David Phelps Democratic - IL

PHELPS, David Dwain, a Representative from Illinois; born in Eldorado, Saline County, Illinois, October 26, 1947; attended Eldorado Township High School, Eldorado, Ill.; B.S., Southern Illinois University, 1969; teacher; school administrator; clerk and recorder of Saline County, Ill., 1980-1984; member of the Illinois state general assembly, 1984-1998; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Sixth Congress and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 1999-January 3, 2003); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eighth Congress in 2002.