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
T. 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.
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 Apr 14:
Raymond
S. McKeough (Dem), nominated;
Paul
H. Douglas (Dem), defeated in primary;
Lar
Daly (Dem), defeated in primary.
1942 Apr 14:
C.
Wayland Brooks (Rep), nominated;
Warren
Wright (Rep), defeated in primary;
William
J. Baker (Rep), defeated in primary.
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
V. 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
T. 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
Lee 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.
2010:
Will
Boyd, defeated;
Alexi
Giannoulias (Dem), defeated.
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