9th Illinois General Assembly

The 9th Illinois General Assembly, consisting of the Illinois Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives, met from December 1, 1834 to February 13, 1835 (1st session) and from December 7, 1835 to January 18, 1836 (2nd session).

The 9th General Assembly was preceded by the 8th Illinois General Assembly, and was succeeded by the 10th Illinois General Assembly.

Senate

County(ies) Represented	Image	Senator	Term	Remarks
Clinton • Monroe		Benjamin Bond	1834–1838
Bond • Macoupin • Montgomery		Larkin Craig
White		William H. Davidson
Madison		Cyrus Edwards
Clay • Fayette • Marion		William L. D. Ewing		Resigned in December 1835 after the death of U.S. Senator Elias Kane. Ewing was appointed by Governor Joseph Duncan to serve out the rest of Kane's term in the U.S. Senate.
Sangamon		Job Fletcher		Succeeded Edmund D. Taylor who resigned.
Sangamon		George Forquer		Resigned January 30, 1985
Gallatin		William J. Gatewood
Union • Alexander		John S. Hacker
Sangamon		Archer G. Herndon		Resigned
Morgan		Waller Jones		Died
Hamilton • Jefferson		Levin Lane
Randolph • Perry		Thomas Mather		Resigned on May 11, 1835 to take the role of President at the recently chartered State Bank of Illinois. Succeeded by Richard B. Servant
Schuyler • Fulton • Knox • Calhoun • McDonough • Warren		George W. P. Maxwell
Crawford • Lawrence		David McGahey
Edwards • Wabash • Wayne		Henry I. Mills
McLean • Tazewell		Benjamin Mitchell
Edgar • Clark • Coles		Lunsford R. Noel
Jackson • Franklin • Washington		Braxton Parrish
Greene		Thomas Rattan
Randolph • Perry		Richard B. Servant		Succeeded Thomas Mather
St. Clair		Adam W. Snyder
Jo Daviess • Cook • LaSalle • Putnam • Peoria • Rock Island		Jason W. Stephenson		Resigned
		James M. Strode		Succeeded Jason W. Stephenson who resigned.
Sangamon		Edmund D. Taylor		Resigned after being appointed in 1835 by President Andrew Jackson as Receiver of Public Moneys in Chicago
Morgan		William Thomas
Vermillion • Champaign • Iroquois		John W. Vance
Morgan		William Weatherford
Pope • Johnson		James A. Whiteside
Jackson • Franklin • Washington		Conrad Will
Pike • Hancock • Adams		Archibald Williams
Shelby • Macon		William Williamson

Works cited

• Moses, John (1892). Illinois, historical and statistical.
• Blue Book of the State of Illinois. 1919.
• Blue Book of the State of Illinois - Illinois Legislative Roster — 1818-2024 (PDF). 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2026.
• Pease, Theodore Calvin (1923). Statistical Series: Illinois Election Returns (1818-1848) (PDF). Vol. 1. Illinois State Historical Library.

References