Illinois's 4th House of Representatives district American legislative district
Illinois's 4th House of Representatives district is a Representative district within the Illinois House of Representatives located in Cook County, Illinois . It has been represented by Democrat Lilian Jiménez since December 15, 2022. The district was previously represented by Democrat Delia Ramirez from 2018 to 2022.
The district covers parts of Chicago and of Chicago's neighborhoods , it covers parts of Austin , Belmont Cragin , Hermosa , Humboldt Park , and West Town .[ 1] [ 2]
Representative district history
Prior to the ratification of the 1848 Illinois Constitution, counties (or two or more counties) were designated a certain number of Senators and Representatives. With the ratification of the 1848 Illinois Constitution, Legislative and Representative districts were numbered and called by name. Each district was still assigned a certain number of Senators and Representatives. After the passage of the 1872 Apportionment, only Legislative districts were drawn with Representatives elected
cumulatively . The 1954 amendment to the 1870 Illinois Constitution established Representative districts as separate from Legislative districts (with representatives still elected cumulatively). The boundaries of Representative and Legislative districts would differ.
[ 3] After the
United States Supreme Court ruled in
Reynolds v. Sims (1964) that "both houses of state legislatures must be apportioned according to districts of equal population," new districts were redrawn for the
Illinois Senate and
Illinois House of Representatives . While the Legislative districts were redrawn, the
Governor and
General Assembly failed to agree on Representative district boundaries. Under the 1954 amendment, "a 10-man bipartisan commission appointed by the governor from recommendations made by both parties" were directed to redraw boundaries but failed to do so in 1963. Because of this failure, and with no district boundaries redrawn, all Representative districts were temporarily merged into one at-large district with 177 representatives (the total number of representatives at the time). The 1964 Illinois House election had several candidates running for all 177 seats throughout the state.
[ 4] In 1965, the Representative districts were redrawn by the Illinois Legislative Reapportionment Commission and elections held in 1966 were done with separate districts.
[ 5] With the 1971 Apportionment (and adoption of the 1970 Illinois Constitution), Representative districts were abolished and representatives were once again elected cumulatively per Legislative district.
[ 6] After the passage of the
Cutback Amendment in 1980, the number of Representatives was reduced from 177 to 118 with Representative districts re-established and now electing a single representative.
Prominent representatives
List of representatives
1849 – 1873
Representative[ 7]
Party
Years[ a]
General Assembly (GA)
Electoral History
Counties Represented
4th Representative district established with 1848 Illinois Constitution.
David Y. Bridges
Democratic [ 8]
January 1, 1849 – January 6, 1851
16th
Elected in 1848 Was not re-elected in 1850
Johnson Williamson
Wilfred Ferrell
Unknown
January 6, 1851 – January 3, 1853
17th
Elected in 1850 Was not re-elected in 1852
David Y. Bridges
Democratic [ 9]
January 3, 1853 – January 1, 1855
18th
Elected back in 1852 Redistricted out in 1854 and retired.
Benjamin P. Hinch
N B Democratic[ 10]
January 1, 1855 – January 5, 1857
19th
Elected in 1854 Was not re-elected in 1856
Gallatin Saline
Ebon C. Ingersoll
Unknown
January 5, 1857 – January 3, 1859
20th
Elected in 1856 Was not re-elected in 1858
Thomas S. Hick
Democratic [ 11]
January 3, 1859 – January 7, 1861
21st
Elected in 1858 Was not re-elected in 1860
William Elder
Unknown
January 7, 1861 – January 5, 1863
22nd
Elected in 1860 Redistricted out in 1862 and retired.
James W. Sharp
January 5, 1863 – January 2, 1865
23rd
Elected in 1862 Was not re-elected in 1864
Lawrence Wabash
D. H. Morgan
Democratic [ 12]
January 2, 1865 – January 7, 1867
24th
Elected in 1864 Was not re-elected in 1866
James M. Sharp
Unknown
January 7, 1867 – January 4, 1869
25th
Elected in 1866 Was not re-elected in 1868
D. H. Morgan
Democratic [ 13]
January 4, 1869 – January 4, 1871
26th
Elected back in 1868 Was not re-elected in 1870
James B. Morray
Republican [ 14]
January 4, 1871 – January 8, 1873
27th
Elected in 1870 Was not re-elected in 1872
Johnson
District abolished with 1872 Reapportionment as 3 Representatives were now elected cumulatively from Legislative districts.
1957 – 1973
Representative[ 7]
Party
Party Control
Years[ a] [ b]
General Assembly (GA)
Electoral History
Counties Represented
District re-established in 1957.
Walter J. Reum
Republican
2 Republicans 1 Democrat
January 9, 1957 – January 9, 1963
70th 71st 72nd
Redistricted from the 23rd Legislative district and re-elected in 1956 Re-elected in 1958 Re-elected in 1960 Ran for the Republican nomination for State Treasurer and lost in 1962.
Cook
Claude A. Walker
January 9, 1957 – January 6, 1965
70th 71st 72nd 73rd
Elected in 1956 Re-elected in 1958 Re-elected in 1960 Re-elected in 1962 Did not run in At-large election and retired.
