29th Illinois General Assembly
# 29th Illinois General Assembly

The 29th Illinois General Assembly was elected in November 1874. The session began on January 6, 1875 and adjourned on April 15, 1875. No party had a majority in either chamber. The Republicans had a plurality in both chambers, with 24 members in the Senate and 69 in the House, but control of the chambers was held by a coalition of Democrats, third parties, and independents.

The third parties represented in this session included the Opposition Party, the Independent Reform Party, and the Democratic Liberal Party, which took many of its members (including its leader, former governor John M. Palmer) and positions from the defunct Liberal Republican Party of 1872. All of these parties were organized for the first time in 1874 and disappeared shortly thereafter, their members subsequently becoming Democrats, Greenbackers, or independents.

The three-sided tensions between Democrats, Republicans and reformers led to frequent turmoil during the session, including a violent brawl that erupted in the House when Republican Alfred M. Jones threw a book at Democrat Lewis Plater. Partly due to this climate, fewer laws were passed during this session than any session since the 1830s; amounting to only 118 pages. The expenses incurred by this General Assembly were also commensurately lower, at $221,810—less than half the amount incurred by the preceding 28th General Assembly.

The 204 members of the 29th Illinois General Assembly are listed in the 1875 Illinois Legislative Manual. Because the Manual is not entirely consistent in its labeling of third-party members of the General Assembly, those identified as "Liberal Republican", "Liberal", or "Democratic Liberal" are counted as a single group in the party totals below. Likewise, the one member of the House labeled simply as "Reform" is treated as a member of the Independent Reform Party for the purpose of the totals.

## Senate

The Illinois Senate as elected in 1874 contained 51 members, one from each state legislative district. Under the Illinois Constitution of 1870, Senators served overlapping 4-year terms; thus, 26 of the senators in the 29th General Assembly were elected in 1874, the remainder having been elected in 1872. They ranged in age from 30 to 65.

Democrat Archibald A. Glenn was elected president of the Senate, thereby also taking on the role of acting lieutenant governor.

### Party composition

The Senate of the 29th General Assembly consisted of 24 Republicans, 18 Democrats, and 9 third-party and independent members.

| Affiliation | Members |
| - | - |
| Republican Party | 24 |
| Democratic Party | 18 |
| Independent | 5 |
| Independent Reform Party | 2 |
| Liberal Republican/"Liberal"/Democratic Liberal | 2 |
| Total | 51 |

