The 49th Illinois General Assembly met from 1915 to 1917. The first session convened on January 6, 1915 and adjourned sine die on June 30, 1915.House Journal p. ii The first special session convened on November 22, 1915 and adjourned sine die on May 10, 1916.Senate Journal p. iii The second special session convened on January 11, 1916 and adjourned sine die on February 14, 1916.
Barratt O'Hara of Chicago was the Lieutenant Governor of Illinois and thus ex officio President of the Senate.Senate journal p. vi Stephen D. Canady of Hillsboro was President pro tempore of the Senate. David Shanahan of Chicago was the Speaker of the House of Representatives.House Journal p. iv Shanahan was made Temporary Speaker on February 16 after 68 ballotsHouse Journal p. 100 and was made full Speaker on February 17 on the first ballot.House Journal p. 106 In the first session 1,548 bills were introduced, of which 293 became law.House Journal p. v
Districts Illinois was divided into 51 districts, each of which elected one Senator and three Representatives. Districts were last reapportioned in 1901Almanac p. 823 and would not be reapportioned again until 1947.
The counties of each district were as follows:Almanac pp. 821–822 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 13th, 15th, 17th, 19th, 21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th, 29th, and 31st: Parts of Cook 8th: Lake, McHenry, and Boone 10th: Ogle and Winnebago 12th: Stephenson, Jo Daviess, and Carroll 14th: Kane and Kendall 16th: Marshall, Putnam, Livingston, and Woodford 18th: Peoria 20th: Grundy, Kankakee, and Iroquois 22nd: Vermillion and Edgar 24th: Champaign, Piatt, and Moultrie 26th: Ford and McLean 28th: DeWitt, Logan, and Macon 30th: Tazewell, Mason, Menard, Cass, Schuyler, and Brown 32nd: Hancock, McDonough, and Warren 33rd: Henderson, Mercer, and Rock Island 34th: Douglas, Coles, and Clark 35th: Whiteside, Lee, and DeKalb 36th: Adams, Pike, Calhoun, and Scott 37th: Henry, Stark, and Bureau 38th: Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, and Montgomery 39th: LaSalle 40th: Christian, Shelby, Cumberland, and Fayette 41st: DuPage and Will 42nd: Clinton, Marion, Clay, and Effingham 43rd: Knox and Fulton 44th: Jackson, Perry, Washington, Randolph, and Monroe 45th: Morgan and Sangamon 46th: Jefferson, Wayne, Richland, and Jasper 47th: Madison and Bond 48th: Hardin, Gallatin, White, Edwards, Wabash, Lawrence, and Crawford 49th: St. Clair 50th: Hamilton, Saline, Pope, Johnson, and Massac 51st: Franklin, Williamson, Union, Pulaski, and Alexander
Members
Senate There were 51 senators.
Unless otherwise stated, "Chairman of the Committee on X" is abbreviated to "Chairman of X", etc. +District Member Notes1st George F. Harding Jr., Republican Chairman of Revenue and FinanceSenate Synopsis p. 142nd Francis A. Hurley, Democratic 3rd Samuel A. Ettelson, Democratic Chairman of License and Miscellany4th Al F. Gorman, Democratic 5th Morton D. Hull, Republican Chairman of Public Efficiency and Civil Service, Chairman of RulesSenate Synopsis p. 156th George W. Harris, Progressive Chairman of Labor, Mines and Mining7th Frederick B. Roos, Republican Chairman of Executive CommitteeSenate Synopsis p. 168th Albert J. Olson, Republican Chairman of Agriculture, Live Stock and Dairying9th P. J. Carroll, Democratic 10th Henry Andrus, Republican 11th Percival G. Baldwin, Republican 12th Michael H. Cleary, Democratic 13th John A. Swanson, Republican 14th Thomas B. Stewart, Republican Chairman of Charitable, Penal and Reformatory Institutions15th John J. Boehm, Democratic 16th Christian Haase, Democratic 17th Edward J. Glackin, Democratic 18th John Dailey, Republican Chairman of Public Utilities19th John T. Denvir, Democratic 20th Edward C. Curtis, Republican 21st Edward J. Hughes, Democratic 22nd Martin B. Bailey, Republican Chairman of RailroadsSenate Synopsis p. 1223rd Henry W. Austin, Republican 24th Raymond B. Meeker, Democratic 25th Daniel Herlihy, Democratic26th Noah E. Franklin, Republican 27th John Broderick, Democratic 28th Willis R. Shaw, Democratic 29th Patrick J. Sullivan, Democratic 30th Walter I. Manny, Democratic 31st Willet H. Cornwell, Republican 32nd William A. Compton, Democratic 33rd Frank A. Landee, Republican 34th John R. Hamilton, Republican 35th Adam C. Cliffe, Republican 36th Charles R. McNay, Democratic 37th Clayton C. Pervier, Republican 38th Stephen D. Canady, Democratic 39th Peter E. Coleman, Democratic 40th F. Jeff Tossey, Democratic 41st Richard J. Barr, Republican 42nd F. C. Campbell, Democratic 43rd W. S. Jewell, Republican 44th Kent E. Keller, Democratic 45th Elbert S. Smith, Republican 46th W. Duff Piercy, Democratic 47th J. G. Bardill, Republican 48th J. A. Womack, Democratic 49th Paul W. Abt, Republican 50th D. T. Woodward, Democratic 51st Sam W. Latham, Republican
House of Representatives Prior to the Cutback Amendment in 1980, each district in the Illinois House of Representatives elected three members via cumulative voting. There were 79 Republicans, and the rest were mostly Democrats with a few Socialists and Progressives.
+District Member Notes1st John Griffin, Democratic William M. Brinkman, Republican Sheadrick B. Turner, Republican 2nd George U. Lipschulch, Democratic Frank Ryan, Democratic John J. Gardner, Republican 3rd John P. Walsh, Democratic Edward M. Santry, Democratic Robert R. Jackson, Republican 4th George C. Hilton, Democratic Chairman of To Visit Penal InstitutionsHouse Journal p. 186Hubert Killens, Democratic Thomas A. Boyer, Republican 5th Michael L. Igoe, Democratic Chairman of WaterwaysHouse Journal p. 186Isaac S. Rothschild, Republican John H. Helwig, Republican 6th Joseph A. Weber, Democratic Robert E. Wilson, Democratic William M. Brown, Republican 9th Robert J. Mulcahy, Democratic Joseph Placek, Democratic David Shanahan, Republican Elected Speaker12th Charles F. Franz, Democratic R. R. Thompson, Democratic John D. Turnbaugh, Republican 50th James H. Felts, Democratic Charles Curren, Republican C.A. Stewart, Republican 51st W.C. Kane, Democratic Elwood Barker, Republican Oral P. Tuttle, Republican
See also List of Illinois state legislatures
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