Illinois's 7th congressional district
Illinois's 7th congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Area | 63 sq mi (160 km2) | ||
Distribution |
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Population (2018 est.) | 707,513 | ||
Median household income | $56,166[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+38[2][3] |
The 7th congressional district of Illinois covers parts of Cook County, as of the 2011 redistricting that followed the 2010 census. All or parts of Bellwood, Chicago, Forest Park, Oak Park, Maywood, and Westchester are included. Democrat Danny K. Davis has represented the district since January 1997. By Cook PVI, it is the most Democratic district in the Midwest and the fifth-most Democratic nationwide.
Abraham Lincoln represented the 7th district before being elected president, although the area he represented now lies within Illinois's 18th congressional district.
Elections
2012 election
Recent results in statewide elections
The district currently has a Cook Partisan Voting Index score of D +38. It previously had a CPVI of D +36.[3]
Year | Office | Results |
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2000 | President | Gore 81 - 16% |
2004 | President | Kerry 83 - 17% |
2008 | President | Obama 89.4 - 9.9%[3] |
2012 | President | Obama 87.2 - 11.8%[3] |
2016 | President | Clinton 87.4 - 9.2%[3] |
List of members representing the district
Member | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history |
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District created | March 4, 1843 | |||
John J. Hardin |
Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
28th | [data missing] |
Edward D. Baker |
Whig | March 4, 1845 – January 15, 1847 |
29th | [data missing] Resigned when commissioned colonel of the 4th Regiment of the Illinois Volunteer Infantry |
Vacant | January 15, 1847 – February 5, 1847 | |||
John Henry | Whig | February 5, 1847 – March 3, 1847 |
Elected to finish Baker's term. [data missing] | |
Abraham Lincoln |
Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
30th | [data missing] |
Thomas L. Harris |
Democratic | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
31st | [data missing] |
Richard Yates |
Whig | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
32nd | Redistricted to the 6th district. |
James C. Allen |
Democratic | March 4, 1853 – July 18, 1856 |
33rd 34th |
Elected in 1852. Re-elected in 1854. Disqualified. |
Vacant | July 18, 1856 – November 4, 1856 |
34th | ||
James C. Allen |
Democratic | November 4, 1856 – March 3, 1857 |
Re-elected to finish his own term. [data missing] | |
Aaron Shaw |
Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 |
35th | [data missing] |
James C. Robinson |
Democratic | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863 |
36th 37th |
Redistricted to the 11th district. |
John R. Eden |
Democratic | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 |
38th | [data missing] |
Henry P. H. Bromwell |
Republican | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869 |
39th 40th |
[data missing] |
Jesse H. Moore |
Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873 |
41st 42nd |
[data missing] |
Franklin Corwin | Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
43rd | [data missing] |
Alexander Campbell |
Independent | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
44th | [data missing] |
Philip C. Hayes | Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881 |
45th 46th |
[data missing] |
William Cullen |
Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 |
47th | Redistricted to the 8th district. |
Thomas J. Henderson |
Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1895 |
48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd |
Redistricted from the 6th district. [data missing] |
George E. Foss |
Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903 |
54th 55th 56th 57th |
Redistricted to the 10th district. |
Philip Knopf | Republican | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1909 |
58th 59th 60th |
[data missing] |
Frederick Lundin | Republican | March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911 |
61st | [data missing] |
Frank Buchanan |
Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917 |
62nd 63rd 64th |
[data missing] |
Niels Juul |
Republican | March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1921 |
65th 66th |
[data missing] |
M. Alfred Michaelson |
Republican | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1931 |
67th 68th 69th 70th 71st |
[data missing] |
Leonard W. Schuetz | Democratic | March 4, 1931 – February 13, 1944 |
72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th |
[data missing] Died. |
Vacant | February 13, 1944 – January 3, 1945 |
78th | ||
William W. Link |
Democratic | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
79th | [data missing] |
Thomas L. Owens | Republican | January 3, 1947 – June 7, 1948 |
80th | [data missing] Died. |
Vacant | June 7, 1948 – January 3, 1949 | |||
Adolph J. Sabath |
Democratic | January 3, 1949 – November 6, 1952 |
81st 82nd |
Redistricted from the 5th district. Died. |
Vacant | November 6, 1952 – July 7, 1953 |
82nd 83rd | ||
James Bowler |
Democratic | July 7, 1953 – July 18, 1957 |
83rd 84th 85th |
Elected to finish Sabath's term. Died. |
Vacant | July 18, 1957 – December 31, 1957 |
85th | ||
Roland V. Libonati |
Democratic | December 31, 1957 – January 3, 1965 |
85th 86th 87th 88th |
Elected to finish Bowler's term. [data missing] |
Frank Annunzio |
Democratic | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1973 |
89th 90th 91st 92nd |
Redistricted to the 11th district. |
Vacant | January 3, 1973 – June 5, 1973 |
93rd | ||
Cardiss Collins |
Democratic | June 5, 1973 – January 3, 1997 |
93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th |
Elected to finish Collins's term. [data missing] |
Danny K. Davis |
Democratic | January 3, 1997 – present |
105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th |
Elected in 1996. |
See also
References
- ^ a b Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- ^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Barone, Michael; McCutcheon, Chuck (2013). The Almanac of American Politics 2014. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 569–570. ISBN 978-0-226-10544-4. Copyright National Journal.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
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