Leaders of the Illinois General Assembly Who Have Served Three
or More Terms
Speaker of the House
Name
Michael J. Madigan

Party County
Dem Cook

Terms
Years
18 1983-1995; 1997-2021
1915-1921; 1923-1925; 1931Cook
6 1933
Will
4 1951-1959
McHenry
3 1905-1911
Johnson
3 1949-1951; 1959-1963

David E. Shanahan
Warren Wood
Edward D. Shurtleff
Paul Powell

Rep
Rep
Rep
Dem

William A. Redmond
Dem DuPage
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14 speakers served two terms.
42 speakers served one term.

3 1975-1981

President of the Senate
Name
Party County Terms
Years
Philip J. Rock
Dem Cook
7 1979-1993
James "Pate" Philip
Rep
DuPage
5 1993-2003
Arthur J. Bidwill
Rep
Cook
5 1955-1965
John Cullerton
Dem Cook
6 2009-2020 *
Richard J. Barr
Rep
Will
4 1923-1929; 1931-1933
Emil Jones, Jr.
Dem Cook
3 2003-2009
William J. Campbell
Rep
Cook
3 1881-1887
W. Russell Arrington
Rep
Cook
3 1963-1969
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7 presidents served two terms.
22 presidents served one term.
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* Cullerton was elected to six terms, but retired in 2020, midway through the 6th
The Senate first chose a president in the 34th General Assembly in 1881.
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Sources: Illinois Blue Book, The Associated Press