th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	1991	1992
88	88th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	1993	1994
89	89th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	1995	1996
90	90th Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	1997	1998
91	91st Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	1999	2000
92	92nd Illinois General Assembly  [ Wikidata ]	2001	2002
93	93rd Illinois General Assembly	2003	2004
94	94th Illinois General Assembly	2005	2006
95	95th Illinois General Assembly	January 14, 2007	January 14, 2009	November 2006: House
96	96th Illinois General Assembly	2009	2010	November 2008: House, Senate
97	97th Illinois General Assembly	2011	2012	November 2010: House, Senate
98	98th Illinois General Assembly	2013	2014	November 2012: House, Senate
99	99th Illinois General Assembly	2015	2016	November 2014: House, Senate
100	100th Illinois General Assembly	January 11, 2017	January 9, 2018 [4]	November 2016: House, Senate
101	101st Illinois General Assembly	January 9, 2019	January 13, 2021 [5]	November 2018: House, Senate
102	102nd Illinois General Assembly	January 13, 2021	January 10, 2023	November 2020: House, Senate
103	103rd	2023		November 2022: House, Senate
104	104th			November 5, 2024: [6] House, Senate

See also

• List of speakers of the Illinois House of Representatives
• List of presidents of the Illinois Senate
• List of governors of Illinois
• List of lieutenant governors of Illinois
• List of Illinois secretaries of state
• Illinois State Capitol
• Historical outline of Illinois
• Lists of United States state legislative sessions

References

1. "Laws of Illinois". Library. Western Illinois University. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
2. "Laws of Illinois". Library. Western Illinois University. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
3. "Illinois: Legislative Session". Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1890. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1891 – via HathiTrust.
4. "Previous General Assemblies". Ilga.gov. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
5. "Dates of 2019 state legislative sessions". Ballotpedia.org. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
6. Illinois General Assembly , retrieved 2024-08-06

Further reading

• David A. Joens, "John W. F. Thomas and the Election of the First African American to the Illinois General Assembly," Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 94 (2001)

External links

• Illinois Blue Books – via Illinois Digital Archives, 1861-
• "Illinois Resources: Statutes & Legislation". Research Guides: U.S. States. Georgetown University Law Library.
• "Guide to Law Online: U.S. Illinois: Legislative", guides.loc.gov, Washington DC: Library of Congress