# 5th Illinois General Assembly

The 5th Illinois General Assembly, consisting of the Illinois Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives, met from December 4, 1826, to February 19, 1827, at The Vandalia State House. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the provisions of the First Illinois Constitution. Political parties were not established in Illinois at the time.
The 5th General Assembly was preceded by the 4th Illinois General Assembly, and was succeeded by the 6th Illinois General Assembly.

## Members

Senators and Representatives were both allotted to counties roughly by population and elected at-large within their districts. Bond and Montgomery counties shared a single senator.

### Senate

| Jurisdiction(s) represented | Senator | First elected | Remarks |
| Bond County; Montgomery County | Francis Kirkpatrick | 1824 | |
| Clark County | William B. Archer | 1826 | |
| Edwards County | Stephen Bliss | 1824 | |
| Gallatin County | Timothy Gard | 1826 | |
| Greene County | Thomas Carlin | 1824 | |
| Jackson County | Joseph Duncan | 1824 | Resigned February 19, 1827 |
| Jefferson County | Zadok Casey | 1826 | |
| Johnson County | John Ewing | 1824 | |
| Madison County | Joseph Conway | 1824 | |
| Monroe County | Joseph A. Beaird† | 1822 | |
| Morgan County | Archibald Job | 1826 | |
| Pope County | Samuel Alexander | 1820 | |
| Randolph County | Raphael Widen | 1824 | |
| Sangamon County | Elijah Iles | 1826 | |
| St. Clair County | James Lemen | 1822 | |
| Union County | George Hunsacker | 1826 | |
| Wayne County | James Bird | 1824 | |
| White County | Daniel Hay | 1824 | |

### House of Representatives

| Jurisdiction(s) represented | Representative |
| Clark County | John Alexander |
| Clark County | Charles Ives |
| Crawford County | John C. Alexander |
| Edwards County | Henry I. Mills |
| Fayette County | William Berry |
| Fayette County | Robert K. McLaughlin |
| Franklin County | Thomas M. Dorris |
| Gallatin County | John McLean |
| Gallatin County | Francis Prince |
| Greene County | John Allen |
| Greene County | Alfred W. Cavarly |
| Hamilton County | James Hall |
| Jackson County | Conrad Will |
| Jefferson County | Nicholas Wren |
| Lawrence County | Samuel H. Clubb |
| Madison County | George Churchill |
| Madison County | David Prickett |
| Monroe County | Thomas James |
| Morgan County | John Leeper |
| Morgan County | John Lieb |
| Pike County | Henry J. Ross |
| Pope County | William Sims |
| Randolph County | John Lacy |
| Randolph County | Thomas Reynolds |
| Sangamon County | Job Fletcher |
| Sangamon County | Mordecai Mobley |
| Sangamon County | Jonathan H. Pugh |
| St. Clair County | David Blackwell |
| St. Clair County | John Reynolds |
| Union County | Benjamin W. Brooks |
| Union County | Alexander P. Field |
| Wabash County | Henry Utter |
| Washington County | Charles Slade |
| Wayne County | William B. Davis |
| White County | William McHenry |
| White County | John Ridgway |

## Employees
### Senate

* Secretary: Emanuel J. West
* Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk: A.F. Grant
* Sergeant at Arms: Joseph Chance

### House of Representatives

* Clerk: William Lee D. Ewing
* Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk: H. Roundtree
* Doorkeeper: Bowling Green