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Illinois's first congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Illinois. Based in Cook County, the district includes much of the South Side of Chicago and continues southwest to Joliet.
| Illinois's 1st congressional district | |
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Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 | |
| Representative | Jonathan Jackson D–Chicago |
| Area | 621.6 sq mi (1,610 km2) |
| Population (2023) | 751,575 |
| Median household income | $67,268 |
| Ethnicity |
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| Cook PVI | D+18 |
From 2003 to early 2013 it extended into the city's southwest suburbs until reaching the border of Will County, and covered 97.84 square miles (253.4 km2), making it one of the 40 smallest districts in the U.S. (although there are four smaller districts in Illinois). The district had a population that was 65% African American, the highest percentage of any congressional district in the nation, but with redistricting that percentage has now declined to 52%. It includes the home of former President Barack Obama.
The 1st is a majority-minority district, and has been since at least the 1920s. In 1929, it became the first district in the 20th century to send an African American to Congress when Republican Oscar Stanton De Priest was elected to represent the district. The 1st has been represented by an African American Member of Congress ever since, the longest ongoing stretch of black representation for any seat in the House of Representatives. It has been held by a Democrat since 1935 when Arthur Mitchell, the first African American Democrat elected to Congress, took the seat as part of the New Deal Coalition. In 1949, district representative William Dawson became the first African American to chair a congressional committee.
The district is currently represented by Jonathan Jackson who was elected to succeed longtime incumbent Bobby Rush in 2022.
Composition
By county
| County | Pop. | Share |
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| Cook | 517,863 | 68.71% |
| Will | 198,838 | 26.38% |
| Kankakee | 36,976 | 4.91% |
Cities and CDPs with 10,000 or more people
- Chicago – 2,665,039
- Joliet – 150,362
- Orland Park – 58,703
- Tinley Park – 55,971
- Oak Forest – 27,478
- New Lenox – 27,214
- Lockport – 26,094
- Homer Glen – 24,543
- Blue Island – 22,558
- Harvey – 20,324
- Frankfort – 20,296
- Evergreen Park – 19,943
- Mokena – 19,887
- Matteson – 19,073
- Alsip – 19,063
- Bourbonnais – 18,164
- Lemont – 17,629
- Country Club Hills – 16,775
- Bradley – 15,419
- Midlothian – 14,325
- Channahon – 13,383
- Minooka – 12,758
- Markham – 11,661
- Crestwood – 10,826
- Riverdale – 10,663
2,500 to 10,000 people
- Manhattan – 9,385
- Manteno – 9,210
- Frankfort Square – 8,968
- Calumet Park – 7,025
- Braidwood – 6,194
- Coal City – 5,705
- Wilmington – 5,664
- Posen – 5,632
- Palos Park – 4,899
- Robbins – 4,629
- Dixmoor – 2,973
- Diamond – 2,640
As of the 2020 redistricting, the district will still be centered primarily around the Chicago's South Side, now with a greater portion of Will County, and a corner of northern Kankakee County. The 1st district takes in the Chicago neighborhoods of Oakland, Burnham Park, Auburn Gresham, Washington Heights, Greater Grand Crossing, Chatham, and Burnside; most of Ashburn, Roseland, and Calumet Heights; the west portion of Kenwood and Woodlawn; and parts of South Deering, Near South Side, Douglas, Chicago Lawn, South Shore, South Chicago, Hyde Park, Washington Park, Morgan Park, and Mt. Greenwood.
Outside of the Chicago city limits, the district takes in the Cook County communities of Midlothian, Posen, Robbins, Calumet Park, and Palos Park; most of Blue Island; the south portion of Lemont; the eastern portion of Alsip; the northeastern portion of Evergreen Park; the western portion of Markham; the southeastern portion of Tinley Park; and parts of Oak Forest, Orland Park, Crestwood, Beverly, Riverdale, Dixmoor, Harvey, Country Club Hills, and Matteson.
Will County is split between this district, the 2nd district, and the 14th district. The 1st and 2nd districts are partitioned by South Harlem Ave, West Peotone Rd, North Peotone Rd, West Kennedy Rd, Rock Creek, and South Center Rd. The 1st and 14th districts are partitioned by West 135th St, High Rd, Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal, Thornton St, East 9th St, Madison St, East 12th St, East Division St, South Farrell Rd, Midewin National Tail Grass Prairie, West Schweizer Rd, Channahon Rd, DuPage River, and Canal Road North. The 1st district takes in the communities of Homer Glen, Braidwood, Wilmington, Manhattan, Frankfort, Channahon, New Lenox, Lockport Heights, Bonnie Brae, Mokena, Arbury Hills, Frankfort Square, Wilton Center, Andres, Symerton, Ritchie, Rest Haven, Custer Park, Lakewood Shores, Lorenzo; eastern Braceville; eastern Godley; eastern Minooka; western Elwood; Lockport east of the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal; most of Braidwood; part of Diamond; part of Coal City; and part of Joliet.
Kankakee County is split between this district and the 2nd district. They are partitioned by North 5000E Rd, East 6000N Rd, Cardinal Drive, Durham St, East Armour Rd, East Marsile St, Bisallion Ave, and the Kankakee River. The 1st district takes in the municipalities of Manteno, northern Bourbannais, and part of Bradley.
Economy
The departure of the steel industry, along with other manufacturing jobs from the South Side in recent decades, has created economic difficulties which the area is still trying to overcome. The district's median household income as of 2000, $37,222, trailed the national average by 11.4%. The unemployment rate (7.6%) was more than double the national rate, and nearly 20% of district residents were living in poverty. These problems are more pronounced within the Chicago portion of the district – 14 of the district's 18 suburbs had median household incomes over $40,000 as of 1999, with the six most affluent grouped in the southwest corner of the district. But black middle-class Chicago neighborhoods, such as Avalon Park and Chatham, have remained more stable, along with the more upscale Hyde Park-Kenwood area. Health care and higher education now constitute major economic sectors in the region.
Hospitals in the district include Oak Forest Hospital in Oak Forest and Provident Hospital of Cook County in Grand Boulevard, both part of the ; as well as the University of Chicago Hospitals in Hyde Park, Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park, Holy Cross Hospital in Chicago Lawn, St. Francis Hospital in Blue Island, in South Shore and in Englewood.
Local educational institutions include the University of Chicago in Hyde Park, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in Douglas, Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights and Kennedy-King College, a Chicago city college, in Englewood, and Chicago State University in Roseland is located directly outside the district at its southern edge; in addition, there are five seminaries in Hyde Park: Catholic Theological Union, Chicago Theological Seminary, Lutheran School of Theology, McCormick Theological Seminary and Meadville Lombard Theological School.
U.S. Cellular Field, home of the Chicago White Sox, is less than 1,000 feet (300 m) west of the district's northwestern border. Other area cultural and entertainment attractions include the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago's Washington Park, and First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park; several square miles of Cook County Forest Preserves can be found on three sides of Oak Forest, and Oak Forest's Chicago Gaelic Park [1] is home to Irish Fest, held annually on Memorial Day weekend. Business and industrial presences in the district include Panduit Corporation [2], an electrical manufacturer in Tinley Park; Parco Foods [3], a cookie manufacturer in Blue Island; and Midwest Suburban Publishing, publisher of the SouthtownStar, in Tinley Park.
In addition to Washington Park and those sites associated with the University of Chicago and IIT, district locations on the National Register of Historic Places include:
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Recent election results from statewide races
| Year | Office | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | President | Obama 79% - 20% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 78% - 22% |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 72% - 24% |
| Senate | Duckworth 72% - 23% | |
| Comptroller (Spec.) | Mendoza 66% - 28% | |
| 2018 | Governor | Pritzker 71% - 24% |
| Attorney General | Raoul 71% - 27% | |
| Secretary of State | White 80% - 18% | |
| Comptroller | Mendoza 74% - 23% | |
| Treasurer | Frerichs 72% - 25% | |
| 2020 | President | Biden 70% - 28% |
| Senate | Durbin 61% - 25% | |
| 2022 | Senate | Duckworth 69% - 29% |
| Governor | Pritzker 68% - 30% | |
| Attorney General | Raoul 68% - 30% | |
| Secretary of State | Giannoulias 68% - 30% | |
| Comptroller | Mendoza 70% - 29% | |
| Treasurer | Frerichs 67% - 31% | |
| 2024 | President | Harris 65% - 33% |
Presidential election results
- This table indicates how the district has voted in U.S. presidential elections; election results reflect voting in the district as it was configured at the time of the election, not as it is configured today. The candidate who received the most votes in the district is listed first; the candidate who won the election nationally is in CAPS, and the candidate who won the state of Illinois is indicated with a †.
| Election | District winner | Runner up | Other candidates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1852 | Scott (W), 6,992 (42%) | PIERCE† (D), 6,948 (41%) | Hale (Free Soil), 2,885 (17%) |
| 1856 | Frémont (R), 18,247 (73%) | BUCHANAN† (D), 5,991 (24%) | Fillmore (American), 677 (3%) |
| 1860 | LINCOLN† (R), 21,436 (70%) | Douglas (D), 8,940 (29%) | Bell (Constitutional Union), 99 (0.3%); Breckinridge (D), 62 (0.2%) |
| 1864 | LINCOLN† (R), 18,667 (81%) | McClellan (D), 4,351 (19%) | |
| 1868 | GRANT† (R), 27,527 (59%) | Seymour (D), 19,104 (41%) | |
| 1872 ... 1948 | [data missing] | ||
| 1952 | Stevenson (D), 99,224 (75%) | EISENHOWER† (R), 33,805 (25%) | |
| 1956 | Stevenson (D), 68,266 (64%) | EISENHOWER† (R), 38,827 (36%) | |
| 1960 | KENNEDY† (D), 75,938 (77.80%) | Nixon (R), 21,660 (22.19%)} | |
| 1964 | JOHNSON† (D), 150,953 (84.91%) | Goldwater (R), 26,823 (15.08%) | |
| 1968 | Humphrey (D), 138,835 (93%) | NIXON† (R), 10,081 (7%) | Wallace (AIP), 1,010 (1%) |
| 1972 | McGovern (D), 145,003 (90%) | NIXON† (R), 16,998 (10%) | |
| 1976 | CARTER (D), 130,882 (90%) | Ford† (R), 13,817 (10%) | |
| 1980 | Carter (D), 128,426 (91%) | REAGAN† (R), 6,633 (5%) | Anderson (Indep.), 3,092 (2%) |
| 1984 | Mondale (D), 196,351 (95%) | REAGAN† (R), 10,153 (5%) | |
| 1988 | Dukakis (D), 174,793 (95%) | G. H. W. BUSH† (R), 7,168 (4%) | |
| 1992 | CLINTON† (D), 214,104 (81%) | G. H. W. Bush (R), 32,803 (12%) | Perot (Indep.), 17,355 (7%) |
| 1996 | CLINTON† (D), 179,767 (85%) | Dole (R), 22,914 (11%) | Perot (Reform), 6,378 (3%) |
| 2000 | Gore† (D), 194,432 (87%) | G. W. BUSH (R), 24,276 (11%) | Nader (Green), 2,867 (1%) |
| 2004 | Kerry† (D), 234,086 (83%) | G. W. BUSH (R), 47,533 (17%) | |
| 2008 | OBAMA† (D) 287,240 (81%) | McCain (R) 66,840 (19%) | |
| 2012 | OBAMA† (D) 262,836 (79%) | Romney (R) 67,557 (20%) | |
| 2016 | Clinton† (D) 262,836 (79%) | TRUMP (R) 67,557 (20%) | |
| 2020 | BIDEN† (D) 246,946 (74%) | Trump (R) 82,594 (25%) | |
| 2024 | Harris† (D) 214,073 (65%) | TRUMP (R) 109,242 (33%) | |
History
Democrats routinely dominate politics in the district, with the main focus of competition being the party primary. Only twice since 1966 has a Republican candidate for Congress received over 20% of the vote, and the Democratic nominee has topped 80% in every presidential race during that time. The district's expansion into the suburbs in the 1990s has incorporated a population that has voted Republican more often; Republican support has passed the 10% mark, and George W. Bush received 17% of the vote here in 2004. His was the best showing by a Republican presidential candidate in the district in over 40 years.
The district has since the early 1970s elected representatives who dissented from the city's Democratic establishment. William L. Dawson, U.S. Representative from 1943 to 1970, maintained the district's loyalty to Mayor Richard J. Daley. His successor Ralph Metcalfe initially continued that stance but publicly broke with Daley over an incident of police brutality in 1972, establishing a rift that persists. When Metcalfe died less than one month before the election in 1978, Democratic party officials named loyalist Bennett M. Stewart to take his place on the ballot, and Republicans replaced their candidate with , a former Democratic alderman. Despite the campaign support of Jackson for Rayner, Stewart won the election, although Rayner did get over 40% of the vote.
Stewart served only one term and lost the 1980 Democratic primary to reform candidate Harold Washington. He left Congress in 1983 upon being elected mayor, after winning a contentious three-way primary with 37% of the vote. His successor in Congress was union organizer Charles Hayes. Hayes lost the 1992 primary to Bobby Rush by a 42–39% margin following the House banking scandal, in which it was revealed that Hayes had 716 overdrafts on his congressional checking account. Rush had previously lost the 1988 and 1990 primaries to Hayes.
