The Lieutenant Governor of Illinois is the secondary chief executive of the State of Illinois and the various agencies and departments over which the lieutenant governor has specific jurisdiction. The lieutenant governor is directly elected on a gubernatorial ticket, votes being cast by popular suffrage of residents of the state. According to the state constitution, the lieutenant governor is the president or speaker of the upper house of the Illinois General Assembly, the Illinois Senate. When the Governor of Illinois becomes unable to discharge the duties of that office, the lieutenant governor becomes acting governor. Historically, the lieutenant governor has been from either the Democratic Party or Republican Party. State nickname: Land of Lincoln, The Prairie State Other U.S. States Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Governor Rod Blagojevich Official languages English Area 149,998 km² (25th)  - Land 143,968 km²  - Water 6,030 km² (4. ... The Illinois General Assembly convenes at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. ... The Illinois Senate convenes at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. ... The Governor of Illinois is the chief executive of the State of Illinois and the various agencies and departments over which the officer has jurisdiction, as prescribed in the state constitution. ... The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ...

Qualifications

The Lieutenant Governor of Illinois serves four-year terms. Inauguration takes place on the second Monday in January following a gubernatorial election. A lieutenant governor is:

• required to be at least twenty-five years old,
• required to be a United States citizen,
• required to have have been a resident of Illinois for the three years previous to election,
• barred from other government positions during the term.

Lieutenant Governors

• Pierre Menard
• Adolphus Hubbard
• William Kinney
• Zadoc Casey
• William Ewing
• Alexander Jenkins
• William Davidson
• Stinson Anderson
• John Moore
• Joseph Wells
• William McMurtry
• Gustavus Koerner
• John Wood
• Thomas Marshall
• Francis Hoffman
• William Bross
• John Dougherty
• John Beveridge
• John Early
• Archibald Glenn
• Andrew Shuman
• John Hamilton
• William Campbell
• John Smith
• Lyman Ray
• Joseph Gill
• William Northcott
• Lawrence Sherman
• John Oglesby
• Barratt O'Hara
• John Oglesby
• Fred Sterling
• Thomas Donovan
• John Stelle
• Hugh Cross
• Sherwood Dixon
• John Chapman
• Samuel H. Shapiro
• Paul Simon
• Neil Hartigan
• Dave O'Neal
• George H. Ryan
• Bob Kustra
• Corinne Wood
• Pat Quinn

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Resources

• Illinois Office of the Lieutenant Governor