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{{Infobox political post
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox official post
|post = Governor
|post = Governor
|body = Illinois
|body = Illinois
|insignia = Seal of Illinois.svg
|insignia = Seal of Illinois.svg
|insigniasize = 150px
|insigniasize = 110px
|insigniacaption = [[Seal of Illinois]]
|insigniacaption = [[Flag and seal of Illinois|Seal of the State of Illinois]]
|image = Bruce Rauner 2016 cropped.jpg
|flag = Flag of Illinois.svg
|incumbent = [[Bruce Rauner]]
|flagborder = yes
|flagcaption = [[Flag and seal of Illinois|Flag of Illinois]]
|incumbentsince = January 12, 2015
|image = Governor JB Pritzker official portrait 2019 (crop).jpg
|residence = [[Illinois Executive Mansion]]
|imagesize = 200px
|incumbent = [[J. B. Pritzker]]
|incumbentsince = January 14, 2019
|residence = [[Illinois Governor's Mansion]]
|termlength = Four years, no term limits
|termlength = Four years, no term limits
|formation = {{start date|1818|10|02}}
|formation = {{start date|1818|10|06}}
|inaugural = [[Shadrach Bond]]
|inaugural = [[Shadrach Bond]]
|salary = $177,412 (2015)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://knowledgecenter.csg.org/kc/content/governors-salaries-2015 | title=Governors’ Salaries, 2015 | publisher=The Council of State Governments | date=June 25, 2013 | accessdate=January 9, 2016 }}</ref>{{note|salary|α}}
|salary = $177,412 (2015)<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 25, 2013 |title=Governors' Salaries, 2015 |url=http://knowledgecenter.csg.org/kc/content/governors-salaries-2015 |access-date=January 9, 2016 |publisher=The Council of State Governments}}</ref>
|website = {{URL|http://www.illinois.gov/gov/}}
|website = {{URL|gov.illinois.gov}}
}}
}}
The [[Governor of Illinois]] is the [[Head of government|chief executive]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Illinois]]. The [[Governor (United States)|governor]] is the head of the [[executive branch]] of [[Government of Illinois|Illinois's state government]] and is charged with enforcing state laws. The governor has the power to either approve or [[veto]] bills passed by the [[Illinois Legislature]], to convene the legislature, and to grant [[pardon]]s, except in cases of [[impeachment]].<ref>IL Const. art. V</ref> The governor is also the [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[U.S. state|state's]] [[Illinois National Guard|military forces]].
The [[governor of Illinois]] is the [[head of government]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Illinois]]. The [[Governor (United States)|governor]] is the head of the [[Executive (government)|executive branch]] of [[Government of Illinois|Illinois's state government]] and is charged with enforcing state laws. The governor has the power to either approve or [[veto]] bills passed by the [[Illinois General Assembly|Illinois Legislature]], to convene the legislature, and to grant [[pardon]]s, except in cases of [[Impeachment in the United States|impeachment]].<ref>IL Const. art. V</ref> The governor is also the [[commander-in-chief]] of the state's [[Illinois National Guard|military forces]].


42 people have served as governor of Illinois since it became a state in 1818; before that, it had only one territorial governor. The longest-serving governor was [[James R. Thompson]], who was elected four times to a term lasting 14 years, from 1977 to 1991. Only one governor, [[Richard J. Oglesby]], has served multiple separate terms, having been elected in 1864, 1872, and 1884. One governor, [[Rod Blagojevich]], was impeached and removed from office in 2009. The current governor is [[Bruce Rauner]], [[Illinois gubernatorial election, 2014|elected]] for a four-year term in 2014.
Since becoming a state in 1818, 43 people have served as governor of Illinois; before statehood, it had only one territorial governor, [[Ninian Edwards]]. The longest-serving governor was [[James R. Thompson]], who was elected to four terms lasting 14 years, from 1977 to 1991. Only one governor, [[Richard J. Oglesby]], has served multiple non-consecutive terms, having been elected in 1864, 1872, and 1884.


The current governor is [[J. B. Pritzker]], who took office on January 14, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Results |url=https://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionOperations/ElectionVoteTotals.aspx?ID=JVM3BFfJbYc%3d&OfficeType=%2brBqro%2b%2bHTUkQvv7Q1tDdQ%3d%3d&T=637460883006884792 |access-date=January 1, 2021 |website=Elections.il.gov}}</ref>
==Governors==


==List of governors==
===Governor of the Territory of Illinois===
[[Illinois Territory]] was formed on March 1, 1809, from [[Indiana Territory]]. It had only one governor appointed by the [[President of the United States]] before it became a state, [[Ninian Edwards]]. From March to June 1809, Territorial Secretary [[Nathaniel Pope]] served as acting governor until Edwards arrived in Illinois.<ref>Robert P. Howard (1988), ''Mostly Good and Competent Men: Illinois Governors, 1818–1988,'' Illinois Issues and the Illinois State Historical Society, 39–40.</ref>


===Territory of Illinois===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
[[Illinois Territory]] was formed on March 1, 1809, from [[Indiana Territory]].<ref>{{usstat|2|514}}</ref> It had only two governors appointed by the [[president of the United States]] before it became a state, and only one ever took office.
|+ Governor of the Territory of Illinois

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!scope="col"|Governor
|+ Governors of Illinois Territory
!scope="col"|Term in office
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|{{abbr|No.|Number}}
!scope="colgroup" colspan="2"|Governor
!scope="col"|Term in office{{efn|The range given is from the date the governor was confirmed by the Senate, or appointed by the President during a Senate recess, to the date the governor left office.}}
!scope="col"|Appointed by
!scope="col"|Appointed by
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
!scope="row"|1
|[[File:Ninian.Edwards.png|75px]]
|data-sort-value="Boyle, John"|[[File:John_Boyle_portrait.jpg|75px]]
!scope="row"|[[Ninian Edwards]]
|'''[[John Boyle (congressman)|John Boyle]]'''<br>{{small|(1774–1834)}}
|align="center"|March 1, 1809<br>&ndash;<br>October 6, 1818
|{{dts|March 7, 1809}}<br>&ndash;<br>April 3, 1809<br>{{small|(resigned before taking office)}}{{efn|Boyle was nominated on March 6, 1809,<ref>U.S. Congress. ''Senate Exec. Journal''. 11th Cong., special sess., [https://books.google.com/books?id=tXH5uKSSejwC&pg=PA119 119], accessed February 23, 2023.</ref> and confirmed by the Senate on March 7.<ref>U.S. Congress. ''Senate Exec. Journal''. 11th Cong., special sess., [https://books.google.com/books?id=tXH5uKSSejwC&pg=PA120 120], accessed February 23, 2023.</ref> However, he resigned on April 3, having never taken office.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://libsysdigi.library.uiuc.edu/OCA/Books2009-06/territorialpaper/territorialpaper161948cart/territorialpaper161948cart.pdf |title=The Territorial Papers of the United States: Volume XVI: The Territory of Illinois 1809-1814 |publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office]] |year=1948 |pages=18&ndash;19 |language=en}}</ref>}}
|[[James Madison]]
|{{sortname|James|Madison}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|2
|data-sort-value="Edwards, Ninian"|[[File:Ninian.Edwards.png|75px]]
|'''[[Ninian Edwards]]'''{{efn|Territorial Secretary [[Nathaniel Pope]] served as acting governor until Edwards arrived in Illinois in June 1809.<ref>Robert P. Howard (1988), ''Mostly Good and Competent Men: Illinois Governors, 1818–1988,'' Illinois Issues and the Illinois State Historical Society, 39–40.</ref>}}<br>{{small|(1775–1833)}}<br>{{sfn|McMullin|1984|pp=145–147}}{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=366–367}}
|{{dts|April 24, 1809}}{{efn|Edwards was appointed on April 24, 1809;{{sfn|McMullin|1984|pp=145–147}} nominated on June 16;<ref>U.S. Congress. ''Senate Exec. Journal''. 11th Cong., 1st sess., [https://books.google.com/books?id=tXH5uKSSejwC&pg=PA122 122], accessed February 23, 2023.</ref> and confirmed by the Senate on June 17.<ref>U.S. Congress. ''Senate Exec. Journal''. 11th Cong., 1st sess., [https://books.google.com/books?id=tXH5uKSSejwC&pg=PA124 124], accessed February 23, 2023.</ref> He took office on June 11.{{sfn|McMullin|1984|pp=145–147}} He was reappointed on July 7, 1812,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ferguson |first=Gillum |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/j.ctt1xcqz0 |title=Illinois in the War of 1812 |date=2012 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=978-0-252-03674-3 |pages=115&ndash;130 |doi=10.5406/j.ctt1xcqz0.12}}</ref> during a Senate recess; reconfirmed on November 20, 1812;<ref>U.S. Congress. ''Senate Exec. Journal''. 12th Cong., 2nd sess., [https://books.google.com/books?id=j86GHWQ8mtoC&pg=PA305 305], accessed February 23, 2023.</ref> reappointed on November 20, 1815,<ref name="territorial-il">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6IVHAQAAMAAJ |title=The Territorial Papers of the United States: Volume I: General |date=1934 |publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office]] |page=11 |language=en}}</ref> during a Senate recess; and reconfirmed on January 9, 1816.<ref>U.S. Congress. ''Senate Exec. Journal''. 14th Cong., 1st sess., [https://books.google.com/books?id=hPtFAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA21 21], accessed February 23, 2023.</ref>}}<br />&ndash;<br />October 6, 1818<br>{{small|(statehood)}}{{efn|Edwards served as governor until statehood, when he [[1818 United States Senate elections in Illinois|was elected]] to the [[United States Senate]].}}
|{{sortname|James|Madison}}
|}
|}


===Governors of the State of Illinois===
===State of Illinois===
Illinois was [[admitted to the Union]] on December 3, 1818, consisting of the southern portion of Illinois Territory; the remainder was assigned to [[Michigan Territory]].
Illinois was [[Admission to the Union|admitted to the Union]] on December 3, 1818, consisting of the southern portion of Illinois Territory; the remainder was assigned to [[Michigan Territory]].<ref>{{usstat|3|536}}</ref>


The first [[Illinois Constitution]], ratified in 1818, provided that a governor be elected every four years<ref>1818 Const. art. III, § 2</ref> for a term starting on the first Monday in the December following an election.<ref>1818 Const. art. III, § 3</ref> The constitution of 1848 moved the start of the term to the second Monday in January starting in 1849, thus shortening the term won in the 1844 election to two years.<ref name="1848const-art4-sec3">1848 Const. art. IV, § 3</ref> Governors were not allowed to succeed themselves<ref>1818 Const. art. III, § 3</ref> until the 1870 constitution, which removed this limit.
The first [[Constitution of Illinois|Illinois Constitution]], ratified in 1818, provided that a governor be elected every 4 years<ref>1818 Const. art. III, § 2</ref> for a term starting on the first Monday in the December following an election.<ref name="1818 Const. art. III, § 3">1818 Const. art. III, § 3</ref> The constitution of 1848 moved the start of the term to the second Monday in January starting in 1849, thus shortening the term won in the 1844 election to 2 years.<ref name="1848const-art4-sec3">1848 Const. art. IV, § 3</ref> Governors were not allowed to succeed themselves<ref name="1818 Const. art. III, § 3" /> until the 1870 constitution, which removed this limit.


