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  2. List of United States senators from Illinois - Wikipedia

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    The Senate twice refused to seat Frank L. Smith, in December 1926 for an appointed term and in March 1927 for an elected one, due to corruption, but he is included in this list because Smith and the Governor considered him to be a senator for approximately two years. Of the eight African Americans ever to sit in the U.S. Senate since ...

  3. History of the United States Senate - Wikipedia

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    In 1992, Carol Mosely Braun became the first Black woman elected to the Senate, where she served one term as a Democrat from Illinois. She advocated for education reform and gun control. [27] In 2009, Kathie Alvarez became the Senate's first female legislative clerk. [28] In 2012, Tammy Baldwin was elected to the Senate as its first openly gay ...

  4. 1st United States Congress - Wikipedia

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    The 1st United States Congress, comprising the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives, met from March 4, 1789, to March 4, 1791, during the first two years of George Washington's presidency, first at Federal Hall in New York City and later at Congress Hall in Philadelphia.

  5. List of United States senators in the 1st Congress - Wikipedia

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    This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 1st United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1789, to March 3, 1791.. The order of service is based on the commencement of the senator's first term, with senators entering service the same day ranked alphabetically.

  6. United States congressional delegations from Illinois

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    Each state elects two senators to serve for six years, and members of the House to two-year terms. Before becoming a state, the Illinois Territory elected a non-voting delegate at-large to Congress from 1812 to 1818. These are tables of congressional delegations from Illinois to the United States Senate and the United States House of ...

  7. 1788–89 United States Senate elections - Wikipedia

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    They coincided with the election of George Washington as the first president of the United States. As these elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1788 and 1789.

  8. 1914 United States Senate election in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    The 1914 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 3, 1914. [1] Incumbent Republican senator Lawrence Yates Sherman, first elected to a partial term by the Illinois General Assembly in a special election the previous year, was reelected to a full term as U.S. senator by a popular vote.

  9. United States Senate - Wikipedia

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    The Senate and the United States House of Representatives (which is the lower chamber of Congress) comprise the federal bicameral legislature of the United States. Together, the Senate and the House have the authority under Article One of the U.S. Constitution to pass or defeat federal legislation.