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Illinois's 23rd congressional district

27 members have held this seat since Nov 9, 1903. Vacant or no longer exists.

Holders
27
21 D · 6 R
Longest tenure
6 years
Charles Wesley Vursell
Current
—
nobody
history/seat/il-23Every holder, newest first
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192019401960198020002020Joseph Burns Crowley · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratFrank Stoddard Dickson · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanMartin David Foster · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratMartin David Foster · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratMartin David Foster · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratMartin David Foster · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratMartin David Foster · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratMartin David Foster · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratEdwin Bruce Brooks · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanEdwin Bruce Brooks · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Wright Arnold · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Wright Arnold · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratWilliam Wright Arnold · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Wright Arnold · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Wright Arnold · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Wright Arnold · 1933-03-09 – 1937-01-04 · DemocratLaurence Fletcher Arnold · 1937-01-05 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratCharles Wesley Vursell · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanCharles Wesley Vursell · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanGeorge Edward Shipley · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratGeorge Edward Shipley · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratGeorge Edward Shipley · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratGeorge Edward Shipley · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · DemocratCharles Melvin Price · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratCharles Melvin Price · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · DemocratEdward Halsey Jenison · 1949-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · RepublicanCharles Melvin Price · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · Democrat
Charles Melvin Price D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
Charles Melvin Price D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Charles Melvin Price D
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
George Edward Shipley D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
George Edward Shipley D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
George Edward Shipley D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
George Edward Shipley D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Charles Wesley Vursell R
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
Edward Halsey Jenison R
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1953 · 4 years
Charles Wesley Vursell R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
Laurence Fletcher Arnold D
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1943 · 6 years
William Wright Arnold D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1937 · 3.8 years
William Wright Arnold D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
William Wright Arnold D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
William Wright Arnold D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
William Wright Arnold D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
William Wright Arnold D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Edwin Bruce Brooks R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Edwin Bruce Brooks R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Martin David Foster D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Martin David Foster D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Martin David Foster D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Martin David Foster D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Martin David Foster D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Martin David Foster D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Frank Stoddard Dickson R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Joseph Burns Crowley D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months

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