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Illinois's 4th congressional district

65 members have held this seat since Dec 4, 1843. Now: Jesús G. "Chuy" García D.

Holders
65
37 D · 26 R · 1 W · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
9.8 years
Harry Peter Beam
Current
7.8 years
Jesús G. "Chuy" García, since Jan 3, 2019
history/seat/il-4Every holder, newest first
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186018801900192019401960198020002020John Wentworth · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratJohn Wentworth · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratJohn Wentworth · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratJohn Wentworth · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratRichard Sheppard Molony · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratJames Knox · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · WhigJames Knox · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratWilliam Kellogg · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Kellogg · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Kellogg · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Murray Harris · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · DemocratAbner Clark Harding · 1865-12-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Baldwin Hawley · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanStephen Augustus Hurlbut · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanStephen Augustus Hurlbut · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Lathrop · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Crocker Sherwin · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Crocker Sherwin · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Everett Adams · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Everett Adams · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Everett Adams · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Everett Adams · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanWalter Cass Newberry · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJulius Goldzier · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratCharles Walhart Woodman · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanDaniel Webster Mills · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Cusack · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratJames McAndrews · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Peter Foster · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratCharles Stuart Wharton · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanJames Thomas McDermott · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratJames Thomas McDermott · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratJames Thomas McDermott · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratJames Thomas McDermott · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratJames Thomas McDermott · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratCharles Martin · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratJohn William Rainey · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratJohn William Rainey · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratJohn William Rainey · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratThomas Aloysius Doyle · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratThomas Aloysius Doyle · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratThomas Aloysius Doyle · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratHarry Peter Beam · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratHarry Peter Beam · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratMartin Gorski · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Estus McVey · 1951-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanEdward Joseph Derwinski · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanEdward Joseph Derwinski · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanEdward Joseph Derwinski · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanEdward Joseph Derwinski · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanEdward Joseph Derwinski · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanEdward Joseph Derwinski · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · RepublicanJack Davis · 1987-01-06 – 1989-01-04 · RepublicanLuis V. Gutiérrez · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratLuis V. Gutiérrez · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratLuis V. Gutiérrez · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratLuis V. Gutiérrez · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratLuis V. Gutiérrez · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratLuis V. Gutiérrez · 2015-01-06 – 2019-01-04 · DemocratJohn William Rainey · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratThomas Aloysius Doyle · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratJames Vincent Buckley · 1949-01-03 – 1951-01-04 · DemocratGeorge Miller O’Brien · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanGeorge Edward Sangmeister · 1989-01-03 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratJesús G. "Chuy" García · 2019-01-03 – present · Democrat
Jesús G. "Chuy" García D
Jan 3, 2019 – present · 7.8 years
Luis V. Gutiérrez D
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2019 · 4 years
Luis V. Gutiérrez D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Luis V. Gutiérrez D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Luis V. Gutiérrez D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Luis V. Gutiérrez D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Luis V. Gutiérrez D
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
George Edward Sangmeister D
Jan 3, 1989 – Jan 4, 1993 · 4 years
Jack Davis R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1989 · 2 years
George Miller O’Brien R
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Edward Joseph Derwinski R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
Edward Joseph Derwinski R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Edward Joseph Derwinski R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Edward Joseph Derwinski R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Edward Joseph Derwinski R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Edward Joseph Derwinski R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
William Estus McVey R
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 4, 1959 · 8 years
James Vincent Buckley D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1951 · 2 years
Martin Gorski D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
Harry Peter Beam D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
Harry Peter Beam D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Thomas Aloysius Doyle D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Thomas Aloysius Doyle D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Thomas Aloysius Doyle D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
John William Rainey D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Thomas Aloysius Doyle D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
John William Rainey D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
John William Rainey D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Charles Martin D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
John William Rainey D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
James Thomas McDermott D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
James Thomas McDermott D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
James Thomas McDermott D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
James Thomas McDermott D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
James Thomas McDermott D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Charles Stuart Wharton R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
George Peter Foster D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
James McAndrews D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Thomas Cusack D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Daniel Webster Mills R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Charles Walhart Woodman R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Julius Goldzier D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Walter Cass Newberry D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
George Everett Adams R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
George Everett Adams R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
George Everett Adams R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
George Everett Adams R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
John Crocker Sherwin R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
John Crocker Sherwin R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
William Lathrop R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
John Baldwin Hawley R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
Abner Clark Harding R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
Charles Murray Harris D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
William Kellogg R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
William Kellogg R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
William Kellogg R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
James Knox IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
James Knox W
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Richard Sheppard Molony D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
John Wentworth D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
John Wentworth D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
John Wentworth D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
John Wentworth D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months

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