Madison County, Illinois House District was a Representative district in the Illinois House of Representatives located within Madison County from 1818 to 1848. The district was last represented by Democrat William Martin and Whigs Curtis Blakeman, Jr. and William F. D'Wolf from December 7, 1846 to January 1, 1849. The district changed shape multiple times and was temporarily abolished over its lifetime. The district was replaced by Illinois's 20th House of Representatives district in 1849.

Representative district history

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The district was first formed after the ratification of the 1818 Illinois Constitution with 3 Representative seats apportioned to the district. The district boundaries were from Madison County's modern boundaries, all the way to the northern border of the state and west to the Mississippi River border. The 1821 Apportionment Act saw the district's boundaries shrink down to its near-modern boundaries with the same number of apportioned seats. The 1826 Apportionment Act gave Madison County a salient of land north of it and reduced the number of seats apportioned to 2. The formation of Macoupin County split it into two districts with the land originally from Madison County temporarily merging into the Madison County district. The 1831 Apportionment Act saw Madison County have its boundaries reduced back to its 1821 boundaries without Macoupin County. The 1836 Apportionment Act reapportioned 3 Representative seats back. The 1841 Apportionment Act saw no changes made to the district. The district was replaced by Illinois's 20th House of Representatives district with the adoption of the 1848 Illinois Constitution.

Prominent representatives

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Representative Notes
 
Samuel Whiteside
Served as a general during the Black Hawk War
Cyrus Edwards Whig nominee for the 1838 Illinois gubernatorial election
 
James Semple
Elected Illinois Attorney General (1832 – 1834)
Elected 9th Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives (1834 – 1837)
Served as Associate Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court (1843)
Elected United States Senator from Illinois (1843 – 1847)
 
Robert Smith
Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 1st congressional district (1843 – 1849)
Elected back to the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 8th congressional district (1857 – 1859)
 
John Hogan
Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 1st congressional district (1865 – 1867)

List of representatives

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1819 – 1849

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Representative Party Party Control Years[a] General Assembly (GA) Electoral History
District established with 1818 Illinois Constitution.
John Howard Nonpartisan N/A October 5, 1818 –
December 4, 1820
1st Elected in 1818
Was not re-elected in 1820.
Abraham Prickett
 
Samuel Whiteside
Joseph Borough December 4, 1820 –
December 2, 1822
2nd Elected in 1820
Was not re-elected in 1822.
Nathaniel Buckmaster
William Otwell Elected in 1820
Lost re-election in 1822.
Curtis Blakeman December 2, 1822 –
December 4, 1826
3rd
4th
Elected in 1822
Re-elected in 1824
Was not re-elected in 1826.
Emanuel J. West December 2, 1822 –
December 6, 1824
3rd Elected in 1822
Lost re-election in 1824.
George Churchill December 2, 1822 –
December 3, 1832
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
Elected in 1822
Re-elected in 1824
Re-elected in 1826
Re-elected in 1828
Re-elected in 1830
Was not re-elected in 1832.
William Otwell December 6, 1824 –
December 4, 1826
4th Elected back in 1824
Lost re-election in 1826.
David Prickett December 4, 1826 –
December 1, 1828
5th Elected in 1826
Lost re-election in 1828.
William Jones December 1, 1828 –
December 6, 1830
6th Elected in 1828
Was not re-elected in 1830.
John B. E. Canal Unknown Unknown December 6, 1830 –
December 3, 1832
7th Elected in 1830
Was not re-elected in 1832.
Cyrus Edwards December 3, 1832 –
December 1, 1834
8th Elected in 1832
Was not re-elected in 1834.
 
James Semple
December 3, 1832 –
???
8th
9th
Elected in 1832
Re-elected in 1834
Was not re-elected in 1835.
Democratic 1 Democrat
1 Nonpartisan
Jesse B. Thomas Jr. Nonpartisan December 1, 1834 –
1835
9th Elected in 1834
Was not re-elected in 1835
Nathaniel Buckmaster Democratic 1 Democrat
1 Whig
1835 –
December 5, 1836
Elected in 1835 special election
Was not re-elected in 1836.
George Churchill Whig 1835 –
December 5, 1836
Elected back in 1835 special election
Lost re-election in 1836.
 
Robert Smith
Democratic 2 Democrats
1 Whig
December 5, 1836 –
December 7, 1840
10th
11th
Elected in 1836
Re-elected in 1838
Was not re-elected in 1840.
 
James Semple
December 5, 1836 –
December 3, 1838
10th Elected back in 1836
Was not re-elected in 1838.
 
John Hogan
Whig Elected in 1836
Was not re-elected in 1838.
William Otwell 2 Whigs
1 Democrat
December 3, 1838 –
December 7, 1840
11th Elected back in 1838
Was not re-elected in 1840.
George Smith Elected in 1838
Was not re-elected in 1840.
James Reynolds 3 Whigs December 7, 1840 –
December 5, 1842
12th Elected in 1840
Was not re-elected in 1842.
Joseph Gillespie
Cyrus Edwards Elected back in 1840
Was not re-elected in 1842.
Curtis Blakeman, Jr. December 5, 1842 –
December 2, 1844
13th Elected back in 1842
Was not re-elected in 1844.
Robert Aldrich Elected in 1842
Was not re-elected in 1844.
John Bailhache
George Barnsback December 2, 1844 –
December 7, 1846
14th Elected in 1844
Was not re-elected in 1846.
Newton D. Strong
George Churchill Elected back in 1844
Was not re-elected in 1846.
William Martin Democratic 2 Whigs
1 Democrat
December 7, 1846 –
January 1, 1849
15th Elected in 1846
Was not re-elected in 1848.
Curtis Blakeman, Jr. Whig Elected back in 1846
Was not re-elected in 1848.
William F. D'Wolf Elected in 1846
Was not re-elected in 1848.
District abolished with adoption of the 1848 Illinois Constitution.

