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Illinois has been part of the United States since 1818. It has sent representatives to the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives ever since.
Every state, including Illinois, chooses two senators to serve for six years. The members of the House of Representatives are elected every two years.
Before Illinois became a state, the Illinois Territory sent a non-voting representative to Congress from 1812 until 1818. Today, we can look at tables showing the people who have represented Illinois in these important government roles.
These tables show the congressional delegations from Illinois to the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
Current delegation
Illinois has leaders in the 119th Congress. There are two senators and 17 representatives. Both senators are Democrats. The representatives include 14 Democrats and 3 Republicans.
The longest-serving leader is Senator Dick Durbin. He has been a senator since 1997 and in Congress since 1983.
| Current U.S. senators from Illinois | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Illinois
| Class II senator | Class III senator | ||
Dick Durbin (Senior senator) (Springfield) | Tammy Duckworth (Junior senator) (Hoffman Estates) | |||
| Party | Democratic | Democratic | ||
| Incumbent since | January 3, 1997 | January 3, 2017 | ||
| Current U.S. representatives from Illinois | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | Member (Residence) | Party | Incumbent since | CPVI (2025) | District map |
| 1st | Jonathan Jackson (Chicago) | Democratic | January 3, 2023 | D+18 | |
| 2nd | Robin Kelly (Matteson) | Democratic | April 11, 2013 | D+18 | |
| 3rd | Delia Ramirez (Chicago) | Democratic | January 3, 2023 | D+17 | |
| 4th | Chuy García (Chicago) | Democratic | January 3, 2019 | D+17 | |
| 5th | Mike Quigley (Chicago) | Democratic | April 7, 2009 | D+19 | |
| 6th | Sean Casten (Downers Grove) | Democratic | January 3, 2019 | D+3 | |
| 7th | Danny Davis (Chicago) | Democratic | January 3, 1997 | D+34 | |
| 8th | Raja Krishnamoorthi (Schaumburg) | Democratic | January 3, 2017 | D+5 | |
| 9th | Jan Schakowsky (Evanston) | Democratic | January 3, 1999 | D+19 | |
| 10th | Brad Schneider (Highland Park) | Democratic | January 3, 2017 | D+12 | |
| 11th | Bill Foster (Naperville) | Democratic | January 3, 2013 | D+6 | |
| 12th | Mike Bost (Murphysboro) | Republican | January 3, 2015 | R+22 | |
| 13th | Nikki Budzinski (Springfield) | Democratic | January 3, 2023 | D+5 | |
| 14th | Lauren Underwood (Naperville) | Democratic | January 3, 2019 | D+3 | |
| 15th | Mary Miller (Oakland) | Republican | January 3, 2021 | R+20 | |
| 16th | Darin LaHood (Peoria) | Republican | September 10, 2015 | R+11 | |
| 17th | Eric Sorensen (Moline) | Democratic | January 3, 2023 | D+3 | |
United States Senate
Main article: List of United States senators from Illinois
Illinois has sent representatives to the United States Senate since it became a state in 1818. Each state, including Illinois, chooses two senators to serve for six years.
