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Hopkins">Albert J. Hopkins</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Yates_Sherman" class="mw-redirect" title="Lawrence Yates Sherman">Lawrence Sherman</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1903 – June 17, 1909</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Sherman_Boutell" title="Henry Sherman Boutell">Henry Boutell</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Moxley" title="William Moxley">William Moxley</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><span data-sort-value="Illinois06 !"><a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 6th congressional district">6th district</a></span></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1901</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_E._McGann" title="Lawrence E. McGann">Lawrence E. McGann</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_J._Feely" title="John J. Feely">John J. Feely</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><span data-sort-value="Illinois02 !"><a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 2nd congressional district">2nd district</a></span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1861-04-27</span>)</span>April 27, 1861<br /><a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, UK</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">September 13, 1934<span style="display:none">(1934-09-13)</span> (aged 73)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Calvary_Cemetery_(Evanston,_Illinois)" title="Calvary Cemetery (Evanston, Illinois)">Calvary Cemetery</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William Lorimer</b> (April 27, 1861 – September 13, 1934) was an American <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> politician who represented Illinois in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>. In 1912, however, the Senate expelled Lorimer, holding that his election was invalid due to his use of corrupt methods and practices, including bribery of state legislators. Lorimer was known as the "Blond Boss" of Chicago. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Lorimer_(politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lorimer was born in <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>. His family immigrated to the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> in 1866, first settling in <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a> and then moving to <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> in 1870. Lorimer was self-educated. He had been apprenticed to a sign painter when he was ten. He worked in the Chicago <a href="/wiki/Meat_packing_industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Meat packing industry">meat-packing houses</a> and for a street railroad company. </p><p>In 1894, Lorimer was elected to the first of two non-consecutive tenures (1895-1901, 1903–1909) in the U.S. House of Representatives.<sup id="cite_ref-cd_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cd-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1909, he helped to engineer the blocking of the re-election of U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/Albert_J._Hopkins" title="Albert J. Hopkins">Albert J. Hopkins</a>, a Republican who had been Lorimer's ally but was now a political foe. With Hopkins's re-election bid finished, Lorimer seemed surprised when a coalition of 55 Illinois State House Republicans and 53 State House Democrats pushed his name to fill the now-vacant seat in the U.S. Senate. At the time, U.S. Senators were elected by state legislatures. Lorimer's name went before the State Senate, and, after a contentious campaign, he was elected to the U.S. Senate. He took his seat in March 1909. </p><p>In 1910, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Chicago_Tribune" class="mw-redirect" title="The Chicago Tribune">The Chicago Tribune</a></i> published an admission by <a href="/wiki/Charles_A._White" title="Charles A. White">Charles A. White</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> member of the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_House_of_Representatives" title="Illinois House of Representatives">Illinois House of Representatives</a>, that Lorimer had paid $1,000 for White's vote in the election.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 13, 1912, after two Senate investigations and acrimonious debate, the U.S. Senate adopted a resolution declaring "that corrupt methods and practices were employed in his election, and that the election, therefore, was invalid." Lorimer was expelled from office. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Grave_of_William_Lorimer_(1861%E2%80%931934)_at_Calvary_Cemetery,_Evanston.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Grave_of_William_Lorimer_%281861%E2%80%931934%29_at_Calvary_Cemetery%2C_Evanston.jpg/150px-Grave_of_William_Lorimer_%281861%E2%80%931934%29_at_Calvary_Cemetery%2C_Evanston.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Grave_of_William_Lorimer_%281861%E2%80%931934%29_at_Calvary_Cemetery%2C_Evanston.jpg/225px-Grave_of_William_Lorimer_%281861%E2%80%931934%29_at_Calvary_Cemetery%2C_Evanston.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Grave_of_William_Lorimer_%281861%E2%80%931934%29_at_Calvary_Cemetery%2C_Evanston.jpg/300px-Grave_of_William_Lorimer_%281861%E2%80%931934%29_at_Calvary_Cemetery%2C_Evanston.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3685" data-file-height="2552" /></a><figcaption>Lorimer's grave at Calvary Cemetery</figcaption></figure> <p>Many in Chicago believed that Lorimer's ouster was politically inspired and that he was wrongfully deprived of his seat. Such corruption nationwide led to the passage, in May 1912, of the Seventeenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, providing for direct election of U.S. Senators.