The 1st Illinois General Assembly, consisting of the Illinois State Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives, met from October 4, 1818, to March 31, 1819, during the 1st two years of Shadrach Bond's governorship, at The Kaskaskia 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 the State at the time.
1st Illinois General Assembly | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Houses | Senate House of Representatives |
| Leadership | |
President of the Senate | Pierre Menard, Independent |
Speaker of the House of Representatives | John Messinger, Independent |
| Seats | 14 Senators 28 Representatives |
| Meeting place | |
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| Kaskaskia, Illinois | |
It was succeeded by the 2nd Illinois General Assembly.
Members
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This list is arranged by chamber, then by county. Senators and Representatives were both allotted to counties roughly by population and elected at-large within their districts.
Senate
editIn accordance with the Constitution of 1818, the senators were divided by lot into two classes to retire in two and four years.[1] The two-year group would therefore hold elections in 1820 (consisting of senators from Bond, St. Clair, Randolph, Jackson, Johnson/Franklin, White/Jefferson, and Edwards/Wayne counties).[1]
| County(ies) Represented | Image | Senator | Remarks |
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| Bond | Martin Jones | Two-year term expiring 1820 | |
| Crawford | Joseph Kitchell | ||
| Edwards | Guy W. Smith | Two-year term expiring 1820. | |
| Gallatin | Michael Jones | ||
| Jackson | Conrad Will | Two-year term expiring 1820. | |
| Johnson • Franklin | Thomas Roberts | Two-year term expiring 1820. | |
| Madison |  |
George Cadwell | |
| Monroe | Alexander Jamison | ||
| Pope | Lewis Barker | ||
| St. Clair | William Kinney | Two-year term expiring 1820 | |
| Randolph | John McFerron | Two-year term expiring 1820. Resigned July 8, 1819 | |
| Union | Thomas Cox | ||
| Washington | Zariah Maddux | ||
| White | Willis Hargrave | Two-year term expiring 1820. | |
House of Representatives
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Employees
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edit- 1 2 Statistical Series: Illinois Election Returns 1818-1848. Vol. 1. Illinois State Historical Library. 1923. p. 188.
- 1 2 3 Pease, Theodore Calvin (1923). Statistical Series: Illinois Election Returns (1918-1948) (PDF). Vol. 1. Illinois State Historical Library. p. 185.