| Class II senator | Congress | Class III senator | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse B. Thomas (DR) | 15th (1817–1819) | Ninian Edwards (DR) | ||
| 16th (1819–1821) | ||||
| 17th (1821–1823) | ||||
| 18th (1823–1825) | ||||
| John McLean (DR) | ||||
| Jesse B. Thomas (NR) | 19th (1825–1827) | Elias Kane (J) | ||
| 20th (1827–1829) | ||||
| John McLean (J) | 21st (1829–1831) | |||
| David J. Baker (J) | ||||
| John M. Robinson (J) | ||||
| 22nd (1831–1833) | ||||
| 23rd (1833–1835) | ||||
| 24th (1835–1837) | ||||
| William Lee D. Ewing (J) | ||||
| John M. Robinson (D) | 25th (1837–1839) | Richard M. Young (D) | ||
| 26th (1839–1841) | ||||
| Samuel McRoberts (D) | 27th (1841–1843) | |||
| 28th (1843–1845) | Sidney Breese (D) | |||
| James Semple (D) | ||||
| 29th (1845–1847) | ||||
| Stephen A. Douglas (D) | 30th (1847–1849) | |||
| 31st (1849–1851) | James Shields (D) | |||
| 32nd (1851–1853) | ||||
| 33rd (1853–1855) | ||||
| 34th (1855–1857) | Lyman Trumbull (D) | |||
| 35th (1857–1859) | Lyman Trumbull (R) | |||
| 36th (1859–1861) | ||||
| 37th (1861–1863) | ||||
| Orville Browning (R) | ||||
| William A. Richardson (D) | ||||
| 38th (1863–1865) | ||||
| Richard Yates (R) | 39th (1865–1867) | |||
| 40th (1867–1869) | ||||
| 41st (1869–1871) | ||||
| John A. Logan (R) | 42nd (1871–1873) | Lyman Trumbull (LR) | ||
| 43rd (1873–1875) | Richard J. Oglesby (R) | |||
| 44th (1875–1877) | ||||
| David Davis (I) | 45th (1877–1879) | |||
| 46th (1879–1881) | John A. Logan (R) | |||
| 47th (1881–1883) | ||||
| Shelby M. Cullom (R) | 48th (1883–1885) | |||
| 49th (1885–1887) | ||||
| Charles B. Farwell (R) | ||||
| 50th (1887–1889) | ||||
| 51st (1889–1891) | ||||
| 52nd (1891–1893) | John M. Palmer (D) | |||
| 53rd (1893–1895) | ||||
| 54th (1895–1897) | ||||
| 55th (1897–1899) | William E. Mason (R) | |||
| 56th (1899–1901) | ||||
| 57th (1901–1903) | ||||
| 58th (1903–1905) | Albert J. Hopkins (R) | |||
| 59th (1905–1907) | ||||
| 60th (1907–1909) | ||||
| 61st (1909–1911) | William Lorimer (R) | |||
| 62nd (1911–1913) | ||||
| J. Hamilton Lewis (D) | 63rd (1913–1915) | Lawrence Y. Sherman (R) | ||
| 64th (1915–1917) | ||||
| 65th (1917–1919) | ||||
| Medill McCormick (R) | 66th (1919–1921) | |||
| 67th (1921–1923) | William B. McKinley (R) | |||
| 68th (1923–1925) | ||||
| Charles S. Deneen (R) | ||||
| 69th (1925–1927) | ||||
| Frank L. Smith (R) | ||||
| 70th (1927–1929) | ||||
| Otis F. Glenn (R) | ||||
| 71st (1929–1931) | ||||
| J. Hamilton Lewis (D) | 72nd (1931–1933) | |||
| 73rd (1933–1935) | William H. Dieterich (D) | |||
| 74th (1935–1937) | ||||
| 75th (1937–1939) | ||||
| 76th (1939–1941) | Scott W. Lucas (D) | |||
| James M. Slattery (D) | ||||
| C. Wayland Brooks (R) | ||||
| 77th (1941–1943) | ||||
| 78th (1943–1945) | ||||
| 79th (1945–1947) | ||||
| 80th (1947–1949) | ||||
| Paul Douglas (D) | 81st (1949–1951) | |||
| 82nd (1951–1953) | Everett Dirksen (R) | |||
| 83rd (1953–1955) | ||||
| 84th (1955–1957) | ||||
| 85th (1957–1959) | ||||
| 86th (1959–1961) | ||||
| 87th (1961–1963) | ||||
| 88th (1963–1965) | ||||
| 89th (1965–1967) | ||||
| Charles H. Percy (R) | 90th (1967–1969) | |||
| 91st (1969–1971) | ||||
| Ralph Tyler Smith (R) | ||||
| Adlai Stevenson III (D) | ||||
| 92nd (1971–1973) | ||||
| 93rd (1973–1975) | ||||
| 94th (1975–1977) | ||||
| 95th (1977–1979) | ||||
| 96th (1979–1981) | ||||
| 97th (1981–1983) | Alan J. Dixon (D) | |||
| 98th (1983–1985) | ||||
| Paul Simon (D) | 99th (1985–1987) | |||
| 100th (1987–1989) | ||||
| 101st (1989–1991) | ||||
| 102nd (1991–1993) | ||||
| 103rd (1993–1995) | Carol Moseley Braun (D) | |||
| 104th (1995–1997) | ||||
| Dick Durbin (D) | 105th (1997–1999) | |||
| 106th (1999–2001) | Peter Fitzgerald (R) | |||
| 107th (2001–2003) | ||||
| 108th (2003–2005) | ||||
| 109th (2005–2007) | Barack Obama (D) | |||
| 110th (2007–2009) | ||||
| 111th (2009–2011) | Roland Burris (D) | |||
| Mark Kirk (R) | ||||
| 112th (2011–2013) | ||||
| 113th (2013–2015) | ||||
| 114th (2015–2017) | ||||
| 115th (2017–2019) | Tammy Duckworth (D) | |||
| 116th (2019–2021) | ||||
| 117th (2021–2023) | ||||
| 118th (2023–2025) | ||||
| 119th (2025–2027) | ||||
United States House of Representatives
Main article: List of United States representatives from Illinois
Since Illinois became a state in 1818, it has sent people to the United States House of Representatives. Before that, from 1812 to 1818, the Illinois Territory sent one person who could speak but not vote in the House.
