The Illinois General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Illinois, has convened many times since statehood became effective on December 3, 1818.
Legislatures + Number Name Convened Adjourned Last election Illinois Constitution of 1818 1 1st Illinois General Assembly October 4, 1818 March 31, 1819 2 2nd Illinois General Assembly December 4, 1820 February 15, 1821 3 3rd Illinois General Assembly December 2, 1822 February 18, 1823 4 4th Illinois General Assembly November 15, 1824 January 15, 1825 5 5th Illinois General Assembly December 4, 1826 February 19, 1827 6 6th Illinois General Assembly December 1, 1828 January 23, 1829 7 7th Illinois General Assembly December 6, 1830 February 14, 1831 8 8th Illinois General Assembly December 3, 1832 March 2, 1833 9 9th Illinois General Assembly December 1, 1834 (?) February 17, 1835 (?) 10 10th Illinois General Assembly December 5, 1836 March 6, 1837 (?) 11 11th Illinois General Assembly December 3, 1838 March 14, 1839 12 12th Illinois General Assembly December 7, 1840 (?) April 20, 1841 13 13th Illinois General Assembly December 5, 1842 May 1, 1843 14 14th Illinois General Assembly December 2, 1844 May 5, 1845 15 15th Illinois General Assembly December 7, 1846 April 19, 1847 Illinois Constitution of 1848 16 16th Illinois General Assembly January 1, 1849 June 14, 1849 17 17th Illinois General Assembly January 6, 1851 April 22, 1851 18 18th Illinois General Assembly January 3, 1853 April 16, 1853 19 19th Illinois General Assembly January 1, 1855 September 20, 1855 20 20th Illinois General Assembly January 5, 1857 (?), 1857 21 21st Illinois General Assembly January 3, 1859 July 1, 1859 22 22nd Illinois General Assembly January 7, 1861 March 14, 1861 23 January 5, 1863 July 15, 1863 24 January 2, 1865 March 17, 1865 25 January 7, 1867 April 17, 1867 26 January 4, 1869 September 10, 1869 Illinois Constitution of 1870 27 January 4, 1871 May 8, 1872 28 28th Illinois General Assembly January 8, 1873 March 31, 1874 29 29th Illinois General Assembly January 6, 1875 April 15, 1875 30 January (?), 1877 June 29, 1877 31 January 8, 1879 May 31, 1879 32 January 5, 1881 May 30, 1881 33 January 3, 1883 June 18, 1883 34 January 7, 1885 June 26, 1885 35 January 5, 1887 June 15, 1887 36 January 9, 1889 July 1890 37 January 7, 1891 June 12, 1891 38 January 4, 1893 June 16, 1893 39 January 9, 1895 June 14, 1895 40 January 6, 1897 June 4, 1897 41 January 4, 1899 April 14, 1899 42 January 9, 1901 May 4, 1901 43 January 7, 1903 May 7, 1903 44 January 4, 1905 May 6, 1905 45 January 9, 1907 October 8, 1907 46 46th Illinois General Assembly January 6, 1909 June 4, 1909 47 47th Illinois General Assembly January 4, 1911 June 1, 1911 48 48th Illinois General Assembly January 8, 1913 June 13, 1913 49 49th Illinois General Assembly January 6, 1915 June 30, 1915 50 50th Illinois General Assembly January 3, 1917 June 29, 1917 51 51st Illinois General Assembly January 8, 1919 June 30, 1919 52 52nd Illinois General Assembly 1921 1922 53 53rd Illinois General Assembly 1923 1924 54 54th Illinois General Assembly 1925 1926 55 55th Illinois General Assembly 1927 1928 56 56th Illinois General Assembly 1929 1930 57 57th Illinois General Assembly 1931 1932 58 58th Illinois General Assembly 1933 1934 59 59th Illinois General Assembly 1935 1936 60 60th Illinois General Assembly 1937 1938 61 1939 1940 62 1941 1942 63 1943 1944 64 1945 1946 65 65th Illinois General Assembly 1947 1948 66 66th Illinois General Assembly 1949 1950 67 67th Illinois General Assembly 1951 1952 68 68th Illinois General Assembly 1953 1954 69 69th Illinois General Assembly 1955 1956 70 70th Illinois General Assembly 1957 1958 71 71st Illinois General Assembly 1959 1960 72 72nd Illinois General Assembly 1961 1962 73 73rd Illinois General Assembly 1963 1964 74 74th Illinois General Assembly 1965 1966 75 1967 1968 76 1969 1970 Illinois Constitution of 1970 77 1971 1972 78 1973 1974 79 1975 1976 80 1977 1978 81 1979 1980 82 1981 1982 83 1983 1984 84 1985 1986 85 1987 1988 86 1989 1990 87 1991 1992 88 1993 1994 89 1995 1996 90 1997 1998 91 1999 2000 92 2001 2002 93 93rd Illinois General Assembly 2003 2004 94 94th Illinois General Assembly 2005 2006 95 95th Illinois General Assembly January 14, 2007 January 14, 2009 November 2006: House 96 96th Illinois General Assembly 2009 2010 November 2008: House, Senate 97 97th Illinois General Assembly 2011 2012 November 2010: House, Senate 98 98th Illinois General Assembly 2013 2014 November 2012: House, Senate 99 99th Illinois General Assembly 2015 2016 November 2014: House, Senate 100 100th Illinois General Assembly January 11, 2017 January 9, 2018 November 2016: House, Senate 101 101st Illinois General Assembly January 9, 2019 January 13, 2021 November 2018: House, Senate 102 102nd Illinois General Assembly January 13, 2021 January 10, 2023 November 2020: House, Senate 103 103rd Illinois General Assembly 20232024 November 2022: House, Senate 104 104th Illinois General Assembly20252026 November 5, 2024: House, Senate
See also List of speakers of the Illinois House of Representatives List of presidents of the Illinois Senate List of governors of Illinois List of lieutenant governors of Illinois List of Illinois secretaries of state Illinois State Capitol Historical outline of Illinois Lists of United States state legislative sessions
References
Further reading David A. Joens, "John W. F. Thomas and the Election of the First African American to the Illinois General Assembly," Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 94 (2001)
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