56th Illinois General Assembly
Illinois state legislature
The 56th Illinois General Assembly met from 1929 to 1931. Fred E. Sterling of Rockford was the Lieutenant Governor of Illinois and thus ex officio President of the Senate.[ a] Martin R. Carlson of Moline was President pro tempore of the Senate. David Shanahan of Chicago 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] [ 2]
The counties of each district were as follows:[ 3]
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 13th, 15th, 17th, 19th, 21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th, 29th, and 31st: Parts of Cook
8th: Lake , McHenry , and Boone
10th: Ogle and Winnebago
12th: Stephenson , Jo Daviess , and Carroll
14th: Kane and Kendall
16th: Marshall , Putnam , Livingston , and Woodford
18th: Peoria
20th: Grundy , Kankakee , and Iroquois
22nd: Vermillion and Edgar
24th: Champaign , Piatt , and Moultrie
26th: Ford and McLean
28th: DeWitt , Logan , and Macon
30th: Tazewell , Mason , Menard , Cass , Schuyler , and Brown
32nd: Hancock , McDonough , and Warren
33rd: Henderson , Mercer , and Rock Island
34th: Douglas , Coles , and Clark
35th: Whiteside , Lee , and DeKalb
36th: Adams , Pike , Calhoun , and Scott
37th: Henry , Stark , and Bureau
38th: Greene , Jersey , Macoupin , and Montgomery
39th: LaSalle
40th: Christian , Shelby , Cumberland , and Fayette
41st: DuPage and Will
42nd: Clinton , Marion , Clay , and Effingham
43rd: Knox and Fulton
44th: Jackson , Perry , Washington , Randolph , and Monroe
45th: Morgan and Sangamon
46th: Jefferson , Wayne , Richland , and Jasper
47th: Madison and Bond
48th: Hardin , Gallatin , White , Edwards , Wabash , Lawrence , and Crawford
49th: St. Clair
50th: Hamilton , Saline , Pope , Johnson , and Massac
51st: Franklin , Williamson , Union , Pulaski , and Alexander
See also
Notes
References
^ Almanac p. 823
^ Devine, Michael J. "State Politics" . Encyclopedia of Chicago . ^ 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.
