48th Illinois General Assembly

{{Short description|1913 to 1915 legislative session}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox legislative term

|before = 47th

|after = 49th

|name = 48th Illinois General Assembly

|term_start = 1913

|term_end = 1915

|image = Capitol, Springfield, Illinois LCCN2011633217.jpg

|caption = The Illinois State Capitol

|session_room =

|chamber1 = Illinois Senate

|chamber1_leader1_type = President

|chamber1_leader1 = Barratt O'Hara, Democratic

|chamber1_leader2_type = President pro tempore

|chamber1_leader2 = Walter I. Manny, Democratic

|chamber2 = Illinois House of Representatives

|chamber2_leader1_type = Speaker

|chamber2_leader1 = William B. McKinley, Democratic

|election = 1912

|meeting_place = Springfield, Illinois

|website =

}}

The 48th Illinois General Assembly met from 1913 to 1915. Barratt O'Hara of Chicago was the Lieutenant Governor of Illinois and thus ex officio President of the Senate.{{efn|This arrangement was discontinued with the adoption of the current Constitution of Illinois in 1970, effective 1973.}} Walter I. Manny was President pro tempore of the Senate. William B. McKinley of Chicago 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 1901Almanac p. 823 and would not be reapportioned again until 1947.{{cite encyclopedia |title= State Politics |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Chicago |last=Devine |first=Michael J. |url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1194.html}}

The counties of each district were as follows:Almanac pp. 821–822

See also

Notes

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References

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Bibliography

  • {{cite book

|title=The Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year-Book for 1921

|author= James Langland, M.A.

|publisher=The Chicago Daily News Company

|location=Chicago, IL

|year=1920

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RcgWAAAAYAAJ&q=DuPage

}}

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