United States Congressional Delegations from Illinois
Encyclopedia
These are tables of congressional delegations from Illinois
to the United States Senate
and United States House of Representatives
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was established on March 1, 1809.
Part of the area of Illinois Territory
became the State of Illinois
on December 3, 1818.
| rowspan=2 | Isaac N. Arnold
(R)
| rowspan=6 | John F. Farnsworth
(R)
| rowspan=4 | Elihu B. Washburne
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Charles M. Harris
(D)
| | Owen Lovejoy
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Jesse O. Norton
(R)
| rowspan=2 | John R. Eden
(D)
| rowspan=2 | John T. Stuart
(D)
| rowspan=4 | Lewis W. Ross
(D)
| rowspan=2 | Anthony L. Knapp
(D)
| rowspan=2 | James C. Robinson
(D)
| rowspan=2 | William R. Morrison (D)
| rowspan=2 | William J. Allen
(D)
| rowspan=2 | James C. Allen
(D)
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| rowspan=4 | Ebon C. Ingersoll
(R)
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| 39th
1865–1867
| | John Wentworth
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Abner C. Harding
(R)
| rowspan=3 | Burton C. Cook
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Henry P.H. Bromwell (R)
| rowspan=3 | Shelby M. Cullom (R)
| | Anthony Thornton
(D)
| rowspan=4 | Samuel S. Marshall
(D)
| rowspan=2 | Jehu Baker
(R)
| | Andrew J. Kuykendall
(R)
| | Samuel W. Moulton
(R)
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| 40th
1867–1869
| rowspan=2 | Norman B. Judd
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Albert G. Burr
(D)
| | Green B. Raum (R)
| rowspan=2 | John A. Logan
(R)
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| 41st
1869–1871
| rowspan=2 | Horatio C. Burchard
(R)
| rowspan=2 | John B. Hawley
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Jeese H. Moore (R)
| rowspan=2 | Thompson W. McNeely
(D)
| rowspan=2 | John B. Hay
(R)
| rowspan=2 | John M. Crebs
(D)
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| 42nd
1871–1873
| | Charles B. Farwell
(R)
| | Bradford N. Stevens
(D)
| | Henry Snapp
(R)
| | James C. Robinson
(D)
| | Edward Y. Rice
(D)
| | John L. Beveridge
(R)
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Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
to the United States Senate
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
and United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
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United States Senate
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| Jesse B. Thomas Jesse B. Thomas Jesse Burgess Thomas was born in Shepherdstown, Virginia . He served as a delegate from the Indiana Territory to the tenth Congress and later served as one of Illinois's first two Senators.- Biography :... (D-R) |
15th 15th United States Congress -Leadership:- Senate :* President: Daniel D. Tompkins * President pro tempore:** John Gaillard , elected March 4, 1817** James Barbour , elected February 15, 1819- House of Representatives :*Speaker: Henry Clay -Members:... (1817–1819) |
Ninian Edwards Ninian Edwards Ninian Edwards was a founding political figure of the state of Illinois. He served as the first and only governor of the Illinois Territory from 1809 to 1818, as one of the first two United States Senators from Illinois from 1818 to 1824, and as the third Governor of Illinois from 1826 to 1830... (D-R) |
| 16th 16th United States Congress -House of Representatives:During this congress, one House seat was added for the new state of Alabama and one seat was reapportioned from Massachusetts to the new state of Maine. For the beginning of the next congress, six more seats from Massachusetts would be reapportioned to... (1819–1821) |
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| 17th 17th United States Congress The Seventeenth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1821 to March 3, 1823, during the fifth and sixth... (1821–1823) |
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| 18th 18th United States Congress The Eighteenth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1823 to March 3, 1825, during the seventh and eighth... (1823–1825) |
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| John McLean John McLean (Illinois politician) John McLean was a United States Representative and a Senator from Illinois.Born near Guilford Court House , Guilford County, North Carolina, February 4, 1791, McLean moved with his parents to Logan County, Kentucky in 1795. He moved to Illinois Territory in 1815... (D-R) |
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| 19th 19th United States Congress -House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President: John C. Calhoun * President pro tempore: John Gaillard , until December 4, 1825** Nathaniel Macon , from May 20, 1826- House of Representatives :* Speaker: John W. Taylor -Members:... (1825–1827) |
Elias K. Kane (D) | |
| 20th 20th United States Congress -House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President: John C. Calhoun * President pro tempore: Samuel Smith - House of Representatives :* Speaker: Andrew Stevenson -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state... (1827–1829) |
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| John McLean John McLean (Illinois politician) John McLean was a United States Representative and a Senator from Illinois.Born near Guilford Court House , Guilford County, North Carolina, February 4, 1791, McLean moved with his parents to Logan County, Kentucky in 1795. He moved to Illinois Territory in 1815... (D) |
21st 21st United States Congress -House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President: John C. Calhoun * President pro tempore: Samuel Smith - House of Representatives :* Speaker: Andrew Stevenson -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state... (1829–1831) |
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| David J. Baker David J. Baker David Jewett Baker was a United States Senator from Illinois. Born in East Haddam, Connecticut, he moved with his parents to Ontario County, New York and attended the common schools. In 1816 he graduated from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. He studied law, and was admitted to the Illinois... (D) |
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| John M. Robinson John M. Robinson John McCracken Robinson was a United States Senator from Illinois.Born near Georgetown, Kentucky, he attended the common schools and graduated from Transylvania University at Lexington. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar and began practice in Carmi, Illinois in 1818... (D) |
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| 22nd 22nd United States Congress -House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President:** John C. Calhoun , resigned December 28, 1832, thereafter vacant.* President pro tempore:** Samuel Smith , first elected December 5, 1831** Littleton W... (1831–1833) |
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| 23rd 23rd United States Congress -House of Representatives:For the beginning of this congress, the size of the House was increased from 213 seats to 240 seats, following the 1830 United States Census .- Leadership :- Senate :* President: Martin Van Buren... (1833–1835) |
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| 24th 24th United States Congress -House of Representatives:During this congress one House seat was added for each of the new states of Arkansas and Michigan.-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Martin Van Buren * President pro tempore: William R. King - House of Representatives :... (1835–1837) |
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| William Lee D. Ewing William Lee D. Ewing William Lee Davidson Ewing was a politician from Illinois who served partial terms as the fifth governor of the state and as U.S. Senator.... (D) |
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| 25th 25th United States Congress -House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Richard Mentor Johnson * President pro tempore: William R. King - House of Representatives :* Speaker: James K. Polk -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state... (1837–1839) |
Richard M. Young Richard M. Young Richard Montgomery Young was a U.S. Senator from Illinois.Young was born in Fayette County, Kentucky and was admitted to the bar in 1814. In 1817, he moved his law practices to Jonesboro, Illinois and was appointed a Captain in the State Militia. He served in the Illinois state house from... (D) |
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| 26th 26th United States Congress -House of Representatives:- Leadership :- Senate :*President: Richard M. Johnson *President pro tempore: William R. King - House of Representatives :*Speaker: Robert M.T. Hunter -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state... (1839–1841) |
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| Samuel McRoberts Samuel McRoberts Samuel McRoberts was a United States Senator from Illinois. Born near Maeystown, he was educated by private tutors and graduated from the law department of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. He was admitted to the bar in 1821 and commenced practice in Monroe County, and was clerk of... (D) |
27th 27th United States Congress The Twenty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1841 to March 3, 1843, during the one-month... (1841–1843) |
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| 28th 28th United States Congress -House of Representatives:Following the 1840 United States Census, Congress reapportioned the House to include 223 seats . During this congress, one House seat was added for the new state of Florida .- Senate :*President: Vacant... (1843–1845) |
Sidney Breese Sidney Breese Sidney Breese was a U.S. Senator from Illinois, Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, a forefather of Illinois, and "father of the Illinois Central Railroad".-Early life:... (D) |
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| James Semple James Semple James Semple was a United States Senator from Illinois.Born in Green County, Kentucky, he had some private education as well as public schooling before enlisting in the Army in 1814 and being an ensign in the Kentucky Militia in 1816. He moved to Edwardsville, Illinois, in 1818 and to Chariton,... (D) |
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| 29th 29th United States Congress -House of Representatives:During this congress, two House seats were added for each of the new states of Texas and Iowa.-Leadership:-Senate:* President: George M. Dallas * President pro tempore: Willie P. Mangum... (1845–1847) |
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| Stephen A. Douglas Stephen A. Douglas Stephen Arnold Douglas was an American politician from the western state of Illinois, and was the Northern Democratic Party nominee for President in 1860. He lost to the Republican Party's candidate, Abraham Lincoln, whom he had defeated two years earlier in a Senate contest following a famed... (D) |
30th 30th United States Congress The Thirtieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1847 to March 3, 1849, during the last two years of... (1847–1849) |
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| 31st 31st United States Congress The Thirty-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1849 to March 3, 1851, during the last 17 months... (1849–1851) |
James Shields James Shields James Shields was an American politician and United States Army officer who was born in Altmore, County Tyrone, Ireland. Shields, a Democrat, is the only person in United States history to serve as a U.S. Senator for three different states... (D) |
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| 32nd 32nd United States Congress The Thirty-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1851 to March 3, 1853, during the third and... (1851–1853) |
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| 33rd 33rd United States Congress The Thirty-third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1853 to March 3, 1855, during the first two years... (1853–1855) |
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| 34th 34th United States Congress The Thirty-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1855 to March 4, 1857, during the last two years... (1855–1857) |
Lyman Trumbull Lyman Trumbull Lyman Trumbull was a United States Senator from Illinois during the American Civil War, and co-author of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.-Education and early career:... (D) |
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| 35th 35th United States Congress The 35th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1857 to March 3, 1859, during the first two years of James... (1857–1859) |
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| 36th 36th United States Congress The Thirty-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1859 to March 4, 1861, during the third and fourth... (1859–1861) |
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| 37th 37th United States Congress The Thirty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1861 to March 4, 1863, during the first two... (1861–1863) |
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| William Alexander Richardson William Alexander Richardson William Alexander Richardson was a prominent Illinois Democrat politician before and during the American Civil War.... (D) |
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| 38th 38th United States Congress -House of Representatives:Before this Congress, the 1860 United States Census and resulting reapportionment changed the size of the House to 241 members... (1863–1865) |
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| Richard Yates (R) | 39th 39th United States Congress The Thirty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1865 to March 4, 1867, during the first month of... (1865–1867) |
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| 40th 40th United States Congress The Fortieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1867 to March 4, 1869, during the third and fourth... (1867–1869) |
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| 41st 41st United States Congress -House of Representatives:- Senate :* President : Schuyler Colfax* President pro tempore: Henry B. Anthony - House of Representatives :* Speaker: James G. Blaine -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state... (1869–1871) |
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| John A. Logan John A. Logan John Alexander Logan was an American soldier and political leader. He served in the Mexican-American War and was a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War. He served the state of Illinois as a state senator, congressman and senator and was an unsuccessful candidate for Vice President... (R) |
42nd 42nd United States Congress The Forty-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873, during the third and fourth... (1871–1873) |
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| 43rd 43rd United States Congress The Forty-third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1873 to March 4, 1875, during the fifth and sixth... (1873–1875) |
Richard J. Oglesby (R) | |
| 44th 44th United States Congress The Forty-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1875 to March 4, 1877, during the seventh and... (1875–1877) |
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| David Davis (Ind) | 45th 45th United States Congress -House of Representatives:-Leadership:-Senate:*President: William A. Wheeler *President pro tempore: Thomas W. Ferry -House of Representatives:*Speaker: Samuel J. Randall -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state... (1877–1879) |
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| 46th 46th United States Congress The Forty-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1879 to March 4, 1881, during the last two years of... (1879–1881) |
John A. Logan John A. Logan John Alexander Logan was an American soldier and political leader. He served in the Mexican-American War and was a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War. He served the state of Illinois as a state senator, congressman and senator and was an unsuccessful candidate for Vice President... (R) |
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| 47th 47th United States Congress The Forty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1881 to March 4, 1883, during the administration... (1881–1883) |
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| Shelby M. Cullom (R) | 48th 48th United States Congress The Forty-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1883 to March 4, 1885, during the last two years... (1883–1885) |
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| 49th 49th United States Congress The Forty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1885 to March 4, 1887, during the first two years... (1885–1887) |
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| Charles B. Farwell Charles B. Farwell Charles Benjamin Farwell was a U.S. Representative and Senator from Illinois.Farwell was born in Painted Post, New York and attended Elmira Academy before moving to Illinois in 1838. He first tried his hand at surveying and farming before moving to Chicago in 1844, when he went into banking. ... (R) |
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| 50th 50th United States Congress The Fiftieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1887 to March 4, 1889, during the third and fourth... (1887–1889) |
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| 51st 51st United States Congress The Fifty-first United States Congress, referred to by some critics as the Billion Dollar Congress, was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C... (1889–1891) |
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| 52nd 52nd United States Congress The Fifty-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C... (1891–1893) |
John M. Palmer John M. Palmer (politician) John McAuley Palmer , was an Illinois resident, an American Civil War General who fought for the Union, the 15th Governor of Illinois, and presidential candidate of the National Democratic Party in the 1896 election on a platform to defend the gold standard, free trade, and limited... (D) |
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| 53rd 53rd United States Congress The Fifty-third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1893 to March 4, 1895, during the fifth and sixth... (1893–1895) |
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| 54th 54th United States Congress - House of Representatives :-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Adlai E. Stevenson * President pro tempore: William P. Frye - Majority leadership :* Republican Conference Chairman: John Sherman- Minority leadership :... (1895–1897) |
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| 55th 55th United States Congress -House of Representatives:* Republican: 206 * Democratic: 124* Populist: 22* Silver Republican: 3* Silver: 1* Independent Republican: 1TOTAL members: 357-Leadership:-Senate:* President: Garret Hobart * President pro tempore: William P... (1897–1899) |
William E. Mason William E. Mason William Ernest Mason was a U.S. Representative and Senator from Illinois.Mason was born in Franklinville, New York. His family moved to Bentonsport, Iowa when he was 8. He attended Birmingham College. After graduating, he taught at Bentonsport Academy, which he had previously attended... (R) |
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| 56th 56th United States Congress -House of Representatives:- Leadership :- Senate :* President: Garret Hobart , until November 21, 1899 , vacant thereafter.* President pro tempore: William P. Frye * Democratic Caucus Chairman: James K. Jones... (1899–1901) |
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| 57th 57th United States Congress -House of Representatives:*Democratic: 151*Republican: 200 *Populist: 5*Silver : 1TOTAL members: 357-Leadership:-Senate:* President: Theodore Roosevelt , until September 14, 1901, vacant thereafter.... (1901–1903) |
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| 58th 58th United States Congress - House of Representatives :* Republican : 209 * Democratic : 176* Silver Republican : 1TOTAL members: 386-Senate:* President: Vacant* President pro tempore: William P. Frye -Members:... (1903–1905) |
