List of governors of Illinois

Governor of Illinois
Seal of Illinois
Incumbent
JB Pritzker
since January 14, 2019
ResidenceIllinois Executive Mansion
Term lengthFour years, no term limits
Inaugural holderShadrach Bond
FormationOctober 2, 1818
Websiteillinois.gov/gov/

This is a list of the governors of Illinois. Illinois is a state in America. Illinois became a state in 1818.

List

Territory of Illinois

It had only one governor appointed by the President of the United States before it became a state. From March to June, 1809, Territorial Secretary Nathaniel Pope was the acting governor. Edwards' arrival in Illinois ended Pope's brief administration.[1]

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

State of Illinois

Governors of the State of Illinois
No.[f] Governor Term in office Party Election Lt. Governor[g][h]
1   Shadrach Bond
(1773–1832)
[16][17]		 October 6, 1818[18]
–
December 5, 1822
(term-limited)[i]		 Democratic-
Republican[20]		 1818   Pierre Menard
2 Edward Coles
(1786–1868)
[21][22]		 December 5, 1822[23]
–
December 6, 1826
(term-limited)[i]		 Independent[24] 1822 Adolphus Hubbard
3 Ninian Edwards
(1775–1833)
[7][6][25]		 December 6, 1826[18]
–
December 6, 1830
(term-limited)[i]		 Democratic-
Republican[j]		 1826 William Kinney
4 John Reynolds
(1788–1865)
[29][30]		 December 6, 1830[18]
–
November 17, 1834
(resigned)[k]		 Democratic[31] 1830 Zadok Casey[l]
(resigned March 1, 1833)
William Lee D. Ewing[l]
(acting)
5 William Lee D. Ewing
(1795–1846)
[32][33]		 November 17, 1834[34]
–
December 3, 1834
(successor took office)		 Democratic[m] Lieutenant
governor
acting		 Vacant
6 Joseph Duncan
(1794–1844)
[36][37]		 December 3, 1834[38]
–
December 7, 1838
(term-limited)[i]		 Whig[39] 1834 Alexander M. Jenkins[l]
(resigned December 9, 1836)
William H. Davidson[l]
(acting)
7 Thomas Carlin
(1789–1852)
[40][41]		 December 7, 1838[42]
–
December 8, 1842
(term-limited)[i]		 Democratic[43] 1838 Stinson Anderson
8 Thomas Ford
(1800–1850)
[44][45]		 December 8, 1842[46]
–
December 9, 1846
(term-limited)[i]		 Democratic[47] 1842 John Moore
9 Augustus C. French
(1808–1864)
[48][49]		 December 9, 1846[50]
–
January 10, 1853
(term-limited)[n]		 Democratic[52] 1846[o] Joseph Wells
1848 William McMurtry
10 Joel Aldrich Matteson
(1808–1873)
[54][55]		 January 10, 1853[56]
–
January 12, 1857
(term-limited)[n]		 Democratic[57] 1852 Gustav Koerner
11 William Henry Bissell
(1811–1860)
[58][59]		 January 12, 1857[60]
–
March 18, 1860
(died in office)		 Republican[61] 1856 John Wood
12 John Wood
(1798–1880)
[62][63]		 March 18, 1860[64]
–
January 14, 1861
(successor took office)		 Republican[27] Lieutenant
governor
acting		 Thomas Marshall[l]
(acting)
13 Richard Yates Sr.
(1815–1873)
[65][66]		 January 14, 1861[67]
–
January 16, 1865
(term-limited)[n]		 Republican[68] 1860 Francis Hoffmann
14 Richard J. Oglesby
(1824–1899)
[69][70]		 January 16, 1865[71]
–
January 11, 1869
(term-limited)[n]		 Republican[27] 1864 William Bross
15 John M. Palmer
(1817–1900)
[72][73]		 January 11, 1869[74]
–
January 13, 1873
(term-limited)[p]		 Republican[27] 1868 John Dougherty
14 Richard J. Oglesby
(1824–1899)
[69][70]		 January 13, 1873[75]
–
January 23, 1873
(resigned)[q]		 Republican[27] 1872 John Lourie Beveridge
16 John Lourie Beveridge
(1824–1910)
[76][77]		 January 23, 1873[78]
–
January 8, 1877
(successor took office)		 Republican[27] Lieutenant
governor
acting		 John Early
(acting)
(term ended January 8, 1875)
Archibald A. Glenn[l]
(acting)
17 Shelby Moore Cullom
(1829–1914)
[79][80]		 January 8, 1877[81]
–
February 6, 1883
(resigned)[r]		 Republican[27] 1876 Andrew Shuman
1880 John Marshall Hamilton
18 John Marshall Hamilton
(1847–1905)
[83][84]		 February 6, 1883[82]
–
January 30, 1885
(successor took office)		 Republican[27] Lieutenant
governor
acting		 William J. Campbell