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When he returned to Chicago, he was greeted by a parade and a throng at a meeting in Orchestra Hall. One of the speakers at the meeting was attorney Charles Lederer of Adler & Lederer (now known as <a href="/wiki/Arnstein_%26_Lehr,_LLP" class="mw-redirect" title="Arnstein & Lehr, LLP">Arnstein & Lehr, LLP</a>) and a former member of the Illinois General Assembly. He presented a resolution to the meeting reciting the wrong done to Mr. Lorimer, his fight for his seat and the faith of his friends in him.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lorimer served as president of La Salle Street Trust & Savings Bank from 1910 to 1915, and then entered the lumber business. He died in Chicago at age 73, and was buried at <a href="/wiki/Calvary_Cemetery_(Evanston,_Illinois)" title="Calvary Cemetery (Evanston, Illinois)">Calvary Cemetery</a> in Evanston.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Lorimer_(politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_federal_political_scandals_in_the_United_States" title="List of federal political scandals in the United States">List of federal political scandals in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_born_outside_the_United_States" title="List of United States senators born outside the United States">List of United States senators born outside the United States</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Lorimer_(politician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-cd-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-cd_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/SERIALSET-04562_00_00-001-0001-0000">"S. 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Percy">Percy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Simon_(politician)" title="Paul Simon (politician)">Simon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Durbin" title="Dick Durbin">Durbin</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="United States Senate"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/120px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/160px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1030" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Class 3</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ninian_Edwards" title="Ninian Edwards">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McLean_(Illinois_politician)" title="John McLean (Illinois politician)">McLean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elias_Kane" title="Elias Kane">Kane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Lee_D._Ewing" title="William Lee D. Ewing">Ewing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_M._Young" title="Richard M. Young">Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Breese" title="Sidney Breese">Breese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Shields_(politician,_born_1806)" title="James Shields (politician, born 1806)">Shields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyman_Trumbull" title="Lyman Trumbull">Trumbull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_J._Oglesby" title="Richard J. Oglesby">Oglesby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Logan" title="John A. Logan">Logan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_B._Farwell" title="Charles B. Farwell">Farwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_M._Palmer_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="John M. Palmer (politician)">Palmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_E._Mason_(American_politician)" title="William E. Mason (American politician)">Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_J._Hopkins" title="Albert J. Hopkins">Hopkins</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Lorimer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Y._Sherman" title="Lawrence Y. Sherman">Sherman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_B._McKinley" title="William B. McKinley">McKinley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otis_F._Glenn" title="Otis F. Glenn">Glenn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Dieterich" title="William H. Dieterich">Dieterich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_W._Lucas" title="Scott W. Lucas">Lucas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett_Dirksen" title="Everett Dirksen">Dirksen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Tyler_Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Ralph Tyler Smith">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adlai_Stevenson_III" title="Adlai Stevenson III">Stevenson III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_J._Dixon" title="Alan J. Dixon">Dixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Moseley_Braun" title="Carol Moseley Braun">Moseley Braun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Fitzgerald_(politician)" title="Peter Fitzgerald (politician)">Fitzgerald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Obama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roland_Burris" title="Roland Burris">Burris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Kirk" title="Mark Kirk">Kirk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tammy_Duckworth" title="Tammy Duckworth">Duckworth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Illinois&#039;s_delegation(s)_to_the_54th–56th_&amp;_58th–62nd_United_States_Congresses_(ordered_by_seniority)" style="display:table;;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:USCongRep-start" title="Template:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:USCongRep-start" title="Template talk:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:USCongRep-start" title="Special:EditPage/Template:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Illinois&#039;s_delegation(s)_to_the_54th–56th_&amp;_58th–62nd_United_States_Congresses_(ordered_by_seniority)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>'s delegation(s) to the 54th–56th & 58th–62nd <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congresses</a> <span class="nowrap">(ordered by seniority)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-width:0;"><div