After Illinois became a state in 1818, it started with one seat in the House. Over the years, the number of seats changed based on how many people lived there, counted every ten years. Illinois grew to have up to 27 seats at one point, but now it has 17 seats. Each of these seats is filled by someone who lives in a certain part of the state.
| Years | Delegate from Territory's at-large district |
|---|---|
| December 3, 1812 – August 2, 1813 | Shadrach Bond (DR) |
| November 14, 1814 – March 3, 1817 | Benjamin Stephenson (DR) |
| March 4, 1817 – November 30, 1818 | Nathaniel Pope (DR) |
| Congress | At-large district |
|---|---|
| 15th (1818–1819) | John McLean (DR) |
| 16th (1819–1821) | Daniel Pope Cook (DR) |
| 17th (1821–1823) | |
| 18th (1823–1825) | |
| 19th (1825–1827) | Daniel Pope Cook (NR) |
| 20th (1827–1829) | Joseph Duncan (J) |
| 21st (1829–1831) | |
| 22nd (1831–1833) |
| Congress | 1st district | 2nd district | 3rd district |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23rd (1833–1835) | Charles Slade (J) | Zadok Casey (J) | Joseph Duncan (J) |
| John Reynolds (J) | William L. May (J) | ||
| 24th (1835–1837) | |||
| 25th (1837–1839) | Adam W. Snyder (D) | Zadok Casey (D) | William L. May (D) |
| 26th (1839–1841) | John Reynolds (D) | John T. Stuart (W) | |
| 27th (1841–1843) | Zadok Casey (ID) |
| Congress | 1st district | 2nd district | 3rd district | 4th district | 5th district | 6th district | 7th district |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28th (1843–1845) | Robert Smith (D) | John A. McClernand (D) | Orlando B. Ficklin (D) | John Wentworth (D) | Stephen A. Douglas (D) | Joseph P. Hoge (D) | John J. Hardin (W) |
| 29th (1845–1847) | Edward D. Baker (W) | ||||||
| John Henry (W) | |||||||
| 30th (1847–1849) | Robert Smith (ID) | William Alexander Richardson (D) | Thomas J. Turner (D) | Abraham Lincoln (W) | |||
| 31st (1849–1851) | William Henry Bissell (D) | Timothy R. Young (D) | Edward D. Baker (W) | Thomas L. Harris (D) | |||
| 32nd (1851–1853) | Willis Allen (D) | Orlando B. Ficklin (D) | Richard S. Molony (D) | Thompson Campbell (D) | Richard Yates (W) |
| Congress | District | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | |
| 33rd (1853–1855) | Elihu Washburne (W) | John Wentworth (D) | Jesse O. Norton (W) | James Knox (W) | William Alexander Richardson (D) | Richard Yates (W) | James C. Allen (D) | William H. Bissell (ID) | Willis Allen (D) |
| 34th (1855–1857) | Elihu Washburne (R) | James H. Woodworth (R) | Jesse O. Norton (O) | James Knox (O) | Thomas L. Harris (D) | James L. D. Morrison (D) | Samuel S. Marshall (D) | ||
| Jacob C. Davis (D) | |||||||||
| 35th (1857–1859) | John F. Farnsworth (R) | Owen Lovejoy (R) | William Kellogg (R) | Isaac N. Morris (D) | Aaron Shaw (D) | Robert Smith (D) | |||
| Charles D. Hodges (D) | |||||||||
| 36th (1859–1861) | John A. McClernand (D) | James Carroll Robinson (D) | Philip B. Fouke (D) | John A. Logan (D) | |||||
| 37th (1861–1863) | Isaac N. Arnold (R) | William Alexander Richardson (D) | |||||||
| Anthony L. Knapp (D) | William J. Allen (D) | ||||||||
| Congress | District | At-large | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | ||
| 38th (1863–1865) | Isaac N. Arnold (R) | John F. Farnsworth (R) | Elihu B. Washburne (R) | Charles M. Harris (D) | Owen Lovejoy (R) | Jesse O. Norton (R) | John R. Eden (D) | John T. Stuart (D) | Lewis W. Ross (D) | Anthony L. Knapp (D) | James Carroll Robinson (D) | William Ralls Morrison (D) | William J. Allen (D) | James C. Allen (D) |
