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The president of the Illinois Senate is the presiding officer of the Illinois Senate, the upper house of the Illinois General Assembly. The post dates from the General Assembly's 32nd session, in 1881. From 1881 to 1973, the lieutenant governor was constitutionally President of the Senate. The highest elected post in the chamber, until then ...
Don Harmon (born November 26, 1966) is an American attorney and president of the Illinois Senate since 2020. A member of the Democratic party , he has represented 39th Senate District since 2003. His district includes Chicago's Austin neighborhood and the suburbs of Oak Park , Addison , Bensenville , Elmwood Park , Franklin Park , Melrose Park ...
Barack Obama, later the first African-American President of the United States, served in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. [ 14 ] As of January 8, 2025 [update] , the 104th General Assembly of the Illinois Senate consists of the following members: [ 15 ] [ 16 ]
James Peyton "Pate" Philip (May 26, 1930 – November 21, 2023) was an American politician. A longtime Republican member of the Illinois General Assembly, Philip served both the Illinois House of Representatives and the Illinois Senate including a decade as the President of the Illinois Senate. [1]
John J. Cullerton (born October 28, 1948) is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 6th district from his appointment in 1991 to 2020. He served as President of the Illinois Senate from 2009 to 2020.
Emil Jones Jr. (born October 18, 1935) is an American politician who was the President of the Illinois Senate from 2003 to 2009. A Democrat, Jones served in the Illinois Senate from 1983 to 2009, where he served as President of the Illinois Senate from 2003 to the end of his term.
All 118 seats in the Illinois House and 24 of the 59 Illinois Senate seats are up for grabs. Democrats have 78-seat foothold in the House and 40-seat majority in the Senate.
Cecil Armillo Partee (April 10, 1921 – August 17, 1994) was an American attorney and politician. He was the first African American to serve as president of the Illinois Senate and the first to serve as Cook County State's Attorney.