The office of [[Lieutenant Governor of Illinois|lieutenant governor]] was created in the first constitution,<ref>1818 Const. art. III, § 13</ref> to exercise the power of governor if that office becomes vacant.<ref>1818 Const. art. III, § 18</ref> The 1848 constitution changed this to say the power "devolves" upon the lieutenant governor in case of a vacancy.<ref>1848 Const. art. IV, § 19</ref> The current constitution of 1970 made it so that, in the event of a vacancy, the lieutenant becomes governor,<ref name="const-art5sec6">IL Const. art. V, § 6</ref> and the governor and lieutenant governor are now elected on the same [[ticket (election)|ticket]].<ref>IL Const. art. V, § 4</ref> If the governor feels seriously impeded in performing their job, they can inform the [[Illinois Secretary of State|secretary of state]] and the next in the line of succession, who becomes acting governor until the governor can resume office.<ref name="const-art5sec6" />
The office of [[Lieutenant Governor of Illinois|lieutenant governor]] was created in the first constitution,<ref>1818 Const. art. III, § 13</ref> to exercise the power of governor if that office becomes vacant.<ref>1818 Const. art. III, § 18</ref> The 1848 constitution changed this to say the power "devolves" upon the lieutenant governor in case of a vacancy.<ref>1848 Const. art. IV, § 19</ref> The current constitution of 1970 made it so that, in the event of a vacancy, the lieutenant becomes governor,<ref name="const-art5sec6">IL Const. art. V, § 6</ref> and the governor and lieutenant governor are now elected on the same [[ticket (election)|ticket]].<ref>IL Const. art. V, § 4</ref> If the governor feels seriously impeded in performing their job, they can inform the [[Illinois Secretary of State|secretary of state]] and the next in the line of succession, who becomes acting governor until the governor can resume office.<ref name="const-art5sec6" />
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Governors of the State of Illinois
|+ Governors of the State of Illinois
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|{{abbr|No.|Number}}{{efn|Based on the official site labeling [[Bruce Rauner]] as the 42nd governor,<ref>{{Cite web |title=About the Governor |url=https://www2.illinois.gov/gov/about/Pages/AbouttheGovernor.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426081238/https://www2.illinois.gov/gov/about/Pages/AbouttheGovernor.aspx |archive-date=2018-04-26 |access-date=April 25, 2018 |publisher=State of Illinois}}</ref> it is assumed the official numbering includes repeat governors only once; subsequent terms are marked with their original number italicized.}}
|-
!scope="colgroup" colspan="3"|Governor
!scope="col"|#{{efn|Based on the official site labeling Bruce Rauner as the 42nd governor,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www2.illinois.gov/gov/about/Pages/AbouttheGovernor.aspx | title=About the Governor | publisher=State of Illinos | accessdate=April 25, 2018}}</ref> it is assumed the official numbering includes repeat governors only once; subsequent terms are marked with their original number italicized.}}
!scope="col" class="unsortable"|Portrait
!scope="col" colspan="2"|Governor
!scope="col"|Term in office
!scope="col"|Term in office
!scope="col"|Party
!scope="col"|Party
!scope="col"|Election
!scope="col"|Election
!scope="col" colspan="2"|[[Lieutenant Governor of Illinois|Lt. Governor]]{{efn|Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.}}{{efn|When the lieutenant governor is serving as governor, the Illinois Blue Book considers the president pro tempore of the senate to be acting lieutenant governor. However, this only applies to acting lieutenant governors before 1883; after that, there are no acting lieutenant governors noted, and instead these are marked vacant. It is unknown why this changed; the constitution does not appear to have any relevant changes around that time.<ref>Illinois Blue Book, p. 360</ref>}}
!scope="colgroup" colspan="2"|[[Lieutenant Governor of Illinois|Lt. Governor]]{{efn|Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.}}{{efn|When the lieutenant governor is serving as governor, the Illinois Blue Book considers the [[President of the Illinois Senate#Presidents pro tempore|president pro tempore of the senate]] to be acting lieutenant governor. However, this only applies to acting lieutenant governors before 1883; after that, there are no acting lieutenant governors noted, and instead these are marked vacant. It is unknown why this changed; the constitution does not appear to have any relevant changes around that time.<ref>Illinois Blue Book, p. 360</ref>}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|1
|1
|[[File:Shadrach.Bond.png|75px]]
|data-sort-value="Bond, Shadrach"|[[File:Shadrach.Bond.png|75px]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{Independent (United States)/meta/color}}" |&nbsp;
|rowspan="5" style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}};"|&nbsp;
|'''[[Shadrach Bond]]'''<br>{{small|(1773–1832)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=365}}<ref name="nga-bond">{{Cite web |title=Shadrack Bond |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/shadrack-bond/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row"|{{sortname|Shadrach|Bond}}
|{{dts|October 6, 1818}}<ref name="kallenbach">Kallenbach pp. 161&ndash;162</ref><br />&ndash;<br />December 5, 1822<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|Under the 1818 constitution, governors were limited to no more than four years out of every term of eight years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1818 Ill. Const. art. III, § 3 |url=http://www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu/Search/results.aspx?srch=1&state=%27IL%27&CID=125&art=3&sec=3&amd=&key=&Yr= |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu}}</ref>|name=limits-1818}}
|{{dts|October 6, 1818}}<br>&ndash;<br>December 5, 1822
|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-<br />Republican]]{{sfn|Dubin|2003|p=45}}
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1818|1818]]
|[[1818 Illinois gubernatorial election|1818]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{Independent (United States)/meta/color}}" |&nbsp;
|rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}};"|&nbsp;
|{{sortname|Pierre|Menard}}
|{{sortname|Pierre|Menard}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|2
|2
|[[File:Edward.Coles.png|75px]]
|data-sort-value="Coles, Edward"|[[File:Edward.Coles.png|75px]]
|'''[[Edward Coles]]'''<br>{{small|(1786–1868)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=366}}<ref name="nga-coles">{{Cite web |title=Edward Coles |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/edward-coles/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row"|{{sortname|Edward|Coles}}
|{{dts|December 5, 1822}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1822-12-14 |title=Illinois Legislature |page=1 |work=Edwardsville Spectator |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/edwardsville-spectator-coles-inaugurated/130121331/ |access-date=2023-08-16}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />December 6, 1826<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1818}}
|{{dts|December 5, 1822}}<br>&ndash;<br>December 6, 1826
|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-<br />Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=161}}
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1822|1822]]
|[[1822 Illinois gubernatorial election|1822]]
|{{sortname|Adolphus|Hubbard}}
|{{sortname|Adolphus|Hubbard}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|3
|3
|[[File:Ninian.Edwards.png|75px]]
|data-sort-value="Edwards, Ninian"|[[File:Ninian.Edwards.png|75px]]
|'''[[Ninian Edwards]]'''<br>{{small|(1775–1833)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=366–367}}{{sfn|McMullin|1984|pp=145–147}}<ref name="nga-edwards">{{Cite web |title=Ninian Edwards |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/ninian-edwards/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
| bgcolor="{{Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color}}" |&nbsp;
|{{dts|December 6, 1826}}<ref name="kallenbach" /><br />&ndash;<br />December 6, 1830<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1818}}
!scope="row"|{{sortname|Ninian|Edwards}}
|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-<br />Republican]]{{efn|Dubin labels Edward as a pro-Administration candidate;{{sfn|Dubin|2003|p=46}} Kallenbach labels him as [[National Republican Party|National Republican]];{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=161}} and Sobel and Glashan label him as Democratic-Republican.{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=366–367}}{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=80}}}}
|{{dts|December 6, 1826}}<br>&ndash;<br>December 6, 1830
|[[1826 Illinois gubernatorial election|1826]]
|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Adams-Clay<br>Republican]]
|{{sortname|William|Kinney|dab=Illinois politician}}
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1826|1826]]
| bgcolor="{{Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color}}" |&nbsp;
|{{sortname|William|Kinney}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
| rowspan="2" |4
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|4
| rowspan="2" |[[File:John.Reynolds.png|75px]]
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Reynolds, John"|[[File:John.Reynolds.png|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[John Reynolds (Illinois politician)|John Reynolds]]'''<br>{{small|(1788–1865)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=367–368}}<ref name="nga-reynolds">{{Cite web |title=John Reynolds |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-reynolds/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|December 6, 1830}}<ref name="kallenbach" /><br />&ndash;<br />November 17, 1834<br>{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Reynolds resigned, having been [[1834 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois|elected]] to the [[United States House of Representatives]].<ref name="nga-reynolds" />}}
!scope="row" rowspan="2" |{{sortname|John|Reynolds|dab=U.S. politician}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-<br />Republican]]{{efn|Dubin and Kallenbach label Reynolds as [[National Republican Party|National Republican]],{{sfn|Dubin|2003|p=47}}{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=161}} and Glashan and Sobel label him as Democratic-Republican.{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=367–368}}{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=80}}}}
| rowspan="2" |{{dts|December 6, 1830}}<br>&ndash;<br>November 17, 1834
| rowspan="2" |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|rowspan="2"|[[1830 Illinois gubernatorial election|1830]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
| rowspan="3" |[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1830|1830]]<br>{{efn|Reynolds resigned to take elected seat in the [[United States House of Representatives]];<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_illinois/col2-content/main-content-list/title_reynolds_john.default.html | title=John Reynolds | publisher=[[National Governors Association]] | accessdate=June 1, 2018}}</ref> as acting lieutenant governor, Ewing acted as governor for the remainder of the term.}}
|{{sortname|Zadok|Casey}}{{efn|name=lt-dem}}<br />{{small|(resigned March 1, 1833)}}
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|{{sortname|Zadok|Casey}}<br><small>(resigned March 1, 1833)</small>
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
|{{sortname|William Lee D.|Ewing}}<br><small>(acting)</small>
|{{sortname|William Lee D.|Ewing}}{{efn|name=lt-dem}}<br />{{small|(acting)}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|5
|5
|[[File:William Lee Davidson Ewing bioguide.jpg|75px]]
|data-sort-value="Ewing, William"|[[File:William Lee Davidson Ewing bioguide.jpg|75px]]
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
!scope="row"|{{sortname|William Lee D.|Ewing}}
|'''[[William Lee D. Ewing]]'''<br>{{small|(1795–1846)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=368}}<ref name="nga-ewing">{{Cite web |title=William Lee Davidson Ewing |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/william-lee-davidson-ewing/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|{{dts|November 17, 1834}}<br>&ndash;<br>December 3, 1834
|{{dts|November 17, 1834}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1834-11-27 |title=Resignation |page=2 |work=Vandalia Whig and Illinois Intelligencer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/vandalia-whig-and-illinois-intelligencer/130121850/ |access-date=2023-08-16}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />December 3, 1834<br>{{small|(successor took office)}}
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|[[Democratic Party of Illinois|Democratic]]{{efn|Kallenbach labels Ewing a [[National Republican Party|National Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=161}} and Glashan labels him a Democratic-Republican.{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=78}} However, Sobel describes him as a "Jacksonian Democrat," which would be the opposition to those parties.{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=368}}}}
| colspan="2" |''Vacant''
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Lieutenant<br>governor<br>acting}}
|colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant''
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
| rowspan="2" |6
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|6
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Governor Joseph Duncan.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Duncan, Joseph"|[[File:Governor Joseph Duncan.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{Whig Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Joseph Duncan (politician)|Joseph Duncan]]'''<br>{{small|(1794–1844)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=369}}<ref name="nga-duncan">{{Cite web |title=Joseph Duncan |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/joseph-duncan/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row" rowspan="2" |{{sortname|Joseph|Duncan|dab=politician}}
| rowspan="2" |{{dts|December 3, 1834}}<br>&ndash;<br>December 7, 1838
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|December 3, 1834}}<ref>Illinois General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1834 sess., [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b2999467&seq=33 21], accessed August 16, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />December 7, 1838<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1818}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]{{sfn|Dubin|2003|p=47}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1834|1834]]
|rowspan="2"|[[1834 Illinois gubernatorial election|1834]]
| bgcolor="{{Whig Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="7" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|{{sortname|Alexander|Jenkins|dab=politician}}<br><small>(resigned December 9, 1836)</small>
|{{sortname|Alexander M.|Jenkins}}{{efn|Represented the [[Democratic Party of Illinois|Democratic Party]]|name=lt-dem}}<br />{{small|(resigned December 9, 1836)}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
|{{sortname|William H.|Davidson|dab=lieutenant governor}}{{efn|name=lt-dem}}<br />{{small|(acting)}}
| rowspan="6" bgcolor="{{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|{{sortname|William H.|Davidson|dab=lieutenant governor}}{{efn|Represented the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].|name=lt-dem}}<br><small>(acting)</small>
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|7
|7
|[[File:Governor Thomas Carlin.jpg|75px]]
|data-sort-value="Carlin, Thomas"|[[File:Governor Thomas Carlin.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="5" bgcolor="{{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="5" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|'''[[Thomas Carlin]]'''<br>{{small|(1789–1852)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=369–370}}<ref name="nga-carlin">{{Cite web |title=Thomas Carlin |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-carlin/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row"|{{sortname|Thomas|Carlin}}
|{{dts|December 7, 1838}}<br>&ndash;<br>December 8, 1842
|{{dts|December 7, 1838}}<ref>Illinois General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1838 sess., [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b2999470&seq=24 16], accessed August 16, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />December 8, 1842<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1818}}
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|[[Democratic Party of Illinois|Democratic]]{{sfn|Dubin|2003|p=48}}
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1838|1838]]
|[[1838 Illinois gubernatorial election|1838]]
|{{sortname|Stinson|Anderson}}
|{{sortname|Stinson|Anderson}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|8
|8
|[[File:Governor Thomas Ford.jpg|75px]]
|data-sort-value="Ford, Thomas"|[[File:Governor Thomas Ford.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[Thomas Ford (politician)|Thomas Ford]]'''<br>{{small|(1800–1850)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=370–371}}<ref name="nga-ford">{{Cite web |title=Thomas Ford |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-ford/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row"|{{sortname|Thomas|Ford|dab=politician}}
|{{dts|December 8, 1842}}<ref>Illinois General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1842 sess., [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015068148561&seq=49 33], accessed August 16, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />December 9, 1846<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1818}}
|{{dts|December 8, 1842}}<br>&ndash;<br>December 9, 1846
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|[[Democratic Party of Illinois|Democratic]]{{sfn|Dubin|2003|p=49}}
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1842|1842]]
|[[1842 Illinois gubernatorial election|1842]]
|{{sortname|John|Moore|dab=Illinois}}
|{{sortname|John|Moore|dab=Illinois}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
| rowspan="2" |9
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|9
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Augustus.C.French.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="French, Augustus"|[[File:Augustus.C.French.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Augustus C. French]]'''<br>{{small|(1808–1864)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=371}}<ref name="nga-french">{{Cite web |title=Augustus C. French |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/augustus-c-french/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row" rowspan="2" |{{sortname|Augustus C.|French}}
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|December 9, 1846}}<ref>Illinois General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1846 sess., [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015065152624&seq=19 13], accessed August 16, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 10, 1853<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|Under the 1848 constitution, governors elected after 1848 were limited to no more than four years out of every term of eight years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1848 Ill. Const. art. IV, § 3 |url=http://www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu/Search/results.aspx?srch=1&state=%27IL%27&CID=126&art=4&sec=3&amd=&key=&Yr= |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu}}</ref>|name=limits-1848}}
| rowspan="2" |{{dts|December 9, 1846}}<br>&ndash;<br>January 10, 1853