style="padding:0"> <table style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/54th_United_States_Congress" title="54th United States Congress">54th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Shelby_Moore_Cullom" class="mw-redirect" title="Shelby Moore Cullom">S. Cullom</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_M._Palmer_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="John M. Palmer (politician)">J. Palmer</a> (D)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Illinois" title="List of United States representatives from Illinois">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gurney_Cannon" title="Joseph Gurney Cannon">J. Cannon</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_R._Hitt" title="Robert R. Hitt">R. Hitt</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Albert_J._Hopkins" title="Albert J. Hopkins">A. Hopkins</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_F._Marsh" title="Benjamin F. Marsh">B. Marsh</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Smith_(congressman)" title="George Washington Smith (congressman)">G. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_E._McGann" title="Lawrence E. McGann"><i>L. McGann</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Frank_Aldrich" title="J. Frank Aldrich">J. Aldrich</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Burrell" title="Orlando Burrell">O. Burrell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_A._Connolly" title="James A. Connolly">J. Connolly</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_D._Cooke" title="Edward D. Cooke">E. Cooke</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Finis_E._Downing" title="Finis E. Downing"><i>F. Downing</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Edmund_Foss" class="mw-redirect" title="George Edmund Foss">G. Foss</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_V._Graff" title="Joseph V. Graff">J. Graff</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">W. Lorimer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Everett_J._Murphy" title="Everett J. Murphy">E. Murphy</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Walter_Reeves" title="Walter Reeves">W. Reeves</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Remann" title="Frederick Remann"><i>F. Remann</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vespasian_Warner" title="Vespasian Warner">V. Warner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_E._White_(politician)" title="George E. White (politician)">G. White</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Benson_Wood" title="Benson Wood">B. Wood</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Woodman" title="Charles W. Woodman">C. Woodman</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_F._L._Hadley" title="William F. L. Hadley"><i>W. Hadley</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_W._Prince" title="George W. Prince"><i>G. Prince</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Hugh_R._Belknap" title="Hugh R. Belknap"><i>H. Belknap</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_I._Rinaker" title="John I. Rinaker"><i>J. Rinaker</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/55th_United_States_Congress" title="55th United States Congress">55th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Shelby_Moore_Cullom" class="mw-redirect" title="Shelby Moore Cullom">S. Cullom</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_E._Mason_(American_politician)" title="William E. Mason (American politician)">W. Mason</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Illinois" title="List of United States representatives from Illinois">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gurney_Cannon" title="Joseph Gurney Cannon">J. Cannon</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_R._Hitt" title="Robert R. Hitt">R. Hitt</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Albert_J._Hopkins" title="Albert J. Hopkins">A. Hopkins</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_F._Marsh" title="Benjamin F. Marsh">B. Marsh</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Smith_(congressman)" title="George Washington Smith (congressman)">G. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jehu_Baker" title="Jehu Baker">J. Baker</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_A._Connolly" title="James A. Connolly">J. Connolly</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_D._Cooke" title="Edward D. Cooke">E. Cooke</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Edmund_Foss" class="mw-redirect" title="George Edmund Foss">G. Foss</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_V._Graff" title="Joseph V. Graff">J. Graff</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">W. Lorimer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Walter_Reeves" title="Walter Reeves">W. Reeves</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vespasian_Warner" title="Vespasian Warner">V. Warner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_E._White_(politician)" title="George E. White (politician)">G. White</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_W._Prince" title="George W. Prince">G. Prince</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Hugh_R._Belknap" title="Hugh R. Belknap">H. Belknap</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Andrew_J._Hunter" title="Andrew J. Hunter">A. Hunter</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_R._Campbell_(Illinois_politician)" title="James R. Campbell (Illinois politician)">J. Campbell</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_H._Hinrichsen" title="William H. Hinrichsen">W. Hinrichsen</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_M._Jett" title="Thomas M. Jett">T. Jett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Robert_Mann_(Illinois_politician)" title="James Robert Mann (Illinois politician)">J. Mann</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Daniel_W._Mills" title="Daniel