List of United States Senators from Illinois
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Illinois was admitted to the Union on December 3, 1818.
| Senator | Party | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse B. Thomas | Democratic, National Republican |
1818 | 1829 |
| John McLean | Democratic | 1829 | 1830 |
| David J. Baker | Democratic | 1830 | |
| John M. Robinson | Democratic | 1830 | 1841 |
| Samuel McRoberts | Democratic | 1841 | 1843 |
| James Semple | Democratic | 1843 | 1847 |
| Stephen A. Douglas | Democratic | 1847 | 1861 |
| Orville H. Browning | Republican | 1861 | 1863 |
| William A. Richardson | Democratic | 1863 | 1865 |
| Richard Yates | Republican | 1865 | 1871 |
| John A. Logan | Republican | 1871 | 1877 |
| David Davis | Independent, Democratic |
1877 | 1883 |
| Shelby M. Cullom | Republican | 1883 | 1913 |
| James H. Lewis | Democratic | 1913 | 1919 |
| Joseph M. McCormick | Republican | 1919 | 1925 |
| Charles S. Deneen | Republican | 1925 | 1931 |
| James H. Lewis | Democratic | 1931 | 1939 |
| James M. Slattery | Democratic | 1939 | 1940 |
| Charles W. Brooks | Republican | 1940 | 1949 |
| Paul Douglas | Democratic | 1949 | 1967 |
| Charles H. Percy | Republican | 1967 | 1985 |
| Paul Simon | Democratic | 1985 | 1997 |
| Richard Durbin | Democratic | 1997 |
| Senator | Party | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ninian Edwards | Democratic, National Republican |
1818 | 1824 |
| John McLean | Democratic | 1824 | 1825 |
| Elias K. Kane | Democratic | 1825 | 1835 |
| William Lee D. Ewing | Democratic | 1835 | 1837 |
| Richard M. Young | Democratic | 1837 | 1843 |
| Sidney Breese | Democratic | 1843 | 1849 |
| James Shields | Democratic | 1849 | 1855 |
| Lyman Trumbull | Republican | 1855 | 1873 |
| Richard J. Oglesby | Republican | 1873 | 1879 |
| John A. Logan | Republican | 1879 | 1886 |
| Charles B. Farwell | Republican | 1887 | 1891 |
| John McAuley Palmer | Democratic | 1891 | 1897 |
| William E. Mason | Republican | 1897 | 1903 |
| Albert J. Hopkins | Republican | 1903 | 1909 |
| William Lorimer | Republican | 1909 | 1912 |
| Lawrence Y. Sherman | Republican | 1913 | 1921 |
| William B. McKinley | Republican | 1921 | 1926 |
| None[1] | 1926 | 1928 | |
| Otis F. Glenn | Republican | 1928 | 1933 |
| William H. Dieterich | Democratic | 1933 | 1939 |
| Scott W. Lucas | Democratic | 1939 | 1951 |
| Everett McKinley Dirksen | Republican | 1951 | 1969 |
| Ralph Tyler Smith | Republican | 1969 | 1970 |
| Adlai Stevenson III | Democratic | 1970 | 1981 |
| Alan J. Dixon | Democratic | 1981 | 1993 |
| Carol Moseley Braun | Democratic | 1993 | 1999 |
| Peter G. Fitzgerald | Republican | 1999 | 2005 |
| Barack Obama | Democratic | 2005 |
[edit] Footnotes
[1] Frank L. Smith was appointed by the governor to fulfill McKinley's term in 1926, after McKinley died. Smith had defeated McKinley in the Republican primary election and also went on to win the general election. The United States Senate, however, voted to deny him his seat because of excessive campaign donations. The governor, arguing that this was an intrusion upon State's rights, refused to acknowledge the Senate's vote. Smith never took his seat in the Senate.
[edit] See also
| Illinois's congressional districts |
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| AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 (Territory) The 20th – 26th and At-large districts are obsolete See also: Illinois's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations All U.S. districts - Apportionment - Redistricting - Gerrymandering - Maps |