### Members

| District | Jurisdiction(s) represented | Senator | Party | First elected | Committees |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cook County: Chicago wards 1, 2, 10, 11 | John C. Haines | Independent | 1874 | Revenue; Municipalities; Corporations; Banks, Banking; State Charitable Institutions; State Educational Institutions; Appropriation |
| 2 | Cook County: Chicago wards 3, 4, 5; Townships of Hyde Park and Lake | Richard S. Thompson | Republican | 1872 | Judiciary; Municipalities; Federal Relations; Elections |
| 3 | Cook County: Chicago wards 6, 7, 8 | Miles Kehoe | Democratic | 1872 | Warehouses; Municipalities; Canals, Rivers; Manufactures; Federal Relations; Elections; Enrolled and Engrossed Bills |
| 4 | Cook County: Chicago wards 9, 12, 13 | Samuel K. Dow | Republican | 1872 | Railroads; Finance; Revenue; Municipalities; Penal Institutions; Fees, Salaries |
| 5 | Cook County: Chicago wards 14, 15, 18 | John Buehler | Independent | 1874 | Railroads; Municipalities; Corporations; State Educational Institutions; Penal Institutions; Mines, Mining; Manufactures; Fees, Salaries |
| 6 | Cook County: Chicago wards 16, 17, 19, 20 | Horace F. Waite | Republican | 1870 | Warehouses; Corporations; Reformatory Institutions; Appropriation; County, Township Organization; Enrolled and Engrossed Bills |
| 7 | Cook County: Townships of New Trier, Northfield, Wheeling, Palatine, Barrington, Hanover, Schaumburg, Elk Grove, Maine, Niles, Evanston, Lake View, Jefferson, Leyden, Proviso, Riverside, Cicero, Lyons, Lemont, Palos, Worth, Calumet, Thornton, Bremen, Orland, Rich, Bloom | Michael W. Robinson | Democratic | 1874 | Judiciary; Railroads; Warehouses; Insurance; Public Buildings, Grounds; Canals, Rivers; Appropriation; Fees, Salaries |
| 8 | Lake County, McHenry County | Clark W. Upton | Republican | 1872 | Judiciary; Corporations; State Charitable Institutions; State Educational Institutions; Federal Relations |
| 9 | Boone County, Winnebago County | John Early | Republican | 1870 | Expenses General Assembly; Insurance; State Charitable Institutions; Reformatory Institutions; Canals, Rivers; Appropriation |
| 10 | Jo Daviess County, Stephenson County | Henry Green | Republican | 1872 | Insurance; Education; Horticulture; Geology and Science |
| 11 | Carroll County, Whiteside County | Henry A. Mills | Republican | 1874 | Finance; Banks, Banking; State Educational Institutions; Printing; Railroads |
| 12 | Lee County, Ogle County | George P. Jacobs | Republican | 1872 | Judiciary; Revenue; Banks, Banking; Manufactures; State Library |
| 13 | DeKalb County, Kendall County, Grundy County | Miles B. Castle | Republican | 1872 | Judicial Department; Warehouses; Finance; Revenue; Miscellany |
| 14 | DuPage County, Kane County | Eugene Canfield | Republican | 1872 | Judiciary; Judicial Department; Municipalities; Appropriation; Fees, Salaries |
| 15 | Will County | Albert O. Marshall | Republican | 1874 | Insurance; Canals, Rivers; Mines, Mining; Military Affairs |
| 16 | Iroquois County, Kankakee County | Almon S. Palmer | Republican | 1872 | Judicial Department; State Charitable Institutions; Horticulture; Enrolled and Engrossed Bills; Miscellany |
| 17 | LaSalle County | Fawcett Plumb | Independent | 1874 | Railroads; Corporations; Mines, Mining; Manufactures; County, Township Organization; Military Affairs; State Library; Geology and Science |
| 18 | Ford County, Livingston County | James G. Strong | Republican | 1870 | Warehouses; Revenue; Expenses General Assembly; Reformatory Institutions; Printing |
| 19 | Bureau County, Stark County | Lorenzo D. Whiting | Republican | 1870 | Railroads; Public Buildings, Grounds; Education; Canals, Rivers; Manufactures |
| 20 | Marshall County, Putnam County, Woodford County | Edward A. Wilcox | Republican | 1872 | State Charitable Institutions; Penal Institutions; Public Buildings, Grounds; Agriculture, Drainage; County, Township Organization; State Library |
| 21 | Henry County, Rock Island County | E.C. Moderwell | Republican | 1874 | Judicial Department; Corporations; Education; Mines, Mining; Printing; Geology and Science |
| 22 | Knox County, Mercer County | Patrick H. Sanford | Republican | 1872 | Roads, Highways, Bridges; Judiciary; Municipalities; State Charitable Institutions; County, Township Organization |
| 23 | McDonough County, Warren County | John T. Morgan | Republican | 1874 | Railroads; Warehouses; Penal Institutions; Appropriation; County, Township Organization |
| 24 | Hancock County, Henderson County | Benjamin Warren | Democratic | 1872 | Railroads; Warehouses; Finance; Revenue; Reformatory Institutions; Education; Roads, Highways, Bridges |
| 25 | Fulton County, Schuyler County | Robert Brown | Independent | 1874 | State Charitable Institutions; Penal Institutions; Education; Agriculture, Drainage; Horticulture; County, Township Organization; Roads, Highways, Bridges; Elections |
| 26 | Peoria County | John S. Lee | Democratic | 1872 | Judiciary; Judicial Department; Revenue; Banks, Banking; State Charitable Institutions; Canals, Rivers; County, Township Organization; Elections |