| rowspan="2" |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Democratic Party of Illinois|Democratic]]{{sfn|Dubin|2003|pp=49–50}}
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1846|1846]]<br>{{efn|The election schedule was shifted after this term, shortening it to two years.<ref name="1848const-art4-sec3" />}}
|[[1846 Illinois gubernatorial election|1846]]{{efn|The election schedule was shifted after this term, shortening it to two years.<ref name="1848const-art4-sec3" />}}
|{{sortname|Joseph|Wells|dab=politician}}
|{{sortname|Joseph|Wells|dab=politician}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1848|1848]]
|[[1848 Illinois gubernatorial election|1848]]
|{{sortname|William|McMurtry}}
|{{sortname|William|McMurtry}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|10
|10
|[[File:Joel.A.Matteson.png|75px]]
|data-sort-value="Matteson, Joel"|[[File:Joel.A.Matteson.png|75px]]
|'''[[Joel Aldrich Matteson]]'''<br>{{small|(1808–1873)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=371–372}}<ref name="nga-matteson">{{Cite web |title=Joel Aldrich Matteson |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/joel-aldrich-matteson/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row"|{{sortname|Joel Aldrich|Matteson}}
|{{dts|January 10, 1853}}<ref>Illinois General Assembly. ''Journal of the House of Representatives''. 1853 sess., [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015065180898&seq=52 46], accessed August 16, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 12, 1857<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1848}}
|{{dts|January 10, 1853}}<br>&ndash;<br>January 12, 1857
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|[[Democratic Party of Illinois|Democratic]]{{sfn|Dubin|2003|p=51}}
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1852|1852]]
|[[1852 Illinois gubernatorial election|1852]]
|{{sortname|Gustav|Koerner}}
|{{sortname|Gustav|Koerner}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|11
|11
|[[File:William.H.Bissel.jpg|75px]]
|data-sort-value="Bissell, William"|[[File:William.H.Bissel.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="13" bgcolor="{{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="13" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|'''[[William Henry Bissell]]'''<br>{{small|(1811–1860)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=372–373}}<ref name="nga-bissell">{{Cite web |title=William Henry Bissell |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/william-henry-bissell/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row"|{{sortname|William Henry|Bissell}}
|{{dts|January 12, 1857}}<br>&ndash;<br>March 18, 1860
|{{dts|January 12, 1857}}<ref>Illinois General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1857 sess., [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015065152608&seq=66 60], accessed August 16, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />March 18, 1860<br>{{small|(died in office)}}
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|[[Illinois Republican Party|Republican]]{{sfn|Dubin|2003|p=52}}
|[[1856 Illinois gubernatorial election|1856]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1856|1856]]<br>{{efn|Bissell died in office;<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_illinois/col2-content/main-content-list/title_bissell_william.default.html | title=William Henry Bissell | publisher=[[National Governors Association]] | accessdate=June 1, 2018}}</ref> as lieutenant governor, Wood acted as governor for the remainder of the term.}}
| bgcolor="{{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|{{sortname|John|Wood|dab=governor}}
|{{sortname|John|Wood|dab=governor}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|12
|12
|[[File:John.Wood.png|75px]]
|data-sort-value="Wood, John"|[[File:John.Wood.png|75px]]
|'''[[John Wood (governor)|John Wood]]'''<br>{{small|(1798–1880)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=373}}<ref name="nga-wood">{{Cite web |title=John Wood |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-wood/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row" |{{sortname|John|Wood|dab=governor}}
|{{dts|March 18, 1860}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1860-03-21 |title=Death of Gov. Bissell |page=2 |work=The Rock Island Argus |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-wood-succeeds-biss/130151139/ |access-date=2023-08-17}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 14, 1861<br>{{small|(successor took office)}}
|{{dts|March 18, 1860}}<br>&ndash;<br>January 14, 1861
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|[[Illinois Republican Party|Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=161}}
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Lieutenant<br>governor<br>acting}}
| bgcolor="{{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|{{sortname|Thomas|Marshall|dab=Illinois politician}}{{efn|name=lt-dem}}<br><small>(acting)</small>
|{{sortname|Thomas|Marshall|dab=Illinois politician}}{{efn|name=lt-dem}}<br />{{small|(acting)}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|13
|13
|[[File:Richard.Yates.1.jpg|75px]]
|data-sort-value="Yates, Richard 1"|[[File:Richard.Yates.1.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[Richard Yates (politician, born 1815)|Richard Yates]]'''<br>{{small|(1815–1873)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=374}}<ref name="nga-yates-richard-1">{{Cite web |title=Richard Yates Sr. |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/richard-yates-sr/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row"|{{sortname|Richard|Yates|dab=politician, born 1815}}
|{{dts|January 14, 1861}}<ref>Illinois General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1861 sess., [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015065152582&seq=64 58], accessed August 16, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 16, 1865<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1848}}
|{{dts|January 14, 1861}}<br>&ndash;<br>January 16, 1865
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|[[Illinois Republican Party|Republican]]{{sfn|Dubin|2003|p=53}}
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1860|1860]]
|[[1860 Illinois gubernatorial election|1860]]
| rowspan="5" bgcolor="{{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="5" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|{{sortname|Francis|Hoffmann}}
|{{sortname|Francis|Hoffmann}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|14
|14
|[[File:Richard James Oglesby.jpg|75px]]
|data-sort-value="Oglesby, Richard"|[[File:Richard James Oglesby.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[Richard J. Oglesby]]'''<br>{{small|(1824–1899)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=374–375}}<ref name="nga-oglesby">{{Cite web |title=Richard James Oglesby |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/richard-james-oglesby/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row"|{{sortname|Richard J.|Oglesby}}
|{{dts|January 16, 1865}}<ref>Illinois General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1865 sess., [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015065152558&seq=167 163], accessed August 16, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 11, 1869<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1848}}
|{{dts|January 16, 1865}}<br>&ndash;<br>January 11, 1869
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|[[Illinois Republican Party|Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=161}}
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1864|1864]]
|[[1864 Illinois gubernatorial election|1864]]
|{{sortname|William|Bross}}
|{{sortname|William|Bross}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|15
|15
|[[File:John.M.Palmer.jpg|75px]]
|data-sort-value="Palmer, John"|[[File:John.M.Palmer.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[John M. Palmer (politician)|John M. Palmer]]'''<br>{{small|(1817–1900)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=376}}<ref name="nga-palmer">{{Cite web |title=John McAuley Palmer |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-mcauley-palmer/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row"|{{sortname|John M.|Palmer|dab=politician}}
|{{dts|January 11, 1869}}<ref>Illinois General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1869 sess., [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015067973654&seq=192 186], accessed August 16, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 13, 1873<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|The term limit was removed in the 1870 constitution, but Palmer was first elected under the previous constitution; Sobel writes that this meant he was term-limited.{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=376}}}}
|{{dts|January 11, 1869}}<br>&ndash;<br>January 13, 1873
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|[[Illinois Republican Party|Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=161}}
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1868|1868]]
|[[1868 Illinois gubernatorial election|1868]]
|{{sortname|John|Dougherty|dab=Illinois politician}}
|{{sortname|John|Dougherty|dab=Illinois politician}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
|''14''
!scope="row"|''14''
|[[File:Richard James Oglesby.jpg|75px]]
|data-sort-value="Oglesby, Richard"|[[File:Richard James Oglesby.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[Richard J. Oglesby]]'''<br>{{small|(1824–1899)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=374–375}}<ref name="nga-oglesby" />
!scope="row"|{{sortname|Richard J.|Oglesby}}
|{{dts|January 13, 1873}}<ref>Illinois General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1873 sess., [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015067973803&seq=58 52], accessed August 16, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 23, 1873<br>{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Oglesby resigned, having been [[1873 United States Senate election in Illinois|elected]] to the [[United States Senate]].<ref name="nga-oglesby" />}}
|{{dts|January 13, 1873}}<br>&ndash;<br>January 23, 1873
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|[[Illinois Republican Party|Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=161}}
|[[1872 Illinois gubernatorial election|1872]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1872|1872]]<br>{{efn|Oglesby resigned to take an elected seat in the [[United States Senate]];<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_illinois/col2-content/main-content-list/title_oglesby_richard.default.html | title=Richard James Oglesby | publisher=[[National Governors Association]] | accessdate=June 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1873/01/10/archives/illinois-nomination-of-gov-oglesby-for-united-states-senator.html | work=[[The New York Times]] | title=Nomination of Gov. Oglesby for United States Senator | date=January 10, 1873 | accessdate=June 1, 2018}}</ref> as lieutenant governor, Beveridge acted as governor for the remainder of the term.}}
|{{sortname|John Lourie|Beveridge}}
|{{sortname|John Lourie|Beveridge}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
| rowspan="2" |16
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|16
| rowspan="2" |[[File:John.L.Beveridge.1.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Beveridge, John"|[[File:John.L.Beveridge.1.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[John Lourie Beveridge]]'''<br>{{small|(1824–1910)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=377}}<ref name="nga-beveridge">{{Cite web |title=John Lourie Beveridge |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-lourie-beveridge/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row" rowspan="2" |{{sortname|John Lourie|Beveridge}}
| rowspan="2" |{{dts|January 23, 1873}}<br>&ndash;<br>January 8, 1877
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 23, 1873}}<ref>Illinois General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1873 sess., [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015067973803&seq=144 138], accessed August 16, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 8, 1877<br>{{small|(successor took office)}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Illinois Republican Party|Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=161}}
|rowspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Lieutenant<br>governor<br>acting}}
|{{sortname|John|Early|dab=politician}}<br><small>(acting)<br>(term ended January 8, 1875)</small>
|{{sortname|John|Early|dab=politician}}<br />{{small|(acting)<br />(term ended January 8, 1875)}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
| bgcolor="{{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|{{sortname|Archibald A.|Glenn}}{{efn|name=lt-dem}}<br><small>(acting)</small>
|{{sortname|Archibald A.|Glenn}}{{efn|name=lt-dem}}<br />{{small|(acting)}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
| rowspan="2" |17
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|17
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Shelby Moore Cullom - Brady-Handy.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Cullom, Shelby"|[[File:Shelby Moore Cullom - Brady-Handy.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Shelby Moore Cullom]]'''<br>{{small|(1829–1914)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=377–378}}<ref name="nga-cullom">{{Cite web |title=Shelby Moore Cullom |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/shelby-moore-cullom/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row" rowspan="2" |{{sortname|Shelby Moore|Cullom}}
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 8, 1877}}<ref>Illinois General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1877 sess., [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015067973795&seq=43 39], accessed August 16, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />February 6, 1883<br>{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Cullom resigned, having been [[1882 United States Senate election in Illinois|elected]] to the [[United States Senate]].<ref name="nga-cullom" /><ref name="cullom-resigns" />}}
| rowspan="2" |{{dts|January 8, 1877}}<br>&ndash;<br>February 5, 1883
| rowspan="2" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Illinois Republican Party|Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=161}}
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1876|1876]]
|[[1876 Illinois gubernatorial election|1876]]
| rowspan="5" bgcolor="{{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="5" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|{{sortname|Andrew|Shuman}}
|{{sortname|Andrew|Shuman}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1880 Illinois gubernatorial election|1880]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1880|1880]]<br>{{efn|Cullom resigned to take an elected seat in the [[United States Senate]];<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_illinois/col2-content/main-content-list/title_cullom_shelby.default.html | title=Shelby Moore Cullom | publisher=[[National Governors Association]] | accessdate=June 1, 2018}}</ref> as lieutenant governor, Hamilton acted as governor for the remainder of the term.}}
|{{sortname|John Marshall|Hamilton}}
|{{sortname|John Marshall|Hamilton}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|18
|18
|[[File:John.Marshall.Hamilton.jpg|75px]]
|data-sort-value="Hamilton, John"|[[File:John.Marshall.Hamilton.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[John Marshall Hamilton]]'''<br>{{small|(1847–1905)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=378–379}}<ref name="nga-hamilton">{{Cite web |title=John Marshall Hamilton |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-marshall-hamilton/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row"|{{sortname|John Marshall|Hamilton}}
|{{dts|February 6, 1883}}<ref name="cullom-resigns">{{Cite news |date=1883-02-07 |title=Down and Out: The Governor's Resignation |page=3 |work=Chicago Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/119582701/governor-cullom-resigns/ |access-date=2023-02-24}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 30, 1885<br>{{small|(successor took office)}}
|{{dts|February 5, 1883}}<br>&ndash;<br>January 30, 1885
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|[[Illinois Republican Party|Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=161}}
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Lieutenant<br>governor<br>acting}}
|{{sortname|William J.|Campbell|dab=Illinois politician}}<br><small>(acting)</small>
|{{sortname|William J.|Campbell|dab=Illinois politician}}<br />{{small|(acting)}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
|''14''
!scope="row"|''14''
|[[File:Richard James Oglesby.jpg|75px]]
|data-sort-value="Oglesby, Richard"|[[File:Richard James Oglesby.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[Richard J. Oglesby]]'''<br>{{small|(1824–1899)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=374–375}}<ref name="nga-oglesby" />
!scope="row"|{{sortname|Richard J.|Oglesby}}
|{{dts|January 30, 1885}}<br>&ndash;<br>January 14, 1889
|{{dts|January 30, 1885}}<ref>Illinois General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1885 sess., [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015067973944&seq=126 122], accessed August 16, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 14, 1889<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|[[Illinois Republican Party|Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=161}}
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1884|1884]]
|[[1884 Illinois gubernatorial election|1884]]
|{{sortname|John C.|Smith|dab=politician}}
|{{sortname|John C.|Smith|dab=politician}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|19
|19
|[[File:Joseph.W.Fifer.jpg|75px]]
|data-sort-value="Fifer, Joseph"|[[File:Joseph.W.Fifer.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[Joseph W. Fifer]]'''<br>{{small|(1840–1938)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=379–380}}<ref name="nga-fifer">{{Cite web |title=Joseph Wilson Fifer |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/joseph-wilson-fifer/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row"|{{sortname|Joseph W.|Fifer}}
|{{dts|January 14, 1889}}<br>&ndash;<br>January 10, 1893
|{{dts|January 14, 1889}}<ref>Illinois General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1889 sess., [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015065178256&seq=109 99], accessed August 16, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 10, 1893<br>{{small|(lost election)}}
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|[[Illinois Republican Party|Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=161}}
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1888|1888]]
|[[1888 Illinois gubernatorial election|1888]]
|{{sortname|Lyman Beecher|Ray}}
|{{sortname|Lyman Beecher|Ray}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|20
|20
|[[File:John Peter Altgeld.jpg|75px]]
|data-sort-value="Altgeld, John"|[[File:John Peter Altgeld Memorial Photo (cropped).png|100x100px]]
| bgcolor="{{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|'''[[John Peter Altgeld]]'''<br>{{small|(1847–1902)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=380–381}}<ref name="nga-altgeld">{{Cite web |title=John Peter Altgeld |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-peter-altgeld/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row"|{{sortname|John Peter|Altgeld}}
|{{dts|January 10, 1893}}<br>&ndash;<br>January 11, 1897
|{{dts|January 10, 1893}}<ref>Illinois General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1893 sess., [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112111454416&seq=123 113], accessed August 16, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 11, 1897<br>{{small|(lost election)}}
