Illinois's 3rd congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Delia Ramirez D–Chicago
Area	156.9 sq mi (406 km2)
Population (2024)	732,771
Median household income	$87,098[1]
Ethnicity	47.3%Hispanic 39.1%White 6.1%Asian 4.6%Black 2.3%Two or more races 0.5% other
Cook PVI	D+17[2]

Illinois's 3rd congressional district includes parts ofCook County andDuPage County, and has been represented byDemocratDelia Ramirez since January 3, 2023. Prior to being drastically reconfigured to a different region in 2023, when it was created largely out of portions from the4th and6th districts, the district was represented byMarie Newman from 2021 to 2023,Dan Lipinski from 2005 to 2021, and by Lipinski's fatherBill from 1983 to 2005.

The district includes portions of the Northwest Side of the city ofChicago as well as the city'swestern suburbs stretching acrossDuPage County to its western edge, and covers 124.5 square miles (322 km²), making it one of the50 smallest districts in the U.S., although there are five smaller districts in Illinois. It is adjacent to the1st district to the east and south, the 4th district to the north, and the11th district to the west, and also borders the 6th and7th districts at its northwestern and northeastern corners, respectively. The district was created following the1830 census and came into being in 1833, five months before Chicago was organized as a town; it initially includednorthern andwestern Illinois^[3] before representing areas ofeast-central andnorthwestern Illinois from 1843 to 1873.^[4][5][6] The district has includedpart of Chicago since 1873, and part of the city's southwest side from 1895 to 2023; the district has been primarily suburban since 1973.

Due to the 2020 redistricting, the district shifted to be primarily based inDuPage County, as well as parts of northernCook County and the Northwest side ofChicago. The 3rd district takes in the Chicago neighborhoods ofBelmont Cragin,Montclare,Hermosa,Logan Square, andAvondale; most ofAlbany Park,Irving Park,Portage Park, andDunning; and parts ofHumboldt Park,West Town, andAustin (Galewood).

Outside of the Chicago city limits, the district takes in the Cook County communities ofElmwood Park; most ofHanover Park; part ofBartlett (shared with DuPage County),Elk Grove Village,Streamwood; and the portion ofFranklin Park north of Franklin Ave; the section ofSchiller Park between Franklin Ave and Highway 19 and portions ofElgin,River Grove,Des Plaines, andMount Prospect.

DuPage County is split between this district, the6th district, the11th district, and the8th district. The 3rd, 6th, and 11th districts are partitioned by Grand Ave, Highway 83, Central Ave, Fullerton Ave, Harvard Ave, Armitage Ave, Addison Rd, Highway 64, Westmore Ave, Plymouth St, Westwood Ave, Highway 355, Union Pacific Railroad, North Path, President St, Naperville Rd, Highway 23, Danada Ct, Arrowhead Golf Club, Herrick Rd, Galosh Ave, Butterfield Rd, Calumet Ave E, and Prairie Ave.

The 3rd and 8th districts are partitioned by Bartlett Rd, Old Wayne Golf Course, St Charles Rd, Fair Oaks Rd, Timber Ln, Woodcreek Ln N, Wayne Oaks Dam Reservoir, Morton Rd, Pawnee Dr, County Farm Rd, Highway 64, Gary Ave Della Ave, West St, Geneva Rd, Bloomingdale's Rd, Glendale Lakes Golf Club, President St, Gilberto St, Schubert Ave, Opal Ave, Stevenson Dr, Highway 4, Polo Club Dr, Canadian National Railway, East Branch Park, Army Trail Rd, Belmont Pl, Addison Trail High School, Woodland Ave, 7th Ave, Lake St, 3rd Ave, Eggerding Dr, Mill Rd, Highway 290, Addison Rd, Oak Meadows Golf & Banquets, Central Ave, Canadian Pacific Railway, Wood Dale Rd, Elmhurt St, and Lively Blvd.

The 3rd district takes in the municipalities ofWest Chicago,Wayne,Bensenville,Glendale Heights,Winfield; most ofWheaton; and parts ofWarrenville,Bartlett (shared with Cook County), Hanover Park,Carol Stream,Glen Ellyn,Villa Park,Wood Dale,Addison,Lombard,Glendale Heights,Naperville,Batavia, andSt. Charles.

