Legislative Record Of Present Downstate Members Of 

 Illinois Legislature On Important Measures ^ 

 Affecting Agriculture 



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>^N ACCORDANCE with the ac- 



ifl tion of the delegates at the 1936 

 y^ annual meeting of Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association, the Board of Direc- 

 tors has authorized and directed the pub- 

 lication of the following statement to- 

 gether with the records of the members 

 of the General Assembly as determined 

 by their votes and general attitude on 

 matters of important legislation directly 

 affecting farmers as supported or op- 

 posed by the Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation. 



In the August, 1937, issue of the REC- 

 ORD, the Association published its re- 

 port on measures of legislation of most 

 interest to agriculture in the 1937 reg- 

 ular session of the Illinois General As- 

 sembly, stating the attitude of the Asso- 

 ciation on each and giving the voting rec- 

 ord of all downstate members on three 

 measures of outstanding importance. 



The first column of the report tabu- 

 I lated on page 5 lists the number of 



4^ regular sessions of the General As- 



sembly during which the respective 

 legislators have served. 



The second column carries the legisla- 

 tive record of the legislators as deter- 

 mined by their votes on agricultural leg- 

 islation during the last regular session, 

 together with their general attitude on 

 legislation supported or opposed by the 



(Illinois Agricultural Association through- 

 out their terms of service. 

 A member, to receive a rating of 

 ] "EXCELLENT," must not only have a 



satisfactory voting record, but his general 



^ attitude throughout his legislative ser- 



^ vice must have been generally recognized 



as actively supporting the lAA's legisla- 

 tive program. To achieve an "EXCEL- 

 j LENT" record, a member must also have 



served more than one two-year legisla- 

 j tive period and have taken a favorable 



position on highly controversial legisla- 

 ^ tive proposals. First-term members, to 



secure a "VERY GOOD" rating, must 

 have a satisfactory voting record and 

 must have actively supported the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association's legislative pro- 

 gram. This rating is the highest given 

 any member serving his first term. 



In accordance with the direction given 

 by the delegates of the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association, members of the Asso- 

 ciation are advised that all members of 

 the present General Assembly seeking re- 

 election who are rated as "EXCEL- 

 LENT" or "VERY GOOD" are entitled 

 (Continued on page 6) 



Look Up The Records Oi Tonr Senator 

 And Representatives In The General AssemblY 



Members 

 (By Senatorial Districts) 



Number of 



Regular 



Sessions 



Served 



7th District (Rural sections of Cook '• 

 County and parts of Chicago) ' ; 



Sen. Baumrucker „ _ 2 



Rep. Foster 4 



Rep. McGrath 4 



Rep. Van Der Vries _ 2 



8th District (Boone, I.ake, McHenry counties) 



Sen. Paddock 5 



Rep. Bolger _ 4 



Rep. Keller 1 



Rep. Lyons _ 3 



10th District (Ogle, Winnebago counties) 



Sen. Baker _ 10 



Rep. Edw. C. Hunter 1 



Rep. David Hunter, Jr _ 8 



Rep. Wilson _ } 



12th District (Carroll, JoDaviess, Stephenson counties) 



Sen. Laughlin 2 



Rep. Bingham 4 



Rep. C. D. Franz 8 



Rep. Stransky 1 



14th District (Kane, Kendall counties) 



Sen. Benson _ 3 



Rep. Friedland „ 1 



Rep. Peffers (deceased) 



Rep. Petit - 5 



l6th District (Livingston, Marshall, Putnam, 

 Woodford counties) 



Sen. Lant2 _ _. 12 



Rep. Bruer _ 7 



Rep. C. M. Turner 11 



Rep. Vicars - 2 



18th District (Peoria county) ';' 



Sen. Madden _ 1 



Rep. Crowley 4 



Rep. Gorman 2 



Rep. Scott _ 3 



20th District (Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee counties) 



Sen. Beckman 3 



Rep. G. B. Allen I 



Rep. Alpiner 4 



Rep. Topping 2 



22nd District (Edgar, Vermilion counties) 



Senator Hickman _ _ 3 



Rep. Breen _ 9 



Rep. Sizemore _ _ - 1 



Rep. Speakman 1 



24th District (Champaign, Moultrie, Piatt counties) 



Sen. aifford J 



Rep. Garman _ 1 



Rep. Peters 2 



Rep. Sturdyvin - 2 



26th District (Ford, McLean counties) 



Sen. Sieberns i 



Rep. Caton _ _ 1 



Rep. Kalahar 3 



Rep. Russell _ - - J 



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Legislative Record 



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Measures Affecting 



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