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Encyclopedia > List of Governors of Illinois

This is a list of Governors of Illinois.



# Name Party Term
1. Shadrach Bond Democratic-Republican 1818–1822
2. Edward Coles Democratic-Republican 1822–1826
3. Ninian Edwards Democratic-Republican 1826–1830
4. John Reynolds Democratic 1830–1834
5. William Lee Davidson Ewing Democratic 1834–1834
6. Joseph Duncan Democratic 1834–1838
7. Thomas Carlin Democratic 1838–1842
8. Thomas Ford Democratic 1842–1846
9. Augustus C. French Democratic 1846–1853
10. Joel Aldrich Matteson Democratic 1853–1857
11. William Henry Bissell Republican 1857–1860
12. John Wood Republican 1860–1861
13. Richard Yates Republican 1861–1865
14. Richard J. Oglesby Republican 1865–1869
15. John M. Palmer Republican 1869–1873
16. Richard J. Oglesby Republican 1873
17. John Lourie Beveridge Republican 1873–1877
18. Shelby Moore Cullom Republican 1877–1883
19. John Marshall Hamilton Republican 1883–1885
20. Richard J. Oglesby Republican 1885–1889
21. Joseph W. Fifer Republican 1889–1893
22. John Peter Altgeld Democratic 1893–1897
23. John R. Tanner Republican 1897–1901
24. Richard Yates Republican 1901–1905
25. Charles S. Deneen Republican 1905–1913
26. Edward F. Dunne Democratic 1913–1917
27. Frank O. Lowden Republican 1917–1921
28. Len Small Republican 1921–1929
29. Louis L. Emmerson Republican 1929–1933
30. Henry Horner Democratic 1933–1940
31. John H. Stelle Democratic 1940–1941
32. Dwight H. Green Republican 1941–1949
33. Adlai E. Stevenson II Democratic 1949–1953
34. William G. Stratton Republican 1953–1961
35. Otto Kerner Democratic 1961–1968
36. Samuel H. Shapiro Democratic 1968–1969
37. Richard Buell Ogilvie Republican 1969–1973
38. Daniel Walker Democratic 1973–1977
39. James R. Thompson Republican 1977–1991
40. James Edgar Republican 1991–1999
41. George H. Ryan Republican 1999–2003
42. Rod R. Blagojevich Democratic 2003-present

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Governor of Illinois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (313 words)
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 governor is responsible for enacting laws passed by the Illinois General Assembly and upholding rulings of the state judiciary.
The Lieutenant Governor of Illinois becomes acting governor upon the governor's absence from the state or disability from discharging duties.
Governor - InformationBlast (544 words)
Often, a governor would have served as a consul or a praetor in Rome before being dispatched, but this was not always the case - less important provinces might be governed by a prefect, and (after the end of the Republic) provinces under direct control of the Emperor would be governed by a legate.
A governor was originally an official appointed by the English monarch to oversee one of his colonies.
In the United Kingdom's remaining overseas territories the governor is normally a direct appointee of the British Government and plays an active role in governing and lawmaking (though usually with the advice of elected local representatives).
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