U.S. Senators from Illinois, 1818-2012(May beincomplete!)
NinianEdwards 1818-24JesseB. Thomas 1818-29JohnMcLean 1824-25EliasK. Kane 1825-35JohnMcLean 1829-30DavidJ. Baker 1830JohnM. Robinson 1830-41WilliamL. D. Ewing 1835-37RichardM. Young 1837-43SamuelMcRoberts 1841-43SidneyBreese 1843-49JamesSemple 1843-47StephenA. Douglas 1847-61JamesShields 1849JamesShields 1849-55LymanTrumbull 1855-73OrvilleH. Browning 1861-63WilliamA. Richardson 1863-65RichardYates 1865-71JohnA. Logan 1871-77RichardJ. Oglesby 1873-79DavidDavis 1877-83JohnA. Logan 1879-86ShelbyM. Cullom 1883-1913CharlesB. Farwell 1887-91JohnM. Palmer 1891-97WilliamE. Mason 1897-1903AlbertJ. Hopkins 1903-09WilliamLorimer 1909-12J.Hamilton Lewis 1913-19LawrenceY. Sherman 1913-21MedillMcCormick 1919-25WilliamB. McKinley 1921-26CharlesS. Deneen 1925-31FrankL. Smith 1926-28OtisF. Glenn 1928-33J.Hamilton Lewis 1931-39WilliamH. Dieterich 1933-39ScottW. Lucas 1939-51JamesM. Slattery 1939-40C.Wayland Brooks 1940-49PaulH. Douglas 1949-67EverettM. Dirksen 1951-69CharlesH. Percy 1967-85RalphT. Smith 1969-70AdlaiE. Stevenson III 1970-81AlanJ. Dixon 1981-93PaulSimon 1985-97CarolMoseley=Braun 1993-99RichardJ. Durbin 1997-PeterG. Fitzgerald 1999-2005BarackObama 2005-08RolandW. Burris 2009-10MarkKirk 2010- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1823:JohnReynolds, defeated. 1830 Oct 14:JohnMcLean, died in office. 1835 Dec 12:EliasK. Kane, died in office. 1843 Mar 27:SamuelMcRoberts, died in office. 1858:AbrahamLincoln, defeated. 1861 Jun 3:StephenA. Douglas, died in office. 1886 Dec 26:JohnA. Logan, died in office. 1908:LawrenceBeaumont Stringer, defeated for nomination. 1914:LawrenceBeaumont Stringer, defeated for nomination. 1914 Nov 3:LawrenceY. Sherman (Rep), elected;RogerC. Sullivan (Dem), defeated;RaymondRobins (Progressive), defeated;AdolphGermer (Socialist), defeated;GeorgeW. Woolsey (Prohibition), defeated;JohnM. Francis (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1915:BarrattO'Hara, defeated. 1918:WilliamHale Thompson (Rep), defeated in primary;GeorgeE. Foss (Rep), defeated in primary. 1918 Nov 5:MedillMcCormick (Rep), elected;J.Hamilton Lewis (Dem), defeated;WilliamB. Lloyd (Socialist), defeated;JohnM. Francis (Socialist Labor), defeated;FrankB. Vennum (Prohibition), defeated. 1920:FrankL. Smith, defeated for nomination. 1920 Nov 2:WilliamB. McKinley (Rep), elected;PeterA. Waller (Dem), defeated;GustaveT. Fraenckel (Socialist), defeated;JohnFitzpatrick (Farmer-Labor), defeated;FrankB. Vennum (Prohibition), defeated;JosephB. Moody (Socialist Labor), defeated;GeorgeDodd Carrington, Jr. (Single Tax), defeated. 1924:NewtonJenkins (Rep), defeated in primary. 1924 Nov 4:CharlesS. Deneen (Rep), elected;AlbertA. Sprague (Dem), defeated;GeorgeKoop (Socialist), defeated;AlbertWirth (Socialist Labor), defeated;J.Louis Engdahl (Workers), defeated;LewisD. Spaulding (Commonwealth Land), defeated;ParkeLongworth, defeated. 1925 Feb 25:MedillMcCormick, died in office. 1926 Nov 2:FrankL. Smith (Rep), elected;GeorgeE. Brennan (Dem), defeated;HughS. Magill (Independent Republican), defeated;ParleyP. Christensen (Progressive), defeated;RaymondT. O'Keefe (Light Wines and Beer), defeated;JamesH. Kirby (Independent Democratic), defeated;JohnT. Whitlock (Socialist), defeated;GusA. Jenning (Socialist Labor), defeated;J.Louis Engdahl (Workers Communist), defeated;JamesA. Logan (High Life), defeated;SamuelC. Irving (Ind), defeated;MorrisLynchenheim (Commonwealth Land), defeated. 