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Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL)
House · Republican (most recent term) · IL-15 · in Congress 1997–2021 · Bioguide ID S000364
Party history: R 1997–2021. Source: term data in unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0); party shown is as recorded per term there.
Estimated net worth (from public disclosures)
| Estimate | Report year | Low | Mid | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Estimated net worth at the earliest available report (2013); the member entered office earlier, in 1997 | 2013 | $111,009 | $650,504 | $1,189,998 |
| (b) Latest net worth estimate | 2019 | $751,007 | $3,053,003 | $5,354,999 |
| (c) Estimated gain / loss, nominal dollars, 2013 → 2019 (6 years spanned) | 2013–2019 | −$438,991 | +$2,402,500 | +$5,243,990 |
Gain Low = latest Low − earliest High; Gain High = latest High − earliest Low (widest possible spread); Mid = latest Mid − earliest Mid.
Reliability flags (net worth): none for these two endpoints. Included in the recommended dollar-gain ranking.
Net worth by report year (mid; Low–High)
| Report year | Assets (mid) | Liabilities (mid) | Net worth mid | Low … High | Status / flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | $1,070,504 | $420,001 | $650,504 | $111,009 … $1,189,998 | computed |
| 2014 | $1,046,004 | $412,500 | $633,504 | $117,009 … $1,149,999 | computed |
| 2015 | $1,046,004 | $432,501 | $613,504 | $82,009 … $1,144,998 | computed |
| 2016 | $1,148,004 | $432,501 | $715,502 | $151,007 … $1,279,998 | computed |
| 2017 | $1,148,004 | $412,500 | $735,503 | $186,007 … $1,284,999 | computed |
| 2018 | $1,190,504 | $387,500 | $803,003 | $251,007 … $1,354,999 | computed |
| 2019 | $3,440,504 | $387,500 | $3,053,003 | $751,007 … $5,354,999 | computed |
- What this is: Net worth = Schedule A assets (each value range at its midpoint; low–high range shown) minus Schedule D liabilities (midpoints / ranges). Low = assets at range floors minus liabilities at range ceilings; Mid = midpoints; High = assets at ceilings minus liabilities at floors. Low and High are outer bounds of the reported ranges, not likely outcomes.
- What it excludes / understates: exact values (only ranges are reported); a personal residence is not reported as an asset (although a mortgage on it may be listed as a liability, which then lowers the estimate); retirement and federal accounts (e.g. Thrift Savings Plan, defined-benefit pensions) are only partly or not reported; assets of excepted/blind trusts, cash held below reporting thresholds, vehicles, household goods and most spouse/dependent items exempt from reporting are not included; liabilities on a personal residence, revolving credit under thresholds and loans to family may be omitted by filers.
- Open-ended top ranges (e.g. “Over $50,000,000”) are counted at their lower bound and flagged, so such values are understated.
- The change is a change in estimated net worth in nominal dollars (no inflation adjustment). It includes salary, gifts, inheritances, business income and re-valuation as well as investment results, and it is subject to range-bracket noise; it is not an investment return and implies nothing about conduct.
Read this first. Members report asset values only as ranges (e.g. “$15,001 – $50,000”), never exact dollars. Every figure below is an estimate computed from range midpoints, not a measured return. Figures cannot be interpreted as investment performance, and they do not show wrongdoing or skill. Methodology and limitations are at the end and in the project README. Sources: public financial disclosure reports filed with the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and/or the Secretary of the Senate (Senate eFD), linked below.
Avg. annual change (geometric, est.)+25.9%
Simple average of years+37.5%
Years estimated6
Best / worst single year2019 +193%
2014 +2%
2014 +2%
Reliability flags: a year exceeds ±100%; 1 year(s) driven by income/one position/range artefact.
Sensitivity band for the average (all ranges at floor vs. all at ceiling, same holdings both years): +14.1% to +30.2%. This band is narrow because it moves both years together; the true uncertainty is larger — see the per-year “strict envelope” column and the limitations.