Prior to 2023, the district included the municipalities ofBedford Park,Bridgeview,Burbank,Chicago Ridge,Countryside,Forest View,Hickory Hills,Hodgkins,Hometown,Indian Head Park,Justice,La Grange,La Grange Park,Lyons,McCook,Merrionette Park,Oak Lawn,Palos Hills,Riverside,Stickney andSummit, nearly all ofBerwyn,Brookfield,Western Springs andWillow Springs, and parts ofAlsip,Burr Ridge,Cicero,Darien,Hillside,North Riverside,Orland Hills,Palos Heights,Palos Park,Westchester andWorth.

In the City ofChicago, it included the communities ofBridgeport (home of mayorRichard M. Daley until he relocated in the late 1990s to theNear South Side'sCentral Station development),Clearing,Garfield Ridge,Mount Greenwood andWest Lawn; almost all ofBeverly; those portions ofArcher Heights andWest Elsdon west of Pulaski Road; the western portions ofAshburn,Chicago Lawn andMorgan Park; the portion ofMcKinley Park south of Archer Avenue; parts ofGage Park andNew City; and a small section (1/16 mi²) ofArmour Square.

The district, situated between the Hispanic-majority 4th district to the north and the black-majority 1st and 7th districts to the east, is the home of numerous sizable and historicethnic groups includingIrish,Polish,Arab,German,Italian andCzech immigrants and their descendants. At 14.2%, the Irish make up the largest white ethnic group in the district,^[7][8] most prominently in the Bridgeport area (the ancestral neighborhood of theDaley family and other Chicago Irish politicians) and the Mount Greenwood-Beverly area; it is the largest Irish population in any district west ofPhiladelphia's suburbs.^[9] The Polish form the next largest white ethnic group at 13.5%,^[7] tying the northwest side's5th district for the second highest percentage of any district, behind onlyNew York's 27th congressional district.^[9] The next largest white ethnic groups are Germans (11.0%) and Italians (6.9%).^[7] Of the suburbs primarily south of 87th Street (inPalos andWorth Townships), 9 of 10 have larger Irish than Polish populations, usually by large margins; but north of 87th Street, in those areas inLyons Township south ofInterstate 55 or in the townships to the east of Harlem Avenue, 9 of 10 suburbs have greater Polish populations than Irish, again by large margins. In Oak Lawn, the district's largest suburb, Irish outnumber Polish 30%-19%; in neighboring Burbank, the district's third largest suburb, Polish outnumber Irish by an identical margin.^{[citation needed]}

More recently a largeMexican community has moved to the district, notably in Berwyn, Cicero, Hodgkins and Summit where they represent over 30% of the population, and alongArcher Avenue, a major Chicago artery that runs through the district's northern section.^[8] There is also a sizableGreek community in Oak Lawn and Palos Hills. In the last two decades, there has been notableArab settlement in the vicinity of Bridgeview, and by the 2000 census, Arabs represented one of the five largest non-Hispanic ethnic groups in Bridgeview and three adjacent suburbs. Approximately 41% of the district's residents live in Chicago. Roughly 21% of the district's population are Hispanic, 68% are Caucasian, 6% areAfrican American and 3% areAsian; redistricting following the2000 census and the continued influx of Hispanics tripled the minority population from a decade earlier, as the district in its previous configuration had a population that was 7% Hispanic, 2% African American and 1% Asian.^[10] The more affluent areas of the district are generally located in its northwestern portion.

• Chicago – 2,665,039
• Naperville – 149,540
• Elgin – 1114,797
• Des Plaines – 60,675
• Mount Prospect – 56,852
• Wheaton – 52,970
• Lombard – 44,476
• Bartlett – 41,105
• Carol Stream – 39,854
• Streamwood – 39,577
• Hanover Park – 37,470
• Addison – 35,702
• Glendale Heights – 33,176
• St. Charles – 33,081
• Elk Grove Village – 32,812
• Glen Ellyn – 28,846
• Batavia – 26,098
• West Chicago – 25,614
• Elmwood Park – 24,521
• Villa Park – 22,263
• Bensenville – 18,813
• Franklin Park – 18,467
• Wood Dale – 14,012
• Warrenville – 13,553
• Schiller Park – 11,709
• River Grove – 10,612
• Winfield – 10,046

