Lieutenant Governor of Illinois

The **lieutenant governor of Illinois** is the second highest constitutional office of the executive branch of the state government of the U.S. state of Illinois It is the second highest ranking official in the state government.

The lieutenant governor is to serve as the acting governor in their absence or to become the governor if the governor dies, resigns, or is impeached from office.

Juliana Stratton is the 48th and current lieutenant governor of Illinois, in office since January 2019.

## Duties

The lieutenant governor of Illinois handles a variety of responsibilities which include serving as chairperson of the Governor's Rural Affairs Council, Chairman of Rural Bond Bank of Illinois, Head of the Main Street Program and chairperson of the Illinois River Coordinating Council.

The lieutenant governor is also a member of the National Lieutenant Governor's Association.

## Eligibility and requirements

Under the Constitution of Illinois, a person must be:

• Be at least 25 years old

• a United States citizen

• a resident of Illinois for at least 3 years

## List of lieutenant governors

|#|Image|Lieutenant 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|rowspan="2"|John Reynolds|rowspan="2"|Democratic|rowspan="2"|1830–1834||||
|5||William Lee D. Ewing||Democratic|March 1, 1833|December 5, 1834||||||||||
|colspan="6" align="center"|Office vacant: November 17 – December 5, 1834|William Lee Davidson Ewing||Democratic|1834|||||||||||
|6||Alexander Jenkins||Democratic|December 5, 1834|December 9, 1836 Resigned|rowspan="2"|Joseph Duncan|rowspan="2"|Democratic|rowspan="2"|1834–1838||||
|7||William H. Davidson||Democratic|December 9, 1836 Acting|December 7, 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|rowspan="2"|Augustus C. French|rowspan="2"|Democratic|rowspan="2"|1846–1853||||
|11||William McMurtry||Democratic|January 8, 1849|January 10, 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|rowspan="2"|Shelby Moore Cullom|rowspan="2"|Republican|rowspan="2"|1877–1883||||
|22||John Marshall Hamilton||Republican|January 10, 1881|February 6, 1883 Succeeded Cullom||||||||||
|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||||||
|rowspan="2"|27|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|William Northcott|rowspan="2"|Republican|rowspan="2"|January 11, 1897|rowspan="2"|January 9, 1905|John R. Tanner||Republican|1897–1901|
|Richard Yates||Republican|1901–1905|||||||||||||
|28||Lawrence Sherman||Republican|January 9, 1905|January 18, 1909|rowspan="2"|Charles S. Deneen|rowspan="2"|Republican|rowspan="2"|1905–1913||||
|29||John G. Oglesby||Republican|January 18, 1909|February 3, 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||||||
|rowspan="2"|32|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Fred E. Sterling|rowspan="2"|Republican|rowspan="2"|January 10, 1921|rowspan="2"|January 9, 1933|Len Small||Republican|1921–1929|
|Louis L. Emmerson||Republican|1929–1933|||||||||||||
|33||Thomas Donovan||Democratic|January 9, 1933|January 4, 1937|rowspan="2"|Henry Horner|rowspan="2"|Democratic|rowspan="2"|1933–1940||||
|34||John H. Stelle||Democratic|January 4, 1937|October 6, 1940 Succeeded Horner||||||||||
|colspan="6" align="center"|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||||||
|colspan="6" align="center"|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|rowspan="3"|James R. Thompson|rowspan="3"|Republican|rowspan="3"|1977–1991||||
|colspan="6" align="center"|Office vacant: July 31, 1981 – January 10, 1983|||||||||||||||
|42||George H. Ryan||Republican|January 10, 1983|January 14, 1991||||||||||
|43||Bob Kustra||Republican|January 14, 1991|July 1, 1998 Resigned|rowspan="2"|James Edgar|rowspan="2"|Republican|rowspan="2"|1991–1999||||
|colspan="6" align="center"|Office vacant: July 1, 1998 – January 11, 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||||||
|colspan="6" align="center"|Office vacant: January 29, 2009 – January 10, 2011|rowspan="2"|Pat Quinn|rowspan="2"|Democratic|rowspan="2"|2009–2015|||||||||
|46||Sheila Simon||Democratic|January 10, 2011|January 12, 2015||||||||||
|47||Evelyn Sanguinetti||Republican|January 12, 2015|January 14, 2019|Bruce Rauner||Republican|2015–2019||||||
|48||Juliana Stratton||Democratic|January 14, 2019|Incumbent|J. B. Pritzker||Democratic|2019–present||||||

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: Lieutenant Governor
- **body**: Illinois
- **insignia**: Seal of Illinois.svg
- **insigniasize**: 100px
- **insigniacaption**: Seal of Illinois
- **imagesize**: 165px
- **image**: Juliana Stratton 2023 (cropped).jpg
- **incumbent**: Juliana Stratton
- **incumbentsince**: January 14, 2019
- **style**: The Honorable
Madam Lieutenant Governor
- **termlength**: 4 years, no term limits
- **formation**: 1818
- **inaugural**: Pierre Menard
- **appointer**: Governor of Illinois
Popular election
- **department**: Government of Illinois
- **constituting instrument**: Constitution of Illinois