| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Dec. 3, 1818 | Illinois became a state |
| 21 | State number Illlinois became when admitted |
| Shadrach Bond | First state governor of Illinois |
| Ninian Edwards | Territorial Governor of Illinois |
| Nathaniel Pope | Territorial representative of Illinois |
| Kaskaskia | First capital of Illinois |
| Vandalia | Second Illinois capital |
| Springfield | Current state capital since 1839 |
| Samuel Witwer | President of the Illinois Constitutional Convention |
| Elmer Gertz | Secretary of the Illinois Constitutional Convention |
| 4 | Number of Constitutions Illinois has had |
| Dec. 15, 1970 | Date the current Constitution was approved |
| July 1, 1971 | Date the current Constitution went into effect |
| Dec. 8, 1969 | Date the Constitutional Convention began |
| Sept. 3, 1970 | Date the Constitutional Convention ended |
| 14 | Number of Articles in the Illinois Constitution |
| 18, registered, resident-30 days, citizen | Illinois voting requirements |
| lawyer, live in area, citizen | Requirements to be a judge |
| General Assembly | Leader of the Illinois Legislative Branch |
| Supreme Court | Leader of the Illinois Judicial Branch |
| Governor | Leader of the Illinois Executive branch |
| 177 | Members in the General Assembly |
| 59 | Number of Senators in the General Assembly |
| 118 | Number of Representatives in the General Assembly |
| 2 years | Term of office for Reps |
| 2 or 4 years | Term of office for Illinois Senators |
| 21, Citizen. Il. resident 2 years | Requirements to be in the General Assembly |
| 25, Citizen, Il. resident 3 years | Requirements to be an Executive office holder |
| Lt. Gov., Attorney General, Sec. of State | Illinois line of succession |
| Michelle Anderson | McLean County Auditor |
| Peggy Anne Milton | McLean County Clerk |
| Mike Emery | McLean County Sheriff |
| Beth Carlson Kimmerling | McLean County Coroner |
| William Yoder | McLean County District Attorney |
| Lee Newcom | McLean County Recorder |
| Rebecca McNeil | McLean County Treasurer |
| Matt Sorenson | McLean County Board President |
| Patrick Quinn | Current Governor |
| Alexi Giannoulias | Current State Treasurer |
| Daniel Hynes | Current State Comptroller |
| Jesse White | Current Sec. of State |
| 4 years | Term for Executive branch members |
| 2nd Mon. in Jan. | Terms begin for Executive branch members |
| 2nd Wed. in Jan. | General Assembly sessions begin |
| May 31 | General Assembly sessions end |
| First Tuesday after the first Monday in November | Election Day |
| First Monday in Dec. | Judges terms begin/County official terms begin |
| 7 | Number of judges on the Illinois Supreme Court |
| 85 | Number of delegates who attended the 1969 convention |
| 15 | number of delegates in 1969 who were women |
| Thomas Fitzgerald | Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice |
| Robert Kahman | McLean County Assessor |
| Chris Koch | State Superintendent of Schools |
| Sorenson and Soeldner | District 2 County Board members |
| 10 | Number of County Board Districts |
| 20 | Number of County Board members |
| Dan Rutherford | District 53 Senator |
| 59 | Number of legislative districts in Illinois |
| William Holland | Illinois Auditor General |
| Michael Madigan | Speaker of the Illinois House |
| John Cullerton | President of the Illinois Senate |
| Keith Sommer | Rep. 106th district |
| Shane Coltra | Rep. 105th district |
| Matt Sorenson | County Board President |
| Lisa Madigan | Illinois Attorney General |
| 23 | Number of Illinois district circuit courts |
| 11 | McLean Co. district court number |
| 4 | McLean County appellate court district |
| 4 years | Term of office for associate judges |
| 6 years | Term of office for Circuit Court judges |
| 10 years | Term of office for Supreme and Appeallate Court judges |
| Sales, Income, Property | Types of Illinois taxes |
| 102 | Total number of counties in Illinois |
| 1433 | Total number of townships in Illinois |
| 25,000 | Minimum population to be a home rule unit |
| 60 | Days needed for a bill to become a law w/o a signature |
| 17 | Number of members on State Board of Education |
| Monroe | President when Illinois became a state |
| popcorn | state snack |
| Cardinal | state bird |
| Bluegill | state fish |
| Violet | state flower |
| Square | state dance |
| Land of Lincoln | state slogan |
| Prairie State | state nickname |
| Flourite | state mineral |
| Tully monster | state fossill |
| Monarch butterfly | state insect |
| White tailed deer | state animal |
| White Oak | state tree |
| Illinois | state song |
| Drummer Silty Loam | state soil |
| Eastern Tiger Salamander | state amphibian |
| Painted Turtle | state reptile |
| Big Blue Stem | state prairie grass |
| 4 years | term of office for county officials |
| 96 | General Assembly session number |
| 2 | Our County Board district number |
| $162,000 | Governor salary |
| $ 63, 149 | General Assembly salary |
| October | veto sessions in odd numbered years |
| November | veto sessions is even numbered years |
| 3 years | Term of office for a Chief Justice |
| Quorum | Term that means one more than half are present |
| 17 | Members on the State Board of Higher Education |
| Richard Daley | Introduced home rule idea |
| Compensation Review Board | Organization that sets General Assembly salaries |
| 8 | Members on the Compensation Review Board |
| 3 | Days one house may adjourn without permission of othe house |
| 30 | Days within which a Gov. must receive a bill passed by Gen. Assembly |
| 15 | Days each house gets to override a Gov. veto |
| Second Monday in Sept. | Supreme Court Sessions begin |
| 5 | Members on the Court Commission |
| 7 | Members on the Judicial Inquiry Board |
| draw straws | How ties are settled in Governor elections |
| impeaches | House without Senate |
| Acts as jury in an impeachment | Senate without House |
| Richard Daley | Suggested the idea of Home Rule |
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