| 27 | Logan County, Tazewell County | James W. Robison | Republican | 1874 | Finance; Canals, Rivers; Roads, Highways, Bridges; Horticulture; Agriculture, Drainage; Miscellany |
| 28 | McLean County | John Cusey | Republican | 1872 | Public Buildings, Grounds; Canals, Rivers; Appropriation; Agriculture, Drainage; Roads, Highways, Bridges |
| 29 | DeWitt County, Macon County | Jesse F Harrold | Independent Reform | 1874 | Expenses General Assembly; Agriculture, Drainage; County, Township Organization; Fees, Salaries; Printing; Roads, Highways, Bridges; State Library |
| 30 | Champaign County, Piatt County | Jairus C. Sheldon | Republican | 1872 | Revenue; State Educational Institutions; Manufactures; Military Affairs |
| 31 | Edgar County, Vermilion County | George Hunt | Republican | 1874 | Judicial Department; Insurance; State Educational Institutions; Penal Institutions; Mines, Mining |
| 32 | Coles County, Douglas County, Moultrie County | Charles B. Steele | Republican | 1872 | Judiciary; Railroads; State Charitable Institutions; State Educational Institutions; Federal Relations; Elections |
| 33 | Coles County, Douglas County, Moultrie County | Thomas Brewer | Democratic | 1874 | Judicial Department; Revenue; Insurance; Penal Institutions; Canals, Rivers; Fees, Salaries; Elections; Miscellany |
| 34 | Christian County, Montgomery County | William B. Hundley | Democratic | 1872 | Insurance; Banks, Banking; State Charitable Institutions; State Educational Institutions; Appropriation; Mines, Mining; Enrolled and Engrossed Bills |
| 35 | Sangamon County | William E. Shutt | Democratic | 1874 | Judiciary; Judicial Department; Expenses General Assembly; Banks, Banking; Reformatory Institutions; Public Buildings, Grounds; Appropriation; Fees, Salaries |
| 36 | Brown County, Cass County, Mason County, Menard County | Archibald A. Glenn | Democratic | 1872 | |
| 37 | Adams County | Bernard Arntzen | Democratic | 1874 | Judiciary; Judicial Department; Revenue; Insurance; Appropriation; County, Township Organization; Printing; Elections |
| 38 | Calhoun County, Scott County, Pike County | William R. Archer | Democratic | 1872 | Judicial Department; Judiciary; Railroads; Canals, Rivers; County, Township Organization; Federal Relations; Miscellany |
| 39 | Greene County, Morgan County | Charles D. Hodges | Democratic | 1874 | Judiciary; Finance; Revenue; Corporations; State Charitable Institutions; State Educational Institutions; Education; Canals, Rivers |
| 40 | Jersey County, Macoupin County | Beatty T. Burke | Democratic | 1872 | Finance; Revenue; Expenses General Assembly; Municipalities; Fees, Salaries; Military Affairs; Roads, Highways, Bridges; Miscellany |
| 41 | Madison County | W.H. Krome | Democratic | 1874 | Judicial Department; Railroads; Municipalities; Corporations; State Charitable Institutions; Education; Federal Relations; State Library |
| 42 | Bond County, Clinton County, Washington County | George Gundlach | Liberal Republican | 1872 | Railroads; State Charitable Institutions; Reformatory Institutions; Public Buildings, Grounds; Agriculture, Drainage; Manufactures; Miscellany |
| 43 | Fayette County, Marion County | John Thompson | Democratic | 1874 | Expenses General Assembly; State Charitable Institutions; State Educational Institutions; Penal Institutions; Horticulture; Geology and Science; Agriculture, Drainage; Roads, Highways, Bridges |
| 44 | Clay County, Richland County, Edwards County, Wabash County, Wayne County | George W. Henry | Republican | 1872 | Judicial Department; Railroads; Penal Institutions; Education; Fees, Salaries |
| 45 | Clark County, Crawford County, Lawrence County, Jasper County | O. V. Smith | Democratic | 1874 | Warehouses; Expenses General Assembly; Insurance; State Educational Institutions; Reformatory Institutions; Education; Horticulture; Enrolled and Engrossed Bills |
| 46 | Hamilton County, Jefferson County, White County | Thomas S. Casey | Democratic | 1874 | Judiciary; Judicial Department; Corporations; Penal Institutions; Public Buildings, Grounds; Appropriation; Printing |
| 47 | Franklin County, Williamson County, Saline County, Gallatin County | William H. Parish | Independent Reform | 1874 | Judiciary; Warehouses; Municipalities; Insurance; Penal Institutions; Education; Appropriation; Geology and Science |
| 48 | Monroe County, Randolph County, Perry County | William K. Murphy | "Liberal" | 1872 | Judiciary; Judicial Department; Finance; Municipalities; Insurance; Banks, Banking; Mines, Mining; Federal Relations |
| 49 | St. Clair County | Jefferson Rainey | Democratic | 1874 | Railroads; State Educational Institutions; Penal Institutions; Canals, Rivers; Agriculture, Drainage; Horticulture; Mines, Mining; Printing |
| 50 | Alexander County, Jackson County, Union County | Jesse Ware | Democratic | 1872 | Judicial Department; Finance; Revenue; State Charitable Institutions; State Educational Institutions; Education; Canals, Rivers; County, Township Organization |
| 51 | Hardin County, Pulaski County, Massac County, Johnson County, Pope County | Samuel M. Glassford | Independent | 1874 | Railroads; Penal Institutions; Appropriation; Agriculture, Drainage; Mines, Mining; Military Affairs; Roads, Highways, Bridges |

