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Illinois's 19th congressional district

52 members have held this seat since Dec 1, 1873. Vacant or no longer exists.

Holders
52
28 R · 23 D · 1 I
Longest tenure
10 years
Robert Bruce Chiperfield
Current
—
nobody
history/seat/il-19Every holder, newest first
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18801900192019401960198020002020Samuel Scott Marshall · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Black Anderson · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · IndependentRichard Wellington Townshend · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratRichard Wellington Townshend · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratRichard Wellington Townshend · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratRichard Wellington Townshend · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratRichard Wellington Townshend · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratRichard Wellington Townshend · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratRichard Wellington Townshend · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratJames Robert Williams · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJames Robert Williams · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratBenson Wood · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanAndrew Jackson Hunter · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Burns Crowley · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Burns Crowley · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratVespasian Warner · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Brown McKinley · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Brown McKinley · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Brown McKinley · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Brown McKinley · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Martin Borchers · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Brown McKinley · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Brown McKinley · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Brown McKinley · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanAllen Francis Moore · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanAllen Francis Moore · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Adkins · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanCharles Adkins · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Adkins · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Adkins · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanDonald Claude Dobbins · 1933-03-09 – 1937-01-04 · DemocratHugh McPheeters Rigney · 1937-01-05 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Howard Wheat · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Bruce Chiperfield · 1949-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Bruce Chiperfield · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Thaddeus McLoskey · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · RepublicanDarwin Gale Schisler · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratThomas Fisher Railsback · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanThomas Fisher Railsback · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanThomas Fisher Railsback · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanThomas Fisher Railsback · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · RepublicanTerry Lee Bruce · 1985-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratTerry Lee Bruce · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratGlenn Poshard · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratGlenn Poshard · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratDavid Phelps · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratJohn Shimkus · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Shimkus · 2009-01-06 – 2013-01-04 · RepublicanJames Robert Williams · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Howard Wheat · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanRolla Coral McMillen · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanDaniel Bever Crane · 1983-01-03 – 1985-01-04 · Republican
John Shimkus R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2013 · 4 years
John Shimkus R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
David Phelps D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Glenn Poshard D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Glenn Poshard D
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
Terry Lee Bruce D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Terry Lee Bruce D
Jan 3, 1985 – Jan 4, 1987 · 2 years
Daniel Bever Crane R
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1985 · 2 years
Thomas Fisher Railsback R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
Thomas Fisher Railsback R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Thomas Fisher Railsback R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Thomas Fisher Railsback R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Darwin Gale Schisler D
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
Robert Thaddeus McLoskey R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1959 · 10 years
William Howard Wheat R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Rolla Coral McMillen R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
William Howard Wheat R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
Hugh McPheeters Rigney D
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1939 · 2 years
Donald Claude Dobbins D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1937 · 3.8 years
Charles Adkins R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Charles Adkins R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Charles Adkins R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Charles Adkins R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Allen Francis Moore R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Allen Francis Moore R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
William Brown McKinley R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
William Brown McKinley R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
William Brown McKinley R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Charles Martin Borchers D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
William Brown McKinley R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
William Brown McKinley R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
William Brown McKinley R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
William Brown McKinley R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Vespasian Warner R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Joseph Burns Crowley D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Joseph Burns Crowley D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Andrew Jackson Hunter D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Benson Wood R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
James Robert Williams D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
James Robert Williams D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Richard Wellington Townshend D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
James Robert Williams D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Richard Wellington Townshend D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Richard Wellington Townshend D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Richard Wellington Townshend D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Richard Wellington Townshend D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Richard Wellington Townshend D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Richard Wellington Townshend D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
William Black Anderson I
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Samuel Scott Marshall D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months

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