10th Illinois General Assembly

The 10th Illinois General Assembly, consisting of the Illinois Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives, met from December 5, 1836, to March 6, 1837 (1st session) and from July 10, 1837, to July 22, 1837 (2nd session).^[1]

The 10th General Assembly was preceded by the 9th Illinois General Assembly, and was succeeded by the 11th Illinois General Assembly.

On January 14, 1836, the ratio of population per Senate seat was fixed at 7,000, and for Representatives at 3,000 resulting in a Senate of forty members and a House of ninety-one members.^[2] This arrangement lasted until January 14, 1841, when a new apportionment was made.^[3]

Senate

County(ies) Represented^[4]	Senator	Term	Remarks
McLean • Macon	James Allen
Greene • Calhoun	John Allen	1836–1838
Cinton • Marion	Benjamin Bond	1834–1838
Macoupin	Joseph Borough	1836–1840
Adams	Orville H. Browning	1836–1840
Warren • Knox • Henry	Peter Butler
Montgomery • Bond	Larkin Craig	1836–1838
White	William H. Davidson
Madison	Cyrus Edwards
Sangamon	Job Fletcher
Gallatin	William J. Gatewood
Union • Alexander	John H. Hacker
Fulton	Samuel Hackleton
Peoria • Putnam	John Hamlin
Sangamon	Archer G. Herndon
Hamilton • Jefferson	Levin Lane
Schuyler	George W. P. Maxwell
Fayette • Effingham • Clay	Robert K. McLaughlin
Edwards • Wayne • Wabash	Henry I. Mills
Tazewell	Benjamin Mitchell
Madison • St. Clair • Monroe	James B. Moore		Succeeded John D. Whiteside who resigned.
St. Clair	John Murray
Edgar	Lunsford R. Noel
Morgan	William O'Rear
McDonough • Hancock	Thomas H. Owens
Franklin • Jackson	Braxton Parish
Clark • Coles	Nathaniel Parker
Cook • Will	Peter Pruyne
Lawrence • Crawford • Jasper	John C. Reilly
Jasper	William Ross
Randolph	Richard B. Servant
LaSalle • Kane • Iroquois	William Stadden
Morgan	William Thomas
Greene	James Turney	1836-1840
Vermillion • Champaign	John W. Vance
Shelby	Peter Warren
Morgan	William Weatherford
Pope • Johnson	James A. Whiteside
Madison • St. Clair • Monroe	John D. Whiteside		Resigned March 6, 1837. Succeeded by James B. Moore
Jo Daviess • Rock Island • Mercer	A. G. S. Wight
Washington • Perry	John D. Wood

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.
Laws of the State of Illinois passed by the ninth general assembly : at their second session, commencing December 7, 1835, and ending January 18, 1836. J. Y. Sawyer Public Printer. 1836. pp. 268–270.
Pease, Theodore Calvin (1923). Statistical Series: Illinois Election Returns (1818-1848) (PDF). Vol. 1. Illinois State Historical Library.

References

↑ Illinois Blue Book 1919, p. 529-530.
↑ Moses, p. 1155
↑ Moses, p. 1155
↑ Illinois Legislative Directory. H. W. Rokker. 1881. pp. 90–92.

[FOOTNOTEIllinois_Blue_Book1919529-530-1] Illinois Blue Book 1919, p. 529-530.

[2] Moses, p. 1155

[3] Moses, p. 1155

[ILD1881-4] Illinois Legislative Directory. H. W. Rokker. 1881. pp. 90–92.

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