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Illinois's 11th congressional district

54 members have held this seat since Dec 7, 1863. Now: Bill Foster D.

Holders
54
30 R · 23 D · 1 P
Longest tenure
12 years
Bill Foster
Current
12 years
Bill Foster, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/il-11Every holder, newest first
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18801900192019401960198020002020James Carroll Robinson · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Scott Marshall · 1865-12-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratRobert McCarty Knapp · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratScott Wike · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratRobert McCarty Knapp · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratJames Washington Singleton · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratJames Washington Singleton · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Henry Neece · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Henry Neece · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Harrison Gest · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Harrison Gest · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Taylor Cable · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Franklin Marsh · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanWalter Reeves · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanWalter Reeves · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanWalter Reeves · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanWalter Reeves · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanHoward Malcolm Snapp · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanHoward Malcolm Snapp · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanHoward Malcolm Snapp · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanHoward Malcolm Snapp · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanIra Clifton Copley · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanIra Clifton Copley · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanIra Clifton Copley · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · ProgressiveIra Clifton Copley · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanIra Clifton Copley · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanIra Clifton Copley · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanFrank R. Reid · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanFrank R. Reid · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanFrank R. Reid · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanFrank R. Reid · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanFrank R. Reid · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanFrank R. Reid · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · RepublicanChauncey William Reed · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanTimothy Patrick Sheehan · 1951-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanRoman Conrad Pucinski · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratRoman Conrad Pucinski · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratRoman Conrad Pucinski · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratRoman Conrad Pucinski · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · DemocratFrank Annunzio · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratFrank Annunzio · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratFrank Annunzio · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratGeorge Edward Sangmeister · 1993-01-05 – 1995-01-04 · DemocratGerald C. Weller · 1995-01-04 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanGerald C. Weller · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanGerald C. Weller · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanGerald C. Weller · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanDeborah L. Halvorson · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · DemocratAdam Kinzinger · 2011-01-05 – 2013-01-04 · RepublicanBill Foster · 2015-01-06 – present · DemocratChauncey William Reed · 1935-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanChester Anton Chesney · 1949-01-03 – 1951-01-04 · DemocratFrank Annunzio · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratBill Foster · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · Democrat
Bill Foster D
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Bill Foster D
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
Adam Kinzinger R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2013 · 2 years
Deborah L. Halvorson D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
Gerald C. Weller R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Gerald C. Weller R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Gerald C. Weller R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Gerald C. Weller R
Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 4, 1997 · 2 years
George Edward Sangmeister D
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1995 · 2 years
Frank Annunzio D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Frank Annunzio D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Frank Annunzio D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Frank Annunzio D
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
Roman Conrad Pucinski D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
Roman Conrad Pucinski D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Roman Conrad Pucinski D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Roman Conrad Pucinski D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Timothy Patrick Sheehan R
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 4, 1959 · 8 years
Chester Anton Chesney D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1951 · 2 years
Chauncey William Reed R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
Chauncey William Reed R
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1943 · 8 years
Frank R. Reid R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
Frank R. Reid R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Frank R. Reid R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Frank R. Reid R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Frank R. Reid R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Frank R. Reid R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Ira Clifton Copley R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Ira Clifton Copley R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Ira Clifton Copley R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Ira Clifton Copley P
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Ira Clifton Copley R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Ira Clifton Copley R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Howard Malcolm Snapp R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Howard Malcolm Snapp R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Howard Malcolm Snapp R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Howard Malcolm Snapp R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Walter Reeves R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Walter Reeves R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Walter Reeves R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Walter Reeves R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Benjamin Franklin Marsh R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Benjamin Taylor Cable D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
William Harrison Gest R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
William Harrison Gest R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
William Henry Neece D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
William Henry Neece D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
James Washington Singleton D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
James Washington Singleton D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Robert McCarty Knapp D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Scott Wike D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Robert McCarty Knapp D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Samuel Scott Marshall D
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1873 · 7.2 years
James Carroll Robinson D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months

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