List of United States Senators from Illinois

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The list of United States Senators from Illinois lists everyone who has ever served in the Senate for that state , sorted by Senate class . One class shows when this senator will be re-elected. The class 2 senators were last re-elected in November 2014; the class 3 senators were last elected in 2016.

2nd grade

Dick Durbin
Tammy Duckworth

Illinois has been a US state since December 3, 1818 and to date has had 22 class 2 senators in Congress , one of which, J. Hamilton Lewis, served two non-consecutive terms.

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
Jesse Burgess Thomas 1818-1829 Democratic Republican 1777-2. May 1853
John McLean 1829-1830 democrat February 4, 1791-14. October 1830
David Jewett Baker 1830 democrat September 7, 1792–6. August 1869
John McCracken Robinson 1830-1841 democrat April 10, 1794-25. April 1843
Samuel McRoberts 1841-1843 democrat April 12, 1799-27. March 1843
James Semple 1843-1847 democrat January 5, 1798-20. December 1866
Stephen Arnold Douglas 1847-1861 democrat April 23, 1813-3. June 1861
Orville Hickman Browning 1861-1863 republican February 10, 1806-10. August 1881
William Alexander Richardson 1863-1865 democrat January 16, 1811-27. December 1875
Richard Yates 1865-1871 republican January 18, 1818-27. November 1873
John Alexander Logan 1871-1877 republican February 8, 1826-26. December 1886
David Davis 1877-1883 More independent March 9, 1815-26. June 1886
Shelby Moore Cullom 1883-1913 republican November 22, 1829-28. January 1914
James Hamilton Lewis 1913-1919 democrat May 18, 1863-9. April 1939
Joseph Medill McCormick 1919-1925 republican May 16, 1877-25. February 1925
Charles Samuel Deneen 1925-1931 republican May 4, 1863-5. February 1940
James Hamilton Lewis 1931-1939 democrat May 18, 1863-9. April 1939
James Michael Slattery 1939-1940 democrat July 29, 1878-28. August 1948
Charles Wayland Brooks 1940-1949 republican March 8, 1897-14. January 1957
Paul Howard Douglas 1949-1967 democrat March 26, 1892-24. September 1976
Charles Harting Percy 1967-1985 republican September 27, 1919-17. September 2011
Paul Martin Simon 1985-1997 democrat November 29, 1928-9. December 2003
Richard Joseph Durbin since 1997 democrat * November 21, 1944

Class 3

Illinois has 30 class 3 senators to date .

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
Ninian Edwards 1818-1824 Democratic Republican March 17, 1775-20. July 1833
John McLean 1824-1825 Democratic Republican February 4, 1791-14. October 1830
Elias Kent Kane 1825-1835 Democratic Republican
from 1829 Democrat 		June 7, 1794-12. December 1835
William Lee Davidson Ewing 1835-1837 democrat August 31, 1795-25. March 1846
Richard Montgomery Young 1837-1843 democrat February 20, 1798-28. November 1861
Sidney Breese 1843-1849 democrat September 7, 1800-27. June 1878
James Shields 1849-1855 democrat May 10, 1810–1. June 1879
Lyman Trumbull 1855-1873 republican October 12, 1813-25. June 1896
Richard James Oglesby 1873-1879 republican July 25, 1824-24. April 1899
John Alexander Logan 1879-1886 republican February 8, 1826-26. December 1886
Charles Benjamin Farwell 1887-1891 republican July 1, 1823-23. September 1903
John McAuley Palmer 1891-1897 democrat September 13, 1817-25. September 1900
William Ernest Mason 1897-1903 republican July 7, 1850-16. June 1921
Albert Jarvis Hopkins 1903-1909 republican August 15, 1846-23. August 1922
William Lorimer 1909-1912 republican April 27, 1861-13. September 1934
Lawrence Yates Sherman 1913-1921 republican November 8, 1858-15. September 1939
William Brown McKinley 1921-1926 republican September 5, 1856-7. December 1926
vacant
Otis Ferguson Glenn 1928-1933 republican August 27, 1879–11. March 1959
William Henry Dieterich 1933-1939 democrat March 31, 1876-12. October 1940
Scott Wike Lucas 1939-1951 democrat February 19, 1892-22. February 1968
Everett McKinley Dirksen 1951-1969 republican January 4, 1896–7. September 1969
Ralph Tyler Smith 1969-1970 republican October 6, 1915-13. August 1972
Adlai Ewing Stevenson III 1970-1981 democrat * October 10, 1930
Alan John Dixon 1981-1993 democrat July 7, 1927–6. July 2014
Carol Elizabeth Moseley Brown 1993-1999 democrat * August 16, 1947
Peter Gosselin Fitzgerald 1999-2005 republican * October 20, 1960
Barack Hussein Obama 2005-2008 democrat * August 4, 1961
Roland Wallace Burris 2009-2010 democrat * August 3, 1937
Mark Steven Kirk 2010-2017 republican * September 15, 1959
Ladda Tammy Duckworth from 2017 democrat * March 12, 1968

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