The 28th Illinois General Assembly was elected in November 1872. The session began on January 8, 1873, and adjourned on March 31, 1874.

Senate

The Illinois Senate as elected in 1872 contained 51 members, one from each state legislative district. This was the first legislative session following the Illinois Constitution of 1870, which established these districts and stated that Senators were to serve overlapping 4-year terms. George W. Burns resigned on September 20, 1873, and was replaced by Maurice Kelley. Republican

John Lourie Beveridge John Lourie Beveridge (July 6, 1824 – May 3, 1910) was the 16th Governor of Illinois, serving from 1873 to 1877. He succeeded the recently elected Richard J. Oglesby, who resigned to accept a Senate seat. Beveridge previously served in ...

was elected president of the Senate, thereby also taking on the role of acting

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. However, Governor Richard J. Oglesby was elected to the

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, ascending on January 23. This made Beveridge the acting Governor of Illinois.

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was named president, and thus lieutenant governor, in his place.

Members

# Joseph S. Reynolds # Richard S. Thompson # Miles Kehoe #

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# J. McGrath # Horace F. Waite # Rollin S. Williamson # Clark W. Upton #

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# Joseph M. Patterson # George P. Jacobs # Miles B. Castle # Eugene Canfield # William S. Brooks # Almon S. Palmer # Elmer Baldwin # James G. Strong #

Lorenzo D. Whiting Lorenzo Dow Whiting (November 17, 1819 – October 10, 1889) was an American politician from New York. Born to an early American family, Whiting worked as a store clerk before moving to Illinois in 1838 to study patent law. After a seven-year retu ...

# Edward A. Wilcox # William H. Shephard # Patrick H. Sanford # Benjamin R. Hampton # Benjamin Warren # Samuel P. Cummings # John S. Lee # Aaron B. Nicholson # John Casey # Michael Donahue # Jairus C. Sheldon # John C. Short # Charles B. Steele # Charles Voris # William B. Huntley #

Alexander Starne Alexander Starne (November 21, 1813 – March 31, 1886) was an American politician from Pennsylvania. He moved to Illinois as a young man and rose to become both 12nd Secretary of State of Illinois and 12nd Treasurer of State of Illinois. Biograp ...

# Archibald A. Glenn # George W. Burns, Maurice Kelley # William R. Archer # William Brown # Beatty T. Burke # John H. Yeager # George Gundlach # John Cunningham # George W. Henry # William J. Crews # Thomas S. Casey # Francis M. Youngblood # William K. Murphy # John Hineheliffe # Jesse Ware # Charles M. Perrell

House of Representatives

Under the Illinois Constitution of 1870, the state representatives were elected by

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, with each voter distributing three votes among the available candidates. The Illinois House of Representatives as elected in 1872 thus contained 153 members, three from each of the state's 51 districts. Republican

Shelby Moore Cullom Shelby Moore Cullom (November 22, 1829 – January 28, 1914) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate and as the 17th Governor of Illinois. He was Illinois's longest serving s ...

was elected Speaker of the House. Robert J. Cross and

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died before their terms were complete.

Members

James B. Bradwell James Bolesworth Bradwell (April 16, 1828 – November 30, 1907) was a prominent Illinois lawyer, judge, and politician. Biography James B. Bradwell was born April 16, 1828, in Loughborough, England. He was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Gutr ...

1. John A. Lomax
1. William Wayman
2. Solomon P. Hopkins
2. Frank T. Sherman
2. Charles G. Wicker
3. E. F. Cullterton
3. Constantine Kann
3. Thomas M. Halpin
4. John F. Scanlan
4. Thomas E. Ferrier
4. William H. Condon
5. William A. Herting
5. Ingwell Oleson
5. Hugh McLaughlin
6.

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6. John M. Roundtree
6. George E. Washburn
7.

