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| 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 |
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