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The Governor of Illinois is the head of the executive branch of Illinois's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Illinois Legislature, to convene the legislature, and to grant pardons.[1] Governors and other state-wide officials are chosen to four-year terms in the off-year cycle (not in the same year as the presidential elections).

Governors

Governor of the Territory of Illinois

For the colonial military governors of the Illinois Country, see List of commandants of the Illinois Country.
For the period before the Illinois Territory was formed, see Governors of the Northwest Territory and Governors of the Indiana Territory.

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. From March to June, 1809, Territorial Secretary Nathaniel Pope served as acting governor; Edwards' arrival in Illinois ended Pope's brief administration.[2]

Picture Governor Took office Left office Appointed by
Ninian Edwards March 1, 1809 October 6, 1818 James Madison

Governors of the 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.

The first Illinois Constitution, ratified in 1818, provided that a governor be elected every four years[3] for a term starting on the first Monday in the December following an election.[4] The constitution of 1848 moved the start of the term to the second Monday in January.[5] Governors were not allowed to succeed themselves[6] until the 1870 constitution, which removed this limit.

The office of lieutenant governor was created in the first constitution,[7] to exercise the power of governor if that office becomes vacant.[8] The 1848 constitution changed this to say the power "devolves" upon the lieutenant governor in case of a vacancy.[9] The current constitution of 1970 made it so that, in the event of a vacancy, the lieutenant becomes governor,[10] and the governor and lieutenant governor are now elected on the same ticket.[11]

Parties

  No party   Military   Democratic-Republican   Democratic   Whig   Republican

# Picture Governor Took office Left office Party Lt. Governor Terms[a]
1 bgcolor=Template:Independent (United States)/meta/color| Shadrach Bond October 6, 1818 December 5, 1822 Independent   Pierre Menard 1
2 bgcolor=Template:Independent (United States)/meta/color| Edward Coles December 5, 1822 December 6, 1826 Independent   Adolphus Hubbard 1
3 bgcolor=Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color|  Ninian Edwards December 6, 1826 December 6, 1830 Adams-Clay
Republican 		bgcolor=Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color|  William Kinney 1
4 rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| John Reynolds December 6, 1830 November 17, 1834 Democratic bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Zadok Casey[b] 1⁄2[c]
bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| William Lee D. Ewing
5 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| William Lee D. Ewing November 17, 1834 December 3, 1834 Democratic Vacant 1⁄2[d]
6 rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| Joseph Duncan December 3, 1834 December 7, 1838 Whig bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| Alexander Jenkins[e] 1
bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| William H. Davidson[f]
7 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Thomas Carlin December 7, 1838 December 8, 1842 Democratic bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Stinson Anderson 1
8 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Thomas Ford December 8, 1842 December 9, 1846 Democratic bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| John Moore 1
9 rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Augustus C. French December 9, 1846 January 10, 1853 Democratic bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Joseph Wells 2[g]
bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| William McMurtry
10 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Joel Aldrich Matteson January 10, 1853 January 12, 1857 Democratic bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Gustavus Koerner 1
11 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| William Henry Bissell January 12, 1857 March 18, 1860 Republican bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| John Wood 1⁄2[h]
12 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| John Wood March 18, 1860 January 14, 1861 Republican bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Thomas Marshall[f] 1⁄2[i]
13 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Richard Yates January 14, 1861 January 16, 1865 Republican bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Francis Hoffmann 1
14[j] bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Richard J. Oglesby January 16, 1865 January 11, 1869 Republican bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| William Bross 1
15 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| John M. Palmer January 11, 1869 January 13, 1873 Republican bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| John Dougherty 1
14 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Richard J. Oglesby January 13, 1873 January 23, 1873 Republican bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| John Lourie Beveridge 1⁄2[k]
16 rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| John Lourie Beveridge January 23, 1873 January 8, 1877 Republican bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| John Early 1⁄2[i]
bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Archibald Glenn[f]
17 rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Shelby Moore Cullom January 8, 1877 February 16, 1883 Republican bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Andrew Shuman 1+1⁄2[l][12]
bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| John Marshall Hamilton
18 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| John Marshall Hamilton February 16, 1883 January 30, 1885 Republican bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| William Campbell 1⁄2[i]
14 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Richard J. Oglesby January 30, 1885 January 14, 1889 Republican bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| John Smith 1
19 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Joseph W. Fifer January 14, 1889 January 10, 1893 Republican bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Lyman Ray 1
20 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| John Peter Altgeld January 10, 1893 January 11, 1897 Democratic bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Joseph B. Gill 1
21 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| John R. Tanner January 11, 1897 January 14, 1901 Republican bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| William Northcott 1
22 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Richard Yates, Jr. January 14, 1901 January 9, 1905 Republican bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| William Northcott 1
23 rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Charles S. Deneen January 9, 1905 February 3, 1913[13] Republican bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Lawrence Sherman 2
bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| John G. Oglesby
24 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Edward F. Dunne February 3, 1913 January 8, 1917 Democratic bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Barratt O'Hara 1
25 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Frank O. Lowden January 8, 1917 January 10, 1921 Republican bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| John G. Oglesby 1
26 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Len Small January 10, 1921 January 14, 1929 Republican bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Fred E. Sterling 2
27 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Louis L. Emmerson January 14, 1929 January 9, 1933 Republican bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Fred E. Sterling 1
28 rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Henry Horner January 9, 1933 October 6, 1940 Democratic bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Thomas Donovan 1+1⁄2[h]
bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| John Henry Stelle
29 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| John H. Stelle October 6, 1940 January 13, 1941 Democratic Vacant 1⁄2[i]
30 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Dwight H. Green January 13, 1941 January 10, 1949 Republican bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Hugh W. Cross 2
31 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Adlai E. Stevenson II January 10, 1949 January 12, 1953 Democratic bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Sherwood Dixon 1
32 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| William G. Stratton January 12, 1953 January 9, 1961 Republican bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| John William Chapman 2
33 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Otto Kerner, Jr. January 9, 1961 May 21, 1968 Democratic bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Samuel H. Shapiro 1+1⁄2[m]
34 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Samuel H. Shapiro May 21, 1968 January 13, 1969 Democratic Vacant 1⁄2[i]
35 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Richard Buell Ogilvie January 13, 1969 January 8, 1973 Republican bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Paul Simon[f] 1
36 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Dan Walker January 8, 1973 January 10, 1977 Democratic bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Neil Hartigan 1
37 rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| James R. Thompson January 10, 1977 January 14, 1991 Republican bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Dave O'Neal 4[n]
bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| George H. Ryan
38 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Jim Edgar January 14, 1991 January 11, 1999 Republican bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Bob Kustra 2
39 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| George H. Ryan January 11, 1999 January 13, 2003 Republican bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Corinne Wood 1
40 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Rod Blagojevich January 13, 2003 January 29, 2009 Democratic bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Pat Quinn 1+1⁄2[o]
41 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Pat Quinn January 29, 2009 January 12, 2015 Democratic bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Sheila Simon 1 1⁄2[p]
42 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Bruce Rauner January 12, 2015 Incumbent Republican bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Evelyn Sanguinetti 1[q]