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|[[Democratic Party of Illinois|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=161}}
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1892|1892]]
|[[1892 Illinois gubernatorial election|1892]]
| bgcolor="{{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|{{sortname|Joseph B.|Gill}}
|{{sortname|Joseph B.|Gill}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|21
|21
|[[File:John.R.Tanner.jpg|75px]]
|data-sort-value="Tanner, John"|[[File:John.R.Tanner.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="4" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|'''[[John Riley Tanner]]'''<br>{{small|(1844–1901)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=381}}<ref name="nga-tanner">{{Cite web |title=John Riley Tanner |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-riley-tanner/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row"|{{sortname|John Riley|Tanner}}
|{{dts|January 11, 1897}}<ref>Illinois General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1897 sess., [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112067896768&seq=181 167], accessed August 16, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 14, 1901<br>{{small|(did not run)}}{{efn|Tanner instead [[1900–01 United States Senate elections|ran unsuccessfully]] for the Republican nomination to the [[United States Senate]].{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=381}}}}
|{{dts|January 11, 1897}}<br>&ndash;<br>January 14, 1901
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|[[Illinois Republican Party|Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=161}}
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1896|1896]]
|[[1896 Illinois gubernatorial election|1896]]
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="4" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
| rowspan="2" |{{sortname|William|Northcott}}
|rowspan="2"|{{sortname|William|Northcott}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|22
|22
|[[File:Richard Yates Jr.jpg|75px]]
|data-sort-value="Yates, Richard 2"|[[File:Richard Yates Jr.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[Richard Yates Jr.]]'''<br>{{small|(1860–1936)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=382}}<ref name="nga-yates-richard-2">{{Cite web |title=Richard Yates Jr. |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/richard-yates-jr/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row"|{{sortname|Richard|Yates Jr.}}
|{{dts|January 14, 1901}}<ref>Illinois General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1901 sess., [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015065178231&seq=181 173], accessed August 16, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 9, 1905<br>{{small|(lost nomination)}}{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=382}}
|{{dts|January 14, 1901}}<br>&ndash;<br>January 9, 1905
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|[[Illinois Republican Party|Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=161}}
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1900|1900]]
|[[1900 Illinois gubernatorial election|1900]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
| rowspan="2" |23
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|23
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Charles.S.Deneen.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Deneen, Charles"|[[File:Charles.S.Deneen.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Charles S. Deneen]]'''<br>{{small|(1863–1940)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=382–383}}<ref name="nga-deneen">{{Cite web |title=Charles Samuel Deneen |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/charles-samuel-deneen/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row" rowspan="2" |{{sortname|Charles S.|Deneen}}
| rowspan="2" |{{dts|January 9, 1905}}<br>&ndash;<br>February 3, 1913
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 9, 1905}}<ref>Illinois General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1905 sess., [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015065178223&seq=247 237], accessed August 16, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />February 3, 1913<br>{{small|(lost election)}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Illinois Republican Party|Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=161}}
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1904|1904]]
|[[1904 Illinois gubernatorial election|1904]]
|{{sortname|Lawrence Yates|Sherman}}
|{{sortname|Lawrence Yates|Sherman}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1908|1908]]
|[[1908 Illinois gubernatorial election|1908]]
|{{sortname|John G.|Oglesby}}
|{{sortname|John G.|Oglesby}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|24
|24
|data-sort-value="Dunne, Edward"|[[File:Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne (Illinois Blue Book Portrait 1915-1916) (cropped).png|99x99px]]
|[[File:EFDunne.jpg|75px]]
| bgcolor="{{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|'''[[Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne]]'''<br>{{small|(1853–1937)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=383}}<ref name="nga-dunne">{{Cite web |title=Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/edward-fitzsimmons-dunne/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row"|{{sortname|Edward Fitzsimmons|Dunne}}
|{{dts|February 3, 1913}}<br>&ndash;<br>January 8, 1917
|{{dts|February 3, 1913}}<ref>Illinois General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1913 sess., [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015065178280&seq=399 395], accessed August 16, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 8, 1917<br>{{small|(lost election)}}
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|[[Democratic Party of Illinois|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=161}}
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1912|1912]]
|[[1912 Illinois gubernatorial election|1912]]
| bgcolor="{{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|{{sortname|Barratt|O'Hara}}
|{{sortname|Barratt|O'Hara}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|25
|25
|[[File:Frank O Lowden portrait.jpg|75px]]
|data-sort-value="Lowden, Frank"|[[File:Frank Orren Lowden (Illinois Blue Book Portrait 1917-1918) (cropped).png|99x99px]]
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="4" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|'''[[Frank Orren Lowden]]'''<br>{{small|(1861–1943)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=384}}<ref name="nga-lowden">{{Cite web |title=Frank Orren Lowden |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/frank-orren-lowden/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row"|{{sortname|Frank Orren|Lowden}}
|{{dts|January 8, 1917}}<ref>Illinois General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1917 sess., [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112118748216&seq=249 239], accessed August 16, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 10, 1921<br>{{small|(did not run)}}{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=384}}
|{{dts|January 8, 1917}}<br>&ndash;<br>January 10, 1921
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|[[Illinois Republican Party|Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=161}}
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1916|1916]]
|[[1916 Illinois gubernatorial election|1916]]
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="4" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|{{sortname|John G.|Oglesby}}
|{{sortname|John G.|Oglesby}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
| rowspan="2" |26
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|26
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Lensmall.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Small, Len"|[[File:Lensmall.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Len Small]]'''<br>{{small|(1862–1936)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=384–385}}<ref name="nga-small">{{Cite web |title=Lennington Small |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/lennington-small/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row" rowspan="2" |{{sortname|Len|Small}}
| rowspan="2" |{{dts|January 10, 1921}}<br>&ndash;<br>January 14, 1929
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 10, 1921}}<ref>Illinois General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1921 sess., [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiuo.ark%3A%2F13960%2Ft1hj13c6p&seq=321 313], accessed August 16, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 14, 1929<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Illinois Republican Party|Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=161}}
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1920|1920]]
|[[1920 Illinois gubernatorial election|1920]]
| rowspan="3" |{{sortname|Fred E.|Sterling}}
|rowspan="3"|{{sortname|Fred E.|Sterling}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1924|1924]]
|[[1924 Illinois gubernatorial election|1924]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|27
|27
|[[File:Louis Lincoln Emmerson.jpg|75px]]
|data-sort-value="Emmerson, Louis"|[[File:Louis Lincoln Emmerson (Illinois Blue Book Portrait 1927-1928).png|100x100px]]
|'''[[Louis Lincoln Emmerson]]'''<br>{{small|(1863–1941)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=385–386}}<ref name="nga-emmerson">{{Cite web |title=Louis Lincoln Emmerson |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/louis-lincoln-emmerson/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row"|{{sortname|Louis Lincoln|Emmerson}}
|{{dts|January 14, 1929}}<ref>Illinois General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1929 sess., [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015068036758&seq=108 104], accessed August 16, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 9, 1933<br>{{small|(did not run)}}{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=385–386}}
|{{dts|January 14, 1929}}<br>&ndash;<br>January 9, 1933
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|[[Illinois Republican Party|Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=161}}
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1928|1928]]
|[[1928 Illinois gubernatorial election|1928]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
| rowspan="2" |28
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|28
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Henry Horner.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Horner, Henry"|[[File:Henry Horner (Illinois Blue Book Portrait 1935-1936).png|99x99px]]
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Henry Horner]]'''<br>{{small|(1878–1940)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=386}}<ref name="nga-horner">{{Cite web |title=Henry Horner |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/henry-horner/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row" rowspan="2" |{{sortname|Henry|Horner}}
| rowspan="2" |{{dts|January 9, 1933}}<br>&ndash;<br>October 6, 1940
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 9, 1933}}<ref>Illinois General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1933 sess., [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015068037319&seq=51 43], accessed August 16, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />October 6, 1940<br>{{small|(died in office)}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Democratic Party of Illinois|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=161}}
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1932|1932]]
|[[1932 Illinois gubernatorial election|1932]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|{{sortname|Thomas|Donovan|dab=Illinois}}
|{{sortname|Thomas|Donovan|dab=politician}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1936 Illinois gubernatorial election|1936]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1936|1936]]<br>{{efn|Horner died in office;<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_illinois/col2-content/main-content-list/title_horner_henry.default.html | title=Henry Horner | publisher=[[National Governors Association]] | accessdate=June 1, 2018}}</ref> as lieutenant governor, Stelle acted as governor for the remainder of the term.}}
|{{sortname|John Henry|Stelle}}
|{{sortname|John Henry|Stelle}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|29
|29
|[[File:John stelle.png|75px]]
|data-sort-value="Stelle, John"|[[File:John H. Stelle (IL).png|75px]]
|'''[[John Henry Stelle]]'''<br>{{small|(1891–1962)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=386–387}}<ref name="nga-stelle">{{Cite web |title=John Henry Stelle |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-henry-stelle/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row"|{{sortname|John Henry|Stelle}}
|{{dts|October 6, 1940}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1940-10-07 |title=Gov. Henry Horner Dies – Stelle Automatically Becomes Governor |page=1 |work=The Pantagraph |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pantagraph-stelle-succeeds-horner-oc/130240835/ |access-date=2023-08-18}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 13, 1941<br>{{small|(successor took office)}}
|{{dts|October 6, 1940}}<br>&ndash;<br>January 13, 1941
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|[[Democratic Party of Illinois|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=161}}
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Lieutenant<br>governor<br>acting}}
| colspan="2" |''Vacant''
|colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant''
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
| rowspan="2" |30
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|30
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Dwight H. Green cph.3b30070.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Green, Dwight"|[[File:Dwight H. Green (IL).png|75px]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Dwight H. Green]]'''<br>{{small|(1897–1958)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=387–388}}<ref name="nga-green">{{Cite web |title=Dwight Herbert Green |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/dwight-herbert-green/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row" rowspan="2" |{{sortname|Dwight H.|Green}}
| rowspan="2" |{{dts|January 13, 1941}}<br>&ndash;<br>January 10, 1949
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 13, 1941}}<ref>Illinois General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1941 sess., [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015068037475&seq=35 27], accessed August 16, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 10, 1949<br>{{small|(lost election)}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Illinois Republican Party|Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=161}}
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1940|1940]]
|[[1940 Illinois gubernatorial election|1940]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
| rowspan="2" |{{sortname|Hugh W.|Cross}}
|rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Hugh W.|Cross}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1944|1944]]
|[[1944 Illinois gubernatorial election|1944]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|31
|31
|[[File:AdlaiEStevenson1900-1965.jpg|75px]]
|data-sort-value="Stevenson, Adlai"|[[File:Adlai_E._Stevenson_II_(IL_2).jpg|75px]]
| bgcolor="{{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|'''[[Adlai Stevenson II]]'''<br>{{small|(1900–1965)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=388}}<ref name="nga-stevenson">{{Cite web |title=Adlai Ewing Stevenson |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/adlai-ewing-stevenson/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row"|{{sortname|Adlai|Stevenson II}}
|{{dts|January 10, 1949}}<ref>Illinois General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1949 sess., [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112116677151&seq=48 40], accessed August 16, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 12, 1953<br>{{small|(did not run)}}{{efn|Stevenson instead [[1952 United States presidential election|ran unsuccessfully]] for [[President of the United States]].{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=388}}}}
|{{dts|January 10, 1949}}<br>&ndash;<br>January 12, 1953
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|[[Democratic Party of Illinois|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=161}}
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1948|1948]]
|[[1948 Illinois gubernatorial election|1948]]
| bgcolor="{{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|{{sortname|Sherwood|Dixon}}
|{{sortname|Sherwood|Dixon}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
| rowspan="2" |32
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|32
| rowspan="2" |[[File:William Stratton.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Stratton, William"|[[File:William G. Stratton (Illinois Blue Book Portrait 1955-1956).jpg|99x99px]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="2"|'''[[William Stratton]]'''<br>{{small|(1914–2001)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=389}}<ref name="nga-stratton">{{Cite web |title=William Grant Stratton |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/william-grant-stratton/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row" rowspan="2" |{{sortname|William|Stratton}}
| rowspan="2" |{{dts|January 12, 1953}}<br>&ndash;<br>January 9, 1961
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 12, 1953}}<ref>Illinois General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1953 sess., [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112116677417&seq=51 43], accessed August 16, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 9, 1961<br>{{small|(lost election)}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Illinois Republican Party|Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=161}}
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1952|1952]]
|[[1952 Illinois gubernatorial election|1952]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
| rowspan="2" |{{sortname|John William|Chapman}}
|rowspan="2"|{{sortname|John William|Chapman}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1956|1956]]
|[[1956 Illinois gubernatorial election|1956]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
| rowspan="2" |33
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|33
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Otto Kerner cropped.png|75px]]
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Kerner, Otto"|[[File:Governor Otto Kerner.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Otto Kerner Jr.]]'''<br>{{small|(1908–1976)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=389–390}}<ref name="nga-kerner">{{Cite web |title=Otto Kerner, Jr. |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/otto-kerner/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row" rowspan="2" |{{sortname|Otto|Kerner Jr.}}
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 9, 1961}}<ref>Illinois General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1961 sess., Volume 1, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112072814756&seq=43 35], accessed August 16, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />May 20, 1968<br>{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Kerner resigned, having been confirmed to the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit]].<ref name="nga-kerner" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=1968-05-20 |title=Kerner Resigns As Ill. Governor |page=1 |work=Daily Republican-Register |agency=United Press International |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/119595704/kerner-resigns-as-ill-governor/ |access-date=2023-02-24}}</ref>}}
