3rd Illinois General Assembly

3rd Illinois General Assembly
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Senate House of Representatives
Leadership
President of the Senate	Adolphus Hubbard, Independent
Speaker of the House of Representatives	William M. Alexander, Independent
Seats	18 Senators 36 Representatives
Meeting place
Vandalia, Illinois

The 3rd Illinois General Assembly, consisting of the Illinois State Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives, met from December 2, 1822, to February 18, 1823, during the first two years of Edward Coles' 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.

The 3rd General Assembly was preceded by the 2nd Illinois General Assembly, and was succeeded by the 4th 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.

Legislation passed on February 14, 1821 fixed the Senate at 18 members and the House at 36 members; and established apportionment by county.

Six new counties were added in 1821: Lawrenece, Greene, Sangamon, Hamilton, and Montgomery.

Senate

Jurisdiction Represented	Image	Senator	Remarks
Bond • Fayette • Montgomery		Martin Jones
Clark • Crawford		Daniel Parker
Edwards		Robert Frazier
Gallatin		Michael Jones
Greene • Pike		George Cadwell
Jefferson • Hamilton		Thomas Sloo
Jackson		William Boon
Franklin • Johnson		Milton Ladd
Lawrence • Wayne		William Kinkade
Madison		Theophilus W. Smith
Monroe		Joseph A. Beaird
Pope		Lewis Barker
Randolph		Samuel Crozier
Sangamon		Stephen Stillman
St. Clair		William Kinney
Alexander • Union		John Grammer
Washington		Andrew Bankson
White		Leonard White

House of Representatives

Seats in County	Counties represented	Image	Representative	Remarks
1	Alexander		William M. Alexander
1	Bond		Jonathan C. Pugh
1	Clark		William Lowry
2	Crawford		Robert C. Ford
			David McGahey
1	Edwards		Gilbert T. Pell
1	Fayette • Montgomery		William Berry
1	Franklin		Thomas M. Dorris
2	Gallatin		John G. Daimwood
			Marmaduke S. Davenport
1	Greene		Thomas Rattan
1	Jackson		Conrad Will
1	Hamilton • Jefferson		Zadok Casey
1	Johnson		William McFatridge
1	Lawrence		Abraham Cairns
3	Madison		Curtis Blakeman
			George Churchill
			Emanuel J. West
1	Monroe		William Alexander
1	Pike		Nicholas Hansen	ousted
			John Shaw	replaced Hansen
2	Pope		Samuel Alexander
			James A. Whiteside
3	Randolph		Thomas Mather
			John McFerron
			Raphael Widen
1	Sangamon		James Simms
3	St. Clair		Joseph Trotier
			Risdon Moore
			Jacob Ogle
2	Union		Alexander Pope Field
			John McIntosh
1	Washington		James Turney	resigned February 18, 1823 to serve as the Attorney General of Illinois
1	Wayne		Alexander Campbell
3	White		John Emmett
			George R. Logan
			Alexander Phillips

Employees

See also

• List of Illinois state legislatures

Works cited

• 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