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 
#ImageLieutenant GovernorPartyCommission dateEnd dateGovernorPartyTerm180x80pxPierre MenardDemocratic-RepublicanOctober 6, 1818December 5, 1822Shadrach BondDemocratic-
Republican1818–18222Adolphus HubbardDemocratic-
RepublicanDecember 5, 1822December 6, 1826Edward ColesDemocratic-
Republican1822–18263William KinneyDemocraticDecember 6, 1826December 9, 1830Ninian EdwardsDemocratic-
Republican1826–1830492x92pxZadok CaseyDemocraticDecember 9, 1830March 1, 1833John ReynoldsDemocratic1830–1834578x78pxWilliam Lee D. EwingDemocraticMarch 1, 1833December 5, 1834Office vacant: November 17 – December 5, 1834William Lee Davidson EwingDemocratic18346Alexander JenkinsDemocraticDecember 5, 1834December 9, 1836
ResignedJoseph DuncanDemocratic1834–18387William H. DavidsonDemocraticDecember 9, 1836
ActingDecember 7, 18388Stinson AndersonDemocraticDecember 7, 1838December 8, 1842Thomas CarlinDemocratic1838–18429John MooreDemocraticDecember 8, 1842December 9, 1846Thomas FordDemocratic1842–184610Joseph WellsDemocraticDecember 9, 1846January 8, 1849Augustus C. FrenchDemocratic1846–185311William McMurtryDemocraticJanuary 8, 1849January 10, 18531292x92pxGustavus KoernerDemocraticJanuary 10, 1853January 12, 1857Joel Aldrich MattesonDemocratic1853–18571360x60pxJohn WoodRepublicanJanuary 12, 1857March 20, 1860William Henry BissellRepublican1857–186014Thomas MarshallDemocraticJanuary 7, 1861January 14, 1861John WoodRepublican1860–18611599x99pxFrancis HoffmannRepublicanJanuary 14, 1861January 16, 1865Richard YatesRepublican1861–18651674x74pxWilliam BrossRepublicanJanuary 16, 1865January 11, 1869Richard J. OglesbyRepublican1865–18691774x74pxJohn DoughertyRepublicanJanuary 11, 1869January 13, 1873John M. PalmerRepublican1869–18731880x80pxJohn Lourie BeveridgeRepublicanJanuary 13, 1873January 23, 1873
Succeeded OglesbyRichard J. OglesbyRepublican18731979x79pxJohn EarlyRepublicanJanuary 23, 1873
ActingJanuary 8, 1875John Lourie BeveridgeRepublican1873–187720Archibald GlennDemocraticJanuary 8, 1875
ActingJanuary 8, 1877John Lourie BeveridgeRepublican1873–18772167x67pxAndrew ShumanRepublicanJanuary 8, 1877January 10, 1881Shelby Moore CullomRepublican1877–18832267x67pxJohn Marshall HamiltonRepublicanJanuary 10, 1881February 6, 1883
Succeeded Cullom2370x70pxWilliam J. CampbellRepublicanFebruary 6, 1883
ActingJanuary 30, 1885John Marshall HamiltonRepublican1883–18852484x84pxJohn SmithRepublicanJanuary 30, 1885January 14, 1889Richard J. OglesbyRepublican1885–18892575x75pxLyman RayRepublicanJanuary 14, 1889January 10, 1893Joseph W. FiferRepublican1889–189326Joseph B. GillDemocraticJanuary 10, 1893January 11, 1897John Peter AltgeldDemocratic1893–18972780x80pxWilliam NorthcottRepublicanJanuary 11, 1897January 9, 1905John R. TannerRepublican1897–1901Richard YatesRepublican1901–19052878x78pxLawrence ShermanRepublicanJanuary 9, 1905January 18, 1909Charles S. DeneenRepublican1905–19132980x80pxJohn G. OglesbyRepublicanJanuary 18, 1909February 3, 19133080x80pxBarratt O'HaraDemocraticFebruary 3, 1913January 8, 1917Edward F. DunneDemocratic1913–19173180x80pxJohn G. OglesbyRepublicanJanuary 8, 1917January 10, 1921Frank O. LowdenRepublican1917–19213280x80pxFred E. SterlingRepublicanJanuary 10, 1921January 9, 1933Len SmallRepublican1921–1929Louis L. EmmersonRepublican1929–19333380x80pxThomas DonovanDemocraticJanuary 9, 1933January 4, 1937Henry HornerDemocratic1933–19403487x87pxJohn H. StelleDemocraticJanuary 4, 1937October 6, 1940
Succeeded HornerOffice vacant: October 6, 1940 – January 13, 1941John H. StelleDemocratic1940–194135Hugh W. CrossRepublicanJanuary 13, 1941January 10, 1949Dwight H. GreenRepublican1941–19493689x89pxSherwood DixonDemocraticJanuary 10, 1949January 12, 1953Adlai E. Stevenson IIDemocratic1949–19533780x80pxJohn William ChapmanRepublicanJanuary 12, 1953January 9, 1961William G. StrattonRepublican1953–19613876x76pxSamuel H. ShapiroDemocraticJanuary 9, 1961May 21, 1968
Succeeded KernerOtto Kerner, Jr.Democratic1961–1968Office vacant: May 21, 1968 – January 13, 1969Samuel H. ShapiroDemocratic1968–19693980x80pxPaul SimonDemocraticJanuary 13, 1969January 8, 1973Richard Buell OgilvieRepublican1969–19734084x84pxNeil HartiganDemocraticJanuary 8, 1973January 10, 1977Dan WalkerDemocratic1973–19774197x97pxDave O'NealRepublicanJanuary 10, 1977July 31, 1981
ResignedJames R. ThompsonRepublican1977–1991Office vacant: July 31, 1981 – January 10, 19834280x80pxGeorge H. RyanRepublicanJanuary 10, 1983January 14, 19914381x81pxBob KustraRepublicanJanuary 14, 1991July 1, 1998
ResignedJames EdgarRepublican1991–1999Office vacant: July 1, 1998 – January 11, 199944Corinne WoodRepublicanJanuary 11, 1999January 13, 2003George H. RyanRepublican1999–20034590x90pxPat QuinnDemocraticJanuary 13, 2003January 29, 2009
Succeeded BlagojevichRod R. BlagojevichDemocratic2003–2009Office vacant: January 29, 2009 – January 10, 2011Pat QuinnDemocratic2009–20154680x80pxSheila SimonDemocraticJanuary 10, 2011January 12, 20154779x79pxEvelyn SanguinettiRepublicanJanuary 12, 2015January 14, 2019Bruce RaunerRepublican2015–20194886x86pxJuliana StrattonDemocraticJanuary 14, 2019IncumbentJ. B. PritzkerDemocratic2019–present