List of Governors of Illinois

Table columns:
#[a]
Governor
Governor.1
Governor.2
Term in office
Party
Election
Lt. Governor[b]
Lt. Governor[b].1

Table rows:
cells: 1
Shadrach Bond
October 6, 1818 – December 5, 1822
Independent
1818
Pierre Menard
cells: 2
Edward Coles
December 5, 1822 – December 6, 1826
Independent
1822
Adolphus Hubbard
cells: 3
Ninian Edwards
December 6, 1826 – December 6, 1830
Adams-Clay Republican
1826
William Kinney
cells: 4
John Reynolds
December 6, 1830 – November 17, 1834
Democratic
1830 [c]
Zadok Casey (resigned March 1, 1833)
cells: William Lee D. Ewing
cells: 5
William Lee D. Ewing
November 17, 1834 – December 3, 1834
Democratic
Vacant
Vacant
cells: 6
Joseph Duncan
December 3, 1834 – December 7, 1838
Whig
1834
Alexander Jenkins (resigned December 9, 1836)
cells: William H. Davidson[d]
cells: 7
Thomas Carlin
December 7, 1838 – December 8, 1842
Democratic
1838
Stinson Anderson
cells: 8
Thomas Ford
December 8, 1842 – December 9, 1846
Democratic
1842
John Moore
cells: 9
Augustus C. French
December 9, 1846 – January 10, 1853
Democratic
1846 [e]
Joseph Wells
cells: 1848
William McMurtry
cells: 10
Joel Aldrich Matteson
January 10, 1853 – January 12, 1857
Democratic
1852
Gustavus Koerner
cells: 11
William Henry Bissell
January 12, 1857 – March 18, 1860
Republican
1856 [f]
John Wood
cells: 12
John Wood
March 18, 1860 – January 14, 1861
Republican
Vacant
Vacant
cells: Thomas Marshall[d]
cells: 13
Richard Yates
January 14, 1861 – January 16, 1865
Republican
1860
Francis Hoffmann
cells: 14
Richard J. Oglesby
January 16, 1865 – January 11, 1869
Republican
1864
William Bross
cells: 15
John M. Palmer
January 11, 1869 – January 13, 1873
Republican
1868
John Dougherty
cells: 14
Richard J. Oglesby
January 13, 1873 – January 23, 1873
Republican
1872 [g]
John Lourie Beveridge
cells: 16
John Lourie Beveridge
January 23, 1873 – January 8, 1877
Republican
John Early (term ended January 8, 1875)
cells: Archibald Glenn[d]
cells: 17
Shelby Moore Cullom
January 8, 1877 – February 5, 1883
Republican
1876
Andrew Shuman
cells: 1880 [h]
John Marshall Hamilton
cells: 18
John Marshall Hamilton
February 5, 1883 – January 30, 1885
Republican
William Campbell
cells: 14
Richard J. Oglesby
January 30, 1885 – January 14, 1889
Republican
1884
John Smith
cells: 19
Joseph W. Fifer
January 14, 1889 – January 10, 1893
Republican
1888
Lyman Ray
cells: 20
John Peter Altgeld
January 10, 1893 – January 11, 1897
Democratic
1892
Joseph B. Gill
cells: 21
John R. Tanner
January 11, 1897 – January 14, 1901
Republican
1896
William Northcott
cells: 22
Richard Yates, Jr.
January 14, 1901 – January 9, 1905
Republican
1900
cells: 23
Charles S. Deneen
January 9, 1905 – February 3, 1913
Republican
1904
Lawrence Sherman
cells: 1908
John G. Oglesby
cells: 24
Edward F. Dunne
February 3, 1913 – January 8, 1917
Democratic
1912
Barratt O'Hara
cells: 25
Frank O. Lowden
January 8, 1917 – January 10, 1921
Republican
1916
John G. Oglesby
cells: 26
Len Small
January 10, 1921 – January 14, 1929
Republican
1920
Fred E. Sterling
cells: 1924
cells: 27
Louis L. Emmerson
January 14, 1929 – January 9, 1933
Republican
1928
cells: 28
Henry Horner
January 9, 1933 – October 6, 1940
Democratic
1932
Thomas Donovan
cells: 1936 [i]
John H. Stelle
cells: 29
John H. Stelle
October 6, 1940 – January 13, 1941
Democratic
Vacant
Vacant
cells: 30
Dwight H. Green
January 13, 1941 – January 10, 1949
Republican
1940
Hugh W. Cross
cells: 1944
cells: 31
Adlai E. Stevenson II
January 10, 1949 – January 12, 1953
Democratic
1948
Sherwood Dixon
cells: 32
William G. Stratton
January 12, 1953 – January 9, 1961
Republican
1952
John William Chapman
cells: 1956
cells: 33
Otto Kerner, Jr.
January 9, 1961 – May 21, 1968
Democratic
1960
Samuel H. Shapiro
cells: 1964 [j]
cells: 34
Samuel H. Shapiro
May 21, 1968 – January 13, 1969
Democratic
Vacant
Vacant
cells: 35
Richard Buell Ogilvie
January 13, 1969 – January 8, 1973
Republican
1968
Paul Simon[d]
cells: 36
Dan Walker
January 8, 1973 – January 10, 1977
Democratic
1972
Neil Hartigan
cells: 37
James R. Thompson
January 10, 1977 – January 14, 1991
Republican
1976 [k]
Dave O'Neal (resigned July 31, 1981)
cells: 1978
cells: Vacant
Vacant
cells: 1982
George Ryan
cells: 1986
cells: 38
Jim Edgar
January 14, 1991 – January 11, 1999
Republican
1990
Bob Kustra
cells: 1994
cells: 39
George Ryan
January 11, 1999 – January 13, 2003
Republican
1998
Corinne Wood
cells: 40
Rod Blagojevich
January 13, 2003 – January 29, 2009
Democratic
2002
Pat Quinn
cells: 2006 [l]
cells: 41
Pat Quinn
January 29, 2009 – January 12, 2015
Democratic
Vacant
Vacant
cells: 2010
Sheila Simon
cells: 42
Bruce Rauner
January 12, 2015 – Present
Republican
2014 [m]
Evelyn Sanguinetti

Questions about this table:
originalText: who were the last three governors of illinois
answer: answerTexts: Bruce Rauner
Pat Quinn
Rod Blagojevich