The 10th Illinois General Assembly, consisting of the Illinois Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives, met from December 5, 1836, to March 6, 1837 (1st session) and from July 10, 1837, to July 22, 1837 (2nd session).
The 10th General Assembly was preceded by the 9th Illinois General Assembly, and was succeeded by the 11th Illinois General Assembly.
On January 14, 1836, the ratio of population per Senate seat was fixed at 7,000, and for Representatives at 3,000 resulting in a Senate of forty members and a House of ninety-one members.Moses, p. 1155 This arrangement lasted until January 14, 1841, when a new apportionment was made.
Senate County(ies) Represented Image Senator Term Remarks McLean • Macon James Allen Greene • Calhoun John Allen 1836–1838 Cinton • Marion Benjamin Bond 1834–1838 Macoupin Joseph Borough 1836–1840 Adams Orville H. Browning 1836–1840 Warren • Knox • Henry Peter Butler Montgomery • Bond Larkin Craig 1836–1838 White William H. Davidson Madison Cyrus Edwards Sangamon Job Fletcher Gallatin William J. Gatewood Union • Alexander John H. Hacker Fulton Samuel Hackleton Peoria • Putnam John Hamlin Sangamon Archer G. Herndon Hamilton • Jefferson Levin Lane Schuyler George W. P. Maxwell Fayette • Effingham • Clay Robert K. McLaughlin Edwards • Wayne • Wabash Henry I. Mills Tazewell Benjamin Mitchell Madison • St. Clair • Monroe James B. Moore Succeeded John D. Whiteside who resigned. St. Clair John Murray Edgar Lunsford R. Noel Morgan William O'Rear McDonough • Hancock Thomas H. Owens Franklin • Jackson Braxton Parish Clark • Coles Nathaniel Parker Cook • Will Peter Pruyne Lawrence • Crawford • Jasper John C. Reilly Jasper William Ross Randolph Richard B. Servant LaSalle • Kane • Iroquois William Stadden Morgan William Thomas Greene James Turney 1836–1840 Vermillion • Champaign John W. Vance Shelby Peter Warren Morgan William Weatherford Pope • Johnson James A. Whiteside Madison • St. Clair • Monroe John D. Whiteside Resigned March 6, 1837. Succeeded by James B. Moore Jo Daviess • Rock Island • Mercer A. G. S. Wight Washington • Perry John D. Wood
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