Rush was a co-founder of the Illinois Black Panthers in 1968, establishing a program for free breakfasts for poor children and a clinic for sickle cell anemia screenings. He served as a Chicago alderman from 1983 until his election to Congress in 1993, and he was an ally of Mayor Washington in the Council Wars of the 1980s. While in Congress, Rush consistently voted with the Democratic position over 90% of the time. When he did break from the party, he usually took positions more liberal than other Democrats, rather than taking positions held by Republicans. Rush ran against incumbent Richard M. Daley in the 1999 election for Mayor of Chicago. Despite the support of fellow congressmen Jesse Jackson Jr. and Danny Davis, he was backed by only three out of 50 aldermen and lost the election by a margin of 72–28%. He had a 55–45% advantage among black voters. In the 2000 congressional primary Rush emerged with a 61–30% win over challenger Barack Obama resulting in Obama's only electoral defeat.
In Congress, Rush focused on urban revitalization issues, and he was a staunch supporter of gun control efforts before his adult son Huey (named for Black Panther leader Huey Newton) was killed in a 1999 mugging. Following his son's murder, Rush remained a strong supporter of gun control. During his congressional tenure, Rush generally received perfect ratings of 100 from labor groups including the AFL-CIO and AFSCME, and occasionally also from Americans for Democratic Action, the ACLU and the National Abortion Rights Action League. His lifetime rating from the American Conservative Union is 3.93 on a 0 to 100 scale.
Prominent representatives
| Representative | Notes |
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 John Reynolds | Associate Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court (1818–1824) Elected the 4th governor of Illinois (1830–1834) |
 William Henry Bissell | Elected the 11th governor of Illinois (1857–1860) |
 John Wentworth | Elected the 21st mayor of Chicago (1860–1861) |
 Elihu B. Washburne | Served as Dean of the U.S. House of Representatives (1863–1869) Appointed the 25th U.S. Secretary of State (1869) Appointed the U.S. minister to France (1869–1877) |
 John Blake Rice | Elected the 24th mayor of Chicago (1865–1869) |
 Norman B. Judd | Appointed the U.S. envoy to Prussia (1867–1871) |
 Charles B. Farwell | Elected U.S. Senator from Illinois (1887–1891) |
 James Robert Mann | Served as U.S. House Minority Leader (1911–1919) |
 William L. Dawson | Served as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War I (1917–1919) First African-American to chair a congressional committee. |
 Ralph Metcalfe | Olympian (1932, 1936) Served as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War II (1942–1945) |
 Harold Washington | Elected the 51st mayor of Chicago (1983–1987) First African-American mayor of Chicago |
Historical boundaries
The district was adjacent to the 2nd district to the east and south, the 7th district to the north, and the 3rd and 13th districts to the west, and also bordered the 11th district at its southwest corner. The district's northeast border followed Lake Michigan's shoreline for almost a mile.
The district was created following the 1830 U.S. census and came into existence in 1833, five months before Chicago was organized as a town; the state was previously represented in the U.S. House of Representatives with representative elected on an at-large basis. The district included Southwestern Illinois until 1853. It included the state's northern edge until 1863. Since that time, the district has included all or part of Cook County; since 1883 the population of the district has been primarily residing on Chicago's South Side. Historical populations reflected waves of immigration into the area: previous majority populations were ethnic Irish, German, and east European. Beginning in the mid-19th century, the Irish were the first to establish their physical and political control of the area within the city's South Side.
The current 1st district has a minority-majority population: 51.3% of the residents are African-American. It has been represented in Congress by African Americans since 1929. Tens of thousands of African Americans moved to Chicago from the rural South in the Great Migration. They were confined by discrimination to the South Side of Chicago and gradually replaced ethnic whites who moved out to suburbs. At one point during the 1980s, more than 90% of the district's residents were black.
While successive redistrictings have given the district a larger percentage of white voters, it is still one of the most reliably Democratic districts in the country; with a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+28, it is the fourth most Democratic district of the eight that divide Chicago. The district has not sent a Republican to the U.S. House of Representatives since 1935. After the civil rights movement gained support from national Democratic Party for major legislation to restore constitutional rights, including the franchise in the South, most African Americans shifted to support the Democratic Party. Democratic congressional candidates routinely receive over 80% of the vote here. The Democratic trend runs right through to the national level; since the 1950s, Democratic presidential candidates have usually carry the district with well over 70 percent of the vote, and have done no worse than 64 percent/
In 2011, following the 2010 census, the state legislature redistricted. It expanded the district to cover parts of Cook and Will Counties. After redistricting, all or parts of Alsip, Blue Island, Calumet Park, Chicago, Country Club Hills, Crestwood, Dixmoor, Elwood, Evergreen Park, Frankfort, Frankfort Square, Harvey, Manhattan, Markham, Merrionette Park, Midlothian, Mokena, New Lenox, Oak Forest, Oak Lawn, Orland Hills, Orland Park, Palos Heights, Posen, Riverdale, Robbins, Tinley Park, and Worth are included. The representative for these districts were elected in the 2012 primary and general elections, and the boundaries became effective on January 3, 2013.
Demographics
In the twentieth century after the Great Migration from the South and concentration of blacks on the South Side due to de facto residential segregation, the district became the nation's first with a black-majority population. Since the 1920s, it has included the central area of Chicago's South Side African-American community. Over 85% of the district's residents were black during the period from the 1950s through the 1980s, but redistricting since that time – which redrew the district lines with the goal of maintaining three Chicago districts with black populations exceeding 60% – has reduced the percentage of black residents in the district to 70% in the 1990s. The current figure is 65%. Outward migration has caused the South Side's population to decrease over the years, and the district was expanded geographically to the southwest to gain residents, particularly as the state's congressional delegation has been reduced in numbers due to population changes and reapportionment. The district, which covered only nine square miles in the 1950s, is now more than ten times that size. Nearly half its current area was added for the 2000s.
The district's population dropped by 27% in the 1950s, and by 20% in both the 1970s and 1980s, due to outward migration for suburbanization and because of people leaving the area due to loss of jobs. In redistricting after the 1990 U.S. census, the district was extended into the suburbs for the first time in 90 years. Chicago is home to 70% of the district's residents (down from 90% in the 1990s), although roughly 60% of the district's area is outside the city border. The district's white population (almost 30% of its residents) is concentrated in the suburban areas and in a few Chicago neighborhoods such as Hyde Park. The district's largest white ethnic groups are Irish (7.1%), German (6.2%), Polish (4.5%) and Italian (3.2%), mirroring the demographics of the neighboring third and thirteenth congressional districts. There are also sizable Dutch, Swedish, Czech, Palestinian, Greek and Lithuanian populations in the area of Oak Forest, Orland Park and Tinley Park, the district's three largest suburbs. The Kenwood-Hyde Park area for several decades had a significant Jewish community. Existing buildings attest to its history, as the former Kehilath Anshe Ma'ariv temple (its second location) has been the headquarters of Jesse Jackson's Operation PUSH/Rainbow Coalition since 1971 [4]. The area also includes a notable presence of Black Muslims and is the home of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan in Kenwood.
List of members representing the district
| Member | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | District location |
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| District created March 4, 1833 | |||||
| Charles Slade (Carlyle) | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – July 26, 1834 | 23rd | Elected in 1832. Died. | 1833–1843 Included the sixteen counties in the state's southwestern section: Alexander, Bond, Clinton, Franklin, Gallatin, Jackson, Johnson, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe, Perry, Pope, Randolph, St. Clair, Union and Washington counties (five additional counties were later created within this area). |
| Vacant | July 26, 1834 – December 1, 1834 | 23rd | |||
 John Reynolds (Belleville) | Jacksonian | December 1, 1834 – March 3, 1837 | 23rd 24th | Re-elected in 1834. Lost re-election. | |
 Adam W. Snyder (Belleville) | Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | 25th | Elected in 1836. Retired. | |
John Reynolds (Belleville) | Democratic | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 | 26th 27th | Elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. [data missing] | |
 Robert Smith (Alton) | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 | 28th 29th | Elected in 1842. Re-elected in 1844. Re-elected in 1846. [data missing] | 1843–1853 Reduced in size, and now included eleven counties: Alexander, Bond, Clinton, Jackson, Madison, Monroe, Perry, Randolph, St. Clair, Union and Washington counties. |
| Independent Democratic | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 | 30th | |||
 William H. Bissell (Belleville) | Democratic | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 | 31st 32nd | Elected in 1848. Re-elected in 1850. [data missing] | |
 Elihu B. Washburne (Galena) | Whig | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | 33rd | Elected in 1852. Re-elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. [data missing] | 1853–1863 Shifted north to cover the eight counties along the state's northern edge: Boone, Carroll, Jo Daviess, Lake, McHenry, Ogle, Stephenson and Winnebago counties. Ulysses S. Grant was a district resident in 1860–61 during the period when he was out of the Army, working in his family's store in Galena, and he became acquainted with Congressman Elihu B. Washburne; Washburne became his political mentor and sponsor, and eventually became Grant's first Secretary of State. |
| Republican | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1863 | 34th 35th 36th 37th | |||
 Isaac N. Arnold (Chicago) | Republican | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 | 38th | Elected in 1862. [data missing] | 1863–1873 During this decade, beginning during the Civil War, consisted of all of Cook County. Industrialist Cyrus McCormick lost the 1864 House election as the Democratic candidate. Later during this period, the district was devastated by the Great Chicago Fire in October 1871. |
 John Wentworth (Chicago) | Republican | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 | 39th | Elected in 1864. [data missing] | |
 Norman B. Judd (Chicago) | Republican | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871 | 40th 41st | Elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Retired. | |
 Charles B. Farwell (Chicago) | Republican | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 | 42nd | Elected in 1870. [data missing] | |
 John B. Rice (Chicago) | Republican | March 4, 1873 – December 17, 1874 | 43rd | Elected in 1872. Retired and then died. | 1873–1883 Restructured and now included DuPage County, the thirteen townships comprising the southern half of Cook County (Bloom, Bremen, Calumet, Hyde Park, Lake, Lemont, Lyons, Orland, Palos, Rich, Riverside, Thornton, Worth), and the entire South Side and part of the West side of Chicago. The Chicago portion of the district began downtown and extended south to 39th Street (now Pershing Road) east of the Chicago River and south of the river and the Illinois and Michigan Canal, with its western boundary being Western Avenue; on the west side, the district included the area between 16th Street on the north and the river and canal on the south, with the city's western boundary then being Crawford Avenue (now Pulaski Road). |
| Vacant | December 17, 1874 – February 1, 1875 | ||||
 Bernard G. Caulfield (Chicago) | Democratic | February 1, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | 43rd 44th | . Re-elected in 1874. Retired. | |
 William Aldrich (Chicago) | Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883 | 45th 46th 47th | Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Lost renomination. | |
 Ransom W. Dunham (Chicago) | Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889 | 48th 49th 50th | Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Retired. | 1883–1895 Remained identical to its previous configuration, except that it no longer included DuPage County or the portion of Chicago west of Clark Street between 16th and 39th Streets. Illinois gained two additional representatives following the 1890 census, but they were elected on an at-large basis for the 1893–1895 term before redistricting occurred, and the previous decade's districting remained in effect. |