Albert J. Hopkins Albert J. Hopkins Albert Jarvis Hopkins was a Congressman and U.S. Senator from Illinois.Hopkins was born near Cortland, Illinois. He was admitted to the bar in 1871 and practiced in Aurora. He was elected to fill out the congressional term of Reuben Ellwood in 1885 and was re-elected in his own right for eight... (R) |
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| 59th 59th United States Congress The Fifty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1905 to March 4, 1907, during the fifth and sixth... (1905–1907) |
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| 60th 60th United States Congress The Sixtieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1907 to March 4, 1909, during the last two years of... (1907–1909) |
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| 61st 61st United States Congress The Sixty-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1909 to March 4, 1911, during the first two years of... (1909–1911) |
William Lorimer William Lorimer (politician) William Lorimer was a U.S. Representative from the State of Illinois. He subsequently served in the United States Senate and was known as the "Blond Boss" in Chicago. In 1912, however, the Senate held Lorimer's election invalid due to the use of corrupt methods and practices including... (R) |
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| 62nd 62nd United States Congress - House of Representatives :* Democratic : 230 * Republican : 162* Socialist : 1* Independent : 1TOTAL members: 394-Senate:* President: James S... (1911–1913) |
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| J. Hamilton Lewis J. Hamilton Lewis James Hamilton Lewis was the first Senator to hold the title of Whip in the United States Senate. Lewis was born in Danville, Virginia, and also grew up in Augusta, Georgia... (D) |
63rd 63rd United States Congress - House of Representatives:*Democratic : 291 *Republican : 134*Progressive : 9*Independent : 1TOTAL members: 435-Senate:*President of the Senate: Thomas R. Marshall*President pro tempore: James P. Clarke-Senate:... (1913–1915) |
Lawrence Y. Sherman (R) |
| 64th 64th United States Congress The Sixty-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1915 to March 4, 1917, during the third and fourth... (1915–1917) |
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| 65th 65th United States Congress The Sixty-fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1917 to March 4, 1919, during the fourth and fifth... (1917–1919) |
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| Medill McCormick (R) | 66th 66th United States Congress The Sixty-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprising the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1919 to March 4, 1921, during the last two years of... (1919–1921) |
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| 67th 67th United States Congress The Sixty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1921 to March 4, 1923, during the first two years... (1921–1923) |
William B. McKinley William B. McKinley William Brown McKinley was a United States Representative from the State of Illinois. He was born near Petersburg, Illinois.... (R) |
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| 68th 68th United States Congress The Sixty-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1923 to March 4, 1925, during the last months of... (1923–1925) |
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| Charles S. Deneen Charles S. Deneen Charles Samuel Deneen was the 23rd Governor of Illinois, serving from 1905 to 1913, and was the first to serve two terms. He served as a U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1925–1931. Deneen also served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives in 1892... (R) |
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| 69th 69th United States Congress The Sixty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1925 to March 4, 1927, during the third and fourth... (1925–1927) |
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| Frank L. Smith Frank L. Smith Frank Leslie Smith was an Illinois politician. He served as a United States Congressman from 1919 to 1921. He was elected by the people of Illinois to the United States Senate in 1926, but the Senate never allowed him to take his seat.He first ran for the Republican nomination for the U.S.... (R) |
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| 70th 70th United States Congress The Seventieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1927 to March 3, 1929, during the last two years of... (1927–1929) |
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| Otis F. Glenn Otis F. Glenn Otis Ferguson Glenn was a Republican United States Senator from the State of Illinois.He was born in Mattoon, Illinois on August 27, 1879. After graduating law school in 1900 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he began practicing law in Murphysboro... (R) |
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| 71st 71st United States Congress The Seventy-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1929 to March 4, 1931, during the first two years... (1929–1931) |
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| J. Hamilton Lewis J. Hamilton Lewis James Hamilton Lewis was the first Senator to hold the title of Whip in the United States Senate. Lewis was born in Danville, Virginia, and also grew up in Augusta, Georgia... (D) |
72nd 72nd United States Congress The Seventy-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1931 to March 4, 1933, during the last two years... (1931–1933) |
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| 73rd 73rd United States Congress The Seventy-third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1933 to January 3, 1935, during the first two years... (1933–1935) |
William H. Dieterich William H. Dieterich (senator) William Henry Dieterich was a United States Senator and Congressman from the State of Illinois. He was born near Cooperstown, Illinois. He was a Democrat.... (D) |
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| 74th 74th United States Congress -House:Also 2 Delegates, 3 Resident Commissioners-Senate:*President of the Senate: John N. Garner *President pro tempore: Key Pittman -Majority leadership:*Majority leader: Joseph T. Robinson... (1935–1937) |
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| 75th 75th United States Congress The Seventy-fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1937 to January 3, 1939, during the first two years... (1937–1939) |
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| 76th 76th United States Congress The Seventy-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1939 to January 3, 1941, during the seventh and... (1939–1941) |
Scott W. Lucas Scott W. Lucas Scott Wike Lucas was a two-term Democratic United States Senator from Illinois, and the United States Senate Majority Leader from 1948 to 1950.... (D) |
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| James M. Slattery James M. Slattery James Michael Slattery was a United States Senator from Illinois.Born in Chicago, he attended parochial schools and St. Ignatius College . He was employed as a secretary with the building departments of the city of Chicago in 1905, and graduated from Illinois College of Law at Chicago in 1908... (D) |
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| Charles W. Brooks Charles W. Brooks Charles Wayland Brooks was a Republican U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1940 to 1949.He was born in West Bureau, Illinois and during World War I Brooks served as a first lieutenant in the United States Marines from 1917 to 1919; while in combat he was wounded several times.Wayland Brooks ran for... (R) |
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| Paul Douglas Paul Douglas Paul Howard Douglas was an liberal American politician and University of Chicago economist. A war hero, he was elected as a Democratic U.S. Senator from Illinois from in the 1948 landslide, serving until his defeat in 1966... (D) |
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Everett Dirksen Everett Dirksen Everett McKinley Dirksen was an American politician of the Republican Party. He represented Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate... (R) |
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| 89th 89th United States Congress -House of Representatives:- Senate :* President of the Senate: Hubert Humphrey , starting January 20, 1965* President pro tempore: Carl Hayden - Majority leadership :* Majority Leader and Democratic Conference Chairman: Mike Mansfield... (1965–1967) |
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| Charles H. Percy Charles H. Percy Charles Harting "Chuck" Percy was president of the Bell & Howell Corporation from 1949 to 1964. He was elected United States Senator from Illinois in 1966, re-elected through his term ending in 1985; he concentrated on business and foreign relations... (R) |
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| Ralph Tyler Smith Ralph Tyler Smith Ralph Tyler Smith was born in Granite City, Illinois. Smith was a Republican politician from Illinois and served in the Illinois state house from 1955 through 1969, including two years as the Speaker of the House from 1967 to 1969. Upon the death of Everett Dirksen, Governor Richard B... (R) |
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| Adlai Stevenson III Adlai Stevenson III Adlai Ewing Stevenson III is an American politician of the Democratic Party. He represented the state of Illinois in the United States Senate from 1970 until 1981.-Education, military service, and early career:... (D) |
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| 92nd 92nd United States Congress The Ninety-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives... (1971–1973) |
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Alan J. Dixon Alan J. Dixon Alan John Dixon is a Democratic politician who was elected to various Illinois state offices from 1951 to 1981 and served as United States Senator from Illinois from 1981 until 1993.-Biography:... (D) |
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99th 99th United States Congress The Ninety-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1985 to January 3, 1987, during the fifth and sixth... (1985–1987) |
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Roland Burris Roland Burris Roland Wallace Burris is a former United States Senator from the state of Illinois and a member of the Democratic Party.... (D) |
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| Mark Kirk Mark Kirk Mark Steven Kirk is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, Kirk was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Illinois's 10th congressional district.... (R) |
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United States House of Representatives
1812 – 1818: 1 Territorial delegate
The Illinois TerritoryIllinois Territory
The Territory of Illinois was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 1, 1809, until December 3, 1818, when the southern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Illinois. The area was earlier known as "Illinois Country" while under...
was established on March 1, 1809.
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| December 3, 1812 – August 2, 1813 | Shadrack Bond |
| November 14, 1814 – March 3, 1817 | Benjamin Stephenson Benjamin Stephenson Benjamin Stephenson was born in Pennsylvania on July 8, 1769. He moved to Virginia in 1788, and then to the Illinois Territory. He became sheriff of Randolph County, Illinois in 1809.... |
| March 4, 1817 – November 30, 1818 | Nathaniel Pope Nathaniel Pope Nathaniel Pope was a politician and jurist from the U.S. state of Illinois.-Early life, education, and career:... |
Part of the area of Illinois Territory
Illinois Territory
The Territory of Illinois was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 1, 1809, until December 3, 1818, when the southern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Illinois. The area was earlier known as "Illinois Country" while under...
became the State of Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
on December 3, 1818.
1818 – 1833: 1 seat
From statehood in 1818, until the addition of two seats in 1833, Illinois had one Representative, elected at-large state-wide.| Congress | |
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| 15th 15th United States Congress -Leadership:- Senate :* President: Daniel D. Tompkins * President pro tempore:** John Gaillard , elected March 4, 1817** James Barbour , elected February 15, 1819- House of Representatives :*Speaker: Henry Clay -Members:... 1818–1819 |
John McLean John McLean (Illinois politician) John McLean was a United States Representative and a Senator from Illinois.Born near Guilford Court House , Guilford County, North Carolina, February 4, 1791, McLean moved with his parents to Logan County, Kentucky in 1795. He moved to Illinois Territory in 1815... |
| 16th 16th United States Congress -House of Representatives:During this congress, one House seat was added for the new state of Alabama and one seat was reapportioned from Massachusetts to the new state of Maine. For the beginning of the next congress, six more seats from Massachusetts would be reapportioned to... 1819–1821 |
Daniel P. Cook |
| 17th 17th United States Congress The Seventeenth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1821 to March 3, 1823, during the fifth and sixth... 1821–1823 |
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| 18th 18th United States Congress The Eighteenth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1823 to March 3, 1825, during the seventh and eighth... 1823–1825 |
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| 19th 19th United States Congress -House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President: John C. Calhoun * President pro tempore: John Gaillard , until December 4, 1825** Nathaniel Macon , from May 20, 1826- House of Representatives :* Speaker: John W. Taylor -Members:... 1825–1827 |
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| 20th 20th United States Congress -House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President: John C. Calhoun * President pro tempore: Samuel Smith - House of Representatives :* Speaker: Andrew Stevenson -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state... 1827–1829 |
Joseph Duncan Joseph Duncan (politician) Joseph Duncan was a U.S. politician. He served as the sixth Governor of Illinois from 1834 to 1838. He was a Democrat and a two-term U.S. Representative.... (J) |
| 21st 21st United States Congress -House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President: John C. Calhoun * President pro tempore: Samuel Smith - House of Representatives :* Speaker: Andrew Stevenson -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state... 1829–1831 |
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| 22nd 22nd United States Congress -House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President:** John C. Calhoun , resigned December 28, 1832, thereafter vacant.* President pro tempore:** Samuel Smith , first elected December 5, 1831** Littleton W... 1831–1833 |
1833 – 1843: 3 seats
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| 23rd 23rd United States Congress -House of Representatives:For the beginning of this congress, the size of the House was increased from 213 seats to 240 seats, following the 1830 United States Census .- Leadership :- Senate :* President: Martin Van Buren... 1833–1835 |
Charles Slade Charles Slade Charles Slade was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in England, Slade immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Alexandria, Virginia. He attended the public schools. He moved to Carlyle, Illinois. He engaged in mercantile pursuits. He held several local offices... (J) |
Zadok Casey Zadok Casey Zadok Casey was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1833 to 1843. He founded the city of Mount Vernon around 1817. He was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1822 and to the Illinois State Senate in 1826, and was elected the fourth... (J) |
Joseph Duncan Joseph Duncan (politician) Joseph Duncan was a U.S. politician. He served as the sixth Governor of Illinois from 1834 to 1838. He was a Democrat and a two-term U.S. Representative.... (J) |
| John Reynolds John Reynolds (U.S. politician) John Reynolds was a United States politician from the state of Illinois. He was one of the original four justices of the Illinois Supreme Court, 1818–1825, a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1826–1830, 1846–1848, and 1852–1854 , and the 4th Illinois Governor from 1830–1834... (J) |
William L. May William L. May William L. May was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Kentucky, May attended the common schools. He moved to Edwardsville, Illinois, and afterward to Jacksonville... (J) |
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| 24th 24th United States Congress -House of Representatives:During this congress one House seat was added for each of the new states of Arkansas and Michigan.-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Martin Van Buren * President pro tempore: William R. King - House of Representatives :... 1835–1837 |
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| 25th 25th United States Congress -House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Richard Mentor Johnson * President pro tempore: William R. King - House of Representatives :* Speaker: James K. Polk -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state... 1837–1839 |
Adam W. Snyder Adam W. Snyder Adam Wilson Snyder was a U.S. Representative from Illinois as well as a member of the Illinois militia during the Black Hawk War.-Early life:... (D) |
Zadok Casey Zadok Casey Zadok Casey was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1833 to 1843. He founded the city of Mount Vernon around 1817. He was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1822 and to the Illinois State Senate in 1826, and was elected the fourth... (D) |
William L. May William L. May William L. May was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Kentucky, May attended the common schools. He moved to Edwardsville, Illinois, and afterward to Jacksonville... (D) |
| 26th 26th United States Congress -House of Representatives:- Leadership :- Senate :*President: Richard M. Johnson *President pro tempore: William R. King - House of Representatives :*Speaker: Robert M.T. Hunter -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state... 1839–1841 |
John Reynolds John Reynolds (U.S. politician) John Reynolds was a United States politician from the state of Illinois. He was one of the original four justices of the Illinois Supreme Court, 1818–1825, a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1826–1830, 1846–1848, and 1852–1854 , and the 4th Illinois Governor from 1830–1834... (D) |
John T. Stuart John T. Stuart John Todd Stuart was a lawyer and a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Lexington, Kentucky, Stuart graduated from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, in 1826. He then studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1828, and commenced practice in Springfield, Illinois... (W) |
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| 27th 27th United States Congress The Twenty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1841 to March 3, 1843, during the one-month... 1841–1843 |
Zadok Casey Zadok Casey Zadok Casey was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1833 to 1843. He founded the city of Mount Vernon around 1817. He was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1822 and to the Illinois State Senate in 1826, and was elected the fourth... (Ind D) |
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| 28th 28th United States Congress -House of Representatives:Following the 1840 United States Census, Congress reapportioned the House to include 223 seats . During this congress, one House seat was added for the new state of Florida .- Senate :*President: Vacant... 1843–1845 |
Robert Smith Robert Smith (Illinois) Robert Smith was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, nephew of Jeremiah Smith and Samuel Smith of New Hampshire.... (D) |
John A. McClernand (D) | Orlando B. Ficklin Orlando B. Ficklin Orlando Bell Ficklin was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Scott County, Kentucky, Ficklin attended the common schools. He was graduated from Transylvania Law School, Lexington, Kentucky, in 1830. He was admitted to the bar in 1830 and commenced practice in Mount Carmel, Illinois. He... (D) |
