3rd Illinois General Assembly

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.

3rd Illinois General Assembly
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Type
Type
HousesSenate House of Representatives
Leadership
President of the Senate
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Seats18 Senators 36 Representatives[1]
Meeting place
Vandalia, Illinois

The 3rd General Assembly was preceded by the 2nd Illinois General Assembly, and was succeeded by the 4th Illinois General Assembly.

Members

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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

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Bond County

Crawford County

Edwards County

Gallatin County

Greene County

Hamilton County'

Jackson County

Johnson County

Madison County

Monroe County

Pope County

Randolph County

'Sangamon County

St. Clair County

Union County

Washington County

'Wayne County

White County

House of Representatives

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Alexander County

Bond County

Clark County

Crawford County

Edwards County

Fayette County, Illinois

Franklin County

Gallatin County

Greene County

Jackson County

Jefferson County

Johnson County

Lawrence County

Madison County

Monroe County

Pike County

Pope County

Randolph County

'Sangamon County

St. Clair County

Union County

Washington County

Wayne County

White County

Employees

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Senate

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

House of Representatives

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

See also

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Works cited

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

References

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