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Illinois's current congressional delegation in the 119th Congress consists of its two senators, both of whom are Democrats, and its 17 representatives: 14 Democrats and 3 Republicans. The current dean of the Illinois delegation is Senator Dick Durbin , having served in the Senate since 1997 and in Congress since 1983.
For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from Illinois. The list of names should be complete as of January 3, 2019, but other data may be incomplete. Illinois became the 21st state on December 3, 1818.
Table of United States congressional district boundary maps in the State of Illinois, presented chronologically. [7] All redistricting events that took place in Illinois from statehood in 1818 to 2013 are shown. During the periods of 1863-1873, 1893-1895, and 1903-1948, voters in Illinois elected an additional one to two at-large representatives.
The 16th congressional district of Illinois is represented by Republican Darin LaHood.Prominent past representatives from the 16th district have included Everett Dirksen, who went on to become the Republican leader in the United States Senate; John B. Anderson, who became the 3rd highest ranking Republican in the House and went on to run as a major independent candidate in the 1980 ...
Entering Congress in 1997, Davis left the Cook County Board of Commissioners. He desired to see Illinois State Senator Earlean Collins appointed his successor on the board, but party leaders instead chose Darlena Williams-Burnett , executive assistant of Jesse White and the wife of alderman Walter Burnett Jr. Collins challenged and unseated ...
Electoral history John McLean (Shawneetown) Democratic-Republican: December 3, 1818 – March 3, 1819 15th: Elected in 1818. Lost re-election. Daniel P. Cook (Edwardsville) Democratic-Republican [a] March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1825 16th 17th 18th 19th: Elected August 2, 1819. Re-elected August 7, 1820. Re-elected August 5, 1822. Re-elected ...
Illinois's first congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Illinois. Based in Cook County , the district includes much of the South Side of Chicago and continues southwest to Joliet .
The size of the General Assembly has changed over time. The first General Assembly, elected in 1818, consisted of 14 senators and 28 representatives. [8] Under the 1818 and 1848 Illinois Constitutions, the legislature could add and reapportion districts at any time, and by 1870 it had done so ten times. [9]