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Illinois: U.S. Senators

U.S. Senators from Illinois, 1818-2012 (May be incomplete!)
Ninian Edwards 1818-24 Jesse B. Thomas 1818-29 John McLean 1824-25 Elias K. Kane 1825-35 John McLean 1829-30 David J. Baker 1830 John M. Robinson 1830-41 William L. D. Ewing 1835-37 Richard M. Young 1837-43 Samuel McRoberts 1841-43 Sidney Breese 1843-49 James Semple 1843-47 Stephen A. Douglas 1847-61 James Shields 1849 James Shields 1849-55 Lyman Trumbull 1855-73 Orville H. Browning 1861-63 William A. Richardson 1863-65 Richard Yates 1865-71 John A. Logan 1871-77 Richard J. Oglesby 1873-79 David Davis 1877-83 John A. Logan 1879-86 Shelby M. Cullom 1883-1913 Charles B. Farwell 1887-91 John M. Palmer 1891-97 William E. Mason 1897-1903 Albert J. Hopkins 1903-09 William Lorimer 1909-12 J. Hamilton Lewis 1913-19 Lawrence Y. Sherman 1913-21 Medill McCormick 1919-25 William B. McKinley 1921-26 Charles S. Deneen 1925-31 Frank L. Smith 1926-28 Otis F. Glenn 1928-33 J. Hamilton Lewis 1931-39 William H. Dieterich 1933-39 Scott W. Lucas 1939-51 James M. Slattery 1939-40 C. Wayland Brooks 1940-49 Paul H. Douglas 1949-67 Everett M. Dirksen 1951-69 Charles H. Percy 1967-85 Ralph Tyler Smith 1969-70 Adlai E. Stevenson III 1970-81 Alan J. Dixon 1981-93 Paul Simon 1985-97 Carol Moseley Braun 1993-99 Richard J. Durbin 1997- Peter G. Fitzgerald 1999-2005 Barack Obama 2005-08 Roland W. Burris 2009-10 Mark Kirk 2010-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1823: John Reynolds, defeated.

1830 Oct 14: John McLean, died in office.

1835 Dec 12: Elias K. Kane, died in office.

1843 Mar 27: Samuel McRoberts, died in office.

1858: Abraham Lincoln, defeated.

1861 Jun 3: Stephen A. Douglas, died in office.

1886 Dec 26: John A. Logan, died in office.

1908: Lawrence Beaumont Stringer, defeated for nomination.

1913: Frank Hamilton Funk, defeated.

1914: Lawrence Beaumont Stringer, defeated for nomination.

1914 Nov 3: Lawrence Y. Sherman (Rep), elected; Roger C. Sullivan (Dem), defeated; Raymond Robins (Progressive), defeated; Adolph Germer (Socialist), defeated; George W. Woolsey (Prohibition), defeated; John M. Francis (Socialist Labor), defeated.

1915: Barratt O'Hara, defeated.

1918: George E. Foss (Rep), defeated in primary.

1918 Nov 5: Medill McCormick (Rep), elected; J. Hamilton Lewis (Dem), defeated; William B. Lloyd (Socialist), defeated; John M. Francis (Socialist Labor), defeated; Frank B. Vennum (Prohibition), defeated.

1920: Frank L. Smith, defeated for nomination.

1920 Nov 2: William B. McKinley (Rep), elected; Peter A. Waller (Dem), defeated; Gustave T. Fraenckel (Socialist), defeated; John Fitzpatrick (Farmer-Labor), defeated; Frank B. Vennum (Prohibition), defeated; Joseph B. Moody (Socialist Labor), defeated; George Dodd Carrington, Jr. (Single Tax), defeated.

1924 Nov 4: Charles S. Deneen (Rep), elected; Albert A. Sprague (Dem), defeated; George Koop (Socialist), defeated; Albert Wirth (Socialist Labor), defeated; J. Louis Engdahl (Workers), defeated; Lewis D. Spaulding (Commonwealth Land), defeated; Parke Longworth, defeated.

