| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Rod Blagojevich |
Politician |
10-Dec-1956 |
|
Governor of Illinois, 2003-09 |
| Henry S. Boutell |
Politician |
14-Mar-1856 |
11-Mar-1926 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1897-1911 |
| Carol Moseley Braun |
Politician |
16-Aug-1947 |
|
First black female US Senator |
| Anton J. Cermak |
Politician |
9-May-1873 |
6-Mar-1933 |
Mayor of Chicago, assassinated in office |
| Shelby M. Cullom |
Politician |
22-Nov-1829 |
28-Jan-1914 |
Governor and Senator from Illinois |
| Richard J. Daley |
Politician |
15-May-1902 |
20-Dec-1976 |
Mayor of Chicago, 1955-76 |
| Clarence Darrow |
Attorney |
18-Apr-1857 |
13-Mar-1938 |
Scopes Monkey Trial (monkey side) |
| David Davis |
Judge |
9-Mar-1815 |
26-Jun-1886 |
US Supreme Court Justice, Senator |
| Edward J. Derwinski |
Politician |
15-Sep-1926 |
15-Jan-2012 |
US Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 1989-92 |
| Alan J. Dixon |
Politician |
7-Jul-1927 |
6-Jul-2014 |
US Senator from Illinois, 1981-93 |
| Stephen A. Douglas |
Politician |
23-Apr-1813 |
3-Jun-1861 |
US Senator, debated Lincoln |
| Jim Edgar |
Politician |
22-Jan-1946 |
|
Governor of Illinois, 1991-99 |
| John Erlenborn |
Politician |
8-Feb-1927 |
30-Oct-2005 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1965-84 |
| Melville W. Fuller |
Judge |
11-Feb-1833 |
4-Jul-1910 |
US Chief Justice, 1888-1910 |
| Dennis Hastert |
Politician |
2-Jan-1942 |
|
Speaker of the House, 1999-2006 |
| Randy Hultgren |
Politician |
1-Mar-1966 |
|
Congressman, Illinois 14th |
| Henry Hyde |
Politician |
18-Apr-1924 |
29-Nov-2007 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1975-2007 |
| Tim Johnson |
Politician |
23-Jul-1946 |
|
Congressman, Illinois 15th |
| Ray LaHood |
Politician |
6-Dec-1945 |
|
US Secretary of Transportation, 2009-13 |
| John A. Logan |
Military |
8-Feb-1826 |
27-Dec-1886 |
Union Army General, US Senator |
| Edward R. Madigan |
Politician |
13-Jan-1936 |
7-Dec-1994 |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1991-93 |
| Lynn Martin |
Politician |
26-Dec-1939 |
|
US Secretary of Labor, 1991-93 |
| John Alexander McClernand |
Military |
30-May-1812 |
20-Sep-1900 |
Union General and Congressman |
| Robert McClory |
Politician |
31-Jan-1908 |
24-Jul-1988 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1963-83 |
| Abner J. Mikva |
Politician |
21-Jan-1926 |
|
Illinois Congressman, Clinton Counsel |
| George M. O'Brien |
Politician |
17-Jun-1917 |
18-Jul-1986 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1973-86 |
| Joseph Medill Patterson |
Business |
6-Jan-1879 |
26-May-1946 |
Founder of New York Daily News |
| David Phelps |
Politician |
26-Oct-1947 |
|
Congressman from Illinois, 1999-2002 |
| John Edward Porter |
Politician |
1-Jun-1935 |
|
Congressman from Illinois, 1980-2001 |
| Peter Roskam |
Politician |
13-Sep-1961 |
|
Congressman, Illinois 6th |
| Dan Rostenkowski |
Politician |
2-Jan-1928 |
11-Aug-2010 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1959-95 |
| George Ryan |
Politician |
24-Feb-1934 |
|
Governor of Illinois, 1999-2003 |
| George E. Sangmeister |
Politician |
16-Feb-1931 |
7-Oct-2007 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1989-95 |
| Jan Schakowsky |
Politician |
26-May-1944 |
|
Congresswoman, Illinois 9th |
| Aaron Schock |
Politician |
28-May-1981 |
|
Congressman from Illinois, 2009-15 |
| Samuel H. Shapiro |
Politician |
25-Apr-1907 |
16-Mar-1987 |
Governor of Illinois, 1968-69 |
| Paul Simon |
Politician |
29-Nov-1928 |
9-Dec-2003 |
US Senator, one-time Presidential candidate |
| Adlai E. Stevenson III |
Politician |
10-Oct-1930 |
|
US Senator from Illinois, 1970-81 |
| Harold Washington |
Politician |
15-Apr-1922 |
25-Nov-1987 |
First black Mayor of Chicago |
| Jerry Weller |
Politician |
7-Jul-1957 |
|
Congressman from Illinois, 1995-2009 |
| Corinne Wood |
Politician |
28-May-1954 |
|
Lt. Governor of Illinois, 1999-2003 |
