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Serving since (in the House/Senate) Date of birth Place of birth U.S. Congress John M. Slack Jr. Democratic West Virginia (3rd district) March 17, 1980 64 Heart attack [154] Alexandria, Virginia: Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans, West Virginia: John G. Hutchinson: January 3, 1959 March 18, 1915 Charleston, West Virginia: 96th (1979–1981 ...
As of January 2025, a total of 2,018 persons have served in the senate (including those currently serving). [1] In the party affiliation column, if a senator switched parties and served non-consecutive terms, their affiliation for each term is listed on the corresponding line.
This makes Illinois the state with the most African-American senators. Illinois's current U.S. senators are Democrats Dick Durbin (serving since 1997) and Tammy Duckworth (serving since 2017). Shelby Moore Cullom was the longest serving senator, who served from 1883 to 1913.
In August 2000, Don Harmon was nominated by members of the Democratic Party of Oak Park to fulfill the term of former Illinois Senate President Phil Rock as Oak Park Democratic Committeeman. He was then elected to his first full term as Committeeman in 2002 and has since been re-elected in 2006 and 2010.
St. Louis, Missouri: Union Cemetery, Attica, Indiana: Frederick Essen: March 4, 1915 October 7, 1878 Attica, Indiana: 65th (1917–1919) John Allen Sterling Republican Illinois (17th district) October 17, 1918 61 Car crash [99] Pontiac, Illinois: Park Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois: Frank L. Smith
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.
Pat Quinn, 41st Governor of Illinois; Phil Radford, environmental activist; Executive Director of Greenpeace USA; raised in Oak Park [19] Leland Rayson, Illinois state legislator and lawyer [20] Walter J. Reum, Illinois state legislator and lawyer [21] Gerald W. Shea, Illinois state legislator [22]
Thomas Gholson Jr. Democratic-Republican Virginia (18th district) July 4, 1816 35/36 Unknown Gholsonville, Virginia: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Thomas M. Nelson: November 7, 1808 Sometime in 1780 Gholsonville, Virginia: 14th: John Clopton: Democratic-Republican Virginia (23rd district) September 11, 1816 60 Unknown Tunstall, New ...