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Madison County, Illinois House District was a Representative district in the Illinois House of Representatives located within Madison County from 1818 to 1848. The district was last represented by Democrat William Martin and Whigs Curtis Blakeman, Jr. and William F. D'Wolf from December 7, 1846 to January 1, 1849. The district changed shape multiple times and was temporarily abolished over its lifetime. The district was replaced by Illinois's 20th House of Representatives district in 1849.
Representative district history
[edit]The district was first formed after the ratification of the 1818 Illinois Constitution with 3 Representative seats apportioned to the district. The district boundaries were from Madison County's modern boundaries, all the way to the northern border of the state and west to the Mississippi River border. The 1821 Apportionment Act saw the district's boundaries shrink down to its near-modern boundaries with the same number of apportioned seats. The 1826 Apportionment Act gave Madison County a salient of land north of it and reduced the number of seats apportioned to 2. The formation of Macoupin County split it into two districts with the land originally from Madison County temporarily merging into the Madison County district. The 1831 Apportionment Act saw Madison County have its boundaries reduced back to its 1821 boundaries without Macoupin County. The 1836 Apportionment Act reapportioned 3 Representative seats back. The 1841 Apportionment Act saw no changes made to the district. The district was replaced by Illinois's 20th House of Representatives district with the adoption of the 1848 Illinois Constitution.
Prominent representatives
[edit]Representative | Notes |
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![]() Samuel Whiteside |
Served as a general during the Black Hawk War |
Cyrus Edwards | Whig nominee for the 1838 Illinois gubernatorial election |
![]() James Semple |
Elected Illinois Attorney General (1832 – 1834) Elected 9th Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives (1834 – 1837) Served as Associate Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court (1843) Elected United States Senator from Illinois (1843 – 1847) |
![]() Robert Smith |
Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 1st congressional district (1843 – 1849) Elected back to the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 8th congressional district (1857 – 1859) |
![]() John Hogan |
Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 1st congressional district (1865 – 1867) |
List of representatives
[edit]1819 – 1849
[edit]Representative | Party | Party Control | Years[a] | General Assembly (GA) | Electoral History |
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District established with 1818 Illinois Constitution. | |||||
John Howard | Nonpartisan | N/A | October 5, 1818 – December 4, 1820 |
1st | Elected in 1818 Was not re-elected in 1820. |
Abraham Prickett | |||||
![]() Samuel Whiteside | |||||
Joseph Borough | December 4, 1820 – December 2, 1822 |
2nd | Elected in 1820 Was not re-elected in 1822. | ||
Nathaniel Buckmaster | |||||
William Otwell | Elected in 1820 Lost re-election in 1822. | ||||
Curtis Blakeman | December 2, 1822 – December 4, 1826 |
3rd 4th |
Elected in 1822 Re-elected in 1824 Was not re-elected in 1826. | ||
Emanuel J. West | December 2, 1822 – December 6, 1824 |
3rd | Elected in 1822 Lost re-election in 1824. | ||
George Churchill | December 2, 1822 – December 3, 1832 |
3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th |
Elected in 1822 Re-elected in 1824 Re-elected in 1826 Re-elected in 1828 Re-elected in 1830 Was not re-elected in 1832. | ||
William Otwell | December 6, 1824 – December 4, 1826 |
4th | Elected back in 1824 Lost re-election in 1826. | ||
David Prickett | December 4, 1826 – December 1, 1828 |
