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U.S. Senate seat, Illinois (class 3)

37 members have held this seat since Dec 3, 1818. Now: Tammy Duckworth D.

Holders
37
19 R · 14 D · 3 J · 1 CR
Longest tenure
12 years
Scott Wike Lucas
Current
9.8 years
Tammy Duckworth, since Jan 3, 2017
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18201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Ninian Edwards · 1818-12-03 – 1824-03-05 · RepublicanElias Kent Kane · 1825-12-05 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonElias Kent Kane · 1831-12-05 – 1836-01-01 · JacksonRichard Montgomery Young · 1837-09-04 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratSidney Breese · 1843-12-04 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratJames Shields · 1849-12-03 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratLyman Trumbull · 1855-12-03 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanLyman Trumbull · 1861-07-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanRichard James Oglesby · 1873-12-01 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Alexander Logan · 1879-03-18 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Alexander Logan · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Benjamin Farwell · 1887-12-05 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanJohn McAuley Palmer · 1891-12-07 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Ernest Mason · 1897-03-15 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanAlbert Jarvis Hopkins · 1903-11-09 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Lorimer · 1909-03-15 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanLawrence Yates Sherman · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanLawrence Yates Sherman · 1915-12-06 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Brown McKinley · 1921-04-11 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanOtis Ferguson Glenn · 1928-12-03 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Henry Dieterich · 1933-03-09 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratEverett McKinley Dirksen · 1951-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanEverett McKinley Dirksen · 1963-01-09 – 1969-01-04 · RepublicanRalph Tyler Smith · 1969-09-17 – 1970-11-17 · RepublicanAdlai Ewing Stevenson III · 1970-11-17 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratAdlai Ewing Stevenson III · 1975-01-14 – 1981-01-04 · DemocratAlan John Dixon · 1981-01-05 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratAlan John Dixon · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratCarol Moseley Braun · 1993-01-05 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratPeter G. Fitzgerald · 1999-01-06 – 2005-01-04 · RepublicanBarack Obama · 2005-01-04 – 2008-11-17 · DemocratRoland Burris · 2009-01-15 – 2010-11-30 · DemocratTammy Duckworth · 2017-01-03 – present · DemocratJohn McLean · 1824-01-01 – 1825-03-04 · Crawford RepublicanWilliam Lee Davidson Ewing · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonScott Wike Lucas · 1939-01-03 – 1951-01-04 · DemocratMark Kirk · 2010-11-29 – 2017-01-04 · Republican
Tammy Duckworth D
Jan 3, 2017 – present · 9.8 years
Mark Kirk R
Nov 29, 2010 – Jan 4, 2017 · 6.1 years
Roland Burris D
Jan 15, 2009 – Nov 30, 2010 · 22 months
Barack Obama D
Jan 4, 2005 – Nov 17, 2008 · 3.9 years
Peter G. Fitzgerald R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2005 · 6 years
Carol Moseley Braun D
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1999 · 6 years
Alan John Dixon D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Alan John Dixon D
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1987 · 6 years
Adlai Ewing Stevenson III D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1981 · 6 years
Adlai Ewing Stevenson III D
Nov 17, 1970 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4.1 years
Ralph Tyler Smith R
Sep 17, 1969 – Nov 17, 1970 · 14 months
Everett McKinley Dirksen R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1969 · 6 years
Everett McKinley Dirksen R
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 4, 1963 · 12 years
Scott Wike Lucas D
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1951 · 12 years
William Henry Dieterich D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1939 · 5.8 years
Otis Ferguson Glenn R
Dec 3, 1928 – Mar 4, 1933 · 4.2 years
William Brown McKinley R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 5, 1927 · 5.9 years
Lawrence Yates Sherman R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1921 · 5.2 years
Lawrence Yates Sherman R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
William Lorimer R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1913 · 4 years
Albert Jarvis Hopkins R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1909 · 5.3 years
William Ernest Mason R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1903 · 6 years
John McAuley Palmer D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1897 · 5.2 years
Charles Benjamin Farwell R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1891 · 3.2 years
John Alexander Logan R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
John Alexander Logan R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1885 · 6 years
Richard James Oglesby R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1879 · 5.3 years
Lyman Trumbull R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1873 · 12 years
Lyman Trumbull R
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1861 · 5.3 years
James Shields D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1855 · 5.2 years
Sidney Breese D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1849 · 5.2 years
Richard Montgomery Young D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1843 · 5.5 years
William Lee Davidson Ewing J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Elias Kent Kane J
Dec 5, 1831 – Jan 1, 1836 · 4.1 years
Elias Kent Kane J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1831 · 5.2 years
John McLean CR
Jan 1, 1824 – Mar 4, 1825 · 14 months
Ninian Edwards R
Dec 3, 1818 – Mar 5, 1824 · 5.3 years

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