Illinois's 4th Congressional District

Illinois's 4th Congressional District elects one member to the U.S. House of Representatives. Below is the district's current representative, the members of Congress who held this seat before, and Illinois's two U.S. Senators.

Current Representative

Jesús García (Democrat) currently represents Illinois's 4th Congressional District. See Jesús García's full voting record and key issue positions →

District History — Past Representatives

Members of Congress who previously represented Illinois's 4th Congressional District:

• Luis Gutiérrez — Democrat (until 2019)
• Jack Davis — Republican (until 1989)
• George O’Brien — Republican (until 1987)
• Edward Derwinski — Republican (until 1983)
• William McVey — Republican (until 1959)
• James Buckley — Democrat (until 1951)
• Harry Beam — Democrat (until 1943)
• Thomas Doyle — Democrat (until 1931)
• John Rainey — Democrat (until 1925)
• Charles Martin — Democrat (until 1919)

Illinois U.S. Senators

• Tammy Duckworth — Democrat Senator
• Richard Durbin — Democrat Senator
• Mark Kirk — Republican Senator
• Roland Burris — Democrat Senator
• Barack Obama — Democrat Senator
• Peter Fitzgerald — Republican Senator
• Carol Moseley Braun — Democrat Senator
• Paul Simon — Democrat Senator
• Alan Dixon — Democrat Senator
• Charles Percy — Republican Senator
• Adlai Stevenson — Democrat Senator
• Ralph Smith — Republican Senator
• Everett Dirksen — Republican Senator
• Paul Douglas — Democrat Senator
• Scott Lucas — Democrat Senator
• Charles Brooks — Republican Senator
• James Slattery — Democrat Senator
• James Lewis — Democrat Senator
• William Dieterich — Democrat Senator
• Otis Glenn — Republican Senator
• Charles Deneen — Republican Senator
• William McKinley — Republican Senator
• Joseph McCormick — Republican Senator
• Lawrence Sherman — Republican Senator
• Shelby Cullom — Republican Senator
• William Lorimer — Republican Senator
• Albert Hopkins — Republican Senator
• John Palmer — Democrat Senator
• Charles Farwell — Republican Senator
• John Logan — Republican Senator
• David Davis — Independent Senator
• Richard Oglesby — Republican Senator
• Lyman Trumbull — Republican Senator
• Richard Yates — Republican Senator
• William Richardson — Democrat Senator
• Orville Browning — Republican Senator
• Stephen Douglas — Democrat Senator
• Sidney Breese — Democrat Senator
• James Semple — Democrat Senator
• Samuel McRoberts — Democrat Senator
• Richard Young — Democrat Senator
• John Robinson — Democrat Senator
• William Ewing — Jackson Senator
• Elias Kane — Jackson Senator
• David Baker — Jackson Senator
• John McLean — Jackson Senator
• Jesse Thomas — Adams Senator
• Ninian Edwards — Republican Senator

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