## 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 1874 thus contained 153 members, three from each of the state's 51 districts. However, only 152 members were present for the 29th General Assembly, as Robert Thiem of Cook County failed to make an appearance.

The members of the House were overwhelmingly new; only 32 of them had previously served in the General Assembly. They ranged in age from 26 to 75; nearly half (72) were farmers. Among the 152 seated members, there were 70 Republicans, 41 Democrats, and 41 independents and reformers.

Opposition Party member Elijah Haines was elected Speaker by a coalition of Democrats, independents and reformers, despite lacking the support of some Democrats.

### Party composition

   As might have been expected, the deliberations of a body composed of elements so heterogeneous and conglomerate as was the house were anything but harmonious. The working of the newly-cemented union between elements so diverse proved anything but satisfactory, even to its component parts.

John Moses

| Affiliation | Members |
| - | - |
| Republican Party | 69 |
| Democratic Party | 41 |
| Independent | 17 |
| Independent Reform Party | 10 |
| Opposition Party | 8 |
| Independent Democrat | 3 |
| Liberal Republican/"Liberal"/Democratic Liberal | 2 |
| "Mixed" | 1 |
| Total | 152 |

### Members

| District | Jurisdiction(s) represented | Representative | Party | First elected | Committees |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cook County: Chicago wards 1, 2, 10, 11 | James B. Bradwell | Republican | 1872 | Judiciary; Banks and Banking; Printing |
| 1 | Cook County: Chicago wards 1, 2, 10, 11 | Lincoln Dubois | Republican | 1874 | Municipal Affairs; Printing; Railroads; Insurance |
| 1 | Cook County: Chicago wards 1, 2, 10, 11 | Moses J. Wentworth | Opposition | 1874 | Judiciary; Libraries; Enrolled and Engrossed Bills; Militia |
| 2 | Cook County: Chicago wards 3, 4, 5; Townships of Hyde Park and Lake | George M. Bogue | Republican | 1874 | Municipal Affairs; Appropriations; Revenue |
| 2 | Cook County: Chicago wards 3, 4, 5; Townships of Hyde Park and Lake | John Hise | Democratic | 1870 | Municipal Affairs; State Institutions; Printing; Revenue |
| 2 | Cook County: Chicago wards 3, 4, 5; Townships of Hyde Park and Lake | Solomon P. Hopkins | Republican | 1872 | Finance; Railroads; Fish and Game; Appropriations |
| 3 | Cook County: Chicago wards 6, 7, 8 | Thomas M. Halpin | Democratic | 1872 | Finance; Municipal Affairs; Revenue; Railroads |
| 3 | Cook County: Chicago wards 6, 7, 8 | William Honan | Democratic | 1874 | Executive Department; Manufactures; Commerce; Elections |
| 3 | Cook County: Chicago wards 6, 7, 8 | Conrad L. Niehoff | Democratic | 1874 | Finance; Municipal Affairs; Banks and Banking; Education |
| 4 | Cook County: Chicago wards 9, 12, 13 | William H. Condon | Democratic | 1872 | Judicial Department; Appropriations; Militia; Fees and Salaries |
| 4 | Cook County: Chicago wards 9, 12, 13 | Orrin L. Mann | Republican | 1874 | Municipal Affairs; Militia |
| 4 | Cook County: Chicago wards 9, 12, 13 | Michael M. Miller | Republican | 1874 | Judicial Department; Penitentiary; Insurance |
| 5 | Cook County: Chicago wards 14, 15, 18 | John M. Arwedson | Democratic | 1874 | Banks and Banking; Miscellaneous Subjects; Revenue; Corporations |
| 5 | Cook County: Chicago wards 14, 15, 18 | Michael J. Dunne | Democratic | 1874 | Judicial Department; Municipal Affairs; Corporations; Canal and River Improvements |
| 5 | Cook County: Chicago wards 14, 15, 18 | Carl G. Linderborg | Republican | 1874 | Horticulture; Libraries; Enrolled and Engrossed Bills; Fees and Salaries |
| 6 | Cook County: Chicago wards 16, 17, 19, 20 | John C. Barker | Republican | 1874 | State and Municipal Indebtedness; Judicial Department; Corporations |
| 6 | Cook County: Chicago wards 16, 17, 19, 20 | William H. Stickney | Opposition | 1846 | State and Municipal Indebtedness; Executive Department; Judicial Department; Counties and Township Organization |
| 6 | Cook County: Chicago wards 16, 17, 19, 20 | Robert Thiem | | 1874 | [none] |
| 7 | Cook County: Townships of New Trier, Northfield, Wheeling, Palatine, Barrington, Hanover, Schaumburg, Elk Grove, Maine, Niles, Evanston, Lake View, Jefferson, Leyden, Proviso, Riverside, Cicero, Lyons, Lemont, Palos, Worth, Calumet, Thornton, Bremen, Orland, Rich, Bloom | George Dunlap | Republican | 1874 | Warehouses; Finance; Contingent Expenses of House |
| 7 | Cook County: Townships of New Trier, Northfield, Wheeling, Palatine, Barrington, Hanover, Schaumburg, Elk Grove, Maine, Niles, Evanston, Lake View, Jefferson, Leyden, Proviso, Riverside, Cicero, Lyons, Lemont, Palos, Worth, Calumet, Thornton, Bremen, Orland, Rich, Bloom | William Freise | Opposition | 1874 | State Institutions; Roads, Highways and Bridges; State and Municipal Indebtedness; Counties and Township Organization |