John Wentworth John Wentworth (mayor) "Long" John Wentworth was the editor of the Chicago Democrat, a two-term mayor of Chicago, and a six-term member of the United States House of Representatives.... (D) |
Stephen A. Douglas Stephen A. Douglas Stephen Arnold Douglas was an American politician from the western state of Illinois, and was the Northern Democratic Party nominee for President in 1860. He lost to the Republican Party's candidate, Abraham Lincoln, whom he had defeated two years earlier in a Senate contest following a famed... (D) |
Joseph P. Hoge Joseph P. Hoge Joseph Pendleton Hoge was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Steubenville, Ohio, Hoge attended the common schools and was graduated from Jefferson College Joseph Pendleton Hoge (December 15, 1810 - August 14, 1891) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Steubenville, Ohio, Hoge... (D) |
John J. Hardin John J. Hardin John J. Hardin was a U.S. Representative and militia general from Illinois.Born in Frankfort, Kentucky, Hardin pursued classical studies and was graduated from Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in Kentucky in 1831 and commenced practice... (W) |
| 29th 29th United States Congress -House of Representatives:During this congress, two House seats were added for each of the new states of Texas and Iowa.-Leadership:-Senate:* President: George M. Dallas * President pro tempore: Willie P. Mangum... 1845–1847 |
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| John Henry John Henry (representative) John Henry was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Stanford, Kentucky, Henry attended the public schools.He served as a private in Captain Arnett's company of Illinois volunteers in the Black Hawk War.... (W) |
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| 30th 30th United States Congress The Thirtieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1847 to March 3, 1849, during the last two years of... 1847–1849 |
Robert Smith Robert Smith (Illinois) Robert Smith was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, nephew of Jeremiah Smith and Samuel Smith of New Hampshire.... (Ind. D) |
William A. Richardson William Alexander Richardson William Alexander Richardson was a prominent Illinois Democrat politician before and during the American Civil War.... (D) |
Thomas J. Turner Thomas J. Turner Thomas Johnston Turner was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Trumbull County, Ohio, Turner completed preparatory studies.He moved with his parents to Butler County, Pennsylvania, in 1825.... (D) |
Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and... (W) |
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| 31st 31st United States Congress The Thirty-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1849 to March 3, 1851, during the last 17 months... 1849–1851 |
William H. Bissell (D) | Timothy R. Young Timothy R. Young Timothy Roberts Young was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Dover, New Hampshire, Young completed preparatory studies. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy and was graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1835. He studied law in Dover, New Hampshire, and was admitted to the bar... (D) |
Edward D. Baker (W) | Thomas L. Harris Thomas L. Harris Thomas Langrell Harris was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.-Early life:Born in Norwich, Connecticut, Harris pursued classical studies and was graduated from Washington College, Hartford, Connecticut, in 1841 where he studied law.-Early career:He was admitted to the bar in 1842 and commenced... (D) |
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| 32nd 32nd United States Congress The Thirty-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1851 to March 3, 1853, during the third and... 1851–1853 |
Willis Allen Willis Allen Willis Allen was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, and the father of William J. Allen.Born near Roanoke, Virginia, Allen attended the common schools. He taught school. He moved to Tennessee and settled in Wilson County. He moved to Franklin County, Illinois in 1830 and engaged in agricultural... (D) |
Orlando B. Ficklin Orlando B. Ficklin Orlando Bell Ficklin was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Scott County, Kentucky, Ficklin attended the common schools. He was graduated from Transylvania Law School, Lexington, Kentucky, in 1830. He was admitted to the bar in 1830 and commenced practice in Mount Carmel, Illinois. He... (D) |
Richard S. Molony Richard S. Molony Richard Sheppard Molony was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Northfield, New Hampshire, Molony studied medicine. He graduated from Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1838 and commenced the practice of his profession in Belvidere, Illinois... (D) |
Thompson Campbell Thompson Campbell Thompson Campbell was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.-Life:Born in Ireland, Campbell immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He attended public schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania... (D) |
Richard Yates (W) | ||
1853 – 1863: 9 seats
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| 33rd 33rd United States Congress The Thirty-third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1853 to March 3, 1855, during the first two years... 1853–1855 |
Elihu B. Washburne Elihu B. Washburne Elihu Benjamin Washburne was one of seven brothers who played a prominent role in the early formation of the United States Republican Party... (W) |
John Wentworth John Wentworth (mayor) "Long" John Wentworth was the editor of the Chicago Democrat, a two-term mayor of Chicago, and a six-term member of the United States House of Representatives.... (D) |
Jesse O. Norton Jesse O. Norton Jesse Olds Norton was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Bennington, Vermont, Norton attended Bennington Academy was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1835. Norton was a charter member of The Kappa Alpha Society and was awarded membership in Phi Beta Kappa... (W) |
James Knox (W) | William A. Richardson William Alexander Richardson William Alexander Richardson was a prominent Illinois Democrat politician before and during the American Civil War.... (D) |
Richard Yates (W) | James C. Allen James C. Allen James Cameron Allen was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Shelby County, Kentucky, Allen attended the public schools.He moved to Indiana in 1830.He studied law.... (D) |
William H. Bissell (Ind. D) | Willis Allen Willis Allen Willis Allen was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, and the father of William J. Allen.Born near Roanoke, Virginia, Allen attended the common schools. He taught school. He moved to Tennessee and settled in Wilson County. He moved to Franklin County, Illinois in 1830 and engaged in agricultural... (D) |
| 34th 34th United States Congress The Thirty-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1855 to March 4, 1857, during the last two years... 1855–1857 |
Elihu B. Washburne Elihu B. Washburne Elihu Benjamin Washburne was one of seven brothers who played a prominent role in the early formation of the United States Republican Party... (R) |
James H. Woodworth (R) | Jesse O. Norton Jesse O. Norton Jesse Olds Norton was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Bennington, Vermont, Norton attended Bennington Academy was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1835. Norton was a charter member of The Kappa Alpha Society and was awarded membership in Phi Beta Kappa... (R) |
James Knox (R) | Thomas L. Harris Thomas L. Harris Thomas Langrell Harris was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.-Early life:Born in Norwich, Connecticut, Harris pursued classical studies and was graduated from Washington College, Hartford, Connecticut, in 1841 where he studied law.-Early career:He was admitted to the bar in 1842 and commenced... (D) |
James L.D. Morrison (D) | Samuel S. Marshall Samuel S. Marshall Samuel Scott Marshall was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Shawneetown, Illinois, Marshall attended public and private schools in McLeansboro, Illinois, and Cumberland College, Kentucky.He studied law.... (D) |
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| Jacob C. Davis Jacob C. Davis Jacob Cunningham Davis was a U.S. Representative from Illinois and is one of five men tried and acquitted of the murder of Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement.-Political life:... |
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| 35th 35th United States Congress The 35th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1857 to March 3, 1859, during the first two years of James... 1857–1859 |
John F. Farnsworth John F. Farnsworth John Franklin Farnsworth was a seven-term U.S. Representative from Illinois and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:... (R) |
Owen Lovejoy Owen Lovejoy Owen Lovejoy was an American lawyer, Congregational minister, abolitionist, and Republican congressman from Illinois. He was also a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad... (R) |
William Kellogg William Kellogg (Illinois) William Kellogg was a U.S. Representative from Illinois and chief justice of the Nebraska Territory.Born in Kelloggsville, Ohio, Kellogg attended the public schools.He studied law.... (R) |
Isaac N. Morris Isaac N. Morris Isaac Newton Morris was a United States Representative from Illinois, son of Thomas Morris and brother of Jonathan David Morris.Born in Bethel, Ohio, Morris attended Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.... (D) |
Aaron Shaw Aaron Shaw (representative) Aaron Shaw was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Goshen, New York, Shaw attended Montgomery Academy, New York. He studied law in Goshen. He was admitted to the bar in 1833 and commenced practice in Lawrenceville, Illinois... (D) |
Robert Smith Robert Smith (Illinois) Robert Smith was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, nephew of Jeremiah Smith and Samuel Smith of New Hampshire.... (D) |
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| Charles D. Hodges Charles D. Hodges Charles Drury Hodges was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Queen Anne, Maryland, Hodges attended the public schools and was graduated from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, in 1829.... (D) |
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| 36th 36th United States Congress The Thirty-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1859 to March 4, 1861, during the third and fourth... 1859–1861 |
John A. McClernand (D) | James C. Robinson James Carroll Robinson James Carroll Robinson was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Paris, Illinois, Robinson moved to Clark County, Illinois, with his parents in 1825.He received a limited schooling.... (D) |
Philip B. Fouke Philip B. Fouke Philip Bond Fouke was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.-Biography:Born in Kaskaskia, Illinois, Fouke attended the public schools and became a civil engineer.... (D) |
John A. Logan John A. Logan John Alexander Logan was an American soldier and political leader. He served in the Mexican-American War and was a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War. He served the state of Illinois as a state senator, congressman and senator and was an unsuccessful candidate for Vice President... (D) |
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| 37th 37th United States Congress The Thirty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1861 to March 4, 1863, during the first two... 1861–1863 |
Isaac N. Arnold Isaac N. Arnold Isaac Newton Arnold was an American politician and biographer. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives and was known for his support of the abolition of slavery.... (R) |
William A. Richardson William Alexander Richardson William Alexander Richardson was a prominent Illinois Democrat politician before and during the American Civil War.... (D) |
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| Anthony L. Knapp Anthony L. Knapp Anthony Lausett Knapp was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, brother of Robert McCarty Knapp.Born in Middletown, New York, Knapp moved with his parents to Illinois in 1839 and settled in the city of Jerseyville. He completed preparatory studies and then studied law. He was admitted to the bar... (D) |
William J. Allen William J. Allen William Joshua Allen was a U.S. Representative from Illinois during much of the American Civil War, and was later a United States federal judge.... (D) |
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1863 – 1873: 14 seats
1863–1865| rowspan=2 | Isaac N. Arnold
Isaac N. Arnold
Isaac Newton Arnold was an American politician and biographer. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives and was known for his support of the abolition of slavery....
(R)
| rowspan=6 | John F. Farnsworth
John F. Farnsworth
John Franklin Farnsworth was a seven-term U.S. Representative from Illinois and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
(R)
| rowspan=4 | Elihu B. Washburne
Elihu B. Washburne
Elihu Benjamin Washburne was one of seven brothers who played a prominent role in the early formation of the United States Republican Party...
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Charles M. Harris
Charles M. Harris
Charles Murray Harris was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Munfordville, Kentucky, Harris attended the common schools.He studied law. He was admitted to the bar...
(D)
| | Owen Lovejoy
Owen Lovejoy
Owen Lovejoy was an American lawyer, Congregational minister, abolitionist, and Republican congressman from Illinois. He was also a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad...
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Jesse O. Norton
Jesse O. Norton
Jesse Olds Norton was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Bennington, Vermont, Norton attended Bennington Academy was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1835. Norton was a charter member of The Kappa Alpha Society and was awarded membership in Phi Beta Kappa...
(R)
| rowspan=2 | John R. Eden
John R. Eden
John Rice Eden was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Bath County, Kentucky, Eden moved with his parents to Indiana.He attended the public schools.He studied law....
(D)
| rowspan=2 | John T. Stuart
John T. Stuart
John Todd Stuart was a lawyer and a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Lexington, Kentucky, Stuart graduated from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, in 1826. He then studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1828, and commenced practice in Springfield, Illinois...
(D)
| rowspan=4 | Lewis W. Ross
Lewis W. Ross
Lewis Winans Ross was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Seneca Falls, New York, Ross moved to Illinois and settled in Lewistown....
(D)
| rowspan=2 | Anthony L. Knapp
Anthony L. Knapp
Anthony Lausett Knapp was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, brother of Robert McCarty Knapp.Born in Middletown, New York, Knapp moved with his parents to Illinois in 1839 and settled in the city of Jerseyville. He completed preparatory studies and then studied law. He was admitted to the bar...
(D)
| rowspan=2 | James C. Robinson
James Carroll Robinson
James Carroll Robinson was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Paris, Illinois, Robinson moved to Clark County, Illinois, with his parents in 1825.He received a limited schooling....
(D)
| rowspan=2 | William R. Morrison (D)
| rowspan=2 | William J. Allen
William J. Allen
William Joshua Allen was a U.S. Representative from Illinois during much of the American Civil War, and was later a United States federal judge....
(D)
| rowspan=2 | James C. Allen
James C. Allen
James Cameron Allen was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Shelby County, Kentucky, Allen attended the public schools.He moved to Indiana in 1830.He studied law....
(D)
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| rowspan=4 | Ebon C. Ingersoll
Ebon C. Ingersoll
Ebon Clark Ingersoll was a U.S. Representative from Illinois and the brother of the politician and orator Robert G...
(R)
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| 39th
39th United States Congress
The Thirty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1865 to March 4, 1867, during the first month of...
1865–1867
| | John Wentworth
John Wentworth (mayor)
"Long" John Wentworth was the editor of the Chicago Democrat, a two-term mayor of Chicago, and a six-term member of the United States House of Representatives....
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Abner C. Harding
Abner C. Harding
Abner Clark Harding was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.-Biography:Born in East Hampton, Connecticut, Harding attended Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Oneida County, New York, about 1827. In 1838, he moved to...
(R)
| rowspan=3 | Burton C. Cook
Burton C. Cook
Burton Chauncey Cook was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.-Biography:Born in Pittsford, New York, Cook attended the Collegiate Institute, Rochester, New York...
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Henry P.H. Bromwell (R)
| rowspan=3 | Shelby M. Cullom (R)
| | Anthony Thornton
Anthony Thornton (representative)
Anthony Thornton was an American attorney who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois and a Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court....
(D)
| rowspan=4 | Samuel S. Marshall
Samuel S. Marshall
Samuel Scott Marshall was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Shawneetown, Illinois, Marshall attended public and private schools in McLeansboro, Illinois, and Cumberland College, Kentucky.He studied law....
(D)
| rowspan=2 | Jehu Baker
Jehu Baker
Jehu Baker was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Lexington, Kentucky, Baker moved with his father to Lebanon, Illinois, in 1829....
(R)
| | Andrew J. Kuykendall
Andrew J. Kuykendall
Andrew Jackson Kuykendall was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.-Biography:Born in Gallatin County, Illinois, Kuykendall completed preparatory studies and later studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1840 and commenced practice in Vienna, Illinois...
(R)
| | Samuel W. Moulton
Samuel W. Moulton
Samuel Wheeler Moulton was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts, Moulton was the son of William Moulton and Mary Lunt Moulton...
(R)
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| 40th
40th United States Congress
The Fortieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1867 to March 4, 1869, during the third and fourth...
1867–1869
| rowspan=2 | Norman B. Judd
Norman B. Judd
Norman Buel Judd was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, and the grandfather of U.S. Representative Norman Judd Gould of New York....
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Albert G. Burr
Albert G. Burr
Albert George Burr was a United States Representative in Congress from the state of Illinois for two terms, the 40th and 41st Congresses . He was a member of the Democratic Party....
(D)
| | Green B. Raum (R)
| rowspan=2 | John A. Logan
John A. Logan
John Alexander Logan was an American soldier and political leader. He served in the Mexican-American War and was a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War. He served the state of Illinois as a state senator, congressman and senator and was an unsuccessful candidate for Vice President...
(R)
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| 41st
41st United States Congress
-House of Representatives:- Senate :* President : Schuyler Colfax* President pro tempore: Henry B. Anthony - House of Representatives :* Speaker: James G. Blaine -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state...
1869–1871
| rowspan=2 | Horatio C. Burchard
Horatio C. Burchard
Horatio Chapin Burchard was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Marshall, New York, Burchard attended the public schools and private preparatory schools. He was graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, in 1850.He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1854 and commenced...
(R)
| rowspan=2 | John B. Hawley
John B. Hawley
John Baldwin Hawley was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Hawleyville, Connecticut, Hawley moved with his parents to Carthage, Illinois, in 1833....
