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Illinois's 1st congressional district

77 members have held this seat since Dec 1, 1817. Now: Jonathan L. Jackson D.

Holders
77
38 R · 28 D · 6 J · 1 U · 1 A · 1 ID · 1 W · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
16 years
William Levi Dawson
Current
3.8 years
Jonathan L. Jackson, since Jan 3, 2023
history/seat/il-1Every holder, newest first
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18201840186018801900192019401960198020002020John McLean · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanDaniel Pope Cook · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanDaniel Pope Cook · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04Daniel Pope Cook · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · AdamsJoseph Duncan · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonJoseph Duncan · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonJoseph Duncan · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonCharles Slade · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonJohn Reynolds · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonAdam Wilson Snyder · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratJohn Reynolds · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratJohn Reynolds · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratRobert Smith · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratRobert Smith · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratRobert Smith · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · Ind. DemocratWilliam Harrison Bissell · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Harrison Bissell · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratElihu Benjamin Washburne · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · WhigElihu Benjamin Washburne · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratElihu Benjamin Washburne · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanElihu Benjamin Washburne · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanElihu Benjamin Washburne · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanIsaac Newton Arnold · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Wentworth · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanNorman Buel Judd · 1867-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Benjamin Farwell · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Blake Rice · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanBernard Gregory Caulfield · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Aldrich · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Aldrich · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Aldrich · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanRansom Williams Dunham · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanRansom Williams Dunham · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanRansom Williams Dunham · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanAbner Taylor · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanAbner Taylor · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanJames Franklin Aldrich · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanJames Franklin Aldrich · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanJames Robert Mann · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanJames Robert Mann · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanJames Robert Mann · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanMartin Emerich · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratMartin Barnaby Madden · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanMartin Barnaby Madden · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanMartin Barnaby Madden · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanMartin Barnaby Madden · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanMartin Barnaby Madden · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanMartin Barnaby Madden · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanMartin Barnaby Madden · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanMartin Barnaby Madden · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanMartin Barnaby Madden · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanMartin Barnaby Madden · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanMartin Barnaby Madden · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanMartin Barnaby Madden · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanOscar Stanton De Priest · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanOscar Stanton De Priest · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanOscar Stanton De Priest · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Levi Dawson · 1943-01-06 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Levi Dawson · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Levi Dawson · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Levi Dawson · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratRalph Harold Metcalfe · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratRalph Harold Metcalfe · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratBennett McVey Stewart · 1979-01-15 – 1981-01-04 · DemocratHarold Washington · 1981-01-05 – 1985-01-04 · DemocratCharles Arthur Hayes · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratBobby L. Rush · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratBobby L. Rush · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratBobby L. Rush · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratBobby L. Rush · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratBobby L. Rush · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratBobby L. Rush · 2015-01-06 – 2023-01-04 · DemocratJohn Reynolds · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonBernard Gregory Caulfield · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratArthur Wergs Mitchell · 1935-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratCharles Arthur Hayes · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratJonathan L. Jackson · 2023-01-03 – present · Democrat
Jonathan L. Jackson D
Jan 3, 2023 – present · 3.8 years
Bobby L. Rush D
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2023 · 8 years
Bobby L. Rush D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Bobby L. Rush D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Bobby L. Rush D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Bobby L. Rush D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Bobby L. Rush D
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
Charles Arthur Hayes D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Charles Arthur Hayes D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Harold Washington D
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1985 · 4 years
Bennett McVey Stewart D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1981 · 2 years
Ralph Harold Metcalfe D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Ralph Harold Metcalfe D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
William Levi Dawson D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
William Levi Dawson D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
William Levi Dawson D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
William Levi Dawson D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1959 · 16 years
Arthur Wergs Mitchell D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1943 · 8 years
Oscar Stanton De Priest R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
Oscar Stanton De Priest R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Oscar Stanton De Priest R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Martin Barnaby Madden R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Martin Barnaby Madden R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Martin Barnaby Madden R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Martin Barnaby Madden R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Martin Barnaby Madden R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Martin Barnaby Madden R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Martin Barnaby Madden R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Martin Barnaby Madden R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Martin Barnaby Madden R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Martin Barnaby Madden R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Martin Barnaby Madden R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Martin Barnaby Madden R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Martin Emerich D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
James Robert Mann R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
James Robert Mann R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
James Robert Mann R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
James Franklin Aldrich R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
James Franklin Aldrich R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Abner Taylor R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Abner Taylor R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Ransom Williams Dunham R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Ransom Williams Dunham R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Ransom Williams Dunham R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
William Aldrich R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
William Aldrich R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
William Aldrich R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Bernard Gregory Caulfield D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
John Blake Rice R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Bernard Gregory Caulfield D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Charles Benjamin Farwell R
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Norman Buel Judd R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1871 · 4 years
John Wentworth R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
Isaac Newton Arnold R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Elihu Benjamin Washburne IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Elihu Benjamin Washburne W
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
William Harrison Bissell D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
William Harrison Bissell D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Robert Smith ID
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Robert Smith D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Robert Smith D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
John Reynolds D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
John Reynolds D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Adam Wilson Snyder D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
John Reynolds J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Charles Slade J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
John Reynolds J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Joseph Duncan J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Joseph Duncan J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Joseph Duncan J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Daniel Pope Cook A
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Daniel Pope Cook
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
Daniel Pope Cook R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
John McLean R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.