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class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Gus Savage</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Rep._Gus_Savage.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Rep._Gus_Savage.jpg/220px-Rep._Gus_Savage.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="281" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Rep._Gus_Savage.jpg/330px-Rep._Gus_Savage.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Rep._Gus_Savage.jpg/440px-Rep._Gus_Savage.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3928" data-file-height="5014" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></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>'s <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 2nd congressional district">2nd</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1993</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/Morgan_F._Murphy" title="Morgan F. Murphy">Morgan F. Murphy</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/Mel_Reynolds" title="Mel Reynolds">Mel Reynolds</a></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"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Augustus Alexander Savage</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1925-10-30</span>)</span>October 30, 1925<br /><a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit, Michigan</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">October 31, 2015<span style="display:none">(2015-10-31)</span> (aged 90)<br /><a href="/wiki/Olympia_Fields,_Illinois" title="Olympia Fields, Illinois">Olympia Fields, Illinois</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Eunice King (1946-81; her death)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">Thomas James, Emma Mae</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roosevelt_University" title="Roosevelt University">Roosevelt University</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Chicago-Kent_College_of_Law" title="Chicago-Kent College of Law">Chicago-Kent College of Law</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1943–1946</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Augustus Alexander</b> "<b>Gus</b>" <b>Savage</b> (October 30, 1925 – October 31, 2015) was an American entrepreneur, publisher and a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> from <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_career">Life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gus_Savage&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Savage was born in <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit, Michigan</a>, and graduated from <a href="/wiki/Roosevelt_University" title="Roosevelt University">Roosevelt University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>. He served in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> from 1943 to 1946 and then worked as a journalist from 1954 to 1979, owning a chain of weekly community newspapers in the <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> area including the South End Citizen. The Chicago Citizen Newspaper Group became the largest Black-owned chain of weekly newspapers in the Midwest with a circulation of 121,000. </p><p>Savage entered political life in 1948 as a Progressive Party organizer. He challenged the local establishment's chosen candidates for the House of Representatives in <a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_House_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1968 United States House elections">1968</a> and <a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_House_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1970 United States House elections">1970</a>, losing the Democratic primary both times, but won election to the House in <a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_House_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1980 United States House elections">1980</a>, representing the <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27_2nd_congressional_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Illinois' 2nd congressional district">2nd District</a> on Chicago's <a href="/wiki/South_Side,_Chicago" title="South Side, Chicago">South Side</a> for 6 terms, from January 1981 to January 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1983 he joined with 7 other Congressional Representatives to sponsor a resolution to <a href="/wiki/Efforts_to_impeach_Ronald_Reagan" class="mw-redirect" title="Efforts to impeach Ronald Reagan">impeach Ronald Reagan</a> over his sudden and unexpected <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Grenada" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Grenada">invasion of Grenada</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GeniusImpeachment_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GeniusImpeachment-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1989, Savage was accused of trying to force himself on a female <a href="/wiki/Peace_Corps" title="Peace Corps">Peace Corps</a> worker in <a href="/wiki/Zaire" title="Zaire">Zaire</a>.<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> He denied the allegations and blamed them on the "racist press." The <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Standards_of_Official_Conduct" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct">House Ethics Committee</a> decided that the events did indeed occur,<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> but it did not take disciplinary action only because Savage wrote a letter of apology. </p><p>Savage had long been controversial even in his own district. His racially incendiary and anti-Semitic remarks frequently drew bipartisan criticism.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He never won a primary election–the real contest in this overwhelmingly Democratic district–with more than 52% of the vote, and usually faced multiple challengers. </p><p>For the <a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_House_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1992 United States House elections">1992</a> election, <a href="/wiki/Redistricting" title="Redistricting">redistricting</a> pushed his district further into Chicago's south suburbs, territory that Savage did not know and that did not know him. He faced a rematch with <a href="/wiki/Mel_Reynolds" title="Mel Reynolds">Mel Reynolds</a>, who had challenged him in the 1988 and 1990<sup id="cite_ref-auto_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> primaries. Savage claimed that "racist Jews" were donating to Reynolds, while Reynolds claimed that Savage was involved in a drive-by shooting that injured him. Although Savage accused Reynolds of staging the shooting,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he lost the 1992 election to Reynolds by a margin of 63%-37% after voters in the suburban portion of the district voted 4-to-1 for Reynolds.