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Serving since (in the House/Senate) Date of birth Place of birth U.S. Congress S. Otis Bland Democratic Virginia (1st district) February 16, 1950 77 Cerebral hemorrhage [1] Bethesda, Maryland: U.S. Edward J. Robeson Jr. July 2, 1918 May 4, 1872 Gloucester, Virginia: 81st (1949–1951) Ralph E. Church Republican Illinois (13th district) March 21 ...
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.
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.
Resigned at close of Congress after being elected to the US Senate: Finis E. Downing: Democratic: 16th: March 4, 1895 – June 5, 1896 Lost contested election Thomas A. Doyle: Democratic: 4th: November 6, 1923 – March 4, 1931 [data missing] Tammy Duckworth: Democratic: 8th: January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017 Elected to US Senate: Joseph ...
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]
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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.
A 34-year-old Chicago man died after being shot and crashing his vehicle in Oak Park on Friday morning, police said.