List of United States Senators from Illinois
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Illinois was admitted to the Union on December 3, 1818.
Class 2
| Senator | Party | From | To |
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| Jesse B. Thomas | Democrat, National Republican | 1818 | 1829 |
| John McLean | Democrat | 1829 | 1830 |
| David J. Baker | Democrat | 1830 | |
| John M. Robinson | Democrat | 1830 | 1841 |
| Samuel McRoberts | Democrat | 1841 | 1843 |
| James Semple | Democrat | 1843 | 1847 |
| Stephen A. Douglas | Democrat | 1847 | 1861 |
| Orville H. Browning | Republican | 1861 | 1863 |
| William A. Richardson | Democrat | 1863 | 1865 |
| Richard Yates | Republican | 1865 | 1871 |
| John A. Logan | Republican | 1871 | 1877 |
| David Davis | Independent, Democrat | 1877 | 1883 |
| Shelby M. Cullom | Republican | 1883 | 1913 |
| James H. Lewis | Democrat | 1913 | 1919 |
| Joseph M. McCormick | Republican | 1919 | 1925 |
| Charles S. Deneen | Republican | 1925 | 1931 |
| James H. Lewis | Democrat | 1931 | 1939 |
| James M. Slattery | Democrat | 1939 | 1940 |
| Charles W. Brooks | Republican | 1940 | 1949 |
| Paul Douglas | Democrat | 1949 | 1967 |
| Charles H. Percy | Republican | 1967 | 1985 |
| Paul Simon | Democrat | 1985 | 1997 |
| Richard Durbin | Democrat | 1997 |
Class 3
| Senator | Party | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ninian Edwards | Democrat, National Republican | 1818 | 1824 |
| John McLean | Democrat | 1824 | 1825 |
| Elias K. Kane | Democrat | 1825 | 1835 |
| William Lee D. Ewing | Democrat | 1835 | 1837 |
| Richard M. Young | Democrat | 1837 | 1843 |
| Sidney Breese | Democrat | 1843 | 1849 |
| James Shields | Democrat | 1849 | 1855 |
| Lyman Trumbull | Republican | 1855 | 1873 |
| Richard J. Oglesby | Republican | 1873 | 1879 |
| John A. Logan | Republican | 1879 | 1886 |
| Charles B. Farwell | Republican | 1887 | 1891 |
| John McAuley Paulmer | Democrat | 1891 | 1897 |
| William E. Mason | Republican | 1897 | 1903 |
| Albert J. Hopkins | Republican | 1903 | 1909 |
| William Lorimer | Republican | 1909 | 1912 |
| Lawrence Y. Sherman | Republican | 1913 | 1921 |
| William B. McKinley | Republican | 1921 | 1926 |
| Frank L. Smith | Republican | 1926 | 1928 |
| Otis F. Glenn | Republican | 1928 | 1933 |
| William H. Dieterich | Democrat | 1933 | 1939 |
| Scott W. Lucas | Democrat | 1939 | 1951 |
| Everett McKinley Dirksen | Republican | 1951 | 1969 |
| Ralph Tyler Smith | Republican | 1969 | 1970 |
| Adlai Stevenson III | Democrat | 1970 | 1981 |
| Alan J. Dixon | Democrat | 1981 | 1993 |
| Carol Moseley Braun | Democrat | 1993 | 1999 |
| Peter G. Fitzgerald | Republican | 1999 | 2005 |
| Barack Obama | Democrat | 2005 |