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In defeat Savage declared, "We have lost to the white racist press and to the racist reactionary Jewish misleaders."<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In one of his final acts as chairman of the House Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds, excavation and construction at the site of the <a href="/wiki/African_Burial_Ground" class="mw-redirect" title="African Burial Ground">African Burial Ground</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> was temporarily halted in 1992, pending further evaluation by the <a href="/wiki/General_Services_Administration" title="General Services Administration">General Services Administration</a>, after Savage was able to leverage his reputation as a national political figure to bring attention to the potential importance of the site.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The site was eventually designated a National Historic Landmark in 1993 and a National Monument in 2006 by President George W. Bush. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gus_Savage&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the last 5 years of his life, Congressman Savage hired private security, and Jokarhi Shakur-El (former Minister of Intelligence of the New Black Panther Party) was his Chief of Security. He drove the Congressman and his belongings from Washington, D.C. to Chicago, Illinois. While living in the Hyde Park area (just 5 minutes from the Chicago home of Barack Obama) Gus was being cared for by Linda Muhammad, a long-time friend of Gus, and he was at that point seemingly healthy. On October 29, 2015, Gus was discharged from the hospital after some minor issues, and placed into the care of his son Thomas Savage. </p><p>On October 30, 2015, Congressman Savage celebrated his 90th birthday, and he died the following day on October 31, 2015. He is survived by his son Thomas Savage, daughter Dr. Emma Savage, and grandchildren Thomas Savage Jr., Chyella McBride, and Alexandria Savage.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<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=Gus_Savage&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_African-American_United_States_representatives" title="List of African-American United States representatives">List of African-American United States representatives</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=Gus_Savage&action=edit&section=4" 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 mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</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="http://history.house.gov/People/Detail/21235">"SAVAGE, Gus"</a>. <i>house.gov</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Percy">C. Percy</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alan_J._Dixon" title="Alan J. Dixon">A. Dixon</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:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Melvin_Price" title="Melvin Price">M. Price</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sidney_R._Yates" title="Sidney R. Yates">S. Yates</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_H._Michel" title="Robert H. Michel">B. Michel</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_Derwinski" title="Ed Derwinski">E. Derwinski</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dan_Rostenkowski" title="Dan Rostenkowski">D. Rostenkowski</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Paul_Findley" title="Paul Findley">P. Findley</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_McClory" title="Robert McClory">B. McClory</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_Annunzio" title="Frank Annunzio">F. Annunzio</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_N._Erlenborn" title="John N. Erlenborn">J. Erlenborn</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tom_Railsback" title="Tom Railsback">T. Railsback</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Phil_Crane" title="Phil Crane">P. Crane</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_Rell_Madigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Rell Madigan">E. 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Crane</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Porter_(Illinois_politician)" title="John Porter (Illinois politician)">J. Porter</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Morley_Martin" class="mw-redirect" title="Lynn Morley Martin">L. Martin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">G. Savage</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harold_Washington" title="Harold Washington">H. Washington</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/98th_United_States_Congress" title="98th United States Congress">98th</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/Charles_H._Percy" title="Charles H. Percy">C. Percy</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alan_J._Dixon" title="Alan J. Dixon">A. Dixon</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:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Melvin_Price" title="Melvin Price">M. Price</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sidney_R._Yates" title="Sidney R. Yates">S. Yates</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_H._Michel" title="Robert H. Michel">B. Michel</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dan_Rostenkowski" title="Dan Rostenkowski">D. Rostenkowski</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_Annunzio" title="Frank Annunzio">F. Annunzio</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_N._Erlenborn" title="John N. Erlenborn">J. Erlenborn</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Phil_Crane" title="Phil Crane">P. Crane</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_Rell_Madigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Rell