Estimated year-over-year change
Bars: midpoint estimate; whisker: same-position floor/ceiling band. Axis clipped to −100%…+150%. Years with insufficient traceable holdings are omitted.
| Year (t−1 → t) | Opening value (mid) | Closing value (mid) | Income (mid) | Buys (mid) | Sales (mid) | Est. gain | Same-position band | Strict envelope | Traced coverage | Status / flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013→2014 | $995,504 | $971,004 | $44,403 | $0 | $0 | +2.0% | +1.1% … +2.4% | -74% … +78% | 93% | counted |
| 2014→2015 | $971,004 | $971,004 | $35,003 | $0 | $0 | +3.6% | +2.6% … +4.1% | -72% … +80% | 93% | counted |
| 2015→2016 | $1,038,004 | $1,148,004 | $33,702 | $0 | $0 | +13.8% | +12.9% … +14.3% | -64% … +92% | 99% | counted |
| 2016→2017 | $973,003 | $973,003 | $40,602 | $0 | $0 | +4.2% | +3.2% … +4.6% | -68% … +77% | 85% | counted |
| 2017→2018 | $1,073,003 | $1,115,503 | $46,852 | $0 | $0 | +8.3% | +8.3% … +8.5% | -68% … +84% | 93% | counted |
| 2018→2019 | $1,190,504 | $3,440,504 | $50,602 | $0 | $0 | +193.2% | +68.6% … +252.4% | -27% … +414% | 100% | counted; single position drives the result (range jump) |
Filings used
Each annual-report year uses one filing (most recently filed version among originals/amendments whose Schedule A row count is ≥ 40% of the largest). Electronic (text) PDFs are parsed. Scanned/image-only filings are OCR-read and used only if they pass the explicit validation gates described in the project README (value/income coverage, two-engine agreement, exact bracket snapping, page completeness, year-to-year position continuity); such years are labelled OCR-derived below. Scanned filings that fail validation are listed as “insufficient data – scanned”.
| Report year | Doc ID | Type | Filed | Schedule A rows | Rows with unparsed value | Source (official filing) / SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 10002330 | House annual | 5/15/2014 | 9 | 0 | 10002330.pdfbfcedf7c96532cad72e346206128895eacd8b5666815717ea5148b8255168839 |
| 2014 | 10008718 | House amendment | 10/8/2015 | 9 | 0 | 10008718.pdf81c39813a6d6f548f8b6bb7b3aa473a16157075c99eb7a403bfe05b3135180a6 |
| 2015 | 10011722 | House annual | 5/16/2016 | 9 | 0 | 10011722.pdfba2757ecde2765bef5d8644da62c899ee200a639304dc29f631d746f18ecb159 |
| 2016 | 10016586 | House annual | 5/15/2017 | 8 | 0 | 10016586.pdf033301aa28664cca47bd8565e645d4c43c66b8f44347182319045718d1d99df8 |
| 2017 | 10023206 | House annual | 5/15/2018 | 7 | 0 | 10023206.pdf5b580922774a06a4dc9f5e0e2ac2e5970db9f89e3bc545bf2fb01031590c7a80 |
| 2018 | 10027926 | House annual | 5/15/2019 | 7 | 0 | 10027926.pdf6be2d8cab2f316fc649b2c0122db3929821ec0c8362b9769ff00dbdba2a17d71 |
| 2019 | 10035813 | House annual | 5/14/2020 | 7 | 0 | 10035813.pdfb99c9cea755836728ac2f7d388326181243302e0f6dd51497fe1aeba9945dbfa |
Largest movers 2016→2017
| Position (as written in filing) | Owner | Kind | Opening range(s) | Closing range(s) | Buys (mid) | Sales (mid) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NW LGCAP [FN] | JT | held | $15,001 - $50,000 | $15,001 - $50,000 | $0 | $0 |
| 440 Spring Street, Collinsville/Madison, IL, US [RP] | JT | held | $50,001 - $100,000 | $50,001 - $100,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Putnam Health Services Trust [FN] | DC | held | $15,001 - $50,000 | $15,001 - $50,000 | $0 | $0 |
| American Century Growth Fund [FN] | JT | held | $50,001 - $100,000 | $50,001 - $100,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Thrivent Market Fund [FN] | JT | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | $1,001 - $15,000 | $0 | $0 |
| 690 9th Street, SW, Washington, DC, US [RP] | — | held | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | $0 | $0 |
Largest movers 2017→2018
| Position (as written in filing) | Owner | Kind | Opening range(s) | Closing range(s) | Buys (mid) | Sales (mid) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NW LGCAP [FN] | JT | held | $15,001 - $50,000 | $50,001 - $100,000 | $0 | $0 |