 Abner Taylor (Chicago) | Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893 | 51st 52nd | Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Retired. | |
 J. Frank Aldric (Chicago) | Republican | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897 | 53rd 54th | Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Retired. | |
| 1895–1903 Included the seven townships in southeastern Cook County (Bloom, Bremen, Calumet, Orland, Rich, Thornton, Worth), and the portion of Chicago's South Side bordered on the north by 26th Street, and on the west by Wentworth Avenue from 26th to 39th Streets and by State Street from 39th to 63rd Streets before following 63rd Street west to the city's border with Lyons Township (then at Cicero Avenue). | |||||
 James Robert Mann (Chicago) | Republican | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903 | 55th 56th 57th | Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Redistricted to the 2nd district. | |
 Martin Emerich (Chicago) | Democratic | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 | 58th | Elected in 1902. Retired. | 1903–1949 Confined to the city of Chicago for the first time, and included downtown and the area east of Wentworth to 43rd Street, also reaching west to include Armour Square as well as most of Bridgeport northeast of 33rd and Halsted Streets. Illinois's districts were not redrawn until 1947, taking effect for the 1948 elections. In 1928, Oscar De Priest became the first African American elected to Congress in the 20th century. |
 Martin B. Madden (Chicago) | Republican | March 4, 1905 – April 27, 1928 | 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th | Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Died. | |
| Vacant | April 27, 1928 – March 3, 1929 | 70th | |||
 Oscar S. De Priest (Chicago) | Republican | March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1935 | 71st 72nd 73rd | Elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Lost re-election. | |
 Arthur W. Mitchell (Chicago) | Democratic | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1943 | 74th 75th 76th 77th | Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Retired. | |
 William L. Dawson (Chicago) | Democratic | January 3, 1943 – November 9, 1970 | 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st | Elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Died. | |
| 1949–1963 Included that part of Chicago bounded on the north by the river; on the east by the lake to Pershing Road and by Cottage Grove Avenue from Pershing to 71st Street and South Chicago Avenue; on the south by Marquette Road from State Street to South Chicago Avenue, following that southeast to 71st and Cottage Grove; and on the west by Wallace Street (from the river to 25th Street), Canal Street (25th to 31st Street), Wentworth (31st to 43rd Street), the railroad between State and Wentworth (43rd to 59th Street) and State Street (59th to Marquette). The same boundaries were maintained in the redistricting after 1950. | |||||
| 1963–1967 Included that part of Chicago between 31st and 99th Streets bounded on the west by Wentworth (31st to Garfield Boulevard), the railroad 1/4-mile east of Halsted (Garfield to 59th), Halsted (59th to 63rd), State Street (63rd to 83rd) and Stewart Avenue (83rd to 99th), and bounded on the east by the lake (31st to 46th), Cottage Grove (46th to 65th) and Stony Island Avenue (65th to 99th). | |||||
| 1967–1973 Additional redistricting for the 1967–1969 term. All of the district's previous territory was retained, but it was extended further north as far as Cermak Road, with its western boundary being the railroad between State and Wentworth (Cermak to 28th Street) and then Wentworth (28th to Garfield). In addition, a small area east of Woodlawn Avenue between 46th and 47th Streets was added. | |||||
| Vacant | November 9, 1970 – January 3, 1971 | 91st | |||
 Ralph Metcalfe (Chicago) | Democratic | January 3, 1971 – October 10, 1978 | 92nd 93rd 94th 95th | . Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Died. | |
| 1973–1983 Included that part of Chicago between 31st and 103rd Streets bounded on the west by King Drive (31st to 35th), State (35th to Pershing), the railroad 1/4-mile west of State (Pershing to Garfield), King Drive (Garfield to Marquette), Yale Avenue (Marquette to 69th), Harvard Avenue (69th to 70th), Stewart (70th to 71st), Halsted (71st to 95th), the railroad 1/2-mile east of Halsted (95th to 99th) and State (99th to 103rd), and on the east by the lake (31st to 71st Street/South Shore Drive), Yates Boulevard (71st to 73rd), Jeffery Boulevard (73rd to 75th) and Stony Island, continuing onto the Calumet Expressway (75th to 103rd, with minor variation at 95th). | |||||
| Vacant | October 10, 1978 – January 3, 1979 | 95th | |||
 Bennett M. Stewart (Chicago) | Democratic | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 | 96th | Elected in 1978. Lost renomination. | |
 Harold Washington (Chicago) | Democratic | January 3, 1981 – April 30, 1983 | 97th 98th | Elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Resigned to become Mayor of Chicago. | |
| 1983–1993 The only remaining district entirely within the city of Chicago, and included that area between Cermak Road and 103rd Street bounded on the west by Federal Street (Cermak to 25th), the railroad 1/4-mile west of State (25th to 35th), the railroad 1/2-mile east of Halsted (35th to 42nd and 43rd to 47th), Stewart (42nd to 43rd), Morgan Street (47th to 48th), Racine Avenue (48th to Garfield), Peoria Street (Garfield to 56th), Green Street (56th to 57th) and Halsted (57th to 103rd), and on the east by the lake (Cermak to 73rd) and Yates (73rd to 103rd). | |||||
| Vacant | April 30, 1983 – August 23, 1983 | 98th | |||
 Charles A. Hayes (Chicago) | Democratic | August 23, 1983 – January 3, 1993 | 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd | Elected to finish Washington's term Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Lost renomination. | |
 Bobby Rush (Chicago) | Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2023 | 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th | Elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Retired. | 1993–2003 Expanded into the suburbs for the first time in 90 years, increasing its total area from 32 to 56 square miles (150 km2). It now included: the Chicago communities of Douglas, Oakland, Kenwood, Hyde Park, Woodlawn, Greater Grand Crossing, Avalon Park, Burnside, Chatham and Mount Greenwood; those portions of Auburn Gresham and Washington Heights east of Halsted, those portions of Roseland and Pullman north of 103rd Street, and those portions of Calumet Heights and South Chicago west of Yates Boulevard; the portion of South Deering northwest of 103rd and Yates; South Shore, excepting the area southeast of 71st and Yates; Washington Park, excepting the area northwest of 57th and King Drive; the part of Grand Boulevard north of 43rd Street, as well as most of the area east of Vincennes Avenue; the portion of Armour Square southeast of 35th Street and Princeton Avenue; most of Englewood north of 63rd or east of Halsted; the portion of West Englewood north of 63rd; most of New City southwest of 49th and May Streets; most of Brighton Park southeast of 40th and Kedzie Avenue; portions of Gage Park east of Kedzie, most of Chicago Lawn east of Kedzie, and the portion of Ashburn east of Kedzie; Beverly, excepting the area southeast of 103rd and Prospect Avenue; and most of Morgan Park west of Vincennes. In the suburbs, the district included the villages of Evergreen Park and Merrionette Park, the portion of Alsip east of Cicero Avenue, the portion of Blue Island in Worth Township north of the Calumet Sag Channel, and, with minor variations, the portion of Oak Lawn southeast of 101st and Cicero. |
2003–2013 | |||||
2013–2023 | |||||
 Jonathan Jackson (Chicago) | Democratic | January 3, 2023 – present | 118th 119th | Elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024. | 2023–present |
Election results
1832–1840
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Charles Slade | 2,470 | 31.28 | |
| Democratic-Republican | Ninian Edwards | 2,078 | 26.31 | |
| Democratic | Sidney Breese | 1,770 | 22.41 | |
| Total votes | 7,897 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John Reynolds | 4,136 | 41.98 | |
| Democratic | Adam W. Snyder | 3,723 | 37.79 | |
| Unknown | Edward Humphreys | 1,990 | 20.20 | |
| Write-in | 3 | 0.03 | ||
| Total votes | 9,852 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John Reynolds | 1,721 | 47.99 | |
| Democratic-Republican | Pierre Menard | 871 | 24.29 | |
| Unknown | William Orr | 501 | 13.97 | |
| Unknown | Henry L. Webb | 490 | 13.66 | |
| Write-in | 3 | 0.08 | ||
| Total votes | 3,586 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Adam W. Snyder | 4,552 | 40.06 | |
| Democratic | John Reynolds (incumbent) | 4,441 | 39.08 | |
| Whig | William J. Gatewood | 2,370 | 20.86 | |
| Total votes | 11,363 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John Reynolds | 8,032 | 61.16 | +22.08% | |
| Whig | John Hogan | 5100 | 38.84 | +17.98% | |
| Total votes | 13,132 | 100.0 | |||
1841–1850
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John Reynolds (incumbent) | 8,046 | 59.44 | −1.72% | |
| Whig | Henry L. Webb | 5,313 | 39.25 | +0.41% | |
| John Tyler Supporter | Stephen R. Rowan | 171 | 1.26 | N/A | |
| Write-in | 14 | 0.10 | N/A | ||
| Total votes | 13,537 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Robert Smith | 7,347 | 56.11 | −3.33% | |
| Whig | James L. D. Morrison | 5,568 | 42.53 | +3.28% | |
| Liberty | Robert W. Marshall | 176 | 1.34 | N/A | |
| Write-in | 2 | 0.02 | -0.08% | ||
| Total votes | 13,093 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Robert Smith (incumbent) | 7,966 | 64.65 | +8.54% | |
| Democratic | John Reynolds | 4,146 | 33.65 | N/A | |
| Liberty | Robert W. Marshall | 191 | 1.55 | +0.21% | |
| Write-in | 36 | 0.29 | +0.27% | ||
| Total votes | 12,321 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Democrat | Robert Smith (incumbent) | 7,068 | 58.13 | −6.52% | |
| Democratic | Lyman Trumbull | 5,019 | 41.28 | N/A | |
| Liberty | B. Marshall | 62 | 0.51 | −1.04% | |
| Write-in | 10 | 0.08 | -0.21% | ||
| Total votes | 12,159 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | William H. Bissell | 9,892 | 97.74 | +56.46% | |
| Liberty | Charles W. Hunter | 229 | 2.26 | +1.75% | |
| Total votes | 10,121 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | William H. Bissell (incumbent) | 12,841 | 99.99 | +2.25% | |
| Write-in | 1 | 0.01 | N/A | ||
| Total votes | 100.0 | ||||
1852–1860
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Elihu B. Washburne | 7,392 | 43.93 | N/A | |
| Democratic | Thompson Campbell | 7,106 | 42.23 | −57.76% | |
| Free Soil | Newman Campbell | 2,245 | 13.34 | N/A | |
| Write-in | 85 | 0.51 | +0.50% | ||
| Total votes | 16,828 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Elihu B. Washburne (incumbent) | 8,372 | 69.33 | +25.40% | |
| Democratic | William M. Jackson | 2,776 | 22.99 | −19.24% | |
| Anti-Nebraska | E. P. Ferry | 927 | 7.68 | N/A | |
| Total votes | 12,075 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Elihu B. Washburne (incumbent) | 18,070 | 72.61 | +3.28% | |
| Democratic | Richard S. Molony | 6,227 | 25.02 | +2.03% | |
| Unknown | Elisha B. Washburne | 331 | 1.33 | N/A | |
| Know Nothing | B. D. Eastman | 257 | 1.03 | N/A | |
| Total votes | 24,885 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Elihu B. Washburne (incumbent) | 15,811 | 69.84 | −2.77% | |
| Democratic | Hiram Bright | 6,457 | 28.52 | +3.50% | |
| Democratic Party (Anti-Lecompton) | Richard H. Jackson | 370 | 1.63 | N/A | |
| Total votes | 22,638 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Elihu B. Washburne (incumbent) | 21,436 | 70.56 | +0.72% | |
| Democratic | Theodore A. C. Beard | 8,929 | 29.39 | +0.87% | |
| Write-in | 14 | 0.05 | N/A | ||
| Total votes | 30,379 | 100.0 | |||
1862–1870
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Isaac N. Arnold | 10,025 | 54.45 | −16.11% | |
| Democratic | Francis Cornwall Sherman | 8,387 | 45.55 | +16.16% | |
| Total votes | 18,412 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Union | John Wentworth | 18,557 | 56.52 | +2.07% | |
| Democratic | Cyrus McCormick | 14,277 | 43.48 | −2.07% | |
| Total votes | 32,834 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Norman B. Judd | 15,247 | 72.90 | +16.38% | |
| Democratic | Martin R. M. Wallace | 5,667 | 27.10 | −16.38% | |
| Total votes | 41,828 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Norman B. Judd (incumbent) | 27,414 | 58.77 | −14.13% | |
| Democratic | Martin R. M. Wallace | 19,233 | 41.23 | +14.13% | |
| Total votes | 46,647 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Charles B. Farwell | 40,684 | 57.52 | −1.25% | |
| Democratic | John Wentworth | 15,025 | 42.48 | +1.25% | |
| Total votes | 70,734 | 100.0 | |||
1872–1880
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Blake Rice | 12,870 | 64.01 | +6.49% | |
| Liberal Republican | Lucien B. Otis | 7,235 | 35.99 | N/A | |
| Total votes | 20,105 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bernard G. Caulfield | 10,211 | 51.02 | N/A | |
| Republican | Sidney Smith | 9,803 | 48.98 | −15.03% | |
| Total votes | 20,014 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bernard G. Caulfield | 3,461 | 81.96 | +30.94% | |
| Unknown | H. Eddy | 454 | 10.75 | N/A | |
| Unknown | Henry Vallettee | 308 | 7.29 | N/A | |
| Total votes | 4,223 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | William Aldrich | 16,587 | 53.21 | N/A | |