Prior to 2023, the district was a historic U.S.transportation andshipping hub; not only did it includeChicago Midway International Airport, but it was also traversed by theChicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, theCalumet Sag Channel, and theDes Plaines River, earning national designations for theChicago PortageNational Historic Site in Forest View and theIllinois and Michigan CanalNational Heritage Corridor. Thepath of historicRoute 66 ran southwest through the district from its eastern end in Chicago.Interstate 55 intersected with both theTri-State Tollway (Interstate 294) and theDan Ryan Expressway (Interstate 90/94) in the district, and in 2001 – since which time the district has shifted slightly to the northwest – it was noted as likely having more freight yards andrailroad crossings than any other district.^[8]

The district included SeatGeek Stadium, home of theChicago Red Stars team inWomen's Professional Soccer, as well asHawthorne Race Course; the area also benefits fromChicago White Sox home games atU.S. Cellular Field, which is less than 1,000 feet (300 m) beyond the district's border. Portions of theCook County Forest Preserves cover several square miles in the district's southwest corner. Cultural attractions includeBrookfield Zoo and theBalzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture in West Lawn; educational institutions includeSt. Xavier University in Mount Greenwood,Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills,Morton College in Cicero, andRichard J. Daley College, aChicago city college, in West Lawn; and medical facilities includeAdvocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn,Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital in La Grange andMacNeal Hospital in Berwyn. ARonald McDonald House adjacent to Advocate Christ opened in December 2008.^[11][12] Industrial and business presences in the district include:Tootsie Roll Industries;Electro-Motive Diesel; aNabisco bakery which is the largest biscuit bakery in the world;^[13] theChicago Area Consolidation Hub ofUnited Parcel Service and adjacentBNSF Railway yard;^[14] an ACH Food manufacturing plant (formerly part of Corn Products Company) in Summit;^[15] anOwens Corning roofing and asphalt plant in Summit; and aNalco Chemical plant in Bedford Park. The former site of theInternational Amphitheatre, now anAramark plant, is within the district. Organizations based in the district include theAmerican Nuclear Society in La Grange Park. Among the federal facilities in the district is the Great Lakes Regional Headquarters of theNational Archives and Records Administration^[16] in West Lawn.

Other district sites on theNational Register of Historic Places included:

• American State Bank, Berwyn
• Berwyn Health Center
• Berwyn Municipal Building
• Avery Coonley House, Riverside
• Cornell Square, New City, Chicago
• Arthur J. Dunham House, Berwyn
• First Congregational Church of Western Springs
• Grossdale Station, Brookfield
• Haymarket Martyrs' Monument National Historic Landmark, Forest Park
• Hofmann Tower, Lyons
• La Grange Village Historic District
• Lyons Township Hall, La Grange
• Old Stone Gate of Chicago Union Stockyards National Historic Landmark, New City, Chicago
• George E. Purple House, La Grange
• Ridge Historic District, Beverly/Morgan Park, Chicago
• Riverside Landscape Architecture District, Riverside
• Robert Silhan House, Berwyn
• F.F. Tomek House, Riverside
• Wayne Village Historic District
• Western Springs Water Tower

The district covers parts ofCook,Du Page andWill counties, as of the 2011 redistricting which followed the2010 census. All or parts ofChicago,Bridgeview,Burbank,Crest Hill,Hickory Hills,Homer Glen,Justice,La Grange,Lemont,Lockport,Oak Lawn,Palos Heights,Palos Hills,Romeoville,Summit,Western Springs andWorth are included.^[17] The representatives for these districts were elected in the 2012 primary and general elections, and the boundaries became effective on January 3, 2013.

In its earlier configuration, the district was described as "ancestrally Democratic,culturally conservative, multiethnic and viscerallypatriotic."^[18] It earned a reputation as being home toReagan Democrats when in the1980 presidential election it was one of only two Chicago districts (out of nine) to be won by RepublicanRonald Reagan, along with the 6th district (an almost entirely suburban district which also included Chicago'sO'Hare Airport); the district simultaneously reelected Democratic congressmanMarty Russo with nearly 69% of the vote.^[19] The Reagan Democrat description became even more appropriate when Reagan received 65% of the vote here in1984 while Russo again won with 64%.^[20] Redistricting for the 1990s shifted the district into more reliably Democratic territory, butBill Clinton won the district in1992 by just a 41%-39% margin despite receiving at least 65% of the vote in four other south side districts; he won the district with 53% in1996 although his totals in the other south side districts were all between 80 and 85%.George W. Bush received 41% of the vote here in both2000 and2004 despite not exceeding 21% in any of the other four south side districts; it was his best performance in any district located primarily within Cook County. Much of the district's current suburban territory was in the4th district from the 1950s to the 1970s, when that was a solidly Republican suburban district represented byEd Derwinski. More recently,Lyons,Palos andRiverside Townships in the western half of the 3rd district have all voted for Bush in 2000.^[21] Over the last eight presidential elections, the Democratic nominee for Congress has run an average of20 points ahead of the party's nominee for president in the district.^[22]

