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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 ...
Serving since (in the House/Senate) Date of birth Place of birth U.S. Congress John H. Bankhead Democratic Alabama : March 1, 1920 77 Myocarditis, [109] influenza [110] Washington, D.C. Oak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Alabama: B. B. Comer: June 11, 1907 (U.S. House tenure March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1907) September 13, 1842 Marion County, Alabama: 66th
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.
In 1979, Oak Park Democratic committeeman and State Senator since 1970, Philip J. Rock became the Illinois State Senate's top Democrat. He would serve as such for the next 14 years and he would retire as the longest serving President of the Senate and Majority Leader in state history. [36]
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Thomas Cusack (October 5, 1858 in Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland – November 19, 1926 in Oak Park, Illinois) was a pioneer and entrepreneur in the outdoor advertising industry and a politician, serving as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Illinois' 4th District from 1899 to 1901. [1]
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]