47th Illinois General Assembly


The 47th Illinois General Assembly met from 1911 to 1913. John G. Oglesby of Decatur was the Lieutenant Governor of Illinois and thus ex officio President of the Senate. Henry M. Dunlap was President pro tempore of the Senate. Charles A. Adkins of Bement was the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Districts

Illinois was divided into 51 districts, each of which elected one Senator and three Representatives. Districts were last reapportioned in 1901 and would not be reapportioned again until 1947.
The counties of each district were as follows:

Senate

DistrictImageSenatorPartyFirst elected
to the Senate
Notes
1stFrancis P. BradyRepublican1910Elected to the House in 1904, 1906, and 1910
2ndLewis C. BallRepublican1908
3rdSamuel A. EttelsonRepublican1906
4thAl F. GormanDemocratic1908
5thWalter Clyde JonesRepublican1906
6thWilliam M. BrownRepublican1904
7thWilliam H. MacLeanRepublican1910
8thAlbert J. OlsonRepublican1908
9thPatrick J. CarrollDemocratic1910
10thHenry AndrusRepublican1900
11thCarl LundbergRepublican1902
12thJohn C. McKenzieRepublican1900Resigned May 22, 1911
13thAlbert C. ClarkRepublican1902
14thThomas B. Stewart
15thEdward J. Forst
16thIra M. Lish
17thEdward J. Glackin
18thJohn Dailey
19thJohn T. Denvir
20thEdward C. Curtis
21stJohn E. Madigan
22ndMartin B. Bailey
23rdNiels Juul
24thHenry M. Dunlap
25thJohan Waage
26thFrank H. Funk
27thJohn Broderick
28thJames A. Henson
29thJohn M. O'Connor
30thWalter I. Manny
31stWillett H. Cornwell
32ndJames F. Gibson
33rdFrank A. Landee
34thStanton C. Pemberton
35thJohn H. Gray
36thCampbell S. Hearn
37thH. S. Magill Jr.
38thFrank W. Burton
39thHenry W. Johnson
40thF. J. Tossey
41stRichard J. Barr
42ndErastus D. Telford
43rdCharles F. Hurburgh
44thRobert J. McElvain
45thLogan Hay
46thAlbert E. Isley
47thEdmond Beall
48thJ. A. Womack
49thJohn M. Chamberlin
50thW. O. Potter
51stDouglas W. Helm

House

DistrictImageRepresentativePartyFirst elected
to the House
Notes