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Dirksen</a> Delegates (may be incomplete!) <ul> <li>At-Large: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/archibald-armstead.html#705.93.69">Leslie C. Arends</a>, Melvin - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/diperna-dix.html#125.36.02">Everett M. Dirksen</a>, Pekin - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferriss-fieger.html#617.52.20">William H. Fetridge</a>, Chicago - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kubale-kuhlman.html#616.47.34">Edmund J. Kucharski</a>, Chicago - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ogg-ohanlon.html#376.31.05">Richard B. Ogilvie</a>, Northfield - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/payson-pealy.html#822.94.20">Audrey R. Peak</a>, Winchester - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pennoyer-perk.html#302.04.86">Charles H. Percy</a>, Wilmette - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith7.html#010.61.74">Ralph T. Smith</a>, Alton - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith9.html#920.53.38">Victor L. Smith</a>, Robinson - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stuart.html#516.24.41">Robert D. Stuart, Jr.</a>, Lake Forest <li>1st District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#060.94.05">Genoa S. Washington</a>, Chicago - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#967.27.10">Valores J. Washington</a>, Chicago <li>2nd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/downs-doxey.html#226.25.13">Thomas J. Downs</a>, Chicago - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirksey-kittleman.html#652.21.85">Earl F. Kistner</a>, Blue Island <li>3rd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meyering-michalski.html#943.17.45">Ernest E. Michaels</a>, Chicago - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#111.93.77">Paul J. Vander Ploeg</a>, Chicago <li>4th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#352.35.79">William B. Kane</a>, Harvey - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robertson.html#528.93.60">Hayes Robertson</a>, Flossmoor <li>5th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kubale-kuhlman.html#623.50.06">Felix F. Kucharski</a>, Chicago - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walworth-warburton.html#758.14.55">John L. Waner</a>, Chicago <li>6th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kovach-krapohl.html#521.92.35">Joseph S. Kral</a>, Cicero - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore3.html#786.36.89">Edward F. Moore</a>, Chicago <li>7th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grainger-gransback.html#532.16.65">Peter C. Granata</a>, Chicago - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murray8.html#714.28.29">Sinon A. Murray</a>, Chicago <li>8th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flanagin-fleishman.html#599.77.21">Charles J. Fleck</a>, Chicago - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller7.html#010.66.39">Peter J. Miller</a>, Chicago <li>9th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ross.html#438.38.15">Paul C. Ross</a>, Chicago - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/speranza-sprafka.html#387.19.70">Jack I. Sperling</a>, Chicago <li>10th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fryall-fullam.html#596.90.13">Floyd T. Fulle</a>, Des Plaines - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/quackenbush-quigg.html#641.90.44">Marshall A. Quandt</a>, Forest Park <li>11th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sheehan.html#336.43.02">Timothy P. Sheehan</a>, Chicago - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/widdis-wiggin.html#533.14.69">Carl V. Wiegand</a>, Chicago <li>12th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#438.07.38">Irl H. Marshall</a>, Highland Park - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/naar-nary.html#387.41.55">Bernard V. Narusis</a>, Cary <li>13th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/good.html#243.56.09">James W. Good, Jr.</a>, Winnetka - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansen.html#242.79.35">Carl R. Hansen</a>, Mt. Prospect <li>14th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dean.html#964.86.77">Samuel E. Dean</a>, Oak Brook - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faull-faxon.html#723.66.37">Harris W. Fawell</a>, Naperville <li>15th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carlsmith-carlson.html#310.54.99">Cliffard D. Carlson</a>, Geneva - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thornton.html#804.11.19">Edmond B. Thornton</a>, Ottawa <li>16th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#802.21.24">Paul F. Behan</a>, Oregon - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/palmer-parillo.html#539.83.82">Carl E. Pape</a>, Belvidere <li>17th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harris9.html#231.26.27">William C. Harris</a>, Pontiac - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jorden-joy.html#543.44.91">Roger Joslin</a>, Bloomington <li>18th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kochendorfer-kolski.html#879.38.52">Willard M. Koeppel</a>, Peoria - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/micheau-middleswarth.html#908.22.83">Robert H. Michel</a>, Peoria <li>19th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bragaw-brancato.html#569.67.84">Dale H. Bragg</a>, Knoxville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kilguss-kim.html#899.47.87">Ralph A. Killey</a>, Monmouth <li>20th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/page.html#862.76.43">Ray Page</a>, Springfield - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rowe.html#515.93.12">Harris Rowe</a>, Jacksonville <li>21st District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dunn.html#899.50.23">Ralph A. Dunn</a>, Du Quoin - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/guess-gunderman.html#678.74.89">James G. Gullett</a>, Elizabethtown <li>22nd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor4.html#146.81.64">Harry G. Taylor</a>, Decatur - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vandyne-vanmeter.html#687.44.61">Lyle C. Van Horn</a>, Cerro Gordo <li>23rd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schlacter-schmies.html#938.54.71">Phyllis Schlafly</a>, Alton - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whaley-wham.html#626.24.91">James B. Wham</a>, Centralia <li>24th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker7.html#179.09.97">Ralph D. Walker</a>, Belleville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/west-westbrook.html#225.53.63">Wilson H. West</a>, Belleville </ul> Alternates (may be incomplete!) <ul> <li>At-Large: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dwyer.html#314.21.78">Robert A. Dwyer</a>, Winnetka - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/erickson.html#914.74.41">William N. Erickson</a>, Evanston - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson4.html#742.70.82">Herbert A. Jackson</a>, East St. Louis - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kempa-kenan.html#653.56.09">James S. Kemper, Jr.