Illinois state legislature
The 54th Illinois General Assembly met from 1925 to 1927. Fred E. Sterling of Rockford was the Lieutenant Governor of Illinois and thus ex officio President of the Senate.[ a] Richard J. Barr of Joliet was President pro tempore of the Senate. Robert Scholes of Peoria was the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Illinois was divided into 51 districts, each of which elected one Senator and three Representatives. Districts were last reapportioned in 1901[ 1] and would not be reapportioned again until 1947.[ 2]
The counties of each district were as follows:[ 3]
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 13th, 15th, 17th, 19th, 21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th, 29th, and 31st: Parts of Cook
8th: Lake , McHenry , and Boone
10th: Ogle and Winnebago
12th: Stephenson , Jo Daviess , and Carroll
14th: Kane and Kendall
16th: Marshall , Putnam , Livingston , and Woodford
18th: Peoria
20th: Grundy , Kankakee , and Iroquois
22nd: Vermillion and Edgar
24th: Champaign , Piatt , and Moultrie
26th: Ford and McLean
28th: DeWitt , Logan , and Macon
30th: Tazewell , Mason , Menard , Cass , Schuyler , and Brown
32nd: Hancock , McDonough , and Warren
33rd: Henderson , Mercer , and Rock Island
34th: Douglas , Coles , and Clark
35th: Whiteside , Lee , and DeKalb
36th: Adams , Pike , Calhoun , and Scott
37th: Henry , Stark , and Bureau
38th: Greene , Jersey , Macoupin , and Montgomery
39th: LaSalle
40th: Christian , Shelby , Cumberland , and Fayette
41st: DuPage and Will
42nd: Clinton , Marion , Clay , and Effingham
43rd: Knox and Fulton
44th: Jackson , Perry , Washington , Randolph , and Monroe
45th: Morgan and Sangamon
46th: Jefferson , Wayne , Richland , and Jasper
47th: Madison and Bond
48th: Hardin , Gallatin , White , Edwards , Wabash , Lawrence , and Crawford
49th: St. Clair
50th: Hamilton , Saline , Pope , Johnson , and Massac
51st: Franklin , Williamson , Union , Pulaski , and Alexander
^ Almanac p. 823
^ Devine, Michael J. "State Politics" . Encyclopedia of Chicago .
^ Almanac pp. 821–822
James Langland, M.A. (1920). The Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year-Book for 1921 . Chicago, IL: The Chicago Daily News Company.