| Democratic | John Randolph Hoxie | 14,101 | 45.23 | −36.73% | |
| Greenback | George S. Bowen | 486 | 1.56 | N/A | |
| Total votes | 31,174 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | William Aldrich (incumbent) | 12,165 | 51.84 | −1.37% | |
| Democratic | James Rood Doolittle | 7,136 | 30.41 | −14.82% | |
| Socialist Labor | John McAuliff | 2,322 | 9.90 | N/A | |
| Greenback | William V. Barr | 1,844 | 7.86 | +6.30% | |
| Total votes | 23,467 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | William Aldrich (incumbent) | 22,307 | 53.79 | +1.95% | |
| Democratic | John Mattocks | 18,024 | 43.47 | +13.06% | |
| Socialist Labor | 605 | 1.46 | −8.44% | ||
| Greenback | Richard Powers | 532 | 1.28 | −6.58% | |
| Total votes | 41,468 | 100.0 | |||
1882–1890
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ransom W. Dunham | 11,571 | 50.86 | −2.93% | |
| Democratic | John W. Downes | 10,534 | 46.31 | +2.84% | |
| Greenback | Alonzo J. Glover | 644 | 2.83 | +1.55% | |
| Total votes | 22,749 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ransom W. Dunham (incumbent) | 20,245 | 56.73 | +5.87% | |
| Democratic | William M. Tilden | 14,655 | 41.06 | −5.25% | |
| Greenback | Jno. B. Clark | 501 | 1.40 | −1.43% | |
| Unknown | William B. Clark | 288 | 0.81 | N/A | |
| Total votes | 35,689 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ransom W. Dunham (incumbent) | 12,321 | 46.89 | −9.84% | |
| Democratic | Edgar Terhune | 7,258 | 27.62 | −13.44% | |
| Labor | Harvey Sheldon, Jr. | 6,358 | 24.20 | N/A | |
| Prohibition | George C. Christian | 337 | 1.28 | N/A | |
| Total votes | 26,274 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Abner Taylor | 26,553 | 52.86 | +5.97% | |
| Democratic | James F. Todd | 22,697 | 45.19 | +17.57% | |
| Prohibition | Harry S. Taylor | 981 | 1.95 | +0.67% | |
| Total votes | 50,231 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Abner Taylor (incumbent) | 22,235 | 49.95 | −2.91% | |
| Democratic | William G. Ewing | 21,796 | 48.96 | +3.77% | |
| Prohibition | Isaac H. Pedrick | 483 | 1.09 | −0.86% | |
| Total votes | 44,514 | 100.0 | |||
1892–1900
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | J. Frank Aldrich | 39,726 | 49.68 | −0.27% | |
| Democratic | Edwin B. Smith | 37,904 | 47.40 | −1.56% | |
| Prohibition | Winfield S. McComas | 1,738 | 2.17 | +1.08% | |
| Populist | Alfred Clark | 566 | 0.71 | N/A | |
| Labor | P. J. Weldon | 32 | 0.04 | N/A | |
| Total votes | 79,966 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | J. Frank Aldrich (incumbent) | 33,902 | 63.15 | +13.47% | |
| Democratic | Max Dembufsky | 12,854 | 23.94 | −23.46% | |
| Populist | Howard S. Taylor | 5,996 | 11.17 | +10.46% | |
| Prohibition | William H. Craig | 667 | 1.24 | −0.93% | |
| Independent American Citizen | Winfield S. McComas | 269 | 0.50 | N/A | |
| Total votes | 53,688 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | James Robert Mann | 51,582 | 67.64 | +4.49% | |
| Democratic | James H. Teller | 23,123 | 30.32 | +6.38% | |
| Populist | Benjamin J. Werthermer | 957 | 1.25 | −9.92% | |
| Unknown | Thomas R. Strobridge | 595 | 0.78 | N/A | |
| Total votes | 76,257 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | James Robert Mann (incumbent) | 37,500 | 63.23 | −4.41% | |
| Democratic | Rollin B. Organ | 20,424 | 34.43 | +4.11% | |
| Socialist Labor | Bernard Berlyn | 568 | 0.96 | N/A | |
| Prohibition | Theodore L. Neff | 414 | 0.70 | N/A | |
| Populist | James Hogan | 404 | 0.68 | −0.57% | |
| Total votes | 59,310 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | James Robert Mann (incumbent) | 52,775 | 63.02 | −0.21% | |
| Democratic | Leon Hornstein | 28,858 | 34.46 | +0.03% | |
| Social Democratic | William H. Collins | 1,208 | 1.44 | N/A | |
| Prohibition | William P. Ferguson | 899 | 1.07 | +0.37% | |
| Total votes | 83,740 | 100.0 | |||
1902–1910
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Martin Emerich | 16,591 | 51.29 | +16.83% | |
| Republican | Martin B. Madden | 15,339 | 47.42 | −15.60% | |
| Prohibition | Howard T. Wilcoxon | 415 | 1.28 | +0.21% | |
| Total votes | 32,345 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Martin B. Madden | 24,097 | 58.00 | +10.58% | |
| Democratic | John S. Oehman | 9,166 | 22.06 | −29.23% | |
| Independent Republican | David S. Geer | 5,175 | 12.46 | N/A | |
| Socialist | Edward Loewenthal | 2,334 | 5.62 | N/A | |
| Prohibition | William H. Craig | 416 | 1.00 | −0.28% | |
| Populist | Charles Roberts | 234 | 0.56 | N/A | |
| Continental Party | J. P. Lynch | 127 | 0.31 | N/A | |
| Total votes | 41,549 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Martin B. Madden (incumbent) | 17,015 | 59.32 | +1.32% | |
| Democratic | Martin Emerich | 10,015 | 34.92 | +12.86% | |
| Socialist | J. H. Greer | 1,402 | 4.89 | −0.73% | |
| Prohibition | Amasa Orelup | 251 | 0.88 | −0.12% | |
| Total votes | 28,683 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Martin B. Madden (incumbent) | 23,370 | 60.92 | +1.60% | |
| Democratic | Matthew L. Mandable | 13,692 | 35.69 | +0.77% | |
| Socialist | Joseph N. Greer | 825 | 2.15 | −2.74% | |
| Independent | Henry W. Young | 469 | 1.22 | N/A | |
| Independent | Charles McCormick | 7 | 0.02 | N/A | |
| Total votes | 38,363 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Martin B. Madden (incumbent) | 14,920 | 49.99 | −10.93% | |
| Democratic | Michael E. Maher | 13,466 | 45.12 | +9.43% | |
| Socialist | Joseph H. Greer | 1,165 | 3.90 | +1.75% | |
| Prohibition | H. E. Eckles | 293 | 0.98 | N/A | |
| Total votes | 29,844 | 100.0 | |||
1912–1920
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Martin B. Madden (incumbent) | 13,608 | 52.16 | +2.17% | |
| Democratic | Andrew Donovan | 9,967 | 38.20 | −6.92% | |
| Socialist | William F. Barnard | 2,217 | 8.50 | +4.60% | |
| Prohibition | W. H. Rogers | 299 | 1.15 | +0.17% | |
| Total votes | 26,091 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Martin B. Madden (incumbent) | 13,063 | 53.22 | +1.06% | |
| Democratic | James M. Quinlan | 9,060 | 36.91 | −1.29% | |
| Progressive | Henry M. Ashton | 1,758 | 7.16 | N/A | |
| Socialist | Charles Leffler | 662 | 2.70 | −5.80% | |
| Total votes | 24,543 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Martin B. Madden (incumbent) | 20,380 | 59.06 | +5.84% | |
| Democratic | William J. Hennessey | 13,380 | 38.77 | +1.86% | |
| Socialist | Robert H. Howe | 749 | 2.17 | −0.53% | |
| Total votes | 34,509 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Martin B. Madden (incumbent) | 12,580 | 55.33 | −3.73% | |
| Democratic | George Mayer | 9,776 | 43.00 | +4.23% | |
| Socialist | G. J. Carlisle | 381 | 1.68 | −0.49% | |
| Total votes | 22,737 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Martin B. Madden (incumbent) | 41,907 | 75.91 | +20.58% | |
| Democratic | James A. Gorman | 12,398 | 22.46 | −20.54% | |
| Socialist | Willis E. Davis | 899 | 1.63 | −0.05% | |
| Total votes | 55,204 | 100.0 | |||
1922–1930
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Martin B. Madden (incumbent) | 23,895 | 59.09 | −16.82% | |
| Democratic | George Mayer | 15,999 | 39.56 | +17.10% | |
| Socialist | Charles Hallbeck | 427 | 1.06 | −0.57% | |
| Farmer–Labor | John H. Kennedy | 120 | 0.30 | N/A | |
| Total votes | 40,441 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Martin B. Madden (incumbent) | 43,661 | 73.05 | +13.96% | |
| Democratic | James F. Doyle | 13,623 | 22.79 | −16.77% | |
| Independent | Samuel A. T. Watkins | 2,232 | 3.73 | N/A | |
| Socialist | Elmer Whitmore | 220 | 0.37 | −0.69% | |
| Independent | Gordon Owens | 32 | 0.05 | N/A | |
| Total votes | 59,768 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Martin B. Madden (incumbent) | 26,559 | 68.20 | −4.85% | |
| Democratic | James F. Doyle | 12,283 | 31.54 | +8.75% | |
| Progressive | G. Victor Cools | 101 | 0.26 | N/A | |
| Total votes | 38,943 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Oscar DePriest | 24,479 | 47.79 | −20.41% | |
| Democratic | Harry Baker | 20,664 | 40.34 | +8.80% | |
| Independent | William Harrison | 5,861 | 11.44 | N/A | |
| Independent | Benjamin W. Clayton | 123 | 0.24 | N/A | |
| Independent | Edward L. Doty | 100 | 0.20 | N/A | |
| Total votes | 51,227 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Oscar DePriest (incumbent) | 23,719 | 58.36 | +10.57% | |
| Democratic | Harry Baker | 16,747 | 41.21 | +0.87% | |
| Independent | George W. Harts | 68 | 0.17 | N/A | |
| Independent | T. W. Chavers | 64 | 0.16 | N/A | |
| Independent | Edward Turner | 44 | 0.11 | N/A | |
| Total votes | 40,642 | 100.0 | |||
1932–1940
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Oscar DePriest (incumbent) | 33,672 | 54.77 | −3.59% | |
| Democratic | Harry Baker | 26,959 | 43.85 | +2.64% | |
| Independent | Herbert Newton | 843 | 1.37 | N/A | |
| Total votes | 61,474 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Arthur W. Mitchell | 27,963 | 52.97 | +9.12% | |
| Republican | Oscar DePriest (incumbent) | 24,829 | 47.03 | −7.74% | |
| Total votes | 52,792 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Arthur W. Mitchell (incumbent) | 35,376 | 55.10 | +2.13% | |
| Republican | Oscar DePriest | 28,640 | 44.61 | −2.42% | |
| Independent | Harry Haywood | 192 | 0.30 | N/A | |
| Total votes | 64,208 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Arthur W. Mitchell (incumbent) | 30,207 | 53.37 | −1.73% | |
| Republican | William L. Dawson | 26,396 | 46.63 | +2.02% | |
| Total votes | 56,603 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Arthur W. Mitchell (incumbent) | 34,641 | 53.02 | −0.35% | |
| Republican | William E. King | 30,698 | 46.98 | +0.35% | |
| Total votes | 65,339 | 100.0 | |||
1942–1950
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | William L. Dawson | 26,280 | 52.75 | −0.27% | |
| Republican | William E. King | 23,537 | 47.25 | +0.27% | |
| Total votes | 49,817 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | William L. Dawson (incumbent) | 42,713 | 61.98 | +9.23% | |
| Republican | William E. King | 26,204 | 38.02 | −9.23% | |
| Total votes | 68,917 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | William L. Dawson (incumbent) | 38,040 | 56.79 | −5.19% | |
| Republican | William E. King | 28,945 | 43.21 | +5.19% | |
| Total votes | 66,985 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | William L. Dawson (incumbent) | 98,690 | 66.96 | +10.17% | |
| Republican | William E. King | 43,034 | 29.20 | −14.01% | |
| Progressive | Earl B. Dickerson | 5,669 | 3.85 | N/A | |
| Total votes | 147,393 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | William L. Dawson (incumbent) | 69,506 | 61.74 | −5.22% | |
| Republican | Archibald James Carey, Jr. | 41,944 | 37.26 | +8.06% | |
| Progressive | Samuel J. Parks | 1,135 | 1.01 | −2.84% | |
| Total votes | 112,585 | 100.0 | |||
1952–1960
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | William L. Dawson (incumbent) | 95,899 | 73.50 | +11.76% | |
| Republican | Edgar G. Brown | 34,571 | 26.50 | −10.76% | |
| Total votes | 130,470 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | William L. Dawson (incumbent) | 71,472 | 75.28 | +1.78% | |
| Republican | Genoa S. Washington | 23,470 | 24.72 | −1.78% | |
| Total votes | 94,942 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | William L. Dawson (incumbent) | 66,704 | 64.42 | −10.86% | |
| Republican | George W. Lawrence | 36,847 | 35.58 | +10.86% | |
| Total votes | 103,551 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | William L. Dawson (incumbent) | 60,778 | 72.22 | +7.80% | |
| Republican | Dr. Theodore R. M. Howard | 23,384 | 27.78 | −7.80% | |
| Total votes | 84,162 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | William L. Dawson (incumbent) | 75,938 | 77.81 | +5.59% | |
| Republican | Genoa S. Washington | 21,660 | 22.19 | −5.59% | |
| Total votes | 97,598 | 100.0 | |||
1962–1970
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | William L. Dawson (incumbent) | 98,305 | 74.09 | −3.72% | |
| Republican | Benjamin C. Duster | 34,379 | 25.91 | +3.72% | |
| Total votes | 132,684 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | William L. Dawson (incumbent) | 150,953 | 84.91 | +10.82% | |
| Republican | Wilbur N. Daniel | 26,823 | 15.09 | −10.82% | |
| Total votes | 177,776 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | William L. Dawson (incumbent) | 91,119 | 72.58 | −12.33% | |
| Republican | David R. Reed | 34,421 | 27.42 | +12.33% | |
| Total votes | 125,540 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | William L. Dawson (incumbent) | 119,207 | 84.56 | +11.98% | |
| Republican | Janet Roberts Jennings | 21,758 | 15.44 | −11.98% | |
| Total votes | 140,965 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ralph H. Metcalfe | 93,272 | 90.96 | +6.40% | |
| Republican | Janet Roberts Jennings | 9,267 | 9.04 | −6.40% | |
| Total votes | 102,539 | 100.0 | |||
1972–1980
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ralph H. Metcalfe (incumbent) | 136,755 | 91.39 | +0.43% | |
| Republican | Louis H. Coggs | 12,877 | 8.61 | −0.43% | |
| Write-in | 2 | 0.00 | N/A | ||
| Total votes | 149,634 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ralph H. Metcalfe (incumbent) | 75,206 | 93.74 | +2.35% | |
| Republican | Oscar H. Haynes | 4,399 | 5.48 | −3.13% | |
| Socialist Workers | Willie Mae Reid | 620 | 0.77 | N/A | |
| Total votes | 80,225 | 100.0 | |||
2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bobby Rush* | 149,068 | 81.17 | |
| Republican | Raymond G. Wardingley | 29,776 | 16.21 | |
| Libertarian | Dorothy Tsatsos | 4,812 | 2.62 | |
| Total votes | 183,656 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bobby Rush* | 211,115 | 84.82 | |
| Republican | Raymond G. Wardingley | 37,793 | 15.18 | |
