List of Governors of Illinois
Governors of the State of Illinois
Illinois was admitted to the Union on December 3, 1818, consisting of the southern portion of Illinois Territory; the remainder was assigned to Michigan Territory.

List of Governors of Illinois

Section Title: Governors of the State of Illinois
Table Section Text: Illinois was admitted to the Union on December 3, 1818, consisting of the southern portion of Illinois Territory; the remainder was assigned to Michigan Territory.

No.	Governor	Term in office	Party	Election	Lt. Governor

1	-	Shadrach Bond	October 6, 1818 – December 5, 1822 (term limited)	Independent	1818	Pierre Menard

2	-	Edward Coles	December 5, 1822 – December 6, 1826 (term limited)	Independent	1822	Adolphus Hubbard

3	-	Ninian Edwards	December 6, 1826 – December 6, 1830 (term limited)	Adams-Clay Republican	1826	William Kinney

4	-	John Reynolds	December 6, 1830 – November 17, 1834 (resigned)	Democratic	1830	Zadok Casey (resigned March 1, 1833)

William Lee D. Ewing (acting)

5	-	William Lee D. Ewing	November 17, 1834 – December 3, 1834 (successor took office)	Democratic	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant

6	-	Joseph Duncan	December 3, 1834 – December 7, 1838 (term limited)	Whig	1834	Alexander M. Jenkins (resigned December 9, 1836)

William H. Davidson (acting)

7	-	Thomas Carlin	December 7, 1838 – December 8, 1842 (term limited)	Democratic	1838	Stinson Anderson

8	-	Thomas Ford	December 8, 1842 – December 9, 1846 (term limited)	Democratic	1842	John Moore

9	-	Augustus C. French	December 9, 1846 – January 10, 1853 (term limited)	Democratic	1846	Joseph Wells

1848	William McMurtry

10	-	Joel Aldrich Matteson	January 10, 1853 – January 12, 1857 (term limited)	Democratic	1852	Gustav Koerner

11	-	William Henry Bissell	January 12, 1857 – March 18, 1860 (died in office)	Republican	1856	John Wood

12	-	John Wood	March 18, 1860 – January 14, 1861 (not candidate for election)	Republican	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Thomas Marshall (acting)

13	-	Richard Yates	January 14, 1861 – January 16, 1865 (term limited)	Republican	1860	Francis Hoffmann

14	-	Richard J. Oglesby	January 16, 1865 – January 11, 1869 (term limited)	Republican	1864	William Bross

15	-	John M. Palmer	January 11, 1869 – January 13, 1873 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1868	John Dougherty

14	-	Richard J. Oglesby	January 13, 1873 – January 23, 1873 (resigned)	Republican	1872	John Lourie Beveridge

16	-	John Lourie Beveridge	January 23, 1873 – January 8, 1877 (not candidate for election)	Republican	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	John Early (acting) (term ended January 8, 1875)

Archibald A. Glenn (acting)

17	-	Shelby Moore Cullom	January 8, 1877 – February 5, 1883 (resigned)	Republican	1876	Andrew Shuman

1880	John Marshall Hamilton

18	-	John Marshall Hamilton	February 5, 1883 – January 30, 1885 (not candidate for election)	Republican	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	William J. Campbell (acting)

14	-	Richard J. Oglesby	January 30, 1885 – January 14, 1889 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1884	John C. Smith

19	-	Joseph W. Fifer	January 14, 1889 – January 10, 1893 (lost election)	Republican	1888	Lyman Beecher Ray

20	-	John Peter Altgeld	January 10, 1893 – January 11, 1897 (lost election)	Democratic	1892	Joseph B. Gill

21	-	John Riley Tanner	January 11, 1897 – January 14, 1901 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1896	William Northcott

22	-	Richard Yates Jr.	January 14, 1901 – January 9, 1905 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1900

23	-	Charles S. Deneen	January 9, 1905 – February 3, 1913 (lost election)	Republican	1904	Lawrence Yates Sherman

1908	John G. Oglesby

24	-	Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne	February 3, 1913 – January 8, 1917 (lost election)	Democratic	1912	Barratt O'Hara

25	-	Frank Orren Lowden	January 8, 1917 – January 10, 1921 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1916	John G. Oglesby

26	-	Len Small	January 10, 1921 – January 14, 1929 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1920	Fred E. Sterling

1924

27	-	Louis Lincoln Emmerson	January 14, 1929 – January 9, 1933 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1928

28	-	Henry Horner	January 9, 1933 – October 6, 1940 (died in office)	Democratic	1932	Thomas Donovan

1936	John Henry Stelle

29	-	John Henry Stelle	October 6, 1940 – January 13, 1941 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant

30	-	Dwight H. Green	January 13, 1941 – January 10, 1949 (lost election)	Republican	1940	Hugh W. Cross

1944

31	-	Adlai Stevenson II	January 10, 1949 – January 12, 1953 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1948	Sherwood Dixon

32	-	William Stratton	January 12, 1953 – January 9, 1961 (lost election)	Republican	1952	John William Chapman

1956

33	-	Otto Kerner Jr.	January 9, 1961 – May 21, 1968 (resigned)	Democratic	1960	Samuel H. Shapiro

1964

34	-	Samuel H. Shapiro	May 21, 1968 – January 13, 1969	Democratic	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant

35	-	Richard B. Ogilvie	January 13, 1969 – January 8, 1973 (lost election)	Republican	1968	Paul Simon

36	-	Dan Walker	January 8, 1973 – January 10, 1977 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1972	Neil Hartigan

37	-	James R. Thompson	January 10, 1977 – January 14, 1991 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1976	Dave O'Neal (resigned July 31, 1981)

1978

Vacant

1982	George Ryan

1986

38	-	Jim Edgar	January 14, 1991 – January 11, 1999 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1990	Bob Kustra (resigned July 1, 1998)

1994

Vacant

39	2007 Governor George Ryan crop4 (cropped).JPG	George Ryan	January 11, 1999 – January 13, 2003 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1998	Corinne Wood

40	-	Rod Blagojevich	January 13, 2003 – January 29, 2009 (impeached and removed)	Democratic	2002	Pat Quinn

2006

41	-	Pat Quinn	January 29, 2009 – January 12, 2015 (lost election)	Democratic	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant

2010	Sheila Simon

42	-	Bruce Rauner	January 12, 2015 – January 14, 2019 (lost election)	Republican	2014	Evelyn Sanguinetti

43	-	J. B. Pritzker	January 14, 2019 – present	Democratic	2018	Juliana Stratton

Sentence(s)

James Robert Thompson Jr. was the 37th governor of the US state of Illinois, serving from 1977 to 1991.

final_sentence: James Robert Thompson Jr. was the 37th governor of the US state of Illinois, serving from 1977 to 1991.