Class II
| # | Senator | Party | Took office | Left office | Other offices/Notes | Term | Electoral history |
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| 1 | Jesse B. Thomas | Democratic- Republican |
December 3, 1818 | March 4, 1829 | 1 | Elected in 1818 | |
| Crawford Democratic- Republican |
2 | Re-elected in 1823 Retired |
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| 2 | John McLean | Democratic | March 4, 1829 | October 14, 1830 | Speaker of the Illinois House (1820–1822; 1826–1830) Previously served in Illinois's Class 3 seat (1824–1825) |
3 | Elected in 1829 Died |
| 3 | David J. Baker | Democratic | November 12, 1830 | December 11, 1830 | Appointed Retired |
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| 4 | John M. Robinson | Jacksonian | December 11, 1830 | March 4, 1841 | Won special election | ||
| Democratic | 4 | Re-elected in 1835 Retired |
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| 5 | Samuel McRoberts | Democratic | March 4, 1841 | March 27, 1843 | 5 | Elected in 1841 Died |
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| 6 | James Semple | Democratic | December 4, 1843 | March 4, 1847 | Speaker of the Illinois House (1834–1838) |
Appointed Retired |
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| 7 | Stephen A. Douglas | Democratic | March 4, 1847 | June 3, 1861 | Democratic presidential nominee (1860) |
6 | Elected in 1847 |
| 7 | Re-elected in 1853 | ||||||
| 8 | Re-elected in 1859 Died |
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| 8 | Orville Browning | Republican | June 26, 1861 | January 12, 1863 | Secretary of the Interior (1866–1869) |
Appointed Lost special election |
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| 9 | William A. Richardson | Democratic | January 12, 1863 | March 4, 1865 | Governor of the Nebraska Territory | Won special election Retired |
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| 10 | Richard Yates | Republican | March 4, 1865 | March 4, 1871 | Governor of Illinois (1861–1865) |
9 | Elected in 1864 Retired |
| 11 | John A. Logan | Republican | March 4, 1871 | March 4, 1877 | A House impeachment manager for the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson Later served in Illinois's Class 3 seat (1879–1886) |
10 | Elected in 1870 Lost re-election |
| 12 | David Davis | Independent | March 4, 1877 | March 4, 1883 | U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1862–1877) President pro tempore (1881–1883) |
11 | Elected in 1876 Retired |
| 13 | Shelby Moore Cullom | Republican | March 4, 1883 | March 4, 1913 | Governor of Illinois (1877–1883) |
12 | Elected in 1882 |
| 13 | Re-elected in 1888 | ||||||
| 14 | Re-elected in 1894 | ||||||
| 15 | Re-elected in 1900 | ||||||
| 16 | Re-elected in 1906 | ||||||
| 14 | J. Hamilton Lewis | Democratic | March 26, 1913 | March 4, 1919 | Speaker of the Illinois House (1861–1863; 1873–1875) Senate Majority Whip (1913–1919; 1933–1939) |
17 | Elected in 1912 Lost re-election |
| 15 | Joseph M. McCormick | Republican | March 4, 1919 | February 25, 1925 | 18 | Elected in 1918 Died |
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| 16 | Charles S. Deneen | Republican | February 26, 1925 | March 4, 1931 | Governor of Illinois (1905–1913) |
Appointed | |
| 19 | Elected in 1924 Lost renomination |
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| 17 | J. Hamilton Lewis | Democratic | March 4, 1931 | April 9, 1939 | Senate Majority Whip (1913–1919; 1933–1939) |
20 | Elected in 1930 |
| 21 | Re-elected in 1936 Died |
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| 18 | James M. Slattery | Democratic | April 14, 1939 | November 21, 1940 | Appointed Lost special election |
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| 19 | Charles W. Brooks | Republican | November 22, 1940 | January 3, 1949 | Won special election | ||
| 22 | Re-elected in 1942 Lost re-election |
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| 20 | Paul Douglas | Democratic | January 3, 1949 | January 3, 1967 | 23 | Elected in 1948 | |
| 24 | Re-elected in 1954 | ||||||
| 25 | Re-elected in 1960 Lost re-election |
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| 21 | Charles H. Percy | Republican | January 3, 1967 | January 3, 1985 | 26 | Elected in 1966 | |
| 27 | Re-elected in 1972 | ||||||
| 28 | Re-elected in 1978 Lost re-election |
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| 22 | Paul Simon | Democratic | January 3, 1985 | January 3, 1997 | Lieutenant Governor of Illinois | 29 | Elected in 1984 |
| 30 | Re-elected in 1990 Retired |
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| 23 | Dick Durbin | Democratic | January 3, 1997 | Incumbent | Senate Democratic Whip (2003–present) Senate Majority Whip (2007–present) |
31 | Elected in 1996 |
| 32 | Re-elected in 2002 | ||||||
| 33 | Re-elected in 2008 | ||||||
| # | Senator | Party | Took office | Left office | Other offices/Notes | Term | Electoral history |
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