Illinois governors (list)

Jay Robert “JB” Pritzker, a Democrat, took office as the 43rd governor of Illinois in 2019.

Previous governors, with party affiliation and years in office (reverse order)

Bruce Rauner (Republican), 2015-19
Patrick Quinn (Democrat) 2009-15
Rod Blagojevich (D), 2003-09
George Ryan (R), 1999-2003
Jim Edgar (R) 1991-99
Jim Edgar (R) 1991-99
James Thompson (R) 1977-91
Daniel Walker (D) 1973-77
Richard Ogilvie (R) 1969-73
Samuel Shapiro (D) 1968-69
Otto Kerner (D) 1961-68
William Stratton (R) 1953-61
Adlai Stevenson (D) 1949-53
Dwight Green (R) 1941-49
John Stelle (D) 1940-41
Henry Horner (D) 1933-40
Louis Emmerson (R) 1929-33
Len Small (R) 1921-29
Frank Lowden (R) 1917-21
Edward Dunne (D) 1913-17
Charles Deneen (R) 1905-13
Richard Yates (R) 1901-05
John Tanner (R) 1897-1901
John Peter Altgeld (D) 1893-97
Joseph Fifer (R) 1889-93
John Hamilton (R) 1883-85
Shelby Moore Cullom (R) 1877-83
John Beveridge (R) 1873-77
John Palmer (R,D) 1869-73
Richard Oglesby  (R) 1865-69, 1873-73, 1885-89
Richard Yates Sr. (R) 1861-65
John Wood (R) 1860-61
William Bissell (D, R) 1857-60
Joel Matteson  (D) 1853-57
Augustus French (D) 1846-53
Thomas Ford (D) 1842-46
Thomas Carlin (D) 1838-42
Joseph Duncan (D) 1834-38
William Ewing (D) 1834-34
John Reynolds (D) 1830-34
Ninian Edwards (D-R) 1826-30
Edward Coles  (D-R) 1822-26
Shadrack Bond (D-R) 1818-22

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