List of lieutenant governors of Illinois
Lieutenant Governors of Illinois
Columns: Lt. Governor | Commission Date | End Date | Governor | Party | Term
Pierre Menard | October 6, 1818 | December 5, 1822 | Shadrach Bond | Democratic- Republican | 1818–1822 | Adolphus Hubbard | December 5, 1822 | December 6, 1826 | Edward Coles | Democratic- Republican | 1822–1826 | William Kinney | December 6, 1826 | December 9, 1830 | Ninian Edwards | Democratic- Republican | 1826–1830 | Zadok Casey | December 9, 1830 | March 1, 1833 | John Reynolds | Democratic | 1830–1834 | William Lee D. Ewing | 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 | Alexander Jenkins | December 5, 1834 | December 9, 1836 Resigned | Joseph Duncan | Democratic | 1834–1838 | William H. Davidson | December 9, 1836 Acting | December 7, 1838 | Joseph Duncan | Democratic | 1834–1838 | Stinson Anderson | December 7, 1838 | December 8, 1842 | Thomas Carlin | Democratic | 1838–1842 | John Moore | December 8, 1842 | December 9, 1846 | Thomas Ford | Democratic | 1842–1846 | Joseph Wells | December 9, 1846 | January 8, 1849 | Augustus C. French | Democratic | 1846–1853 | William McMurtry | January 8, 1849 | January 10, 1853 | Augustus C. French | Democratic | 1846–1853 | Gustavus Koerner | January 10, 1853 | January 12, 1857 | Joel Aldrich Matteson | Democratic | 1853–1857 | John Wood | January 12, 1857 | March 20, 1860 | William Henry Bissell | Republican | 1857–1860 | Thomas Marshall | January 7, 1861 | January 14, 1861 | John Wood | Republican | 1860–1861 | Francis Hoffmann | January 14, 1861 | January 16, 1865 | Richard Yates | Republican | 1861–1865 | William Bross | January 16, 1865 | January 11, 1869 | Richard J. Oglesby | Republican | 1865–1869 | John Dougherty | January 11, 1869 | January 13, 1873 | John M. Palmer | Republican | 1869–1873 | John Lourie Beveridge | January 13, 1873 | January 23, 1873 Succeeded Oglesby | Richard J. Oglesby | Republican | 1873 | John Early | January 23, 1873 Acting | January 8, 1875 | John Lourie Beveridge | Republican | 1873–1877 | Archibald Glenn | January 8, 1875 Acting | January 8, 1877 | John Lourie Beveridge | Republican | 1873–1877 | Andrew Shuman | January 8, 1877 | January 10, 1881 | Shelby Moore Cullom | Republican | 1877–1883 | John Marshall Hamilton | January 10, 1881 | February 6, 1883 Succeeded Cullom | Shelby Moore Cullom | Republican | 1877–1883 | William J. Campbell | February 6, 1883 Acting | January 30, 1885 | John Marshall Hamilton | Republican | 1883–1885 | John Smith | January 30, 1885 | January 14, 1889 | Richard J. Oglesby | Republican | 1885–1889 | Lyman Ray | January 14, 1889 | January 10, 1893 | Joseph W. Fifer | Republican | 1889–1893 | Joseph B. Gill | January 10, 1893 | January 11, 1897 | John Peter Altgeld | Democratic | 1893–1897 | William Northcott | January 11, 1897 | January 14, 1901 | John R. Tanner | Republican | 1897–1901 | William Northcott | January 14, 1901 | January 9, 1905 | Richard Yates | Republican | 1901–1905 | Lawrence Sherman | January 9, 1905 | January 18, 1909 | Charles S. Deneen | Republican | 1905–1913 | John G. Oglesby | January 18, 1909 | February 3, 1913 | Charles S. Deneen | Republican | 1905–1913 | Barratt O'Hara | February 3, 1913 | January 8, 1917 | Edward F. Dunne | Democratic | 1913–1917 | John G. Oglesby | January 8, 1917 | January 10, 1921 | Frank O. Lowden | Republican | 1917–1921 | Fred Sterling | January 10, 1921 | January 14, 1929 | Len Small | Republican | 1921–1929 | Fred Sterling | January 14, 1929 | January 9, 1933 | Louis L. Emmerson | Republican | 1929–1933 | Thomas Donovan | January 9, 1933 | January 4, 1937 | Henry Horner | Democratic | 1933–1940 | John H. Stelle | 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 | Hugh W. Cross | January 13, 1941 | January 10, 1949 | Dwight H. Green | Republican | 1941–1949 | Sherwood Dixon | January 10, 1949 | January 12, 1953 | Adlai E. Stevenson II | Democratic | 1949–1953 | John William Chapman | January 12, 1953 | January 9, 1961 | William G. Stratton | Republican | 1953–1961 | Samuel H. Shapiro | 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 | Paul Simon | January 13, 1969 | January 8, 1973 | Richard Buell Ogilvie | Republican | 1969–1973 | Neil Hartigan | January 8, 1973 | January 10, 1977 | Daniel Walker | Democratic | 1973–1977 | Dave O'Neal | 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 | George H. Ryan | January 10, 1983 | January 14, 1991 | James R. Thompson | Republican | 1977–1991 | Bob Kustra | 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 | Corinne Wood | January 11, 1999 | January 13, 2003 | George H. Ryan | Republican | 1999–2003 | Pat Quinn | January 13, 2003 | January 29, 2009 Succeeded Blagojevich | Rod R. Blagojevich | Democratic | 2003–2009 | Office vacant | January 29, 2009 | January 9, 2011 | Pat Quinn | Democratic | 2009–2011 | Sheila Simon | January 10, 2011 | current | Pat Quinn | Democratic | 2011–