| Ebon C. Ingersoll (R) | ||||||||||||||
| 39th (1865–1867) | John Wentworth (R) | Abner C. Harding (R) | Burton C. Cook (R) | Henry P. H. Bromwell (R) | Shelby M. Cullom (R) | Anthony Thornton (D) | Samuel S. Marshall (D) | Jehu Baker (R) | Andrew J. Kuykendall (R) | Samuel W. Moulton (R) | ||||
| 40th (1867–1869) | Norman B. Judd (R) | Albert G. Burr (D) | Green B. Raum (R) | John A. Logan (R) | ||||||||||
| 41st (1869–1871) | Horatio C. Burchard (R) | John B. Hawley (R) | Jesse H. Moore (R) | Thompson W. McNeely (D) | John B. Hay (R) | John M. Crebs (D) | ||||||||
| 42nd (1871–1873) | Charles B. Farwell (R) | Bradford N. Stevens (D) | Henry Snapp (R) | James Carroll Robinson (D) | Edward Y. Rice (D) | John Lourie Beveridge (R) | ||||||||
| District | District | District | Congress | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | |
| William L. Dawson (D) | Barratt O'Hara (D) | Fred E. Busbey (R) | William E. McVey (R) | John C. Kluczynski (D) | Thomas J. O'Brien (D) | James Bowler (D) | Thomas S. Gordon (D) | Sidney R. Yates (D) | Richard W. Hoffman (R) | Timothy P. Sheehan (R) | Edgar A. Jonas (R) | Marguerite Church (R) | Chauncey W. Reed (R) | Noah M. Mason (R) | Leo E. Allen (R) | Leslie C. Arends (R) | Harold H. Velde (R) | Robert B. Chiperfield (R) | Sid Simpson (R) | Peter F. Mack Jr. (D) | William L. Springer (R) | Charles W. Vursell (R) | Melvin Price (D) | C. W. Bishop (R) | 83rd (1953–1955) |
| James C. Murray (D) | Charles A. Boyle (D) | Ken Gray (D) | 84th (1955–1957) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Emmet Byrne (R) | Harold R. Collier (R) | Russell W. Keeney (R) | Bob Michel (R) | 85th (1957–1959) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| William T. Murphy (D) | Ed Derwinski (R) | Roland V. Libonati (D) | Dan Rosten- kowski (D) | Roman Pucinski (D) | Elmer J. Hoffman (R) | Edna O. Simpson (R) | George E. Shipley (D) | 86th (1959–1961) | |||||||||||||||||
| Edward R. Finnegan (D) | John B. Anderson (R) | Paul Findley (R) | 87th (1961–1963) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Congress | District | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | |
| 98th (1983–1985) | Harold Washington (D) | Gus Savage (D) | Marty Russo (D) | George M. O'Brien (R) | Bill Lipinski (D) | Henry Hyde (R) | Cardiss Collins (D) | Dan Rostenkowski (D) | Sidney Yates (D) | John Porter (R) | Frank Annunzio (D) | Phil Crane (R) | John Erlenborn (R) | Tom Corcoran (R) | Ed Madigan (R) | Lynn M. Martin (R) | Lane Evans (D) | Bob Michel (R) | Dan Crane (R) | Dick Durbin (D) | Melvin Price (D) | Paul Simon (D) |
| 99th (1985–1987) | Charles Hayes (D) | Harris Fawell (R) | John E. Grotberg (R) | Terry L. Bruce (D) | Ken Gray (D) | |||||||||||||||||
| 100th (1987–1989) | Jack Davis (R) | Dennis Hastert (R) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 101st (1989–1991) | George Sangmeister (D) | Jerry Costello (D) | Glenn Poshard (D) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 102nd (1991–1993) | John Cox (D) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Congress | District | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | |
