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For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from Illinois. The list of names should be complete as of January 3, 2019, but other data may be incomplete. Illinois became the 21st state on December 3, 1818.
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.
In the 2022 midterm elections, per the 2020 United States census, Illinois lost a congressional seat. [4] From a high of 27 congressional seats apportioned to Illinois following the 1910 and 1930 censuses, the state has lost one to two seats in every re-apportionment cycle since 1940, with the exception of the cycle following the 1970 census.
Jonathan Luther Jackson (born January 7, 1966) is an American politician, businessman, and activist serving as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 1st congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party , he was previously the national spokesman for the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition , a financial analyst , and a partner in the ...
Eric Sorensen (/ ˈ s ɔːr ən s ən / SOR-ən-sən; born March 18, 1976) is an American meteorologist and politician serving as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 17th congressional district since 2023. His district covers a large swath of western and central Illinois, centered around Moline, Rock Island and the Illinois side of the Quad ...
U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen, a Democrat from Moline, Illinois, takes a tour of the Rockford Fire Department Academy Center on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, on West State Street in Rockford.
Mary E. Miller (née Meyer; born August 27, 1959) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 15th congressional district since 2021. [1] She serves on the House Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Education & Labor.
(The Center Square) – An Illinois congressman is urging lawmakers to extend President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts. Many provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act are set to expire at the end of ...