Illinois's 7th congressional district

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Illinois's 7th congressional district
Illinois's 7th congressional district (since 2023).svg
Illinois's 7th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Area69.3 sq mi (179 km2)
Distribution
  • 100.0% urban
  • 0.0% rural
Population (2023)732,352
Median household
income		$81,352 [1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVI D+36 [2]

The 7th congressional district of Illinois covers parts of Cook County, as of the 2023 redistricting that followed the 2020 census. All or parts of Broadview, Bellwood, Chicago, Forest Park, Hillside, Oak Park, La Grange Park, Maywood, and Westchester are included. Democrat Danny K. Davis has represented the district since January 1997. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+36, it is the most Democratic district in Illinois. [2]

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Due to reapportionment every ten years, the 7th district like other districts has relocated in Illinois throughout its history. In the mid-1800s, Abraham Lincoln represented the 7th district before being elected president, although his home now lies within Illinois's 13th congressional district and most of his district's former territory is now located in the 15th district.[ citation needed ]

In 1846, the 7th district was the only one in Illinois (among seven at the time) with a comfortably safe majority for the Whig Party. [3]

Recent election results from statewide races

YearOfficeResults [4]
2008 President Obama 89% - 10%
2012 President Obama 88% - 12%
2016 President Clinton 86% - 10%
Senate Duckworth 81% - 15%
2018 Governor Pritzker 83% - 14%
Attorney General Raoul 83% - 15%
2020 President Biden 86% - 13%
Senate Durbin 75% - 12%
2022 Senate Duckworth 86% - 13%
Governor Pritzker 85% - 13%
Attorney General Raoul 84% - 14%
Secretary of State Giannoulias 84% - 13%
Comptroller Mendoza 85% - 13%
Treasurer Frerichs 84% - 14%

Composition

#CountySeatPopulation
31 Cook Chicago 5,087,072

Cities and CDPs with 10,000 or more people

2,500 – 10,000 people

As of the 2020 redistricting, this district will still be primarily based in Chicago's Central-South-West Side, as well as central Cook County.

The 7th district takes in the Chicago neighborhoods of the Loop, Armour Square, Fuller Park, Near West Side, East Garfield Park, West Garfield Park, North Lawndale, and West Englewood; most of Near South and Austin; half of Humboldt Park and Englewood; the coastal portion of Near North; part of West Town, Douglas, Grand Boulevard, and Chicago Lawn.

Outside the Chicago city limits, the 7th district takes in the Cook County communities of Oak Park, Westchester, Broadview, Bellwood, Maywood, Forest Park, River Forest, Broadview, and Hillside; and part of La Grange Park, Elmwood Park, Maywood, North Riverside, Elmhurst, and Berkeley.

Election results

2012

Illinois's 7th congressional district, 2012 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Danny K. Davis (incumbent) 242,439 84.6
Republican Rita Zak31,46611.0
Independent John Monaghan12,5234.4
Independent Phil Collins (write-in)50.0
Independent Dennis Richter (write-in)20.0
Total votes286,435 100.0
Democratic hold

2014

Illinois's 7th congressional district, 2014 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Danny K. Davis (incumbent) 155,110 85.1
Republican Robert Bumpers27,16814.9
Total votes182,278 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

Illinois's 7th congressional district, 2016 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Danny K. Davis (incumbent) 250,584 84.2
Republican Jeffrey Leef46,88215.8
Total votes297,466 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

Illinois's 7th congressional district, 2018 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Danny K. Davis (incumbent) 215,746 87.6
Republican Craig Cameron30,49712.4
Total votes246,243 100.0
Democratic hold

2020

Illinois's 7th congressional district, 2020 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Danny K. Davis (incumbent) 249,383 80.41 −7.21%
Republican Craig Cameron41,39013.35+0.97%
Independent Tracy Jennings19,3556.24N/A
Total votes310,128 100.0
Democratic hold

2022

Illinois's 7th congressional district, 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Danny K. Davis (incumbent) 167,650 99.94
Write-in 960.06
Total votes167,746 100.0
Democratic hold

2024

Illinois's 7th congressional district, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Danny K. Davis (incumbent) 222,408 83.25
Republican Chad Koppie44,59816.69
Write-in 1460.06
Total votes267,152 100.0
Democratic hold

