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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.
Mayor of Evanston (2021-present), Member of the Illinois House of Representatives (2011-2013), Member of the Illinois Senate (2013-2019) Hanover Township: Adriana Barriga-Green Lemont Township: Kvin Ameriks Leyden Township: Barrett Pedersen Mayor of Franklin Park [21] Lyons Township: Steven Landek: Member of the Illinois Senate (2011–present ...
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 ...
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]
The 7th congressional district of Illinois covers parts of Cook County, as of the 2023 redistricting that followed the 2020 census. All or parts of Broadview, Bellwood, Chicago, Forest Park, Hillside, Oak Park, La Grange Park, Maywood, and Westchester are included. Democrat Danny K. Davis has represented the district since January 1997.
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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Elected United States Senator from Illinois (1865–1871) Robert R. Hitt: Appointed the 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State (1881) Served as a regent of the Smithsonian Institution (1893–1906) William Lorimer: Elected United States Senator from Illinois (1909–1912) Henry Hyde: Primary author of the Hyde Amendment: Peter Roskam