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Illinois's 6th congressional district

66 members have held this seat since Dec 4, 1843. Now: Sean Casten D.

Holders
66
35 R · 29 D · 2 W
Longest tenure
16 years
Thomas Joseph O’Brien
Current
7.8 years
Sean Casten, since Jan 3, 2019
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186018801900192019401960198020002020Joseph Pendleton Hoge · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Pendleton Hoge · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratThomas Johnston Turner · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratEdward Dickinson Baker · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigThompson Campbell · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratRichard Yates · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · WhigThomas Langrell Harris · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratThomas Langrell Harris · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratJohn Alexander McClernand · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratJohn Alexander McClernand · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · DemocratJesse Olds Norton · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanBurton Chauncey Cook · 1865-12-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Baldwin Hawley · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Jefferson Henderson · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Jefferson Henderson · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Jefferson Henderson · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Jefferson Henderson · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Roberts Hitt · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Roberts Hitt · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Roberts Hitt · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Roberts Hitt · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Roberts Hitt · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Roberts Hitt · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Dean Cooke · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Dean Cooke · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Sherman Boutell · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Sherman Boutell · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Lorimer · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Lorimer · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Lorimer · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam James Moxley · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanEdmund John Stack · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratJames McAndrews · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratJames McAndrews · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratJames McAndrews · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratJames McAndrews · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratJohn Jerome Gorman · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanJames Richard Buckley · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratJohn Jerome Gorman · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanJames Thomas Igoe · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratJames Thomas Igoe · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratJames Thomas Igoe · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratThomas Joseph O’Brien · 1933-03-09 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratThomas Joseph O’Brien · 1943-01-06 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratThomas Joseph O’Brien · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratThomas Joseph O’Brien · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · DemocratDaniel John Ronan · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratDaniel John Ronan · 1967-01-10 – 1969-08-14 · DemocratGeorge Washington Collins · 1970-11-03 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratGeorge Washington Collins · 1971-01-21 – 1972-12-09 · DemocratHarold Reginald Collier · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanHenry John Hyde · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanHenry John Hyde · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanHenry John Hyde · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanHenry John Hyde · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanHenry John Hyde · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanHenry John Hyde · 2003-01-07 – 2007-01-04 · RepublicanPeter J. Roskam · 2007-01-04 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanPeter J. Roskam · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanPeter J. Roskam · 2015-01-06 – 2019-01-04 · RepublicanCharles Drury Hodges · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratAnthony Lausett Knapp · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · DemocratHenry Snapp · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Sherman Boutell · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanAnton Frank Maciejewski · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratSean Casten · 2019-01-03 – present · Democrat
Sean Casten D
Jan 3, 2019 – present · 7.8 years
Peter J. Roskam R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2019 · 4 years
Peter J. Roskam R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Peter J. Roskam R
Jan 4, 2007 – Jan 4, 2009 · 2 years
Henry John Hyde R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2007 · 4 years
Henry John Hyde R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Henry John Hyde R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Henry John Hyde R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
Henry John Hyde R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Henry John Hyde R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Harold Reginald Collier R
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
George Washington Collins D
Jan 21, 1971 – Dec 9, 1972 · 23 months
George Washington Collins D
Nov 3, 1970 – Jan 4, 1971 · 2 months
Daniel John Ronan D
Jan 10, 1967 – Aug 14, 1969 · 2.6 years
Daniel John Ronan D
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
Thomas Joseph O’Brien D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
Thomas Joseph O’Brien D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Thomas Joseph O’Brien D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1959 · 16 years
Anton Frank Maciejewski D
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
Thomas Joseph O’Brien D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1939 · 5.8 years
James Thomas Igoe D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
James Thomas Igoe D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
James Thomas Igoe D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
John Jerome Gorman R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
James Richard Buckley D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
John Jerome Gorman R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
James McAndrews D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
James McAndrews D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
James McAndrews D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
James McAndrews D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Edmund John Stack D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
William James Moxley R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
William Lorimer R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
William Lorimer R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
William Lorimer R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Henry Sherman Boutell R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Henry Sherman Boutell R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Edward Dean Cooke R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Henry Sherman Boutell R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Edward Dean Cooke R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Robert Roberts Hitt R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Robert Roberts Hitt R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Robert Roberts Hitt R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Robert Roberts Hitt R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Robert Roberts Hitt R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Robert Roberts Hitt R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Thomas Jefferson Henderson R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Thomas Jefferson Henderson R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Thomas Jefferson Henderson R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Thomas Jefferson Henderson R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
John Baldwin Hawley R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Henry Snapp R
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Burton Chauncey Cook R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1873 · 7.2 years
Jesse Olds Norton R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
John Alexander McClernand D
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Anthony Lausett Knapp D
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
John Alexander McClernand D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Thomas Langrell Harris D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Charles Drury Hodges D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Thomas Langrell Harris D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Richard Yates W
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Thompson Campbell D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Edward Dickinson Baker W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Thomas Johnston Turner D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Joseph Pendleton Hoge D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Joseph Pendleton Hoge D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months

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