Electoral history

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1842 – 1846

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1846 Illinois House of Representatives election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William Martin 1,312 20.93
Whig Curtis Blakeman 1,098 17.51
Whig William F. D'Wolf 933 14.88
Whig George Smith 897 14.31
Democratic Solomon Koepfli 728 11.61
Nonpartisan Thomas Judy 645 10.29
Whig Gershom Flagg 592 9.44
Democratic Martin T. Kurtz 35 0.56
Independent Democrat Albert G. Hall 30 0.48
Total votes 6,270 100.0
1844 Illinois House of Representatives election
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig George Barnsback 1,408 18.24
Whig Newton D. Strong 1,399 18.12
Whig George Churchill 1,313 17.01
Democratic Garrett Crownover 1,209 15.66
Democratic Hiram Arthur 1,185 15.35
Democratic Peter Merrill 1,142 14.79
Independent Democrat Frederick Hanchey 56 0.73
Nonpartisan John P. Lawrence 9 0.12
Total votes 7,721 100.0
1842 Illinois House of Representatives election
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Curtis Blakeman 1,346 20.19
Whig Robert Aldrich 1,279 19.18
Whig John Bailhache 1,256 18.84
Democratic James G. Anderson 1,027 15.40
Independent Isaac Cox 849 12.73
Tyler Party Thomas M. Hope 584 8.76
Independent Democrat Frederick Hanchey 162 2.43
Nonpartisan John P. Lawrence 147 2.20
Nonpartisan William Booth 17 0.25
Total votes 6,667 100.0

1834 – 1840

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1840 Illinois House of Representatives election
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig James Reynolds 1,522 18.72
Whig Joseph Gillespie 1,484 18.26
Whig Cyrus Edwards 1,458 17.94
Democratic George Kinder 1,251 15.39
Democratic William E. Starr 1,236 15.20
Democratic John C. Dugger 1,172 14.42
Democratic Alexander Conlee 6 0.07
Total votes 8,129 100.0
1838 Illinois House of Representatives election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert Smith (incumbent) 1,180 18.46
Whig William Otwell 1,131 17.69
Whig George Smith 1,129 17.66
Whig Stephen Griggs 1,121 17.53
Democratic William E. Starr 1,013 15.85
Nonpartisan John P. Lawrence 819 12.81
Total votes 6,393 100.0
1836 Illinois House of Representatives election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert Smith 1,026 21.68
Democratic James Semple 917 19.38
Whig John Hogan 786 16.61
Whig George Churchill (incumbent) 753 15.91
Democratic David Swett 653 13.80
Democratic William Gilham 597 12.62
Total votes 4,732 100.0
1835 Madison County, Illinois House District Special Election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Nathaniel Buckmaster 608 52.60
Whig George Churchill 548 47.40
Total votes 1,156 100.0
1834 Illinois House of Representatives election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Semple (incumbent) 600 24.13
Nonpartisan Jesse B. Thomas Jr. 583 23.44
Whig? John Hogan 541 21.75
Democratic? Robert Smith 466 18.74
Whig George Smith 297 11.94
Total votes 2,487 100.0

1820 – 1828

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1828 Illinois House of Representatives election
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan William Jones 289 21.46
Nonpartisan George Churchill (incumbent) 282 20.94
Nonpartisan Emanuel J. West 248 18.41
Nonpartisan David Prickett (incumbent) 236 17.52
Nonpartisan Jesse Renfro 157 11.66
Nonpartisan William Montgomery 60 4.45
Nonpartisan Daniel Meeker 40 2.97
Nonpartisan Ryderus C. Gillham 35 2.60
Total votes 1,347 100.0
1826 Illinois House of Representatives election
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan David Prickett 317 21.86
Nonpartisan George Churchill (incumbent) 249 17.17
Nonpartisan William Jones 241 16.62
Nonpartisan Erastus Brown 204 14.07
Nonpartisan William Otwell (incumbent) 177 12.21
Nonpartisan Rowland P. Allen 160 11.03
Nonpartisan William Gilham 102 7.03
Total votes 1,450 100.0
1824 Illinois House of Representatives election
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Curtis Blakeman (incumbent) 542 20.51
Nonpartisan George Churchill (incumbent) 516 19.53
Nonpartisan William Otwell 480 18.17
Nonpartisan Emanuel J. West (incumbent) 369 13.97
Nonpartisan Benaiah Robinson 369 13.97
Nonpartisan John Todd 366 13.85
Total votes 2,642 100.0
1822 Illinois House of Representatives election
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Curtis Blakeman 403 18.78
Nonpartisan Emanuel J. West 314 14.63
Nonpartisan George Churchill 304 14.17
Nonpartisan William Gilham 256 11.93
Nonpartisan John Howard 254 11.84
Nonpartisan William Jones 252 11.74
Nonpartisan Erastus Brown 239 11.14
Nonpartisan William Otwell (incumbent) 124 5.78
Total votes 2,146 100.0
1820 Illinois House of Representatives election
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Joseph Borough 633 18.66
Nonpartisan William Otwell 532 15.68
Nonpartisan Nathaniel Buckmaster 518 15.27
Nonpartisan George Churchill 449 13.24
Nonpartisan Daniel Parkinson 326 9.61
Nonpartisan John F. McCollum 312 9.20
Nonpartisan William Jones 203 5.98
Nonpartisan Isom Gillham 189 5.57
Nonpartisan Zachariah Peters 124 3.66
Nonpartisan Benjamin Stedman 106 3.13
Total votes 3,392 100.0

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