The Illoinois General Assenbly which includes two Houses, the 59 member Ilinois Senate and the 118 member Illinois House of Representatives.
The legislative body in Illinois is called the Illinois General Assembly. It is made up of two chambers - the Illinois House of Representatives and the Illinois Senate.
The law-making branch. In USA- Congress
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Barack Obama was a US Senator from Illinois but is not currently a member of Congress.
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Lincoln's state of residence was Illinois. He was elected to Congress as a representative of Illinois. He was a member of the Illinois General Assembly. He is buried in Springfield, Illinois, his hometown.
He was elected to congress from Illinois.
Illinois has a total of 18 members in the United States House of Representatives and 2 members in the United States Senate, making a total of 20 members representing the state in Congress.
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Based on the 2010 Census, there are 18 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois. The Illinois General Assembly is comprised of the Illinois House of Representatives and the Illinois Senate. The State Senate has 59 members and the House has 118 members.
Abraham Lincoln was elected as a House Representative to Congress from Illinois in 46 and only served one term. Lincoln ran for the US Senate from Illinois in '58, but lost to Stephen Douglas.
He was State Assemblyman in the Illinois State Legislature, and then elected to US Congress from Illinois.