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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 ...
Senators from Illinois are elected to class 2 and class 3. 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.
Senators have been directly elected by state-wide popular vote since the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1913. A senate term is six years with no term limit. Every two years a third of the seats are up for election. Some years also have a few special elections to fill vacancies. Each state has two senators elected in ...
The 1992 United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 3, 1992. Incumbent Senator Alan J. Dixon decided to run for re-election a third term, but he was defeated in the Democratic primary by Carol Moseley Braun , who won the general election.
The List of United States Senate elections has been split into the following two parts for convenience: List of United States Senate elections (1788–1913) List of United States Senate elections (1914–present) The following are lists of United States Senate elections by other criteria: List of United States Senate election results by region
This is a complete list of all people who previously served in the United States Senate. As of January 2025, a total of 2,018 persons have served in the senate (including those currently serving). As of January 2025, a total of 2,018 persons have served in the senate (including those currently serving).
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 ...
United States Senate Calendars and Schedules; Senate Manual via GovInfo (U.S. Government Publishing Office) Works by United States Senate at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks) Chart of all U.S. Senate seat-holders, by state, 1978–present, via Texas Tech University; Works by or about United States Senate at the Internet Archive