2nd Illinois General Assembly

2nd Illinois General Assembly

Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Senate House of Representatives
Leadership
President of the Senate	Pierre Menard, Independent
Speaker of the House of Representatives	John McLean, Independent
Seats	14 Senators 29 Representatives
Meeting place

Vandalia, Illinois

The 2nd Illinois General Assembly, consisting of the Illinois Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives, met from December 4, 1820 to February 15, 1821 during the second two years of Shadrach Bond's 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.

It was preceded by the 1st Illinois General Assembly. It was succeeded by the 3rd Illinois General Assembly.

Members

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. Two counties shared one senator.

Senate

Bond County

Martin Jones

Crawford County

Joseph Kitchell

Edwards County

Robert Frazier

Gallatin County

Michael Jones

Jackson County

William Boon

Johnson and Franklin Counties

Milton Ladd

Madison County

George Cadwell

Monroe County

Alexander Jamison

Pope County

Lewis Barker

St. Clair County

James Lemen Jr.

Randolph County

Samuel Crozier

Union County

Edmund B. W. Jones

Washington County

Zariah Maddux

White County

Leonard White

House of Representatives