Redistricting which took effect for the1992 elections kept only 40% of the district's previous area, and pitted nine-term incumbent Russo – who changed his residence rather than run in the2nd district, which now included his previous home – against five-term incumbentBill Lipinski, who had previously represented the neighboring5th district, in the Democratic primary. Lipinski ran close to Russo in the suburbs but easily won the Chicago areas, and won the primary 58%-37%.^[23] Lipinski was decidedly the most conservative Democrat in the Illinois delegation,^[18]opposing abortion andhomosexual people serving in the military while supportingschool prayer,tuition vouchers, theDefense of Marriage Act and thedeath penalty. He also helped to write aproposed constitutional amendment in 1997 prohibitingflag desecration.^[24][25] A member of theBlue Dog Democrats,^[25] he was one of just 30 Democrats to vote for the Republicanwelfare reform plan.^[8] He clashed often with the Clinton administration, opposing the president's position over half the time in the1997-1998 Congress.^[26] He was one of 31 Democrats to vote in favor of aJudiciary Committee inquiry during the leadup toClinton's impeachment; he eventually voted against impeachment, but simultaneously called on Clinton to resign.^[27] In 1999, Lipinski stated that Clinton "doesn't have credibility on military issues," adding that "the American people feel Clinton is unsure."^[25] He was a consistent opponent of U.S.free trade agreements, arguing that they were disastrous for American manufacturing.^[8][25] Lipinski received higher approval ratings from theAmerican Conservative Union than from theACLU in 12 of his last 13 years in office, though his highest ratings generally came from labor and consumer groups^[24][26] and theChristian Coalition.^[28] He received a 0 rating from the ACLU for the 1997–98 term,^[26] and also compiled an overall 0 rating from theNational Abortion Rights Action League.^[28] His policies enabled him to work easily with Republicans; he was a candidate to becomeTransportation Secretary in the Bush administration, and collaborated with House SpeakerDennis Hastert of the14th district to design the state's redistricting plan following the 2000 census.^[27] and after surviving with a 54%-46% win amid the Republicangains of 1994 he was reelected by increasing margins in each succeeding election; in2002 he became the first unopposed candidate in the history of the district.^[29]

In the 2018 Republican primary, the only option wasArthur Jones, a self-proclaimed member of theNazi party andholocaust denier. Although Jones received over 20,000 votes in the primary, many district GOP organizations took the unprecedented step of endorsing Rep. Dan Lipinski in the general election.^{[citation needed]}

Representative	Notes
John T. Stuart	Served as amajor in theU.S. Army during theBlack Hawk War (1832) Constitutional Union nominee for the1860 Illinois gubernatorial election Known influencer ofAbraham Lincoln
Joseph Duncan	Elected the 6thGovernor of Illinois (1834 – 1838) Whig nominee for the1842 Illinois gubernatorial election
Lorenzo Brentano	Served as President of theFree State of Baden (1849)
George R. Davis	Served as a major for theUnion Army during theAmerican Civil War (1862 – 1865)
Elihu B. Washburne	Served asDean of the U.S. House of Representatives (1863 – 1869) Appointed the 25thU.S. Secretary of State (1869) Appointed theU.S. Minister to France (1869 – 1877)
Horatio C. Burchard	Appointed the 15thDirector of the United States Mint (1879 – 1885)
Charles B. Farwell	ElectedU.S. Senator from Illinois (1887 – 1891)
William E. Mason	Elected U.S. Senator from Illinois (1897 – 1903)
Robert P. Hanrahan	Served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Education in theU.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1975 – 1977)

This table indicates how the district has voted inU.S. presidential elections; election results reflect voting in the district as it was configured at the time of the election, not as it is configured today.

