18th Illinois General Assembly

The 18th Illinois General Assembly, consisting of the Illinois Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives, met from January 3, 1853, to February 14, 1853 (1st session); and from February 9, 1854, to March 4, 1854 (2nd session).

The 18th General Assembly was preceded by the 17th Illinois General Assembly, and was succeeded by the 19th Illinois General Assembly.

The Constitution of 1848, fixed the Senate at twenty-five members and the House at seventy-five members. The Constitution of 1848 also divided the state into 25 Senate districts and 54 House districts.

House

District	Counties represented	Image	Representative	Remarks
1	Alexander · Pulaski · Union		John Cochran
2	Hardin · Massac · Pope		Wesley Sloan
3	Gallatin · Saline		David B. Russell
4	Johnson · Williamson		David Y. Bridges
5	Franklin · Jackson	Error creating thumbnail:	John A. Logan
6	Hamilton · Jefferson · Marion · Wayne		John Wilbanks
			Alexander Campbell
			John A. Wilson
7	White		Daniel L. Jones
8	Edwards · Wabash		Victor B. Bell
9	Lawrence · Richland		William H. Christy
10	Crawford · Jasper		William H. Sterret
11	Coles		William D. Watson
12	Clark		Uri Manley
13	Clay · Cumberland · Effingham		Presley Funkhouser
14	Fayette		A. J. Gallagher	Resigned
			N. M. McCurdy	Replaced Gallagher
15	Bond · Clinton · Montgomery		William H. Maddux
			William Young
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17	Randolph		[[ ]]
18	Monroe		[[ ]]
19	St.Clair		[[ ]]
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20	Madison		[[ ]]
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21	Macoupin		[[ ]]
22	Greene · Jersey		[[ ]]
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23	Scott		[[ ]]
24	Morgan		[[ ]]
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25	Cass · Menard		[[ ]]
26	Sangamon		[[ ]]
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27	Logan · Mason		[[ ]]
28	Tazewell		[[ ]]
29	DeWitt · McLean		[[ ]]
30	Vermillion		[[ ]]
31	Edgar		[[ ]]
32	Champaign · Macon · Moultrie· Piatt		[[ ]]
33	Christian · Shelby		[[ ]]
34	Calhoun · Pike		[[ ]]
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35	Adams · Brown		[[ ]]
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36	Schuyler		[[ ]]
37	Hancock		[[ ]]
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38	McDonough		[[ ]]
39	Fulton		[[ ]]
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40	Peoria		[[ ]]
41	Knox		[[ ]]
42	Henderson · Mercer · Warren		[[ ]]
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43	Henry · Rock Island · Stark		[[ ]]
44	Lee · Whiteside		[[ ]]
45	Carroll · Ogle		[[ ]]
46	Jo Daviess · Stephenson		[[ ]]
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47	Winnebago		[[ ]]
48	Marshall · Putnam · Woodford		[[ ]]
49	Bureau · Grundy · LaSalle · Livingston		[[ ]]
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50	Dupage · Iroquois · Kendall · Will		[[ ]]
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51	DeKalb · Kane		[[ ]]
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52	Boone · McHenry		[[ ]]
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53	Lake		[[ ]]
54	Cook	File:William Bradshaw Egan.jpg	W. B. Eagan
			Homer Wilmarth