4th Illinois General Assembly explained

4th Illinois General Assembly
Coa Pic:	Seal of Illinois.svg
Session Room:	VandaliaStateHouse VandaliaIL.jpg
House Type:	Bicameral
Houses:	SenateHouse of Representatives
Leader1 Type:	President of the Senate
Leader1:	Adolphus Hubbard (first session) Raphael Widen (second session)
Leader2 Type:	Speaker of the House of Representatives
Leader2:	Thomas Mather (first session) David Blackwell (second session)
Members:	18 Senators36 Representatives
Election:	1824
Meeting Place:	Vandalia, Illinois

The 4th Illinois General Assembly, consisting of the Illinois Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives, met from November 15, 1824, to January 18, 1825, and again from January 2, 1826, to January 18, 1826, 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 the State at the time.

The 4th General Assembly was preceded by the 3rd Illinois General Assembly, and was succeeded by the 5th Illinois General Assembly.

Members

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

Bond County

• Francis Kirkpatrick

Crawford County

• Daniel Parker

Edwards County

• Stephen Bliss

Gallatin County

• Michael Jones

Greene County

• Thomas Carlin (elected in special election December 13, 1824)

Hamilton County'

• Thomas Sloo

Jackson County

• Joseph Duncan

Johnson County

• John Ewing

Madison County

• Theophilus W. Smith (resigned after first session)
• Joseph Conway (second session)

Monroe County

• Joseph A. Beaird

Pope County

• Lewis Barker

Randolph County

• Raphael Widen

'Sangamon County

• Stephen Stillman

St. Clair County

• James Lemen

Union County

• John Grammar

Washington County

• Andrew Bankson

'Wayne County

• James Bird

White County

• Daniel Hay

House of Representatives

'Alexander County

• Henry L. Webb

Bond County

• John Russell

Clark County

• William B. Archer

Crawford County

• David Stewart
• David McGahey

Edwards County

• Henry Utter

Fayette County, Illinois

• John A. Wakefield

Franklin County

• Thomas Dorris

Gallatin County

• Timothy Gara

Jackson County

• Conrad Will

Jefferson County

• Zadok Casey

Johnson County

• John Bridges

Lawrence County

• Asa Norton

Madison County

• Curtis Brakeman
• George Churchill
• William Otwell

Monroe County

• Gerge Forquer
• Thomas James

Pike County

• • Nicholas Hansen Levi Roberts

Pope County

• William Sims
• James A. Whiteside

Randolph County

• Gabriel Jones
• Elias K. Kane
• Thomas Mather
• Samuel Smith
• Samuel Walker

'Sangamon County

• William S. Hamilton

St. Clair County

• David Blackwell
• Risden Moore
• Abraham Eyman

Union County

• John Whitaker
• John Hacker

Washington County

• Philo Beers

Wayne County

• Rigdon B. Slocum

White County

• William McHenry
• George R. Logan
• Alexander Phillips

Employees

Senate

• Secretary: Emanuel J. West
• Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk: Albert G. Sloo
• Sergeant at Arms: Benjamin Ogle (second session: Thomas Higgins)

House of Representatives

• Clerk: Charles Dunn
• Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk: R.P. Allen
• Doorkeeper: James S. Smith (second session: Thomas Redman)

See also

• List of Illinois state legislatures

References

• Book: Moses, John. Illinois, historical and statistical. 1892.
• Book: Blue Book of the State of Illinois. 1919. .