| 103rd (1993–1995) | Bobby Rush (D) | Mel Reynolds (D) | Bill Lipinski (D) | Luis Gutiérrez (D) | Dan Rostenkowski (D) | Henry Hyde (R) | Cardiss Collins (D) | Phil Crane (R) | Sidney Yates (D) | John Porter (R) | George Sangmeister (D) | Jerry Costello (D) | Harris Fawell (R) | Dennis Hastert (R) | Tom Ewing (R) | Don Manzullo (R) | Lane Evans (D) | Bob Michel (R) | Glenn Poshard (D) | Dick Durbin (D) |
| 104th (1995–1997) | Michael Flanagan (R) | Jerry Weller (R) | Ray LaHood (R) | |||||||||||||||||
| 105th (1997–1999) | Jesse Jackson Jr. (D) | Rod Blagojevich (D) | Danny Davis (D) | John Shimkus (R) | ||||||||||||||||
| 106th (1999–2001) | Jan Schakowsky (D) | Judy Biggert (R) | David Phelps (D) | |||||||||||||||||
| 107th (2001–2003) | Mark Kirk (R) | Tim Johnson (R) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Congress | District | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | |
| 108th (2003–2005) | Bobby Rush (D) | Jesse Jackson Jr. (D) | Bill Lipinski (D) | Luis Gutiérrez (D) | Rahm Emanuel (D) | Henry Hyde (R) | Danny Davis (D) | Phil Crane (R) | Jan Schakowsky (D) | Mark Kirk (R) | Jerry Weller (R) | Jerry Costello (D) | Judy Biggert (R) | Dennis Hastert (R) | Tim Johnson (R) | Don Manzullo (R) | Lane Evans (D) | Ray LaHood (R) | John Shimkus (R) |
| 109th (2005–2007) | Dan Lipinski (D) | Melissa Bean (D) | |||||||||||||||||
| 110th (2007–2009) | Peter Roskam (R) | Phil Hare (D) | |||||||||||||||||
| 111th (2009–2011) | Mike Quigley (D) | Debbie Halvorson (D) | Bill Foster (D) | Aaron Schock (R) | |||||||||||||||
| 112th (2011–2013) | Joe Walsh (R) | Bob Dold (R) | Adam Kinzinger (R) | Randy Hultgren (R) | Bobby Schilling (R) | ||||||||||||||
| Congress | District | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | |
| 113th (2013–2015) | Bobby Rush (D) | Robin Kelly (D) | Dan Lipinski (D) | Luis Gutiérrez (D) | Mike Quigley (D) | Peter Roskam (R) | Danny Davis (D) | Tammy Duckworth (D) | Jan Schakowsky (D) | Brad Schneider (D) | Bill Foster (D) | William Enyart (D) | Rodney Davis (R) | Randy Hultgren (R) | John Shimkus (R) | Adam Kinzinger (R) | Cheri Bustos (D) | Aaron Schock (R) |
| 114th (2015–2017) | Bob Dold (R) | Mike Bost (R) | ||||||||||||||||
| Darin LaHood (R) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 115th (2017–2019) | Raja Krishnamoorthi (D) | Brad Schneider (D) | ||||||||||||||||
| 116th (2019–2021) | Chuy García (D) | Sean Casten (D) | Lauren Underwood (D) | |||||||||||||||
| 117th (2021–2023) | Marie Newman (D) | Mary Miller (R) | ||||||||||||||||
| Congress | District | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | |
| 118th (2023–2025) | Jonathan Jackson (D) | Robin Kelly (D) | Delia Ramirez (D) | Chuy García (D) | Mike Quigley (D) | Sean Casten (D) | Danny Davis (D) | Raja Krishnamoorthi (D) | Jan Schakowsky (D) | Brad Schneider (D) | Bill Foster (D) | Mike Bost (R) | Nikki Budzinski (D) | Lauren Underwood (D) | Mary Miller (R) | Darin LaHood (R) | Eric Sorensen (D) |
| 119th (2025–2027) | |||||||||||||||||
Key
Illinois has been part of the United States since 1818. As a state, it sends representatives to two important groups: the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. In the Senate, each state elects two senators who serve for six years. In the House of Representatives, members are elected every two years. Before Illinois became a state, from 1812 to 1818, the Illinois Territory sent a special representative to Congress, but this person could not vote.
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