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Jeese H. Moore (R)
| rowspan=2 | Thompson W. McNeely
Thompson W. McNeely
Thompson Ware Mcneely was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Jacksonville, Illinois, Mcneely attended the public schools and Jubilee College, Peoria, Illinois....
(D)
| rowspan=2 | John B. Hay
John B. Hay
John Breese Hay was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois, Hay received a limited schooling.Learned the art of printing.He studied law....
(R)
| rowspan=2 | John M. Crebs
John M. Crebs
John Montgomery Crebs was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, as well as an officer and brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
(D)
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| 42nd
42nd United States Congress
The Forty-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873, during the third and fourth...
1871–1873
| | Charles B. Farwell
Charles B. Farwell
Charles Benjamin Farwell was a U.S. Representative and Senator from Illinois.Farwell was born in Painted Post, New York and attended Elmira Academy before moving to Illinois in 1838. He first tried his hand at surveying and farming before moving to Chicago in 1844, when he went into banking. ...
(R)
| | Bradford N. Stevens
Bradford N. Stevens
Bradford Newcomb Stevens was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Boscawen, New Hampshire, Stevens attended schools in New Hampshire and at Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1835. He taught school six years in Hopkinsville, Kentucky,...
(D)
| | Henry Snapp
Henry Snapp
Henry Snapp was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, father of Howard Malcolm Snapp.Born in Livonia, New York, Snapp moved with his parents to Rochester, New York, in 1825.He attended the common schools of that city....
(R)
| | James C. Robinson
James Carroll Robinson
James Carroll Robinson was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Paris, Illinois, Robinson moved to Clark County, Illinois, with his parents in 1825.He received a limited schooling....
(D)
| | Edward Y. Rice
Edward Y. Rice
Edward Young Rice was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.-Biography:Born near Russellville, Kentucky, Rice pursued classical studies.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1844....
(D)
| | John L. Beveridge
John Lourie Beveridge
John Lourie Beveridge was the 16th Governor of Illinois, serving from 1873 to 1877.- References :...
(R)
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1873 – 1883: 19 seats
1873–1875| | John B. Rice
John Blake Rice
John Blake Rice was an American actor, theatrical producer and politician who served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois as a member of the Republican Party....
(R)
| | Jasper D. Ward
Jasper D. Ward
Jasper Delos Ward was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Java, Wyoming County, New York, Ward attended Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, in 1849 and 1850. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1852 and commenced practice in Chicago, Illinois...
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Charles B. Farwell
Charles B. Farwell
Charles Benjamin Farwell was a U.S. Representative and Senator from Illinois.Farwell was born in Painted Post, New York and attended Elmira Academy before moving to Illinois in 1838. He first tried his hand at surveying and farming before moving to Chicago in 1844, when he went into banking. ...
(R)
| rowspan=3 | Stephen A. Hurlbut
Stephen A. Hurlbut
Stephen Augustus Hurlbut , was a politician, diplomat, and commander of the U.S. Army of the Gulf in the American Civil War.-Biography:...
(R)
| rowspan=4 | Horatio C. Burchard
Horatio C. Burchard
Horatio Chapin Burchard was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Marshall, New York, Burchard attended the public schools and private preparatory schools. He was graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, in 1850.He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1854 and commenced...
(R)
| | John B. Hawley
John B. Hawley
John Baldwin Hawley was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Hawleyville, Connecticut, Hawley moved with his parents to Carthage, Illinois, in 1833....
(R)
| | Franklin Corwin
Franklin Corwin
Franklin Corwin was a United States Representative from Illinois.Born in Lebanon, Ohio, he attended private schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1839, practicing in Wilmington, Ohio...
(R)
| rowspan=5 | Greenbury L. Fort
Greenbury L. Fort
Greenbury Lafayette Fort was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in French Grant, Ohio, Fort moved with his parents to Marshall County, Illinois, in April 1834....
(R)
| | Granville Barrere
Granville Barrere
Granville Barrere was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, nephew of Nelson Barrere.Born in New Market, near Hillsboro, Ohio, Barrere attended the common schools and Augusta College, Augusta, Kentucky, and graduated from Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in...
(R)
| | William H. Ray
William H. Ray
William Henry Ray was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Amenia, New York, Ray moved to Oneida County, New York, in 1813 with his parents who settled in Utica.He attended the common schools....
(R)
| | Robert M. Knapp
Robert M. Knapp
Robert McCarty Knapp was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, brother of Anthony Lausett Knapp.Born in New York City, Knapp moved with his parents to Jerseyville, Illinois, in 1839....
(D)
| | James C. Robinson
James Carroll Robinson
James Carroll Robinson was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Paris, Illinois, Robinson moved to Clark County, Illinois, with his parents in 1825.He received a limited schooling....
(D)
| | John McNulta
John McNulta
John Mcnulta was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in New York City, Mcnulta pursued an academic course.Visited the West Indies and Europe....
(R)
| rowspan=7 | Joseph G. Cannon (R)
| rowspan=4 | John R. Eden
John R. Eden
John Rice Eden was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Bath County, Kentucky, Eden moved with his parents to Indiana.He attended the public schools.He studied law....
(D)
| | James S. Martin (R)
| rowspan=7 | William R. Morrison (D)
| | Isaac Clements
Isaac Clements
Isaac Clements was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Brookville, Indiana, Clements attended the common schools....
(R)
| | Samuel S. Marshall
Samuel S. Marshall
Samuel Scott Marshall was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Shawneetown, Illinois, Marshall attended public and private schools in McLeansboro, Illinois, and Cumberland College, Kentucky.He studied law....
(D)
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| rowspan=2 | 44th
44th United States Congress
The Forty-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1875 to March 4, 1877, during the seventh and...
1875–1877
| rowspan=2 | Bernard G. Caulfield
Bernard G. Caulfield
Bernard Gregory Caulfield was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Alexandria, Virginia, Caulfield received a classical education. He was graduated from Georgetown College, Washington, D.C. in 1848, and from the University of Pennsylvania Law School at Philadelphia in 1850...
(D)
| rowspan=3 | Carter H. Harrison
Carter Harrison, Sr.
Carter Henry Harrison, Sr. was an American politician who served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois from 1879 until 1887; he was subsequently elected to a fifth term in 1893 but was assassinated before completing his term. He previously served two terms in the United States House of Representatives...
(D)
| rowspan=6 | Thomas J. Henderson
Thomas J. Henderson (politician)
Thomas Jefferson Henderson was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Brownsville, Tennessee, Henderson moved with his parents to Illinois at the age of eleven. He served as clerk of the Board of Commissioners of Stark County, Illinois from 1847 to 1849. and as clerk of the court of Stark...
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Alexander Campbell
Alexander Campbell (Illinois politician)
Alexander Campbell was a member of the US House of Representatives.Cambell was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. A former ironworker, he became wealthy managing mines and steel mills. He was the first mayor of LaSalle, Illinois and in the Illinois House of Representatives before entering the...
(Ind)
| rowspan=2 | Richard H. Whiting
Richard H. Whiting
Richard Henry Whiting was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. He was the uncle of Rep. Ira Clifton Copley, and the grandfather of composer Richard A...
(R)
| rowspan=2 | John C. Bagby
John C. Bagby
John Courts Bagby was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Glasgow, Kentucky, Bagby attended the public schools.He graduated as a civil engineer from Bacon College, Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in June 1840,...
(D)
| rowspan=2 | Scott Wike
Scott Wike
Scott Wike was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, Wike moved with his parents to Quincy, Illinois, in 1838 and to Pike County in 1844....
(D)
| rowspan=6 | William M. Springer (D)
| rowspan=2 | Adlai E. Stevenson (D)
| rowspan=6 | William A.J. Sparks (D)
| rowspan=3 | William Hartzell
William Hartzell
William Hartzell was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Hartzell was born in Canton, Ohio. He moved with his parents to Danville, Illinois, in 1840...
(D)
| rowspan=2 | William B. Anderson
William B. Anderson
William Black Anderson is a former member of the US House of Representatives from Illinois. Born April 2, 1830 in Mount Vernon, Illinois, he attended McKendree College and studied law. Despite being admitted to the bar, he never practiced law, instead pursuing agricultural works. From 1856-58, he...
(I)
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| | John V. Le Moyne
John V. Le Moyne
John Valcoulon Le Moyne was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Washington, Pennsylvania, Le Moyne attended the common schools. He was graduated from Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1847. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,...
(D)
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| 45th
45th United States Congress
-House of Representatives:-Leadership:-Senate:*President: William A. Wheeler *President pro tempore: Thomas W. Ferry -House of Representatives:*Speaker: Samuel J. Randall -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state...
1877–1879
| rowspan=4 | William Aldrich
William Aldrich
William Aldrich was a United States Representative from the state of Illinois. He was born in Greenfield Center in the Town of Greenfield in New York. He attended local schools and taught school himself....
(R)
| | Lorenzo Brentano
Lorenzo Brentano
Lorenzo Brentano was a journalist and a U.S. Representative from Illinois.-Biography:Born as Lorenz Peter Carl Brentano in Mannheim, Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany, Brentano received a thorough classical training and studied jurisprudence at the Universities of Heidelberg and Freiburg...
(R)
| | William Lathrop
William Lathrop
William Lathrop was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Le Roy, New York, Lathrop attended the public schools and an academy at Brockport, New York.He studied law in Attica, New York....
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Philip C. Hayes
Philip C. Hayes
Philip Cornelius Hayes was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, as well as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Thomas A. Boyd
Thomas A. Boyd
Thomas Alexander Boyd was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Bedford in Adams County, Pennsylvania, Boyd attended the public schools.He was graduated from Marshall College, Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, in 1848....
(R)
| rowspan=4 | Benjamin F. Marsh
Benjamin F. Marsh
Benjamin Franklin Marsh was a U.S. Representative from Illinois in the late 19th century to early 20th century. He was also a lawyer, soldier, agriculture manager, stock raiser, and Illinois State Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner....
(R)
| | Robert M. Knapp
Robert M. Knapp
Robert McCarty Knapp was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, brother of Anthony Lausett Knapp.Born in New York City, Knapp moved with his parents to Jerseyville, Illinois, in 1839....
(D)
| | Thomas F. Tipton
Thomas F. Tipton
Thomas Foster Tipton was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Harrisburg, Ohio, Tipton attended the public schools.He moved with his parents to McLean County, Illinois, in 1843.He studied law....
(R)
| rowspan=4 | Richard W. Townshend
Richard W. Townshend
Richard Wellington Townshend was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Upper Marlboro, Maryland, Townshend moved to Washington, D.C., in 1846.He attended public and private schools....
(D)
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| 46th
46th United States Congress
The Forty-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1879 to March 4, 1881, during the last two years of...
1879–1881
| rowspan=3 | George R. Davis
George R. Davis
George Royal Davis was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.-Early life and education:Born in Palmer, Massachusetts, Davis completed classical studies at Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Massachusetts, and was graduated in 1860...
(R)
| | Hiram Barber, Jr.
Hiram Barber, Jr.
Hiram Barber, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Queensbury, New York, Barber moved to Horicon, Wisconsin in 1846. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He studied law in Albany, New York. He was admitted to the bar in 1856 and commenced practice at Juneau, Wisconsin...
(R)
| rowspan=3 | John C. Sherwin
John C. Sherwin
John Crocker Sherwin was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York, Sherwin was educated in the common schools, Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary in New York, and Lombard College, Galesburg, Illinois, where he studied law.He was admitted to the bar and...
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Robert M.A. Hawk (R)
| rowspan=3 | James W. Singleton
James W. Singleton
James Washington Singleton was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Paxton, Virginia, Singleton attended Winchester Academy.He moved to Mount Sterling, Illinois, in 1834.He studied medicine and practiced....
(D)
| | Adlai E. Stevenson (D)
| |Albert P. Forsythe
Albert P. Forsythe
Albert Palaska Forsythe was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.-Biography:Born in New Richmond, Ohio, Forsythe attended the common schools and Indiana Asbury College , Greencastle, Indiana. He was admitted into the Indiana conference of the Methodist Church as a traveling preacher in 1853 and...
(GB)
| rowspan=3 | John R. Thomas
John R. Thomas
John Robert Thomas was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Mount Vernon, Illinois, Thomas attended the common schools and Hunter Collegiate Institute, Princeton, Indiana....
(R)
|-
| rowspan=2 | 47th
47th United States Congress
The Forty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1881 to March 4, 1883, during the administration...
1881–1883
| rowspan=2 | Charles B. Farwell
Charles B. Farwell
Charles Benjamin Farwell was a U.S. Representative and Senator from Illinois.Farwell was born in Painted Post, New York and attended Elmira Academy before moving to Illinois in 1838. He first tried his hand at surveying and farming before moving to Chicago in 1844, when he went into banking. ...
(R)
| rowspan=2 | William Cullen (R)
| rowspan=2 | Lewis E. Payson
Lewis E. Payson
Lewis Edwin Payson was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Payson moved with his parents to Illinois in 1852.He attended the common schools and Lombard University, Galesburg, Illinois....
(R)
| rowspan=2 | John H. Lewis
John H. Lewis
John Henry Lewis was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Ithaca, New York, Lewis moved to Illinois in 1836 with his parents, who settled on a farm in Fulton County, near Ellisville.He attended the rural schools....
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Dietrich C. Smith
Dietrich C. Smith
Dietrich Conrad Smith was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in East Frisia, Hanover, , Smith immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Pekin, Illinois, about 1850....
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Samuel W. Moulton
Samuel W. Moulton
Samuel Wheeler Moulton was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts, Moulton was the son of William Moulton and Mary Lunt Moulton...
(D)
|-
| | Robert R. Hitt
Robert R. Hitt
Robert Roberts Hitt was an Assistant Secretary of State and later a member of the United States House of Representatives....
(R)
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1883 – 1895: 20, then 22 seats
Illinois gained one seat in 1881 and two more in 1891, but didn't redistrict until 1893.1883–1885
| rowspan=3 | Ransom W. Dunham
Ransom W. Dunham
Ransom Williams Dunham was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Savoy, Massachusetts, Dunham attended the common schools and the high school in Springfield, engaged as a clerk for a life insurance company 1855-1857. He moved to Chicago in 1857. He became a grain and provision commission...
(R)
| | John F. Finerty
John F. Finerty
John Frederick Finerty was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.-Biography:Born in Galway, Ireland, Finerty completed preparatory studies. He immigrated to the United States in 1864. He enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War and served in the Ninety-ninth Regiment, New York State Militia...
(Ind. D)
| | George R. Davis
George R. Davis
George Royal Davis was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.-Early life and education:Born in Palmer, Massachusetts, Davis completed classical studies at Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Massachusetts, and was graduated in 1860...
(R)
| rowspan=4 | George E. Adams
George E. Adams
George Everett Adams was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Keene, New Hampshire, Adams moved with his parents to Chicago, Illinois, in 1853.He attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire....
(R)
| | Reuben Ellwood
Reuben Ellwood
Reuben Ellwood was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Minden, New York, Ellwood attended the public schools and Cherry Valley Seminary, New York.Manufacturer of agricultural implements....
(R)
| rowspan=6 | Robert R. Hitt
Robert R. Hitt
Robert Roberts Hitt was an Assistant Secretary of State and later a member of the United States House of Representatives....
(R)
| rowspan=6 | Thomas J. Henderson
Thomas J. Henderson (politician)
Thomas Jefferson Henderson was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Brownsville, Tennessee, Henderson moved with his parents to Illinois at the age of eleven. He served as clerk of the Board of Commissioners of Stark County, Illinois from 1847 to 1849. and as clerk of the court of Stark...