1925 Feb 25: Medill McCormick, died in office.

1926 Nov 2: Frank L. Smith (Rep), elected; George E. Brennan (Dem), defeated; Hugh S. Magill (Independent Republican), defeated; Parley P. Christensen (Progressive), defeated; Raymond T. O'Keefe (Light Wines and Beer), defeated; James H. Kirby (Independent Democratic), defeated; John T. Whitlock (Socialist), defeated; Gus A. Jenning (Socialist Labor), defeated; J. Louis Engdahl (Workers Communist), defeated; James A. Logan (High Life), defeated; Samuel C. Irving (Ind), defeated; Morris Lynchenheim (Commonwealth Land), defeated.

1926 Dec 7: William B. McKinley, died in office.

1928 Nov 6: Otis F. Glenn (Rep), elected; Anton J. Cermak (Dem), defeated; George R. Kirkpatrick (Socialist), defeated; Max Bedacht (Workers), defeated; Gus A. Jenning (Socialist Labor), defeated.

1930 Nov 4: J. Hamilton Lewis (Dem), elected; Ruth Hanna McCormick (Rep), defeated; Lottie Holman O'Neill (Independent Republican), defeated; George Koop (Socialist), defeated; Freeman Thompson (Communist), defeated; Lewis Warner (Peace and Prosperity), defeated; Ernest Stout (American National), defeated; C. Emmet Smith (Anti-League World Court and Anti-Foreign Entanglements), defeated; James J. McGrath (Liberty), defeated.

1932 Nov 8: William H. Dieterich (Dem), elected; Otis F. Glenn (Rep), defeated; Charles Pogorelec (Socialist), defeated; William E. Browder (Communist), defeated; Gus A. Jenning (Socialist Labor), defeated; William J. Baker (Ind), defeated.

1936: Orville Taylor (Rep), defeated in primary.

1936 Nov 3: J. Hamilton Lewis (Dem), elected; Otis F. Glenn (Rep), defeated; Newton Jenkins (Union Progressive), defeated; Arthur G. McDowell (Socialist), defeated; Adah M. Hagler (Prohibition), defeated; Frank Schnur (Socialist Labor), defeated.

1938 Apr 12: Scott W. Lucas (Dem), nominated; Michael L. Igoe (Dem), defeated in primary; Newton Jenkins (Dem), defeated in primary; John J. Sullivan (Dem), defeated in primary; Albert Lagerstedt (Dem), defeated in primary.

1938 Apr 12: Richard J. Lyons (Rep), nominated; William J. Baker (Rep), defeated in primary; Clarence P. Parker (Rep), defeated in primary.

1938 Nov 8: Scott W. Lucas (Dem), elected; Richard J. Lyons (Rep), defeated; Enoch A. Holtwick (Prohibition), defeated.

1939 Apr 9: J. Hamilton Lewis, died in office.

1940: Ralph E. Church (Rep), defeated in primary.

1940 Nov 5: C. Wayland Brooks (Rep), elected; James M. Slattery (Dem), defeated; Enoch A. Holtwick (Prohibition), defeated; Clarence H. Mayer, defeated.

1942 Nov 3: C. Wayland Brooks (Rep), elected; Raymond S. McKeough (Dem), defeated; Enoch A. Holtwick (Prohibition), defeated.

1944 Nov 7: Scott W. Lucas (Dem), elected; Richard J. Lyons (Rep), defeated; Frank Schnur (Socialist Labor), defeated; Enoch A. Holtwick (Prohibition), defeated.

1948 Nov 2: Paul H. Douglas (Dem), elected; C. Wayland Brooks (Rep), defeated; Enoch A. Holtwick (Prohibition), defeated; Frank Schnur (Socialist Labor), defeated.

1950 Nov 7: Everett M. Dirksen (Rep), elected; Scott W. Lucas (Dem), defeated; Enoch A. Holtwick (Prohibition), defeated.

1954: Julius Klein (Rep), defeated in primary.

1954 Nov 2: Paul H. Douglas (Dem), elected; Joseph T. Meek (Rep), defeated.

1956 Nov 6: Everett M. Dirksen (Rep), elected; Richard Stengel (Dem), defeated; Louis Fisher (Socialist Labor), defeated.

1962: Lar Daly (Dem), defeated in primary.

