Class III
| # | Senator | Party | Took office | Left office | Other offices/Notes | Term | Electoral history |
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| 1 | Ninian Edwards | Democratic- Republican |
December 3, 1818 | March 3, 1824 | Chief Justice of Kentucky (1808) Governor of the Illinois Territory (1809–1818) Governor of Illinois (1826–1830) |
1 | Elected in 1818 |
| 2 | Re-elected in 1819 Resigned |
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| 2 | John McLean | Democratic | November 24, 1824 | March 3, 1825 | Speaker of the Illinois House (1820–1822; 1826–1830) |
Won special election Retired |
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| 3 | Elias Kane | Democratic | March 4, 1825 | December 12, 1835 | 3 | Elected in 1825 | |
| 4 | Re-elected in 1831 Died |
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| 4 | William Lee D. Ewing | Democratic | December 30, 1835 | March 3, 1837 | Speaker of the Illinois House (1830–1832) Governor of Illinois (1834) |
Appointed Lost election |
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| 5 | Richard M. Young | Democratic | March 4, 1837 | March 3, 1843 | 5 | Elected in 1837 Retired |
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| 6 | Sidney Breese | Democratic | March 4, 1843 | March 3, 1849 | Speaker of the Illinois House (1851–1853) Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court (1867–1870; 1873–1874) |
6 | Elected in 1843 Lost renomination |
| 7 | James Shields | Democratic | October 27, 1849 | March 3, 1855 | Later a senator from Minnesota and Missouri | 7 | Elected in 1849 Not seated Won special election Lost re-election |
| 8 | Lyman Trumbull | Democratic | March 4, 1855 | March 3, 1873 | 8 | Elected in 1855 |
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Republican |
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| 9 | Re-elected in 1861 | ||||||
| 10 | Re-elected in 1867 | ||||||
| Liberal Republican |
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| 9 | Richard J. Oglesby | Republican | March 4, 1873 | March 3, 1879 | Governor of Illinois (1865–1869; 1873) |
11 | Elected in 1873 Retired |
| 10 | John A. Logan | Republican | March 4, 1879 | December 26, 1886 | A House impeachment manager for the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson Also served in Illinois's Class 1 seat 1871–1877 |
12 | Elected in 1879 |
| 13 | Re-elected in 1885 Died |
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| 11 | Charles B. Farwell | Republican | January 19, 1887 | March 3, 1891 | Won special election Retired |
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| 12 | John M. Palmer | Democratic | March 4, 1891 | March 3, 1897 | 14 | Elected in 1890 Retired |
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| 13 | William E. Mason | Republican | March 4, 1897 | March 3, 1903 | 15 | Elected in 1896 Retired |
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| 14 | Albert J. Hopkins | Republican | March 4, 1903 | March 3, 1909 | 16 | Elected in 1902 Lost re-election |
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| 15 | William Lorimer | Republican | June 18, 1909 | July 13, 1912 | 17 | Elected late in 1909 Election voided |
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| 16 | Lawrence Y. Sherman | Republican | March 26, 1913 | March 3, 1921 | Speaker of the Illinois House (1899–1903) Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (1905–1909) |
Won special election | |
| 18 | Re-elected in 1914 Retired |
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| 17 | William B. McKinley | Republican | March 4, 1921 | December 7, 1926 | Speaker of the Illinois House (1913–1915) |
19 |
Elected in 1920 Died |
| 18 | Frank L. Smith | Republican | December 7, 1926 | February 9, 1928 | Appointed Not seated/resigned |
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| 19 | Otis F. Glenn | Republican | December 3, 1928 | March 3, 1933 | Won special election Lost re-election |
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| 20 | William H. Dieterich | Democratic | March 4, 1933 | January 3, 1939 | 21 | Elected in 1932 Retired |
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| 21 | Scott W. Lucas | Democratic | January 3, 1939 | January 3, 1951 | Senate Minority Whip (1947–1949) Senate Majority Leader (1949–1951) |
22 | Elected in 1938 |
| 23 | Re-elected in 1944 Lost re-election |
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| 22 | Everett Dirksen | Republican | January 3, 1951 | September 7, 1969 | Senate Minority Leader (1959–1969) |
24 | Elected in 1950 |
| 25 | Re-elected in 1956 | ||||||
| 26 | Re-elected in 1962 | ||||||
| 27 | Re-elected in 1968 Died |
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| 23 | Ralph Tyler Smith | Republican | September 17, 1969 | November 3, 1970 | Speaker of the Illinois House (1967–1969) |
Appointed Lost special election |
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| 24 | Adlai Stevenson III | Democratic | November 17, 1970 | January 3, 1981 | Won special election | ||
| 28 | Re-elected in 1974 Retired |
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| 25 | Alan J. Dixon | Democratic | January 3, 1981 | January 3, 1993 | 29 | Elected in 1980 | |
| 30 | Re-elected in 1986 Lost renomination |
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| 26 | Carol Moseley Braun | Democratic | January 3, 1993 | January 3, 1999 | First Black woman in the Senate First Black Senator from Illinois |
31 | Elected in 1992 Lost re-election |
| 27 | Peter Fitzgerald | Republican | January 3, 1999 | January 3, 2005 | 32 | Elected in 1998 Retired |
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| 28 | Barack Obama | Democratic | January 3, 2005 | November 16, 2008 | President of the United States (2009–present) |
33 | Elected in 2004 Resigned |
| 29 | Roland Burris | Democratic | December 31, 2008 | November 29, 2010 | Illinois Comptroller (1979–1991) Illinois Attorney General (1991–1995) |
Appointed Retired |
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| 30 | Mark Kirk | Republican | November 29, 2010 | Incumbent | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives | Won special election | |
| 34 | Re-elected in 2010 | ||||||
| # | Senator | Party | Took office | Left office | Other offices/Notes | Term | Electoral history |
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