List of Representatives
| Representative | Party | Years | Electoral history | |
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| District created March 4, 1833 | ||||
| Zadok Casey | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 |
Lost re-election | |
| Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 |
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| Independent Democrat | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
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| John A. McClernand | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1851 |
Retired | |
| Willis Allen | Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
Redistricted to the 9th district | |
| John Wentworth | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
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| James H. Woodworth | Republican | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
Retired | |
| John F. Farnsworth | Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861 |
Retired | |
| Isaac N. Arnold | Republican | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
Redistricted to the 1st district | |
| John F. Farnsworth | Republican | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1873 |
Lost renomination | |
| Jasper D. Ward | Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
Lost re-election | |
| Carter H. Harrison | Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 |
Retired | |
| George R. Davis | Republican | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 |
Redistricted to the 3rd district | |
| John F. Finerty | Independent Democrat | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
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| Frank Lawler | Democratic | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891 |
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| Lawrence E. McGann | Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 |
Redistricted to the 3rd district | |
| William Lorimer | Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1901 |
Lost re-election | |
| John J. Feely | Democratic | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 |
Retired | |
| James Robert Mann | Republican | March 4, 1903 – November 30, 1922 |
Redistricted from the 1st district Died |
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| Vacant | November 30, 1922 – April 3, 1923 |
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| Morton D. Hull | Republican | April 23, 1923 – March 3, 1933 |
Retired | |
| P. H. Moynihan | Republican | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
Lost re-election | |
| Raymond S. McKeough | Democratic | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1943 |
Retired | |
| William A. Rowan | Democratic | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1947 |
Lost re-election | |
| Richard B. Vail | Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
Lost re-election | |
| Barratt O'Hara | Democratic | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 |
Lost re-election | |
| Richard B. Vail | Republican | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 |
Lost re-election | |
| Barratt O'Hara | Democratic | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1969 |
Lost renomination | |
| Abner J. Mikva | Democratic | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1973 |
Lost re-election when redistricted to the 10th district | |
| Morgan F. Murphy | Democratic | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981 |
Redistricted from the 3rd district Retired |
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| Gus Savage | Democratic | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1993 |
Lost renomination | |
| Mel Reynolds | Democratic | January 3, 1993 – October 1, 1995 |
Resigned | |
| Vacant | October 1, 1995 – December 12, 1995 |
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| Jesse Jackson, Jr. | Democratic | December 12, 1995 – November 21, 2012 |
Resigned | |
| Vacant | November 21, 2012 – Present |
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