W. Mills">D. Mills</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Sherman_Boutell" title="Henry Sherman Boutell">H. Boutell</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/56th_United_States_Congress" title="56th United States Congress">56th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Shelby_Moore_Cullom" class="mw-redirect" title="Shelby Moore Cullom">S. Cullom</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_E._Mason_(American_politician)" title="William E. Mason (American politician)">W. Mason</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Illinois" title="List of United States representatives from Illinois">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gurney_Cannon" title="Joseph Gurney Cannon">J. Cannon</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_R._Hitt" title="Robert R. Hitt">R. Hitt</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Albert_J._Hopkins" title="Albert J. Hopkins">A. Hopkins</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_F._Marsh" title="Benjamin F. Marsh">B. Marsh</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Smith_(congressman)" title="George Washington Smith (congressman)">G. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_R._Williams_(politician)" title="James R. Williams (politician)">J. Williams</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Edmund_Foss" class="mw-redirect" title="George Edmund Foss">G. Foss</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_V._Graff" title="Joseph V. Graff">J. Graff</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">W. Lorimer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Walter_Reeves" title="Walter Reeves">W. Reeves</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vespasian_Warner" title="Vespasian Warner">V. Warner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_W._Prince" title="George W. Prince">G. Prince</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_M._Jett" title="Thomas M. Jett">T. Jett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Robert_Mann_(Illinois_politician)" title="James Robert Mann (Illinois politician)">J. Mann</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Sherman_Boutell" title="Henry Sherman Boutell">H. Boutell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ben_F._Caldwell" title="Ben F. Caldwell">B. Caldwell</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_B._Crowley" title="Joseph B. Crowley">J. Crowley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cusack_(politician)" title="Thomas Cusack (politician)">T. Cusack</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Peter_Foster" title="George Peter Foster">G. Foster</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_Thomas_Noonan" title="Edward Thomas Noonan">E. Noonan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_A._Rodenberg" title="William A. Rodenberg">W. Rodenberg</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_E._Williams" title="William E. Williams">W. Williams</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/58th_United_States_Congress" title="58th United States Congress">58th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Shelby_Moore_Cullom" class="mw-redirect" title="Shelby Moore Cullom">S. Cullom</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Albert_J._Hopkins" title="Albert J. Hopkins">A. Hopkins</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Illinois" title="List of United States representatives from Illinois">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gurney_Cannon" title="Joseph Gurney Cannon">J. Cannon</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_R._Hitt" title="Robert R. Hitt">R. Hitt</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Smith_(congressman)" title="George Washington Smith (congressman)">G. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_F._Marsh" title="Benjamin F. Marsh">B. Marsh</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_R._Williams_(politician)" title="James R. Williams (politician)">J. Williams</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Edmund_Foss" class="mw-redirect" title="George Edmund Foss">G. Foss</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_V._Graff" title="Joseph V. Graff">J. Graff</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vespasian_Warner" title="Vespasian Warner">V. Warner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_W._Prince" title="George W. Prince">G. Prince</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Robert_Mann_(Illinois_politician)" title="James Robert Mann (Illinois politician)">J. Mann</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Sherman_Boutell" title="Henry Sherman Boutell">H. Boutell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">W. Lorimer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ben_F._Caldwell" title="Ben F. Caldwell">B. Caldwell</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_B._Crowley" title="Joseph B. Crowley">J. Crowley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Peter_Foster" title="George Peter Foster">G. Foster</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_F._Mahoney" title="William F. Mahoney">W. Mahoney</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_McAndrews" title="James McAndrews">J. McAndrews</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_A._Rodenberg" title="William A. Rodenberg">W. Rodenberg</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Martin_Emerich" title="Martin Emerich">M. Emerich</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Eugene_Fuller" title="Charles Eugene Fuller">C. Fuller</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Philip_Knopf" title="Philip Knopf">P. Knopf</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Thomas_Rainey" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Thomas Rainey">H. Rainey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Allen_Sterling" class="mw-redirect" title="John Allen Sterling">J. Sterling</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Howard_M._Snapp" title="Howard