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September 9, 1998 Carl Hayden: Democratic Arizona: March 4, 1927 - January 3, 1969 15,281 dd September 9, 1998 February 28, 2005 Strom Thurmond: Democratic/ Republican South Carolina November 7, 1956 - January 3, 2003 16,858 dd February 28, 2005 Robert Byrd: Democratic West Virginia: January 3, 1959 - June 28, 2010 18,804 dd
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.
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 ...
Member / Delegate Party District Years Electoral history J. Leroy Adair: Democratic: 15th: March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937 [data missing]George E. Adams: Republican
The 9th congressional district of Illinois covers parts of Cook, Lake, and McHenry counties as of the 2021 redistricting which followed the 2020 census.It includes all or parts of Chicago, Evanston, Glenview, Skokie, Morton Grove, Niles, Northfield, Prospect Heights, Wilmette, Buffalo Grove, Hawthorn Woods, Wauconda, Island Lake, Long Grove, Lake Barrington, Algonquin Township, Cary, Crystal ...
The United States' longest-serving congresswoman is headed back for her 22nd term. Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur defeated Republican state Rep. Derek Merrin in a close race for Ohio's 9th ...
Joseph Gurney Cannon (May 7, 1836 – November 12, 1926) was an American politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party.Cannon represented parts of Illinois in the United States House of Representatives for twenty-three non-consecutive terms between 1873 and 1923; upon his retirement, he was the longest serving member of the United States Congress ever.
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.