(R)
| | William Cullen (R)
| rowspan=4 | Lewis E. Payson
Lewis E. Payson
Lewis Edwin Payson was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Payson moved with his parents to Illinois in 1852.He attended the common schools and Lombard University, Galesburg, Illinois....
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Nicholas E. Worthington
Nicholas E. Worthington
Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Brooke County, Virginia , Worthington was graduated from Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania.He studied law....
(D)
| rowspan=2 | William H. Neece
William H. Neece
William Henry Neece was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Springfield, Sangamon County , Illinois, Neece moved with his parents to McDonough County.He attended the common schools....
(D)
| rowspan=2 | James M. Riggs
James M. Riggs
James Milton Riggs was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, United States.Born on a farm near Winchester, Illinois, Riggs attended the common schools and Eureka College in 1862 and 1863....
(D)
| rowspan=6 | William M. Springer (D)
| rowspan=4 | Jonathan H. Rowell
Jonathan H. Rowell
Jonathan Harvey Rowell was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Haverhill, New Hampshire, Rowell attended Rock Creek School.He graduated from Eureka College, Illinois....
(R)
| rowspan=4 | Joseph G. Cannon (R)
| | Aaron Shaw
Aaron Shaw (representative)
Aaron Shaw was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Goshen, New York, Shaw attended Montgomery Academy, New York. He studied law in Goshen. He was admitted to the bar in 1833 and commenced practice in Lawrenceville, Illinois...
(D)
| | Samuel W. Moulton
Samuel W. Moulton
Samuel Wheeler Moulton was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts, Moulton was the son of William Moulton and Mary Lunt Moulton...
(D)
| rowspan=2 | William R. Morrison (D)
| rowspan=3 | Richard W. Townshend
Richard W. Townshend
Richard Wellington Townshend was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Upper Marlboro, Maryland, Townshend moved to Washington, D.C., in 1846.He attended public and private schools....
(D)
| rowspan=3 | John R. Thomas
John R. Thomas
John Robert Thomas was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Mount Vernon, Illinois, Thomas attended the common schools and Hunter Collegiate Institute, Princeton, Indiana....
(R)
|-
| 49th
49th United States Congress
The Forty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1885 to March 4, 1887, during the first two years...
1885–1887
| rowspan=3 | Frank Lawler
Frank Lawler
Frank Lawler was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Rochester, New York, Lawler attended the public schools. He moved with his parents to Chicago, Illinois in 1854. He was a news agent on a railroad for several years and also a brakeman. He learned the trade of shipbuilder...
(D)
| | James H. Ward (D)
| rowspan=5 | Albert J. Hopkins
Albert J. Hopkins
Albert Jarvis Hopkins was a Congressman and U.S. Senator from Illinois.Hopkins was born near Cortland, Illinois. He was admitted to the bar in 1871 and practiced in Aurora. He was elected to fill out the congressional term of Reuben Ellwood in 1885 and was re-elected in his own right for eight...
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Ralph Plumb
Ralph Plumb
Ralph Plumb was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Busti, New York, Plumb attended the common schools.He engaged in mercantile pursuits.He moved to Ohio....
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Silas Z. Landes
Silas Z. Landes
Silas Zephaniah Landes was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Augusta County, Virginia, Landes attended the public schools.He studied law....
(D)
| | John R. Eden
John R. Eden
John Rice Eden was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Bath County, Kentucky, Eden moved with his parents to Indiana.He attended the public schools.He studied law....
(D)
|-
| 50th
50th United States Congress
The Fiftieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1887 to March 4, 1889, during the third and fourth...
1887–1889
| rowspan=2 | William E. Mason
William E. Mason
William Ernest Mason was a U.S. Representative and Senator from Illinois.Mason was born in Franklinville, New York. His family moved to Bentonsport, Iowa when he was 8. He attended Birmingham College. After graduating, he taught at Bentonsport Academy, which he had previously attended...
(R)
| rowspan=4 | Philip S. Post
Philip S. Post
Philip Sidney Post was an American diplomat, politician, and decorated Army officer. He served as a United States Representative from Illinois for eight years, from 1887 to 1895. During the American Civil War, he was a Union Army general and earned the Medal of Honor.-Biography:Born in Florida,...
(R)
| rowspan=2 | William H. Gest
William H. Gest
William Harrison Gest was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Jacksonville, Illinois, Gest moved with his parents to Rock Island in 1842.He was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1860....
(R)
| | George A. Anderson
George A. Anderson
George Alburtus Anderson was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Botetourt County, Virginia, Anderson moved to Illinois in 1855 with his parents, who settled in Hancock County.He attended the common schools....
(D)
| rowspan=4 | Edward Lane
Edward Lane
Edward Lane was a representative from Illinois; born in Cleveland, Ohio, March 27, 1842; moved to Illinois in May 1858 with his parents, who settled in Hillsboro, Montgomery County; attended the common schools and was graduated from Hillsboro Academy; taught school for several years; studied law;...
(D)
| | Jehu Baker
Jehu Baker
Jehu Baker was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Lexington, Kentucky, Baker moved with his father to Lebanon, Illinois, in 1829....
(R)
|-
| 51st
51st United States Congress
The Fifty-first United States Congress, referred to by some critics as the Billion Dollar Congress, was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C...
1889–1891
| rowspan=2 | Abner Taylor
Abner Taylor
Abner Taylor was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Bangor, Maine, Taylor moved with his parents to Champaign County, Ohio in 1832, thence to Fort Dodge, Iowa, and subsequently to Chicago, Illinois in 1860. He engaged in extensive contracting, building, and mercantile pursuits, and...
(R)
| | Charles A. Hill
Charles A. Hill
Charles Augustus Hill was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Truxton, New York, Hill attended the common schools and a select school at Griffins Mills. He taught school in Hamburg, New York, and Will County, Illinois. He attended Bell's Commercial College, Chicago, in 1856. He studied...
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Scott Wike
Scott Wike
Scott Wike was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, Wike moved with his parents to Quincy, Illinois, in 1838 and to Pike County in 1844....
(D)
| rowspan=3 | George W. Fithian
George W. Fithian
George Washington Fithian was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Willow Hill, Illinois to Glover Fithian and Mary Ann Catt, Fithian attended the common schools....
(D)
| rowspan=3 | William St. John Forman
William St. John Forman
William St. John Forman was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.-Early life:Born in Natchez, Mississippi, Forman moved with his father to Nashville, Washington County, Illinois, in 1851. He attended the public schools, and Washington Seminary, Richview, Illinois...
(D)
| rowspan=3 | James R. Williams
James R. Williams
James Robert Williams was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Carmi, Illinois, Williams attended the common schools....
(D)
| rowspan=3 | George W. Smith
George Washington Smith (congressman)
George Washington Smith was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Putnam County, Ohio, Smith moved with his father to Wayne County, Illinois, in 1850.Learned the blacksmith trade....
(R)
|-
| 52nd
52nd United States Congress
The Fifty-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C...
1891–1893
| rowspan=2 | Lawrence E. McGann
Lawrence E. McGann
Lawrence Edward McGann , born in Galway, Ireland, was a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1891 to 1897. He was a Chicago Democrat.-References:* From Dooghcloon to Chicago: The Life and Career of Congressman Lawrence E...
(D)
| rowspan=2 | Allan C. Durborow, Jr.
Allan C. Durborow, Jr.
Allan Cathcart Durborow, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Durborow moved to Indiana in 1862 with his parents, who settled in Williamsport. He attended the public schools. He entered Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, in the fall of 1872. He...
(D)
| | Walter C. Newberry
Walter C. Newberry
Walter Cass Newberry was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Newberry was born in Sangerfield, New York and enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War as a private in the Eighty-first Regiment, New York Volunteers...
(D)
| | Lewis Steward
Lewis Steward
Lewis Steward was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Hollisterville, Pennsylvania, Steward attended the common schools.In 1838 moved with his parents to Kendall County, Illinois.He studied law....
(D)
| | Herman W. Snow
Herman W. Snow
Herman Wilber Snow was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, United States.-Biography:Born in Michigan City, Indiana, Snow moved with his parents to Madisonville, Kentucky, where he attended the public schools. He moved to Sheldon, Illinois and taught school several years before he commenced the...
(D)
| | Benjamin T. Cable
Benjamin T. Cable
Benjamin Taylor Cable was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Georgetown, Kentucky, Cable moved with his parents to Rock Island, Illinois, in September 1856. He attended the public schools and Racine College , Racine, Wisconsin. He was graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann...
(D)
| | Owen Scott
Owen Scott
Owen Scott was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born on a farm in Jackson Township, Illinois, Scott attended the common schools, a private school in Kinmundy, and the State normal school in Normal, Illinois....
(D)
| | Samuel T. Busey
Samuel T. Busey
Samuel Thompson Busey was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.-Biography:Samuel Busey was born in Greencastle, Indiana but moved with his parents to Urbana, Illinois...
(D)
|-
| 53rd
53rd United States Congress
The Fifty-third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1893 to March 4, 1895, during the fifth and sixth...
1893–1895
| | J. Frank Aldrich
J. Frank Aldrich
James Franklin Aldrich was a United States Representative from Illinois. He was born in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. He moved with his parents to Chicago, Illinois in April 1861 where he attended the public schools. Later, he attended Chicago University and graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic...
(R)
| | Julius Goldzier
Julius Goldzier
Julius Goldzier was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Vienna, Austria, Goldzier attended the public schools of Vienna.Immigrated to the United States in 1866 and settled in New York....
(D)
| | Robert A. Childs
Robert A. Childs
Robert Andrew Childs was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Malone, New York, Childs moved to Illinois with his parents, who settled near Belvidere, Boone County, in 1852.He attended the common schools....
(R)
| | Hamilton K. Wheeler
Hamilton K. Wheeler
Hamilton Kinkaid Wheeler was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Ballston Township, New York, Wheeler moved to Illinois in 1852 with his parents, who settled near Grant Park, Kankakee County....
(R)
| | Benjamin F. Marsh
Benjamin F. Marsh
Benjamin Franklin Marsh was a U.S. Representative from Illinois in the late 19th century to early 20th century. He was also a lawyer, soldier, agriculture manager, stock raiser, and Illinois State Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner....
(R)
| | John J. McDannold (D)
| | Benjamin F. Funk
Benjamin F. Funk
Benjamin Franklin Funk was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, father of Frank Hamilton Funk.Born in Funk's Grove Township, McLean County, Illinois, Funk attended the public schools and Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois.He left school in 1862 to enlist in the Sixty-eighth...
(R)
| | Joseph G. Cannon (R)
| | John C. Black
John C. Black
John Charles Black was a Democratic U.S. Congressman and received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
(D)
| | Andrew J. Hunter
Andrew J. Hunter
Andrew Jackson Hunter was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Greencastle, Indiana, Hunter moved with his parents to Paris, Illinois, in 1832. He attended the common schools and Edgar Academy. He worked as a civil engineer from 1852 to 1856. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in...
(D)
|}
1895 – 1903: 22 seats
1895–1897| rowspan=2 | J. Frank Aldrich
J. Frank Aldrich
James Franklin Aldrich was a United States Representative from Illinois. He was born in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. He moved with his parents to Chicago, Illinois in April 1861 where he attended the public schools. Later, he attended Chicago University and graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic...
(R)
| rowspan=4 | William Lorimer
William Lorimer (politician)
William Lorimer was a U.S. Representative from the State of Illinois. He subsequently served in the United States Senate and was known as the "Blond Boss" in Chicago. In 1912, however, the Senate held Lorimer's election invalid due to the use of corrupt methods and practices including...
(R)
| | Lawrence E. McGann
Lawrence E. McGann
Lawrence Edward McGann , born in Galway, Ireland, was a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1891 to 1897. He was a Chicago Democrat.-References:* From Dooghcloon to Chicago: The Life and Career of Congressman Lawrence E...
(D)
| rowspan=2 | Charles W. Woodman
Charles W. Woodman
Charles Walhart Woodman was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Woodman was born in Aalborg, Denmark and was educated in the schools of his native country. In 1863 Woodman emigrated to the United States arriving in Philadelphia and immediately enlisted in the Gulf Squadron of the United States Navy...
(R)
| rowspan=3 | George E. White
George E. White
George Elon White was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Millbury, Massachusetts, White attended the public schools....
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Edward D. Cooke
Edward D. Cooke
Edward Dean Cooke was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Cascade, Iowa, Cooke attended the common schools, the local academy, and the high school at Dubuque....
(R)
| rowspan=5 | George E. Foss
George E. Foss
George Edmund Foss was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. He was a brother of Eugene Noble Foss.-Biography:Born in West Berkshire, Vermont, Foss attended the common schools, and graduated from Harvard University in 1885....
(R)
| rowspan=5 | Albert J. Hopkins
Albert J. Hopkins
Albert Jarvis Hopkins was a Congressman and U.S. Senator from Illinois.Hopkins was born near Cortland, Illinois. He was admitted to the bar in 1871 and practiced in Aurora. He was elected to fill out the congressional term of Reuben Ellwood in 1885 and was re-elected in his own right for eight...
(R)
| rowspan=5 | Robert R. Hitt
Robert R. Hitt
Robert Roberts Hitt was an Assistant Secretary of State and later a member of the United States House of Representatives....
(R)
| rowspan=5 | George W. Prince
George W. Prince
George Washington Prince was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Tazewell County, Illinois, Prince attended the public schools.He was graduated from Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, in 1878.He studied law....
(R)
| rowspan=5 | Walter Reeves
Walter Reeves
For the football player of the same name see Walter Reeves .Walter Reeves was a U.S...
(R)
| rowspan=5 | Joseph G. Cannon (R)
| rowspan=5 | Vespasian Warner
Vespasian Warner
Vespasian Warner was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Mount Pleasant , De Witt County, Illinois, Warner moved with his parents to Clinton, Illinois, in 1843....
(R)
| rowspan=5 | Joseph V. Graff
Joseph V. Graff
Joseph Verdi Graff was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, Graff was graduated from the Terre Haute High School, and attended Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, one year....
(R)
| rowspan=4 | Benjamin F. Marsh
Benjamin F. Marsh
Benjamin Franklin Marsh was a U.S. Representative from Illinois in the late 19th century to early 20th century. He was also a lawyer, soldier, agriculture manager, stock raiser, and Illinois State Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner....
(R)
| | Finis E. Downing
Finis E. Downing
Finis Ewing Downing was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Virginia, Illinois, Downing attended public and private schools....
(D)
| rowspan=3 | James A. Connolly
James A. Connolly
James Austin Connolly was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Newark, New Jersey, Connolly moved to Chesterville, Ohio, with his parents in 1850.He attended the common schools and Selby Academy, Chesterville, Ohio....
(R)
| | Frederick Remann
Frederick Remann
Frederick Remann was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Vandalia, Illinois, Remann attended the common schools of Vandalia and the Mifflin Academy....
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Benson Wood
Benson Wood
Benson Wood was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.-Early life and military service:Born near Bridgewater, Pennsylvania, Wood attended the common schools, Montrose Academy, and Wyoming Seminary. He moved to Illinois in 1859 and for two years was principal of a village school in Lee County...
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Orlando Burrell
Orlando Burrell
Orlando Burrell was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Newton, Pennsylvania, Burrell moved with his parents to White County, Illinois, in 1834.He attended the common schools.He engaged in agricultural pursuits....
