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Illinois
Women in Elective Office - Historical Summary

U.S. Congress  
 

Melissa Bean (D)
Judy Biggert (R)
Janice "Jan" Schakowsky (D)
Carol Moseley-Braun (D)
Cardiss Collins (D)

U.S. Rep.
U.S. Rep.
U.S. Rep.
U.S. Sen.
U.S. Rep.
2005-present
1999-present
1999-present
1993-1999
1973-1997
  Collins initially won a special election to fill a vacancy caused by the death of her husband; she was subsequently re-elected.
  Lynn Morley Martin (R)
Charlotte Thompson Reid (R)
Marguerite Stitt Church (R)
Edna Oakes Simpson (R)
Emily Taft Douglas (D)
Jessie Sumner (R)
Ruth Hanna McCormick (R)
Winnifred S.M. Huck (R)
U.S. Rep.
U.S. Rep.
U.S. Rep.
U.S. Rep.
U.S. Rep.
U.S. Rep.
U.S. Rep.
U.S. Rep.
1981-1991
1963-1971
1951-1963
1959-1961
1945-1947
1939-1947
1929-1931
1922-1923
  Huck won a special election to fill a vacancy caused by the death of her father.
 
Statewide Elective Executives
  Lisa Madigan (D)
Judy Baar Topinka (R)
Corinne Wood (R)
Loleta A. Didrickson (R)
Dawn Clark Netsch (D)
Attorney General
State Treasurer
Lt. Governor
State Comptroller
Comptroller
2003-present
1995-2007
1999-2003
1995-1999
1991-1995

   
State Legislature
 
   
  
  
  
State
  
  
Senate
Total
Wom./
Total
  
  
House
Total
Wom./
Total
Total
Wom./
Total
  
%
Total
Year 
 Rank 
  D  
  R 
  Senate  
   D  
  R  
  House  
  Legis.  
 Wom. 
                          
2008
18 10 3 13/ 59 23 12 35/ 118 48/ 177 27.1
2007
17 10 3 13/ 59 23 12 35/ 118 48/ 177 27.1
2006
17 9 5 14/ 59 24 10 34/ 118 48/ 177 27.1
2005
16 9 5 14/ 59 24 11 35/ 118 49/ 177 27.7
2004
11 9 4 13/ 59 24 13 37/ 118 50/ 177 28.2
2003
16 8 3 11/ 59 23 14 37/ 118 48/ 177 27.1
2002
16 6 6 12/ 59 20 15 35/ 118 47/ 177 26.6
2001
15 6 6 12/ 59 20 15 35/ 118 47/ 177 26.6
2000
16 6 6 12/ 59 18 14 32/ 118 44/ 177 24.9
1999
16 5 7 12/ 59 19 14 33/ 118 45/ 177 25.4
1998
16 4 6 10/ 59 18 17 35/ 118 45/ 177 25.4
1997
14 5 6 11/ 59 18 17 35/ 118 46/ 177 26.0
1996
21 5 5 10/ 59 15 16 31/ 118 41/ 177 23.2
1995
21 5 5 10/ 59 15 16 31/ 118 41/ 177 23.2
1994
20 6 6 12/ 59 15 14 29/ 118 41/ 177 23.2
1993
18 5 6 11/ 59 15 15 30/ 118 41/ 177 23.2
1992
22 6 6 12/ 59 11 10 21/ 118 33/ 177 18.6
1991
23 6 6 12/ 59 11 10 21/ 118 33/ 177 18.6
1990
20 6 6 12/ 59 9 12 21/ 118 33/ 177 18.6
1989
18 6 6 12/ 59 9 12 21/ 118 33/ 177 18.6
1988
19 6 6 12/ 59 9 11 20/ 118 32/ 177 18.1
1987
19 6 6 12/ 59 9 11 20/ 118 32/ 177 18.1
1986
18 4 6 10/ 59 8 12 20/ 118 30/ 177 16.9
1985
18 4 6 10/ 59 8 12 20/ 118 30/ 177 16.9
1984
15 4 4 8/ 59 7 13 20/ 118 28/ 177 15.8
1983
15 4 4 8/ 59 6 13 19/ 118 27/ 177 15.3
1981
14 2 2 4/ 59 10 18 28/ 177 32/ 236 13.6
1979
17 - - 4/ 59 - - 22/ 177 26/ 236 11.0
1977
- - - 3/ NA - - 18/ NA 21/ NA -
1975
- - - 2/ NA - - 12/ NA 14/ NA -
  

  

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