(acting)
14 Richard J. Oglesby
(1824–1899)
[69][70]		 January 30, 1885[85]
–
January 14, 1889
(did not run)		 Republican[27] 1884 John C. Smith
19 Joseph W. Fifer
(1840–1938)
[86][87]		 January 14, 1889[88]
–
January 10, 1893
(lost election)		 Republican[27] 1888 Lyman Beecher Ray
20 John Peter Altgeld
(1847–1902)
[89][90]		 January 10, 1893[91]
–
January 11, 1897
(lost election)		 Democratic[27] 1892 Joseph B. Gill
21 John Riley Tanner
(1844–1901)
[92][93]		 January 11, 1897[94]
–
January 14, 1901
(did not run)[s]		 Republican[27] 1896 William Northcott
22 Richard Yates Jr.
(1860–1936)
[95][96]		 January 14, 1901[97]
–
January 9, 1905
(lost nomination)[95]		 Republican[27] 1900
23 Charles S. Deneen
(1863–1940)
[98][99]		 January 9, 1905[100]
–
February 3, 1913
(lost election)		 Republican[27] 1904 Lawrence Yates Sherman
1908 John G. Oglesby
24 Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne
(1853–1937)
[101][102]		 February 3, 1913[103]
–
January 8, 1917
(lost election)		 Democratic[27] 1912 Barratt O'Hara
25 Frank Orren Lowden
(1861–1943)
[104][105]		 January 8, 1917[106]
–
January 10, 1921
(did not run)[104]		 Republican[27] 1916 John G. Oglesby
26 Len Small
(1862–1936)
[107][108]		 January 10, 1921[109]
–
January 14, 1929
(did not run)		 Republican[27] 1920 Fred E. Sterling
1924
27 Louis Lincoln Emmerson
(1863–1941)
[110][111]		 January 14, 1929[112]
–
January 9, 1933
(did not run)[110]		 Republican[27] 1928
28 Henry Horner
(1878–1940)
[113][114]		 January 9, 1933[115]
–
October 6, 1940
(died in office)		 Democratic[27] 1932 Thomas Donovan
1936 John Henry Stelle
29 John Henry Stelle
(1891–1962)
[116][117]		 October 6, 1940[118]
–
January 13, 1941
(successor took office)		 Democratic[27] Lieutenant
governor
acting		 Vacant
30 Dwight H. Green
(1897–1958)
[119][120]		 January 13, 1941[121]
–
January 10, 1949
(lost election)		 Republican[27] 1940 Hugh W. Cross
1944
31 Adlai Stevenson II
(1900–1965)
[122][123]		 January 10, 1949[124]
–
January 12, 1953
(did not run)[t]		 Democratic[27] 1948 Sherwood Dixon
32 William Stratton
(1914–2001)
[125][126]		 January 12, 1953[127]
–
January 9, 1961
(lost election)		 Republican[27] 1952 John William Chapman
1956
33 Otto Kerner Jr.
(1908–1976)
[128][129]		 January 9, 1961[130]
–
May 20, 1968
(resigned)[u]		 Democratic[27] 1960 Samuel H. Shapiro
1964
34 Samuel H. Shapiro
(1907–1987)
[132][133]		 May 21, 1968[134]
–
January 13, 1969
(lost election)		 Democratic[27] Lieutenant
governor
acting		 Vacant
35 Richard B. Ogilvie
(1923–1988)
[135][136]		 January 13, 1969[137]
–
January 8, 1973
(lost election)		 Republican[27] 1968 Paul Simon[l]
36 Dan Walker
(1922–2015)
[138][139]		 January 8, 1973[140]
–
January 10, 1977
(lost nomination)[v]		 Democratic[27] 1972 Neil Hartigan
37 Jim Thompson
(1936–2020)
[141][142]		 January 10, 1977[143]
–
January 14, 1991
(did not run)		 Republican[142] 1976[w] Dave O'Neal
(resigned July 31, 1981)
1978
Vacant
1982 George Ryan
1986
38 Jim Edgar
(1946–2025)
[145]		 January 14, 1991[146]
–
January 11, 1999
(did not run)		 Republican[145] 1990 Bob Kustra
(resigned July 1, 1998)
1994
Vacant
39 George Ryan
(1934–2025)
[147]		 January 11, 1999[148]
–
January 13, 2003
(did not run)		 Republican[147] 1998 Corinne Wood
40 Rod Blagojevich
(b. 1956)
[149]		 January 13, 2003[150]
–
January 29, 2009
(impeached and removed)[x]		 Democratic[149] 2002 Pat Quinn
2006
41 Pat Quinn
(b. 1948)
[152]		 January 29, 2009[153]
–
January 12, 2015
(lost election)		 Democratic[152] Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor		 Vacant
2010 Sheila Simon
42 Bruce Rauner
(b. 1956)
[154]		 January 12, 2015[155]
–
January 14, 2019
(lost election)		 Republican[154] 2014 Evelyn Sanguinetti
43 JB Pritzker
(b. 1965)
[156]		 January 14, 2019[157]
–
Incumbent[y]		 Democratic[156] 2018 Juliana Stratton
2022

