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Illinois is divided into 17 congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives. The majority of Illinois' districts are located in the Chicago area. The Illinois General Assembly has the primary responsibility of redrawing congressional district lines following each decennial census.
General Assembly (GA) Electoral History Counties Represented 9th Representative district established with 1848 Illinois Constitution. Ebenezer Z. Ryan: Whig [8] January 1, 1849 – January 6, 1851 16th Elected in 1848 Was not re-elected in 1850. Lawrence Richland: Aaron Shaw: Democratic: January 6, 1851 – January 3, 1853 17th Elected in 1850
The Illinois General Assembly is the legislature of the U.S. state of Illinois. It has two chambers, the Illinois House of Representatives and the Illinois Senate. The General Assembly was created by the first state constitution adopted in 1818. As of 2025, the current General Assembly is the 104th; the term of an assembly lasts two years.
General Assembly (GA) Electoral History Counties Represented 13th Representative district established with 1848 Illinois Constitution. Elisha H. Starkweather: Democratic [9] January 1, 1849 – January 6, 1851 16th Redistricted from the Coles County House district and re-elected in 1848 Was not re-elected in 1850. Clay Cumberland Effingham ...
James R. Thompson Center, which has offices of Illinois officials. Pat Gauen, columnist of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, argued that Chicago is "de facto" state co-capital with Springfield [8] Springfield is the state capital. Many state offices are in Springfield, and it is the regular meeting place of the Illinois General Assembly. [8]
General Assembly (GA) Electoral History Counties Represented 7th Representative district established with 1848 Illinois Constitution. Samuel Snowden Hayes: Democratic [7] January 1, 1849 – January 6, 1851 16th Elected in 1848 Was not re-elected in 1850. White: Samuel H. Martin: Unknown January 6, 1851 – January 3, 1853 17th Elected in 1850
The Illinois General Assembly responded by packing two majority Hispanic parts of Chicago into a single district. The 2013–2023 version of the district formerly covered two strips running east–west across the city of Chicago, on the west side continuing into smaller portions of some suburban areas in Cook County, surrounding Illinois's 7th ...
Illinois General Assembly Maura Hirschauer is an educator, politician, and a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 49th District. She was first elected to the position in 2020.