| Total votes | 248,908 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bobby Rush* | 146,623 | 84.06 | |
| Republican | Jason E. Tabour | 27,804 | 15.94 | |
| Total votes | 174,427 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2008
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bobby Rush* | 233,036 | 85.87 | |
| Republican | Antoine Members | 38,361 | 14.13 | |
| Total votes | 271,397 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2010
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bobby Rush* | 148,170 | 80.36 | |
| Republican | Raymond G. Wardingley | 29,253 | 15.87 | |
| Green | Jeff Adams | 6,963 | 3.78 | |
| Total votes | 184,386 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bobby Rush (incumbent) | 236,854 | 73.8 | |
| Republican | Donald Peloquin | 83,989 | 26.2 | |
| Independent | John Hawkins (write-in) | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Total votes | 320,844 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bobby Rush (incumbent) | 162,268 | 73.1 | |
| Republican | Jimmy Lee Tillman | 59,749 | 26.9 | |
| Total votes | 222,017 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bobby Rush (incumbent) | 234,037 | 74.1 | |
| Republican | August Deuser | 81,817 | 25.9 | |
| Independent | Tabitha Carson (write-in) | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Total votes | 315,862 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bobby Rush (incumbent) | 189,560 | 73.5 | |
| Republican | Jimmy Lee Tillman, II | 50,960 | 19.8 | |
| Independent | Thomas Rudbeck | 17,365 | 6.7 | |
| Total votes | 257,885 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bobby Rush (incumbent) | 239,943 | 73.80 | +0.29% | |
| Republican | Philanise White | 85,027 | 26.15 | +6.39% | |
| Write-in | 153 | 0.05 | N/A | ||
| Total votes | 325,123 | 100.0 | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jonathan Jackson | 159,142 | 67.03 | |
| Republican | Eric Carlson | 78,258 | 32.96 | |
| Write-in | 25 | 0.01 | ||
| Total votes | 237,425 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jonathan Jackson (incumbent) | 208,398 | 65.84 | −1.19% | |
| Republican | Marcus Lewis | 108,064 | 34.14 | +1.18% | |
| Write-in | 45 | 0.02 | N/A | ||
| Total votes | 316,507 | 100.0 | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
See also
- Illinois's congressional districts
- List of United States congressional districts
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Illinois s first congressional district is a congressional district in the U S state of Illinois Based in Cook County the district includes much of the South Side of Chicago and continues southwest to Joliet Illinois s 1st congressional districtInteractive map of district boundaries since January 3 2023RepresentativeJonathan Jackson D ChicagoArea621 6 sq mi 1 610 km2 Population 2023 751 575Median household income 67 268Ethnicity49 7 Black36 1 White9 2 Hispanic2 7 Two or more races2 0 Asian0 4 otherCook PVID 18 From 2003 to early 2013 it extended into the city s southwest suburbs until reaching the border of Will County and covered 97 84 square miles 253 4 km2 making it one of the 40 smallest districts in the U S although there are four smaller districts in Illinois The district had a population that was 65 African American the highest percentage of any congressional district in the nation but with redistricting that percentage has now declined to 52 It includes the home of former President Barack Obama The 1st is a majority minority district and has been since at least the 1920s In 1929 it became the first district in the 20th century to send an African American to Congress when Republican Oscar Stanton De Priest was elected to represent the district The 1st has been represented by an African American Member of Congress ever since the longest ongoing stretch of black representation for any seat in the House of Representatives It has been held by a Democrat since 1935 when Arthur Mitchell the first African American Democrat elected to Congress took the seat as part of the New Deal Coalition In 1949 district representative William Dawson became the first African American to chair a congressional committee The district is currently represented by Jonathan Jackson who was elected to succeed longtime incumbent Bobby Rush in 2022 CompositionBy county County Pop Share Cook 517 863 68 71 Will 198 838 26 38 Kankakee 36 976 4 91 Cities and CDPs with 10 000 or more people Chicago 2 665 039 Joliet 150 362 Orland Park 58 703 Tinley Park 55 971 Oak Forest 27 478 New Lenox 27 214 Lockport 26 094 Homer Glen 24 543 Blue Island 22 558 Harvey 20 324 Frankfort 20 296 Evergreen Park 19 943 Mokena 19 887 Matteson 19 073 Alsip 19 063 Bourbonnais 18 164 Lemont 17 629 Country Club Hills 16 775 Bradley 15 419 Midlothian 14 325 Channahon 13 383 Minooka 12 758 Markham 11 661 Crestwood 10 826 Riverdale 10 663 2 500 to 10 000 people Manhattan 9 385 Manteno 9 210 Frankfort Square 8 968 Calumet Park 7 025 Braidwood 6 194 Coal City 5 705 Wilmington 5 664 Posen 5 632 Palos Park 4 899 Robbins 4 629 Dixmoor 2 973 Diamond 2 640 As of the 2020 redistricting the district will still be centered primarily around the Chicago s South Side now with a greater portion of Will County and a corner of northern Kankakee County The 1st district takes in the Chicago neighborhoods of Oakland Burnham Park Auburn Gresham Washington Heights Greater Grand Crossing Chatham and Burnside most of Ashburn Roseland and Calumet Heights the west portion of Kenwood and Woodlawn and parts of South Deering Near South Side Douglas Chicago Lawn South Shore South Chicago Hyde Park Washington Park Morgan Park and Mt Greenwood Outside of the Chicago city limits the district takes in the Cook County communities of Midlothian Posen Robbins Calumet Park and Palos Park most of Blue Island the south portion of Lemont the eastern portion of Alsip the northeastern portion of Evergreen Park the western portion of Markham the southeastern portion of Tinley Park and parts of Oak Forest Orland Park Crestwood Beverly Riverdale Dixmoor Harvey Country Club Hills and Matteson Will County is split between this district the 2nd district and the 14th district The 1st and 2nd districts are partitioned by South Harlem Ave West Peotone Rd North Peotone Rd West Kennedy Rd Rock Creek and South Center Rd The 1st and 14th districts are partitioned by West 135th St High Rd Chicago Sanitary amp Ship Canal Thornton St East 9th St Madison St East 12th St East Division St South Farrell Rd Midewin National Tail Grass Prairie West Schweizer Rd Channahon Rd DuPage River and Canal Road North The 1st district takes in the communities of Homer Glen Braidwood Wilmington Manhattan Frankfort Channahon New Lenox Lockport Heights Bonnie Brae Mokena Arbury Hills Frankfort Square Wilton Center Andres Symerton Ritchie Rest Haven Custer Park Lakewood Shores Lorenzo eastern Braceville eastern Godley eastern Minooka western Elwood Lockport east of the Chicago Sanitary amp Ship Canal most of Braidwood part of Diamond part of Coal City and part of Joliet Kankakee County is split between this district and the 2nd district They are partitioned by North 5000E Rd East 6000N Rd Cardinal Drive Durham St East Armour Rd East Marsile St Bisallion Ave and the Kankakee River The 1st district takes in the municipalities of Manteno northern Bourbannais and part of Bradley Economy The departure of the steel industry along with other manufacturing jobs from the South Side in recent decades has created economic difficulties which the area is still trying to overcome The district s median household income as of 2000 37 222 trailed the national average by 11 4 The unemployment rate 7 6 was more than double the national rate and nearly 20 of district residents were living in poverty These problems are more pronounced within the Chicago portion of the district 14 of the district s 18 suburbs had median household incomes over 40 000 as of 1999 with the six most affluent grouped in the southwest corner of the district But black middle class Chicago neighborhoods such as Avalon Park and Chatham have remained more stable along with the more upscale Hyde Park Kenwood area Health care and higher education now constitute major economic sectors in the region Hospitals in the district include Oak Forest Hospital in Oak Forest and Provident Hospital of Cook County in Grand Boulevard both part of the as well as the University of Chicago Hospitals in Hyde Park Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park Holy Cross Hospital in Chicago Lawn St Francis Hospital in Blue Island in South Shore and in Englewood Local educational institutions include the University of Chicago in Hyde Park Illinois Institute of Technology IIT in Douglas Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights and Kennedy King College a Chicago city college in Englewood and Chicago State University in Roseland is located directly outside the district at its southern edge in addition there are five seminaries in Hyde Park Catholic Theological Union Chicago Theological Seminary Lutheran School of Theology McCormick Theological Seminary and Meadville Lombard Theological School U S Cellular Field home of the Chicago White Sox is less than 1 000 feet 300 m west of the district s northwestern border Other area cultural and entertainment attractions include the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago s Washington Park and First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park several square miles of Cook County Forest Preserves can be found on three sides of Oak Forest and Oak Forest s Chicago Gaelic Park 1 is home to Irish Fest held annually on Memorial Day weekend Business and industrial presences in the district include Panduit Corporation 2 an electrical manufacturer in Tinley Park Parco Foods 3 a cookie manufacturer in Blue Island and Midwest Suburban Publishing publisher of the SouthtownStar in Tinley Park In addition to Washington Park and those sites associated with the University of Chicago and IIT district locations on the National Register of Historic Places include Chicago Beach Hotel Hyde Park Arthur H Compton House National Historic Landmark Hyde Park East Park Towers Hyde Park Eighth Regiment Armory Douglas Four Nineteen Building Chatham Garden Homes Historic District Chatham Grand Crossing Park Greater Grand Crossing Hamilton Park Englewood Anton E Hanson House South Shore Isadore H Heller House National Historic Landmark Hyde Park Hotel Windermere East Hyde Park Hyde Park Kenwood Historic District Jackson Park Historic Landscape District and Midway Plaisance Hyde Park Washington Park Kehilath Anshe Ma ariv Synagogue Douglas Frank R Lillie House National Historic Landmark Hyde Park Mayfair Apartments Hyde Park Robert A Millikan House National Historic Landmark Hyde Park The Narragansett Kenwood Overton Hygienic Building Douglas Poinsettia Apartments Hyde Park Frederick C Robie House National Historic Landmark Hyde Park Martin Roche John Tait House Douglas Robert Roloson Houses Douglas St Thomas Church and Convent Hyde Park South Park Manor Historic District Greater Grand Crossing Lorado Taft Midway Studios National Historic Landmark Woodlawn George R Thorne House Midlothian Unity Hall Douglas Victory Monument Douglas Karl Vogt Building Tinley Park Ida B Wells Barnett House National Historic Landmark Douglas The Yale Englewood Joshua P Young House Blue IslandRecent election results from statewide racesYear Office Results 2008 President Obama 79 20 2012 President Obama 78 22 2016 President Clinton 72 24 Senate Duckworth 72 23 Comptroller Spec Mendoza 66 28 2018 Governor Pritzker 71 24 Attorney General Raoul 71 27 Secretary of State White 80 18 Comptroller Mendoza 74 23 Treasurer Frerichs 72 25 2020 President Biden 70 28 Senate Durbin 61 25 2022 Senate Duckworth 69 29 Governor Pritzker 68 30 Attorney General Raoul 68 30 Secretary of State Giannoulias 68 30 Comptroller Mendoza 70 29 Treasurer Frerichs 67 31 2024 President Harris 65 33 Presidential election results This table indicates how the district has voted in U S presidential elections election results reflect voting in the district as it was configured at the time of the election not as it is configured today The candidate who received the most votes in the district is listed first the candidate who won the election nationally is in CAPS and the candidate who won the state of Illinois is indicated with a Election District winner Runner up Other candidates 1852 Scott W 6 992 42 PIERCE D 6 948 41 Hale Free Soil 2 885 17 1856 Fremont R 18 247 73 BUCHANAN D 5 991 24 Fillmore American 677 3 1860 LINCOLN R 21 436 70 Douglas D 8 940 29 Bell Constitutional Union 99 0 3 Breckinridge D 62 0 2 1864 LINCOLN R 18 667 81 McClellan D 4 351 19 1868 GRANT R 27 527 59 Seymour D 19 104 41 1872 1948 data missing 1952 Stevenson D 99 224 75 EISENHOWER R 33 805 25 1956 Stevenson D 68 266 64 EISENHOWER R 38 827 36 1960 KENNEDY D 75 938 77 80 Nixon R 21 660 22 19 1964 JOHNSON D 150 953 84 91 Goldwater R 26 823 15 08 1968 Humphrey D 138 835 93 NIXON R 10 081 7 Wallace AIP 1 010 1 1972 McGovern D 145 003 90 NIXON R 16 998 10 1976 CARTER D 130 882 90 Ford R 13 817 10 1980 Carter D 128 426 91 REAGAN R 6 633 5 Anderson Indep 3 092 2 1984 Mondale D 196 351 95 REAGAN R 10 153 5 1988 Dukakis D 174 793 95 G H W BUSH R 7 168 4 1992 CLINTON D 214 104 81 G H W Bush R 32 803 12 Perot Indep 17 355 7 1996 CLINTON D 179 767 85 Dole R 22 914 11 Perot Reform 6 378 3 2000 Gore D 194 432 87 G W BUSH R 24 276 11 Nader Green 2 867 1 2004 Kerry D 234 086 83 G W BUSH R 47 533 17 2008 OBAMA D 287 240 81 McCain R 66 840 19 2012 OBAMA D 262 836 79 Romney R 67 557 20 2016 Clinton D 262 836 79 TRUMP R 67 557 20 2020 BIDEN D 246 946 74 Trump R 82 594 25 2024 Harris D 214 073 65 TRUMP R 109 242 33 HistoryDemocrats routinely dominate politics in the district