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5th Illinois General Assembly

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5th Illinois General Assembly
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
HousesState Senate and House of Representatives
History
Preceded by4th Illinois General Assembly
Succeeded by6th Illinois General Assembly
Leadership
President of the Senate
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Seats18 Senators 36 Representatives[1]
Meeting place
Vandalia, Illinois

The 5th Illinois General Assembly, consisting of the Illinois Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives, met from December 4, 1826, to February 19, 1827,[1] at The Vandalia State House. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the provisions of the First Illinois Constitution. Political parties were not established in Illinois at the time.

The 5th General Assembly was preceded by the 4th Illinois General Assembly, and was succeeded by the 6th Illinois General Assembly.

Members

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Senators and Representatives were both allotted to counties roughly by population and elected at-large within their districts. Bond and Montgomery counties shared a single senator.

Map of Illinois county boundaries in 1825
Map of Illinois county boundaries in 1826

Senate

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County (-ies) represented[1]
Image
Senator
Term
Remarks
Bond · Montgomery Francis Kirkpatrick 1824[2]
Clark · Crawford · Edgar · Lawrence · Vermilion William B. Archer 1826–1830 Apportionment in 1826 provided that Clark and Edgar counties should unite with Lawrence and Crawford counties to elect a senator in 1826.
After 1828, Archer was to only represent the district in which he resided (Clark County) while the other district was to elect a new senator.[3]
Edwards Stephen Bliss 1824[4]
Gallatin Timothy Guard 1826–1830
Greene Thomas Carlin 1824[5]
Jackson Joseph Duncan 1824[6] Resigned February 19, 1827[1]
Jefferson Zadok Casey 1826[5]
Johnson John Ewing 1824[7]
Madison Joseph Conway 1824[5]
Monroe Joseph A. Beaird 1822[4]
Morgan Archibald Job 1826[8]
Pope Samuel Alexander 1820[9]
Randolph Raphael Widen 1824[10]
Sangamon Elijah Iles 1826[8]
St. Clair James Lemen Jr. 1822[11]
Union George Hunsacker 1826[8]
Wayne · Lawrence James Bird 1824–1828
White Daniel Hay 1824[12]

House of Representatives

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Jurisdiction(s) represented[1]
Image
Representative
Remarks
Clark County John Alexander
Clark County Charles Ives
Crawford County John C. Alexander
Edwards County Henry I. Mills
Fayette County William Berry
Fayette County Robert K. McLaughlin
Franklin County Thomas M. Dorris
Gallatin County John McLean
Gallatin County Francis Prince
Greene County John Allen
Greene County Alfred W. Cavarly
Hamilton County James Hall
Jackson County Conrad Will
Jefferson County Nicholas Wren
Lawrence County Samuel H. Clubb
Madison County George Churchill
Madison County David Prickett
Monroe County Thomas James
Morgan County John Leeper
Morgan County John Lieb
Pike County Henry J. Ross
Pope County William Sims
Randolph County John Lacy
Randolph County Thomas Reynolds
Sangamon County Job Fletcher
Sangamon County Mordecai Mobley
Sangamon County Jonathan H. Pugh
St. Clair County David Blackwell
St. Clair County John Reynolds
Union County Benjamin W. Brooks
Union County Alexander P. Field
Wabash County Henry Utter
Washington County Charles Slade
Wayne County William B. Davis
White County William McHenry
White County John Ridgway

Employees

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Senate

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  • Secretary: Emanuel J. West
  • Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk: A.F. Grant
  • Sergeant at Arms: Joseph Chance

House of Representatives

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See also

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Works cited

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  • Moses, John (1892). Illinois, historical and statistical.
  • Blue Book of the State of Illinois. 1919.
  • Pease, Theodore Calvin (1923). Statistical Series: Illinois Election Returns (1818-1848) (PDF). Vol. 1. Illinois State Historical Library.

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Illinois Blue Book 1919, p. 526.
  2. Moses 1892, p. 1175.
  3. Pease, p. 219, footnote p. 221
  4. 1 2 Moses 1892, p. 1164.
  5. 1 2 3 Moses 1892, p. 1166.
  6. Moses 1892, p. 1169.
  7. Moses 1892, p. 1170.
  8. 1 2 3 Moses 1892, p. 1174.
  9. Moses 1892, p. 1163.
  10. Moses 1892, p. 1188.
  11. Moses 1892, p. 1176.
  12. Moses 1892, p. 1173.