50th Illinois General Assembly

{{Infobox legislative term

|before = 49th

|after = 51st

|name = 50th Illinois General Assembly

|term_start = 1917

|term_end = 1918

|image = Capitol, Springfield, Illinois LCCN2011633217.jpg

|caption = The Illinois State Capitol

|session_room =

|chamber1 = Illinois Senate

|chamber1_leader1_type = President

|chamber1_leader1 = John G. Oglesby, Republican

|chamber1_leader2_type = President pro tempore

|chamber1_leader2 = Adam C. Cliffe, Republican

|chamber2 = Illinois House of Representatives

|chamber2_leader1_type = Speaker

|chamber2_leader1 = David Shanahan, Republican

|election = 1916

|meeting_place = Springfield, Illinois

|website =

}}

The 50th Illinois General Assembly met from 1917 to 1919. John G. Oglesby of Decatur 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.}} Adam C. Cliffe of Sycamore was President pro tempore of the Senate. David Shanahan of Chicago was the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

There were 33 Republicans and 18 Democrats in the Illinois Senate and 85 Republicans 67 Democrats and 1 independent in the Illinois House of Representatives.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PBjZAAAAMAAJ&dq=sidney+lyon+chicago&pg=PA554 | title=The Daily News Almanac and Political Register for | year=1916 | publisher=Chicago Daily News Company }}

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