Illinois's 9th congressional district

Illinois's 9th congressional district
The 9th congressional district of Illinois since 2003
Current Representative		Jan Schakowsky (D–Evanston)
Distribution	100.00% urban, 0.00% rural
Population (2000)	653,647
Median income	$46,531
Ethnicity	68.5% White, 10.9% Black, 12.4% Asian, 11.5% Hispanic, 0.3% Native American, 4.6% other
Cook PVI	D+20

The 9th Congressional District of Illinois consists of all of Evanston, Skokie, Niles, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Park Ridge and Norridge. It is also made up of parts of Wilmette, Northfield, Glenview, Golf, Rosemont and Des Plaines, as well as much of the North Side of City of Chicago. Democrat Jan Schakowsky has represented the district since January 1999.

2011 redistricting

The district covers parts of Cook county, as of the 2011 redistricting which followed the 2010 census. All or parts of Des Plaines, Evanston, Glenview, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Mount Prospect, Niles, Park Ridge, Prospect Heights, Wilmette and Winnetka are included. 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.

Elections

2012 election

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2012

Voting

The district has a Cook Partisan Voting Index score of D +20.

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2008	President	Obama 72 - 26%
2004	President	Kerry 68 - 31%
2000	President	Gore 66 - 30%

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Notes
District created March 4, 1853
Willis Allen	Democratic	March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855		Redistricted from the 2nd district
Samuel S. Marshall	Democratic	March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1859
John A. Logan	Democratic	March 4, 1859 - April 2, 1862		Resigned to accept commission as a brigadier general in the Union Army
Vacant		April 2, 1862 - June 2, 1862
William J. Allen	Democratic	June 2, 1862 - March 3, 1863		Redistricted to the 13th district
Lewis W. Ross	Democratic	March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1869
Thompson W. McNeely	Democratic	March 4, 1869 - March 3, 1873
Granville Barrere	Republican	March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875
Richard H. Whiting	Republican	March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1877
Thomas A. Boyd	Republican	March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1881
John H. Lewis	Republican	March 4, 1881 - March 3, 1883
Lewis E. Payson	Republican	March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1891		Redistricted from the 8th district
Herman W. Snow	Democratic	March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1893
Hamilton K. Wheeler	Republican	March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1895
Robert R. Hitt	Republican	March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1903		Redistricted from the 6th district, Redistricted to the 13th district
Henry S. Boutell	Republican	March 4, 1903 - March 3, 1911		Redistricted from the 6th district
Lynden Evans	Democratic	March 4, 1911 - March 3, 1913
Frederick A. Britten	Republican	March 4, 1913 - January 3, 1935
James McAndrews	Democratic	January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1941
Charles S. Dewey	Republican	January 3, 1941 - January 3, 1945
Alexander J. Resa	Democratic	January 3, 1945 - January 3, 1947
Robert Twyman	Republican	January 3, 1947 - January 3, 1949
Sidney R. Yates	Democratic	January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1963
Edward R. Finnegan	Democratic	January 3, 1963 - December 6, 1964		Redistricted from the 12th district, resigned after being appointed Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, IL
Vacant		December 6, 1964 - January 3, 1965
Sidney R. Yates	Democratic	January 3, 1965 - January 3, 1999
Jan Schakowsky	Democratic	January 3, 1999 - Present		Incumbent

In popular culture

In Jeffrey Archer's The Prodigal Daughter, Florentyna Kane is elected to the House from this district and reelected until she resigns to run (unsuccessfully) for the Senate.

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

• Washington Post page on the 9th District of Illinois
• U.S. Census Bureau - 9th District Fact Sheet