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Illinois has 2 Senators and 18 Representatives.

(2) Senators: Richard Durbin, Tammy Duckworth

(18) Representatives:

1st) Bobby Rush

2nd) Robin Kelly

3rd) Daniel Lipinski

4th) Luis Gutiérrez

5th) Mike Quigley

6th) Peter Roskam

7th) Danny Davis

8th) Raja Krishnamoorthi

9th) Janice Schakowsky

10th) Bradley Schneider

11th) Bill Foster

12th) Mike Bost

13th) Rodney Davis

14th) Randy Hultgren

15th) John Shimkus

16th) Adam Kinzinger

17th) Cheri Bustos

18th) Darin LaHood

(this is Richard Durbin)

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The Land of Lincoln is one of Illinois' nickname it's named the land of Lincoln because Abraham Lincoln lived in Illinois until he became the 16th president of the united states. Illinois is also nicknames "The Prairie State" because there's almost 22 million acres of prairie within the state. The Illinois abbreviation is also "IL".

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Abraham Lincoln was one of our presidents who have lived in Illinois. He served his legislature from 1840-1844. There is also a collection of Lincolniana in the historical library. Lincoln Herndon Law Offices State Historic Site preserves the building where Lincoln practiced law from 1843 to somewhere around 1852. The Oak Ridge Cemetery holds the body of Lincoln, His wife Mary, and his children Edward, William, and Tad. The memorial is 36 meters tall and is surmounted by a granite shaft. Ulysses Grant also lived in Illinois. Ulysses Grant commanded a victorious Union Army during the American civil war. He served as the 18th US president from 1869 to 1877. He was an Ohio native and graduated from West Point. He fought in the    Mexican-American war from 1846-1848. After the war he was stated as a national hero. Republicans then nominated him president  in 1868.

(this is Ulysses S Grant)

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Native American's habitation in Illinois

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Native American's habitation in Illinois

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American Indians first came into contact with Europeans in the Great Lakes region in the 1600s. Two popular Native American groups inhabited the land that would eventually be the state of Illinois. The first group known---to French explorers and missionaries as the Illinois or Illiniwek Indians--was a  collection of twelve tribes that occupied a large section of the central Mississippi River valley, including most of what is today Illinois. The Miami tribe, the second group, lived in villages located south and west of Lake Michigan. During the 1700s and early 1800s, the territory of Illinois shrank down and the Miami tribe moved up toward the East. Some newly arriving tribes were the fox (Mesquakie), Ioway, Kickapoo, Mascouten, Piankashaw, Potowatomi, Sauk, Shawnee, Wea, and Winnebago.

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Our state bird is a cardinal. This bird was officiated by schoolchildren's vote. The cardinal is the state bird of 7 states; Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia.

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the school children have voted the white-tailed deer as the official state animal in 1980. A white-tailed deer can run up to 40 mph, jump 9 foot fences, and swim 13 mph! A very energetic and lively animal. Fawns were born with white spots as camouflage. White-tailed deer stomp their hooves to alert others of possible threats. Native Americans and settlers relied on white-tailed deer for buckskin and food.

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Illinois chose the white oak (Quercus alba) as the official state tree in 1973. again based on the votes of schoolchildren.
The white oak is a large tree that grows to a height of 100 ft. The trunk is typically 2 to 4 feet in diameter. Grown trees in open areas have widely spreading, rigid, horizontal branches which form a broad, round-topped crown.

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Most of our state items were chosen by the schoolchildren. There are eight different species of blue-flowering violets in Illinois. The most common being the dooryard violet (Viola Soroia)

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There's a eagle on the Illinois flag and it represents a red streamer in the beak. There are also two years on the flag "1818" and "1868" and it means the water and the sun behind it. Also the State Sovereignty represents how they won the in the American Civil War on the union side.

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Willis Tower is the tallest tower in North America. They also changed the name for the tower before it was Sear's tower and now they changed it to the Willis tower.most of Illinois official state symbols came from schoolchildren votes.

The first Mormon temple in Illinois was constructed in Nauvoo.

Metropolis, the home of superman, really exists in Southern Illinois.

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The first Europeans to visit Illinois were the French explorers Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette in 1673. Though, the region was given up to Brittan after the French and Indian War. After the American Revolution, Illinois became a territory of the United States. Statehood was received in 1818. Placed on Lake Michigan and connected to the eastern ports by the Erie canal, Chicago became a constantly growing city. This gave Illinois enough people to become a state. In the second half of the 19th century, the need for workers in the mills grew and rail yards and slaughterhouses made Chicago a popular destination for immigrants and freed blacks. More people came around to Illinois because of this. The population then grew more.

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