Raymond J. Welsh, Jr.
Democratic
Elected in 1956 Re-elected in 1958 Re-elected in 1960 Re-elected in 1962 Ran in the At-large district election and won re-election in 1964.
Richard A. Walsh
Republican
January 9, 1963 – January 6, 1965
73rd
Elected in 1962 Ran in the At-large district election and won re-election in 1964.
The district was temporarily abolished from 1965 to 1967 due to the Redistricting Commission in 1963 failing to reach an agreement. An at-large election was held electing 177 Representatives from across the state.
Arthur E. Simmons
Republican
2 Republicans 1 Democrat
January 4, 1967 – January 10, 1973
75th 76th 77th
Redistricted from At-large district and re-elected in 1966 Re-elected in 1968 Re-elected in 1970 Retired
Cook
Robert S. Juckett, Sr.
Elected in 1966 Re-elected in 1968 Re-elected in 1970 Redistricted to 4th Legislative district and re-elected in 1972
Edward A. Warman
Democratic
January 4, 1967 – January 13, 1971
75th 76th
Redistricted from At-large district and re-elected in 1966 Re-elected in 1968 Ran for Illinois's 13th congressional district in 1970 and lost.
Aaron Jaffe
January 13, 1971 – January 10, 1973
77th
Elected in 1970 Redistricted to 4th Legislative district and re-elected in 1972
District abolished with 1971 Reapportionment as Representatives were once again elected from Legislative districts.
1983 – Present
Representative[ 7]
Party
Years[ b]
General Assembly (GA)
Electoral History
Counties Represented
District re-established with representatives now elected one per district with the passage of the Cutback Amendment
Woody Bowman
Democratic
January 12, 1983 – ???
83rd 84th 85th
Redistricted from the 11th Legislative district and re-elected in 1982 Re-elected in 1984 Re-elected in 1986 Re-elected in 1988 Retired before the end of the 86th GA
Cook
86th
Vacant
??? – ???
Jan Schakowsky
Democratic
??? – January 13, 1993
Elected in 1990 and appointed before the end of the 86th GA Redistricted to the 18th Representative district and won re-election in 1992.
87th
Edgar Lopez
January 13, 1993 – January 10, 2001
88th 89th 90th 91st
Elected in 1992 Re-elected in 1994 Re-elected in 1996 Re-elected in 1998 Lost renomination in 2000
Cynthia Soto
January 10, 2001 – December 2018
92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th
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 Retired and resigned in 2018
100th
Vacant
December 2018
Delia Ramirez
Democratic
December 2018 – December 14, 2022
Elected in 2018 and appointed the same year Re-elected in 2020 Ran for Illinois's 3rd congressional district in 2022 and won.
101st 102nd
Vacant
December 14, 2022 – December 15, 2022
102nd
Lilian Jiménez
Democratic
December 15, 2022 – present
102nd 103rd
Elected in 2022 and appointed the same year
Historic District Boundaries
Years
County
Municipalities/Townships
Notes
2023 – present
Cook
Chicago (Austin , Belmont Cragin , Hermosa , Humboldt Park , West Town )
[ 1] [ 2]
2013 – 2023
Chicago (Hermosa , Humboldt Park , Logan Square , and West Town )
[ 15] [ 2]
2003 – 2013
Chicago (Humboldt Park , West Town )
[ 16]
1993 – 2003
[ 17]
1983 – 1993
Chicago
[ 18]
1967 – 1973
Parts of Maine Township , parts of Niles Township
[ 19]
1957 – 1965
Oak Park Township , parts of Proviso Township , River Forest Township , Riverside Township
[ 20]
1871 – 1873
Johnson
Cedar Bluff, Cypress Creek, Goreville , Granstsburg , Grays Mill, Reynoldsburg , Shinspoint, Vienna
[ 21] [ 22]
1863 – 1871
Lawrence Wabash
Armstrong, Bridgeport , Centreville, Friendsville, Lawrenceville , Mier, Mount Carmel , Rochester , Ruark, Russellville , St. Francisville , Sumner
[ 21] [ 23] [ 24] [ 25]
1855 – 1863
Gallatin Saline
America, Bankton, Bowlesville, Curran, Eldorado , Equality , Frankfort, Galatia , Harrisburg , Indian Creek, Mitchellsville , New Haven , New Mark, Raleigh , Saline Mines, Shawneetown (Old Shawneetown) , Somerset
[ 21] [ 26] [ 27] [ 28]
1849 – 1855
Johnson Williamson
Bainbridge, Big Bay, Bolton, Fredonia, Marion , Mount Pleasant (Pleasant Grove) , Sarahville, Sulphur Spa, Vienna ,
[ 21] [ 29] [ 30] [ 31]
Electoral history
2030 – 2022
2020 – 2012
2010 – 2002
2000 – 1992
1990 – 1982
1970 – 1962
1960 – 1956
Notes
^ a b From 1870 to 1970, the GA met for a new session on the Wednesday after the first Monday of January.
^ a b Since 1970, the GA meets on the second Wednesday of January for a new session.
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