1962 Nov 6: Everett M. Dirksen (Rep), elected; Sidney R. Yates (Dem), defeated.

1966: Lar Daly (Rep), defeated in primary.

1966 Nov 8: Charles H. Percy (Rep), elected; Paul H. Douglas (Dem), defeated; Robert Sabonjian, defeated; Maxwell Primack, defeated.

1968 Nov 5: Everett M. Dirksen (Rep), elected; William G. Clark (Dem), defeated; Louis Fisher (Socialist Labor), defeated.

1969 Sep 7: Everett M. Dirksen, died in office.

1970: Lar Daly (Rep), defeated in primary.

1970 Nov 3: Adlai E. Stevenson III (Dem), elected; Ralph Tyler Smith (Rep), defeated; Lynn Henderson (Socialist Workers), defeated; Louis Fisher (Socialist Labor), defeated.

1972 Nov 7: Charles H. Percy (Rep), elected; Roman C. Pucinski (Dem), defeated; Edward C. Gross (Socialist Labor), defeated; Arnold Becchetti (Communist), defeated.

1974 Nov 5: Adlai E. Stevenson III (Dem), elected; George M. Burditt (Rep), defeated; Edward Thomas Heisler (Socialist Workers), defeated; Ishmael Flory (Communist), defeated.

1978: Lar Daly (Rep), defeated in primary.

1978 Nov 7: Charles H. Percy (Rep), elected; Alex R. Smith (Dem), defeated; Bruce Green (Libertarian), defeated; Patricia Grogan (Socialist Workers), defeated; Gerald M. Rose (U.S. Labor), defeated.

1980 Nov 4: Alan J. Dixon (Dem), elected; Dave O'Neal (Rep), defeated; Bruce Green (Libertarian), defeated; Sidney Lens (Citizens), defeated; Charles F. Wilson (Communist), defeated; Michael Soriano (Workers World), defeated; Burton L. Artz (Socialist Workers), defeated.

1984: Roland W. Burris (Dem), defeated in primary.

1984 Nov 6: Paul Simon (Dem), elected; Charles H. Percy (Rep), defeated; Steven I. Givot (Libertarian), defeated; Marjorie H. Pries (Citizens), defeated; Nelson Gonzalez (Socialist Workers), defeated; Ishmael Flory (Communist), defeated.

1986 Mar 18: Sheila A. Jones (Dem), defeated in primary.

1986 Nov 4: Alan J. Dixon (Dem), elected; Judy Koehler (Rep), defeated; Einar V. Dyhrkopp (Illinois Solidarity), defeated; Donald M. Parrish, Jr. (Libertarian), defeated; Omari Musa (Socialist Workers), defeated.

1990 Nov 6: Paul Simon (Dem), elected; Lynn Martin (Rep), defeated.

1992 Nov 3: Carol Moseley Braun (Dem), elected; Richard S. Williamson (Rep), defeated; Chad Koppie (Conservative), defeated; Andrew B. Spiegel (Libertarian), defeated; Charles A. Winter (Natural Law), defeated; Alan J. Port (New Alliance), defeated; Kathleen Kaku (Socialist Workers), defeated; John Justice (Populist), defeated.

1996 Nov 5: Richard J. Durbin (Dem), elected; Al Salvi (Rep), defeated; Steven H. Perry (Reform), defeated; Robin J. Miller (Libertarian), defeated; Chad Koppie (U.S. Taxpayers), defeated; James E. Davis (Natural Law), defeated.

1998 Nov 3: Peter G. Fitzgerald (Rep), elected; Carol Moseley Braun (Dem), defeated; Don A. Torgersen (Reform), defeated; Raymond W. Stalker (U.S. Taxpayers), defeated.

2002 Nov 5: Richard J. Durbin (Dem), elected; Jim Durkin (Rep), defeated; Steven Burgauer (Libertarian), defeated.

2004: Gery Chico (Dem), defeated in primary.

2004 Nov 2: Barack Obama (Dem), elected; Alan L. Keyes (Rep), defeated; Albert J. Franzen (Ind), defeated; Jerry Kohn (Libertarian), defeated.

2008 Nov 16: Barack Obama, resigned.

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