RepublicanGovernor · Illinois
Jim Edgar
1991 first electedLeft office 19998 years served
Biography
James Robert Edgar was an American politician who served as the 38th governor of Illinois from 1991 to 1999. A moderate Republican, he previously served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1977 to 1979 and as the 35th secretary of state of Illinois from 1981 to 1991.