| 7 | Cook County: Townships of New Trier, Northfield, Wheeling, Palatine, Barrington, Hanover, Schaumburg, Elk Grove, Maine, Niles, Evanston, Lake View, Jefferson, Leyden, Proviso, Riverside, Cicero, Lyons, Lemont, Palos, Worth, Calumet, Thornton, Bremen, Orland, Rich, Bloom | William H. Skelly | Opposition | 1874 | Public Charities; Counties and Township Organization; Elections |
| 8 | Lake County, McHenry County | Flavel K. Granger | Republican | 1872 | State and Municipal Indebtedness; Revenue; Corporations |
| 8 | Lake County, McHenry County | Elijah Haines | Opposition | 1858 | Rules |
| 8 | Lake County, McHenry County | William A. James | Republican | 1874 | Manufactures; Penitentiary; Militia |
| 9 | Boone County, Winnebago County | Andrew Ashton | Independent | 1874 | Finance; Manufactures; Miscellaneous Subjects; Revenue |
| 9 | Boone County, Winnebago County | Myron K. Avery | Republican | 1874 | Banks and Banking; Commerce; Roads, Highways and Bridges |
| 9 | Boone County, Winnebago County | Richard F. Crawford | Republican | 1872 | Judiciary; Corporations; Insurance |
| 10 | Jo Daviess County, Stephenson County | Edward L. Cronkrite | Independent | 1872 | State and Municipal Indebtedness; Municipal Affairs; Commerce; Appropriations |
| 10 | Jo Daviess County, Stephenson County | Alfred M. Jones | Republican | 1872 | Rules; Penitentiary; Revenue; Insurance |
| 10 | Jo Daviess County, Stephenson County | Forest Turner | Independent Reform | 1874 | Warehouses; Mileage; Appropriations; Agriculture |
| 11 | Carroll County, Whiteside County | Norman D. French | Republican | 1874 | Geological Survey; Public Charities; Fish and Game |
| 11 | Carroll County, Whiteside County | Albert R. McCoy | Independent Democrat | 1874 | Judiciary; Judicial Department; Counties and Township Organization; Militia; Corporations |
| 11 | Carroll County, Whiteside County | Tyler McWhorter | Republican | 1874 | Mines and Mining; Public Buildings and Grounds; Agriculture |
| 12 | Lee County, Ogle County | Henry D. Dement | Republican | 1872 | Manufactures; Appropriations; Revenue |
| 12 | Lee County, Ogle County | Frederick H. Marsh | Independent Democrat | 1872 | Banks and Banking; Penitentiary; Militia; Railroads |
| 12 | Lee County, Ogle County | Isaac Rice | Republican | 1872 | Warehouses; State Institutions; Education |
| 13 | DeKalb County, Kendall County, Grundy County | D.B. Bailey | Republican | 1874 | State and Municipal Indebtedness; Counties and Township Organization; Miscellaneous Subjects |
| 13 | DeKalb County, Kendall County, Grundy County | Phillip Collins | Independent | 1874 | Penitentiary; Roads, Highways and Bridges; Claims |
| 13 | DeKalb County, Kendall County, Grundy County | Joshua McGrath | Independent | 1874 | Warehouses; Counties and Township Organization; Public Buildings and Grounds |
| 14 | DuPage County, Kane County | James F. Claflin | Republican | 1874 | Libraries; Railroads; Fees and Salaries |
| 14 | DuPage County, Kane County | Victor Fredenhagen | Opposition | 1874 | State Institutions; Corporations; Executive Department; Contingent Expenses of House |
| 14 | DuPage County, Kane County | James Herrington | Democratic | 1872 | Banks and Banking; Revenue; Railroads; Federal Relations |
| 15 | Will County | Luke H. Goodrich | Republican | 1874 | Enrolled and Engrossed Bills; Finance; Executive Department |
| 15 | Will County | William Mooney | Independent | 1874 | Municipal Affairs; Manufactures; Fish and Game; Mines and Mining |
| 15 | Will County | Henry H. Stassen | Independent | 1874 | Public Charities; Counties and Township Organization; Drainage; Insurance |
| 16 | Iroquois County, Kankakee County | George W. Parker | Independent | 1868 | State and Municipal Indebtedness; Finance; Appropriations; Public Buildings and Grounds |
| 16 | Iroquois County, Kankakee County | Reuben Richardson | Republican | 1874 | Warehouses; Miscellaneous Subjects; Claims |
| 16 | Iroquois County, Kankakee County | George C. Wilson | Republican | 1874 | Banks and Banking; Commerce; Revenue |
| 17 | LaSalle County | George W. Armstrong | Democratic | 1844 | Retrenchment; Rules; Appropriations; Railroads |
| 17 | LaSalle County | Charles Hoffman | Independent Reform | 1874 | Commerce; Mines and Mining; Contingent Expenses of House |
| 17 | LaSalle County | Elijah H. Spicer | Republican | 1874 | Counties and Township Organization; Manufactures; Fish and Game; Claims |
| 18 | Ford County, Livingston County | Albert M. Haling | Independent | 1874 | State Institutions; Manufactures; Public Buildings and Grounds; Agriculture |
| 18 | Ford County, Livingston County | David McIntosh | Republican | 1874 | Retrenchment; Public Charities; Drainage; Railroads |