The district's seat changed hands under somewhat controversial circumstances in2004. Lipinski was renominated in the primary election, but in August announced his intention to withdraw from the race, just two weeks before the deadline for replacing a candidate on the ballot. Four days later, the district's ward and township committeemen – including Lipinski himself as well as Mayor Daley's brotherJohn andIllinois House SpeakerMichael Madigan – met to choose a replacement; Lipinski nominated his sonDan, an assistant professor at theUniversity of Tennessee, and he was approved without opposition despite not having lived in Illinois since 1989. In his initial campaign, the younger Lipinski stated that his policies made him "not really that different from" his father, and indicated that he would opposesame-sex marriage as well as abortion except when the mother's life was at stake. True to the district's heritage, he identified Reagan as his political hero.^[42]

Marie Newman won the 2020 Democratic primary against incumbentDan Lipinski by 48.2% to 45.8%.^[46]

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District created March 4, 1833
Joseph Duncan (Jacksonville)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – September 21, 1834	23rd	Redistricted from theat-large district andre-elected in 1832. Re-elected in 1834. Resigned to becomeGovernor of Illinois	1833–1843 Bulk of northern and western Illinois:Adams,Calhoun,Cook,Fulton,Greene,Hancock,Henry,Jo Daviess,Knox,LaSalle,Macon,McDonough,McLean,Mercer,Morgan,Peoria,Pike,Putnam,Sangamon,Schuyler,Tazewell andWarren counties (numerous additional counties were later created within this area).[3] During this period,Abraham Lincoln was a district resident, beginning his political career as a state legislator; the district's representative from 1839 to 1843 was Lincoln's law partner,John T. Stuart.
Vacant		September 21, 1834 – December 1, 1834
William L. May (Springfield)	Jacksonian	December 1, 1834 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th 25th	Elected to finish Duncan's term. Re-elected in 1836. Retired.
	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
John T. Stuart (Springfield)	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. Retired.
Orlando B. Ficklin (Charleston)	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849	28th 29th 30th	Elected in 1842. Re-elected in 1844. Re-elected in 1846. [data missing]	1843–1853 Shifted to the east central part of the state, taking inChristian,Clark,Clay,Coles,Crawford,Cumberland,DeWitt,Edgar,Effingham,Fayette,Jasper,Lawrence,Macon,Moultrie,Piatt,Richland andShelby counties.[4]
Timothy R. Young (Marshall)	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	Elected in 1848. [data missing]
Orlando B. Ficklin (Charleston)	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1850. [data missing]
Jesse O. Norton (Joliet)	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd 34th	Elected in 1852. Re-elected in 1854. Retired.	1853–1863 Shifted north to cover the twelve counties to the south and southwest of Cook County:Bureau,Champaign,DeWitt,Grundy,Iroquois,Kendall,LaSalle,Livingston,McLean,Putnam,Vermilion andWill counties.[5]
	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
Owen Lovejoy (Princeton)	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863	35th 36th 37th	Elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. Redistricted to the5th district.
Elihu B. Washburne (Galena)	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 6, 1869	38th 39th 40th 41st	Redistricted from the1st district andre-elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Resigned to becomeU.S. Secretary of State.	1863–1873 Relocated to include the six counties in the northwestern corner of the state:Carroll,Jo Daviess,Lee,Ogle,Stephenson andWhiteside counties.[6]
Vacant		March 6, 1869 – December 6, 1869	41st
Horatio C. Burchard (Freeport)	Republican	December 6, 1869 – March 3, 1873	41st 42nd	Elected to finish Washburne's term. Re-elected in 1870. Redistricted to the5th district.
Charles B. Farwell (Chicago)	Republican	March 4, 1873 – May 6, 1876	43rd 44th	Redistricted from the1st district andre-elected in 1872. Lost election contest.	1873–1883 Relocated to includeLake County, the sixteen townships comprising the northern half of Cook County (Barrington,Cicero,Elk Grove,Evanston,Hanover, Jefferson, Lake View,Leyden,Maine,New Trier,Niles,Northfield,Palatine,Proviso,Schaumburg,Wheeling), and the north side of Chicago (the city's northern boundary east of the river was then Fullerton Avenue).[48] During this period, theNear North Side was recovering from the devastation of theGreat Chicago Fire of October 1871.
John V. Le Moyne (Chicago)	Democratic	May 6, 1876 – March 3, 1877	44th	Won election contest. Lost re-election.
Lorenzo Brentano (Chicago)	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	Elected in 1876. Lost renomination.
Hiram Barber Jr. (Chicago)	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	Elected in 1878. Lost renomination.
Charles B. Farwell (Chicago)	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	Elected in 1880. Retired.
