Dick Durbin

Acting

Birthday

1944/11/21 (80 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

East St. Louis, Illinois, USA

Also know as

Sen. Richard Durbin, Sen. Dick Durbin, Richard Joseph Durbin

Biography

Richard Joseph Durbin (born November 21, 1944) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Illinois, a seat he has held since 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, Durbin is in his fifth Senate term and has served as the Senate Democratic whip since 2005 (the second-highest position in the Democratic leadership in the Senate) and as the Senate majority whip since 2021. He chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, and led the Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme ...Read more