| 18 | Ford County, Livingston County | Joseph Robinson | Republican | 1874 | Retrenchment; Fish and Game; Fees and Salaries |
| 19 | Bureau County, Stark County | A. Hammond | Republican | 1874 | Horticulture; Education; Insurance |
| 19 | Bureau County, Stark County | J.J Herron | Independent Reform | 1874 | Judiciary; Judicial Department; Federal Relations; Education |
| 19 | Bureau County, Stark County | Jonas More | Republican | 1874 | Drainage; Contingent Expenses of House; Warehouses |
| 20 | Marshall County, Putnam County, Woodford County | Henry J. Frantz | Opposition | 1874 | Horticulture; Finance; Public Charities |
| 20 | Marshall County, Putnam County, Woodford County | Nathaniel Moore | Republican | 1872 | Libraries; Finance; Revenue |
| 20 | Marshall County, Putnam County, Woodford County | James T. Thornton | Republican | 1874 | Agriculture; Mileage |
| 21 | Henry County, Rock Island County | John T. Browning | Republican | 1874 | Judicial Department; State Institutions; Corporations |
| 21 | Henry County, Rock Island County | John P. Fox | Republican | 1874 | Education; Retrenchment; Roads, Highways and Bridges |
| 21 | Henry County, Rock Island County | Rufus M. Grinnell | Independent Democrat | 1874 | State and Municipal Indebtedness; Finance; Printing; Horticulture |
| 22 | Knox County, Mercer County | Curtis K. Harvey | Independent | 1874 | Judiciary; Rules; Judicial Department; Penitentiary |
| 22 | Knox County, Mercer County | John H. Lewis | Republican | 1874 | Mines and Mining; Railroads |
| 22 | Knox County, Mercer County | John T. McGinnis | Republican | 1874 | Public Charities; Drainage; Agriculture |
| 23 | McDonough County, Warren County | C.W. Boydston | Republican | 1874 | Geological Survey; Roads, Highways and Bridges; Claims |
| 23 | McDonough County, Warren County | Isaac L. Christie | Independent Reform | 1874 | Warehouses; State and Municipal Indebtedness; Miscellaneous Subjects; Printing |
| 23 | McDonough County, Warren County | A.W. King | Republican | 1874 | State and Municipal Indebtedness; Mines and Mining; Printing |
| 24 | Hancock County, Henderson County | Wellington Jenney | Democratic | 1874 | Retrenchment; Geological Survey; State and Municipal Indebtedness; Penitentiary |
| 24 | Hancock County, Henderson County | David Rankin | Republican | 1872 | Geological Survey; Finance; Penitentiary |
| 24 | Hancock County, Henderson County | Paul D. Salter | Independent | 1874 | Libraries; Roads, Highways and Bridges; Mines and Mining; Fees and Salaries |
| 25 | Fulton County, Schuyler County | Samuel P. Cummings | Democratic | 1858 | Rules; Revenue; Railroads; Counties and Township Organization |
| 25 | Fulton County, Schuyler County | James DeWitt | Republican | 1874 | Retrenchment; Public Charities; Militia |
| 25 | Fulton County, Schuyler County | Stephen Y. Thornton | Democratic | 1872 | Printing; Public Buildings and Grounds; Education; Canal and River Improvements |
| 26 | Peoria County | Patrick W. Dunne | Independent | 1874 | Judicial Department; Manufactures; Retrenchment |
| 26 | Peoria County | William Rowcliff | Republican | 1874 | Warehouses; Fees and Salaries; Agriculture |
| 26 | Peoria County | Julius S. Starr | Republican | 1872 | Judiciary; Judicial Department; Municipal Affairs |
| 27 | Logan County, Tazewell County | Richard Holmes | Republican | 1874 | Counties and Township Organization; Contingent Expenses of House |
| 27 | Logan County, Tazewell County | Robert A. Talbott | Republican | 1874 | State and Municipal Indebtedness; Executive Department; Insurance |
| 27 | Logan County, Tazewell County | Thomas Windle | Democratic | 1874 | Retrenchment; Roads, Highways and Bridges; Claims; Agriculture |
| 28 | McLean County | Thomas P. Rogers | Independent Democrat | 1872 | Penitentiary; Federal Relations; Corporations; Education |
| 28 | McLean County | Archibald E. Stewart | Republican | 1872 | Horticulture; State Institutions; Mines and Mining |
| 28 | McLean County | John F. Winter | Republican | 1874 | Judicial Department; Elections; Fees and Salaries |
| 29 | DeWitt County, Macon County | Samuel S. Jack | Independent | 1874 | Enrolled and Engrossed Bills; Commerce; Education; Insurance |
| 29 | DeWitt County, Macon County | Shaw Pease | Independent | 1874 | Retrenchment; Warehouses; Finance; Agriculture |
| 29 | DeWitt County, Macon County | John H. Tyler | Republican | 1874 | Commerce; Horticulture; Federal Relations |
| 30 | Champaign County, Piatt County | George H. Benson | Independent | 1874 | Warehouses; State Institutions; Commerce; Appropriations |
| 30 | Champaign County, Piatt County | William C. Hubbart | Republican | 1874 | Warehouses; Retrenchment; Public Charities |
