Governors of Illinois

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GOVERNORS OF ILLINOIS

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Illinois Territory was formed on 1 Mar 1809, from Indiana Territory. Ninian Edwards served as the territory's sole governor prior to Illinois becoming a state in 1818. Edwards would later serve as the state's third governor. Since achieving statehood, Illinois has had 43 governors.

In the below list, columns can be sorted by clicking on the arrow button in any category heading box. A "C" in the final column denotes a Notable who has been successfully connected to the Big Tree. "N/C" stands for Not Connected.

GOVERNORS OF ILLINOIS TERRITORY

#	Governor	Born	Died	Term	Photo	C
1	Ninian Edwards	1775	1826	1809-1913		C

GOVERNORS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

#	Governor	Born	Died	Term	Photo	C
1	Shadrach Bond	1773	1832	1818-1822		C
2	Edward Coles	1786	1868	1822-1826		C
3	Ninian Edwards	1775	1826	1826-1830		C
4	John Reynolds	1788	1865	1830-1834		C
5	William Lee D. Ewing	1795	1846	1834		C
6	Joseph Duncan	1799	1844	1834-1838		C
7	Thomas Carlin	1789	1852	1838-1842		C
8	Thomas Ford	1800	1850	1842-1846	Image:Ford-5778.jpg	C
9	Augustus C. French	1808	1864	1846-1853		C
10	Joel Aldrich Matteson	1808	1873	1853-1857		C
11	William Henry Bissell	1811	1860	1857-1860		C
12	John Wood	1798	1880	1860-1861		C
13	Richard Yates	1815	1873	1861-1865		C
14	Richard J. Oglesby	1824	1899	1865-1869		C
15	John M. Palmer	1817	1900	1869-1873		C
14	Richard J. Oglesby	1824	1899	1873		C
16	John Lourie Beveridge	1824	1910	1873-1877		C
17	Shelby Moore Cullom	1829	1914	1877-1883		C
18	John Marshall Hamilton	1847	1905	1883-1885		C
14	Richard J. Oglesby	1824	1899	1865-1869		C
19	Joseph W. Fifer	1840	1838	1889-1893		C
20	John Peter Altgeld	1847	1902	1893-1897		C
21	John Riley Taylor	1844	1901	1897-1901		C
22	Richard Yates Jr.	1860	1936	1901-1905		C
23	Charles S, Deneen	1863	1940	1905-1913		C
24	Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne	1853	1937	1913-1917		C
25	Frank Orren Lowden	1861	1943	1917-1921		C
26	Len Small	1862	1936	1921-1929		C
27	Louis Lincoln Emmerson	1863	1941	1929-1933		C
28	Henry Horner	1878	1940	1933-1940		C
29	John Henry Stelle	1891	1962	1949-1941		C
30	Dwight H. Green	1897	1958	1941-1949		C
31	Adlai Stevenson II	1900	1965	1949-1953		C
32	William Stratton	1914	2001	1953-1961		C
33	Otto Kerner Jr.	1908	1978	1961-1968		C
34	Samuel Shapiro	1907	1987	1968-1969		C
35	Richard B. Ogilvie	1923	1988	1969-1973		N/C
36	Dan Walker	1922	2015	1973-1977		C
37	James R, Thompson	1936	2020	1977-1991		N/C
38	Jim Edgar	1946	LIVING	1991-1999		C
39	George Ryan	1934	LIVING	1999-2003		C
40	Rod Blagojevich	1956	LIVING	2003-2009		C
41	Pat Quinn	1948	LIVING	2009-2015		N/C
42	Bruce Rauner	1956	LIVING	2015-2019		C
43	J.B. Pritzker	1965	LIVING	2019-present		N/C