George R. Davis (Chicago)	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Redistricted from the2nd district andre-elected in 1882. Retired.	1883–1893 Parts of the west side between 12th Street (nowRoosevelt Road) and the North Branch of theChicago River, excluding a small area north of 12th Street near the river; as the city was still expanding westward, the western boundary wasWestern Avenue from the river to North Avenue, and Crawford Avenue (nowPulaski Road) from North to 12th.[49] Illinois gained two additional representatives following the1890 census, but they were elected on an at-large basis for the 1893–1895 term before redistricting occurred, and the previous decade's districting remained in effect.[50]
James H. Ward (Chicago)	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	Elected in 1884. Retired.
William E. Mason (Chicago)	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Lost re-election.
Allan C. Durborow Jr. (Chicago)	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd	Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Retired.
					1893–1903 From the river south to 26th Street; West of the river and south of 12th Street bordered on the west by Johnson Street (now Peoria Street) from 12th to 22nd Street (nowCermak Road) and byHalsted Street from 22nd to the river; and South of theIllinois and Michigan Canal and the river as far south as 39th Street (now Pershing Road) between Western and Wentworth Avenues.[51] In the1896 House election,Clarence Darrow lost by 590 votes (2.5%).[52]
Lawrence E. McGann (Chicago)	Democratic	March 4, 1895 – December 27, 1895	54th	Elected in 1894. Lost election contest.
Hugh R. Belknap (Chicago)	Republican	December 27, 1895 – March 3, 1899	54th 55th	Won election contest. Elected in 1896. Lost re-election.
George P. Foster (Chicago)	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903	56th 57th	Elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Redistricted to the4th district.
William W. Wilson (Chicago)	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd	Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Lost re-election.	1903–1933 Began to take on its modern territory, and included the nine southernmost townships of Cook County (Bloom,Bremen,Calumet,Lemont,Orland,Palos,Rich,Thornton andWorth), as well as that part of Chicago west ofState Street between 51st Street and 111th Street excepting one and a quarter square miles in the southeast corner. (Note: In 1903 the city's western limit at 111th Street was Western Avenue, and at 115th Street was Ashland Avenue; but during this period, various portions of Calumet and Worth townships were annexed by Chicago.)[53] Illinois' districts were not redrawn until 1947, taking effect for the 1948 elections.[54]
George E. Gorman (Chicago)	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	Elected in 1912. Retired.
William W. Wilson (Chicago)	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1921	64th 65th 66th	Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Retired.
Elliott W. Sproul (Chicago)	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1931	67th 68th 69th 70th 71st	Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Lost re-election.
Edward A. Kelly (Chicago)	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1943	72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th	Elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Lost re-election.
					1933–1943 [data missing]
Fred E. Busbey (Chicago)	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	78th	Elected in 1942. Lost re-election.	1943–1953 Included that part of Chicago bounded on the north by 65th Street (Cicero Avenue to Western Avenue), Marquette Road (Western to Damen), 59th Street (Damen to Wallace) and Garfield Boulevard (Wallace to the railroad between Wentworth and State Street), and bounded on the east by the railroad (Garfield to 59th), State Street (59th to 73rd Street), Indiana Avenue (73rd to 83rd Street), South Park Boulevard (later renamed King Drive, 83rd to 99th Street), Stewart Avenue (99th to 103rd Street) and Halsted (103rd to 123rd Street).[55] The same boundaries were maintained in the redistricting after 1950.[56]
Edward A. Kelly (Chicago)	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947	79th	Elected in 1944. Lost re-election.
Fred E. Busbey (Chicago)	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	80th	Elected in 1946. Lost re-election.
Neil J. Linehan (Chicago)	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951	81st	Elected in 1948. Lost re-election.
Fred E. Busbey (Chicago)	Republican	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1955	82nd 83rd	Elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Lost re-election.
					1953–1963 [data missing]
James C. Murray (Chicago)	Democratic	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957	84th	Elected in 1954. Lost re-election.
Emmet F. Byrne (Chicago)	Republican	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959	85th	Elected in 1956. Lost re-election.
William T. Murphy (Chicago)	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1971	86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st	Elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Retired.