| 30 | Champaign County, Piatt County | William M. Phillips | Republican | 1862 | Public Charities; Counties and Township Organization; Fees and Salaries |
| 31 | Edgar County, Vermilion County | W.S. O'Hair | Democratic | 1874 | Public Charities; Banks and Banking; Elections; Fees and Salaries |
| 31 | Edgar County, Vermilion County | Andrew Gundy | Republican | 1874 | Manufactures; Mines and Mining |
| 31 | Edgar County, Vermilion County | John Sidell | Republican | 1874 | Railroads; Public Buildings and Grounds; Agriculture |
| 32 | Coles County, Douglas County, Moultrie County | James A. Connolly | Republican | 1872 | Judiciary; Rules; Penitentiary |
| 32 | Coles County, Douglas County, Moultrie County | E.M. Vause | Independent Reform | 1874 | Geological Survey; Roads, Highways and Bridges; Agriculture |
| 32 | Coles County, Douglas County, Moultrie County | Richard A. Wilson | Independent Reform | 1874 | Geological Survey; Fish and Game; Printing; Agriculture |
| 33 | Coles County, Douglas County, Moultrie County | William Chew | Republican | 1874 | Judicial Department; Corporations; Education |
| 33 | Coles County, Douglas County, Moultrie County | William Gillmore | Democratic | 1874 | Railroads; Public Charities; Appropriations; Insurance |
| 33 | Coles County, Douglas County, Moultrie County | William Middlesworth | Democratic | 1864 | Penitentiary; Revenue; Railroads; Public Buildings and Grounds |
| 34 | Christian County, Montgomery County | John C. Hagler | Democratic | 1874 | Retrenchment; Municipal Affairs; Manufactures; Public Buildings and Grounds |
| 34 | Christian County, Montgomery County | William F. Mulkey | Democratic | 1874 | Manufactures; Elections; Public Buildings and Grounds; Penitentiary |
| 34 | Christian County, Montgomery County | Levi Scott | Republican | 1874 | Commerce; Elections; Railroads |
| 35 | Sangamon County | Shelby M. Cullom | Republican | 1856 | Judiciary; Rules; Municipal Affairs |
| 35 | Sangamon County | Fred Gehring | Democratic Liberal | 1874 | Mines and Mining; Elections; Printing; Education |
| 35 | Sangamon County | Josiah L. Wilcox | Democratic | 1874 | Finance; Appropriations; Militia; Public Buildings and Grounds |
| 36 | Brown County, Cass County, Mason County, Menard County | Nathaniel W. Branson | Republican | 1872 | Judiciary; Judicial Department; Penitentiary; Federal Relations |
| 36 | Brown County, Cass County, Mason County, Menard County | A.G. Nance | Democratic | 1874 | Warehouses; Public Buildings and Grounds; Education |
| 36 | Brown County, Cass County, Mason County, Menard County | John W. Pugh | Democratic | 1874 | Retrenchment; Libraries; Agriculture |
| 37 | Adams County | Thomas J. Bates | Democratic | 1874 | State Institutions; Counties and Township Organization; Commerce; Drainage |
| 37 | Adams County | Rezin H. Downing | Republican | 1874 | Warehouses; Roads, Highways and Bridges; Elections |
| 37 | Adams County | Ira M. Moore | Democratic Liberal | 1872 | Judiciary; Judicial Department; Municipal Affairs; Education |
| 38 | Calhoun County, Scott County, Pike County | James Callans | Democratic | 1874 | Libraries; Finance; Judicial Department; Education |
| 38 | Calhoun County, Scott County, Pike County | Joseph S. Harvey | Democratic | 1874 | State and Municipal Indebtedness; Executive Department; Roads, Highways and Bridges |
| 38 | Calhoun County, Scott County, Pike County | John Moses | Republican | 1874 | Appropriations; Mines and Mining; Public Buildings and Grounds |
| 39 | Greene County, Morgan County | John Gordon | Republican | 1872 | Finance; State Institutions; Roads, Highways and Bridges; Corporations |
| 39 | Greene County, Morgan County | Andrew J. Thompson | Democratic | 1874 | Horticulture; Libraries; State Institutions; Public Buildings and Grounds |
| 39 | Greene County, Morgan County | Samuel Wood | Democratic | 1874 | Appropriations; Claims; Revenue; Railroads |
| 40 | Jersey County, Macoupin County | Samuel S. Gilbert | Democratic | 1874 | Judiciary; Judicial Department; Public Charities; Insurance |
| 40 | Jersey County, Macoupin County | Henry F. Martin | Republican | 1874 | State and Municipal Indebtedness; Banks and Banking; Public Buildings and Grounds |
| 40 | Jersey County, Macoupin County | Oliver P. Powel | Independent | 1874 | Miscellaneous Subjects; Fees and Salaries; Insurance |
| 41 | Madison County | Franklin S. Pike | Democratic | 1874 | Enrolled and Engrossed Bills; State and Municipal Indebtedness; Contingent Expenses of House |
| 41 | Madison County | George A. Smith | Republican | 1874 | Geological Survey; Mileage; Militia |
| 41 | Madison County | G.H. Weigler | Democratic | 1874 | Manufactures; Roads, Highways and Bridges; Mines and Mining; Education |
| 42 | Bond County, Clinton County, Washington County | Andrew G. Henry | Republican | 1872 | Executive Department; Judicial Department; Elections |
