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Illinois: March 4, 1907 - November 6, 1952 (H) 16,684 dd October 24, 1957 November 18, 2009 Carl Hayden: Democratic Arizona: February 19, 1912 - January 3, 1969 (S, H) 20,773 dd November 18, 2009 June 6, 2013 Robert Byrd: Democratic West Virginia: January 3, 1953 - June 28, 2010 (S, H) 20,995 dd June 6, 2013 John Dingell: Democratic Michigan
The 90th Congress was notable because for a period of 10 days (December 24, 1968 – January 3, 1969), it contained within the Senate, all 10 of what was at one point the top 10 longest-serving senators in history (Byrd, Inouye, Thurmond, Kennedy, Hayden, Stennis, Stevens, Hollings, Russell Jr., and Long) until January 7, 2013, when Patrick Leahy surpassed Russell B. Long as the 10th longest ...
He is the longest-serving member ever of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Illinois. [18] He holds the record as the 10th longest-serving member in the history of the US Congress, and also has the longest tenure of all members whose time in Congress included a break in service.
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.
Michael Joseph Madigan (born April 19, 1942) is an American politician who is the former speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. [1] He was the longest-serving leader of any state or federal legislative body in the history of the United States, having held the position for all but two years from 1983 to 2021. [2]
The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Illinois. 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 ...
Richard Joseph Durbin (born November 21, 1944) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Illinois, a seat he has held since 1997. A member of the Democratic Party , Durbin is in his fifth Senate term and has served since 2005 as the Senate Democratic whip (the second-highest position in the Democratic ...
Representative Flowers is the longest serving African-American legislator in Illinois history. [1] She represented the 31st district from January 9, 1985 to January 13, 1993, [ 2 ] represented the 21st district from January 13, 1993 to January 8, 2003, and represents the 31st district again since January 8, 2003.