U.S. House district
Illinois's 16th congressional district Illinois's 16th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative Area 7,918 sq mi (20,510 km2 ) Distribution Population (2019) 694,262 Median household income $62,868[1] Ethnicity Cook PVI R+8[2] [3]
The 16th congressional district of Illinois is represented by Republican Adam Kinzinger .
2011 redistricting [ edit ]
The congressional district covers parts of DeKalb , Ford , Stark , Will and Winnebago counties, and all of Boone , Bureau , Grundy , Iroquois , LaSalle , Lee , Livingston , Ogle and Putnam counties, as of the 2011 redistricting which followed the 2010 census . All or parts of Belvidere , Channahon , DeKalb , Dixon , Loves Park , Machesney Park , Ottawa , Morris , Pontiac , Rockford and Streator are included.[4] The representatives for these districts were elected in the 2012 primary and general elections, and the boundaries became effective on January 5, 2013.
History [ edit ]
Prominent past representatives from the 16th district have included Everett Dirksen , who went on to become the Republican leader in the United States Senate ; John B. Anderson , who became the 3rd highest ranking Republican in the House and went on to run as a major independent candidate in the 1980 Presidential election ; and Lynn Martin , who later served as United States Secretary of Labor .
For more than six decades, the shape of the 16th district fluctuated far less than that of any other Illinois congressional district. In this time, it generally included the northwest corner of the state, extending just far enough to the east to contain its largest city, Rockford .[5] By the 1990s, it alos extended eastward to include part of McHenry County , an outer suburb of Chicago. This geographic stability also contributed to electoral stability. It first became a Rockford-based district for the 1948 election, and from then until 2012 it was represented by just five people, all but one of whom was a Republican. The sole Democrat to have held it in that period, John W. Cox, Jr. , only did so for one term.
However, with the new map drawn for 2012, the familiar shape of the 16th was rendered unrecognizable. It was pushed well to the east to include the southwestern exurbs of the Chicago metropolitan area, and stretches from the Wisconsin border to the Indiana border. While it still included most of Rockford's suburbs, half of Rockford itself—essentially the more Democratic portion of the city—was shifted to the 17th district.
Elections [ edit ]
Recent election results in statewide races [ edit ]
List of members representing the district [ edit ]
Member
Party
Years
Cong ress
Electoral history
District created March 4, 1873
James S. Martin
Republican
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
43rd
[data unknown/missing ]
William A. J. Sparks
Democratic
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883
44th 45th 46th 47th
[data unknown/missing ]
Aaron Shaw
Democratic
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885
48th
[data unknown/missing ]
Silas Z. Landes
Democratic
March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889
49th 50th
[data unknown/missing ]
George W. Fithian
Democratic
March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895
51st 52nd 53rd
[data unknown/missing ]
Finis E. Downing
Democratic
March 4, 1895 – June 5, 1896
54th
Lost contested election
John I. Rinaker
Republican
June 5, 1896 – March 3, 1897
54th
Won contested election
William H. Hinrichsen
Democratic
March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899
55th
[data unknown/missing ]
William E. Williams
Democratic
March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901
56th
[data unknown/missing ]
Thomas J. Selby
Democratic
March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903
57th
[data unknown/missing ]
Joseph V. Graff
Republican
March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911
58th 59th 60th 61st
Redistricted from the 14th district .[data unknown/missing ]
Claude U. Stone
Democratic
March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917
62nd 63rd 64th
[data unknown/missing ]
Clifford C. Ireland
Republican
March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1923
65th 66th 67th
[data unknown/missing ]
William E. Hull
Republican
March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933
68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd
[data unknown/missing ]
Everett Dirksen
Republican
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1949
73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th
[data unknown/missing ]
Leo E. Allen
Republican
January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1961
81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th
Redistricted from the 13th district .[data unknown/missing ]
John B. Anderson
Republican
January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1981
87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th
[data unknown/missing ]
Lynn Morley Martin
Republican
January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1991
97th 98th 99th 100th 101st
[data unknown/missing ]
John W. Cox Jr.
Democratic
January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993
102nd
[data unknown/missing ]
Don Manzullo
Republican
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013
103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th
[data unknown/missing ] Lost renomination.
Adam Kinzinger
Republican
January 3, 2013 – Present
113th 114th 115th 116th 117th
Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 2012 .Re-elected in 2014 .Re-elected in 2016 .Re-elected in 2018 .Re-elected in 2020 .
Historical district boundaries [ edit ]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=17&cd=16
^ "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. 591–593. ISBN 978-0-226-10544-4 . Copyright National Journal .
^ Illinois Congressional District 16 , Illinois Board of Elections
^ Sweeny, Chuck. "Manzullo gears up for primary with new map" . Illinois Conservatives (Source: Rockford Register Star ) . Retrieved 2014-09-17 . [dead link ]
^ "2012 General Election Official Vote Totals" (PDF) . Illinois State Board of Elections. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 19, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2012 .
^ "Illinois General Election 2014" .
^ "Illinois General Election 2016" .
^ "2018 General Election Official Vote Totals Book" .
^ "Election Results 2020 GENERAL ELECTION" . Illinois State Board of Elections . 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2020-12-04 .
^ "Illinois 2020 Election Results" . Chicago Sun-Times . November 20, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020 .
External links [ edit ]
Coordinates : 41°23′29″N 88°47′58″W / 41.3914°N 88.7994°W / 41.3914; -88.7994