| rowspan="2" |{{dts|January 9, 1961}}<br>&ndash;<br>May 21, 1968
| rowspan="2" |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Democratic Party of Illinois|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=161}}
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1960|1960]]
|[[1960 Illinois gubernatorial election|1960]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
| rowspan="2" |{{sortname|Samuel H.|Shapiro}}
|rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Samuel H.|Shapiro}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1964 Illinois gubernatorial election|1964]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1964|1964]]<br>{{efn|Kerner resigned to take seat on the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit]];<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_illinois/col2-content/main-content-list/title_kerner_otto.default.html | title=Otto Kerner | publisher=[[National Governors Association]] | accessdate=June 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/07/29/archives/otto-kerner-goes-to-jail-today-his-onceshining-career-at-end-income.html | title=Otto Kerner Goes to Jail Today, His Once‐Shining Career at End | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=July 29, 1974 | accessdate=June 1, 2018}}</ref> as lieutenant governor, Shapiro acted as governor for the remainder of the term.}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|34
|34
|[[File:Sam Shapiro.png|75px]]
|data-sort-value="Shapiro, Samuel"|[[File:Samuel_H._Shapiro_(IL).png|75px]]
|'''[[Samuel H. Shapiro]]'''<br>{{small|(1907–1987)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=390}}<ref name="nga-shapiro">{{Cite web |title=Samuel H. Shapiro |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/samuel-h-shapiro/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row"|{{sortname|Samuel H.|Shapiro}}
|{{dts|May 21, 1968}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1968-05-21 |title=Kerner Resigns Post to Shapiro |page=1 |work=Daily Republican-Register |agency=United Press International |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/119595739/kerner-resigns-post-to-shapiro/ |access-date=2023-02-24}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 13, 1969<br>{{small|(lost election)}}
|{{dts|May 21, 1968}}<br>&ndash;<br>January 13, 1969
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|[[Democratic Party of Illinois|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=161}}
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Lieutenant<br>governor<br>acting}}
| colspan="2" |''Vacant''
|colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant''
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|35
|35
|[[File:Richard B. Ogilvie.jpg|75px]]
|data-sort-value="Ogilvie, Richard"|[[File:Richard Ogilvie.jpg|75px]]
| bgcolor="{{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|'''[[Richard B. Ogilvie]]'''<br>{{small|(1923–1988)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=390–391}}<ref name="nga-ogilvie">{{Cite web |title=Richard Buell Ogilvie |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/richard-buell-ogilvie/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row"|{{sortname|Richard B.|Ogilvie}}
|{{dts|January 13, 1969}}<br>&ndash;<br>January 8, 1973
|{{dts|January 13, 1969}}<ref>Illinois General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1969 sess., Volume 1, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112072814871&seq=45 33], accessed August 16, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 8, 1973<br>{{small|(lost election)}}
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|[[Illinois Republican Party|Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=161}}
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1968|1968]]
|[[1968 Illinois gubernatorial election|1968]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|{{sortname|Paul|Simon|dab=politician}}{{efn|name=lt-dem}}
|{{sortname|Paul|Simon|dab=politician}}{{efn|name=lt-dem}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|36
|36
|data-sort-value="Walker, Dan"|[[File:Dan Walker (1974) (1).jpg|99x99px]]
|[[File:ILLINOIS GOVERNOR DAN WALKER GREETS CHICAGO CONSTITUENTS DURING THE BUD BILLIKEN DAY PARADE, ONE OF THE LARGEST... - NARA - 556272 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| bgcolor="{{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|'''[[Dan Walker (politician)|Dan Walker]]'''<br>{{small|(1922–2015)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=391}}<ref name="nga-walker">{{Cite web |title=Daniel Walker |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/daniel-walker/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row"|{{sortname|Dan|Walker|dab=politician}}
|{{dts|January 8, 1973}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lahey |first=Bob |date=1973-01-09 |title=Walker Inaugurated, Promises 'People Government' |page=1 |work=The Daily Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-walker-inaugurated-janu/130262594/ |access-date=2023-08-19}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 10, 1977<br>{{small|(lost nomination)}}{{efn|Walker lost the Democratic nomination to [[Michael Howlett]].{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=391}}}}
|{{dts|January 8, 1973}}<br>&ndash;<br>January 10, 1977
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|[[Democratic Party of Illinois|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=161}}
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1972|1972]]
|[[1972 Illinois gubernatorial election|1972]]
|{{sortname|Neil|Hartigan}}
|{{sortname|Neil|Hartigan}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
| rowspan="5" |37
!rowspan="5" scope="rowgroup"|37
| rowspan="5" |[[File:Bio thompson.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="5" data-sort-value="Thompson, James"|[[File:Governor James Thompson 3 (3x4).jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="8" bgcolor="{{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="9" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="5"|'''[[James R. Thompson]]'''<br>{{small|(1936–2020)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=392}}<ref name="nga-thompson">{{Cite web |title=James Robert Thompson |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/james-robert-thompson/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row" rowspan="5" |{{sortname|James R.|Thompson}}
|rowspan="5"|{{dts|January 10, 1977}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mehler |first=Neil |last2=Elmer |first2=John |date=1977-01-11 |title=It's Gov Thompson Now |page=1 |work=Chicago Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-thompson-inaugurated-jan/130262723/ |access-date=2023-08-19}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 14, 1991<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
| rowspan="5" |{{dts|January 10, 1977}}<br>&ndash;<br>January 14, 1991
| rowspan="5" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|rowspan="5"|[[Illinois Republican Party|Republican]]<ref name="nga-thompson" />
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1976|1976]]<br>{{efn|The schedule for the 1970 constitution provided that the 1976 election would be for a two-year term, shifting the election schedule away from presidential election years.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kOlMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA130&lpg=PA130#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=The Illinois State Constitution | author=Lousin, Ann | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=2011 | page=130}}</ref>}}
|[[1976 Illinois gubernatorial election|1976]]{{efn|The schedule for the 1970 constitution provided that the 1976 election would be for a two-year term, shifting the election schedule away from presidential election years.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lousin |first=Ann |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kOlMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA130 |title=The Illinois State Constitution |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2011 |isbn=9780199766925 |page=130}}</ref>}}
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
| rowspan="2" |{{sortname|Dave|O'Neal}}<br><small>(resigned July 31, 1981)</small>
|rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Dave|O'Neal}}<br />{{small|(resigned July 31, 1981)}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
| rowspan="2" |[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1978|1978]]
|rowspan="2"|[[1978 Illinois gubernatorial election|1978]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
| colspan="2" |''Vacant''
|colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant''
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1982|1982]]
|[[1982 Illinois gubernatorial election|1982]]
| rowspan="5" bgcolor="{{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="4" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
| rowspan="2" |{{sortname|George|Ryan}}
|rowspan="2"|{{sortname|George|Ryan}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1986|1986]]
|[[1986 Illinois gubernatorial election|1986]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
| rowspan="2" |38
!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|38
| rowspan="2" |[[File:JimEdgar2013.png|75px]]
|rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Edgar, Jim"|[[File:Jim Edgar (Illinois Blue Book Portrait 1993-1994).jpg|104x104px]]
|rowspan="3"|'''[[Jim Edgar]]'''<br>{{small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1946)}}<br><ref name="nga-edgar">{{Cite web |title=Jim Edgar |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/jim-edgar/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row" rowspan="2" |{{sortname|Jim|Edgar}}
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|January 14, 1991}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pearson |first=Rick |last2=Hardy |first2=Thomas |date=1991-01-15 |title=Edgar Takes Helm in Illinois |page=1 |work=Chicago Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-edgar-inaugurated-januar/130262800/ |access-date=2023-08-19}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 11, 1999<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
| rowspan="2" |{{dts|January 14, 1991}}<br>&ndash;<br>January 11, 1999
| rowspan="2" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Illinois Republican Party|Republican]]<ref name="nga-edgar" />
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1990|1990]]
|[[1990 Illinois gubernatorial election|1990]]
| rowspan="2" |{{sortname|Bob|Kustra}}
|rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Bob|Kustra}}<br />{{small|(resigned July 1, 1998)}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1994|1994]]
|rowspan="2"|[[1994 Illinois gubernatorial election|1994]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
|colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant''
|39
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[File:2007 Governor George Ryan crop4.JPG|75px]]
!scope="row"|{{sortname|George|Ryan}}
!scope="row"|39
|data-sort-value="Ryan, George"|[[File:George Ryan (Illinois Blue Book Portrait 1997-1998).jpg|91x91px]]
|{{dts|January 11, 1999}}<br>&ndash;<br>January 13, 2003
|'''[[George Ryan]]'''<br>{{small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1934)}}<br><ref name="nga-ryan">{{Cite web |title=George H. Ryan |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/george-h-ryan/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|{{dts|January 11, 1999}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1999-01-12 |title=Ryan Pledges Cooperation |page=A1 |work=The Pantagraph |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pantagraph-ryan-inaugurated-january/130262846/ |access-date=2023-08-19}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 13, 2003<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 1998|1998]]
|[[Illinois Republican Party|Republican]]<ref name="nga-ryan" />
|[[1998 Illinois gubernatorial election|1998]]
|style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|{{sortname|Corinne|Wood}}
|{{sortname|Corinne|Wood}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
| rowspan="2" |40
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|40
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Rod Blagojevich (2911120436) (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Blagojevich, Rod"|[[File:B-Rod.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="4" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Rod Blagojevich]]'''<br>{{small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1956)}}<br><ref name="nga-blagojevich">{{Cite web |title=Rod R. Blagojevich |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/rod-r-blagojevich/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row" rowspan="2" |{{sortname|Rod|Blagojevich}}
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 13, 2003}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pearson |first=Rick |last2=Parsons |first2=Christi |date=2003-01-14 |title=Blagojevich Takes Over, Puts Deficit at $5 Billion |page=1 |work=Chicago Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-blagojevich-inaugurated/130262881/ |access-date=2023-08-19}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 29, 2009<br>{{small|(impeached and removed)}}{{efn|Blagojevich was impeached and removed from office on [[Rod Blagojevich corruption charges|charges of corruption]].<ref name="nga-blagojevich" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gay |first=Malcolm |last2=Saulny |first2=Susan |date=January 29, 2009 |title=Blagojevich Ousted by Illinois State Senate |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/us/30illinois.html |access-date=June 1, 2018}}</ref>}}
| rowspan="2" |{{dts|January 13, 2003}}<br>&ndash;<br>January 29, 2009
| rowspan="2" |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Democratic Party of Illinois|Democratic]]<ref name="nga-blagojevich" />
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 2002|2002]]
|[[2002 Illinois gubernatorial election|2002]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
| rowspan="2" |{{sortname|Pat|Quinn|dab=politician}}
|rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Pat|Quinn|dab=politician}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[2006 Illinois gubernatorial election|2006]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 2006|2006]]<br>{{efn|Blagojevich was impeached and removed from office on charges of corruption;<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_illinois/col2-content/main-content-list/title_blagojevich_rod.default.html | title=Rod R. Blagojevich | publisher=[[National Governors Association]] | accessdate=June 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/us/30illinois.html | title=Blagojevich Ousted by Illinois State Senate | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=January 29, 2009 | accessdate=June 1, 2018}}</ref> as lieutenant governor, Quinn succeeded him.}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
| rowspan="2" |41
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|41
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Governor Pat Quinn.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Quinn, Pat"|[[File:Governor Pat Quinn.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Pat Quinn (politician)|Pat Quinn]]'''<br>{{small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1948)}}<br><ref name="nga-quinn">{{Cite web |title=Pat Quinn |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/pat-quinn/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row" rowspan="2" |{{sortname|Pat|Quinn|dab=politician}}
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 29, 2009}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Garcia |first=Monique |last2=Huppke |first2=Rex |date=2009-01-30 |title=Low-Key Quinn Facing Challenge of a Lifetime With Ailing State |page=1 |work=Chicago Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-quinn-succeeds-blagojevi/130262920/ |access-date=2023-08-19}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 12, 2015<br>{{small|(lost election)}}
| rowspan="2" |{{dts|January 29, 2009}}<br>&ndash;<br>January 12, 2015
| rowspan="2" |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Democratic Party of Illinois|Democratic]]<ref name="nga-quinn" />
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Succeeded from<br>lieutenant<br>governor}}
| colspan="2" |''Vacant''
|colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant''
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 2010|2010]]
|[[2010 Illinois gubernatorial election|2010]]
| bgcolor="{{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|{{sortname|Sheila|Simon}}
|{{sortname|Sheila|Simon}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|42
|42
|[[File:Bruce Rauner 2016 cropped (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|data-sort-value="Rauner, Bruce"|[[File:Bruce Rauner crop.jpg|75px]]
| bgcolor="{{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|'''[[Bruce Rauner]]'''<br>{{small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1956)}}<br><ref name="nga-rauner">{{Cite web |title=Bruce Rauner |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/bruce-rauner/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
!scope="row"|{{sortname|Bruce|Rauner}}
|{{dts|January 12, 2015}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pearson |first=Rick |last2=Garcia |first2=Monique |last3=Geiger |first3=Kim |date=2015-01-13 |title=Rauner, Sworn In As Governor, Says Business As Usual Would Be 'Morally Corrupt' |page=6 |work=Chicago Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-rauner-inaugurated-janua/130262969/ |access-date=2023-08-19}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 14, 2019<br>{{small|(lost election)}}
|{{dts|January 12, 2015}}<br>&ndash;<br>present
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|[[Illinois Republican Party|Republican]]<ref name="nga-rauner" />
|[[Illinois gubernatorial election, 2014|2014]]<br>{{efn|Governor Rauner's first term [[Illinois gubernatorial election, 2018|expires]] on January 14, 2019.}}
|[[2014 Illinois gubernatorial election|2014]]
| bgcolor="{{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|{{sortname|Evelyn|Sanguinetti}}
|{{sortname|Evelyn|Sanguinetti}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|43
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Pritzker, J. B."| [[File:Governor JB Pritzker official portrait 2019 (crop).jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="2"|'''[[J. B. Pritzker]]'''<br>{{small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1965)}}<br><ref name="nga-pritzker">{{Cite web |title=JB Pritzker |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/jb-pritzker/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 14, 2019}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Connor |first=John |date=2019-01-15 |title=43rd Governor Sees an Illinois 'Of Promise' |page=A1 |work=The Pantagraph |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pantagraph-pritzker-inaugurated-janu/130263013/ |access-date=2023-08-19}}</ref><br>–<br>Incumbent{{efn|Pritzker's second term began on January 9, 2023, and [[2026 Illinois gubernatorial election|will expire]] January 11, 2027.}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Democratic Party of Illinois|Democratic]]<ref name="nga-pritzker" />
|[[2018 Illinois gubernatorial election|2018]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Juliana|Stratton}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[2022 Illinois gubernatorial election|2022]]
|}
|}

