The 11th Congressional District of Illinois includes the towns of Joliet, Bloomington, Normal, Kankakee, LaSalle, Ottawa and Streator, and all or parts of Will, Kankakee, Grundy, LaSalle, Bureau, Woodford and McLean counties. It is currently represented by Republican Adam Kinzinger.
[edit] 2011 redistricting
The district covers parts of Cook, Du Page, Kane, Kendall and Will counties, as of the 2011 redistricting which followed the 2010 census. All or parts of Aurora, Bolingbrook, Darien, Joliet, Montgomery, Naperville, New Lenox, Shorewood and Woodridge are included.[1] The representatives for these districts will be elected in the 2012 primary and general elections, and the boundaries will become effective on January 5, 2013.
[edit] Elections
[edit] 2012 election
[edit] Voting
[edit] District boundaries
From 1865 to 1867 the district included Bureau, LaSalle, Livingston and Woodford counties.[2] From 1901 until 1947 the 11th congressional district included Kane, DuPage, McHenry and Will Counties. Following the Congressional Apportionment Act of 1947, the district covered a portion of Cook County and the far northwest side of Chicago roughly centered around Norwood Park.[3] The district was not changed by 1951's redistricting.[4] In 1961, the district was widened westward to the Des Plaines River and east into parts of Lincoln Square.[5] The district covered the northwest side of Chicago until the early 1990s when it moved closer to its current area, encompassing most of LaSalle and Grundy Counties, the southern part of Will County, the northern part of Kankakee County and a small portion of southeastern Cook County.[6] It has remained in its current dimensions since the Illinois Congressional Reapportionment Act of 2001 (10 ILCS 76) was enacted.
[edit] Representatives
| Representative |
Party |
Years |
District Home |
Notes |
| James C. Robinson |
Democratic |
March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1865 |
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Redistricted from the 7th district |
| Samuel S. Marshall |
Democratic |
March 4, 1865 - March 3, 1873 |
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Redistricted to the 19th district |
| Robert M. Knapp |
Democratic |
March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875 |
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| Scott Wike |
Democratic |
March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1877 |
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| Robert M. Knapp |
Democratic |
March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1879 |
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| James W. Singleton |
Democratic |
March 4, 1879 - March 3, 1883 |
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| William Neece |
Democratic |
March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1887 |
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| William Gest |
Republican |
March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1891 |
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| Benjamin Cable |
Democratic |
March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1893 |
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| Benjamin F. Marsh |
Republican |
March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1895 |
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Redistricted to the 15th district |
| Walter Reeves |
Republican |
March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1903 |
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| Howard Snapp |
Republican |
March 4, 1903 - March 3, 1911 |
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| Ira C. Copley |
Republican |
March 4, 1911 - March 3, 1915 |
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| Progressive |
March 4, 1915 - March 3, 1917 |
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| Republican |
March 4, 1917 - March 3, 1923 |
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| Frank Reid |
Republican |
March 4, 1923 - January 3, 1935 |
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| Chauncey Reed |
Republican |
January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1949 |
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Redistricted to the 14th district |
| Chester Chesney |
Democratic |
January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1951 |
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| Timothy P. Sheehan |
Republican |
January 3, 1951 - January 3, 1959 |
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| Roman Pucinski |
Democratic |
January 3, 1959 - January 3, 1973 |
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| Frank Annunzio |
Democratic |
January 3, 1973 - January 3, 1993 |
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Redistricted from the 7th district |
| George E. Sangmeister |
Democratic |
January 3, 1993 - January 3, 1995 |
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Redistricted from the 4th district |
| Jerry Weller |
Republican |
January 3, 1995 - January 3, 2009 |
Joliet |
Declined to run for re-election |
| Debbie Halvorson |
Democratic |
January 3, 2009 - January 3, 2011 |
Crete |
Defeated |
| Adam Kinzinger |
Republican |
January 3, 2011 - |
Joliet |
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[edit] Historical maps of boundaries
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Map of the 11th Congressional district from 1903 until 1949. It included Kane, DuPage, McHenry and Will counties.
[edit] References
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