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Illinois's 3rd congressional district

76 members have held this seat since Dec 2, 1833. Now: Delia C. Ramirez D.

Holders
76
35 D · 34 R · 3 J · 3 W · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
9.8 years
Edward Austin Kelly
Current
3.8 years
Delia C. Ramirez, since Jan 3, 2023
history/seat/il-3Every holder, newest first
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020Joseph Duncan · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonWilliam L. May · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonWilliam L. May · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratJohn Todd Stuart · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigJohn Todd Stuart · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigOrlando Bell Ficklin · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratOrlando Bell Ficklin · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratOrlando Bell Ficklin · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratTimothy Roberts Young · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratOrlando Bell Ficklin · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratJesse Olds Norton · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · WhigJesse Olds Norton · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratOwen Lovejoy · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanOwen Lovejoy · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanOwen Lovejoy · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanElihu Benjamin Washburne · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanElihu Benjamin Washburne · 1865-12-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Benjamin Farwell · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Valcoulon Le Moyne · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratLorenzo Brentano · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanHiram Barber Jr. · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Benjamin Farwell · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Royal Davis · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanJames Hugh Ward · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Ernest Mason · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Ernest Mason · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanAllan Cathcart Durborow Jr. · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratAllan Cathcart Durborow Jr. · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratLawrence Edward McGann · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratHugh Reid Belknap · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Peter Foster · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Peter Foster · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Warfield Wilson · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Warfield Wilson · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Warfield Wilson · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Warfield Wilson · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Warfield Wilson · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Edmund Gorman · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Warfield Wilson · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Warfield Wilson · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Warfield Wilson · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanElliott Wilford Sproul · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanElliott Wilford Sproul · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanElliott Wilford Sproul · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanElliott Wilford Sproul · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanElliott Wilford Sproul · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Austin Kelly · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratEdward Austin Kelly · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratFred Ernst Busbey · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · RepublicanFred Ernst Busbey · 1947-01-03 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanFred Ernst Busbey · 1951-01-03 – 1955-01-04 · RepublicanJames Cunningham Murray · 1955-01-05 – 1957-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Thomas Murphy · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Thomas Murphy · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Thomas Murphy · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratMorgan Francis Murphy · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · DemocratMartin Anthony Russo · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratMartin Anthony Russo · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratMartin Anthony Russo · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratWilliam O. Lipinski · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratWilliam O. Lipinski · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratWilliam O. Lipinski · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratWilliam O. Lipinski · 2003-01-07 – 2005-01-04 · DemocratDaniel Lipinski · 2005-01-04 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratDaniel Lipinski · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratDaniel Lipinski · 2015-01-06 – 2021-01-04 · DemocratDelia C. Ramirez · 2023-01-03 – present · DemocratWilliam L. May · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonHoratio Chapin Burchard · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Benjamin Farwell · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanHugh Reid Belknap · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Austin Kelly · 1945-01-03 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratNeil Joseph Linehan · 1949-01-03 – 1951-01-04 · DemocratEmmet Francis Byrne · 1957-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Paul Hanrahan · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanMarie Newman · 2021-01-03 – 2023-01-04 · Democrat
Delia C. Ramirez D
Jan 3, 2023 – present · 3.8 years
Marie Newman D
Jan 3, 2021 – Jan 4, 2023 · 2 years
Daniel Lipinski D
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2021 · 6 years
Daniel Lipinski D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Daniel Lipinski D
Jan 4, 2005 – Jan 4, 2009 · 4 years
William O. Lipinski D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2005 · 2 years
William O. Lipinski D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
William O. Lipinski D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
William O. Lipinski D
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
Martin Anthony Russo D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Martin Anthony Russo D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Martin Anthony Russo D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Robert Paul Hanrahan R
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
Morgan Francis Murphy D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
William Thomas Murphy D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
William Thomas Murphy D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
William Thomas Murphy D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Emmet Francis Byrne R
Jan 3, 1957 – Jan 4, 1959 · 2 years
James Cunningham Murray D
Jan 5, 1955 – Jan 4, 1957 · 2 years
Fred Ernst Busbey R
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 4, 1955 · 4 years
Neil Joseph Linehan D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1951 · 2 years
Fred Ernst Busbey R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1949 · 2 years
Edward Austin Kelly D
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1947 · 2 years
Fred Ernst Busbey R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Edward Austin Kelly D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
Edward Austin Kelly D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Elliott Wilford Sproul R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Elliott Wilford Sproul R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Elliott Wilford Sproul R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Elliott Wilford Sproul R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Elliott Wilford Sproul R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
William Warfield Wilson R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
William Warfield Wilson R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
William Warfield Wilson R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
George Edmund Gorman D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
William Warfield Wilson R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
William Warfield Wilson R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
William Warfield Wilson R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
William Warfield Wilson R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
William Warfield Wilson R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
George Peter Foster D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
George Peter Foster D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Hugh Reid Belknap R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Lawrence Edward McGann D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Hugh Reid Belknap R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
William Ernest Mason R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
William Ernest Mason R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
James Hugh Ward D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
George Royal Davis R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Charles Benjamin Farwell R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Hiram Barber Jr. R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Lorenzo Brentano R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
John Valcoulon Le Moyne D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Charles Benjamin Farwell R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Charles Benjamin Farwell R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Horatio Chapin Burchard R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1871 · 5.2 years
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Owen Lovejoy R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Owen Lovejoy R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Owen Lovejoy R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Jesse Olds Norton IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Jesse Olds Norton W
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Orlando Bell Ficklin D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Timothy Roberts Young D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Orlando Bell Ficklin D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Orlando Bell Ficklin D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Orlando Bell Ficklin D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
John Todd Stuart W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
John Todd Stuart W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
William L. May D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
William L. May J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Joseph Duncan J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
William L. May J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months

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