Illinois's 20th congressional district

The 20th congressional district of Illinois was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in Illinois. It was eliminated as a result of the 2000 Census. It was last represented by John Shimkus who was redistricted into the 19th district.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
John R. Thomas	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889	48th 49th 50th	Redistricted from the 18th district
George W. Smith	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895	51st 52nd 53rd	Redistricted to the 22nd district
Orlando Burrell	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	[data unknown/missing]
James R. Campbell	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899	55th	[data unknown/missing]
James R. Williams	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903	56th 57th	Redistricted to the 24th district
Henry T. Rainey	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1921	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th	[data unknown/missing]
Guy L. Shaw	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	67th	[data unknown/missing]
Henry T. Rainey	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – August 19, 1934	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd	Died
Vacant		August 19, 1934 – January 3, 1935
Scott W. Lucas	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939	74th 75th	[data unknown/missing]
James M. Barnes	Democratic	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943	76th 77th	[data unknown/missing]
Sid Simpson	Republican	January 3, 1943 – October 26, 1958	78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Died
Vacant		October 26, 1958 – January 3, 1959
Edna O. Simpson	Republican	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961	86th	[data unknown/missing]
Paul Findley	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1983	87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th	[data unknown/missing]
Dick Durbin	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1997	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th	Retired after being elected to the U.S. Senate
John Shimkus	Republican	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003	105th 106th 107th	Redistricted to the 19th district

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Texas's 15th congressional district	Home district of the Speaker of the House March 9, 1933 – August 19, 1934	Succeeded by Tennessee's 5th congressional district