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March 4, 1897 - November 4, 1906 12,295 dd November 3, 1908 February 28, 1959 Joseph G. Cannon: Republican Illinois: March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1891 March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1913 March 4, 1915 - March 3, 1923 16,797 dd February 28, 1959 July 18, 1963 Sam Rayburn: Democratic: Texas: March 4, 1913 - November 16, 1961 17,789 dd July 18, 1963 January ...
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 ...
Luis Vicente Gutiérrez (born December 10, 1953) is an American politician. He served as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 4th congressional district from 1993 to 2019. . From 1986 until his election to Congress, he served as a member of the Chicago City Council representing the 26th wa
Resigned after becoming judge of the US District Court for the Southern District of Illinois James R. Mann: Republican: 1st: March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1903 [data missing] 2nd: March 4, 1903 – November 30, 1922 Died Donald A. Manzullo: Republican: 16th: January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013 [data missing] Benjamin F. Marsh: Republican: 10th
The 4th congressional district of Illinois includes part of Cook County, and has been represented by Democrat Jesús "Chuy" García since January 2019.. The previous version of the district from 2013–2023 was featured by The Economist as one of the most strangely drawn and gerrymandered congressional districts in the country, [3] inspired the "Ugly Gerry" gerrymandering typeface, [4] and has ...
Illinois's current congressional delegation in the 119th Congress consists of its two senators, both of whom are Democrats, and its 17 representatives: 14 Democrats and 3 Republicans. The current dean of the Illinois delegation is Senator Dick Durbin, having served in the Senate since 1997 and in Congress since 1983.
In the 2022 midterm elections, per the 2020 United States census, Illinois lost a congressional seat. [4] From a high of 27 congressional seats apportioned to Illinois following the 1910 and 1930 censuses, the state has lost one to two seats in every re-apportionment cycle since 1940, with the exception of the cycle following the 1970 census.
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.