# 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 Illinois Constitution of 1870, 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

* Joseph S. Reynolds
* Richard S. Thompson
* Miles Kehoe
* Samuel K. Dow
* J. McGrath
* Horace F. Waite
* Rollin S. Williamson
* Clark W. Upton
* John Early
* Henry Green
* Joseph M. Patterson
* George P. Jacobs
* Miles B. Castle
* Eugene Canfield
* William S. Brooks
* Almon S. Palmer
* Elmer Baldwin
* James G. Strong
* Lorenzo D. Whiting
* Edward A. Wilcox
* William H. Shephard
* Patrick H. Sanford
* Benjamin R. Hampton
* Benjamin Warren
* Samuel P. Cummings
* John S. Lee
* Aaron B. Nicholson
* John Casey
* Michael Donahue
* Jairus C. Sheldon
* John C. Short
* Charles B. Steele
* Charles Voris
* William B. Huntley
* Alexander Starne
* Archibald A. Glenn
* George W. Burns, Maurice Kelley
* William R. Archer
* William Brown
* Beatty T. Burke
* John H. Yeager
* George Gundlach
* John Cunningham
* George W. Henry
* William J. Crews
* Thomas S. Casey
* Francis M. Youngblood
* William K. Murphy
* John Hineheliffe
* Jesse Ware
* Charles M. Perrell

## 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 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