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[1]
Meeting place
Vandalia, Illinois

The 3rd Illinois General Assembly, consisting of the Illinois 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. Greene and White counties shared one senator.

Senate

Bond County

• Martin Jones

Crawford County

• Daniel Parker

Edwards County

• Robert Frazier

Gallatin County

• Michael Jones

Greene County

• George Cadwell

Hamilton County'

• Thomas Sloo

Jackson County

• William Boon

Johnson County

• Milton Ladd

Madison County

• Theophilus W. Smith

Monroe County

• Joseph A. Beaird

Pope County

• Lewis Barker

Randolph County

• Samuel Crozier

'Sangamon County

• Stephen Stillman

St. Clair County

• William Kinney

Union County

• John Grammar

Washington County

• Andrew Bankson

'Wayne County

• William Kinkade

White County

• Leonard White

House of Representatives

Alexander County

• William M. Alexander

Bond County

• Jonathan C. Pugh

Clark County

• William Lowery

Crawford County

• R.C. Ford
• David McGahey

Edwards County

• G.T. Pell

Fayette County, Illinois

• William Barry

Franklin County

• Thomas Dorris

Gallatin County

• J.G. Daimwood
• M. Davenport

Greene County

• Thomas Rattan

Jackson County

• Conrad Will

Jefferson County

• Zadok Casey

Johnson County

• William McFatridge

Lawrence County

• Abram Cairns

Madison County

• Curtis Brakeman
• George Churchill
• E.J. West

Monroe County

• William Alexander

Pike County

• Nicholas Hansen (ousted)
• John Shaw (replaced Hansen)[2]

Pope County

• Samuel Alexander
• James A. Whiteside

Randolph County

• Thomas Mather
• John McFerron
• Raphael Widen

'Sangamon County

• James Sims

St. Clair County

• Joseph Trotier
• Risden Moore
• Jacob Ogle

Union County

• Alexander Pope Field
• John McIntosh

Washington County

• James Turner (resigned February 18, 1823)[1]

Wayne County

• Alexander Campbell

White County

• John Emmett
• George R. Logan
• Alexander Phillips

Employees

Senate

• Secretary: Thomas Lippincott
• Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk: H.S. Dodge
• Doorkeeper: John O. Prentice

House of Representatives

• Clerk: Charles Dunn
• Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk: H.S. Dodge, Winsted Davie
• Doorkeeper: John Lee

See also

• List of Illinois state legislatures

Works cited

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

References

1. Illinois Blue Book 1919, p. 525.
2. Moses 1892, p. 318.