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List of Illinois Governors

List of Illinois Governors

Shadrach Bond Dem.-Rep. 1818-1822
Edward Coles Dem.-Rep. 1822-1826
Ninian Edwards Dem.-Rep. 1826-1830
John Reynolds Democratic 1830-1834
William L. D. Ewing Democratic 1834-1834
Joseph Duncan Democratic 1834-1838
Thomas Carlin Democratic 1838-1842
Thomas Ford Democratic 1842-1846
Augustus C. French Democratic 1846-1853
Joel Aldrich Matteson Democratic 1853-1857
William H. Bissell Republican 1857-1860
John Wood Republican 1860-1861
Richard Yates Republican 1861-1865
Richard J. Oglesby Republican 1865-1869
John M. Palmer Republican 1869-1873
Richard J. Oglesby Republican 1873
John L. Beveridge Republican 1873-1877
Shelby Moore Cullom Republican 1877-1883
John M. Hamilton Republican 1883-1885
Richard J. Oglesby Republican 1885-1889
Joseph W. Fifer Republican 1889-1893
John P. Altgeld Democratic 1893-1897
John R. Tanner Republican 1897-1901
Richard Yates Republican 1901-1905
Charles S. Deneen Republican 1905-1913
Edward F. Dunne Democratic 1913-1917
Frank O. Lowden Republican 1917-1921
Len Small Republican 1921-1929
Louis L. Emmerson Republican 1929-1933
Henry Horner Democratic 1933-1940
John H. Stelle Democratic 1940-1941
Dwight H. Green Republican 1941-1949
Adlai E. Stevenson Democratic 1949-1953
William G. Stratton[?] Republican 1953-1961
Otto Kerner[?] Democratic 1961-1968
Samuel H. Shapiro[?] Democratic 1968-1969
Richard B. Ogilvie[?] Republican 1969-1973
Daniel Walker[?] Democratic 1973-1977
James R. Thompson[?] Republican 1977-1991
Jim Edgar[?] Republican 1991-1999
George Ryan[?] Republican 1999-2003
Rod Blagojevich[?] Democratic 2003-

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