==See also==
* [[List of Illinois state legislatures]]
* [[List of commandants of the Illinois Country]]


==Notes==
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* {{cite web |url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_illinois.html |title=Illinois: Past Governors Bios|publisher=[[National Governors Association]] |accessdate=April 26, 2018}}
* {{Cite web |title=Former Illinois Governors |url=https://www.nga.org/former-governors/illinois/ |access-date=February 23, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}
* {{cite web | url=http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/illinois_bluebook/officialsroster.pdf | title=Illinois Blue Book | pages=359-360 | accessdate=April 26, 2018}}
* {{Cite web |title=Illinois Blue Book |url=http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/illinois_bluebook/officialsroster.pdf |access-date=April 26, 2018 |publisher=[[Illinois Secretary of State]] |pages=359–360}}
* {{Cite book |last=Sobel |first=Robert |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicaldire0001sobe/ |title=Biographical directory of the governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. I |publisher=Meckler Books |year=1978 |isbn=9780930466015 |access-date=July 10, 2019}}
* {{Cite book |last=McMullin |first=Thomas A. |url=http://archive.org/details/biographicaldire0000mcmu |title=Biographical directory of American territorial governors |date=1984 |publisher=Westport, CT : Meckler |isbn=978-0-930466-11-4 |access-date=January 19, 2023}}
* {{Cite book |last=Dubin |first=Michael J. |url=http://archive.org/details/unitedstatesgube0000dubi |title=United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County |date=2003 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-1439-0}}
* {{Cite book |last=Dubin |first=Michael J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WYJAIOabIPgC |title=United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911: The Official Results by State and County |date=2014 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-5646-8 |language=en}}
* {{Cite book |last=Kallenbach |first=Joseph Ernest |url=http://archive.org/details/americanstategov0000kall |title=American State Governors, 1776-1976 |date=1977 |publisher=Oceana Publications |isbn=978-0-379-00665-0 |access-date=September 23, 2023}}
* {{Cite book |last=Glashan |first=Roy R. |url=http://archive.org/details/americangovernor0000glas |title=American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 |date=1979 |publisher=Meckler Books |isbn=978-0-930466-17-6}}
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Governor of Illinois
Seal of the State of Illinois
Flag of Illinois
Incumbent
J. B. Pritzker
since January 14, 2019
ResidenceIllinois Governor's Mansion
Term lengthFour years, no term limits
Inaugural holderShadrach Bond
FormationOctober 6, 1818 (1818-10-06)
Salary$177,412 (2015)[1]
Websitegov.illinois.gov

