Illinois's 7th congressional district
Illinois's 7th congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Area | 69.3 sq mi (179 km2) | ||
Distribution |
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Population (2022) | 758,917 | ||
Median household income | $76,365[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+36[2] |
The 7th congressional district of Illinois covers parts of
Due to reapportionment every ten years, the 7th district like other districts has relocated in Illinois throughout its history. In the mid-1800s, Abraham Lincoln represented the 7th district before being elected president, although his home now lies within Illinois's 13th congressional district and most of his district's former territory is now located in the 15th district.[citation needed]
In 1846, the 7th district was the only one in Illinois (among seven at the time) with a comfortably safe majority for the Whig Party.[3]
Presidential election results
- This table indicates how the district has voted in U.S. presidential elections; election results reflect voting in the district as it was configured at the time of the election, not as it is configured today.
Year | Office | Results |
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2000 | President | Al Gore 81% - George W. Bush 16% |
2004 | President | John Kerry 83% - George W. Bush 17% |
2008 | President | Barack Obama 89% - John McCain 9% |
2012 | President | Barack Obama 87% - Mitt Romney 11% |
2016 | President | Hillary Clinton 87% - Donald Trump 9% |
2020 | President | Joe Biden 86% - Donald Trump 12% |
Recent election results from statewide races
- This table indicates how the district has voted in recent statewide elections; election results reflect voting in the district as it is currently configured, not necessarily as it was at the time of these elections.
Year | Office | Results |
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2016 | President | Hillary Clinton 85.8% – Donald Trump 9.8% |
Senate | Tammy Duckworth 81.4% – Mark Kirk 14.7% | |
2018 | Governor | J. B. Pritzker 82.7% – Bruce Rauner 14.2% |
Attorney General
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Kwame Raoul 82.8% – Erika Harold 15.3% | |
Secretary of State
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Jesse White 89.1% – Jason Helland 8.6% | |
2020 | President | Joe Biden 85.6% – Donald Trump 12.8% |
Senate | Dick Durbin 74.7% – Mark Curran 12.2% | |
2022 | Senate | Kathy Salvi 12.6%
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Governor | J. B. Pritzker 85.2% – Darren Bailey 12.7% | |
Attorney General | Kwame Raoul 84.4% – Tom DeVore 13.7% | |
Secretary of State | Alexi Giannoulias 84.5% – Dan Brady 13.5% |
Composition
# | County | Seat | Population |
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31 | Cook | Chicago
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5,173,146 |
As of the 2020 redistricting, this district will still be primarily based in
The 7th district takes in the
.Outside the Chicago city limits, the 7th district takes in the Cook County communities of Oak Park, Westchester, Broadview, Bellwood, Maywood, and Forest Park; most of Hillside; and part of La Grange Park.
Election results
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Danny K. Davis (incumbent)
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242,439 | 84.6 | |
Republican | Rita Zak | 31,466 | 11.0 | |
Independent
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John Monaghan | 12,523 | 4.4 | |
Independent
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Phil Collins (write-in) | 5 | 0.0 | |
Independent
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Dennis Richter (write-in) | 2 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 286,435 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Danny K. Davis (incumbent)
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155,110 | 85.1 | |
Republican | Robert Bumpers | 27,168 | 14.9 | |
Total votes | 182,278 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Danny K. Davis (incumbent)
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250,584 | 84.2 | |
Republican | Jeffrey Leef | 46,882 | 15.8 | |
Total votes | 297,466 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Danny K. Davis (incumbent)
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215,746 | 87.6 | |
Republican | Craig Cameron | 30,497 | 12.4 | |
Total votes | 246,243 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Danny K. Davis (incumbent )
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249,383 | 80.41 | -7.21% | |
Republican | Craig Cameron | 41,390 | 13.35 | +0.97% | |
Independent
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Tracy Jennings | 19,355 | 6.24 | N/A | |
Total votes | 310,128 | 100.0 | |||
Democratic hold |
2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Danny K. Davis (incumbent)
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167,650 | 99.94 | |
Write-in | 96 | 0.06 | ||
Total votes | 167,746 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
List of members representing the district
Member | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | District location |
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District created March 4, 1843 | |||||
John J. Hardin (Jacksonville) |
Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
28th | Elected in 1842. ]
[data missing | |
Edward D. Baker (Springfield) |
Whig | March 4, 1845 – January 15, 1847 |
29th | Elected in 1844 .Resigned early to join the Illinois Volunteer Infantry. | |
Vacant | January 15, 1847 – February 5, 1847 |
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John Henry (Springfield) |
Whig | February 5, 1847 – March 3, 1847 |
Elected to finish Baker's term .Was not a candidate for the next term. | ||
Abraham Lincoln (Springfield) |
Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
30th | Elected in 1846 .Retired, having pledged to serve only one term. | |
Thomas L. Harris (Petersburg) |
Democratic | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
31st | Elected in 1848. ]
[data missing | |
Richard Yates )
(Jacksonville |
Whig | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
32nd | Elected in 1850. .