with the main focus of competition being the party primary Only twice since 1966 has a Republican candidate for Congress received over 20 of the vote and the Democratic nominee has topped 80 in every presidential race during that time The district s expansion into the suburbs in the 1990s has incorporated a population that has voted Republican more often Republican support has passed the 10 mark and George W Bush received 17 of the vote here in 2004 His was the best showing by a Republican presidential candidate in the district in over 40 years The district has since the early 1970s elected representatives who dissented from the city s Democratic establishment William L Dawson U S Representative from 1943 to 1970 maintained the district s loyalty to Mayor Richard J Daley His successor Ralph Metcalfe initially continued that stance but publicly broke with Daley over an incident of police brutality in 1972 establishing a rift that persists When Metcalfe died less than one month before the election in 1978 Democratic party officials named loyalist Bennett M Stewart to take his place on the ballot and Republicans replaced their candidate with a former Democratic alderman Despite the campaign support of Jackson for Rayner Stewart won the election although Rayner did get over 40 of the vote Stewart served only one term and lost the 1980 Democratic primary to reform candidate Harold Washington He left Congress in 1983 upon being elected mayor after winning a contentious three way primary with 37 of the vote His successor in Congress was union organizer Charles Hayes Hayes lost the 1992 primary to Bobby Rush by a 42 39 margin following the House banking scandal in which it was revealed that Hayes had 716 overdrafts on his congressional checking account Rush had previously lost the 1988 and 1990 primaries to Hayes Rep Bobby Rush Rush was a co founder of the Illinois Black Panthers in 1968 establishing a program for free breakfasts for poor children and a clinic for sickle cell anemia screenings He served as a Chicago alderman from 1983 until his election to Congress in 1993 and he was an ally of Mayor Washington in the Council Wars of the 1980s While in Congress Rush consistently voted with the Democratic position over 90 of the time When he did break from the party he usually took positions more liberal than other Democrats rather than taking positions held by Republicans Rush ran against incumbent Richard M Daley in the 1999 election for Mayor of Chicago Despite the support of fellow congressmen Jesse Jackson Jr and Danny Davis he was backed by only three out of 50 aldermen and lost the election by a margin of 72 28 He had a 55 45 advantage among black voters In the 2000 congressional primary Rush emerged with a 61 30 win over challenger Barack Obama resulting in Obama s only electoral defeat In Congress Rush focused on urban revitalization issues and he was a staunch supporter of gun control efforts before his adult son Huey named for Black Panther leader Huey Newton was killed in a 1999 mugging Following his son s murder Rush remained a strong supporter of gun control During his congressional tenure Rush generally received perfect ratings of 100 from labor groups including the AFL CIO and AFSCME and occasionally also from Americans for Democratic Action the ACLU and the National Abortion Rights Action League His lifetime rating from the American Conservative Union is 3 93 on a 0 to 100 scale Prominent representatives Representative Notes John Reynolds Associate Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court 1818 1824 Elected the 4th governor of Illinois 1830 1834 William Henry Bissell Elected the 11th governor of Illinois 1857 1860 John Wentworth Elected the 21st mayor of Chicago 1860 1861 Elihu B Washburne Served as Dean of the U S House of Representatives 1863 1869 Appointed the 25th U S Secretary of State 1869 Appointed the U S minister to France 1869 1877 John Blake Rice Elected the 24th mayor of Chicago 1865 1869 Norman B Judd Appointed the U S envoy to Prussia 1867 1871 Charles B Farwell Elected U S Senator from Illinois 1887 1891 James Robert Mann Served as U S House Minority Leader 1911 1919 William L Dawson Served as a first lieutenant in the U S Army during World War I 1917 1919 First African American to chair a congressional committee Ralph Metcalfe Olympian 1932 1936 Served as a first lieutenant in the U S Army during World War II 1942 1945 Harold Washington Elected the 51st mayor of Chicago 1983 1987 First African American mayor of Chicago Historical boundaries The district was adjacent to the 2nd district to the east and south the 7th district to the north and the 3rd and 13th districts to the west and also bordered the 11th district at its southwest corner The district s northeast border followed Lake Michigan s shoreline for almost a mile The district was created following the 1830 U S census and came into existence in 1833 five months before Chicago was organized as a town the state was previously represented in the U S House of Representatives with representative elected on an at large basis The district included Southwestern Illinois until 1853 It included the state s northern edge until 1863 Since that time the district has included all or part of Cook County since 1883 the population of the district has been primarily residing on Chicago s South Side Historical populations reflected waves of immigration into the area previous majority populations were ethnic Irish German and east European Beginning in the mid 19th century the Irish were the first to establish their physical and political control of the area within the city s South Side The current 1st district has a minority majority population 51 3 of the residents are African American It has been represented in Congress by African Americans since 1929 Tens of thousands of African Americans moved to Chicago from the rural South in the Great Migration They were confined by discrimination to the South Side of Chicago and gradually replaced ethnic whites who moved out to suburbs At one point during the 1980s more than 90 of the district s residents were black While successive redistrictings have given the district a larger percentage of white voters it is still one of the most reliably Democratic districts in the country with a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D 28 it is the fourth most Democratic district of the eight that divide Chicago The district has not sent a Republican to the U S House of Representatives since 1935 After the civil rights movement gained support from national Democratic Party for major legislation to restore constitutional rights including the franchise in the South most African Americans shifted to support the Democratic Party Democratic congressional candidates routinely receive over 80 of the vote here The Democratic trend runs right through to the national level since the 1950s Democratic presidential candidates have usually carry the district with well over 70 percent of the vote and have done no worse than 64 percent In 2011 following the 2010 census the state legislature redistricted It expanded the district to cover parts of Cook and Will Counties After redistricting all or parts of Alsip Blue Island Calumet Park Chicago Country Club Hills Crestwood Dixmoor Elwood Evergreen Park Frankfort Frankfort Square Harvey Manhattan Markham Merrionette Park Midlothian Mokena New Lenox Oak Forest Oak Lawn Orland Hills Orland Park Palos Heights Posen Riverdale Robbins Tinley Park and Worth are included The representative for these districts were elected in the 2012 primary and general elections and the boundaries became effective on January 3 2013 Demographics In the twentieth century after the Great Migration from the South and concentration of blacks on the South Side due to de facto residential segregation the district became the nation s first with a black majority population Since the 1920s it has included the central area of Chicago s South Side African American community Over 85 of the district s residents were black during the period from the 1950s through the 1980s but redistricting since that time which redrew the district lines with the goal of maintaining three Chicago districts with black populations exceeding 60 has reduced the percentage of black residents in the district to 70 in the 1990s The current figure is 65 Outward migration has caused the South Side s population to decrease over the years and the district was expanded geographically to the southwest to gain residents particularly as the state s congressional delegation has been reduced in numbers due to population changes and reapportionment The district which covered only nine square miles in the 1950s is now more than ten times that size Nearly half its current area was added for the 2000s The district s population dropped by 27 in the 1950s and by 20 in both the 1970s and 1980s due to outward migration for suburbanization and because of people leaving the area due to loss of jobs In redistricting after the 1990 U S census the district was extended into the suburbs for the first time in 90 years Chicago is home to 70 of the district s residents down from 90 in the 1990s although roughly 60 of the district s area is outside the city border The district s white population almost 30 of its residents is concentrated in the suburban areas and in a few Chicago neighborhoods such as Hyde Park The district s largest white ethnic groups are Irish 7 1 German 6 2 Polish 4 5 and Italian 3 2 mirroring the demographics of the neighboring third and thirteenth congressional districts There are also sizable Dutch Swedish Czech Palestinian Greek and Lithuanian populations in the area of Oak Forest Orland Park and Tinley Park the district s three largest suburbs The Kenwood Hyde Park area for several decades had a significant Jewish community Existing buildings attest to its history as the former Kehilath Anshe Ma ariv temple its second location has been the headquarters of Jesse Jackson s Operation PUSH Rainbow Coalition since 1971 4 The area also includes a notable presence of Black Muslims and is the home of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan in Kenwood List of members representing the districtMember Party Years Cong ress Electoral history District location District created March 4 1833 Charles Slade Carlyle Jacksonian March 4 1833 July 26 1834 23rd Elected in 1832 Died 1833 1843 Included the sixteen counties in the state s southwestern section Alexander Bond Clinton Franklin Gallatin Jackson Johnson Macoupin Madison Monroe Perry Pope Randolph St Clair Union and Washington counties five additional counties were later created within this area Vacant July 26 1834 December 1 1834 23rd John Reynolds Belleville Jacksonian December 1 1834 March 3 1837 23rd 24th Re elected in 1834 Lost re election Adam W Snyder Belleville Democratic March 4 1837 March 3 1839 25th Elected in 1836 Retired John Reynolds Belleville Democratic March 4 1839 March 3 1843 26th 27th Elected in 1838 Re elected in 1840 data missing Robert Smith Alton Democratic March 4 1843 March 3 1847 28th 29th Elected in 1842 Re elected in 1844 Re elected in 1846 data missing 1843 1853 Reduced in size and now included eleven counties Alexander Bond Clinton Jackson Madison Monroe Perry Randolph St Clair Union and Washington counties Independent Democratic March 4 1847 March 3 1849 30th William H Bissell Belleville Democratic March 4 1849 March 3 1853 31st 32nd Elected in 1848 Re elected in 1850 data missing Elihu B Washburne Galena Whig March 4 1853 March 3 1855 33rd Elected in 1852 Re elected in 1854 Re elected in 1856 Re elected in 1858 Re elected in 1860 data missing 1853 1863 Shifted north to cover the eight counties along the state s northern edge Boone Carroll Jo Daviess Lake McHenry Ogle Stephenson and Winnebago counties Ulysses S Grant was a district resident in 1860 61 during the period when he was out of the Army working in his family s store in Galena and he became acquainted with Congressman Elihu B Washburne Washburne became his political mentor and sponsor and eventually became Grant s first Secretary of State Republican March 4 1855 March 3 1863 34th 35th 36th 37th Isaac N Arnold Chicago Republican March 4 1863 March 3 1865 38th Elected in 1862 data missing 1863 1873 During this decade beginning during the Civil War consisted of all of Cook County Industrialist Cyrus McCormick lost the 1864 House election as the Democratic candidate Later during this period the district was devastated by the Great Chicago Fire in October 1871 John Wentworth Chicago Republican March 4 1865 March 3 1867 39th Elected in 1864 data missing Norman B Judd Chicago Republican March 4 1867 March 3 1871 40th 41st Elected in 1866 Re elected in 1868 Retired Charles B Farwell Chicago Republican March 4 1871 March 3 1873 42nd Elected in 1870 data missing John B Rice Chicago Republican March 4 1873 December 17 1874 43rd Elected in 1872 Retired and then died 1873 1883 Restructured and now included DuPage County the thirteen townships comprising the southern half of Cook County Bloom Bremen Calumet Hyde Park Lake Lemont Lyons Orland Palos Rich Riverside Thornton Worth and the entire South Side and part of the West side of Chicago The Chicago portion of the district began downtown and extended south to 39th Street now Pershing Road east of the Chicago River and south of the river and the Illinois and Michigan Canal with its western boundary being Western Avenue on the west side the district included the area between 16th Street on the north and the river and canal on the south with the city s western boundary then being Crawford Avenue now Pulaski Road Vacant December 17 1874 February 1 1875 Bernard G Caulfield Chicago Democratic February 1 1875 March 3 1877 43rd 44th Re elected in 1874 Retired