1926 Dec 7:WilliamB. McKinley, died in office. 1928 Nov 6:OtisF. Glenn (Rep), elected;AntonJ. Cermak (Dem), defeated;GeorgeR. Kirkpatrick (Socialist), defeated;MaxBedacht (Workers), defeated;GusA. Jenning (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1930:NewtonJenkins (Rep), defeated in primary. 1930 Nov 4:J.Hamilton Lewis (Dem), elected;RuthHanna McCormick (Rep), defeated;LottieHolman O'Neill (Independent Republican), defeated;GeorgeKoop (Socialist), defeated;FreemanThompson (Communist), defeated;LewisWarner (Peace and Prosperity), defeated;ErnestStout (American National), defeated;C.Emmet Smith (Anti-League World Court and Anti-ForeignEntanglements), defeated;JamesJ. McGrath (Liberty), defeated. 1932:NewtonJenkins (Rep), defeated in primary. 1932 Nov 8:WilliamH. Dieterich (Dem), elected;OtisF. Glenn (Rep), defeated;CharlesPogorelec (Socialist), defeated;WilliamE. Browder (Communist), defeated;GusA. Jenning (Socialist Labor), defeated;WilliamJ. Baker (Ind), defeated. 1936:OrvilleTaylor (Rep), defeated in primary. 1936 Nov 3:J.Hamilton Lewis (Dem), elected;OtisF. Glenn (Rep), defeated;NewtonJenkins (Union Progressive), defeated;ArthurG. McDowell (Socialist), defeated;AdahM. Hagler (Prohibition), defeated;FrankSchnur (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1938 Apr 12:ScottW. Lucas (Dem), nominated;MichaelL. Igoe (Dem), defeated in primary;NewtonJenkins (Dem), defeated in primary;JohnJ. Sullivan (Dem), defeated in primary;AlbertLagerstedt (Dem), defeated in primary. 1938 Apr 12:RichardJ. Lyons (Rep), nominated;WilliamJ. Baker (Rep), defeated in primary;ClarenceP. Parker (Rep), defeated in primary. 1938 Nov 8:ScottW. Lucas (Dem), elected;RichardJ. Lyons (Rep), defeated;EnochA. Holtwick (Prohibition), defeated. 1939 Apr 9:J.Hamilton Lewis, died in office. 1940:RalphE. Church (Rep), defeated in primary. 1940 Nov 5:C.Wayland Brooks (Rep), elected;JamesM. Slattery (Dem), defeated;EnochA. Holtwick (Prohibition), defeated;ClarenceH. Mayer, defeated. 1942 Apr 14:RaymondS. McKeough (Dem), nominated;PaulH. Douglas (Dem), defeated in primary;LarDaly (Dem), defeated in primary. 1942 Apr 14:C.Wayland Brooks (Rep), nominated;WarrenWright (Rep), defeated in primary;WilliamJ. Baker (Rep), defeated in primary. 1942 Nov 3:C.Wayland Brooks (Rep), elected;RaymondS. McKeough (Dem), defeated;EnochA. Holtwick (Prohibition), defeated. 1944 Nov 7:ScottW. Lucas (Dem), elected;RichardJ. Lyons (Rep), defeated;FrankSchnur (Socialist Labor), defeated;EnochA. Holtwick (Prohibition), defeated. 1948 Nov 2:PaulH. Douglas (Dem), elected;C.Wayland Brooks (Rep), defeated;EnochA. Holtwick (Prohibition), defeated;FrankSchnur (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1950 Nov 7:EverettM. Dirksen (Rep), elected;ScottW. Lucas (Dem), defeated;EnochA. Holtwick (Prohibition), defeated. 1954:JuliusKlein (Rep), defeated in primary. 1954 Nov 2:PaulH. Douglas (Dem), elected;JosephT. Meek (Rep), defeated. 1956 Nov 6:EverettM. Dirksen (Rep), elected;RichardStengel (Dem), defeated;LouisFisher (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1962:LarDaly (Dem), defeated in primary. 