The governor of Illinois is the head of government of the U.S. state of Illinois. The governor is the head of the executive branch of Illinois's state government and is charged with enforcing state laws. The governor has the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Illinois Legislature, to convene the legislature, and to grant pardons, except in cases of impeachment.[2] The governor is also the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

Since becoming a state in 1818, 43 people have served as governor of Illinois; before statehood, it had only one territorial governor, Ninian Edwards. The longest-serving governor was James R. Thompson, who was elected to four terms lasting 14 years, from 1977 to 1991. Only one governor, Richard J. Oglesby, has served multiple non-consecutive terms, having been elected in 1864, 1872, and 1884.

The current governor is J. B. Pritzker, who took office on January 14, 2019.[3]

List of governors

Territory of Illinois

Illinois Territory was formed on March 1, 1809, from Indiana Territory.[4] It had only two governors appointed by the president of the United States before it became a state, and only one ever took office.

Governors of Illinois Territory
No. Governor Term in office[a] Appointed by
1 John Boyle
(1774–1834) 		March 7, 1809
–
April 3, 1809
(resigned before taking office)[b] 		James Madison
2 Ninian Edwards[c]
(1775–1833)
[9][10] 		April 24, 1809[d]
–
October 6, 1818
(statehood)[e] 		James Madison

State of Illinois

Illinois was admitted to the Union on December 3, 1818, consisting of the southern portion of Illinois Territory; the remainder was assigned to Michigan Territory.[17]

The first Illinois Constitution, ratified in 1818, provided that a governor be elected every 4 years[18] for a term starting on the first Monday in the December following an election.[19] The constitution of 1848 moved the start of the term to the second Monday in January starting in 1849, thus shortening the term won in the 1844 election to 2 years.[20] Governors were not allowed to succeed themselves[19] until the 1870 constitution, which removed this limit.

The office of lieutenant governor was created in the first constitution,[21] to exercise the power of governor if that office becomes vacant.[22] The 1848 constitution changed this to say the power "devolves" upon the lieutenant governor in case of a vacancy.[23] The current constitution of 1970 made it so that, in the event of a vacancy, the lieutenant becomes governor,[24] and the governor and lieutenant governor are now elected on the same ticket.[25] If the governor feels seriously impeded in performing their job, they can inform the secretary of state and the next in the line of succession, who becomes acting governor until the governor can resume office.[24]

