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Illinois's 7th congressional district

65 members have held this seat since Dec 4, 1843. Now: Danny K. Davis D.

Holders
65
31 D · 28 R · 5 W · 1 I
Longest tenure
12 years
Danny K. Davis
Current
12 years
Danny K. Davis, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/il-7Every holder, newest first
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186018801900192019401960198020002020John J. Hardin · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · WhigJohn Henry · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigAbraham Lincoln · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigThomas Langrell Harris · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratRichard Yates · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigJames Cameron Allen · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratJames Cameron Allen · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratAaron Shaw · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratJames Carroll Robinson · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratJames Carroll Robinson · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · DemocratJohn Rice Eden · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · DemocratHenry Pelham Holmes Bromwell · 1865-12-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanJesse Hale Moore · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanFranklin Corwin · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanAlexander Campbell · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · IndependentPhilip Cornelius Hayes · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanPhilip Cornelius Hayes · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Cullen · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Jefferson Henderson · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Jefferson Henderson · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Jefferson Henderson · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Jefferson Henderson · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Jefferson Henderson · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Jefferson Henderson · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Edmund Foss · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Edmund Foss · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Edmund Foss · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Edmund Foss · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanPhilip Knopf · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanPhilip Knopf · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanPhilip Knopf · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanFrederick Lundin · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Buchanan · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratFrank Buchanan · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratFrank Buchanan · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratNiels Juul · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanNiels Juul · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanMagne Alfred Michaelson · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanMagne Alfred Michaelson · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanMagne Alfred Michaelson · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanMagne Alfred Michaelson · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanMagne Alfred Michaelson · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanLeonard William Schuetz · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratLeonard William Schuetz · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratLeonard William Schuetz · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · DemocratThomas Leonard Owens · 1947-01-03 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanJames Bernard Bowler · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratRoland Victor Libonati · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratRoland Victor Libonati · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · DemocratFrank Annunzio · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratFrank Annunzio · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratFrank Annunzio · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · DemocratCardiss Collins · 1973-06-05 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratCardiss Collins · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratCardiss Collins · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratCardiss Collins · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratDanny K. Davis · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratDanny K. Davis · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratDanny K. Davis · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratDanny K. Davis · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratDanny K. Davis · 2015-01-06 – present · DemocratEdward Dickinson Baker · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigWilliam Walter Link · 1945-01-03 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratAdolph Joachim Sabath · 1949-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratRoland Victor Libonati · 1957-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · Democrat
Danny K. Davis D
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Danny K. Davis D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Danny K. Davis D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Danny K. Davis D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Danny K. Davis D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Cardiss Collins D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
Cardiss Collins D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Cardiss Collins D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Cardiss Collins D
Jun 5, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 19 months
Frank Annunzio D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
Frank Annunzio D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Frank Annunzio D
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
Roland Victor Libonati D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
Roland Victor Libonati D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Roland Victor Libonati D
Jan 3, 1957 – Jan 4, 1959 · 2 years
James Bernard Bowler D
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
Adolph Joachim Sabath D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1953 · 4 years
Thomas Leonard Owens R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1949 · 2 years
William Walter Link D
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1947 · 2 years
Leonard William Schuetz D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Leonard William Schuetz D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
Leonard William Schuetz D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Magne Alfred Michaelson R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Magne Alfred Michaelson R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Magne Alfred Michaelson R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Magne Alfred Michaelson R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Magne Alfred Michaelson R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Niels Juul R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Niels Juul R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Frank Buchanan D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Frank Buchanan D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Frank Buchanan D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Frederick Lundin R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Philip Knopf R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Philip Knopf R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Philip Knopf R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
George Edmund Foss R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
George Edmund Foss R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
George Edmund Foss R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
George Edmund Foss R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Thomas Jefferson Henderson R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Thomas Jefferson Henderson R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Thomas Jefferson Henderson R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Thomas Jefferson Henderson R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Thomas Jefferson Henderson R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Thomas Jefferson Henderson R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
William Cullen R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Philip Cornelius Hayes R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Philip Cornelius Hayes R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Alexander Campbell I
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Franklin Corwin R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Jesse Hale Moore R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
John Rice Eden D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
James Carroll Robinson D
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
James Carroll Robinson D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Aaron Shaw D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
James Cameron Allen D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
James Cameron Allen D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Richard Yates W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Thomas Langrell Harris D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Abraham Lincoln W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
John Henry W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Edward Dickinson Baker W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
John J. Hardin W
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months

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