The Illinois General Assembly has a 59 member Senate and a 118 member House.
The salary for Illinois legislators is currently $67,836 as they actually voted not to receive their salary increase for 2010.
Most states in the US had their state legislators vote on US senate nominees. Illinois did this in that manner.
William A. Redmond has written: 'William A. Redmond memoir' -- subject- s -: Biography, Illinois, Illinois. General Assembly. House of Representatives, Legislators, Politics and government
Jack R. Van Der Silk has written: 'One for all and all for Illinois' -- subject(s): Illinois delegation, Interviews, Legislators, United States, United States. Congress
I'm not sure if you mean "legislatures" or "legislators". You can find links to the Journals of the House and the Senate from that year, from which you could count up how many Senators and Representatives there were. There's also a link to an historical article on the legislature in Illinois in 1837.
citizen legislators
There is no legal requirement that elected legislators possess a law degree, or be attorneys.
Colonial legislators saw their primary function as?
casework
Thomas D. Beck has written: 'French legislators, 1800-1834' -- subject(s): France, History, Legislators, Politics and government, Relations with legislators
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858 were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate for Senate in Illinois, and incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate. Although Lincoln was a candidate for the Senate in Illinois, the debates were not directly related to an election of office. At the time, Illinois' Senators were elected by the Illinois Legislators, so the purpose of the debates was to represent their parties (Lincoln for the Republicans and Douglas for the Democrats) in a bid to win control of the Illinois Legislature. The main issue discussed in all seven debates was slavery.