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Everett J. Murphy
Everett J. Murphy
Everett Jerome Murphy was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Nashville, Washington County, Illinois, Murphy moved with his parents to Sparta, Illinois.He attended the public and high schools....
(R)
| rowspan=5 | George W. Smith
George Washington Smith (congressman)
George Washington Smith was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Putnam County, Ohio, Smith moved with his father to Wayne County, Illinois, in 1850.Learned the blacksmith trade....
(R)
|-
| rowspan=2 | Hugh R. Belknap
Hugh R. Belknap
Hugh Reid Belknap was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Keokuk, Iowa, Belknap attended the public schools, Adams Academy, Quincy, Massachusetts, and Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. At the age of eighteen he entered the service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co...
(R)
| | John I. Rinaker
John I. Rinaker
John Irving Rinaker was a U.S. Representative from Illinois and a brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War....
(R)
| | William F.L. Hadley (R)
|-
| 55th
55th United States Congress
-House of Representatives:* Republican: 206 * Democratic: 124* Populist: 22* Silver Republican: 3* Silver: 1* Independent Republican: 1TOTAL members: 357-Leadership:-Senate:* President: Garret Hobart * President pro tempore: William P...
1897–1899
| rowspan=3 | James R. Mann (R)
| | Daniel W. Mills
Daniel W. Mills
Daniel Thomas Mills was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Waynesville, Ohio, Mills attended the common schools of Rayesville and the Waynesville High School....
(R)
| rowspan=3 | Henry S. Boutell (R)
| | William H. Hinrichsen
William H. Hinrichsen
William Henry Hinrichsen was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Franklin, Illinois, Hinrichsen attended public schools and the Illinois Industrial University at Champaign. He engaged in newspaper work. Hinrichsen was elected Justice of the Peace in 1871 and reelected in 1873...
(D)
| rowspan=3 | Thomas M. Jett
Thomas M. Jett
Thomas Marion Jett was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Greenville, Illinois, Jett attended the common schools and the Northern Indiana Normal School, Valparaiso, Indiana, for two years....
(D)
| | Andrew J. Hunter
Andrew J. Hunter
Andrew Jackson Hunter was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Greencastle, Indiana, Hunter moved with his parents to Paris, Illinois, in 1832. He attended the common schools and Edgar Academy. He worked as a civil engineer from 1852 to 1856. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in...
(D)
| | James R. Campbell
James R. Campbell
James Romulus Campbell was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near McLeansboro, Hamilton County, Illinois, Campbell attended the public schools and the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana.He studied law....
(D)
| | Jehu Baker
Jehu Baker
Jehu Baker was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Lexington, Kentucky, Baker moved with his father to Lebanon, Illinois, in 1829....
(D)
|-
| 56th
56th United States Congress
-House of Representatives:- Leadership :- Senate :* President: Garret Hobart , until November 21, 1899 , vacant thereafter.* President pro tempore: William P. Frye * Democratic Caucus Chairman: James K. Jones...
1899–1901
| rowspan=2 | George P. Foster
George Peter Foster
George Peter Foster was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Dover, New Jersey, Foster moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1867. He attended the public schools and the University of Chicago. He was graduated from Union College of Law at Chicago in 1882. He was admitted to the bar the same year...
(D)
| | Thomas Cusack
Thomas Cusack
Thomas Cusack of Chicago was born in Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland, October 5, 1858, and died in Oak Park, Illinois on November 19, 1926. He was a pioneer and entrepreneur in the outdoor advertising industry and a politician, serving as a Democratic U.S...
(D)
| | Edward T. Noonan (D)
| | William E. Williams
William E. Williams
William Elza Williams was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Detroit, Illinois, Williams attended the public schools and Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois.He studied law....
(D)
| rowspan=2 | Ben F. Caldwell
Ben F. Caldwell
Ben Franklin Caldwell was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Carrollton, Illinois, Caldwell moved to Illinois in April 1853 with his parents, who settled near Chatham, Illinois. He attended the public schools, and thereafter engaged in agricultural pursuits...
(D)
| rowspan=2 | Joseph B. Crowley
Joseph B. Crowley
Joseph Burns Crowley was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Coshocton, Ohio, Crowley moved with his parents to a farm near St. Marie, Jasper County, Illinois, in 1860, and to Robinson, Illinois, in 1872. He attended the common schools. He engaged in mercantile pursuits 1876-1880...
(D)
| rowspan=2 | James R. Williams
James R. Williams
James Robert Williams was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Carmi, Illinois, Williams attended the common schools....
(D)
| | William A. Rodenberg
William A. Rodenberg
William August Rodenberg was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Chester, Illinois, Rodenberg attended the public schools.He graduated from Central Wesleyan College, Warrenton, Missouri, in 1884....
|-
| 57th
57th United States Congress
-House of Representatives:*Democratic: 151*Republican: 200 *Populist: 5*Silver : 1TOTAL members: 357-Leadership:-Senate:* President: Theodore Roosevelt , until September 14, 1901, vacant thereafter....
1901–1903
| | John J. Feely
John J. Feely
John Joseph Feely was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born on a farm near Wilmington, Illinois, Feely attended the public schools. He was graduated from Niagara University in 1895 and from the law department of Yale University in 1897. He was admitted to the bar in Connecticut in 1897...
(D)
| | James McAndrews
James McAndrews
James McAndrews was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, McAndrews attended the common schools. He moved to Chicago, Illinois, and engaged in business, serving as building commissioner of Chicago.McAndrews was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh and...
(D)
| | William F. Mahoney
William F. Mahoney
William Frank Mahoney was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Mahoney was educated in the public schools of Chicago.He engaged in mercantile pursuits in 1876....
(D)
| | J. Ross Mickey
J. Ross Mickey
J. Ross Mickey was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born on a farm in Eldorado Township, McDonough County, Illinois, Mickey attended the public schools and Lincoln College....
(D)
| | Thomas J. Selby
Thomas J. Selby
Thomas Jefferson Selby was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Delaware County, Ohio, Selby attended the common schools.He studied law....
(D)
| | Fred J. Kern
Fred J. Kern
Frederick John Kern was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.-Early life:Kern was born on a farm near Millstadt, St. Clair County, Illinois, and attended the public schools of Millstadt, and attended Illinois State Normal University in Normal, Illinois. Kern was employed as a coal miner, and later...
(D)
|}
1903 – 1913: 25 seats
1903–1905| | Martin Emerich
Martin Emerich
Martin Emerich was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Emerich attended the public schools. He engaged in the importing business. He was appointed ward commissioner of the poor of Baltimore in 1870. He served as member of the Maryland House of Delegates 1881-1883. He...
(D)
| rowspan=6 | James R. Mann (R)
| rowspan=6 | William W. Wilson (R)
| | George P. Foster
George Peter Foster
George Peter Foster was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Dover, New Jersey, Foster moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1867. He attended the public schools and the University of Chicago. He was graduated from Union College of Law at Chicago in 1882. He was admitted to the bar the same year...
(D)
| | James McAndrews
James McAndrews
James McAndrews was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, McAndrews attended the common schools. He moved to Chicago, Illinois, and engaged in business, serving as building commissioner of Chicago.McAndrews was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh and...
(D)
| rowspan=4 | William Lorimer
William Lorimer (politician)
William Lorimer was a U.S. Representative from the State of Illinois. He subsequently served in the United States Senate and was known as the "Blond Boss" in Chicago. In 1912, however, the Senate held Lorimer's election invalid due to the use of corrupt methods and practices including...
(R)
| rowspan=4 | Philip Knopf
Philip Knopf
Philip Knopf was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Long Grove, Illinois, Knopf attended the public schools....
(R)
| | William F. Mahoney
William F. Mahoney
William Frank Mahoney was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Mahoney was educated in the public schools of Chicago.He engaged in mercantile pursuits in 1876....
(D)
| rowspan=5 | Henry S. Boutell (R)
| rowspan=6 | George E. Foss
George E. Foss
George Edmund Foss was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. He was a brother of Eugene Noble Foss.-Biography:Born in West Berkshire, Vermont, Foss attended the common schools, and graduated from Harvard University in 1885....
(R)
| rowspan=5 | Howard M. Snapp
Howard M. Snapp
Howard Malcolm Snapp was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, son of Henry Snapp.Born in Joliet, Illinois, Snapp attended the Eastern Avenue school and Forest University in Chicago, Illinois from 1872 to 1875....
(R)
| rowspan=6 | Charles Eugene Fuller
Charles Eugene Fuller
Charles Eugene Fuller was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Belvidere, Illinois, Fuller attended the common schools.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1870 and commenced practice in Belvidere, Illinois...
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Robert R. Hitt
Robert R. Hitt
Robert Roberts Hitt was an Assistant Secretary of State and later a member of the United States House of Representatives....
(R)
| | Benjamin F. Marsh
Benjamin F. Marsh
Benjamin Franklin Marsh was a U.S. Representative from Illinois in the late 19th century to early 20th century. He was also a lawyer, soldier, agriculture manager, stock raiser, and Illinois State Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner....
(R)
| rowspan=6 | George W. Prince
George W. Prince
George Washington Prince was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Tazewell County, Illinois, Prince attended the public schools.He was graduated from Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, in 1878.He studied law....
(R)
| rowspan=5 | Joseph V. Graff
Joseph V. Graff
Joseph Verdi Graff was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, Graff was graduated from the Terre Haute High School, and attended Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, one year....
(R)
| rowspan=6 | John A. Sterling
John A. Sterling
John Allen Sterling was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, and brother of Thomas Sterling.-Biography:...
(R)
| rowspan=6 | Joseph G. Cannon (R)
| | Vespasian Warner
Vespasian Warner
Vespasian Warner was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Mount Pleasant , De Witt County, Illinois, Warner moved with his parents to Clinton, Illinois, in 1843....
(R)
| rowspan=6 | Henry T. Rainey
Henry T. Rainey
Henry Thomas Rainey was a prominent U.S. politician during the first third of the 20th century. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1921 and from 1923 to his death as a Democrat from Illinois, and was its Speaker during the famous Hundred days of Franklin D...
(D)
| | Ben F. Caldwell
Ben F. Caldwell
Ben Franklin Caldwell was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Carrollton, Illinois, Caldwell moved to Illinois in April 1853 with his parents, who settled near Chatham, Illinois. He attended the public schools, and thereafter engaged in agricultural pursuits...
(D)
| rowspan=6 | William A. Rodenberg
William A. Rodenberg
William August Rodenberg was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Chester, Illinois, Rodenberg attended the public schools.He graduated from Central Wesleyan College, Warrenton, Missouri, in 1884....
(R)
| | Joseph B. Crowley
Joseph B. Crowley
Joseph Burns Crowley was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Coshocton, Ohio, Crowley moved with his parents to a farm near St. Marie, Jasper County, Illinois, in 1860, and to Robinson, Illinois, in 1872. He attended the common schools. He engaged in mercantile pursuits 1876-1880...
(D)
| | James R. Williams
James R. Williams
James Robert Williams was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Carmi, Illinois, Williams attended the common schools....
(D)
| rowspan=3 | George W. Smith
George Washington Smith (congressman)
George Washington Smith was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Putnam County, Ohio, Smith moved with his father to Wayne County, Illinois, in 1850.Learned the blacksmith trade....
(R)
|-
| 59th
59th United States Congress
The Fifty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1905 to March 4, 1907, during the fifth and sixth...
1905–1907
| rowspan=5 | Martin B. Madden
Martin B. Madden
Martin Barnaby Madden was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Wolviston, County Durham, England, Madden immigrated to the United States with his parents , and settled near Chicago, Illinois, in 1869. He attended the public schools in Chicago and was graduated from Bryant and Stratton...
(R)
| | Charles S. Wharton
Charles S. Wharton
Charles Stuart Wharton was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Aledo, Illinois, Wharton moved to Chicago with his parents in 1878, attending the public schools. He graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1896. He was admitted to the bar in 1896 and...
(R)
| | Anthony Michalek
Anthony Michalek
Anthony Michalek was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Michalek was born in Radvánov, Bohemia, and immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Chicago, Illinois in 1878...
(R)
| rowspan=3 | Charles McGavin
Charles McGavin
Charles McGavin was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Riverton, Illinois, McGavin attended the common schools in Springfield and the high school in Mount Olive, Illinois. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1897 and practiced two years in Springfield. He moved to Chicago in...
(R)
| rowspan=5 | James McKinney
James McKinney
James McKinney was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Oquawka, Illinois, McKinney attended the public schools and was graduated from Monmouth College in 1874....
(R)
| rowspan=5 | William B. McKinley
William B. McKinley
William Brown McKinley was a United States Representative from the State of Illinois. He was born near Petersburg, Illinois....
(R)
| | Zeno J. Rives
Zeno J. Rives
Zeno John Rives was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Greenfield, Indiana, Rives moved with his parents to Litchfield, Illinois, in 1880.He attended the public schools.He studied law....
(R)
| | Frank S. Dickson
Frank S. Dickson
Frank Stoddard Dickson was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Hillsboro, Illinois, Dickson attended the public schools and was graduated from the high school at Decatur, Illinois, in 1896....
(R)
| rowspan=4 | Pleasant T. Chapman
Pleasant T. Chapman
Pleasant Thomas Chapman was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born on a farm near Vienna, Illinois, Chapman attended the public schools, and then went to McKendree College, in Lebanon, Illinois...
(R)
|-
| rowspan=2 | 60th
60th United States Congress
The Sixtieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1907 to March 4, 1909, during the last two years of...
1907–1909
| rowspan=4 | James T. McDermott
James T. McDermott
James Thomas McDermott of Chicago was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Illinois' 4th congressional district, 1907–1914, 1915-1917.-External links:...
(D)
| rowspan=4 | Adolph J. Sabath
Adolph J. Sabath
Adolph Joachim Sabath was an American politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Chicago, Illinois, from 1907 until his death.He immigrated to America at age 15, became active in real estate, and received his LL.B...
(D)
| rowspan=3 | Frank O. Lowden (D)
| rowspan=2 | Ben F. Caldwell
Ben F. Caldwell
Ben Franklin Caldwell was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Carrollton, Illinois, Caldwell moved to Illinois in April 1853 with his parents, who settled near Chatham, Illinois. He attended the public schools, and thereafter engaged in agricultural pursuits...
(D)
| rowspan=4 | Martin D. Foster
Martin D. Foster
Martin David Foster was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near West Salem, Illinois, Foster attended the public schools and Eureka College ....
(D)
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| rowspan=3 | Napoleon B. Thistlewood
Napoleon B. Thistlewood
Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood was a U.S. Representative from the state of Illinois.-Biography:Napoleon Thistlewood was born in Kent County, Delaware, near the town of Harrington. He attended the public schools in that area...
(R)
|-
| 61st
61st United States Congress
The Sixty-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1909 to March 4, 1911, during the first two years of...
1909–1911
| | William J. Moxley (R)
| | Frederick Lundin
Frederick Lundin
Frederick Lundin was a U.S. Representative from Illinois and a Republican Party political boss in Chicago.-Background:...
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Thomas Gallagher (D)
| rowspan=2 | James M. Graham (D)
|-
| 62nd
62nd United States Congress
- House of Representatives :* Democratic : 230 * Republican : 162* Socialist : 1* Independent : 1TOTAL members: 394-Senate:* President: James S...