| 440 Spring Street, Collinsville/Madison, IL, US [RP] | JT | held | $50,001 - $100,000 | $50,001 - $100,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Putnam Health Services Trust [FN] | DC | held | $15,001 - $50,000 | $15,001 - $50,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Thrivent Market Fund [FN] | JT | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | $1,001 - $15,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Flexible Premium Deferred Variable Annuity ⇒ Flexible Premium Deferred Variable Annuity [M | — | held | $100,001 - $250,000 | $100,001 - $250,000 | $0 | $0 |
| 690 9th Street, SW, Washington, DC, US [RP] | — | held | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | $0 | $0 |
Largest movers 2018→2019
| Position (as written in filing) | Owner | Kind | Opening range(s) | Closing range(s) | Buys (mid) | Sales (mid) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 690 9th Street, SW, Washington, DC, US [RP] | — | held | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | $1,000,001 - $5,000,000 | $0 | $0 |
| NW LGCAP [FN] | JT | held | $50,001 - $100,000 | $50,001 - $100,000 | $0 | $0 |
| 440 Spring Street, Collinsville/Madison, IL, US [RP] | JT | held | $50,001 - $100,000 | $50,001 - $100,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Putnam Health Services Trust [FN] | DC | held | $15,001 - $50,000 | $15,001 - $50,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Thrivent Market Fund [FN] | JT | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | $1,001 - $15,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Flexible Premium Deferred Variable Annuity ⇒ Flexible Premium Deferred Variable Annuity [M | — | held | $100,001 - $250,000 | $100,001 - $250,000 | $0 | $0 |
| TroverPr Gr Stk Adv [FN] | JT | held | $50,001 - $100,000 | $50,001 - $100,000 | $0 | $0 |
Method (summary)
- Schedule A asset rows are read from each annual report; the dollar range for each row is converted to its midpoint. Open-ended top ranges (“Over $50,000,000”) are excluded from the traced set and counted as a coverage loss.
- Positions are matched year to year by owner code (self/SP/DC/JT) + normalised asset name. A position that appears only in year t is included only if Schedule B shows a purchase of it in year t (opening value 0); a position that disappears is included only if Schedule B shows a sale (closing value 0). Otherwise it is excluded as unexplained.
- Estimated gain = (closing − opening + reported income − purchases + sale proceeds) ÷ opening, all at midpoints, for the traced positions. “Capital gains” income is not added again (it is already in value change and sale proceeds).
- A year counts only if traced opening value ≥ $50,000 and traced coverage ≥ 60% of the opening midpoint. A member is ranked only with ≥ 3 such years (exactly 2 = “limited data”, shown but unranked). Average = geometric mean of (1+yearly estimate).
Limitations
- Ranges are wide (up to a factor of 5 or more, and up to $50M+ open-ended); a holding can move between ranges without any real change in value, and stay in a range while moving materially. Yearly estimates are therefore noisy; the “strict envelope” shows the mathematical worst/best case and is typically wider than ±100%.
- Purchases and sales are only disclosed as ranges and only for transactions over $1,000; partial sales, dividend reinvestment, spousal/dependent accounts and retirement-plan funds are reported inconsistently. Excepted/blind trusts, personal residences and certain pensions are not reported at all.
- Filers sometimes change how they list assets (e.g. listing a brokerage account vs. its individual holdings), which can make positions untraceable across years; these are excluded rather than guessed.
- Asset values in an annual report are as of Dec 31 of the reporting year; the report year t−1→t covers that calendar year. Late or amended filings are used when filed; extensions can delay them.
- The text of these reports is machine-parsed from PDFs; parse errors are possible. Every number links back to the cited filing. This is not investment advice.
- Use of these filings is restricted by 5 U.S.C. § 105(c) (no unlawful, commercial or credit-rating purpose, and none for solicitation of money).
Generated 2026-10-01 by an automated pipeline. Data: Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives (disclosures-clerk.house.gov); member roster: unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0).