4th Illinois General Assembly

4th Illinois General Assembly
4th Illinois General Assembly
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Senate House of Representatives
Leadership
President of the Senate	Adolphus Hubbard (first session) ; Raphael Widen (second session)
Speaker of the House of Representatives	Thomas Mather (first session) ; David Blackwell (second session)
Seats	18 Senators 36 Representatives
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.

Four new counties were added in 1823: Edgar, Marion, Fulton, and Morgan; and three in 1824: Clay, Clinton, and Wabash.

Senate

County Represented	Senator	Remarks
Bond • Fayette • Montgomery	Francis Kirkpatrick
Clark • Crawford	Daniel Parker
Edwards	Stephen Bliss
Gallatin	Michael Jones
Greene • Pike	Thomas Carlin	elected in special election December 13, 1824
Jefferson • Hamilton	Thomas Sloo
Jackson	Joseph Duncan
Franklin • Johnson	John Ewing
Lawrence	William Kinkade
Madison	Theophilus W. Smith	resigned after first session
Madison	Joseph Conway	replaced Smith for the second session
Monroe	Joseph A. Beaird
Pope	Lewis Barker
Randolph	Raphael Widen
Sangamon	Stephen Stillman
St. Clair	James Lemen Jr.
Alexander • Union	John Grammer
Washington	Andrew Bankson
Wayne	James Bird
White	Daniel Hay

House of Representatives

Seats in County	Counties represented	Representative	Remarks
1	Alexander	Henry L. Webb
1	Bond	John Russell
1	Clark	William B. Archer
2	Crawford	David Stewart
2	Crawford	David McGahey
1	Edwards	Henry Utter
1	Fayette	John A. Wakefield
1	Franklin	Thomas M. Dorris
1	Gallatin	Timothy Guard
1	Jackson	Conrad Will
1	Jefferson	Zadok Casey
1	Johnson	John Bridges
1	Lawrence	Asa Norton
3	Madison	Curtis Blakeman
		George Churchill
		William Otwell
2	Monroe	George Forquer
2	Monroe	Thomas James
2	Pike	Nicholas Hansen
2	Pike	Levi Roberts
2	Pope	William Sims
2	Pope	James A. Whiteside
4	Randolph	Gabriel Jones	2nd session, replaced Elias K. Kane
		Elias K. Kane	served the 1st session, resigned to become U.S. Senator, replaced by Gabriel Jones in the 2nd session
		Thomas Mather
		Samuel Smith
		Samuel Walker
1	Sangamon	William S. Hamilton
3	St. Clair	David Blackwell
		Risdon Moore
		Abraham Eyman
2	Union	John Whiteaker
2	Union	John Hacker
1	Washington	Philo Beers
1	Wayne	Rigdon B. Slocum
3	White	William McHenry
		George R. Logan
		Alexander Phillips