List of lieutenant governors of Illinois

On three occasions prior to a 1970 change to the state constitution the Lieutenant Governor was of a different political party from the Governor. In each instance a Democratic Lieutenant Governor served under a Republican Governor.

List of Lieutenant Governors of Illinois

#	Lt. Governor	Party	Commission Date	End Date	Governor	Party	Term
1	Pierre Menard	Democratic- Republican	October 6, 1818	December 5, 1822	Shadrach Bond	Democratic- Republican	1818–1822
2	Adolphus Hubbard	Democratic- Republican	December 5, 1822	December 6, 1826	Edward Coles	Democratic- Republican	1822–1826
3	William Kinney	Democratic	December 6, 1826	December 9, 1830	Ninian Edwards	Democratic- Republican	1826–1830
4	Zadok Casey	Democratic	December 9, 1830	March 1, 1833	John Reynolds	Democratic	1830–1834
5	William Lee D. Ewing	Democratic	March 1, 1833	December 5, 1834	John Reynolds	Democratic	1830–1834
	Office vacant		November 17, 1834	December 5, 1834	William Lee Davidson Ewing	Democratic	1834
6	Alexander Jenkins	Democratic	December 5, 1834	December 9, 1836 Resigned	Joseph Duncan	Democratic	1834–1838
7	William H. Davidson	Democratic	December 9, 1836 Acting	December 7, 1838	Joseph Duncan	Democratic	1834–1838
8	Stinson Anderson	Democratic	December 7, 1838	December 8, 1842	Thomas Carlin	Democratic	1838–1842
9	John Moore	Democratic	December 8, 1842	December 9, 1846	Thomas Ford	Democratic	1842–1846
10	Joseph Wells	Democratic	December 9, 1846	January 8, 1849	Augustus C. French	Democratic	1846–1853
11	William McMurtry	Democratic	January 8, 1849	January 10, 1853	Augustus C. French	Democratic	1846–1853
12	Gustavus Koerner	Democratic	January 10, 1853	January 12, 1857	Joel Aldrich Matteson	Democratic	1853–1857
13	John Wood	Republican	January 12, 1857	March 20, 1860	William Henry Bissell	Republican	1857–1860
14	Thomas Marshall	Democratic	January 7, 1861	January 14, 1861	John Wood	Republican	1860–1861
15	Francis Hoffmann	Republican	January 14, 1861	January 16, 1865	Richard Yates	Republican	1861–1865
16	William Bross	Republican	January 16, 1865	January 11, 1869	Richard J. Oglesby	Republican	1865–1869
17	John Dougherty	Republican	January 11, 1869	January 13, 1873	John M. Palmer	Republican	1869–1873
18	John Lourie Beveridge	Republican	January 13, 1873	January 23, 1873 Succeeded Oglesby	Richard J. Oglesby	Republican	1873
19	John Early	Republican	January 23, 1873 Acting	January 8, 1875	John Lourie Beveridge	Republican	1873–1877
20	Archibald Glenn	Democratic	January 8, 1875 Acting	January 8, 1877	John Lourie Beveridge	Republican	1873–1877
21	Andrew Shuman	Republican	January 8, 1877	January 10, 1881	Shelby Moore Cullom	Republican	1877–1883
22	John Marshall Hamilton	Republican	January 10, 1881	February 6, 1883 Succeeded Cullom	Shelby Moore Cullom	Republican	1877–1883
23	William J. Campbell	Republican	February 6, 1883 Acting	January 30, 1885	John Marshall Hamilton	Republican	1883–1885
24	John Smith	Republican	January 30, 1885	January 14, 1889	Richard J. Oglesby	Republican	1885–1889
25	Lyman Ray	Republican	January 14, 1889	January 10, 1893	Joseph W. Fifer	Republican	1889–1893
26	Joseph B. Gill	Democratic	January 10, 1893	January 11, 1897	John Peter Altgeld	Democratic	1893–1897
27	William Northcott	Republican	January 11, 1897	January 14, 1901	John R. Tanner	Republican	1897–1901
27	William Northcott	Republican	January 14, 1901	January 9, 1905	Richard Yates	Republican	1901–1905
28	Lawrence Sherman	Republican	January 9, 1905	January 18, 1909	Charles S. Deneen	Republican	1905–1913