William Aldrich Chicago Republican March 4 1877 March 3 1883 45th 46th 47th Elected in 1876 Re elected in 1878 Re elected in 1880 Lost renomination Ransom W Dunham Chicago Republican March 4 1883 March 3 1889 48th 49th 50th Elected in 1882 Re elected in 1884 Re elected in 1886 Retired 1883 1895 Remained identical to its previous configuration except that it no longer included DuPage County or the portion of Chicago west of Clark Street between 16th and 39th Streets Illinois gained two additional representatives following the 1890 census but they were elected on an at large basis for the 1893 1895 term before redistricting occurred and the previous decade s districting remained in effect Abner Taylor Chicago Republican March 4 1889 March 3 1893 51st 52nd Elected in 1888 Re elected in 1890 Retired J Frank Aldric Chicago Republican March 4 1893 March 3 1897 53rd 54th Elected in 1892 Re elected in 1894 Retired 1895 1903 Included the seven townships in southeastern Cook County Bloom Bremen Calumet Orland Rich Thornton Worth and the portion of Chicago s South Side bordered on the north by 26th Street and on the west by Wentworth Avenue from 26th to 39th Streets and by State Street from 39th to 63rd Streets before following 63rd Street west to the city s border with Lyons Township then at Cicero Avenue James Robert Mann Chicago Republican March 4 1897 March 3 1903 55th 56th 57th Elected in 1896 Re elected in 1898 Re elected in 1900 Redistricted to the 2nd district Martin Emerich Chicago Democratic March 4 1903 March 3 1905 58th Elected in 1902 Retired 1903 1949 Confined to the city of Chicago for the first time and included downtown and the area east of Wentworth to 43rd Street also reaching west to include Armour Square as well as most of Bridgeport northeast of 33rd and Halsted Streets Illinois s districts were not redrawn until 1947 taking effect for the 1948 elections In 1928 Oscar De Priest became the first African American elected to Congress in the 20th century Martin B Madden Chicago Republican March 4 1905 April 27 1928 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th Elected in 1902 Re elected in 1904 Re elected in 1906 Re elected in 1908 Re elected in 1910 Re elected in 1912 Re elected in 1914 Re elected in 1916 Re elected in 1918 Re elected in 1920 Re elected in 1922 Re elected in 1924 Re elected in 1926 Died Vacant April 27 1928 March 3 1929 70th Oscar S De Priest Chicago Republican March 4 1929 January 3 1935 71st 72nd 73rd Elected in 1928 Re elected in 1930 Re elected in 1932 Lost re election Arthur W Mitchell Chicago Democratic January 3 1935 January 3 1943 74th 75th 76th 77th Elected in 1934 Re elected in 1936 Re elected in 1938 Re elected in 1940 Retired William L Dawson Chicago Democratic January 3 1943 November 9 1970 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st Elected in 1942 Re elected in 1944 Re elected in 1946 Re elected in 1948 Re elected in 1950 Re elected in 1952 Re elected in 1954 Re elected in 1956 Re elected in 1958 Re elected in 1960 Re elected in 1962 Re elected in 1964 Re elected in 1966 Re elected in 1968 Re elected in 1970 Died 1949 1963 Included that part of Chicago bounded on the north by the river on the east by the lake to Pershing Road and by Cottage Grove Avenue from Pershing to 71st Street and South Chicago Avenue on the south by Marquette Road from State Street to South Chicago Avenue following that southeast to 71st and Cottage Grove and on the west by Wallace Street from the river to 25th Street Canal Street 25th to 31st Street Wentworth 31st to 43rd Street the railroad between State and Wentworth 43rd to 59th Street and State Street 59th to Marquette The same boundaries were maintained in the redistricting after 1950 1963 1967 Included that part of Chicago between 31st and 99th Streets bounded on the west by Wentworth 31st to Garfield Boulevard the railroad 1 4 mile east of Halsted Garfield to 59th Halsted 59th to 63rd State Street 63rd to 83rd and Stewart Avenue 83rd to 99th and bounded on the east by the lake 31st to 46th Cottage Grove 46th to 65th and Stony Island Avenue 65th to 99th 1967 1973 Additional redistricting for the 1967 1969 term All of the district s previous territory was retained but it was extended further north as far as Cermak Road with its western boundary being the railroad between State and Wentworth Cermak to 28th Street and then Wentworth 28th to Garfield In addition a small area east of Woodlawn Avenue between 46th and 47th Streets was added Vacant November 9 1970 January 3 1971 91st Ralph Metcalfe Chicago Democratic January 3 1971 October 10 1978 92nd 93rd 94th 95th Re elected in 1972 Re elected in 1974 Re elected in 1976 Died 1973 1983 Included that part of Chicago between 31st and 103rd Streets bounded on the west by King Drive 31st to 35th State 35th to Pershing the railroad 1 4 mile west of State Pershing to Garfield King Drive Garfield to Marquette Yale Avenue Marquette to 69th Harvard Avenue 69th to 70th Stewart 70th to 71st Halsted 71st to 95th the railroad 1 2 mile east of Halsted 95th to 99th and State 99th to 103rd and on the east by the lake 31st to 71st Street South Shore Drive Yates Boulevard 71st to 73rd Jeffery Boulevard 73rd to 75th and Stony Island continuing onto the Calumet Expressway 75th to 103rd with minor variation at 95th Vacant October 10 1978 January 3 1979 95th Bennett M Stewart Chicago Democratic January 3 1979 January 3 1981 96th Elected in 1978 Lost renomination Harold Washington Chicago Democratic January 3 1981 April 30 1983 97th 98th Elected in 1980 Re elected in 1982 Resigned to become Mayor of Chicago 1983 1993 The only remaining district entirely within the city of Chicago and included that area between Cermak Road and 103rd Street bounded on the west by Federal Street Cermak to 25th the railroad 1 4 mile west of State 25th to 35th the railroad 1 2 mile east of Halsted 35th to 42nd and 43rd to 47th Stewart 42nd to 43rd Morgan Street 47th to 48th Racine Avenue 48th to Garfield Peoria Street Garfield to 56th Green Street 56th to 57th and Halsted 57th to 103rd and on the east by the lake Cermak to 73rd and Yates 73rd to 103rd Vacant April 30 1983 August 23 1983 98th Charles A Hayes Chicago Democratic August 23 1983 January 3 1993 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd Elected to finish Washington s term Re elected in 1984 Re elected in 1986 Re elected in 1988 Re elected in 1990 Lost renomination Bobby Rush Chicago Democratic January 3 1993 January 3 2023 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th Elected in 1992 Re elected in 1994 Re elected in 1996 Re elected in 1998 Re elected in 2000 Re elected in 2002 Re elected in 2004 Re elected in 2006 Re elected in 2008 Re elected in 2010 Re elected in 2012 Re elected in 2014 Re elected in 2016 Re elected in 2018 Re elected in 2020 Retired 1993 2003 Expanded into the suburbs for the first time in 90 years increasing its total area from 32 to 56 square miles 150 km2 It now included the Chicago communities of Douglas Oakland Kenwood Hyde Park Woodlawn Greater Grand Crossing Avalon Park Burnside Chatham and Mount Greenwood those portions of Auburn Gresham and Washington Heights east of Halsted those portions of Roseland and Pullman north of 103rd Street and those portions of Calumet Heights and South Chicago west of Yates Boulevard the portion of South Deering northwest of 103rd and Yates South Shore excepting the area southeast of 71st and Yates Washington Park excepting the area northwest of 57th and King Drive the part of Grand Boulevard north of 43rd Street as well as most of the area east of Vincennes Avenue the portion of Armour Square southeast of 35th Street and Princeton Avenue most of Englewood north of 63rd or east of Halsted the portion of West Englewood north of 63rd most of New City southwest of 49th and May Streets most of Brighton Park southeast of 40th and Kedzie Avenue portions of Gage Park east of Kedzie most of Chicago Lawn east of Kedzie and the portion of Ashburn east of Kedzie Beverly excepting the area southeast of 103rd and Prospect Avenue and most of Morgan Park west of Vincennes In the suburbs the district included the villages of Evergreen Park and Merrionette Park the portion of Alsip east of Cicero Avenue the portion of Blue Island in Worth Township north of the Calumet Sag Channel and with minor variations the portion of Oak Lawn southeast of 101st and Cicero 2003 2013 2013 2023 Jonathan Jackson Chicago Democratic January 3 2023 present 118th 119th Elected in 2022 Re elected in 2024 2023 presentElection results1832 1840 1832 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic Charles Slade 2 470 31 28 Democratic Republican Ninian Edwards 2 078 26 31 Democratic Sidney Breese 1 770 22 41 Total votes 7 897 100 0 1834 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic John Reynolds 4 136 41 98 Democratic Adam W Snyder 3 723 37 79 Unknown Edward Humphreys 1 990 20 20 Write in 3 0 03 Total votes 9 852 100 0 1834 Illinois s 1st congressional district special election Party Candidate Votes Democratic John Reynolds 1 721 47 99 Democratic Republican Pierre Menard 871 24 29 Unknown William Orr 501 13 97 Unknown Henry L Webb 490 13 66 Write in 3 0 08 Total votes 3 586 100 0 1836 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic Adam W Snyder 4 552 40 06 Democratic John Reynolds incumbent 4 441 39 08 Whig William J Gatewood 2 370 20 86 Total votes 11 363 100 0 1838 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic John Reynolds 8 032 61 16 22 08 Whig John Hogan 5100 38 84 17 98 Total votes 13 132 100 0 1841 1850 1841 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic John Reynolds incumbent 8 046 59 44 1 72 Whig Henry L Webb 5 313 39 25 0 41 John Tyler Supporter Stephen R Rowan 171 1 26 N A Write in 14 0 10 N A Total votes 13 537 100 0 1843 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic Robert Smith 7 347 56 11 3 33 Whig James L D Morrison 5 568 42 53 3 28 Liberty Robert W Marshall 176 1 34 N A Write in 2 0 02 0 08 Total votes 13 093 100 0 1844 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic Robert Smith incumbent 7 966 64 65 8 54 Democratic John Reynolds 4 146 33 65 N A Liberty Robert W Marshall 191 1 55 0 21 Write in 36 0 29 0 27 Total votes 12 321 100 0 1846 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Independent Democrat Robert Smith incumbent 7 068 58 13 6 52 Democratic Lyman Trumbull 5 019 41 28 N A Liberty B Marshall 62 0 51 1 04 Write in 10 0 08 0 21 Total votes 12 159 100 0 1848 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic William H Bissell 9 892 97 74 56 46 Liberty Charles W Hunter 229 2 26 1 75 Total votes 10 121 100 0 1850 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic William H Bissell incumbent 12 841 99 99 2 25 Write in 1 0 01 N A Total votes 100 0 1852 1860 1852 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Whig Elihu B Washburne 7 392 43 93 N A Democratic Thompson Campbell 7 106 42 23 57 76 Free Soil Newman Campbell 2 245 13 34 N A Write in 85 0 51 0 50 Total votes 16 828 100 0 1854 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican Elihu B Washburne incumbent 8 372 69 33 25 40 Democratic William M Jackson 2 776 22 99 19 24 Anti Nebraska E P Ferry 927 7 68 N A Total votes 12 075 100 0 1856 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican Elihu B Washburne incumbent 18 070 72 61 3 28 Democratic Richard S Molony 6 227 25 02 2 03 Unknown Elisha B Washburne 331 1 33 N A Know Nothing B D Eastman 257 1 03 N A Total votes 24 885 100 0 1858 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican Elihu B Washburne incumbent 15 811 69 84 2 77 Democratic Hiram Bright 6 457 28 52 3 50 Democratic Party Anti Lecompton Richard H Jackson 370 1 63 N A Total votes 22 638 100 0 1860 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican Elihu B Washburne incumbent 21 436 70 56 0 72 Democratic Theodore A C Beard 8 929 29 39 0 87 Write in 14 0 05 N A Total votes 30 379 100 0 1862 1870 1862 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican Isaac N Arnold 10 025 54 45 16 11 Democratic Francis Cornwall Sherman 8 387 45 55 16 16 Total votes 18 412 100 0 1864 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes National Union John Wentworth 18 557 56 52 2 07 Democratic Cyrus McCormick 14 277 43 48 2 07 Total votes 32 834 100 0 1866 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican Norman B Judd 15 247 72 90 16 38 Democratic Martin R M Wallace 5 667 27 10 16 38 Total votes 41 828 100 0 1868 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican Norman B Judd incumbent 27 414 58 77 14 13 Democratic Martin R M Wallace 19 233 41 23 14 13 Total votes 46 647 100 0 1870 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican Charles B Farwell 40 684 57 52 1 25 Democratic John Wentworth 15 025 42 48 1 25 Total votes 70 734 100 0 1872 1880 1872 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican John Blake Rice 12 870 64 01 6 49 Liberal Republican Lucien B Otis 7 235 35 99 N A Total votes 20 105 100 0 1874 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic Bernard G Caulfield 10 211 51 02 N A Republican Sidney Smith 9 803 48 98 15 03 Total votes 20 014 100 0 1875 Illinois s 1st congressional district special election Party Candidate Votes Democratic Bernard G Caulfield 3 461 81 96 30 94 Unknown H Eddy 454 10 75 N A Unknown Henry Vallettee 308 7 29 N A Total votes 4 223 100 0 1876 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican William Aldrich 16 587 53 21 N A Democratic John Randolph Hoxie 14 101 45 23 36 73 Greenback George S Bowen 486 1 56 N A Total votes 31 174 100 0 1878 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican William Aldrich incumbent 12 165 51 84 1 37 Democratic James Rood Doolittle 7 136 30 41 14 82 Socialist Labor John McAuliff 2 322 9 90 N A Greenback William V