17th Illinois General Assembly
The 17th Illinois General Assembly, consisting of the Illinois Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives, met from January 6, 1851, to February 17, 1851 (1st session); and from June 7, 1852, to June 23, 1852 (2nd session).[1]
The 17th General Assembly was preceded by the 16th Illinois General Assembly, and was succeeded by the 18th 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]
House
| District | Counties represented[4] |
Image |
Representative |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander · Pulaski · Union | Cyrus G. Simons | ||
| 2 | Hardin · Massac · Pope | Wesley Sloan | ||
| 3 | Gallatin · Saline | A. C. Caldwell | Died in office | |
| Orville Sexton | Replaced Caldwell | |||
| 4 | Johnson · Williamson | Wilfred Ferrell | ||
| 5 | Franklin · Jackson | Thomas M. Sams | ||
| 6 | Hamilton · Jefferson · Marion · Wayne | Zadok Casey | ||
| Isham N. Haynie | ||||
| William L. Gash | ||||
| 7 | White | Samuel H. Martin | ||
| 8 | Edwards · Wabash | William Pickering | ||
| 9 | Lawrence · Richland | Aaron Shaw | ||
| 10 | Crawford · Jasper | James C. Allen | ||
| 11 | Coles | Usher F. Linder | ||
| 12 | Clark | T. C. Moore | ||
| 13 | Clay · Cumberland · Effingham | William H. Blakely | ||
| 14 | Fayette | Akins Evans | ||
| 15 | Bond · Clinton · Montgomery | Sidney Breese | ||
| William Brewer | ||||
| 16 | Perry · Washington | Richard G. Murphy | ||
| 17 | Randolph | John E. Detrick | ||
| 18 | Monroe | Thomas Quick | ||
| 19 | St.Clair | William H. Snyder | ||
| Harbart Patterson | Resigned | |||
| Philip B. Fouke | Replace Patterson | |||
| 20 | Madison | Andrew Miller | ||
| Nelson G. Edwards | Resigned | |||
| Samuel A. Buckmaster | Replace Edwards | |||
| 21 | Macoupin | B. T. Burke | ||
| 22 | Greene · Jersey | Charles D. Hodges | ||
| J. C. Winters | ||||
| 23 | Scott | Nathan N. Knapp | ||
| 24 | Morgan | William Thomas | ||
| B. F. Bristow | ||||
| 25 | Cass · Menard | William T. Beekman | ||
| 26 | Sangamon | Ninian W. Edwards | Resigned | |
| Preston Breckenridge | ||||
| James C. Conkling | Replaced Edwards | |||
| 27 | Logan · Mason | John Pemberton | ||
| 28 | Tazewell | Robert W. Briggs | ||
| 29 | DeWitt · McLean | Robert F. Barnett | ||
| 30 | Vermillion | Oliver L. Davis | ||
| 31 | Edgar | Ozias Bailey | ||
| 32 | Champaign · Macon · Moultrie· Piatt | Charles Emmerson | ||
| 33 | Christian · Shelby | Anthony Thornton | ||
| 34 | Calhoun · Pike | William D. Hamilton | ||
| Ozias M. Hatch | ||||
| 35 | Adams · Brown | James W. Singleton | ||
| J. R. Hobbs | ||||
| J. M. Pittman | ||||
| 36 | Schuyler | Alex Persinger | ||
| 37 | Hancock | Joseph Sibley | ||
| John Carlin | ||||
| 38 | McDonough | John Huston | ||
| 39 | Fulton | Thomas J. Little | ||
| Isaac Linley | ||||
| 40 | Peoria | David Sanborn | ||
| 41 | Knox | Henry Arms | ||
| 42 | Henderson · Mercer · Warren | Azro Patterson | ||
| Thomas Willits | ||||
| 43 | Henry · Rock Island · Stark | James M. Allen | ||
| 44 | Lee · Whiteside | Van J. Adams | ||
| 45 | Carroll · Ogle | William T. Miller | ||
| 46 | Jo Daviess · Stephenson | D. Wilson | ||
| B. B. Howard | ||||
| 47 | Winnebago | Horace Miller | ||
| 48 | Marshall · Putnam · Woodford | E. P. Ames | ||
| 49 | Bureau · Grundy · LaSalle · Livingston | Abraham L. Phillips | ||
| John Hise | ||||
| 50 | Dupage · Iroquois · Kendall · Will | S. W. Randal | ||
| Jesse O. Norton | ||||
| W. F. Jones | Resigned | |||
| Julius M. Warren | Replaced Jones | |||
| 51 | DeKalb · Kane | Augustus Adams | ||
| Banjamin F. Hall | ||||
| 52 | Boone · McHenry | A. H. Nixon | ||
| George Gage | ||||
| 53 | Lake | Hurlburt Swan | ||
| 54 | Cook | Philip Maxwell | ||
| Thomas Dyer |
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.
References
- ^ Illinois Blue Book 1919, p. 537-538.
- ^ Moses, p. 1155
- ^ Moses, p. 1156
- ^ Moses, p. 1156