29	John G. Oglesby	Republican	January 18, 1909	February 3, 1913	Charles S. Deneen	Republican	1905–1913
30	Barratt O'Hara	Democratic	February 3, 1913	January 8, 1917	Edward F. Dunne	Democratic	1913–1917
31	John G. Oglesby	Republican	January 8, 1917	January 10, 1921	Frank O. Lowden	Republican	1917–1921
32	Fred E. Sterling	Republican	January 10, 1921	January 14, 1929	Len Small	Republican	1921–1929
32	Fred E. Sterling	Republican	January 14, 1929	January 9, 1933	Louis L. Emmerson	Republican	1929–1933
33	Thomas Donovan	Democratic	January 9, 1933	January 4, 1937	Henry Horner	Democratic	1933–1940
34	John H. Stelle	Democratic	January 4, 1937	October 6, 1940 succeeded Horner	Henry Horner	Democratic	1933–1940
	Office vacant		October 6, 1940	January 13, 1941	John H. Stelle	Democratic	1940–1941
35	Hugh W. Cross	Republican	January 13, 1941	January 10, 1949	Dwight H. Green	Republican	1941–1949
36	Sherwood Dixon	Democratic	January 10, 1949	January 12, 1953	Adlai E. Stevenson II	Democratic	1949–1953
37	John William Chapman	Republican	January 12, 1953	January 9, 1961	William G. Stratton	Republican	1953–1961
38	Samuel H. Shapiro	Democratic	January 9, 1961	May 21, 1968 succeeded Kerner	Otto Kerner, Jr.	Democratic	1961–1968
	Office vacant		May 21, 1968	January 13, 1969	Samuel H. Shapiro	Democratic	1968–1969
39	Paul Simon	Democratic	January 13, 1969	January 8, 1973	Richard Buell Ogilvie	Republican	1969–1973
40	Neil Hartigan	Democratic	January 8, 1973	January 10, 1977	Dan Walker	Democratic	1973–1977
41	Dave O'Neal	Republican	January 10, 1977	July 31, 1981 Resigned	James R. Thompson	Republican	1977–1991
	Office vacant		July 31, 1981	January 10, 1983	James R. Thompson	Republican	1977–1991
42	George H. Ryan	Republican	January 10, 1983	January 14, 1991	James R. Thompson	Republican	1977–1991
43	Bob Kustra	Republican	January 14, 1991	July 1, 1998 Resigned	James Edgar	Republican	1991–1999
	Office vacant		July 1, 1998	January 11, 1999	James Edgar	Republican	1991–1999
44	Corinne Wood	Republican	January 11, 1999	January 13, 2003	George H. Ryan	Republican	1999–2003
45	Pat Quinn	Democratic	January 13, 2003	January 29, 2009 Succeeded Blagojevich	Rod R. Blagojevich	Democratic	2003–2009
	Office vacant		January 29, 2009	January 10, 2011	Pat Quinn	Democratic	2009–2011
46	Sheila Simon	Democratic	January 10, 2011	January 12, 2015	Pat Quinn	Democratic	2011–2015
47	Evelyn Sanguinetti	Republican	January 12, 2015	current	Bruce Rauner	Republican	2015–present

Living former U.S. Lieutenant Governors of Illinois

As of March 2017, there are seven former U.S. lieutenant governors of Illinois who are currently living at this time, the oldest U.S. lieutenant governor of Illinois being George Ryan (1983–1991, born 1934). The most recent death of a former U.S. lieutenant governor of Illinois was that of Paul Simon (1969–1973), on December 9, 2003. He is also the most recent serving U.S. lieutenant governor of Illinois to die.

Lt. Governor	Lt. Gubernatorial term	Date of birth (and age)
Neil Hartigan	1973–1977	(1938-05-04) May 4, 1938
Dave O'Neal	1977–1981	(1937-01-24) January 24, 1937
George Ryan	1983–1991	(1934-02-24) February 24, 1934
Bob Kustra	1991–1998	(1943-03-21) March 21, 1943
Corinne Wood	1999–2003	(1954-05-28) May 28, 1954
Pat Quinn	2003–2009	(1948-12-16) December 16, 1948
Sheila Simon	2011–2015	(1961-03-13) March 13, 1961

External links

• Roster of elected officials, Illinois 2005-2006 Blue Book
• Illinois 2005-2006 Blue Book, Illinois Governor mini-bios