List of members representing the district

MemberPartyYearsCong
ress		Electoral historyDistrict location
District created March 4, 1843
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John J. Hardin
(Jacksonville)		 Whig March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845		 28th Elected in 1842.
[ data missing ]
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Edward D. Baker
(Springfield)		 Whig March 4, 1845 –
January 15, 1847		 29th Elected in 1844.
Resigned early to join the Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
VacantJanuary 15, 1847 –
February 5, 1847
John Henry
(Springfield)		 Whig February 5, 1847 –
March 3, 1847		 Elected to finish Baker's term.
Was not a candidate for the next term.
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Abraham Lincoln
(Springfield)		 Whig March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1849		 30th Elected in 1846.
Retired, having pledged to serve only one term.
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Thomas L. Harris
(Petersburg)		 Democratic March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1851		 31st Elected in 1848.
[ data missing ]
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Richard Yates
(Jacksonville)		 Whig March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853		 32nd Elected in 1850.
Redistricted to the 6th district .
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James C. Allen
(Palestine)		 Democratic March 4, 1853 –
July 18, 1856		 33rd
34th 		Elected in 1852.
Re-elected in 1854.
Disqualified.
VacantJuly 18, 1856 –
November 4, 1856		 34th
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James C. Allen
(Palestine)		 Democratic November 4, 1856 –
March 3, 1857		 Re-elected to finish his own term.
[ data missing ]
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Aaron Shaw
(Lawrenceville)		 Democratic March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859		 35th Elected in 1856.
[ data missing ]
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James C. Robinson
(Marshall)		 Democratic March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1863		 36th
37th 		Elected in 1858
Re-elected in 1860.
Redistricted to the 11th district .
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John R. Eden
(Sullivan)		 Democratic March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865		 38th Elected in 1862.
[ data missing ]
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Henry P. H. Bromwell
(Charleston)		 Republican March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1869		 39th
40th 		Elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
[ data missing ]
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Jesse H. Moore
(Decatur)		 Republican March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1873		 41st
42nd 		Elected in 1868.
Re-elected in 1870.
[ data missing ]
Franklin Corwin
(Peru)		 Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875		 43rd Elected in 1872.
[ data missing ]
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Alexander Campbell
(La Salle)		 Independent March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877		 44th Elected in 1874.
[ data missing ]
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Philip C. Hayes
(Morris)		 Republican March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1881		 45th
46th 		Elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
[ data missing ]
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William Cullen
(Ottawa)		 Republican March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883		 47th Elected in 1880.
Redistricted to the 8th district .
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Thomas J. Henderson
(Princeton)		 Republican March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1895		 48th
49th
50th
51st
52nd
53rd 		Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Re-elected in 1892.
[ data missing ]
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George E. Foss
(Chicago)		 Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1903		 54th
55th
56th
57th 		Elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Redistricted to the 10th district .
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Philip Knopf
(Chicago)		 Republican March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1909		 58th
59th
60th 		Elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
[ data missing ]
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Frederick Lundin
(Chicago)		 Republican March 4, 1909 –
March 3, 1911		 61st Elected in 1908.
[ data missing ]
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Frank Buchanan
(Chicago)		 Democratic March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1917		 62nd
63rd
64th 		Elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Lost re-election.
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Niels Juul
(Chicago)		 Republican March 4, 1917 –
March 3, 1921		 65th
66th 		Elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Lost renomination.
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M. Alfred Michaelson
(Chicago)		 Republican March 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1931		 67th
68th
69th
70th
71st 		Elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Lost renomination.
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Leonard W. Schuetz
(Chicago)		 Democratic March 4, 1931 –
February 13, 1944		 72nd
73rd
74th
75th
76th
77th
78th 		Elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Died.
VacantFebruary 13, 1944 –
January 3, 1945		 78th
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William W. Link
(Chicago)		 Democratic January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1947		 79th Elected in 1944.
Lost re-election.
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Thomas L. Owens
(Chicago)		 Republican January 3, 1947 –
June 7, 1948		 80th Elected in 1946.
Died.
VacantJune 7, 1948 –
January 3, 1949
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Adolph J. Sabath
(Chicago)		 Democratic January 3, 1949 –
November 6, 1952		 81st
82nd 		Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Died.
VacantNovember 6, 1952 –
July 7, 1953		 82nd
83rd
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James Bowler
(Chicago)		 Democratic July 7, 1953 –
July 18, 1957		 83rd
84th
85th 		Elected to finish Sabath's term.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Died.
VacantJuly 18, 1957 –
December 31, 1957		 85th
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Roland V. Libonati
(Chicago)		 Democratic December 31, 1957 –
January 3, 1965		 85th
86th
87th
88th 		Elected to finish Bowler's term.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
[ data missing ]
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Frank Annunzio
(Chicago)		 Democratic January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1973		 89th
90th
91st
92nd 		Elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Redistricted to the 11th district .
VacantJanuary 3, 1973 –
June 5, 1973		 93rd George W. Collins redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1972, but died on December 8, 1972.
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Cardiss Collins
(Chicago)		 Democratic June 5, 1973 –
January 3, 1997		 93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104th 		Elected to finish her husband's term.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Retired.
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Danny K. Davis
(Chicago)		 Democratic January 3, 1997 –
present		 105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
113th
114th
115th
116th
117th
118th
119th 		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.
Re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024.
2003–2013
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2013–2023
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2023–present
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