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Illinois's 17th congressional district

51 members have held this seat since Dec 1, 1873. Now: Eric Sorensen D.

Holders
51
26 R · 25 D
Longest tenure
16 years
Leslie Cornelius Arends
Current
3.8 years
Eric Sorensen, since Jan 3, 2023
history/seat/il-17Every holder, newest first
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18801900192019401960198020002020William Ralls Morrison · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Ralls Morrison · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Ralls Morrison · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Ralls Morrison · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Ralls Morrison · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Wheeler Moulton · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratJohn Rice Eden · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratEdward Lane · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratEdward Lane · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratEdward Lane · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratEdward Lane · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratJames Austin Connolly · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanJames Austin Connolly · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanBen Franklin Caldwell · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratBen Franklin Caldwell · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratJohn Allen Sterling · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Allen Sterling · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Allen Sterling · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Allen Sterling · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Allen Sterling · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanLouis Fitzhenry · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratJohn Allen Sterling · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Allen Sterling · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Leslie Smith · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Hamilton Funk · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Hamilton Funk · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Hamilton Funk · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanHomer William Hall · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanHomer William Hall · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanHomer William Hall · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanJames Frank Gillespie · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · DemocratLeslie Cornelius Arends · 1943-01-06 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanLeslie Cornelius Arends · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanLeslie Cornelius Arends · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanLeslie Cornelius Arends · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanLeslie Cornelius Arends · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · RepublicanGeorge Miller O’Brien · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanGeorge Miller O’Brien · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · RepublicanLane A. Evans · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratLane A. Evans · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratLane A. Evans · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratLane A. Evans · 2003-01-07 – 2007-01-04 · DemocratPhil Hare · 2007-01-04 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratPhil Hare · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · DemocratRobert T. Schilling · 2011-01-05 – 2013-01-04 · RepublicanCheri Bustos · 2015-01-06 – 2023-01-04 · DemocratLeslie Cornelius Arends · 1935-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanGeorge Miller O’Brien · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanLane A. Evans · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratCheri Bustos · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratEric Sorensen · 2023-01-03 – present · Democrat
Eric Sorensen D
Jan 3, 2023 – present · 3.8 years
Cheri Bustos D
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2023 · 8 years
Cheri Bustos D
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
Robert T. Schilling R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2013 · 2 years
Phil Hare D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
Phil Hare D
Jan 4, 2007 – Jan 4, 2009 · 2 years
Lane A. Evans D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2007 · 4 years
Lane A. Evans D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Lane A. Evans D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Lane A. Evans D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
Lane A. Evans D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
George Miller O’Brien R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
George Miller O’Brien R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
George Miller O’Brien R
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
Leslie Cornelius Arends R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
Leslie Cornelius Arends R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Leslie Cornelius Arends R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Leslie Cornelius Arends R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Leslie Cornelius Arends R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1959 · 16 years
Leslie Cornelius Arends R
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1943 · 8 years
James Frank Gillespie D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
Homer William Hall R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Homer William Hall R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Homer William Hall R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Frank Hamilton Funk R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Frank Hamilton Funk R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Frank Hamilton Funk R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Frank Leslie Smith R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
John Allen Sterling R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
John Allen Sterling R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Louis Fitzhenry D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
John Allen Sterling R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
John Allen Sterling R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
John Allen Sterling R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
John Allen Sterling R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
John Allen Sterling R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Ben Franklin Caldwell D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Ben Franklin Caldwell D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
James Austin Connolly R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
James Austin Connolly R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Edward Lane D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Edward Lane D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Edward Lane D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Edward Lane D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
John Rice Eden D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Samuel Wheeler Moulton D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
William Ralls Morrison D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
William Ralls Morrison D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
William Ralls Morrison D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
William Ralls Morrison D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
William Ralls Morrison D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months

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