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Previous Governors of Illinois

Governors who previously held office in Illinois, with term dates and party affiliation.

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JB PritzkerDemocrat2019–2027
Bruce RaunerRepublican2015–2019
Pat QuinnDemocrat2009–2015
Rod BlagojevichDemocrat2003–2009
George RyanRepublican1999–2003
Jim EdgarRepublican1991–1999
Jim ThompsonRepublican1977–1991
Dan WalkerDemocrat1973–1977
Richard B. OgilvieDemocrat1969–1973
Samuel H. ShapiroDemocrat1968–1969
Otto Kerner Jr.Democrat1961–1968
William StrattonRepublican1953–1961
Adlai Stevenson IIDemocrat1949–1953
Dwight H. GreenRepublican1941–1949
John Henry StelleDemocrat1940–1941
Henry HornerDemocrat1933–1940
Louis Lincoln EmmersonRepublican1929–1933
Len SmallRepublican1921–1929
Frank Orren LowdenRepublican1917–1921
Edward Fitzsimmons DunneDemocrat1913–1917
Charles S. DeneenRepublican1905–1913
Richard Yates Jr.Republican1901–1905
John Riley TannerRepublican1897–1901
John Peter AltgeldDemocrat1893–1897
Joseph W. FiferRepublican1889–1893
Richard J. OglesbyRepublican1885–1889
John Marshall HamiltonRepublican1883–1885
Shelby Moore CullomRepublican1877–1883
John Lourie BeveridgeRepublican1873–1877
Richard J. OglesbyRepublican1873–1873
John M. PalmerRepublican1869–1873
Richard J. OglesbyRepublican1865–1869
Richard YatesRepublican1861–1865
John WoodDemocrat1860–1861
William Henry BissellRepublican1857–1860
Joel Aldrich MattesonDemocrat1853–1857
Augustus C. FrenchDemocrat1846–1853
Thomas FordDemocrat1842–1846
Thomas CarlinDemocrat1838–1842
Joseph DuncanDemocrat1834–1838
William Lee D. EwingIndependent1834–1834
John ReynoldsDemocrat1830–1834
Ninian EdwardsIndependent1826–1830
Edward ColesIndependent1822–1826
Shadrach BondIndependent1818–1822
Ninian EdwardsIndependent1809–1818
John BoyleIndependent1809–1809
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