02 Nov 2018 Joel Aldrich Matteson JOEL ALDRICH MATTESON, Illinois' 10th governor was born in Watertown, New York, on August 2, 1808. His education was limited and earned in the common schools of New York. Before… National Governors Association
02 Nov 2018 William Henry Bissell WILLIAM HENRY BISSELL, Illinois' 11th governor was born in Hartwick, New York, on April 25, 1811. He attended the public school system in Hartwick, and graduated from Jefferson Medical College in… National Governors Association
01 Nov 2018 John Wood JOHN WOOD, Illinois' 12th governor was born in Moravia, New York, on December 20, 1798. At the age of 20, Wood left home and headed west. He settled in Quincy,… National Governors Association
01 Nov 2018 Richard Yates Sr. RICHARD YATES, Illinois' 13th governor was born in Warsaw, Kentucky, on January 18, 1818. After moving to Illinois in 1831, Yates attended and graduated from Illinois College in 1835. He… National Governors Association
01 Nov 2018 Richard James Oglesby RICHARD JAMES OGLESBY, Illinois' 14th, 16th, and 20th governor was born in Floydsburg, Kentucky, on July 25, 1824. After being orphaned at an early age, Oglesby moved with his uncle… National Governors Association
01 Nov 2018 John McAuley Palmer JOHN MCCAULEY PALMER, Illinois' 15th governor, was born in Eagle Creek, Kentucky, on September 13, 1817. His early education was limited and attained in the common schools of Illinois. He… National Governors Association
01 Nov 2018 John Lourie Beveridge JOHN L. BEVERIDGE, Illinois' seventeenth governor, was born in Greenwich, New York, on July 6, 1824. After attending the Rock River Seminary in Mount Morris, Illinois, Beveridge moved south to… National Governors Association
01 Nov 2018 Shelby Moore Cullom SHELBY M. CULLOM, Illinois' eighteenth governor, was born in Monticello, Kentucky, on November 22, 1829. His early education was attained in the common schools in Illinois. He attended Mount Morris… National Governors Association
01 Nov 2018 John Marshall Hamilton JOHN M. HAMILTON, Illinois' nineteenth governor, was born near Richwood in Union County, Ohio, on May 28, 1847. In 1854, his family moved to Illinois, and settled near Wenona, where Hamilton… National Governors Association
01 Nov 2018 Joseph Wilson Fifer JOSEPH W. FIFER, Illinois' twenty-first governor, was born in Staunton, Virginia, on October 28, 1840. His early education was limited and attained in the common schools of Illinois. During the… National Governors Association
01 Nov 2018 John Peter Altgeld John P. Altgeld, Illinois' twenty-second governor, was born in Niedersellers, Germany, on December 30, 1847. His family emigrated to the United States, settling in Richland County, Ohio, where Altgeld attained a… National Governors Association
01 Nov 2018 John Riley Tanner JOHN R. TANNER, Illinois' twenty-third governor, was born near Booneville, Indiana, on April 4, 1844. His education was limited and attained in the common schools of Indiana. During the Civil… National Governors Association