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Thomas Lee Johnson (April 30, 1945 – December 3, 2018) was a Republican Illinois State Senator. He represented the 48th district in the Illinois Senate from 2011 to 2013. Johnson previously served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1993 to 2003. [1] [2]
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]
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
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.
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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 ...
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