S.No. |
Governor |
Term Start |
Term End |
Party |
Birth Place |
43 |
Jay Robert Pritzker |
January 14, 2019 |
Incumbent |
Democratic |
Atherton, California, United States |
42 |
Bruce Rauner |
January 12, 2015 |
January 14, 2019 |
Republican |
Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
41 |
Pat Quinn |
January 29, 2009 |
January 12, 2015 |
Democratic |
Hinsdale, Illinois, U.S. |
40 |
Rod Blagojevich |
January 13, 2003 |
January 29, 2009 |
Democratic |
Chicago, Illinois |
39 |
George H. Ryan |
January 11, 1999 |
January 13, 2003 |
Republican |
Maquoketa, Iowa |
38 |
Jim Edgar |
January 14, 1991 |
January 11, 1999 |
Republican |
Vinita, Oklahoma |
37 |
James R. Thompson |
January 10, 1977 |
January 14, 1991 |
Republican |
Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
36 |
Dan Walker |
January 8, 1973 |
January 10, 1977 |
Democratic |
Washington, D.C., U.S. |
35 |
Richard Buell Ogilvie |
January 13, 1969 |
January 8, 1973 |
Republican |
Kansas City, Missouri |
34 |
Samuel H. Shapiro |
May 21, 1968 |
January 13, 1969 |
Democratic |
Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire |
33 |
Otto Kerner, Jr. |
January 9, 1961 |
May 21, 1968 |
Democratic |
Chicago, Illinois |
32 |
William G. Stratton |
January 12, 1953 |
January 9, 1961 |
Republican |
Ingleside, Illinois |
31 |
Adlai E. Stevenson II |
January 10, 1949 |
January 12, 1953 |
Democratic |
Los Angeles, United States |
30 |
Dwight H. Green |
January 13, 1941 |
January 10, 1949 |
Republican |
Ligonier, Noble County, Indiana U.S, |
29 |
John H. Stelle |
October 6, 1940 |
January 13, 1941 |
Democratic |
McLeansboro, Illinois |
28 |
Henry Horner |
January 9, 1933 |
October 6, 1940 |
Democratic |
Chicago, Illinois |
27 |
Louis L. Emmerson |
January 14, 1929 |
January 9, 1933 |
Republican |
Albion, Illinois, U.S. |
26 |
Len Small |
January 10, 1921 |
January 14, 1929 |
Republican |
Kankakee County, Illinois |
25 |
Frank O. Lowden |
January 8, 1917 |
January 10, 1921 |
Republican |
Sunrise Township, Minnesota |
24 |
Edward F. Dunne |
February 3, 1913 |
January 8, 1917 |
Democratic |
Watertown, Connecticut |
23 |
Charles S. Deneen |
January 9, 1905 |
February 3, 1913 |
Republican |
Edwardsville, Illinois |
22 |
Richard Yates, Jr. |
January 14, 1901 |
January 9, 1905 |
Republican |
Jacksonville, Illinois |
21 |
John R. Tanner |
January 11, 1897 |
January 14, 1901 |
Republican |
near Boonville, Indiana |
20 |
John Peter Altgeld |
January 10, 1893 |
January 11, 1897 |
Democratic |
Selters, Duchy of Nassau |
19 |
Joseph W. Fifer |
January 14, 1889 |
January 10, 1893 |
Republican |
Staunton, Virginia |
18 |
John Marshall Hamilton |
February 16, 1883 |
January 30, 1885 |
Republican |
Union County, Ohio |
17 |
Shelby Moore Cullom |
January 8, 1877 |
February 16, 1883 |
Republican |
Monticello, Kentucky |
16 |
John Lourie Beveridge |
January 23, 1873 |
January 8, 1877 |
Republican |
Greenwich, New York |
15 |
John M. Palmer |
January 11, 1869 |
January 13, 1873 |
Republican |
Eagle Creek, Scott County, Kentucky |
14 |
Richard J. Oglesby |
January 16, 1865 |
January 11, 1869 |
Republican |
Oldham County, Kentucky |
14 |
Richard J. Oglesby |
January 13, 1873 |
January 23, 1873 |
Republican |
Oldham County, Kentucky |
14 |
Richard J. Oglesby |
January 30, 1885 |
January 14, 1889 |
Republican |
Oldham County, Kentucky |
13 |
Richard Yates |
January 14, 1861 |
January 16, 1865 |
Republican |
Warsaw, Kentucky |
12 |
John Wood |
March 18, 1860 |
January 14, 1861 |
Republican |
Sempronius, New York |
11 |
William Henry Bissell |
January 12, 1857 |
March 18, 1860 |
Republican |
Hartwick, New York |
10 |
Joel Aldrich Matteson |
January 10, 1853 |
January 12, 1857 |
Democratic |
Watertown, New York |
9 |
Augustus C. French |
December 9, 1846 |
January 10, 1853 |
Democratic |
Hill, New Hampshire |
8 |
Thomas Ford |
December 8, 1842 |
December 9, 1846 |
Democratic |
Uniontown, Pennsylvania |
7 |
Thomas Carlin |
December 7, 1838 |
December 8, 1842 |
Democratic |
Frankfort, Kentucky |
6 |
Joseph Duncan |
December 3, 1834 |
December 7, 1838 |
Whig |
Paris, Kentucky |
5 |
William Lee D. Ewing |
November 17, 1834 |
December 3, 1834 |
Democratic |
Paris, Kentucky |
4 |
John Reynolds |
December 6, 1830 |
November 17, 1834 |
Democratic |
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |
3 |
Ninian Edwards |
December 6, 1826 |
December 6, 1830 |
Adams-ClayRepublican |
Montgomery County, Maryland, United States |
2 |
Edward Coles |
December 5, 1822 |
December 6, 1826 |
Independent |
Albemarle County, Virginia, U.S. |
1 |
Shadrach Bond |
October 6, 1818 |
December 5, 1822 |
Independent |
Frederick, Maryland |