| Governor's Name | State | Time in Office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gov. Bruce Rauner | Illinois |
2015 - 2019 |
Republican |
| Gov. Pat Quinn | Illinois |
2009 - 2015 |
Democrat |
| Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich | Illinois |
2003 - 2009 |
Democrat |
| Gov. George H. Ryan | Illinois |
1999 - 2003 |
Republican |
| Gov. Jim Edgar | Illinois |
1991 - 1999 |
Republican |
| Gov. James Robert Thompson | Illinois |
1977 - 1991 |
Republican |
| Gov. Daniel Walker | Illinois |
1973 - 1977 |
Democrat |
| Gov. Richard Buell Ogilvie | Illinois |
1969 - 1973 |
Republican |
| Gov. Samuel H. Shapiro | Illinois |
1968 - 1969 |
Democrat |
| Gov. Otto Kerner, Jr. | Illinois |
1961 - 1968 |
Democrat |
| Gov. William Grant Stratton | Illinois |
1953 - 1961 |
Republican |
| Gov. Adlai Ewing Stevenson | Illinois |
1949 - 1953 |
Democrat |
| Gov. Dwight Herbert Green | Illinois |
1941 - 1949 |
Republican |
| Gov. John Henry Stelle | Illinois |
1940 - 1941 |
Democrat |
| Gov. Henry Horner | Illinois |
1933 - 1940 |
Democrat |
| Gov. Louis Lincoln Emmerson | Illinois |
1929 - 1933 |
Republican |
| Gov. Lennington Small | Illinois |
1921 - 1929 |
Republican |
| Gov. Frank Orren Lowden | Illinois |
1917 - 1921 |
Republican |
| Gov. Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne | Illinois |
1913 - 1917 |
Democrat |
| Gov. Charles Samuel Deneen | Illinois |
1905 - 1913 |
Republican |
| Gov. Richard Yates Jr. | Illinois |
1901 - 1905 |
Republican |
| Gov. John Riley Tanner | Illinois |
1897 - 1901 |
Republican |
| Gov. John Peter Altgeld | Illinois |
1893 - 1897 |
Democrat |
| Gov. Joseph Wilson Fifer | Illinois |
1889 - 1893 |
Republican |
| Gov. Richard James Oglesby | Illinois |
1885 - 1889 1873 - 1873 1865 - 1869 |
Republican |
| Gov. John Marshall Hamilton | Illinois |
1883 - 1885 |
Republican |
| Gov. Shelby Moore Cullom | Illinois |
1877 - 1883 |
Republican |
| Gov. John Lourie Beveridge | Illinois |
1873 - 1877 |
Republican |
| Gov. John McAuley Palmer | Illinois |
1869 - 1873 |
Republican, Democrat |
| Gov. Richard Yates Sr. | Illinois |
1861 - 1865 |
Republican |
| Gov. John Wood | Illinois |
1860 - 1861 |
Republican |
| Gov. William Henry Bissell | Illinois |
1857 - 1860 |
Republican, Democrat |
| Gov. Joel Aldrich Matteson | Illinois |
1853 - 1857 |
Democrat |
| Gov. Augustus C. French | Illinois |
1846 - 1853 |
Democrat |
| Gov. Thomas Ford | Illinois |
1842 - 1846 |
Democrat |
| Gov. Thomas Carlin | Illinois |
1838 - 1842 |
Democrat |
| Gov. Joseph Duncan | Illinois |
1834 - 1838 |
Democrat |
| Gov. William Lee Davidson Ewing | Illinois |
1834 - 1834 |
Democrat |
| Gov. John Reynolds | Illinois |
1830 - 1834 |
Democrat |
| Gov. Ninian Edwards | Illinois |
1826 - 1830 |
Republican-Democrat |
| Gov. Edward Coles | Illinois |
1822 - 1826 |
Democrat-Republican |
| Gov. Shadrach Bond | Illinois |
1818 - 1822 |
Democrat-Republican |