Notes

  1. ^ The fractional terms of some governors are not to be understood absolutely literally; rather, they are meant to show single terms during which multiple governors served, due to resignations, deaths and the like.
  2. ^ Resigned.[citation needed]
  3. ^ Resigned to take elected seat in the United States House of Representatives.
  4. ^ As acting lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term.
  5. ^ Resigned.[citation needed]
  6. ^ a b c d Represented the Democratic Party.
  7. ^ French was the first governor elected under the provisions of the 1848 constitution, which shifted the election year, shortening his first term to two years. The constitutional convention called for new elections, and despite falling under the term limit he was allowed to run.[1]
  8. ^ a b Died in office.
  9. ^ a b c d e As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term.
  10. ^ based on Rod R. Blagojevich, 40th governor and Jim Edgar is the 38th, Oglesby was the 14th governor all three occasions.
  11. ^ Resigned so that Lieutenant Governor Beveridge would appoint him to the United States Senate.
  12. ^ Resigned to take elected seat in the United States Senate.
  13. ^ Resigned to take seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
  14. ^ James Thompson's first term was only 2 years because a constitutional amendment had passed moving gubernatorial elections to coincide with Congressional midterms
  15. ^ Impeached and removed from office on charges of corruption.
  16. ^ As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term and was subsequently elected in his own right.
  17. ^ Governor Rauner's term expires on January 14, 2019.

Other high offices held

This is a table of congressional seats and other federal offices held by governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented Illinois. * denotes those offices which the governor resigned to take.

Governor Gubernatorial term Other offices held Sources
Ninian Edwards 1809–1818
1826–1830 		Senator
Shadrach Bond 1818–1822 Delegate from Illinois Territory
John Reynolds 1830–1834 Representative*
William Lee D. Ewing 1834 Senator
Joseph Duncan 1834–1838 Representative
William Henry Bissell 1857–1860 Representative
Richard Yates 1861–1865 Representative, Senator
Richard J. Oglesby 1865–1869
1873
1885–1889 		Senator*
John M. Palmer 1869–1873 Senator
Shelby Moore Cullom 1877–1883 Representative, Senator*
Richard Yates 1901–1905 Representative
Charles S. Deneen 1905–1913 Senator
Frank O. Lowden 1917–1921 Representative
Adlai Stevenson 1949–1953 Ambassador to the United Nations
William Stratton 1953–1961 Representative
Otto Kerner, Jr. 1961–1968 Seventh Circuit Court Judge*
Rod Blagojevich 2003–2009 Representative

Living former U.S. governors of Illinois

As of May 2015, there are five former U.S. governors of Illinois who are currently living at this time, the oldest U.S. governor of Illinois being George Ryan (served 1999–2003, born 1934). The most recent death of a former U.S. governor of Illinois was that of Dan Walker (served 1973–1977, born 1922), who died on April 29, 2015 at the age of 92. Walker was also the most recently serving U.S. governor of Illinois to die, having left office on January 10, 1977.

Governor Gubernatorial term Date of birth (and age)
James R. Thompson 1977–1991 (1936-05-08) May 8, 1936 (age 88)
Jim Edgar 1991–1999 (1946-07-22) July 22, 1946 (age 78)
George Ryan 1999–2003 (1934-02-24) February 24, 1934 (age 90)
Rod Blagojevich 2003–2009 (1956-12-10) December 10, 1956 (age 67)
Pat Quinn 2009–2015 (1948-12-16) December 16, 1948 (age 75)

References

  1. ^ IL Const. art. V
  2. ^ Robert P. Howard (1988), Mostly Good and Competent Men: Illinois Governors, 1818–1988, Illinois Issues and the Illinois State Historical Society, 39–40.
  3. ^ 1818 Const. art. III, § 2
  4. ^ 1818 Const. art. III, § 3
  5. ^ 1848 Const. art. IV, § 3
  6. ^ 1818 Const. art. III, § 3
  7. ^ 1818 Const. art. III, § 13
  8. ^ 1818 Const. art. III, § 18
  9. ^ 1848 Const. art. IV, § 19
  10. ^ IL Const. art. V, § 6
  11. ^ IL Const. art. V, § 4
  12. ^ Resigned when? NGA says 5th or 16th[citation needed]
  13. ^ National Governors Association. "Illinois Governor Charles Samuel Deneen". Retrieved 2015-04-24.
Sources

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