Madigan">E. Madigan</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_M._O%27Brien" title="George M. O'Brien">G. O'Brien</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Cardiss_Collins" title="Cardiss Collins">C. Collins</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Hyde" title="Henry Hyde">H. Hyde</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Marty_Russo" title="Marty Russo">M. Russo</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Paul_Simon_(politician)" title="Paul Simon (politician)">P. Simon</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tom_Corcoran_(politician)" title="Tom Corcoran (politician)">T. Corcoran</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dan_Crane" title="Dan Crane">D. Crane</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Porter_(Illinois_politician)" title="John Porter (Illinois politician)">J. Porter</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Morley_Martin" class="mw-redirect" title="Lynn Morley Martin">L. Martin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">G. Savage</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harold_Washington" title="Harold Washington">H. Washington</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dick_Durbin" title="Dick Durbin">R. Durbin</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lane_Evans" title="Lane Evans">L. Evans</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Lipinski" title="Bill Lipinski">B. Lipinski</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Hayes_(politician)" title="Charles Hayes (politician)">C. Hayes</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/99th_United_States_Congress" title="99th United States Congress">99th</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:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alan_J._Dixon" title="Alan J. Dixon">A. Dixon</a> (D) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Paul_Simon_(politician)" title="Paul Simon (politician)">P. Simon</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:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Melvin_Price" title="Melvin Price">M. Price</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sidney_R._Yates" title="Sidney R. Yates">S. Yates</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_H._Michel" title="Robert H. Michel">B. Michel</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dan_Rostenkowski" title="Dan Rostenkowski">D. Rostenkowski</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_Annunzio" title="Frank Annunzio">F. Annunzio</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_J._Gray" title="Kenneth J. Gray">K. Gray</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Phil_Crane" title="Phil Crane">P. Crane</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_Rell_Madigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Rell Madigan">E. Madigan</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_M._O%27Brien" title="George M. O'Brien">G. O'Brien</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Cardiss_Collins" title="Cardiss Collins">C. Collins</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Hyde" title="Henry Hyde">H. Hyde</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Marty_Russo" title="Marty Russo">M. Russo</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Porter_(Illinois_politician)" title="John Porter (Illinois politician)">J. Porter</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Morley_Martin" class="mw-redirect" title="Lynn Morley Martin">L. Martin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">G. Savage</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dick_Durbin" title="Dick Durbin">R. Durbin</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lane_Evans" title="Lane Evans">L. Evans</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Lipinski" title="Bill Lipinski">B. Lipinski</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Hayes_(politician)" title="Charles Hayes (politician)">C. Hayes</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Terry_L._Bruce" title="Terry L. Bruce">T. Bruce</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harris_W._Fawell" class="mw-redirect" title="Harris W. Fawell">H. Fawell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_E._Grotberg" title="John E. Grotberg">J. Grotberg</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/100th_United_States_Congress" title="100th United States Congress">100th</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:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alan_J._Dixon" title="Alan J. Dixon">A. Dixon</a> (D) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Paul_Simon_(politician)" title="Paul Simon (politician)">P. Simon</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:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Melvin_Price" title="Melvin Price"><i>M. Price</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sidney_R._Yates" title="Sidney R. Yates">S. Yates</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_H._Michel" title="Robert H. Michel">B. Michel</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dan_Rostenkowski" title="Dan Rostenkowski">D. Rostenkowski</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_Annunzio" title="Frank Annunzio">F. Annunzio</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_J._Gray" title="Kenneth J. Gray">K. Gray</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Phil_Crane" title="Phil Crane">P. Crane</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_Rell_Madigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Rell Madigan">E. Madigan</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Cardiss_Collins" title="Cardiss Collins">C. Collins</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Hyde" title="Henry Hyde">H. Hyde</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Marty_Russo" title="Marty Russo">M. Russo</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Porter_(Illinois_politician)" title="John Porter (Illinois politician)">J. Porter</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Morley_Martin" class="mw-redirect" title="Lynn Morley Martin">L. Martin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">G. Savage</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dick_Durbin" title="Dick Durbin">R. Durbin</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lane_Evans" title="Lane Evans">L. Evans</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Lipinski" title="Bill