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

Members

  1. Joseph S. Reynolds
  2. Richard S. Thompson
  3. Miles Kehoe
  4. Samuel K. Dow
  5. J. McGrath
  6. Horace F. Waite
  7. Rollin S. Williamson
  8. Clark W. Upton
  9. John Early
  10. Henry Green
  11. Joseph M. Patterson
  12. George P. Jacobs
  13. Miles B. Castle
  14. Eugene Canfield
  15. William S. Brooks
  16. Almon S. Palmer
  17. Elmer Baldwin
  18. James G. Strong
  19. Lorenzo D. Whiting
  20. Edward A. Wilcox
  21. William H. Shephard
  22. Patrick H. Sanford
  23. Benjamin R. Hampton
  24. Benjamin Warren
  25. Samuel P. Cummings
  26. John S. Lee
  27. Aaron B. Nicholson
  28. John Casey
  29. Michael Donahue
  30. Jairus C. Sheldon
  31. John C. Short
  32. Charles B. Steele
  33. Charles Voris
  34. William B. Huntley
  35. Alexander Starne
  36. Archibald A. Glenn
  37. George W. Burns, Maurice Kelley
  38. William R. Archer
  39. William Brown
  40. Beatty T. Burke
  41. John H. Yeager
  42. George Gundlach
  43. John Cunningham
  44. George W. Henry
  45. William J. Crews
  46. Thomas S. Casey
  47. Francis M. Youngblood
  48. William K. Murphy
  49. John Hineheliffe
  50. Jesse Ware
  51. Charles M. Perrell

    House of Representatives

Under the, 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

1. James B. Bradwell

1. John A. Lomax

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

7. Charles H. Dolton

7. Hanry C. Senne

8. Richard Bishop

8. Flavel K. Granger

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

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

14. Sylvester S. Mann

14. Julius A. Carpenter

14. James Herrington

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

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

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

34. James M. Truitt

34. Hiram P. Shumway

34. Elias J. C. Alexander

35. Alfred Orendorff

35. Milton Hay

35. Shelby Moore Cullom

36. Henry H. Moose

36. William W. Easley

36. Nathaniel W. Brandon

37. Charles Ballou

37. Nehemiah Bushnell, John Tillson, 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

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

50. William A. Lemma

50. Matthew J. Inscore

50. John H. Oberly

51. James L. Wymore

51. Francis M. McGee

51. Newton R. Casey