Original sentence: He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 2005, representing the 8th District of Illinois in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago
Edited sentence: He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 2005, representing the 8th District of Illinois in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago, and widely regarded as one of the greatest political figures produced not just by Illinois, but America as a whole