5th | Elected in 1826 Lost re-election in 1828. | ||
William Jones | December 1, 1828 – December 6, 1830 |
6th | Elected in 1828 Was not re-elected in 1830. | ||
John B. E. Canal | Unknown | Unknown | December 6, 1830 – December 3, 1832 |
7th | Elected in 1830 Was not re-elected in 1832. |
Cyrus Edwards | December 3, 1832 – December 1, 1834 |
8th | Elected in 1832 Was not re-elected in 1834. | ||
![]() James Semple |
December 3, 1832 – ??? |
8th 9th |
Elected in 1832 Re-elected in 1834 Was not re-elected in 1835. | ||
Democratic | 1 Democrat 1 Nonpartisan | ||||
Jesse B. Thomas Jr. | Nonpartisan | December 1, 1834 – 1835 |
9th | Elected in 1834 Was not re-elected in 1835 | |
Nathaniel Buckmaster | Democratic | 1 Democrat 1 Whig |
1835 – December 5, 1836 |
Elected in 1835 special election Was not re-elected in 1836. | |
George Churchill | Whig | 1835 – December 5, 1836 |
Elected back in 1835 special election Lost re-election in 1836. | ||
![]() Robert Smith |
Democratic | 2 Democrats 1 Whig |
December 5, 1836 – December 7, 1840 |
10th 11th |
Elected in 1836 Re-elected in 1838 Was not re-elected in 1840. |
![]() James Semple |
December 5, 1836 – December 3, 1838 |
10th | Elected back in 1836 Was not re-elected in 1838. | ||
![]() John Hogan |
Whig | Elected in 1836 Was not re-elected in 1838. | |||
William Otwell | 2 Whigs 1 Democrat |
December 3, 1838 – December 7, 1840 |
11th | Elected back in 1838 Was not re-elected in 1840. | |
George Smith | Elected in 1838 Was not re-elected in 1840. | ||||
James Reynolds | 3 Whigs | December 7, 1840 – December 5, 1842 |
12th | Elected in 1840 Was not re-elected in 1842. | |
Joseph Gillespie | |||||
Cyrus Edwards | Elected back in 1840 Was not re-elected in 1842. | ||||
Curtis Blakeman, Jr. | December 5, 1842 – December 2, 1844 |
13th | Elected back in 1842 Was not re-elected in 1844. | ||
Robert Aldrich | Elected in 1842 Was not re-elected in 1844. | ||||
John Bailhache | |||||
George Barnsback | December 2, 1844 – December 7, 1846 |
14th | Elected in 1844 Was not re-elected in 1846. | ||
Newton D. Strong | |||||
George Churchill | Elected back in 1844 Was not re-elected in 1846. | ||||
William Martin | Democratic | 2 Whigs 1 Democrat |
December 7, 1846 – January 1, 1849 |
15th | Elected in 1846 Was not re-elected in 1848. |
Curtis Blakeman, Jr. | Whig | Elected back in 1846 Was not re-elected in 1848. | |||
William F. D'Wolf | Elected in 1846 Was not re-elected in 1848. | ||||
District abolished with adoption of the 1848 Illinois Constitution. |
Electoral history
[edit]1842 – 1846
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | William Martin | 1,312 | 20.93 | |
Whig | Curtis Blakeman | 1,098 | 17.51 | |
Whig | William F. D'Wolf | 933 | 14.88 | |
Whig | George Smith | 897 | 14.31 | |
Democratic | Solomon Koepfli | 728 | 11.61 | |
Nonpartisan | Thomas Judy | 645 | 10.29 | |
Whig | Gershom Flagg | 592 | 9.44 | |
Democratic | Martin T. Kurtz | 35 | 0.56 | |
Independent Democrat | Albert G. Hall | 30 | 0.48 | |
Total votes | 6,270 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Barnsback | 1,408 | 18.24 | |
Whig | Newton D. Strong | 1,399 | 18.12 | |
Whig | George Churchill | 1,313 | 17.01 | |
Democratic | Garrett Crownover | 1,209 | 15.66 | |
Democratic | Hiram Arthur | 1,185 | 15.35 | |
Democratic | Peter Merrill | 1,142 | 14.79 | |
Independent Democrat | Frederick Hanchey | 56 | 0.73 | |
Nonpartisan | John P. Lawrence | 9 | 0.12 | |
Total votes | 7,721 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Curtis Blakeman | 1,346 | 20.19 | |
Whig | Robert Aldrich | 1,279 | 19.18 | |
Whig | John Bailhache | 1,256 | 18.84 | |
Democratic | James G. Anderson | 1,027 | 15.40 | |
Independent | Isaac Cox | 849 | 12.73 | |
Tyler Party | Thomas M. Hope | 584 | 8.76 | |
Independent Democrat | Frederick Hanchey | 162 | 2.43 | |
Nonpartisan | John P. Lawrence | 147 | 2.20 | |