					1963–1973 Included the village ofEvergreen Park as well as that part of Chicago bounded on the north by 66th Street (Cicero to the railroad 1/2 mile east of Kedzie), Marquette (the railroad to Damen), 59th Street (Damen to Racine) and Garfield (Racine to the railroad 1/4 mile east of Halsted), and bounded on the east by the railroad (Garfield to 59th), Halsted (59th to 63rd Street), State Street (63rd to 83rd Street), Stewart (83rd to 99th Street), State Street (99th to 111th Street), Wentworth Avenue (111th to 113th Street) and Halsted (113th to 123rd Street).[57] There was additional redistricting in Illinois which took effect for the 1967–1969 term, but the 3rd District was not altered.[58]
Morgan F. Murphy (Chicago)	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973	92nd	Elected in 1970. Redistricted to the2nd district.
Robert P. Hanrahan (Homewood)	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975	93rd	Elected in 1972. Lost re-election.	1973–1983 Shifted primarily into suburban areas to include Thornton and Calumet Townships, most of Worth Township (excepting the municipalities ofBridgeview,Chicago Ridge,Crestwood,Palos Heights andWorth), the Chicago communities ofAshburn andMount Greenwood, those parts ofWest Lawn andChicago Lawn south of 63rd Street, and those parts ofBeverly andMorgan Park west of Western Avenue.[59]
Marty Russo (South Holland)	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1993	94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Lost renomination.
					1983–1993 Parts of the district shifted to the west, taking in part of the4th district. The district now included: Bremen Township; Worth Township excepting that part between 111th Street and 135th Street west of Cicero Avenue as well as approximately 1/4 mi2 ofWorth north of 111th; that part of Calumet Township inBlue Island andCalumet Park northwest of the railroad running from 123rd and Laflin to the western township line; that part of Thornton Township west of theCalumet Expressway having as its northern boundary 167th Street (from the Bremen Township line to the eastern edge ofHazel Crest), 171st/172nd Street (Hazel Crest to Halsted Street), 167th (Halsted to State Street, which becomes Indiana Avenue) and theLittle Calumet River (Indiana Avenue to the Calumet Expressway); the part ofStickney Township south of 65th Street; the Chicago communities ofClearing,West Lawn,Ashburn,Mount Greenwood andBeverly, the western part ofMorgan Park, and the additional part of Chicago between 55th Street, 75th Street, Cicero Avenue and the railroad 1/4 mile east of Western excepting that portion from the railroad to Western between 63rd Street and 69th Street.[60]
Bill Lipinski (Chicago)	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2005	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th	Redistricted from the5th district andre-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Retired.	1993–2003 Shifted significantly to the northwest, and now included: all ofLyons Township; all of Stickney Township except the portion north of Pershing Road; all ofBerwyn andRiverside; approximately the eastern half ofBrookfield and the western half ofCicero; those portions ofForest Park andNorth Riverside east of the Des Plaines River and south of Harrison Street; most ofOak Park south of theEisenhower Expressway; those parts of Worth Township having as their eastern boundary Pulaski Road from 87th Street to 101st Street, and Cicero Avenue from 101st Street to 135th Street, with minor variations inOak Lawn; those parts of Palos Township having as their western boundary Roberts Road (80th Avenue) from 87th Street to 120th Street and then southwest along the railroad to 135th Street, plus approximately 1/8 m2 west of Roberts Road in the vicinity of Stagg High School; those parts of Bremen Township having as their eastern boundary Cicero Avenue from 135th Street to 143rd Street, the railroad and then Pulaski from 143rd Street to 159th Street, Cicero from 159th Street to 167th Street,Interstate 57 from 167th Street to 177th Street, and Central Avenue from 177th Street to 183rd Street; the Chicago communities ofGarfield Ridge, Clearing,Archer Heights,West Elsdon and West Lawn, those parts ofGage Park, Chicago Lawn and Ashburn west of Kedzie Avenue, approximately those parts ofBrighton Park northwest of 38th Street and St. Louis Avenue or southwest of 43rd Street and Kedzie, and nearly 1/8 m2 in the southwest corner ofAustin.[61]
					2003–2013
Dan Lipinski (Western Springs)	Democratic	January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2021	109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	Elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Lost renomination.
					2013–2023 For a more detailed map, see the Census Bureau maplinked below.
Marie Newman (La Grange)	Democratic	January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023	117th	Elected in 2020. Redistricted to the6th district and lost renomination.
Delia Ramirez (Chicago)	Democratic	January 3, 2023 – present	118th 119th	Elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.	2023–present

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