M. Snapp">H. Snapp</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Warfield_Wilson" title="William Warfield Wilson">W. Wilson</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/59th_United_States_Congress" title="59th United States Congress">59th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Shelby_Moore_Cullom" class="mw-redirect" title="Shelby Moore Cullom">S. Cullom</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Albert_J._Hopkins" title="Albert J. Hopkins">A. Hopkins</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Illinois" title="List of United States representatives from Illinois">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gurney_Cannon" title="Joseph Gurney Cannon">J. Cannon</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_R._Hitt" title="Robert R. Hitt"><i>R. Hitt</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Smith_(congressman)" title="George Washington Smith (congressman)">G. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_F._Marsh" title="Benjamin F. Marsh">B. Marsh</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Edmund_Foss" class="mw-redirect" title="George Edmund Foss">G. Foss</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_V._Graff" title="Joseph V. Graff">J. Graff</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_W._Prince" title="George W. Prince">G. Prince</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Robert_Mann_(Illinois_politician)" title="James Robert Mann (Illinois politician)">J. Mann</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Sherman_Boutell" title="Henry Sherman Boutell">H. Boutell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">W. Lorimer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_A._Rodenberg" title="William A. Rodenberg">W. Rodenberg</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Eugene_Fuller" title="Charles Eugene Fuller">C. Fuller</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Philip_Knopf" title="Philip Knopf">P. Knopf</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Thomas_Rainey" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Thomas Rainey">H. Rainey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Allen_Sterling" class="mw-redirect" title="John Allen Sterling">J. Sterling</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Howard_M._Snapp" title="Howard M. Snapp">H. Snapp</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Warfield_Wilson" title="William Warfield Wilson">W. Wilson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pleasant_T._Chapman" title="Pleasant T. Chapman">P. Chapman</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_S._Dickson" title="Frank S. Dickson">F. Dickson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Martin_B._Madden" title="Martin B. Madden">M. Madden</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_McGavin" title="Charles McGavin">C. McGavin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_B._McKinley" title="William B. McKinley">W. McKinley</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Michalek" title="Anthony Michalek">A. Michalek</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Zeno_J._Rives" title="Zeno J. Rives">Z. Rives</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_S._Wharton" title="Charles S. Wharton">C. Wharton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_McKinney" title="James McKinney">J. McKinney</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_Orren_Lowden" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank Orren Lowden"><i>F. Lowden</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/60th_United_States_Congress" title="60th United States Congress">60th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Shelby_Moore_Cullom" class="mw-redirect" title="Shelby Moore Cullom">S. Cullom</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Albert_J._Hopkins" title="Albert J. Hopkins">A. Hopkins</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Illinois" title="List of United States representatives from Illinois">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gurney_Cannon" title="Joseph Gurney Cannon">J. Cannon</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Smith_(congressman)" title="George Washington Smith (congressman)">G. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Edmund_Foss" class="mw-redirect" title="George Edmund Foss">G. Foss</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_V._Graff" title="Joseph V. Graff">J. Graff</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_W._Prince" title="George W. Prince">G. Prince</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Robert_Mann_(Illinois_politician)" title="James Robert Mann (Illinois politician)">J. Mann</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Sherman_Boutell" title="Henry Sherman Boutell">H. Boutell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">W. Lorimer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ben_F._Caldwell" title="Ben F. Caldwell">B. Caldwell</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_A._Rodenberg" title="William A. Rodenberg">W. Rodenberg</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Eugene_Fuller" title="Charles Eugene Fuller">C. Fuller</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Philip_Knopf" title="Philip Knopf">P. Knopf</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Thomas_Rainey" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Thomas Rainey">H. Rainey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Allen_Sterling" class="mw-redirect" title="John Allen Sterling">J. Sterling</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Howard_M._Snapp" title="Howard M. Snapp">H. Snapp</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Warfield_Wilson" title="William Warfield Wilson">W. Wilson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pleasant_T._Chapman" title="Pleasant T. Chapman">P. Chapman</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Martin_B._Madden" title="Martin