</a>, Winnetka - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy-kensey.html#612.94.25">Virginia Kenney</a>, Barrington - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccormick.html#610.63.60">Hope McCormick</a>, Warrenville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#252.85.50">Maxine Polhill</a>, Milledgeville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott9.html#901.98.18">William J. Scott</a>, Evanston - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stone.html#404.24.32">W. Clement Stone</a>, Evanston - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woods.html#343.46.09">Joseph Woods</a>, Oak Park <li>1st District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stewart4.html#461.08.99">Herman Stewart</a>, Chicago - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tagawa-talbird.html#647.77.61">Hamilton B. Talbert, Jr.</a>, Chicago <li>2nd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/derrick-destrehan.html#851.50.80">Thomas J. Derwinski</a>, Chicago - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/price.html#841.21.60">Jayne E. Price</a>, Chicago <li>3rd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kabzinski-kanczuzewski.html#057.64.53">Lucille A. Kahoun</a>, Chicago - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#220.90.93">John J. Lanigan</a>, Chicago <li>4th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grovenor-guert.html#994.53.94">Charles J. Grupp, Jr.</a>, Chicago Heights - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore2.html#621.78.45">Don A. Moore</a>, Midlothian <li>5th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/costello.html#908.90.42">Joan D. Costello</a>, Chicago - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gore.html#023.15.15">Michael Gordus</a>, Chicago <li>6th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodroads-gorbey.html#936.78.81">James E. Goodwin</a>, Chicago - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#522.51.86">Harry H. Magers, Jr.</a>, Berwyn <li>7th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carr.html#153.93.98">N. James Carr</a>, Chicago - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fort-fossum.html#734.31.70">Anthony Fosco</a>, Chicago <li>8th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gambrell-garcelon.html#902.02.25">Harold B. Gangler</a>, Chicago - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/karol-kauffman.html#908.66.33">Louis J. Kasper</a>, Chicago <li>9th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stern.html#486.44.91">Harry L. Stern</a>, Chicago - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wagner.html#199.85.89">Betty Joy Wagner</a>, Chicago <li>10th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gersch-gibbon.html#409.51.39">Peter Giammanco, Jr.</a>, Riverside - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#880.58.20">Gerald C. Mattran</a>, Oak Park <li>11th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sloane-slusarev.html#148.84.97">Matthew W. Slowik</a>, Chicago - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/zaagman-zazachilds.html#313.02.83">Mitchell G. Zadrozny</a>, Chicago <li>12th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rugh-rusch.html#076.35.89">Mary W. Runnells</a>, Lake Forest - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilkinson-will.html#821.41.73">Robert P. Will, Jr.</a>, Winthrop Harbor <li>13th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jex-johansen.html#872.29.95">Glena D. Jicha</a>, Palatine - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nill-nix.html#069.74.02">John J. Nimrod</a>, Skokie <li>14th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#952.58.04">Walter Bard Carroll</a>, Westmont - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faye-fehr.html#639.09.23">Thomas Feehan</a>, Joliet <li>15th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alexander.html#171.59.80">John Alexander, Jr.</a>, Batavia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/greenaway-greenhut.html#699.35.31">Robert F. Greenaway</a>, DeKalb <li>16th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gayle-geerlings.html#948.96.80">Clayton R. Gaylord</a>, Rockford - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shaw.html#715.92.00">Robert E. Shaw</a>, Dixon <li>17th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/acampora-adamowski.html#144.39.78">Charles Acton</a>, Collison - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hamlet-hammitt.html#858.81.11">Charles S. Hamm</a>, Gibson City <li>18th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/black.html#305.61.65">Kenneth W. Black</a>, Washington - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson9.html#012.19.17">William Potter Johnson</a>, Princeton <li>19th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/daba-daigre.html#058.53.41">Virginia I. Dahlberg</a>, Moline - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/erickson.html#973.56.26">Waldo M. Erickson</a>, Media <li>20th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cole.html#362.49.08">Kenneth G. Cole</a>, Springfield - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/norrish-northway.html#239.36.99">R. Hap Northern</a>, Quincy <li>21st District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rockwood-rodeyn.html#530.18.16">Patt Rodd</a>, Carbondale - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stanley.html#539.38.46">David L. Stanley</a>, Carmi <li>22nd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jelinek-jenkin.html#912.58.19">Edward H. Jenison</a>, Paris - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell4.html#838.25.73">George T. Mitchell</a>, Marshall <li>23rd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buenemeyer-bufford.html#468.80.63">Bernard J. Buenemeyer</a>, Germantown - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshman-marthinsen.html#411.94.92">Douglas Marti</a>, Greenville <li>24th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cavarly-chaka.html#620.97.03">Lily P. Chaboude</a>, Granite City - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#967.87.45">Russell H. 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