1On December 30, 1836, William B. Marrs introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives, and the House adopted it. Governor Joseph Duncan responded to the resolution the same day, and the House received it on January 2,
1837.
Illinois House Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 143, 158.
2In this response, Governor Duncan wrote that Clay, Jackson, Clark, Knox, Marion, Lawrence, McLean, Hancock, and Jo Daviess counties experienced vacancies since the last session of the General Assembly.
Illinois House Journal. 1836. 10th G. A., 1st sess., 158.
Printed Transcription, 1 page(s), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Tenth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at Their First Session (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1836), 143