1911–1913
| | Edmund J. Stack
Edmund J. Stack
Edmund John Stack was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Stack attended the grammar and high schools of Chicago....
(D)
| | Frank Buchanan
Frank Buchanan (Illinois)
Frank Buchanan was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois. He served in Congress for three terms from March 4, 1911 to March 3, 1917...
(D)
| | Lynden Evans
Lynden Evans
Lynden Evans was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in La Salle, Illinois, Evans attended the public schools and was graduated from Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, in 1882....
(D)
| | Ira C. Copley (R)
| | John C. McKenzie
John C. McKenzie
John Charles Mckenzie was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born on a farm near Elizabeth, Woodbine Township, Illinois, Mckenzie attended the common schools, and the normal school at Valparaiso, Indiana....
(R)
| | Claude U. Stone
Claude U. Stone
Claudius Ulysses Stone was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born on a farm in Menard County, near Greenview, Illinois, Stone attended the rural school and Western Normal College, Bushnell, Illinois. At the age of seventeen, Stone became a teacher in the Bee Grove rural school in Menard County...
(D)
| | H. Robert Fowler
H. Robert Fowler
Hiram Robert Fowler was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Eddyville, Illinois, Fowler attended the public schools of his native city, and graduated from the Illinois Normal University at Normal in 1880....
(D)
|}
1913 – 1943: 27 seats
1913–1915| rowspan=9 | Martin B. Madden
Martin B. Madden
Martin Barnaby Madden was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Wolviston, County Durham, England, Madden immigrated to the United States with his parents , and settled near Chicago, Illinois, in 1869. He attended the public schools in Chicago and was graduated from Bryant and Stratton...
(R)
| rowspan=6 | James R. Mann (R)
| | George E. Gorman
George E. Gorman
George Edmund Gorman was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Gorman attended the public schools of his native city. He was graduated in law from Georgetown University at Washington, D.C. in 1895. He was admitted to the bar in 1895 and commenced the practice of law in...
(D)
| rowspan=2 | James T. McDermott
James T. McDermott
James Thomas McDermott of Chicago was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Illinois' 4th congressional district, 1907–1914, 1915-1917.-External links:...
(D)
| rowspan=17 | Adolph J. Sabath
Adolph J. Sabath
Adolph Joachim Sabath was an American politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Chicago, Illinois, from 1907 until his death.He immigrated to America at age 15, became active in real estate, and received his LL.B...
(D)
| rowspan=5 | James McAndrews
James McAndrews
James McAndrews was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, McAndrews attended the common schools. He moved to Chicago, Illinois, and engaged in business, serving as building commissioner of Chicago.McAndrews was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh and...
(D)
| rowspan=2 | Frank Buchanan
Frank Buchanan (Illinois)
Frank Buchanan was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois. He served in Congress for three terms from March 4, 1911 to March 3, 1917...
(D)
| rowspan=5 | Thomas Gallagher (D)
| rowspan=13 | Frederick A. Britten
Frederick A. Britten
Frederick Albert Britten was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.-Career:Born in Chicago, Illinois, Britten attended Healds Business College, San Francisco, California. He was a Construction worker and a Business executive before his political career began. He served as member of the Chicago,...
(R)
| | Charles M. Thomson
Charles M. Thomson
Charles Marsh Thomson was a lawyer, judge and U.S. Representative from Illinois.-Biography:Born in Chicago, Illinois, Thomson attended public schools and the Chicago Manual Training School...
(Prog)
| | Ira C. Copley (R)
| | William H. Hinebaugh
William H. Hinebaugh
William Henry Hinebaugh was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Marshall, Michigan, Hinebaugh attended the common schools, Litchfield High School, the Michigan State Normal School William Henry Hinebaugh (December 16, 1867 - September 22, 1943) was a U.S. Representative from...
(Prog)
| rowspan=7 | John C. McKenzie
John C. McKenzie
John Charles Mckenzie was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born on a farm near Elizabeth, Woodbine Township, Illinois, Mckenzie attended the common schools, and the normal school at Valparaiso, Indiana....
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Clyde H. Tavenner (D)
| | Stephen A. Hoxworth
Stephen A. Hoxworth
Stephen Arnold Hoxworth was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Maquon Township, near Maquon, Illinois, Hoxworth attended the public schools.He moved to Blue Springs, Nebraska, in 1880....
(D)
| rowspan=2 | Claude U. Stone
Claude U. Stone
Claudius Ulysses Stone was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born on a farm in Menard County, near Greenview, Illinois, Stone attended the rural school and Western Normal College, Bushnell, Illinois. At the age of seventeen, Stone became a teacher in the Bee Grove rural school in Menard County...
(D)
| | Louis Fitzhenry
Louis Fitzhenry
Louis Fitzhenry was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, Fitzhenry attended the public and high schools of Bloomington.He engaged in journalism....
(D)
| | Frank T. O'Hair
Frank T. O'Hair
Frank Trimble O'Hair was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.-Biography:He was born near Paris, Illinois on March 12, 1870...
(D)
| | Charles M. Borchers
Charles M. Borchers
Charles Martin Borchers was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Lockville, Ohio, Borchers moved to Illinois with his parents, who settled in Macon County in 1875.He attended the common schools....
(D)
| rowspan=5 | Henry T. Rainey
Henry T. Rainey
Henry Thomas Rainey was a prominent U.S. politician during the first third of the 20th century. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1921 and from 1923 to his death as a Democrat from Illinois, and was its Speaker during the famous Hundred days of Franklin D...
(D)
| | James M. Graham (D)
| | William N. Baltz
William N. Baltz
William Nicolas Baltz was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Millstadt, St. Clair County, Illinois, Baltz attended the public schools.He engaged in agricultural pursuits, milling, and banking....
(D)
| rowspan=4 | Martin D. Foster
Martin D. Foster
Martin David Foster was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near West Salem, Illinois, Foster attended the public schools and Eureka College ....
(D)
| | H. Robert Fowler
H. Robert Fowler
Hiram Robert Fowler was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Eddyville, Illinois, Fowler attended the public schools of his native city, and graduated from the Illinois Normal University at Normal in 1880....
(D)
| | Robert P. Hill
Robert P. Hill
Robert Potter Hill was a U.S. Representative from Illinois and from Oklahoma.Born near Ewing, Illinois, Hill attended the public schools and Ewing College in 1889.He taught school in Franklin County 1891-1893....
(D)
| | Lawrence B. Stringer
Lawrence B. Stringer
Lawrence Beaumont Stringer was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Atlantic City, New Jersey, Stringer moved with his parents to Lincoln, Illinois, in 1876.He attended the public schools....
(D)
| rowspan=2 | William E. Williams
William E. Williams
William Elza Williams was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Detroit, Illinois, Williams attended the public schools and Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois.He studied law....
(D)
|-
| 64th
64th United States Congress
The Sixty-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1915 to March 4, 1917, during the third and fourth...
1915–1917
| rowspan=4 | William W. Wilson (R)
| rowspan=3 | George E. Foss
George E. Foss
George Edmund Foss was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. He was a brother of Eugene Noble Foss.-Biography:Born in West Berkshire, Vermont, Foss attended the common schools, and graduated from Harvard University in 1885....
(R)
| | Ira C. Copley (Prog)
| rowspan=7 | Charles Eugene Fuller
Charles Eugene Fuller
Charles Eugene Fuller was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Belvidere, Illinois, Fuller attended the common schools.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1870 and commenced practice in Belvidere, Illinois...
(R)
| rowspan=8 | Edward John King
Edward John King
Edward John King was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, King moved to Illinois with his parents, who settled in Galesburg, Knox County, in 1880....
(R)
| rowspan=3 | John A. Sterling
John A. Sterling
John Allen Sterling was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, and brother of Thomas Sterling.-Biography:...
(R)
| rowspan=5 | Joseph G. Cannon (R)
| rowspan=4 | William B. McKinley
William B. McKinley
William Brown McKinley was a United States Representative from the State of Illinois. He was born near Petersburg, Illinois....
(R)
| rowspan=5 | Loren E. Wheeler
Loren E. Wheeler
Loren Edgar Wheeler was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Havana, Illinois, Wheeler attended the public schools and Graylock Institute, South Williamstown, Massachusetts....
(R)
| rowspan=5 | William A. Rodenberg
William A. Rodenberg
William August Rodenberg was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Chester, Illinois, Rodenberg attended the public schools.He graduated from Central Wesleyan College, Warrenton, Missouri, in 1884....
(R)
| rowspan=9 | Thomas S. Williams (R)
| rowspan=9 | Edward E. Denison
Edward E. Denison
Edward Everett Denison was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Marion, Illinois, Denison attended the public schools....
(R)
| | Burnett M. Chiperfield
Burnett M. Chiperfield
Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, father of Robert Bruce Chiperfield.-Early life:...
(R)
|-
| rowspan=2 | 65th
65th United States Congress
The Sixty-fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1917 to March 4, 1919, during the fourth and fifth...
1917–1919
| | Charles Martin
Charles Martin (Illinois)
Charles Martin was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, New York, Martin moved with his parents to Chicago, Illinois, in 1860.He attended the public schools....
(D)
| rowspan=3 | Niels Juul
Niels Juul
Niels Juul was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Randers, Denmark, Juul attended the Real School, Randers, Denmark....
(R)
| rowspan=4 | Ira C. Copley (R)
| rowspan=5 | William J. Graham
William J. Graham
William Johnson Graham was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near New Castle, Pennsylvania, Graham moved to Illinois with his parents, who settled near Aledo, Mercer County, in 1879.He attended the public schools....
(R)
| rowspan=4 | Clifford C. Ireland
Clifford C. Ireland
Clifford Cady Ireland was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Washburn, Illinois, Ireland attended the common schools, Cheltenham Military Academy, Ogontz, Pennsylvania, and Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois....
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Joseph M. McCormick
Joseph M. McCormick
Joseph Medill McCormick , known as Medill, was part of the McCormick family of businessmen and politicians in Chicago...
(R)
| rowspan=3 | William E. Mason
William E. Mason
William Ernest Mason was a U.S. Representative and Senator from Illinois.Mason was born in Franklinville, New York. His family moved to Bentonsport, Iowa when he was 8. He attended Birmingham College. After graduating, he taught at Bentonsport Academy, which he had previously attended...
(R)
|-
| rowspan=3 | John W. Rainey
John W. Rainey
John William Rainey was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Rainey attended the public schools of his native city, De La Salle Institute, and the Kent College of Law....
(D)
|-
| 66th
66th United States Congress
The Sixty-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprising the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1919 to March 4, 1921, during the last two years of...
1919–1921
| rowspan=8 | Carl R. Chindblom
Carl R. Chindblom
Carl Richard Chindblom was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Chindblom attended the public schools. He was graduated from Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, in 1890 and from the Kent College of Law at Chicago in 1898...
(R)
| | Frank L. Smith
Frank L. Smith
Frank Leslie Smith was an Illinois politician. He served as a United States Congressman from 1919 to 1921. He was elected by the people of Illinois to the United States Senate in 1926, but the Senate never allowed him to take his seat.He first ran for the Republican nomination for the U.S....
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Edwin B. Brooks
Edwin B. Brooks
Edwin Bruce Brooks was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, cousin of Edmund Howard Hinshaw.Born in Newton, Illinois, Brooks attended the public schools, and was graduated from Valparaiso University in 1892.Superintendent of schools at Newman 1894-1897, at Newton 1897-1903, at Greenville...
(R)
| rowspan=8 | Richard Yates
Richard Yates (son)
Richard Yates, Jr. was the 22nd Governor of Illinois from 1901 to 1905. From 1919 to 1933, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois. Although he failed to receive his party's nomination in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress, he was later appointed nominee and elected in place...
(R)
|-
| 67th
67th United States Congress
The Sixty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1921 to March 4, 1923, during the first two years...
1921–1923
| rowspan=5 | Elliott W. Sproul
Elliott W. Sproul
Elliott Wilford Sproul was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Apohaqui, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada, Sproul attended the public schools. He moved to Boston, Massachusetts in 1879 and to Chicago, Illinois in 1880, and engaged in the building and contracting business. He was...
(R)
| | John J. Gorman
John J. Gorman
John Jerome Gorman was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Gorman attended the common schools and the Bryant and Stratton Business College at Chicago, Illinois....
(R)
| rowspan=5 | M. Alfred Michaelson
M. Alfred Michaelson
Magne Alfred Michaelson was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Kristiansand in Vest-Agder county in Southern Norway...
(R)
| rowspan=5 | Stanley H. Kunz
Stanley H. Kunz
Stanley Henry Kunz was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, Kunz attended the public schools, St...
(D)
| rowspan=3 | Frank H. Funk
Frank H. Funk
Frank Hamilton Funk was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, son of Benjamin Franklin Funk.Born in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, Funk attended the public schools and the Illinois Normal School at Normal, Illinois....
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Allen F. Moore
Allen F. Moore
Allen Francis Moore was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Moore was born in St. Charles, Kane County, Illinois. In 1870, he moved to Piatt County with his parents, who settled in Monticello, Illinois, where he attended the common schools. He graduated from the Monticello High School in 1886...
(R)
| | Guy L. Shaw
Guy L. Shaw
Guy Loren Shaw was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born on a farm near Summer Hill, Illinois, Shaw attended the public schools and the College of Agriculture of the University of Illinois at Urbana....
(R)
| | Winnifred S.M. Huck (R)
|-
| 68th
68th United States Congress
The Sixty-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1923 to March 4, 1925, during the last months of...
1923–1925
| rowspan=6 | Morton D. Hull
Morton D. Hull
Morton Denison Hull was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Hull attended the public schools and Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1885. He graduated from Harvard University in 1892. He was admitted to the bar in 1892 and commenced the practice of law in...
(R)
| rowspan=4 | Thomas A. Doyle
Thomas A. Doyle
Thomas Aloysius Doyle of Chicago was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1923-1931.He also served as a member of the Chicago City Council from 1914 to 1918 and from 1931 to 1935, and as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1918 to 1923...
(D)
| | James R. Buckley
James R. Buckley
James Richard Buckley was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Buckley attended the public and parochial schools and Christian Brothers' Commercial Academy.He engaged in mercantile pursuits....
(D)
| rowspan=7 | Frank R. Reid
Frank R. Reid
Frank R. Reid was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. He was christened without a middle name and chose the letter "R" for an initial....
(R)
| rowspan=6 | William E. Hull
William E. Hull
William Edgar Hull was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Lewistown, Illinois, Hull attended the common schools, Lewistown High School, and Illinois College at Jacksonville, Illinois....
(R)
| rowspan=6 | William P. Holaday
William P. Holaday
William Perry Holaday was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Ridgefarm, Illinois, Holaday attended the common schools, Vermilion Grove Academy, Penn College in Oskaloosa, Iowa, and the University of Missouri.He graduated from the law department of the University of Illinois at Urbana...
(R)
| rowspan=7 | Henry T. Rainey
Henry T. Rainey
Henry Thomas Rainey was a prominent U.S. politician during the first third of the 20th century. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1921 and from 1923 to his death as a Democrat from Illinois, and was its Speaker during the famous Hundred days of Franklin D...
(D)
| | J. Earl Major
J. Earl Major
James Earl Major was a U.S. Representative from Illinois and a United States federal judge.Born in Donellson, Illinois, Major attended the common and high schools of his native city....
