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)

John McAuley Palmer was the 15th Governor of Illinois.
John McAuley Palmer was the 15th Governor of Illinois.
John McAuley Palmer was the 15th Governor of Illinois.

final_sentence: John McAuley Palmer was the 15th Governor of Illinois.
final_sentence: John McAuley Palmer was the 15th Governor of Illinois.
final_sentence: John McAuley Palmer was the 15th Governor of Illinois.