residence lieutenant governor predecessor successor birth_name birth_place party office birth_date term_start order signature image article_title term_end name alma_mater
chicago illinois -lrb- while governor , 2009-2015 -rrb- , illinois -lrb- 2015-present -rrb- , springfield , '' -rrb- sheila simon -lrb- 2011 & ndash ; 2015 -rrb- vacant '' -lrb- 2009 & ndash ; 2011 rod blagojevich jim edgar rod blagojevich corinne wood jerome cosentino bruce rauner sheila simon judy baar topinka patrick joseph quinn , jr. hinsdale , illinois , u.s. democratic 45th lieutenant governor of illinois treasurer of illinois 16 december 1948 january 14 , 1991 29 , 2009 january 13 , 2003 january 41st governor of illinois pat quinn signature.svg 228px pat quinn -lrb- politician -rrb-
 january 9 , 1995 12 , 2015 january 29 , 2009 january pat quinn georgetown -rrb- university -lrb- b.s. -rrb- northwestern university -lrb- j.d.
pat quinn -lrb- politician -rrb-

patrick joseph `` pat '' quinn , jr. -lrb- born december 16 , 1948 -rrb- is an american politician who served as the 41st governor of illinois .
a member of the democratic party , quinn began his career as an activist by founding the coalition for political honesty and served as governor from 2009 until 2015 .
born in hinsdale , illinois , quinn is a graduate of georgetown university and northwestern university school of law .
quinn began his career as a tax attorney in private practice before working as an aide to former illinois governor dan walker .
he was elected to one term as a commissioner on the cook county board of tax appeals , serving from 1982 to 1986 ; later serving as revenue director in the administration of chicago mayor harold washington .
quinn served as treasurer of illinois from 1991 to 1995 .
in illinois 's 2002 gubernatorial election , quinn won the democratic nomination for lieutenant governor of illinois running alongside then-u.s. representative rod blagojevich .
he was sworn into office as lieutenant governor of illinois in 2003 .
quinn assumed the governorship on january 29 , 2009 , after governor blagojevich was impeached and removed from office on corruption charges .
quinn was elected to a full term in office in the illinois 2010 gubernatorial election , defeating republican state senator bill brady by a margin of less than 1 % out of about 3.5 million votes cast .
he then lost the governor 's seat in the illinois 2014 gubernatorial election .
quinn was the favorite to win reelection to a second full term in office , despite a 43 percent approval rating .
however , quinn lost the 2014 campaign with 46.35 % of the vote , to bruce rauner 's 50.27 % .