(D)
| | Edward E. Miller
Edward E. Miller
Edward Edwin Miller was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Creston, Iowa, Miller attended the common schools. He moved to East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois, in 1892, where he entered the real estate and insurance business in 1900. He served as private secretary to Congressman...
(R)
| rowspan=9 | William W. Arnold
William W. Arnold
William Wright Arnold was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.-Life and career:Born in Oblong, Illinois, Arnold attended the country schools of his native county and Austin College, Effingham, Illinois....
(D)
| rowspan=3 | Henry Riggs Rathbone
Henry Riggs Rathbone
Henry Riggs Rathbone was a congressman from Illinois, USA. During their engagement to be married, his future parents were present at Abraham Lincoln's assassination at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865...
(R)
|-
| 69th
69th United States Congress
The Sixty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1925 to March 4, 1927, during the third and fourth...
1925–1927
| | John J. Gorman
John J. Gorman
John Jerome Gorman was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Gorman attended the common schools and the Bryant and Stratton Business College at Chicago, Illinois....
(R)
| rowspan=5 | William Richard Johnson
William Richard Johnson
William Richard Johnson was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Rock Island, Illinois, Johnson moved with his parents to Freeport, Illinois, in 1879....
(R)
| rowspan=5 | John Clayton Allen
John Clayton Allen
John Clayton Allen was an American politician who represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives from 1925-1933....
(R)
| rowspan=5 | Charles Adkins (R)
| | Loren E. Wheeler
Loren E. Wheeler
Loren Edgar Wheeler was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Havana, Illinois, Wheeler attended the public schools and Graylock Institute, South Williamstown, Massachusetts....
(R)
| rowspan=3 | Edward M. Irwin
Edward M. Irwin
Edward Michael Irwin was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born near Leasburg, Missouri, Irwin attended the public schools of his native city. He taught school in Leasburg, Missouri and also attended the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. He was graduated from Missouri Medical...
(R)
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| 70th
70th United States Congress
The Seventieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1927 to March 3, 1929, during the last two years of...
1927–1929
| rowspan=4 | James T. Igoe
James T. Igoe
James Thomas Igoe was a United States Representative from Illinois. He attended the St. Ignatius College . He became engaged in the printing and publishing business in 1907....
(D)
| rowspan=6 | John T. Buckbee
John T. Buckbee
John Theodore Buckbee was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born on a farm near Rockford, Illinois, Buckbee attended the public schools of Rockford....
(R)
| rowspan=4 | Homer W. Hall
Homer W. Hall
Homer William Hall was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Shelbyville, Illinois, Hall moved with his parents to Bloomington, Illinois, in 1876....
(R)
| | J. Earl Major
J. Earl Major
James Earl Major was a U.S. Representative from Illinois and a United States federal judge.Born in Donellson, Illinois, Major attended the common and high schools of his native city....
(D)
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| 71st
71st United States Congress
The Seventy-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1929 to March 4, 1931, during the first two years...
1929–1931
| rowspan=4 | Oscar De Priest (R)
| rowspan=3 | Burnett M. Chiperfield
Burnett M. Chiperfield
Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, father of Robert Bruce Chiperfield.-Early life:...
(R)
| | Frank M. Ramey
Frank M. Ramey
Frank Marion Ramey was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Hillsboro, Illinois, Ramey attended the public schools and was graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1900....
(R)
| | Ruth H. McCormick (R)
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| rowspan=2 | 72nd
72nd United States Congress
The Seventy-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1931 to March 4, 1933, during the last two years...
1931–1933
| rowspan=7 | Edward A. Kelly
Edward A. Kelly
Edward Austin Kelly of Chicago was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1931–43, 1945-47. He was a Democrat.-External links: Retrieved on 2008-01-21...
(D)
| rowspan=7 | Harry P. Beam
Harry P. Beam
Harry Peter Beam was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Peoria Illinois, Beam moved with his parents to Chicago, Illinois, in 1899. He attended St. Mary's School, Marshalltown, Iowa, and Holy Family School, Chicago, Illinois, was graduated from St...
(D)
| rowspan=7 | Leonard W. Schuetz
Leonard W. Schuetz
Leonard William Schuetz was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Posen, Germany , SchuetzIn 1888 immigrated to the United States with his father, who settled in Chicago, Illinois....
(D)
| | Peter C. Granata
Peter C. Granata
Peter Charles Granata was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Granata attended the public and high schools of his native city....
(R)
| rowspan=3 | J. Earl Major
J. Earl Major
James Earl Major was a U.S. Representative from Illinois and a United States federal judge.Born in Donellson, Illinois, Major attended the common and high schools of his native city....
(D)
| rowspan=2 | Charles A. Karch
Charles A. Karch
Charles Adam Karch was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born on a farm in Engleman Township, St. Clair County, Illinois, Karch attended the public schools....
(D)
| rowspan=6 | Claude V. Parsons
Claude V. Parsons
Claude VanCleve Parsons was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born on a farm near McCormick, Pope County, Illinois, Parsons attended the public schools....
(D)
| rowspan=6 | Kent E. Keller
Kent E. Keller
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(D)
| rowspan=2 | William H. Dieterich
William H. Dieterich (senator)
William Henry Dieterich was a United States Senator and Congressman from the State of Illinois. He was born near Cooperstown, Illinois. He was a Democrat....
(D)
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| | Stanley H. Kunz
Stanley H. Kunz
Stanley Henry Kunz was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, Kunz attended the public schools, St...
(D)
|-
| 73rd
73rd United States Congress
The Seventy-third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1933 to January 3, 1935, during the first two years...
1933–1935
| | P.H. Moynihan (R)
| rowspan=3 | Thomas J. O'Brien (D)
| rowspan=5 | Leo Kocialkowski
Leo Kocialkowski
Leo Paul Kocialkowski was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Kocialkowski was orphaned at an early age.He was educated in private schools, which he supplemented by a business course....
(D)
| | James Simpson, Jr.
James Simpson, Jr.
James Simpson, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Simpson attended St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire from 1919 to 1922, Westminster School, Salisbury, Connecticut from 1922 to 1925, and was later a student at Harvard University.He served as director of...
(R)
| rowspan=5 | Leo E. Allen
Leo E. Allen
Leo Elwood Allen , American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for fourteen terms, 1933–1961, representing the 13th District of Illinois 1933–1949, and the 16th District of Illinois 1949–1961. He was born in Elizabeth, Illinois and...
(R)
| rowspan=3 | Chester Thompson (D)
| rowspan=2 | J. Leroy Adair
J. Leroy Adair
Jackson Leroy Adair was a U.S. Representative from Illinois and a federal judge.Born in Clayton, Illinois, Adair attended public and high schools, and Illinois College at Jacksonville....
(D)
| rowspan=5 | Everett M. Dirksen (R)
| | Frank Gillespie
Frank Gillespie
James Frank Gillespie was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, W.Virginia, Gillespie attended the graded schools and Concord Normal School....
(D)
| rowspan=3 | James A. Meeks
James A. Meeks
James Andrew Meeks was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in New Matamoras, Washington County, Ohio, Meeks moved to Illinois with his parents, who settled on a farm near Danville, Vermilion County, in 1865....
(D)
| rowspan=2 | Donald C. Dobbins
Donald C. Dobbins
Donald Claude Dobbins was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born on a farm near Dewey, Illinois, Dobbins attended the public schools, the University of Illinois at Urbana, Dixon Business College, and George Washington University, Washington, D.C..He taught school 1896-1899.Stenographer and...
(D)
| rowspan=5 | Edwin M. Schaefer
Edwin M. Schaefer
Edwin Martin Schaefer was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois, Schaefer attended the public schools, Western Military Academy, Alton, Illinois, and the University of Illinois at Urbana.He graduated from Washington University in St...
(D)
| rowspan=2 | Martin A. Brennan
Martin A. Brennan
Martin Adlai Brennan was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, Brennan attended parochial schools.He was employed as a reporter for the Bloomington Bulletin....
(D)
| | Walter Nesbit
Walter Nesbit
Walter Nesbit was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois, Nesbit attended the grade and night schools.He was employed as a coal miner 1892-1912....
(D)
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| 74th
74th United States Congress
-House:Also 2 Delegates, 3 Resident Commissioners-Senate:*President of the Senate: John N. Garner *President pro tempore: Key Pittman -Majority leadership:*Majority leader: Joseph T. Robinson...
1935–1937
| rowspan=4 | Arthur W. Mitchell
Arthur W. Mitchell
Arthur Wergs Mitchell was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Mitchell was the first African American to be elected to the United States Congress as a Democrat....
(D)
| rowspan=4 | Raymond S. McKeough
Raymond S. McKeough
Raymond Stephen McKeough was a Democratic politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1935 to 1943....
(D)
| rowspan=3 | James McAndrews
James McAndrews
James McAndrews was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, McAndrews attended the common schools. He moved to Chicago, Illinois, and engaged in business, serving as building commissioner of Chicago.McAndrews was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh and...
(D)
| rowspan=3 | Ralph E. Church
Ralph E. Church
Ralph Edwin Church , a U.S. Congressman, was born in Vermilion County, Illinois. Church, a Republican, represented the 10th and 13th Congressional districts of Illinois in the U.S. Congress. Congressman Church was also a candidate for U.S Senator in 1940...
(R)
| rowspan=4 | Chauncey W. Reed
Chauncey W. Reed
Chauncey William Reed was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Chauncey Reed was born in West Chicago, Illinois to William Thomas Reed and Margaret Reed...
(R)
| rowspan=4 | Leslie C. Arends (R)
| rowspan=2 | Scott W. Lucas
Scott W. Lucas
Scott Wike Lucas was a two-term Democratic United States Senator from Illinois, and the United States Senate Majority Leader from 1948 to 1950....
(D)
| | Harry H. Mason
Harry H. Mason
Harry Howland Mason was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born on a farm in McLean County, near Farmer City, Illinois, Mason moved to Delavan, Tazewell County, with his parents and attended the public schools....
(D)
| | Michael L. Igoe
Michael L. Igoe
Michael Lambert Igoe was a United States Representative from Illinois. He was educated in the parochial schools and De La Salle Institute in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from the law department of Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., in 1908...
(D)
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| 75th
75th United States Congress
The Seventy-fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1937 to January 3, 1939, during the first two years...
1937–1939
| rowspan=3 | Noah M. Mason
Noah M. Mason
Noah Morgan Mason was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Mason was a representative conservative Republican in Congress who represented a rural downstate district...
(R)
| | Lewis L. Boyer
Lewis L. Boyer
Lewis Leonard Boyer was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born on a farm near Richfield, Richfield Township, Illinois, Boyer attended the rural schools....
(D)
| | Hugh M. Rigney
Hugh M. Rigney
Hugh McPheeters Rigney was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Arthur, Illinois, Rigney attended the local schools and was graduated from the high school of his native city....
(D)
| rowspan=2 | Frank W. Fries
Frank W. Fries
Frank William Fries was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Hornsby, Cahokia Township, Macoupin County, Illinois, Fries moved with his parents to Gillespie, Illinois, in 1904.He attended the public schools....
(D)
| | Edwin V. Champion
Edwin V. Champion
Edwin Van Meter Champion was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Mansfield, Illinois, Champion attended the public schools. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Illinois at Urbana, 1912...
(D)
| | Lewis M. Long
Lewis M. Long
Lewis Marshall Long was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Gardner, Illinois, Long attended the public schools of Aurora, Illinois, the Plano High School, and the University of Illinois at Urbana....
(D)
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| 76th
76th United States Congress
The Seventy-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1939 to January 3, 1941, during the seventh and...
1939–1941
| rowspan=2 | A. F. Maciejewski
A. F. Maciejewski
Anton Frank Maciejewski was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Anderson, Texas, Maciejewski attended the public schools of Cicero, Illinois, and Lewis Institute, Chicago, Illinois. He became engaged in the wholesale and retail coal business in Cicero, Illinois, in 1916...
(D)
| rowspan=3 | Anton J. Johnson
Anton J. Johnson
Anton Joseph Johnson was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Peoria, Illinois, Johnson attended the public schools and the School of Agriculture of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. He served as first sergeant, Fifth Infantry, Company G, Illinois National Guard from 1898...
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Robert B. Chiperfield
Robert B. Chiperfield
Robert Bruce Chiperfield was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, son of Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield.Born in Canton, Illinois, Chiperfield was educated in the public schools of Canton, Illinois, Washington, D.C., and at Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire.He served as a private during...
(R)
| rowspan=2 | Jessie Sumner
Jessie Sumner
Jessie Sumner was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Milford, Illinois, Sumner attended the public schools....
(R)
| rowspan=2 | William H. Wheat
William H. Wheat
William Howard Wheat was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Kahoka, Missouri, Wheat attended the public schools of Brookfield and Chillicothe, Missouri, and Chaddock College and Gem City Business College, Quincy, Illinois.He served as clerk in clothing stores in Quincy and Bloomington,...
(R)
| rowspan=2 | James M. Barnes
James M. Barnes (congressman)
James M. Barnes is a former member of the US House of Representatives from Illinois. He was born on January 9, 1899 in Jacksonville, Illinois and attended the public schools. During the First World War, he served overseas as a private in the United States Marine Corps in 1918 and 1919...
(D)
| rowspan=2 | Laurence F. Arnold
Laurence F. Arnold
Laurence Fletcher Arnold was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Newton, Illinois, Arnold attended the public and high schools of his native city and the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.He studied law....
(D)
| | John C. Martin
John C. Martin (Illinois Congressman)
John Cunningham Martin was a member of the US House of Representatives from Illinois.Martin attended the public schools and Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois...
(D)
| | Thomas V. Smith (D)
|-
| 77th
77th United States Congress
-Major events:* December 7, 1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor* December 8, 1941: Joint Session of Congress met to hear President Roosevelt deliver his "Day of Infamy" speech...
1941–1943
| | Charles S. Dewey
Charles S. Dewey
Charles Schuveldt Dewey was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Cadiz, Ohio, Dewey moved in infancy to Chicago, Illinois.He attended public schools and St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire....
(R)
| | George A. Paddock
George A. Paddock
George Arthur Paddock was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Winnetka, Illinois, Paddock attended the public schools....
(R)
| | George Evan Howell
George Evan Howell
George Evan Howell was a U.S. Representative from Illinois and judge on the United States Court of Claims.Born in Marion, Illinois, Howell attended the public schools at Villa Grove, Illinois....
(R)
| | James V. Heidinger
James V. Heidinger
James Vandaveer Heidinger was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.He was born on a farm near Mount Erie, Illinois, he attended the rural schools, Northern Illinois Normal School, De Kalb, Illinois, and Valparaiso University. He taught in the rural schools of Wayne County, Illinois...
(R)
| | C. W. Bishop
C. W. Bishop
Cecil William Bishop was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois.Bishop was born on a farm near West Vienna, Illinois. After attending the public schools, and Union Academy in Anna, Illinois, he entered the profession of tailoring. Bishop was engaged in the cleaning...
(R)
| | Stephen A. Day
Stephen A. Day
Stephen Albion Day was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Canton, Ohio, Day attended the public schools at Canton, the University School at Cleveland, Ohio, and Asheville School. He graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1905, and subsequently served as secretary to...
(R)
| | William Stratton
William Stratton
William Grant Stratton , known as "Billy the Kid", was the 32nd Governor of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1953 to 1961, succeeding Adlai Stevenson II in that office. He was born on in Ingleside in Lake County, Illinois, the son of William J...
(R)
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