16th Illinois General Assembly
The 16th Illinois General Assembly, consisting of the Illinois Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives, met from January 1, 1849, to February 12, 1849 (1st session); and from October 22, 1849, to November 7, 1849 (2nd session).[1]
The 16th General Assembly was preceded by the 15th Illinois General Assembly, and was succeeded by the 17th Illinois General Assembly.
The Constitution of 1848, fixed the Senate at twenty-five members and the House at seventy-five members.[2] The Constitution of 1848 also divided the state into 25 Senate districts and 54 House districts.[3]
Senate
House
| District | Counties represented[5] |
Image |
Representative |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander · Pulaski · Union | John Cochran | ||
| 2 | Hardin · Massac · Pope | Wesley Sloan | ||
| 3 | Gallatin · Saline | David J. Blackman | ||
| 4 | Johnson · Williamson | David Y. Bridges | ||
| 5 | Franklin · Jackson | Richard A. Bradley | ||
| 6 | Hamilton · Jefferson · Marion · Wayne | James J. Richardson | ||
| John A. Campbell | ||||
| Zadok Casey | ||||
| 7 | White | Samuel Snowden Hayes | ||
| 8 | Edwards · Wabash | William Pickering | ||
| 9 | Lawrence · Richland | Ebenezer Z. Ryan | ||
| 10 | Crawford · Jasper | Richard G. Morris | ||
| 11 | Coles | Usher F. Linder | ||
| 12 | Clark | Joshua P. Cooper | ||
| 13 | Clay · Cumberland · Effingham | Elisha H. Starkweather | ||
| 14 | Fayette | John McDonald | ||
| 15 | Bond · Clinton · Montgomery | Edward Y. Rice | ||
| Richard S. Bond | ||||
| 16 | Perry · Washington | Zenas H. Venor | ||
| 17 | Randolph | Samuel H. Guthrie | ||
| 18 | Monroe | Xerxes F. Trail | ||
| 19 | St.Clair | Simon Stookey † | Died in office | |
| Samuel B. Chandler | Replaced Stookey | |||
| Edward Abend | ||||
| 20 | Madison | Edward Keatling | ||
| Curtis Blakeman | ||||
| 21 | Macoupin | F. A. Olds | ||
| 22 | Greene · Jersey | Isaac Darneille † | Died in office | |
| Joel Corey | Replaced Darneille | |||
| John D. Fry | Resigned | |||
| Thomas Carlin | Replaced Fry | |||
| 23 | Scott | Charles F. Keener | ||
| 24 | Morgan | George B. Waller | ||
| Richard Yates Sr. | ||||
| 25 | Cass · Menard | Richard S. Thomas | ||
| 26 | Sangamon | Ninian W. Edwards | ||
| John W. Smith | ||||
| 27 | Logan · Mason | John Lucas | ||
| 28 | Tazewell | Middleton Tackerberry | ||
| 29 | DeWitt · McLean | James B. Price | ||
| 30 | Vermillion | John J. Sconce | ||
| 31 | Edgar | George W. Rives | ||
| 32 | Champaign · Macon · Moultrie· Piatt | Reuben B. Ewing | ||
| 33 | Christian · Shelby | Edward Evey | ||
| 34 | Calhoun · Pike | Tyre Jennings | ||
| George Pattison | ||||
| 35 | Adams · Brown | Onias C. Skinner | ||
| Jonathan Dearborn | ||||
| John Marrett | ||||
| 36 | Schuyler | Jesse Darnell | ||
| 37 | Hancock | George Walker | ||
| S. H. Taylor | ||||
| 38 | McDonough | Josiah Harrison | ||
| 39 | Fulton | William Kellog | ||
| Edward Sayre | ||||
| 40 | Peoria | Edward G. Sanger | ||
| 41 | Knox | Hanry J. Runkel | ||
| 42 | Henderson · Mercer · Warren | Gilbert Turnbull | ||
| Abner C. Harding | ||||
| 43 | Henry · Rock Island · Stark | John W. Henderson | ||
| 44 | Lee · Whiteside | Joseph Crawford | ||
| 45 | Carroll · Ogle | Dauphin Brown | ||
| 46 | Jo Daviess · Stephenson | Abner Eads | ||
| Cyrenius B. Denlo | ||||
| 47 | Winnebago | Wilson H. Crandall | ||
| 48 | Marshall · Putnam · Woodford | John Page | ||
| 49 | Bureau · Grundy · LaSalle · Livingston | George F. Wilson | ||
| Melancthon E. Lasher | ||||
| 50 | Dupage · Iroquois · Kendall · Will | William E. Little | ||
| Warren L. Wheaton | ||||
| Lorenzo D. Brady | Resigned | |||
| Orlando H. Haven | Replaced Brady | |||
| 51 | DeKalb · Kane | H. W. Fay | ||
| E. W. Austin | ||||
| 52 | Boone · McHenry | John F. Gray | ||
| Selby Leach | ||||
| 53 | Lake | Lite Wilson | ||
| 54 | Cook | Philip Maxwell | ||
| Francis C. Sherman |
Works cited
- Moses, John (1892). Illinois, historical and statistical.
- Blue Book of the State of Illinois. 1919.
- Blue Book of the State of Illinois - Illinois Legislative Roster — 1818-2024 (PDF). 2024.