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U.S. Senate seat, Illinois (class 2)

36 members have held this seat since Jan 1, 1818. Now: Richard J. Durbin D.

Holders
36
16 D · 15 R · 3 J · 1 A · 1 I
Longest tenure
18 years
Paul Howard Douglas
Current
12 years
Richard J. Durbin, since Jan 6, 2015
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18201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Jesse Burgess Thomas · 1818-01-01 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanJesse Burgess Thomas · 1823-12-01 – 1829-03-04 · AdamsJohn McLean · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonJohn McCracken Robinson · 1835-12-07 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratSamuel McRoberts · 1841-05-31 – 1844-01-01 · DemocratStephen Arnold Douglas · 1847-12-06 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratStephen Arnold Douglas · 1853-12-05 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratStephen Arnold Douglas · 1859-12-05 – 1862-01-01 · DemocratWilliam Alexander Richardson · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · DemocratRichard Yates · 1865-12-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Alexander Logan · 1871-03-04 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanDavid Davis · 1877-10-15 – 1883-03-04 · IndependentShelby Moore Cullom · 1883-12-03 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanShelby Moore Cullom · 1889-12-02 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanShelby Moore Cullom · 1895-12-02 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanShelby Moore Cullom · 1901-12-02 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanShelby Moore Cullom · 1907-12-02 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanJames Hamilton Lewis · 1913-04-07 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Medill McCormick · 1919-05-19 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Samuel Deneen · 1925-12-07 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanJames Hamilton Lewis · 1931-12-07 – 1939-04-10 · DemocratJames Michael Slattery · 1939-04-14 – 1940-11-22 · DemocratCharles Wayland Brooks · 1940-11-22 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanCharles Wayland Brooks · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanCharles Harting Percy · 1967-01-10 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanCharles Harting Percy · 1979-01-15 – 1985-01-04 · RepublicanRichard J. Durbin · 1997-01-07 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratRichard J. Durbin · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratRichard J. Durbin · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratRichard J. Durbin · 2015-01-06 – present · DemocratDavid Jewett Baker · 1830-01-01 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonJames Semple · 1843-12-04 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratOrville Hickman Browning · 1861-07-04 – 1864-01-01 · RepublicanPaul Howard Douglas · 1949-01-03 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratPaul Martin Simon · 1985-01-03 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratJohn McCracken Robinson · 1830-01-01 – 1835-03-04 · Jackson
Richard J. Durbin D
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Richard J. Durbin D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Richard J. Durbin D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Richard J. Durbin D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 2003 · 6 years
Paul Martin Simon D
Jan 3, 1985 – Jan 4, 1997 · 12 years
Charles Harting Percy R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1985 · 6 years
Charles Harting Percy R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1979 · 12 years
Paul Howard Douglas D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1967 · 18 years
Charles Wayland Brooks R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
Charles Wayland Brooks R
Nov 22, 1940 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2.1 years
James Michael Slattery D
Apr 14, 1939 – Nov 22, 1940 · 19 months
James Hamilton Lewis D
Dec 7, 1931 – Apr 10, 1939 · 7.3 years
Charles Samuel Deneen R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 4, 1931 · 5.2 years
Joseph Medill McCormick R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1925 · 5.8 years
James Hamilton Lewis D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1919 · 5.9 years
Shelby Moore Cullom R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1913 · 5.3 years
Shelby Moore Cullom R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1907 · 5.3 years
Shelby Moore Cullom R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1901 · 5.3 years
Shelby Moore Cullom R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1895 · 5.3 years
Shelby Moore Cullom R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1889 · 5.3 years
David Davis I
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1883 · 5.4 years
John Alexander Logan R
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1877 · 6 years
Richard Yates R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1871 · 5.2 years
William Alexander Richardson D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Orville Hickman Browning R
Jul 4, 1861 – Jan 1, 1864 · 2.5 years
Stephen Arnold Douglas D
Dec 5, 1859 – Jan 1, 1862 · 2.1 years
Stephen Arnold Douglas D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1859 · 5.2 years
Stephen Arnold Douglas D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1853 · 5.2 years
James Semple D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1847 · 3.2 years
Samuel McRoberts D
May 31, 1841 – Jan 1, 1844 · 2.6 years
John McCracken Robinson D
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1841 · 5.2 years
David Jewett Baker J
Jan 1, 1830 – Mar 4, 1831 · 14 months
John McCracken Robinson J
Jan 1, 1830 – Mar 4, 1835 · 5.2 years
John McLean J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Jesse Burgess Thomas A
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1829 · 5.3 years
Jesse Burgess Thomas R
Jan 1, 1818 – Mar 4, 1823 · 5.2 years

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