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State of Illinois
Governors
List of Illinois State Governors
| Name | Held Office | Political Party |
| Shadrach Bond | Oct 6, 1818
Dec 5, 1822 | Democratic Republican |
| Edward Coles | Dec 5, 1822
Dec 6, 1826 | Democratic Republican |
| Ninian Edwards | Dec 6, 1826
Dec 6, 1830 | Democratic Republican |
| John Reynolds | Dec 6, 1830
Nov 17, 1834 | Democratic |
| William Lee Davidson Ewing | Nov 17, 1834
Dec 3, 1834 | Democratic |
| Joseph Duncan | Dec 3, 1834
Dec 7, 1838 | Democratic |
| Thomas Carlin | Dec 7, 1838
Dec 8, 1842 | Democratic |
| Thomas Ford | Dec 8, 1842
Dec 9, 1846 | Democratic |
| Augus C. French | Dec 9, 1846
Jan 10, 1853 | Democratic |
| Joel Aldrich Matteson | Jan 10, 1853
Jan 12, 1857 | Democratic |
| William Henry Bissell | Jan 12, 1857
Mar 18, 1860 | Republican |
| John Wood | Mar 18, 1860
Jan 14, 1861 | Republican |
| Richard Yates | Jan 14, 1901
Jan 9, 1905 | Republican |
| Richard J. Oglesby | Jan 30, 1885
Jan 14, 1889 | Republican |
| John M. Palmer | Jan 11, 1869
Jan 13, 1873 | Republican |
| John Lourie Beveridge | Jan 23, 1873
Jan 8, 1877 | Republican |
| Shelby Moore Cullom | Jan 8, 1877
Feb 16, 1883 | Republican |
| John Marshall Hamilton | Feb 16, 1883
Jan 30, 1885 | Republican |
| Joseph W. Fifer | Jan 14, 1889
Jan 10, 1893 | Republican |
| John Peter Altgeld | Jan 10, 1893
Jan 11, 1897 | Democratic |
| John R. Tanner | Jan 11, 1897
Jan 14, 1901 | Republican |
| Charles S. Deneen | Jan 9, 1905
Feb 3, 1913 | Republican |
| Edward F. Dunne | Feb 3, 1913
Jan 8, 1917 | Democratic |
| Frank O. Lowden | Jan 8, 1917
Jan 10, 1921 | Republican |
| Len Small | Jan 10, 1921
Jan 14, 1929 | Republican |
| Louis L. Emmerson | Jan 14, 1929
Jan 9, 1933 | Republican |
| Henry Horner | Jan 9, 1933
Oct 6, 1940 | Democratic |
| John H. Stelle | Oct 6, 1940
Jan 13, 1941 | Democratic |
| Dwight H. Green | Jan 13, 1941
Jan 10, 1949 | Republican |
| Adlai E. Stevenson II | Jan 10, 1949
Jan 12, 1953 | Democratic |
| William G. Stratton | Jan 12, 1953
Jan 9, 1961 | Republican |
| Otto Kerner, Jr. | Jan 9, 1961
May 21, 1968 | Democratic |
| Samuel H. Shapiro | May 21, 1968
Jan 13, 1969 | Democratic |
| Richard Buell Ogilvie | Jan 13, 1969
Jan 8, 1973 | Republican |
| Daniel Walker | Jan 8, 1973
Jan 10, 1977 | Democratic |
| James R. Thompson | Jan 10, 1977
Jan 14, 1991 | Republican |
| James Edgar | Jan 14, 1991
Jan 11, 1999 | Republican |
| George H. Ryan | Jan 11, 1999
Jan 13, 2003 | Republican |
| Rod R. Blagojevich | Jan 13, 2003
Incumbent | Democratic |
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