Nonpartisan | William Booth | 17 | 0.25 | |
Total votes | 6,667 | 100.0 |
1834 – 1840
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Whig | James Reynolds | 1,522 | 18.72 | |
Whig | Joseph Gillespie | 1,484 | 18.26 | |
Whig | Cyrus Edwards | 1,458 | 17.94 | |
Democratic | George Kinder | 1,251 | 15.39 | |
Democratic | William E. Starr | 1,236 | 15.20 | |
Democratic | John C. Dugger | 1,172 | 14.42 | |
Democratic | Alexander Conlee | 6 | 0.07 | |
Total votes | 8,129 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Robert Smith (incumbent) | 1,180 | 18.46 | |
Whig | William Otwell | 1,131 | 17.69 | |
Whig | George Smith | 1,129 | 17.66 | |
Whig | Stephen Griggs | 1,121 | 17.53 | |
Democratic | William E. Starr | 1,013 | 15.85 | |
Nonpartisan | John P. Lawrence | 819 | 12.81 | |
Total votes | 6,393 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Robert Smith | 1,026 | 21.68 | |
Democratic | James Semple | 917 | 19.38 | |
Whig | John Hogan | 786 | 16.61 | |
Whig | George Churchill (incumbent) | 753 | 15.91 | |
Democratic | David Swett | 653 | 13.80 | |
Democratic | William Gilham | 597 | 12.62 | |
Total votes | 4,732 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Nathaniel Buckmaster | 608 | 52.60 | |
Whig | George Churchill | 548 | 47.40 | |
Total votes | 1,156 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | James Semple (incumbent) | 600 | 24.13 | |
Nonpartisan | Jesse B. Thomas Jr. | 583 | 23.44 | |
Whig? | John Hogan | 541 | 21.75 | |
Democratic? | Robert Smith | 466 | 18.74 | |
Whig | George Smith | 297 | 11.94 | |
Total votes | 2,487 | 100.0 |
1820 – 1828
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | William Jones | 289 | 21.46 | |
Nonpartisan | George Churchill (incumbent) | 282 | 20.94 | |
Nonpartisan | Emanuel J. West | 248 | 18.41 | |
Nonpartisan | David Prickett (incumbent) | 236 | 17.52 | |
Nonpartisan | Jesse Renfro | 157 | 11.66 | |
Nonpartisan | William Montgomery | 60 | 4.45 | |
Nonpartisan | Daniel Meeker | 40 | 2.97 | |
Nonpartisan | Ryderus C. Gillham | 35 | 2.60 | |
Total votes | 1,347 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | David Prickett | 317 | 21.86 | |
Nonpartisan | George Churchill (incumbent) | 249 | 17.17 | |
Nonpartisan | William Jones | 241 | 16.62 | |
Nonpartisan | Erastus Brown | 204 | 14.07 | |
Nonpartisan | William Otwell (incumbent) | 177 | 12.21 | |
Nonpartisan | Rowland P. Allen | 160 | 11.03 | |
Nonpartisan | William Gilham | 102 | 7.03 | |
Total votes | 1,450 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Curtis Blakeman (incumbent) | 542 | 20.51 | |
Nonpartisan | George Churchill (incumbent) | 516 | 19.53 | |
Nonpartisan | William Otwell | 480 | 18.17 | |
Nonpartisan | Emanuel J. West (incumbent) | 369 | 13.97 | |
Nonpartisan | Benaiah Robinson | 369 | 13.97 | |
Nonpartisan | John Todd | 366 | 13.85 | |
Total votes | 2,642 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Curtis Blakeman | 403 | 18.78 | |
Nonpartisan | Emanuel J. West | 314 | 14.63 | |
Nonpartisan | George Churchill | 304 | 14.17 | |
Nonpartisan | William Gilham | 256 | 11.93 | |
Nonpartisan | John Howard | 254 | 11.84 | |
Nonpartisan | William Jones | 252 | 11.74 | |
Nonpartisan | Erastus Brown | 239 | 11.14 | |
Nonpartisan | William Otwell (incumbent) | 124 | 5.78 | |
Total votes | 2,146 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Joseph Borough | 633 | 18.66 | |
Nonpartisan | William Otwell | 532 | 15.68 | |
Nonpartisan | Nathaniel Buckmaster | 518 | 15.27 | |
Nonpartisan | George Churchill | 449 | 13.24 | |
Nonpartisan | Daniel Parkinson | 326 | 9.61 | |
Nonpartisan | John F. McCollum | 312 | 9.20 | |
Nonpartisan | William Jones | 203 | 5.98 | |
Nonpartisan | Isom Gillham | 189 | 5.57 | |
Nonpartisan | Zachariah Peters | 124 | 3.66 | |
Nonpartisan | Benjamin Stedman | 106 | 3.13 | |
Total votes | 3,392 | 100.0 |
References
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