Lipinski">B. Lipinski</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Hayes_(politician)" title="Charles Hayes (politician)">C. Hayes</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Terry_L._Bruce" title="Terry L. Bruce">T. Bruce</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harris_W._Fawell" class="mw-redirect" title="Harris W. Fawell">H. Fawell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jack_Davis_(Illinois_politician)" title="Jack Davis (Illinois politician)">J. Davis</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Hastert" title="Dennis Hastert">D. Hastert</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Costello" title="Jerry Costello"><i>J. Costello</i></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/101st_United_States_Congress" title="101st United States Congress">101st</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:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alan_J._Dixon" title="Alan J. Dixon">A. Dixon</a> (D) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Paul_Simon_(politician)" title="Paul Simon (politician)">P. Simon</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:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sidney_R._Yates" title="Sidney R. Yates">S. Yates</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_H._Michel" title="Robert H. Michel">B. Michel</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dan_Rostenkowski" title="Dan Rostenkowski">D. Rostenkowski</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_Annunzio" title="Frank Annunzio">F. Annunzio</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Phil_Crane" title="Phil Crane">P. Crane</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_Rell_Madigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Rell Madigan">E. Madigan</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Cardiss_Collins" title="Cardiss Collins">C. Collins</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Hyde" title="Henry Hyde">H. Hyde</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Marty_Russo" title="Marty Russo">M. Russo</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Porter_(Illinois_politician)" title="John Porter (Illinois politician)">J. Porter</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Morley_Martin" class="mw-redirect" title="Lynn Morley Martin">L. Martin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">G. Savage</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dick_Durbin" title="Dick Durbin">R. Durbin</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lane_Evans" title="Lane Evans">L. Evans</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Lipinski" title="Bill Lipinski">B. Lipinski</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Hayes_(politician)" title="Charles Hayes (politician)">C. Hayes</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Terry_L._Bruce" title="Terry L. Bruce">T. Bruce</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harris_W._Fawell" class="mw-redirect" title="Harris W. Fawell">H. Fawell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Hastert" title="Dennis Hastert">D. Hastert</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Costello" title="Jerry Costello">J. Costello</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Poshard" title="Glenn Poshard">G. Poshard</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_E._Sangmeister" class="mw-redirect" title="George E. Sangmeister">G. Sangmeister</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/102nd_United_States_Congress" title="102nd United States Congress">102nd</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:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alan_J._Dixon" title="Alan J. Dixon">A. Dixon</a> (D) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Paul_Simon_(politician)" title="Paul Simon (politician)">P. Simon</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:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sidney_R._Yates" title="Sidney R. Yates">S. Yates</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_H._Michel" title="Robert H. Michel">B. Michel</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dan_Rostenkowski" title="Dan Rostenkowski">D. Rostenkowski</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_Annunzio" title="Frank Annunzio">F. Annunzio</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Phil_Crane" title="Phil Crane">P. Crane</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_Rell_Madigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Rell Madigan">E. Madigan</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Cardiss_Collins" title="Cardiss Collins">C. Collins</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Hyde" title="Henry Hyde">H. Hyde</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Marty_Russo" title="Marty Russo">M. Russo</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Porter_(Illinois_politician)" title="John Porter (Illinois politician)">J. Porter</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">G. Savage</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dick_Durbin" title="Dick Durbin">R. Durbin</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lane_Evans" title="Lane Evans">L. Evans</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Lipinski" title="Bill Lipinski">B. Lipinski</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Hayes_(politician)" title="Charles Hayes (politician)">C. Hayes</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Terry_L._Bruce" title="Terry L. Bruce">T. Bruce</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harris_W._Fawell" class="mw-redirect" title="Harris W. Fawell">H. Fawell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Hastert" title="Dennis Hastert">D. Hastert</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Costello" title="Jerry Costello">J. Costello</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Poshard" title="Glenn Poshard">G. Poshard</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_E._Sangmeister" class="mw-redirect" title="George E. Sangmeister">G. Sangmeister</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_W._Cox_Jr." title="John W. Cox Jr.">J. Cox</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_W._Ewing" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas W. Ewing">T. 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