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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

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

Representative	Notes
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

1819 – 1849

Representative	Party	Party Control	Years^[a]	General Assembly (GA)	Electoral History
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					Elected in 1820 Was not re-elected in 1822.
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.
James Semple	Democratic	1 Democrat 1 Nonpartisan	December 3, 1832 – ???	8th 9th
Jesse B. Thomas Jr.	Nonpartisan	1 Democrat 1 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	1 Democrat 1 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	Democratic		December 5, 1836 – December 3, 1838	10th	Elected back in 1836 Was not re-elected in 1838.
John Hogan	Whig		December 5, 1836 – December 3, 1838	10th	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		2 Whigs 1 Democrat	December 3, 1838 – December 7, 1840	11th	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					Elected in 1840 Was not re-elected in 1842.
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					Elected in 1842 Was not re-elected in 1844.
George Barnsback			December 2, 1844 – December 7, 1846	14th	Elected in 1844 Was not re-elected in 1846.
Newton D. Strong					Elected in 1844 Was not re-elected in 1846.
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	Whig				Elected in 1846 Was not re-elected in 1848.
District abolished with adoption of the 1848 Illinois Constitution.

Electoral history

1842 – 1846

1846 Illinois House of Representatives election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

1844 Illinois House of Representatives election
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

1842 Illinois House of Representatives election
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

1840 Illinois House of Representatives election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

1838 Illinois House of Representatives election
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

1836 Illinois House of Representatives election
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

1835 Madison County, Illinois House District Special Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nathaniel Buckmaster	608	52.60
	Whig	George Churchill	548	47.40
Total votes			1,156	100.0

1834 Illinois House of Representatives election
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

1828 Illinois House of Representatives election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

1826 Illinois House of Representatives election
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

1824 Illinois House of Representatives election
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

1822 Illinois House of Representatives election
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

1820 Illinois House of Representatives election
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

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