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29th Illinois General Assembly
The 29th Illinois General Assembly was elected in November 1874. The session began on January 6, 1875 and adjourned on April 15, 1875. No party had a majority in either chamber. The Republicans had a Plurality (voting), plurality in both chambers, with 24 members in the Senate and 69 in the House, but control of the chambers was held by a coalition of Democrats, third parties, and independents. The third parties represented in this session included the Opposition Party (Illinois), Opposition Party, the Independent Reform Party, and the Democratic Liberal Party (Illinois), Democratic Liberal Party, which took many of its members (including its leader, former governor John M. Palmer (politician), John M. Palmer) and positions from the defunct Liberal Republican Party (United States), Liberal Republican Party of 1872. All of these parties were organized for the first time in 1874 and disappeared shortly thereafter, their members subsequently becoming Democrats, Greenback Party, Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
28th Illinois General Assembly
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 s:Illinois Constitution of 1870, 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 was elected president of the Senate, thereby also taking on the role of acting lieutenant governor. However, Governor Richard J. Oglesby was elected to the United States Senate, ascending on January 23. This made Beveridge the acting Governor of Illinois. John Early (politician), John Early was named president, and thus lieutenant governor, in his place. Members #Joseph S. Reynolds #Richard S. Thompson (Illino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
