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The 2nd congressional district initially included Southeastern Illinois until 1853 [ 3 ][ 4 ] and stretches of Northern Illinois until 1873. [ 5 ][ 6 ] It has been based in Chicago since 1853, and part of the southeast side since 1903. Redistricting following the 2000 U.S. census placed a majority of the district's population outside Chicago ...
The governor of Illinois has the power to veto proposed congressional district maps, but the General Assembly has the power to override the veto, with the support of 3/5 ths of both chambers. In 1971, 1981, and 1991, the General Assembly was unable to come to an agreement, and the map was drawn up by a panel of three federal judges chosen by ...
District location District created March 4, 1863 William J. Allen : Democratic: March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 38th: Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1862. Lost re-election. Andrew J. Kuykendall : Republican: March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 39th: Elected in 1864. Retired. Green B. Raum : Republican: March 4, 1867 –
McHenry County is split between this district, the 10th district, the 16th district, and the 9th district. The 11th and 10th districts are partitioned by Lily Lake Drain, W Rand Rd, Fox River, N Riverside Dr, Illinois Highway 31, Petersen Farm, Dutch Creek, McCullom Lake Rd, White Oak Ln, McCullom Lake, W Shore Dr, W Martin Rd, Bennington Ln, N ...
The district includes the western and southwestern suburbs of Chicago as far as the DuPage County border, as well as portions of the Southwest Side of the city of Chicago itself, and covers 124.5 square miles (322 km 2), making it one of the 50 smallest districts in the U.S., although there are five smaller districts in Illinois. It is adjacent ...
The 7th congressional district of Illinois covers parts of Cook County, as of the 2023 redistricting that followed the 2020 census. All or parts of Broadview, Bellwood, Chicago, Forest Park, Hillside, Oak Park, La Grange Park, Maywood, and Westchester are included. Democrat Danny K. Davis has represented the
In 1989 a second book, The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress: 1789-1989, was published by Macmillan.Using the congressional district boundary maps from the first atlas as the base maps, this work was the first book in American history to map the political party winner for all congressional elections for every state and district from 1789.
www.ilnd.uscourts.gov. The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (in case citations, N.D. Ill.) is the federal trial court with jurisdiction over the northern counties of Illinois. It is one of the busiest federal trial courts in the United States, with famous cases including those of Al Capone and the Chicago Eight ...