Illinois lawyers

Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American president. Obama previously served as a U.S. senator representing Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War, defeating the Confederate States and playing a major role in the abolition of slavery.

lawyer and former First Lady of the United States (2009-2017)

American politician and diplomat (1900–1965); 31st governor of Illinois from 1949 to 1953 (1900–1965)

American politician (1835–1914); Vice President of the United States from 1893 to 1897

United States Senator from Illinois

40th governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009

American writer (1868–1950)

Union Army officer, U.S. ambassador, and Secretary of War (1843–1926)

Jay Robert Pritzker is an American politician, lawyer, and businessman serving since 2019 as the 43rd governor of Illinois. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

American diplomat, politician and activist (1915–2011)

American professional wrestler

Charles Julius Guiteau was an American office seeker who assassinated 20th United States president James A. Garfield in 1881. A failed lawyer suffering from mental illness, Guiteau delusionally believed he had played a major role in Garfield's election victory, for which he should have been rewarded with a consulship. Guiteau felt frustrated and offended by the Garfield administration's rejections of his applications to serve in Vienna or Paris to such a degree that he shot Garfield in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. Garfield died on September 19 from infections related to the wounds. Caught immediately after shooting Garfield, Guiteau was tried, convicted, and publicly executed by hanging on June 30, 1882.

Governor of Illinois from 2009 to 2015

American writer

American businesswoman and a former government official

American politician

American lawyer and judge (1927–2012)

American politician

American politician (1836–1926)

American politician, lawyer and military leader (1811–1861)

American politician (born 1961)

American politician from Illinois (1927-2014)

American soldier and politician (1826–1886)

Democratic U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1970 to 1981

American attorney, businessman, broadcaster, and political activist

Union Army general, politician (1817-1900)

American lawyer, sports agent and writer (1930–2003)

American member of the United States House of Representatives (1924–2007)

American politician (1811-1875)

American business magnate

American politician (born 1958)

American lawyer, judge, Supreme Court justice, and politician (1815–1886)

American politician, former Mayor of the city of Chicago (1922—1987)

American sports executive

American politician (1795–1846)

American politician from Illinois

American politician (1829-1914)

Union United States Army general (1812-1900)

Confederate Army soldier (1851-1928)

Catholic bishop

American author

American politician (1847-1905)

American politician (1863-1940)

American politician in Illinois (1935-2022)

American Mesoamericanist and entomologist (1825-1910)

American politician (1915-1972)

Union Army officer and U.S.A. diplomat (1843-1907)

Union Army general, 29th Secretary of War (1831-1869)

American congressman, attorney, Marine (1951-2014)

American politician (1891-1962)

American politician (1806-1881)

American politician in Illinois (born 1946)

American politician (1861-1943)

American politician from Illinois (1794-1843)

American politician (1879–1959)

American politician (1909–2000)

American politician

American politician

American diplomat (1869-1934)