2nd Illinois General Assembly

2nd Illinois General Assembly
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Type
Type
HousesSenate House of Representatives
Leadership
President of the Senate
Pierre Menard, Independent
Speaker of the House of Representatives
John McLean, Independent
Seats14 Senators
28 Representatives
Meeting place
Vandalia, Illinois

The 2nd Illinois General Assembly, consisting of the Illinois Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives, met from December 4, 1820, to February 15, 1821, during the second two years of Shadrach Bond's governorship, 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.

It was preceded by the 1st Illinois General Assembly. It was succeeded by the 3rd 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. Two counties shared one senator. Four new counties were added in 1819: Alexander, Clark, Jefferson, and Wayne.

Map of Illinois county boundaries in 1819

Senate

Jurisdiction Represented Image Senator Remarks
Bond County Martin Jones
Crawford County Joseph Kitchell
Edwards County Robert Frazier
Gallatin County Michael Jones
Jackson County William Boon
Johnson County and
Franklin County		 Milton Ladd
Madison County George Cadwell
Monroe County Alexander Jamison
Pope County Lewis Barker
St. Clair County James Lemen Jr.
Randolph County Samuel Crozier
Union County and
Alexander County		 Edmund B. W. Jones
Washington County Zariah Maddux
White County Leonard White

House of Representatives

Seats in County Counties represented Image Representative Remarks
1 Alexander William M. Alexander
1 Bond William M. Crisp
2 Crawford Abraham Cairns
Wickliffe Kitchell
1 Edwards Moses Michaels
1 Franklin Thomas M. Dorris
3 Gallatin Henry Eddy
Samuel McClintock
John McLean
1 Jackson Conrad Will
1 Johnson William McFatridge
3 Madison Joseph Borough
William Otwell
Nathaniel Buckmaster
1 Monroe Enoch Moore
1 Pope Samuel Alexander ousted, replaced by Samuel O'Melveny of Union County
re-elected to the same seat in the 3rd Illinois General Assembly
Edward Robison
3 St. Clair David Blackwell
Charles R. Matheny
Risdon Moore
2 Randolph Thomas Mather
Raphael Widen
1 Union Samuel O'Melveny completed term of Samuel Alexander of Pope County
Richard M. Young
1 Washington Charles Slade
1 Wayne Alexander Campbell
3 White George R. Logan
William B. McLean
Alexander Phillips

Employees

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Laws of Illinois -1818 to 1839 - Libraries - Western Illinois University". www.wiu.edu. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Illinois Constitution". www.idaillinois.org. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  3. ↑ Origin and Evolution of Illinois Counties (PDF). State of Illinois. March 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2026.