Barr 1 844 7 86 6 30 Total votes 23 467 100 0 1880 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican William Aldrich incumbent 22 307 53 79 1 95 Democratic John Mattocks 18 024 43 47 13 06 Socialist Labor 605 1 46 8 44 Greenback Richard Powers 532 1 28 6 58 Total votes 41 468 100 0 1882 1890 1882 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican Ransom W Dunham 11 571 50 86 2 93 Democratic John W Downes 10 534 46 31 2 84 Greenback Alonzo J Glover 644 2 83 1 55 Total votes 22 749 100 0 1884 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican Ransom W Dunham incumbent 20 245 56 73 5 87 Democratic William M Tilden 14 655 41 06 5 25 Greenback Jno B Clark 501 1 40 1 43 Unknown William B Clark 288 0 81 N A Total votes 35 689 100 0 1886 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican Ransom W Dunham incumbent 12 321 46 89 9 84 Democratic Edgar Terhune 7 258 27 62 13 44 Labor Harvey Sheldon Jr 6 358 24 20 N A Prohibition George C Christian 337 1 28 N A Total votes 26 274 100 0 1888 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican Abner Taylor 26 553 52 86 5 97 Democratic James F Todd 22 697 45 19 17 57 Prohibition Harry S Taylor 981 1 95 0 67 Total votes 50 231 100 0 1890 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican Abner Taylor incumbent 22 235 49 95 2 91 Democratic William G Ewing 21 796 48 96 3 77 Prohibition Isaac H Pedrick 483 1 09 0 86 Total votes 44 514 100 0 1892 1900 1892 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican J Frank Aldrich 39 726 49 68 0 27 Democratic Edwin B Smith 37 904 47 40 1 56 Prohibition Winfield S McComas 1 738 2 17 1 08 Populist Alfred Clark 566 0 71 N A Labor P J Weldon 32 0 04 N A Total votes 79 966 100 0 1894 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican J Frank Aldrich incumbent 33 902 63 15 13 47 Democratic Max Dembufsky 12 854 23 94 23 46 Populist Howard S Taylor 5 996 11 17 10 46 Prohibition William H Craig 667 1 24 0 93 Independent American Citizen Winfield S McComas 269 0 50 N A Total votes 53 688 100 0 1896 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican James Robert Mann 51 582 67 64 4 49 Democratic James H Teller 23 123 30 32 6 38 Populist Benjamin J Werthermer 957 1 25 9 92 Unknown Thomas R Strobridge 595 0 78 N A Total votes 76 257 100 0 1898 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican James Robert Mann incumbent 37 500 63 23 4 41 Democratic Rollin B Organ 20 424 34 43 4 11 Socialist Labor Bernard Berlyn 568 0 96 N A Prohibition Theodore L Neff 414 0 70 N A Populist James Hogan 404 0 68 0 57 Total votes 59 310 100 0 1900 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican James Robert Mann incumbent 52 775 63 02 0 21 Democratic Leon Hornstein 28 858 34 46 0 03 Social Democratic William H Collins 1 208 1 44 N A Prohibition William P Ferguson 899 1 07 0 37 Total votes 83 740 100 0 1902 1910 1902 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic Martin Emerich 16 591 51 29 16 83 Republican Martin B Madden 15 339 47 42 15 60 Prohibition Howard T Wilcoxon 415 1 28 0 21 Total votes 32 345 100 0 1904 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican Martin B Madden 24 097 58 00 10 58 Democratic John S Oehman 9 166 22 06 29 23 Independent Republican David S Geer 5 175 12 46 N A Socialist Edward Loewenthal 2 334 5 62 N A Prohibition William H Craig 416 1 00 0 28 Populist Charles Roberts 234 0 56 N A Continental Party J P Lynch 127 0 31 N A Total votes 41 549 100 0 1906 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican Martin B Madden incumbent 17 015 59 32 1 32 Democratic Martin Emerich 10 015 34 92 12 86 Socialist J H Greer 1 402 4 89 0 73 Prohibition Amasa Orelup 251 0 88 0 12 Total votes 28 683 100 0 1908 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican Martin B Madden incumbent 23 370 60 92 1 60 Democratic Matthew L Mandable 13 692 35 69 0 77 Socialist Joseph N Greer 825 2 15 2 74 Independent Henry W Young 469 1 22 N A Independent Charles McCormick 7 0 02 N A Total votes 38 363 100 0 1910 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican Martin B Madden incumbent 14 920 49 99 10 93 Democratic Michael E Maher 13 466 45 12 9 43 Socialist Joseph H Greer 1 165 3 90 1 75 Prohibition H E Eckles 293 0 98 N A Total votes 29 844 100 0 1912 1920 1912 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican Martin B Madden incumbent 13 608 52 16 2 17 Democratic Andrew Donovan 9 967 38 20 6 92 Socialist William F Barnard 2 217 8 50 4 60 Prohibition W H Rogers 299 1 15 0 17 Total votes 26 091 100 0 1914 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican Martin B Madden incumbent 13 063 53 22 1 06 Democratic James M Quinlan 9 060 36 91 1 29 Progressive Henry M Ashton 1 758 7 16 N A Socialist Charles Leffler 662 2 70 5 80 Total votes 24 543 100 0 1916 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican Martin B Madden incumbent 20 380 59 06 5 84 Democratic William J Hennessey 13 380 38 77 1 86 Socialist Robert H Howe 749 2 17 0 53 Total votes 34 509 100 0 1918 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican Martin B Madden incumbent 12 580 55 33 3 73 Democratic George Mayer 9 776 43 00 4 23 Socialist G J Carlisle 381 1 68 0 49 Total votes 22 737 100 0 1920 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican Martin B Madden incumbent 41 907 75 91 20 58 Democratic James A Gorman 12 398 22 46 20 54 Socialist Willis E Davis 899 1 63 0 05 Total votes 55 204 100 0 1922 1930 1922 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican Martin B Madden incumbent 23 895 59 09 16 82 Democratic George Mayer 15 999 39 56 17 10 Socialist Charles Hallbeck 427 1 06 0 57 Farmer Labor John H Kennedy 120 0 30 N A Total votes 40 441 100 0 1924 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican Martin B Madden incumbent 43 661 73 05 13 96 Democratic James F Doyle 13 623 22 79 16 77 Independent Samuel A T Watkins 2 232 3 73 N A Socialist Elmer Whitmore 220 0 37 0 69 Independent Gordon Owens 32 0 05 N A Total votes 59 768 100 0 1926 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican Martin B Madden incumbent 26 559 68 20 4 85 Democratic James F Doyle 12 283 31 54 8 75 Progressive G Victor Cools 101 0 26 N A Total votes 38 943 100 0 1928 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican Oscar DePriest 24 479 47 79 20 41 Democratic Harry Baker 20 664 40 34 8 80 Independent William Harrison 5 861 11 44 N A Independent Benjamin W Clayton 123 0 24 N A Independent Edward L Doty 100 0 20 N A Total votes 51 227 100 0 1930 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican Oscar DePriest incumbent 23 719 58 36 10 57 Democratic Harry Baker 16 747 41 21 0 87 Independent George W Harts 68 0 17 N A Independent T W Chavers 64 0 16 N A Independent Edward Turner 44 0 11 N A Total votes 40 642 100 0 1932 1940 1932 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Republican Oscar DePriest incumbent 33 672 54 77 3 59 Democratic Harry Baker 26 959 43 85 2 64 Independent Herbert Newton 843 1 37 N A Total votes 61 474 100 0 1934 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic Arthur W Mitchell 27 963 52 97 9 12 Republican Oscar DePriest incumbent 24 829 47 03 7 74 Total votes 52 792 100 0 1936 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic Arthur W Mitchell incumbent 35 376 55 10 2 13 Republican Oscar DePriest 28 640 44 61 2 42 Independent Harry Haywood 192 0 30 N A Total votes 64 208 100 0 1938 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic Arthur W Mitchell incumbent 30 207 53 37 1 73 Republican William L Dawson 26 396 46 63 2 02 Total votes 56 603 100 0 1940 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic Arthur W Mitchell incumbent 34 641 53 02 0 35 Republican William E King 30 698 46 98 0 35 Total votes 65 339 100 0 1942 1950 1942 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic William L Dawson 26 280 52 75 0 27 Republican William E King 23 537 47 25 0 27 Total votes 49 817 100 0 1944 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic William L Dawson incumbent 42 713 61 98 9 23 Republican William E King 26 204 38 02 9 23 Total votes 68 917 100 0 1946 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic William L Dawson incumbent 38 040 56 79 5 19 Republican William E King 28 945 43 21 5 19 Total votes 66 985 100 0 1948 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic William L Dawson incumbent 98 690 66 96 10 17 Republican William E King 43 034 29 20 14 01 Progressive Earl B Dickerson 5 669 3 85 N A Total votes 147 393 100 0 1950 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic William L Dawson incumbent 69 506 61 74 5 22 Republican Archibald James Carey Jr 41 944 37 26 8 06 Progressive Samuel J Parks 1 135 1 01 2 84 Total votes 112 585 100 0 1952 1960 1952 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic William L Dawson incumbent 95 899 73 50 11 76 Republican Edgar G Brown 34 571 26 50 10 76 Total votes 130 470 100 0 1954 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic William L Dawson incumbent 71 472 75 28 1 78 Republican Genoa S Washington 23 470 24 72 1 78 Total votes 94 942 100 0 1956 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic William L Dawson incumbent 66 704 64 42 10 86 Republican George W Lawrence 36 847 35 58 10 86 Total votes 103 551 100 0 1958 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic William L Dawson incumbent 60 778 72 22 7 80 Republican Dr Theodore R M Howard 23 384 27 78 7 80 Total votes 84 162 100 0 1960 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic William L Dawson incumbent 75 938 77 81 5 59 Republican Genoa S Washington 21 660 22 19 5 59 Total votes 97 598 100 0 1962 1970 1962 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic William L Dawson incumbent 98 305 74 09 3 72 Republican Benjamin C Duster 34 379 25 91 3 72 Total votes 132 684 100 0 1964 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic William L Dawson incumbent 150 953 84 91 10 82 Republican Wilbur N Daniel 26 823 15 09 10 82 Total votes 177 776 100 0 1966 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic William L Dawson incumbent 91 119 72 58 12 33 Republican David R Reed 34 421 27 42 12 33 Total votes 125 540 100 0 1968 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic William L Dawson incumbent 119 207 84 56 11 98 Republican Janet Roberts Jennings 21 758 15 44 11 98 Total votes 140 965 100 0 1970 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic Ralph H Metcalfe 93 272 90 96 6 40 Republican Janet Roberts Jennings 9 267 9 04 6 40 Total votes 102 539 100 0 1972 1980 1972 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic Ralph H Metcalfe incumbent 136 755 91 39 0 43 Republican Louis H Coggs 12 877 8 61 0 43 Write in 2 0 00 N A Total votes 149 634 100 0 1974 Illinois s 1st congressional district general election Party Candidate Votes Democratic Ralph H Metcalfe incumbent 75 206 93 74 2 35 Republican Oscar H Haynes 4 399 5 48 3 13 Socialist Workers Willie Mae Reid 620 0 77 N A Total votes 80 225 100 0 2002 Illinois s 1st Congressional District Election 2002 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Bobby Rush 149 068 81 17 Republican Raymond G Wardingley 29 776 16 21 Libertarian Dorothy Tsatsos 4 812 2 62 Total votes 183 656 100 00 Turnout Democratic hold 2004 Illinois s 1st Congressional District Election 2004 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Bobby Rush 211 115 84 82 Republican Raymond G Wardingley 37 793 15 18 Total votes 248 908 100 00 Turnout Democratic hold 2006 Illinois s 1st Congressional District Election 2006 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Bobby Rush 146 623 84 06 Republican Jason E Tabour 27 804 15 94 Total votes 174 427 100 00 Turnout Democratic hold 2008 Illinois s 1st Congressional District Election 2008 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Bobby Rush 233 036 85 87 Republican Antoine Members 38 361 14 13 Total votes 271 397 100 00 Turnout Democratic hold 2010 Illinois s 1st Congressional District Election 2010 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Bobby Rush 148 170 80 36 Republican Raymond G Wardingley 29 253 15 87 Green Jeff Adams 6 963 3 78 Total votes 184 386 100 00 Turnout Democratic hold 2012 Illinois s 1st congressional district 2012 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Bobby Rush incumbent 236 854 73 8 Republican Donald Peloquin 83 989 26 2 Independent John Hawkins write in 1 0 0 Total votes 320 844 100 0 Democratic hold 2014 Illinois s 1st congressional district 2014 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Bobby Rush incumbent 162 268 73 1 Republican Jimmy Lee Tillman 59 749 26 9 Total votes 222 017 100 0 Democratic hold 2016 Illinois s 1st congressional district 2016 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Bobby Rush incumbent 234 037 74 1 Republican August Deuser 81 817 25 9 Independent Tabitha Carson write in 8 0 0 Total votes 315 862 100 0 Democratic hold 2018 Illinois s 1st congressional district 2018 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Bobby Rush incumbent 189 560 73 5 Republican Jimmy Lee Tillman II 50 960 19 8 Independent Thomas Rudbeck 17 365 6 7 Total votes 257 885 100 0 Democratic hold 2020 Illinois s 1st congressional district 2020 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Bobby Rush incumbent 239 943 73 80 0 29 Republican Philanise White 85 027 26 15 6 39 Write in 153 0 05 N A Total votes 325 123 100 0 Democratic hold 2022 Illinois s 1st congressional district 2022 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Jonathan Jackson 159 142 67 03 Republican Eric Carlson 78 258 32 96 Write in 25 0 01 Total votes 237 425 100 0 Democratic hold 2024 Illinois s 1st congressional district 2024 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Jonathan Jackson incumbent 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