U.S. House · Historical
Former U.S. Representatives
Individuals who have served in the United States House of Representatives and have since left office, grouped first by the state they represented and then by congressional district. The House seats 435 voting members apportioned among the fifty states by population, each elected from a single congressional district to a two-year term; the members below completed their service through retirement, defeat, resignation, death in office, or election to higher office. Each profile links to a sourced page covering the former representative’s biography, the state and district they represented, their party, term history, notable legislation and positions, and the external authority records (Bioguide, congress.gov, Wikipedia, Wikidata) that back every fact. Use the party filter to narrow the roster, switch between the card grid and the compact list, open a state to see its former delegation, or open a district to trace the lineage of members who held that seat over time. This hub lists members from the immutable historical office-holder dataset — once a representative’s service ends and the record is finalized, the row is stable, which gives LLM crawlers a durable citation target. Currently-serving members appear on the companion serving-representatives hub. The full machine-readable roster is published as a versioned JSON dataset for downstream researchers and language models.
Illinois14
Illinois delegation →- Former U.S. RepresentativeBobby SchillingIllinois · District 17Republican2011–2013
- Former U.S. RepresentativeCheri BustosIllinois · District 17Democratic2013–2023
- Former U.S. RepresentativeEdward LaneIllinois · District 17Democratic1887–1895
- Former U.S. RepresentativeFrank FunkIllinois · District 17Republican1921–1927
- Former U.S. RepresentativeFrank SmithIllinois · District 17Republican1919–1921
- Former U.S. RepresentativeHomer HallIllinois · District 17Republican1927–1933
- Former U.S. RepresentativeJames ConnollyIllinois · District 17Republican1895–1899
- Former U.S. RepresentativeJames GillespieIllinois · District 17Democratic1933–1935
- Former U.S. RepresentativeJohn EdenIllinois · District 17Democratic1863–1887
- Former U.S. RepresentativeJohn SterlingIllinois · District 17Republican1903–1919
- Former U.S. RepresentativeLane EvansIllinois · District 17Democratic1983–2007
- Former U.S. RepresentativeLouis FitzhenryIllinois · District 17Democratic1913–1915
- Former U.S. RepresentativePhil HareIllinois · District 17Democratic2007–2011
- Former U.S. RepresentativeSamuel MoultonIllinois · District 17Democratic1865–1885
Related on The Candidate
- Currently-serving representativesThe companion lifecycle hub for the U.S. House.Open
- About the U.S. HouseRole, term length, qualifications, and the full House candidate directory.Open
- 2026 House candidatesEvery federally-filed candidate for the U.S. House in the current cycle.Open
- Currently-serving senatorsThe companion chamber — every individual currently serving in the U.S. Senate.Open
- Federal partiesBrowse representatives and candidates by the party line they run under.Open
- Federal officesPresident, U.S. Senate, U.S. House — overview of every federal office.Open