B. Madden">M. Madden</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_McGavin" title="Charles McGavin">C. McGavin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_B._McKinley" title="William B. McKinley">W. McKinley</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_McKinney" title="James McKinney">J. McKinney</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_Orren_Lowden" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank Orren Lowden">F. Lowden</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Martin_D._Foster" title="Martin D. Foster">M. Foster</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_T._McDermott_(politician)" title="James T. McDermott (politician)">J. McDermott</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Adolph_J._Sabath" title="Adolph J. Sabath">A. Sabath</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Napoleon_B._Thistlewood" title="Napoleon B. Thistlewood">N. Thistlewood</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/61st_United_States_Congress" title="61st United States Congress">61st</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Shelby_Moore_Cullom" class="mw-redirect" title="Shelby Moore Cullom">S. Cullom</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">W. Lorimer</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Illinois" title="List of United States representatives from Illinois">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gurney_Cannon" title="Joseph Gurney Cannon">J. Cannon</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Edmund_Foss" class="mw-redirect" title="George Edmund Foss">G. Foss</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_V._Graff" title="Joseph V. Graff">J. Graff</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_W._Prince" title="George W. Prince">G. Prince</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Robert_Mann_(Illinois_politician)" title="James Robert Mann (Illinois politician)">J. Mann</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Sherman_Boutell" title="Henry Sherman Boutell">H. Boutell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_A._Rodenberg" title="William A. Rodenberg">W. Rodenberg</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Eugene_Fuller" title="Charles Eugene Fuller">C. Fuller</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Thomas_Rainey" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Thomas Rainey">H. Rainey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Allen_Sterling" class="mw-redirect" title="John Allen Sterling">J. Sterling</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Howard_M._Snapp" title="Howard M. Snapp">H. Snapp</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Warfield_Wilson" title="William Warfield Wilson">W. Wilson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pleasant_T._Chapman" title="Pleasant T. Chapman">P. Chapman</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Martin_B._Madden" title="Martin B. Madden">M. Madden</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_B._McKinley" title="William B. McKinley">W. McKinley</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_McKinney" title="James McKinney">J. McKinney</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_Orren_Lowden" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank Orren Lowden">F. Lowden</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Martin_D._Foster" title="Martin D. Foster">M. Foster</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_T._McDermott_(politician)" title="James T. McDermott (politician)">J. McDermott</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Adolph_J._Sabath" title="Adolph J. Sabath">A. Sabath</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Napoleon_B._Thistlewood" title="Napoleon B. Thistlewood">N. Thistlewood</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Gallagher_(Illinois_politician)" title="Thomas Gallagher (Illinois politician)">T. Gallagher</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_McMahon_Graham" class="mw-redirect" title="James McMahon Graham">J. Graham</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Lundin" title="Frederick Lundin">F. Lundin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Moxley" title="William Moxley">W. Moxley</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/62nd_United_States_Congress" title="62nd United States Congress">62nd</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Shelby_Moore_Cullom" class="mw-redirect" title="Shelby Moore Cullom">S. Cullom</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">W. Lorimer</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Illinois" title="List of United States representatives from Illinois">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gurney_Cannon" title="Joseph Gurney Cannon">J. Cannon</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Edmund_Foss" class="mw-redirect" title="George Edmund Foss">G. Foss</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_W._Prince" title="George W. Prince">G. Prince</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Robert_Mann_(Illinois_politician)" title="James Robert Mann (Illinois politician)">J. Mann</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_A._Rodenberg" title="William A. Rodenberg">W. Rodenberg</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Eugene_Fuller" title="Charles Eugene Fuller">C. Fuller</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Thomas_Rainey" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Thomas Rainey">H. Rainey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Allen_Sterling" class="mw-redirect" title="John Allen Sterling">J. Sterling</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Warfield_Wilson" title="William Warfield Wilson">W. Wilson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Martin_B._Madden" title="Martin B. Madden">M. Madden</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_B._McKinley" title="William B. McKinley">W. 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