---
type: Person
title: "Harry Benton"
description: "IL House District 97 — IL State House of Representatives District 97"
role: "IL House District 97"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "IL"
district: "IL State House of Representatives District 97"
represents: "us/states/il/districts/house/97"
tenure:
  start: "2023-01-11"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "419563c3-7167-46ab-8b94-f97d5f7b55cd"
  office: "06512fd0-e505-40c6-99e5-d59eb2f14322"
  tenure: "e97ffe9a-e414-458f-9575-05d110accd11"
  jurisdiction: "d8081ab2-0fbb-41c5-a75c-44a0eef67c2b"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDL (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, il]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Harry Benton

Current IL House District 97 (IL State House of Representatives District 97).

Represents [IL State House of Representatives District 97](/us/states/il/districts/house/97.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDL (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).