Governors of Illinois, 1818-2019 (May be
incomplete!)
Shadrach
Bond 1818-22
Edward
Coles 1822-26
Ninian
Edwards 1826-30
John
Reynolds 1830-34
William
L. D. Ewing 1834
Joseph
Duncan 1834-38
Thomas
Carlin 1838-42
Thomas
Ford 1842-46
Augustus
C. French 1846-53
Joel
A. Matteson 1853-57
William
H. Bissell 1857-60
John
Wood 1860-61
Richard
Yates 1861-65
Richard
J. Oglesby 1865-69
John
M. Palmer 1869-73
Richard
J. Oglesby 1873
John
Lourie Beveridge 1873-77
Shelby
M. Cullom 1877-83
John
M. Hamilton 1883-85
Richard
J. Oglesby 1885-89
Joseph
W. Fifer 1889-93
John
P. Altgeld 1893-97
John
R. Tanner 1897-1901
Richard
Yates 1901-05
Charles
S. Deneen 1905-13
Edward
F. Dunne 1913-17
Frank
O. Lowden 1917-21
Len
Small 1921-29
Louis
L. Emmerson 1929-33
Henry
Horner 1933-40
John
Stelle 1940-41
Dwight
H. Green 1941-49
Adlai
E. Stevenson 1949-53
William
G. Stratton 1953-61
Otto
Kerner 1961-68
Samuel
H. Shapiro 1968-69
Richard
B. Ogilvie 1969-73
Daniel
Walker 1973-77
James
R. Thompson 1977-91
James
Edgar 1991-99
George
H. Ryan 1999-2003
Rod
Blagojevich 2003-09
Pat
Quinn 2009-15
Bruce
Rauner 2015-19
J.
B. Pritzker 2019-
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1822 Aug 5:
Edward
Coles, elected;
Joseph
Phillips, defeated;
Thomas
C. Browne, defeated;
James
B. Moore, defeated.
1826 Aug 7:
Ninian
Edwards, elected;
Thomas
Sloo, Jr., defeated;
Adolphus
F. Hubbard, defeated.
1830 Aug 2:
John
Reynolds, elected;
William
Kinney, defeated.
1834 Aug 4:
Joseph
Duncan, elected;
William
Kinney, defeated;
Robert
K. McLaughlin, defeated;
James
Adams, defeated.
1838 Aug 6:
Thomas
Carlin (Dem), elected;
Cyrus
Edwards (Whig), defeated.
1842 Aug 1:
Thomas
Ford (Dem), elected;
Joseph
Duncan (Whig), defeated;
Charles
W. Hunter (Liberty), defeated.
1846 Aug 3:
Augustus
C. French (Dem), elected;
Thomas
M. Kilpatrick (Whig), defeated;
Richard
Eels, defeated.
1852:
E.
B. Webb, defeated.
1856:
William
A. Richardson, defeated.
1860:
James
C. Allen, defeated.
1860 Mar 18:
William
H. Bissell, died in office.
1864:
James
C. Robinson, defeated.
1868:
John
Rice Eden, defeated.
1872:
Gustavus
Koerner, defeated.
1876:
Lewis
Steward, defeated.
1880:
Lyman
Trumbull (Dem), defeated.
1883 Feb 5:
Shelby
M. Cullom, resigned.
1884:
Carter
Henry Harrison, defeated.
1888 Nov 6:
John
M. Palmer (Dem), defeated;
Joseph
W. Fifer (Rep), elected.
1892:
Richard
Yates (Rep), defeated;
Joseph
W. Fifer, defeated.
1896:
William
S. Forman (Gold Democratic), defeated.
1900:
Samuel
Alschuler (Dem), defeated.
1904:
Lawrence
Beaumont Stringer, defeated.
1904 Nov 8:
John
Collins (Socialist), defeated.
1908 Aug 8:
Adlai
E. Stevenson (Dem), nominated;
J.
Hamilton Lewis (Dem), defeated in primary;
Douglas
Pattison (Dem), defeated in primary;
John
P. McGoorty (Dem), defeated in primary;
Charles
F. Gunther (Dem), defeated in primary;
James
O. Monroe (Dem), defeated in primary;
Eugene
Kimbrough (Dem), defeated in primary.
1908 Aug 8:
Charles
S. Deneen (Rep), nominated;
Richard
Yates (Rep), defeated in primary.
1908 Aug 8:
James
H. Brower (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
1908 Aug 8:
Daniel
R. Sheen (Prohibition), nominated;
Eugene
W. Chafin (Prohibition), defeated in primary.
1908 Nov 3:
Charles
S. Deneen (Rep), elected;
Adlai
E. Stevenson (Dem), defeated;
Daniel
R. Sheen (Prohibition), defeated;
James
H. Brower (Socialist), defeated;
George
W. McCaskrin (Independence), defeated;
Gus
A. Jenning (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1912 Nov 5:
Edward
F. Dunne (Dem), elected;
Charles
S. Deneen (Rep), defeated;
Frank
H. Funk (Progressive), defeated;
John
C. Kennedy (Socialist), defeated;
Edwin
R. Worrell (Prohibition), defeated;
John
M. Francis (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1916 Nov 7:
Frank
O. Lowden (Rep), elected;
Edward
F. Dunne (Dem), defeated;
Seymour
Stedman (Socialist), defeated;
John
R. Golden (Prohibition), defeated;
John
M. Francis (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1920:
Barratt
O'Hara (Dem), defeated in primary.