Governors of the State of Illinois
No.[f] Governor Term in office Party Election Lt. Governor[g][h]
1   Shadrach Bond
(1773–1832)
[28][29] 		October 6, 1818[30]
–
December 5, 1822
(term-limited)[i] 		Democratic-
Republican[32] 		1818   Pierre Menard
2 Edward Coles
(1786–1868)
[33][34] 		December 5, 1822[35]
–
December 6, 1826
(term-limited)[i] 		Democratic-
Republican[36] 		1822 Adolphus Hubbard
3 Ninian Edwards
(1775–1833)
[10][9][37] 		December 6, 1826[30]
–
December 6, 1830
(term-limited)[i] 		Democratic-
Republican[j] 		1826 William Kinney
4 John Reynolds
(1788–1865)
[40][41] 		December 6, 1830[30]
–
November 17, 1834
(resigned)[k] 		Democratic-
Republican[l] 		1830 Zadok Casey[m]
(resigned March 1, 1833)
William Lee D. Ewing[m]
(acting)
5 William Lee D. Ewing
(1795–1846)
[43][44] 		November 17, 1834[45]
–
December 3, 1834
(successor took office) 		Democratic[n] Lieutenant
governor
acting 		Vacant
6 Joseph Duncan
(1794–1844)
[47][48] 		December 3, 1834[49]
–
December 7, 1838
(term-limited)[i] 		Whig[42] 1834 Alexander M. Jenkins[m]
(resigned December 9, 1836)
William H. Davidson[m]
(acting)
7 Thomas Carlin
(1789–1852)
[50][51] 		December 7, 1838[52]
–
December 8, 1842
(term-limited)[i] 		Democratic[53] 1838 Stinson Anderson
8 Thomas Ford
(1800–1850)
[54][55] 		December 8, 1842[56]
–
December 9, 1846
(term-limited)[i] 		Democratic[57] 1842 John Moore
9 Augustus C. French
(1808–1864)
[58][59] 		December 9, 1846[60]
–
January 10, 1853
(term-limited)[o] 		Democratic[62] 1846[p] Joseph Wells
1848 William McMurtry
10 Joel Aldrich Matteson
(1808–1873)
[63][64] 		January 10, 1853[65]
–
January 12, 1857
(term-limited)[o] 		Democratic[66] 1852 Gustav Koerner
11 William Henry Bissell
(1811–1860)
[67][68] 		January 12, 1857[69]
–
March 18, 1860
(died in office) 		Republican[70] 1856 John Wood
12 John Wood
(1798–1880)
[71][72] 		March 18, 1860[73]
–
January 14, 1861
(successor took office) 		Republican[36] Lieutenant
governor
acting 		Thomas Marshall[m]
(acting)
13 Richard Yates
(1815–1873)
[74][75] 		January 14, 1861[76]
–
January 16, 1865
(term-limited)[o] 		Republican[77] 1860 Francis Hoffmann
14 Richard J. Oglesby
(1824–1899)
[78][79] 		January 16, 1865[80]
–
January 11, 1869
(term-limited)[o] 		Republican[36] 1864 William Bross
15 John M. Palmer
(1817–1900)
[81][82] 		January 11, 1869[83]
–
January 13, 1873
(term-limited)[q] 		Republican[36] 1868 John Dougherty
14 Richard J. Oglesby
(1824–1899)
[78][79] 		January 13, 1873[84]
–
January 23, 1873
(resigned)[r] 		Republican[36] 1872 John Lourie Beveridge
16 John Lourie Beveridge
(1824–1910)
[85][86] 		January 23, 1873[87]
–
January 8, 1877
(successor took office) 		Republican[36] Lieutenant
governor
acting 		John Early
(acting)
(term ended January 8, 1875)
Archibald A. Glenn[m]
(acting)
17 Shelby Moore Cullom
(1829–1914)
[88][89] 		January 8, 1877[90]
–
February 6, 1883
(resigned)[s] 		Republican[36] 1876 Andrew Shuman
1880 John Marshall Hamilton
18 John Marshall Hamilton
(1847–1905)
[92][93] 		February 6, 1883[91]
–
January 30, 1885
(successor took office) 		Republican[36] Lieutenant
governor
acting 		William J. Campbell
(acting)
14 Richard J. Oglesby
(1824–1899)
[78][79] 		January 30, 1885[94]
–
January 14, 1889
(did not run) 		Republican[36] 1884 John C. Smith
19 Joseph W. Fifer
(1840–1938)
[95][96] 		January 14, 1889[97]
–
January 10, 1893
(lost election) 		Republican[36] 1888 Lyman Beecher Ray
20 John Peter Altgeld
(1847–1902)
[98][99] 		January 10, 1893[100]
–
January 11, 1897
(lost election) 		Democratic[36] 1892 Joseph B. Gill
21 John Riley Tanner
(1844–1901)
[101][102] 		January 11, 1897[103]
–
January 14, 1901
(did not run)[t] 		Republican[36] 1896 William Northcott
22 Richard Yates Jr.
(1860–1936)
[104][105] 		January 14, 1901[106]
–
January 9, 1905
(lost nomination)[104] 		Republican[36] 1900
23 Charles S. Deneen
(1863–1940)
[107][108] 		January 9, 1905[109]
–
February 3, 1913
(lost election) 		Republican[36] 1904 Lawrence Yates Sherman
1908 John G. Oglesby
24 Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne
(1853–1937)
[110][111] 		February 3, 1913[112]
–
January 8, 1917
(lost election) 		Democratic[36] 1912 Barratt O'Hara
25 Frank Orren Lowden
(1861–1943)
[113][114] 		January 8, 1917[115]
–
January 10, 1921
(did not run)[113] 		Republican[36] 1916 John G. Oglesby
26 Len Small
(1862–1936)
[116][117] 		January 10, 1921[118]
–
January 14, 1929
(did not run) 		Republican[36] 1920 Fred E. Sterling
1924
27 Louis Lincoln Emmerson
(1863–1941)
[119][120] 		January 14, 1929[121]
–
January 9, 1933
(did not run)[119] 		Republican[36] 1928
28 Henry Horner
(1878–1940)
[122][123] 		January 9, 1933[124]
–
October 6, 1940
(died in office) 		Democratic[36] 1932 Thomas Donovan
1936 John Henry Stelle
29 John Henry Stelle
(1891–1962)
[125][126] 		October 6, 1940[127]
–
January 13, 1941
(successor took office) 		Democratic[36] Lieutenant
governor
acting 		Vacant
30 Dwight H. Green
(1897–1958)
[128][129] 		January 13, 1941[130]
–
January 10, 1949
(lost election) 		Republican[36] 1940 Hugh W. Cross
1944
31 Adlai Stevenson II
(1900–1965)
[131][132] 		January 10, 1949[133]
–
January 12, 1953
(did not run)[u] 		Democratic[36] 1948 Sherwood Dixon
32 William Stratton
(1914–2001)
[134][135] 		January 12, 1953[136]
–
January 9, 1961
(lost election) 		Republican[36] 1952 John William Chapman
1956
33 Otto Kerner Jr.
(1908–1976)
[137][138] 		January 9, 1961[139]
–
May 20, 1968
(resigned)[v] 		Democratic[36] 1960 Samuel H. Shapiro
1964
34 Samuel H. Shapiro
(1907–1987)
[141][142] 		May 21, 1968[143]
–
January 13, 1969
(lost election) 		Democratic[36] Lieutenant
governor
acting 		Vacant
35 Richard B. Ogilvie
(1923–1988)
[144][145] 		January 13, 1969[146]
–
January 8, 1973
(lost election) 		Republican[36] 1968 Paul Simon[m]
36 Dan Walker
(1922–2015)
[147][148] 		January 8, 1973[149]
–
January 10, 1977
(lost nomination)[w] 		Democratic[36] 1972 Neil Hartigan
37 James R. Thompson
(1936–2020)
[150][151] 		January 10, 1977[152]
–
January 14, 1991
(did not run) 		Republican[151] 1976[x] Dave O'Neal
(resigned July 31, 1981)
1978
Vacant
1982 George Ryan
1986
38 Jim Edgar
(b. 1946)
[154] 		January 14, 1991[155]
–
January 11, 1999
(did not run) 		Republican[154] 1990 Bob Kustra
(resigned July 1, 1998)
1994
Vacant
39 George Ryan
(b. 1934)
[156] 		January 11, 1999[157]
–
January 13, 2003
(did not run) 		Republican[156] 1998 Corinne Wood
40 Rod Blagojevich
(b. 1956)
[158] 		January 13, 2003[159]
–
January 29, 2009
(impeached and removed)[y] 		Democratic[158] 2002 Pat Quinn
2006
41 Pat Quinn
(b. 1948)
[161] 		January 29, 2009[162]
–
January 12, 2015
(lost election) 		Democratic[161] Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Vacant
2010 Sheila Simon
42 Bruce Rauner
(b. 1956)
[163] 		January 12, 2015[164]
–
January 14, 2019
(lost election) 		Republican[163] 2014 Evelyn Sanguinetti
43 J. B. Pritzker
(b. 1965)
[165] 		January 14, 2019[166]
–
Incumbent[z] 		Democratic[165] 2018 Juliana Stratton
2022

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The range given is from the date the governor was confirmed by the Senate, or appointed by the President during a Senate recess, to the date the governor left office.
  2. ^ Boyle was nominated on March 6, 1809,[5] and confirmed by the Senate on March 7.[6] However, he resigned on April 3, having never taken office.[7]
  3. ^ Territorial Secretary Nathaniel Pope served as acting governor until Edwards arrived in Illinois in June 1809.[8]
  4. ^ Edwards was appointed on April 24, 1809;[9] nominated on June 16;[11] and confirmed by the Senate on June 17.[12] He took office on June 11.[9] He was reappointed on July 7, 1812,[13] during a Senate recess; reconfirmed on November 20, 1812;[14] reappointed on November 20, 1815,[15] during a Senate recess; and reconfirmed on January 9, 1816.[16]
  5. ^ Edwards served as governor until statehood, when he was elected to the United States Senate.
  6. ^ Based on the official site labeling Bruce Rauner as the 42nd governor,[26] it is assumed the official numbering includes repeat governors only once; subsequent terms are marked with their original number italicized.
  7. ^ Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
  8. ^ When the lieutenant governor is serving as governor, the Illinois Blue Book considers the president pro tempore of the senate to be acting lieutenant governor. However, this only applies to acting lieutenant governors before 1883; after that, there are no acting lieutenant governors noted, and instead these are marked vacant. It is unknown why this changed; the constitution does not appear to have any relevant changes around that time.[27]
  9. ^ a b c d e f Under the 1818 constitution, governors were limited to no more than four years out of every term of eight years.[31]
  10. ^ Dubin labels Edward as a pro-Administration candidate;[38] Kallenbach labels him as National Republican;[36] and Sobel and Glashan label him as Democratic-Republican.[10][39]
  11. ^ Reynolds resigned, having been elected to the United States House of Representatives.[41]
  12. ^ Dubin and Kallenbach label Reynolds as National Republican,[42][36] and Glashan and Sobel label him as Democratic-Republican.[40][39]
  13. ^ a b c d e f g Represented the Democratic Party
  14. ^ Kallenbach labels Ewing a National Republican[36] and Glashan labels him a Democratic-Republican.[46] However, Sobel describes him as a "Jacksonian Democrat," which would be the opposition to those parties.[43]
  15. ^ a b c d Under the 1848 constitution, governors elected after 1848 were limited to no more than four years out of every term of eight years.[61]
  16. ^ The election schedule was shifted after this term, shortening it to two years.[20]
  17. ^ The term limit was removed in the 1870 constitution, but Palmer was first elected under the previous constitution; Sobel writes that this meant he was term-limited.[81]
  18. ^ Oglesby resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.[79]
  19. ^ Cullom resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.[89][91]
  20. ^ Tanner instead ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination to the United States Senate.[101]
  21. ^ Stevenson instead ran unsuccessfully for President of the United States.[131]
  22. ^ Kerner resigned, having been confirmed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.[138][140]
  23. ^ Walker lost the Democratic nomination to Michael Howlett.[147]
  24. ^ The schedule for the 1970 constitution provided that the 1976 election would be for a two-year term, shifting the election schedule away from presidential election years.[153]
  25. ^ Blagojevich was impeached and removed from office on charges of corruption.[158][160]
  26. ^ Pritzker's second term began on January 9, 2023, and will expire January 11, 2027.

References

General
  • "Former Illinois Governors". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  • "Illinois Blue Book" (PDF). Illinois Secretary of State. pp. 359–360. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
  • Sobel, Robert (1978). Biographical directory of the governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. I. Meckler Books. ISBN 9780930466015. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  • McMullin, Thomas A. (1984). Biographical directory of American territorial governors. Westport, CT : Meckler. ISBN 978-0-930466-11-4. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  • Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
  • Dubin, Michael J. (2014). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911: The Official Results by State and County. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5646-8.
  • Kallenbach, Joseph Ernest (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Oceana Publications. ISBN 978-0-379-00665-0. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
  • Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Meckler Books. ISBN 978-0-930466-17-6.
  • "Our Campaigns - Governor of Illinois - History". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
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  2. ^ IL Const. art. V
  3. ^ "Election Results". Elections.il.gov. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  4. ^ 2 Stat. 514
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  9. ^ a b c d McMullin 1984, pp. 145–147.
  10. ^ a b c Sobel 1978, pp. 366–367.
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  12. ^ U.S. Congress. Senate Exec. Journal. 11th Cong., 1st sess., 124, accessed February 23, 2023.
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  16. ^ U.S. Congress. Senate Exec. Journal. 14th Cong., 1st sess., 21, accessed February 23, 2023.
  17. ^ 3 Stat. 536
  18. ^ 1818 Const. art. III, § 2
  19. ^ a b 1818 Const. art. III, § 3
  20. ^ a b 1848 Const. art. IV, § 3
  21. ^ 1818 Const. art. III, § 13
  22. ^ 1818 Const. art. III, § 18
  23. ^ 1848 Const. art. IV, § 19
  24. ^ a b IL Const. art. V, § 6
  25. ^ IL Const. art. V, § 4
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  27. ^ Illinois Blue Book, p. 360
  28. ^ Sobel 1978, p. 365.
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