List of lieutenant governors of Illinois
List of lieutenant governors of Illinois

List of lieutenant governors of Illinois

Section Title: List of lieutenant governors of Illinois
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#	Lt. governor	Party	Commission date	End date	Governor	Party	Term

1	Pierre Menard	Democratic- Republican	October 6, 1818	December 5, 1822	Shadrach Bond	Democratic- Republican	1818–1822

2	Adolphus Hubbard	Democratic- Republican	December 5, 1822	December 6, 1826	Edward Coles	Democratic- Republican	1822–1826

3	William Kinney	Democratic	December 6, 1826	December 9, 1830	Ninian Edwards	Democratic- Republican	1826–1830

4	Zadok Casey	Democratic	December 9, 1830	March 1, 1833	John Reynolds	Democratic	1830–1834

5	William Lee D. Ewing	Democratic	March 1, 1833	December 5, 1834	John Reynolds	Democratic	1830–1834

Office vacant	November 17, 1834	December 5, 1834	William Lee Davidson Ewing	Democratic	1834

6	Alexander Jenkins	Democratic	December 5, 1834	December 9, 1836 Resigned	Joseph Duncan	Democratic	1834–1838

7	William H. Davidson	Democratic	December 9, 1836 Acting	December 7, 1838	Joseph Duncan	Democratic	1834–1838

8	Stinson Anderson	Democratic	December 7, 1838	December 8, 1842	Thomas Carlin	Democratic	1838–1842

9	John Moore	Democratic	December 8, 1842	December 9, 1846	Thomas Ford	Democratic	1842–1846

10	Joseph Wells	Democratic	December 9, 1846	January 8, 1849	Augustus C. French	Democratic	1846–1853

11	William McMurtry	Democratic	January 8, 1849	January 10, 1853	Augustus C. French	Democratic	1846–1853

12	Gustavus Koerner	Democratic	January 10, 1853	January 12, 1857	Joel Aldrich Matteson	Democratic	1853–1857

13	John Wood	Republican	January 12, 1857	March 20, 1860	William Henry Bissell	Republican	1857–1860

14	Thomas Marshall	Democratic	January 7, 1861	January 14, 1861	John Wood	Republican	1860–1861

15	Francis Hoffmann	Republican	January 14, 1861	January 16, 1865	Richard Yates	Republican	1861–1865

16	William Bross	Republican	January 16, 1865	January 11, 1869	Richard J. Oglesby	Republican	1865–1869

17	John Dougherty	Republican	January 11, 1869	January 13, 1873	John M. Palmer	Republican	1869–1873

18	John Lourie Beveridge	Republican	January 13, 1873	January 23, 1873 Succeeded Oglesby	Richard J. Oglesby	Republican	1873

19	John Early	Republican	January 23, 1873 Acting	January 8, 1875	John Lourie Beveridge	Republican	1873–1877

20	Archibald Glenn	Democratic	January 8, 1875 Acting	January 8, 1877	John Lourie Beveridge	Republican	1873–1877

21	Andrew Shuman	Republican	January 8, 1877	January 10, 1881	Shelby Moore Cullom	Republican	1877–1883

22	John Marshall Hamilton	Republican	January 10, 1881	February 6, 1883 Succeeded Cullom	Shelby Moore Cullom	Republican	1877–1883

