List of Illinois Governors

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