47th Illinois General Assembly

47th Illinois General Assembly
46th 48th
Overview
Meeting placeSpringfield, Illinois
Term1911 – 1913
Election1910
Illinois Senate
PresidentJohn G. Oglesby, Republican
President pro temporeHenry M. Dunlap, Republican
Illinois House of Representatives
SpeakerCharles A. Adkins, Republican

The 47th Illinois General Assembly met from 1911 to 1913. John G. Oglesby of Decatur was the Lieutenant Governor of Illinois and thus ex officio President of the Senate.[a] Henry M. Dunlap was President pro tempore of the Senate. Charles A. Adkins of Bement was the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Districts

Illinois was divided into 51 districts, each of which elected one Senator and three Representatives. Districts were last reapportioned in 1901[1] and would not be reapportioned again until 1947.[2]

The counties of each district were as follows:[3]

Senate

District Image Senator Party First elected
to the Senate
Notes
1st Francis P. Brady Republican 1910 Elected to the House in 1904, 1906, and 1910
2nd Lewis C. Ball Republican 1908
3rd Samuel A. Ettelson Republican 1906
4th Al F. Gorman Democratic 1908
5th Walter Clyde Jones Republican 1906
6th William M. Brown Republican 1904
7th William H. MacLean Republican 1910
8th Albert J. Olson Republican 1908
9th Patrick J. Carroll Democratic 1910
10th Henry Andrus Republican 1900
11th Carl Lundberg Republican 1902
12th John C. McKenzie Republican 1900 Resigned May 22, 1911
13th Albert C. Clark Republican 1902
14th Thomas B. Stewart
15th Edward J. Forst
16th Ira M. Lish
17th Edward J. Glackin
18th John Dailey
19th John T. Denvir
20th Edward C. Curtis
21st John E. Madigan
22nd Martin B. Bailey
23rd Niels Juul
24th Henry M. Dunlap
25th Johan Waage
26th Frank H. Funk
27th John Broderick
28th James A. Henson
29th John M. O'Connor
30th Walter I. Manny
31st Willett H. Cornwell
32nd James F. Gibson
33rd Frank A. Landee
34th Stanton C. Pemberton
35th John H. Gray
36th Campbell S. Hearn
37th H. S. Magill Jr.
38th Frank W. Burton
39th Henry W. Johnson
40th F. J. Tossey
41st Richard J. Barr
42nd Erastus D. Telford
43rd Charles F. Hurburgh
44th Robert J. McElvain
45th Logan Hay
46th Albert E. Isley
47th Edmond Beall
48th J. A. Womack
49th John M. Chamberlin
50th W. O. Potter
51st Douglas W. Helm


House

District Image Representative Party First elected
to the House
Notes

See also

Notes

  1. ^ This arrangement was discontinued with the adoption of the current Constitution of Illinois in 1970, effective 1973.

References

  1. ^ Almanac p. 823
  2. ^ Devine, Michael J. "State Politics". Encyclopedia of Chicago.
  3. ^ Almanac pp. 821–822

Bibliography

  • James Langland, M.A. (1920). The Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year-Book for 1921. Chicago, IL: The Chicago Daily News Company.