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 Maurice may refer to: People *Saint Maurice (died 287), Roman legionary and Christian martyr *Maurice (emperor) or Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus (539–602), Byzantine emperor *Maurice (bishop of London) (died 1107), Lord Chancellor and Lo ...

. Republican John Lourie Beveridge was elected president of the Senate, thereby also taking on the role of acting

lieutenant governor A lieutenant governor, lieutenant-governor, or vice governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction. Often a lieutenant governor is the deputy, or lieutenant, to or ranked under a governor — a "second-in-comm ...

. However, Governor

Richard J. Oglesby Richard James Oglesby (July 25, 1824April 24, 1899) was an American soldier and Republican politician from Illinois, The town of Oglesby, Illinois, is named in his honor, as is an elementary school situated in the Auburn Gresham neighborhoo ...

was elected to the United States Senate, ascending on January 23. This made Beveridge the acting Governor of Illinois.

John Early John Early may refer to: *John Early (educator) (1814–1873), Irish-American Jesuit educator *John Early (politician) (1828–1877), Lieutenant Governor of Illinois *John Early (bishop) (1786–1873), American Methodist prelate *John Early (comedi ...

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

Members

# Joseph S. Reynolds # Richard S. Thompson #

Miles Kehoe Miles J. Kehoe (August 15, 1848 – February 16, 1916) was an Irish-American politician. Biography Miles Kehoe was born on August 15, 1848, in County Carlow, Ireland, to Arthur and Winnifred (Byrne) Kehoe. The family emigrated to Chicago the f ...

# Samuel K. Dow # J. McGrath # Horace F. Waite #

Rollin S. Williamson Rollin Samuel Williamson (May 23, 1839 – August 11, 1889) was an American politician, jurist, and telegraph operator from Vermont. After learning the telegraph trade in Boston, Massachusetts, Williamson moved to Illinois in 1857. He was appo ...

# Clark W. Upton #

# Henry Green # 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 #

Edward A. Wilcox Edward A. Wilcox (September 8, 1830 – September 23, 1910) was an American physician and politician from Pennsylvania. Coming to Illinois at a young age with his family, Wilcox attended both public and private schooling before matriculating at ...

# 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 Illinois Secretary of State and Illinois Treasurer. Biography Alexander Starne was b ...

# Archibald A. Glenn # George W. Burns,

# William R. Archer # William Brown # Beatty T. Burke # John H. Yeager # George Gundlach # John Cunningham # George W. Henry # William J. Crews #

Thomas S. Casey Thomas S. Casey (April 6, 1832 – March 1, 1891) was an American politician and judge. Casey was born in Jefferson County, Illinois and sent to the public schools. He graduated from McKendree College and then studied law. In 1851, Casey was ...

Francis M. Youngblood Francis Marion Youngblood (March 15, 1835 – December 12, 1907) was an American politician and lawyer. Youngblood was born on a farm near Sunfield, Illinois in Perry County, Illinois. He went to the public schools. In 1859, he was elected ...

# 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 cumulative voting, 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 was elected Speaker of the House. Robert J. Cross and Nehemiah Bushnell 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 (Gut ...

John A. Lomax John Avery Lomax (September 23, 1867 – January 26, 1948) was an American teacher, a pioneering musicologist, and a folklorist who did much for the preservation of American folk music. He was the father of Alan Lomax, John Lomax Jr. and Bess ...

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

Daniel Booth Daniel Booth (died 7 June 1788) was Governor of the Bank of England from 1779 to 1781. He had been Deputy Governor from 1777 to 1779. He replaced Peter Gaussen as Governor and was succeeded by William Ewer. Booth's tenure as Governor occurred d ...

7. Charles H. Dolton
7. Hanry C. Senne
8. Richard Bishop
8.

Flavel K. Granger Flavel Kingsley Granger (May 16, 1832 – June 10, 1905) was an American politician and lawyer. Granger was born in Wayne County, New York and went to the public schools in Sodus, New York. He moved to Waukegan, Illinois in 1853 and studied la ...

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 Alfred Miles Jones (February 5, 1837 – July 8, 1910), nicknamed "Long" Jones, was an American politician and businessman. Born in New Hampshire, Jones came with his family to Illinois in 1847. Jones became a prominent politician in Jo Davies ...

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 Perry Austin Armstrong (April 15, 1823 – December 23, 1904) was a business person, surveyor, attorney, two-time member of the Illinois House of Representatives and historian. Born in Ohio and raised in southern Illinois, he spent most of his ...

14. Sylvester S. Mann
14. Julius A. Carpenter
14.

James Herrington James Herrington (June 6, 1824 – July 7, 1890) was an American politician from Pennsylvania. Coming with his family to Illinois at a young age, he joined a Chicago printing house to support his family. He apprenticed under Long John Wentworth ...

15. Amos Savage
15. John S. Jessup
15. Jabez Harvey
16. Millard J. Sheridan
16. Erasmus B. Collins
16. Thomas S. Sawyer
17. Lewis Soule
17. Joseph Hart
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 Edward Emerson Lane (January 28, 1924 – August 19, 2009) was a Virginia lawyer and politician. As a Democrat, Lane represented Richmond, Virginia (and for a limited time parts of surrounding Henrico County) in the Virginia House of Delegates fr ...

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 Herman Wilber Snow (July 3, 1836 – August 25, 1914) was an American politician who served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois, the sergeant at arms of the United States House of Representatives, a ...

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.

Benson Wood Benson Wood (March 31, 1839 – August 27, 1915) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Early life and military service Born near Bridgewater, Pennsylvania, Wood attended the common schools, Montrose (Pennsylvania) Academy, and Wyoming (Penns ...

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

Milton Hay Milton Hay (July 3, 1817–September 16, 1893) was an American politician and lawyer. Biography Hay was born in Lexington, Kentucky. He moved with his family to Springfield, Illinois in 1832. He went to the public schools and was taught at ho ...

35. Shelby Moore Cullom
36. Henry H. Moose
36. William W. Easley
36. Nathaniel W. Brandon
37. Charles Ballou
37. Nehemiah Bushnell,

John Tillson John Tillson (October 25, 1825 – August 6, 1892) was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, and politician. Born in Hillsboro, Illinois, Tillson went to Hillsboro Academy and Illinois College. In 1847, Tillson received his law degree from ...

, 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.

Robert S. Anderson Robert Stewart Anderson (born November 17, 1952) is an American geomorphologist at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research. Anderson graduated from Williams College in 1974 and pursued a master's and doctoral degree from Stanford University ...

46. Patrick Dolan
47. John G. Newton
47. James R. Loomis
47. Samuel M. Mitchell
48. John W. Platt
48. William Neville
48. Austin James
49. Bernard Wick, Spencer M. Kase
49. Luke H. Hite
49.

John Thomas John Thomas may refer to: Politics United Kingdom * John Thomas (c. 1490–1540/42), British Member of Parliament for Truro * John Thomas (c. 1531–1581/90), British Member of Parliament for Mitchell * John Thomas (British politician) (1897 ...

50. William A. Lemma
50. Matthew J. Inscore
50.

John H. Oberly John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

51. James L. Wymore
51. Francis M. McGee
51.

Newton R. Casey Newton R. Casey (January 27, 1826 – June 6, 1899) was an American doctor and politician from Illinois. A son of Zadok Casey, Casey attended Ohio University and practiced medicine in Benton and Mount Vernon, Illinois. In 1858, he moved to the ...

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