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7. Charles H. Dolton
7. Hanry C. Senne
8. Richard Bishop
8. Flavel K. Granger
8. Elisha Gridley
9. Robert J. Cross, Richard F. Crawford
9. Jesse S. Hildrup
9. Duncan J. Stewart
10. Edward L. Cronkrite
10. Alfred M. Jones
10. James S. Taggart
11. James Shaw
11. James E. McPherran
11. Dean S. Efner
12. Isaac Rice
12. Henry D. Dement
12. Frederick H. Marsh
13. Lyman B. Ray
13. George M. Hollenback
13. Perry A. Armstrong
14. Sylvester S. Mann
14. Julius A. Carpenter
14. James Herrington
15. Amos Savage
15. John S. Jessup
15. Jabez Harvey
16. Millard J. Sheridan
16. Erasmus B. Collins
16. Thomas S. Sawyer
17.

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17.

Joseph Hart Joseph Hart (1711/12 – 24 May 1768) was a Calvinist minister in London. His works include ''Hart's Hymns'', a much-loved hymn book amongst evangelical Christians throughout its lifetime of over 200 years, which includes the well-known h ...

17. George W. Armstrong
18. John P. Middlecoff
18. Lucian Bullard
18. John Pollock
19. Jacob R. Mulvane
19. Cyrus Bocock
19. Mark R. Dewey
20. Dwight J. Weber
20. Nathaniel Moore
20. John G. Freeman
21. Wilder W. Warner
21. Edward H. Johnson
21. Charles Dunham
22. Alson H. Streeter
22. George P. Graham
22. Jacob S. Chambers
23. William A. Grant
23. John E. Jackson
23. E. K. Westfall
24. William Scott
24. David Rankin
24. Edward E. Lane
25. Stephen Y. Thornton
25. John A. Gray
25. John M. Darnell
26. Julius S. Starr
26. Michael C. Quinn
26. Ezra G. Webster
27. Laban M. Stroud
27. Peter J. Hawes
27. Herman W. Snow
28. Archibald E. Stewart
28. Thomas P. Rogers
28. John Cassed
29. Joab A. Race
29. Tillman Lane
29. William T. Moffit
30. John Penfield
30. C. P. Davis
30. Francis E. Bryant
31. Willis O. Pinnell
31. Henri B. Bishop
31. Jacob H. Oakwood
32. William T. Sylvester, Joseph H. Ewing
32. John A. Freeland
32. James A. Connelly
33. W. H. McDonald
33. William H. Blakely
33.

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34. James M. Truitt
34. Hiram P. Shumway
34. Elias J. C. Alexander
35. Alfred Orendorff
35. Milton Hay
35.

36. Henry H. Moose
36. William W. Easley
36. Nathaniel W. Brandon
37. Charles Ballou
37.

, John Tillson, Albert J. Griffin
37. Ira M. Moore
38. Melville L. Massie
38. Stephen G. Lewis
38. Henry Dresser
39. Jerome B. Nulton
39. John W. Meacham
39. John Gordon
40. William McAdams
40. Jonathan Plowman
40. Archibald L. Virden
41. Henry Weinheimer
41. Benjamin R. Hite
41. Thomas T. Ramsey
42. Fred A. Lietze
42. Charles D. Hoiles
42. Andrew G. Henry
43. Napoleon B. Morrison
43. Charles G. Smith
43. Ziba S. Swan, Alfred P. Crosby
44. Isaac N. Jaquess
44. Robert T. Forth
44. David W. Barkley
45. John L. Flanders
45. Thomas J. Golden
45. Harmon Alexander
46. Leonidas Walker
46.

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46. Patrick Dolan
47. John G. Newton
47. James R. Loomis
47. Samuel M. Mitchell
48.

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48. William Neville
48. Austin James
49. Bernard Wick, Spencer M. Kase
49. Luke H. Hite
49. John Thomas
50. William A. Lemma
50. Matthew J. Inscore
50.

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51. James L. Wymore
51. Francis M. McGee
51. Newton R. Casey

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1873 in Illinois 1874 in Illinois

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House of Representatives

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