List of Illinois Governors

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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-