1962 Nov 6:EverettM. Dirksen (Rep), elected;SidneyR. Yates (Dem), defeated. 1966:LarDaly (Rep), defeated in primary. 1966 Nov 8:CharlesH. Percy (Rep), elected;PaulH. Douglas (Dem), defeated;RobertV. Sabonjian, defeated;MaxwellPrimack, defeated. 1968 Nov 5:EverettM. Dirksen (Rep), elected;WilliamG. Clark (Dem), defeated;LouisFisher (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1969 Sep 7:EverettM. Dirksen, died in office. 1970:LarDaly (Rep), defeated in primary. 1970 Nov 3:AdlaiE. Stevenson III (Dem), elected;RalphT. Smith (Rep), defeated;LynnHenderson (Socialist Workers), defeated;LouisFisher (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1972:FredHalstead (Socialist Workers), defeated. 1972 Nov 7:CharlesH. Percy (Rep), elected;RomanC. Pucinski (Dem), defeated;EdwardC. Gross (Socialist Labor), defeated;ArnoldBecchetti (Communist), defeated. 1974 Nov 5:AdlaiE. Stevenson III (Dem), elected;GeorgeM. Burditt (Rep), defeated;EdwardThomas Heisler (Socialist Workers), defeated;IshmaelFlory (Communist), defeated. 1978:LarDaly (Rep), defeated in primary. 1978 Nov 7:CharlesH. Percy (Rep), elected;AlexR. Smith (Dem), defeated;BruceGreen (Libertarian), defeated;PatriciaGrogan (Socialist Workers), defeated;GeraldM. Rose (U.S. Labor), defeated. 1980 Nov 4:AlanJ. Dixon (Dem), elected;DaveO'Neal (Rep), defeated;BruceGreen (Libertarian), defeated;SidneyLens (Citizens), defeated;CharlesF. Wilson (Communist), defeated;MichaelSoriano (Workers World), defeated;BurtonLee Artz (Socialist Workers), defeated. 1984:RolandW. Burris (Dem), defeated in primary. 1984 Nov 6:PaulSimon (Dem), elected;CharlesH. Percy (Rep), defeated;StevenI. Givot (Libertarian), defeated;MarjorieH. Pries (Citizens), defeated;NelsonGonzalez (Socialist Workers), defeated;IshmaelFlory (Communist), defeated. 1986 Mar 18:SheilaA. Jones (Dem), defeated in primary. 1986 Nov 4:AlanJ. Dixon (Dem), elected;JudyKoehler (Rep), defeated;EinarV. Dyhrkopp (Illinois Solidarity), defeated;DonaldM. Parrish, Jr. (Libertarian), defeated;OmariMusa (Socialist Workers), defeated. 1990 Nov 6:PaulSimon (Dem), elected;LynnMartin (Rep), defeated. 1992 Nov 3:CarolMoseley=Braun (Dem), elected;RichardS. Williamson (Rep), defeated;ChadKoppie (Conservative), defeated;AndrewB. Spiegel (Libertarian), defeated;CharlesA. Winter (Natural Law), defeated;AlanJ. Port (New Alliance), defeated;KathleenKaku (Socialist Workers), defeated;JohnJustice (Populist), defeated. 1996 Nov 5:RichardJ. Durbin (Dem), elected;AlSalvi (Rep), defeated;StevenH. Perry (Reform), defeated;RobinJ. Miller (Libertarian), defeated;ChadKoppie (U.S. Taxpayers), defeated;JamesE. Davis (Natural Law), defeated. 1998 Nov 3:PeterG. Fitzgerald (Rep), elected;CarolMoseley=Braun (Dem), defeated;DonA. Torgersen (Reform), defeated;RaymondW. Stalker (U.S. Taxpayers), defeated. 2002 Nov 5:RichardJ. Durbin (Dem), elected;JimDurkin (Rep), defeated;StevenBurgauer (Libertarian), defeated. 2004:GeryChico (Dem), defeated in primary. 2004 Nov 2:BarackObama (Dem), elected;AlanL. Keyes (Rep), defeated;AlbertJ. Franzen (Ind), defeated;JerryKohn (Libertarian), defeated. 2008 Nov 16:BarackObama, resigned. 2010:WillBoyd, defeated;AlexiGiannoulias (Dem), defeated. | |
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