1920:
John
G. Oglesby (Rep), defeated in primary.
1920 Nov 2:
Len
Small (Rep), elected;
J.
Hamilton Lewis (Dem), defeated;
Andrew
Lafin (Socialist), defeated;
John
E. Walker (Farmer-Labor), defeated;
James
H. Woertendyke (Prohibition), defeated;
John
M. Harlan (Harding-Coolidge Republican), defeated;
John
M. Francis (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Harrison
Parker (Co-operative), defeated;
Lewis
D. Spaulding (Single Tax), defeated;
Parke
Longworth (Liberal), defeated.
1924:
Charles
M. Borchers (Dem), defeated in primary.
1924 Nov 4:
Len
Small (Rep), elected;
Norman
L. Jones (Dem), defeated;
Andrew
Lafin (Socialist), defeated;
William
F. Dunne (Workers), defeated;
Fred
Skoch (Socialist Labor), defeated;
James
A. Logan (Independent Republican), defeated;
Morris
Lychenheim (Commonwealth Land), defeated.
1928 Nov 6:
Louis
L. Emmerson (Rep), elected;
Floyd
E. Thompson (Dem), defeated;
George
Koop (Socialist), defeated;
William
F. Kruse (Workers), defeated;
J.
E. Procum (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1932:
Bruce
A. Campbell (Dem), defeated in primary.
1932:
Oscar
E. Carlstrom (Rep), defeated in primary;
Omer
N. Custer (Rep), defeated in primary.
1936 Nov 3:
Henry
Horner (Dem), elected;
C.
Wayland Brooks (Rep), defeated;
William
Hale Thompson (Union Progressive), defeated;
John
Fisher (Socialist), defeated;
Harmon
W. Reed (Prohibition), defeated;
O.
Alfred Olson (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1940 Oct 6:
Henry
Horner, died in office.
1940 Nov 5:
Dwight
H. Green (Rep), elected;
Harry
B. Hershey (Dem), defeated;
Arthur
G. McDowell (Socialist), defeated;
Clay
F. Gaumer (Prohibition), defeated.
1944:
Oscar
E. Carlstrom (Rep), defeated in primary.
1944 Nov 7:
Dwight
H. Green (Rep), elected;
Thomas
J. Courtney (Dem), defeated;
Charles
Storm (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Willis
Ray Wilson (Prohibition), defeated.
1952:
Sherwood
Dixon (Dem), defeated.
1956:
Lar
Daly (Rep), defeated in primary.
1956 Nov 6:
William
G. Stratton (Rep), elected;
Richard
B. Austin (Dem), defeated;
Edward
C. Gross (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1964:
Lar
Daly (Rep), defeated in primary.
1964:
Charles
H. Percy (Rep), defeated.
1968:
William
G. Stratton (Rep), defeated in primary.
1972:
Paul
Simon, defeated for nomination.
1972:
Thomas
A. Foran (Dem), defeated in primary.
1978 Nov 7:
Melvin
Klenetsky (U.S. Labor), defeated.
1982:
Adlai
E. Stevenson III, defeated.
1986:
Adlai
E. Stevenson III, defeated.
1994:
Roland
W. Burris (Dem), defeated in primary.
1994:
Dawn
Clark Netsch, defeated.
1994 Mar 15:
Sheila
A. Jones (Dem), defeated in primary.
1998:
Roland
W. Burris (Dem), defeated in primary.
1998:
Glenn
Poshard (Dem), defeated.
1998 Nov 3:
George
H. Ryan (Rep), elected;
Lawrence
Redmond, defeated.
2002:
Roland
W. Burris (Dem), defeated in primary.
2002 Mar 19:
Rod
Blagojevich (Dem), nominated.
2002 Mar 19:
Jim
Ryan (Rep), nominated.
2002 Nov 5:
Rod
Blagojevich (Dem), elected;
Jim
Ryan (Rep), defeated.
2006 Mar 21:
Rod
Blagojevich (Dem), nominated.
2006 Nov 7:
Rod
Blagojevich (Dem), elected;
Judy
Baar Topinka (Rep), defeated.
2010 Feb 2:
Jim
Ryan (Rep), defeated in primary.
2014:
Dan
Rutherford (Rep), defeated in primary.
2014:
Bruce
Rauner (Rep), elected.
2018:
Bruce
Rauner (Rep), defeated.
2018 Nov 6:
J.
B. Pritzker (Dem), elected.
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