| 42 | Bond County, Clinton County, Washington County | J.K. McMasters | Democratic | 1874 | Enrolled and Engrossed Bills; Penitentiary; Commerce; Drainage |
| 42 | Bond County, Clinton County, Washington County | William H. Moore | "Mixed" | 1874 | Mileage; Judicial Department; Public Charities; Corporations |
| 43 | Fayette County, Marion County | William R. Hubbard | Republican | 1874 | Revenue; Penitentiary; Commerce |
| 43 | Fayette County, Marion County | John B. Johnson | Independent | 1874 | Horticulture; Fish and Game; Drainage; Fees and Salaries |
| 43 | Fayette County, Marion County | Thomas E. Merritt | Democratic | 1868 | Warehouses; Judiciary; Banks and Banking; Corporations |
| 44 | Clay County, Richland County, Edwards County, Wabash County, Wayne County | Samuel R. Hall | Republican | 1874 | Counties and Township Organization; Public Buildings and Grounds; Agriculture |
| 44 | Clay County, Richland County, Edwards County, Wabash County, Wayne County | John Landrigan | Independent Reform | 1868 | Executive Department; Roads, Highways and Bridges; Appropriations; Revenue; Public Charities |
| 44 | Clay County, Richland County, Edwards County, Wabash County, Wayne County | Byron J. Rotan | Democratic | 1874 | Judicial Department; State Institutions; Claims; Corporations |
| 45 | Clark County, Crawford County, Lawrence County, Jasper County | John W. Briscoe | Democratic | 1874 | Horticulture; Elections; Miscellaneous Subjects; Railroads |
| 45 | Clark County, Crawford County, Lawrence County, Jasper County | E. Callahan | Republican | 1874 | Judiciary; State and Municipal Indebtedness; Federal Relations |
| 45 | Clark County, Crawford County, Lawrence County, Jasper County | John H. Halley | Democratic | 1874 | Judiciary; Judicial Department; Banks and Banking; Fees and Salaries |
| 46 | Hamilton County, Jefferson County, White County | Amos B. Barrett | Republican | 1874 | State Institutions; Commerce; Roads, Highways and Bridges |
| 46 | Hamilton County, Jefferson County, White County | Hiram W. Hall | Independent Reform | 1874 | Retrenchment; Militia; Contingent Expenses of House; Agriculture |
| 46 | Hamilton County, Jefferson County, White County | Boone Kershaw | Independent Reform | 1874 | Warehouses; Counties and Township Organization; Fish and Game; Corporations |
| 47 | Franklin County, Williamson County, Saline County, Gallatin County | Alexander C. Nelson | Democratic | 1874 | Libraries; Public Charities; Penitentiary; Drainage |
| 47 | Franklin County, Williamson County, Saline County, Gallatin County | Isaac Smith | "Reform" | 1874 | Warehouses; Municipal Affairs; Fish and Game; Federal Relations |
| 47 | Franklin County, Williamson County, Saline County, Gallatin County | John N. Wasson | Republican | 1874 | Judicial Department; Municipal Affairs; Corporations |
| 48 | Monroe County, Randolph County, Perry County | Jonathan Chesnutwood | Democratic | 1874 | Railroads; State and Municipal Indebtedness; Executive Department; Contingent Expenses of House |
| 48 | Monroe County, Randolph County, Perry County | Samuel C. McKee | Republican | 1874 | Retrenchment; Manufactures; Claims |
| 48 | Monroe County, Randolph County, Perry County | Joseph W. Rickert | Democratic | 1874 | Retrenchment; Roads, Highways and Bridges; Printing; Claims; Federal Relations |
| 49 | St. Clair County | William G. Kase | Democratic | 1874 | Warehouses; Judiciary; Banks and Banking; Corporations |
| 49 | St. Clair County | James Rankin | Democratic | 1874 | Mines and Mining; Elections; Contingent Expenses of House; Fees and Salaries |
| 49 | St. Clair County | John Thomas | Republican | 1838 | Counties and Township Organization; Appropriations; Agriculture |
| 50 | Alexander County, Jackson County, Union County | Fontaine E. Albright | Opposition | 1874 | Judiciary; State Institutions; Mines and Mining; Drainage |
| 50 | Alexander County, Jackson County, Union County | Matthew J. Inscore | Republican | 1872 | Enrolled and Engrossed Bills; Judicial Department; Municipal Affairs |
| 50 | Alexander County, Jackson County, Union County | Claiborn Winston | Democratic | 1874 | Judicial Department; State Institutions; Revenue; Federal Relations |
| 51 | Hardin County, Pulaski County, Massac County, Johnson County, Pope County | Benjamin Jones | Republican | 1874 | Judicial Department; Printing; Education |
| 51 | Hardin County, Pulaski County, Massac County, Johnson County, Pope County | Lewis Plater | Democratic | 1874 | Banks and Banking; Penitentiary; Militia; Insurance |
| 51 | Hardin County, Pulaski County, Massac County, Johnson County, Pope County | James R. Stegall | Independent | 1874 | Geological Survey; Mileage; Municipal Affairs; Insurance |