23	William J. Campbell	Republican	February 6, 1883 Acting	January 30, 1885	John Marshall Hamilton	Republican	1883–1885

24	John Smith	Republican	January 30, 1885	January 14, 1889	Richard J. Oglesby	Republican	1885–1889

25	Lyman Ray	Republican	January 14, 1889	January 10, 1893	Joseph W. Fifer	Republican	1889–1893

26	Joseph B. Gill	Democratic	January 10, 1893	January 11, 1897	John Peter Altgeld	Democratic	1893–1897

27	William Northcott	Republican	January 11, 1897	January 14, 1901	John R. Tanner	Republican	1897–1901

27	William Northcott	Republican	January 14, 1901	January 9, 1905	Richard Yates	Republican	1901–1905

28	Lawrence Sherman	Republican	January 9, 1905	January 18, 1909	Charles S. Deneen	Republican	1905–1913

29	John G. Oglesby	Republican	January 18, 1909	February 3, 1913	Charles S. Deneen	Republican	1905–1913

30	Barratt O'Hara	Democratic	February 3, 1913	January 8, 1917	Edward F. Dunne	Democratic	1913–1917

31	John G. Oglesby	Republican	January 8, 1917	January 10, 1921	Frank O. Lowden	Republican	1917–1921

32	Fred E. Sterling	Republican	January 10, 1921	January 14, 1929	Len Small	Republican	1921–1929

32	Fred E. Sterling	Republican	January 14, 1929	January 9, 1933	Louis L. Emmerson	Republican	1929–1933

33	Thomas Donovan	Democratic	January 9, 1933	January 4, 1937	Henry Horner	Democratic	1933–1940

34	John H. Stelle	Democratic	January 4, 1937	October 6, 1940 Succeeded Horner	Henry Horner	Democratic	1933–1940

Office vacant	October 6, 1940	January 13, 1941	John H. Stelle	Democratic	1940–1941

35	Hugh W. Cross	Republican	January 13, 1941	January 10, 1949	Dwight H. Green	Republican	1941–1949

36	Sherwood Dixon	Democratic	January 10, 1949	January 12, 1953	Adlai E. Stevenson II	Democratic	1949–1953

37	John William Chapman	Republican	January 12, 1953	January 9, 1961	William G. Stratton	Republican	1953–1961

38	Samuel H. Shapiro	Democratic	January 9, 1961	May 21, 1968 Succeeded Kerner	Otto Kerner, Jr.	Democratic	1961–1968

Office vacant	May 21, 1968	January 13, 1969	Samuel H. Shapiro	Democratic	1968–1969

39	Paul Simon	Democratic	January 13, 1969	January 8, 1973	Richard Buell Ogilvie	Republican	1969–1973

40	Neil Hartigan	Democratic	January 8, 1973	January 10, 1977	Dan Walker	Democratic	1973–1977

41	Dave O'Neal	Republican	January 10, 1977	July 31, 1981 Resigned	James R. Thompson	Republican	1977–1991

Office vacant	July 31, 1981	January 10, 1983	James R. Thompson	Republican	1977–1991

42	George H. Ryan	Republican	January 10, 1983	January 14, 1991	James R. Thompson	Republican	1977–1991

43	Bob Kustra	Republican	January 14, 1991	July 1, 1998 Resigned	James Edgar	Republican	1991–1999

Office vacant	July 1, 1998	January 11, 1999	James Edgar	Republican	1991–1999

44	Corinne Wood	Republican	January 11, 1999	January 13, 2003	George H. Ryan	Republican	1999–2003

45	Pat Quinn	Democratic	January 13, 2003	January 29, 2009 Succeeded Blagojevich	Rod R. Blagojevich	Democratic	2003–2009

Office vacant	January 29, 2009	January 10, 2011	Pat Quinn	Democratic	2009–2011

46	Sheila Simon	Democratic	January 10, 2011	January 12, 2015	Pat Quinn	Democratic	2011–2015

47	Evelyn Sanguinetti	Republican	January 12, 2015	January 14, 2019	Bruce Rauner	Republican	2015–2019

48	Julianna Stratton	Democratic	January 14, 2019	Incumbent	J.B. Pritzker	Democratic	2019–Present

Sentence(s)

Menard became the state's first lieutenant governor, serving from 1818 to 1822 with the first governor, Shadrach Bond.

final_sentence: Menard became the state's first lieutenant governor, serving from 1818 to 1822 with the first governor, Shadrach Bond.