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Illinois's 2nd congressional district

72 members have held this seat since Dec 2, 1833. Now: Robin L. Kelly D.

Holders
72
38 D · 29 R · 2 J · 2 ID · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
12 years
Robin L. Kelly
Current
12 years
Robin L. Kelly, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/il-2Every holder, newest first
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020Zadok Casey · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonZadok Casey · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonZadok Casey · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratZadok Casey · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratZadok Casey · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · Ind. DemocratJohn Alexander McClernand · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratJohn Alexander McClernand · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratJohn Alexander McClernand · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratJohn Alexander McClernand · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratWillis Allen · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratJohn Wentworth · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratJames Hutchinson Woodworth · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratJohn Franklin Farnsworth · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Franklin Farnsworth · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanIsaac Newton Arnold · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Franklin Farnsworth · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Franklin Farnsworth · 1865-12-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanJasper Delos Ward · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanCarter Henry Harrison · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratCarter Henry Harrison · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Royal Davis · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Royal Davis · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Frederick Finerty · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · Ind. DemocratFrank Lawler · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratFrank Lawler · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratFrank Lawler · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratLawrence Edward McGann · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratLawrence Edward McGann · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Lorimer · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Lorimer · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Lorimer · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Joseph Feely · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratJames Robert Mann · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanJames Robert Mann · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanJames Robert Mann · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanJames Robert Mann · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanJames Robert Mann · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanJames Robert Mann · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanJames Robert Mann · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanJames Robert Mann · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanJames Robert Mann · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanJames Robert Mann · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanMorton Denison Hull · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanMorton Denison Hull · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanMorton Denison Hull · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanMorton Denison Hull · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanMorton Denison Hull · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanPatrick Henry Moynihan · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam A. Rowan · 1943-01-06 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratBarratt O’Hara · 1949-01-03 – 1951-01-04 · DemocratBarratt O’Hara · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratBarratt O’Hara · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratBarratt O’Hara · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratBarratt O’Hara · 1967-01-10 – 1969-01-04 · DemocratAbner Joseph Mikva · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · DemocratMorgan Francis Murphy · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratMorgan Francis Murphy · 1979-01-15 – 1981-01-04 · DemocratGus Savage · 1981-01-05 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratGus Savage · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratMel Reynolds · 1993-01-05 – 1995-10-02 · DemocratJesse L. Jackson Jr. · 1995-12-12 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratJesse L. Jackson Jr. · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratJesse L. Jackson Jr. · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratJesse L. Jackson Jr. · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratJesse L. Jackson Jr. · 2009-01-06 – 2012-11-22 · DemocratRobin L. Kelly · 2013-04-09 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratRobin L. Kelly · 2015-01-06 – present · DemocratRaymond Stephen McKeough · 1935-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratRichard Bernard Vail · 1947-01-03 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanRichard Bernard Vail · 1951-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · RepublicanAbner Joseph Mikva · 1969-01-03 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratMorgan Francis Murphy · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · Democrat
Robin L. Kelly D
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Robin L. Kelly D
Apr 9, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 21 months
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D
Jan 6, 2009 – Nov 22, 2012 · 3.9 years
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D
Dec 12, 1995 – Jan 4, 1997 · 13 months
Mel Reynolds D
Jan 5, 1993 – Oct 2, 1995 · 2.7 years
Gus Savage D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Gus Savage D
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1987 · 6 years
Morgan Francis Murphy D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1981 · 2 years
Morgan Francis Murphy D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Morgan Francis Murphy D
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
Abner Joseph Mikva D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
Abner Joseph Mikva D
Jan 3, 1969 – Jan 4, 1971 · 2 years
Barratt O’Hara D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1969 · 2 years
Barratt O’Hara D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Barratt O’Hara D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Barratt O’Hara D
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
Richard Bernard Vail R
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 4, 1953 · 2 years
Barratt O’Hara D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1951 · 2 years
Richard Bernard Vail R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1949 · 2 years
William A. Rowan D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1947 · 4 years
Raymond Stephen McKeough D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1943 · 8 years
Patrick Henry Moynihan R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
Morton Denison Hull R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Morton Denison Hull R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Morton Denison Hull R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Morton Denison Hull R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Morton Denison Hull R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
James Robert Mann R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
James Robert Mann R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
James Robert Mann R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
James Robert Mann R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
James Robert Mann R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
James Robert Mann R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
James Robert Mann R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
James Robert Mann R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
James Robert Mann R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
James Robert Mann R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
John Joseph Feely D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
William Lorimer R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
William Lorimer R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
William Lorimer R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Lawrence Edward McGann D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Lawrence Edward McGann D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Frank Lawler D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Frank Lawler D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Frank Lawler D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
John Frederick Finerty ID
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
George Royal Davis R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
George Royal Davis R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Carter Henry Harrison D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Carter Henry Harrison D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Jasper Delos Ward R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
John Franklin Farnsworth R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1873 · 7.2 years
John Franklin Farnsworth R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Isaac Newton Arnold R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
John Franklin Farnsworth R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
John Franklin Farnsworth R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
James Hutchinson Woodworth IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
John Wentworth D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Willis Allen D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
John Alexander McClernand D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
John Alexander McClernand D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
John Alexander McClernand D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
John Alexander McClernand D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Zadok Casey ID
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Zadok Casey D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Zadok Casey D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Zadok Casey J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Zadok Casey J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months

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