Redistricted to the 6th district | |
James C. Allen (Palestine) |
Democratic | March 4, 1853 – July 18, 1856 |
33rd 34th |
Re-elected in 1854 .Disqualified. | |
Vacant | July 18, 1856 – November 4, 1856 |
34th | |||
James C. Allen (Palestine) |
Democratic | November 4, 1856 – March 3, 1857 |
Re-elected to finish his own term. ]
[data missing | ||
Aaron Shaw (Lawrenceville) |
Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 |
35th | Elected in 1856. ]
[data missing | |
James C. Robinson (Marshall) |
Democratic | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863 |
36th 37th |
Re-elected in 1860. .
Redistricted to the 11th district | |
John R. Eden (Sullivan) |
Democratic | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 |
38th | Elected in 1862. ]
[data missing | |
Henry P. H. Bromwell (Charleston) |
Republican | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869 |
39th 40th |
Re-elected in 1866. ]
[data missing | |
Jesse H. Moore )
(Decatur |
Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873 |
41st 42nd |
Re-elected in 1870. ]
[data missing | |
Franklin Corwin (Peru) |
Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
43rd | Elected in 1872. ]
[data missing | |
La Salle )
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Independent
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March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
44th | Elected in 1874. ]
[data missing | |
Philip C. Hayes (Morris) |
Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881 |
45th 46th |
Re-elected in 1878. ]
[data missing | |
William Cullen (Ottawa) |
Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 |
47th | Elected in 1880. .
Redistricted to the 8th district | |
Thomas J. Henderson (Princeton) |
Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1895 |
48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd |
Redistricted from the Re-elected in 1892. ]
[data missing | |
Chicago )
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Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903 |
54th 55th 56th 57th |
Re-elected in 1900. .
Redistricted to the 10th district | |
Chicago )
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Republican | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1909 |
58th 59th 60th |
Re-elected in 1906. ]
[data missing | |
Chicago )
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Republican | March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911 |
61st | Elected in 1908. ]
[data missing | |
Chicago )
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Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917 |
62nd 63rd 64th |
Re-elected in 1914 .Lost re-election. | |
Chicago )
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Republican | March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1921 |
65th 66th |
Re-elected in 1918 .Lost renomination. | |
Chicago )
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Republican | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1931 |
67th 68th 69th 70th 71st |
Re-elected in 1928 .Lost renomination. | |
Chicago )
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Democratic | March 4, 1931 – February 13, 1944 |
72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th |
Re-elected in 1942 .Died. | |
Vacant | February 13, 1944 – January 3, 1945 |
78th | |||
Chicago )
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Democratic | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
79th | Elected in 1944 .Lost re-election. | |
Chicago )
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Republican | January 3, 1947 – June 7, 1948 |
80th | Elected in 1946 .Died. | |
Vacant | June 7, 1948 – January 3, 1949 |
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Chicago )
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Democratic | January 3, 1949 – November 6, 1952 |
81st 82nd |
Redistricted from the Re-elected in 1952 .Died. | |
Vacant | November 6, 1952 – July 7, 1953 |
82nd 83rd |
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Chicago )
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Democratic | July 7, 1953 – July 18, 1957 |
83rd 84th 85th |
Re-elected in 1956 .Died. | |
Vacant | July 18, 1957 – December 31, 1957 |
85th | |||
Chicago )
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Democratic | December 31, 1957 – January 3, 1965 |
85th 86th 87th 88th |
Re-elected in 1962. ]
[data missing | |
Chicago )
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Democratic | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1973 |
89th 90th 91st 92nd |
Re-elected in 1970. .
Redistricted to the 11th district | |
Vacant | January 3, 1973 – June 5, 1973 |
93rd | re-elected in 1972 , but died on December 8, 1972.
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Chicago )
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Democratic | June 5, 1973 – January 3, 1997 |
93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th |
Re-elected in 1994 .Retired. | |
Danny K. Davis )
(Chicago |
Democratic | January 3, 1997 – present |
105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th |
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2003–2013 | |||||
2013–2023 | |||||
2023–present |
See also
References
- ^ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- ^ a b "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ^ White, Jesse, 24. Seventh Congressional District Election Returns (1846), Office of Illinois Secretary of State, retrieved January 16, 2023
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Illinois General Election 2014". Illinois State Board of Elections. November 4, 2014. Archived from the original on March 6, 2018. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
- ^ "2018 General Election Official Vote Totals Book".
- ^ "Illinois 2020 Election Results". Chicago Sun-Times. November 20, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
- 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