Living former Governors of Illinois

As of March 2026, there are three living former Governors of Illinois, the oldest being Pat Quinn, who served as the 41st Governor of Illinois (served 2009-2015), at 77. The most recent death of a former governor was that of Jim Edgar, who served as the 38th Governor of Illinois (served 1991-1999), who died on September 14, 2025.

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  145. 1 2 "Jim Edgar". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
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  147. 1 2 "George H. Ryan". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
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  149. 1 2 3 "Rod R. Blagojevich". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
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  152. 1 2 "Pat Quinn". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
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  154. 1 2 "Bruce Rauner". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
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  156. 1 2 "JB Pritzker". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
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  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,[2] and confirmed by the Senate on March 7.[3] However, he resigned on April 3, having never taken office.[4]
  3. ↑ Territorial Secretary Nathaniel Pope served as acting governor until Edwards arrived in Illinois in June 1809.[5]
  4. ↑ Edwards was appointed on April 24, 1809;[6] nominated on June 16;[8] and confirmed by the Senate on June 17.[9] He took office on June 11.[6] He was reappointed on July 7, 1812,[10] during a Senate recess; reconfirmed on November 20, 1812;[11] reappointed on November 20, 1815,[12] during a Senate recess; and reconfirmed on January 9, 1816.[13]
  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,[14] 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.[15]
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Under the 1818 constitution, governors were limited to no more than four years out of every term of eight years.[19]
  10. ↑ Dubin labels Edward as a pro-Administration candidate;[26] Kallenbach labels him as National Republican;[27] and Sobel and Glashan label him as Democratic-Republican.[7][28]
  11. ↑ Reynolds resigned, having been elected to the United States House of Representatives.[30]
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Represented the Democratic Party
  13. ↑ Kallenbach labels Ewing a National Republican[27] and Glashan labels him a Democratic-Republican.[35] However, Sobel describes him as a "Jacksonian Democrat," which would be the opposition to those parties.[32]
  14. 1 2 3 4 Under the 1848 constitution, governors elected after 1848 were limited to no more than four years out of every term of eight years.[51]
  15. ↑ The election schedule was shifted after this term, shortening it to two years.[53]
  16. ↑ 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.[72]
  17. ↑ Oglesby resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.[70]
  18. ↑ Cullom resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.[80][82]
  19. ↑ Tanner instead ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination to the United States Senate.[92]
  20. ↑ Stevenson instead ran unsuccessfully for President of the United States.[122]
  21. ↑ Kerner resigned, having been confirmed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.[129][131]
  22. ↑ Walker lost the Democratic nomination to Michael Howlett.[138]
  23. ↑ 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.[144]
  24. ↑ Blagojevich was impeached and removed from office on charges of corruption.[149][151]
  25. ↑ Pritzker's second term began on January 9, 2023,[158] and will expire on January 11, 2027.


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